Although the leader has disappeared, the genestealers are still coming forward like a tide.
The only thing that's different is that their number is shrinking, and their violent temper seems to have been reduced a lot.
"Where did that thing go?"
the arbitrator asked loudly.
"I don't know, but we have to get out now!"
"There's an entrance over here!"
The arbitrator discovered a hidden wooden door in the room, which opened into a secret passage.
So the legal officers were divided into two groups, covering each other and retreating back. The gene stealers didn't seem to have that strong desire to attack, and just roared and lingered at the entrance of the room.
The team tried to push forward. Under the weak illumination of the lighting equipment, another huge maze composed of tunnels curved and stretched into the unknown darkness. Countless shining eyes were staring up at them coldly.
"My Emperor!"
At this time, a legal officer suddenly shouted.
"They're up there!"
An inhuman scream was heard from the darkness above the room, and then a black figure jumped down from the vent above where the light could not reach. The speed was unbelievable.
The moment it landed, it rushed straight towards the legal officer who was at the end of the team.
He tried to raise his self-defense pistol, but it was too late.
The monster's jaw expanded inexplicably, revealing a mouth full of sharp fangs. It bit his throat violently, cutting off the muscles and cartilage tissue on it, and raised a bright red wave in this dilapidated hut.
Blood mist.
"Damn shit!!!"
When the screaming Genestealer bastard dropped the twitching body of the Arbitrator and turned around to charge towards the others, the Arbitrator raised his hand and fired, but the bullet hit the rough head right next to it.
A small hole was drilled into the partition wall.
Everyone could hear the soft footsteps coming from the darkness behind it.
Although they couldn't be seen, the special sound of knocking on the floor made everyone's hair stand on end.
It's obvious that these genestealers are planning to launch an all-out attack.
The Arbitrator took off the shock hammer from his waist, and when the alien jumped over again, he waved it desperately to resist the monster's attack.
"Get out of here! Quick!
He deflected the attack from the arm with claw-like nails and felt that the shock hammer had scratched the chitinous skin. When the murderous sharp mouth was only a slap away from his face, he struck again in time.
He shrunk to avoid this fatal bite.
Others opened fire again, but they were only intercepting the aliens that were pouring in like a flood from a bursting embankment. The Arbiter had to deal with the opponent in front of him on his own.
He fired back with a buzzing hammer, slashing the bastard in the chest and breaking its spine.
Foul-smelling ichor gushes out, easily reminiscent of the hive's toxic wastewater rivers, and then the alien collapses at his feet.
"We are surrounded!"
The assault team leader shouted,
The actual situation does seem to be this.
The narrow cubicle had no windows, and the only doorway that allowed entry and exit was crowded with terrifying human imitations. Their roars shook everyone's blood.
The fuel for the flamethrower has long been used up, and most people even have few bullets left.
The legal officers can only shoot their own bullets carefully, specifically picking out those guys who are stupid enough to directly expose themselves, attacking their heads or chests with bullets, and firing at the thin wall from time to time to stop them.
They rush into this narrow space.
"Retreat! Retreat to the passage!"
The Arbitrator decided to make a desperate move? He immediately put his words into action and led the team to escape in the direction of the unknown secret passage.
The others followed him closely, moving forward step by step, and firing backwards from time to time to kill the monsters that were chasing after them.
They soon arrived at an open area. There were many collapsed wooden houses and a shaft here. But it seemed that it had not been used for a long time. Maybe a long time ago, there were some desperate miners living here, but now there is nothing.
.
The arbiter only looked at this place for a few seconds before he caught something unusual.
On the wall here? You can vaguely see some kind of symbol that resembles a large bird? But it is definitely not an eagle symbol, but more like——
crow.
Moreover, on the shaft, the arbiter saw many black and unclear things hanging on it, like countless bats hanging upside down.
Suddenly, dense footsteps sounded from behind? The team turned around to deal with it and found that a tide of aliens had already caught up with them.
But when they entered this area, they were a little hesitant.
However, driven by some kind of force, they still rushed in.
Da da da da da————!
The next second? The gunshots of heavy bolters were like thunder through the ruins, and when the bullets swept through the footholds of the monsters, they immediately tore them into pieces.
Inspired by this situation? Many figures also leaned out from their hiding places? Joined the battle with enthusiasm? Or poured down firepower from a high position.
The arbiter was surprised to find that those shabby houses that looked empty had actually been hiding people, and there were many small caves dug into the surrounding rock walls.
This is like a settlement.
When they saw the abominable monsters below, the people in black tattered robes laughed unabashedly.
"Abominable alien, dare to offend the Crow Lord's domain! Prepare to accept the cruelest punishment!"
A high-pitched voice sounded from the shaft, and then a wooden platform slowly lowered, and a man wearing a crow mask and a black-feathered robe came out.
"Death and shadow will hang over you together!"
This sentence seemed to be the most vicious curse, and the gene stealers seemed to be frightened by something, and they dispersed in a hurry.
"Who are you?"
Although the alien threat has temporarily receded, the Arbitrator dare not be careless because these people look too strange and may be potential cultists.
The legal officers did not disband the battle formation, but became more vigilant because enemies were in all directions - those people were all wearing pure black robes, and their faces were hidden in the shadows so they could not see clearly.
"There is no need to worry, Arbitrator, we are still loyal subjects of the empire, but at the same time, we are also dependents of the Crow Lord."
The man wearing the crow mask turned to the arbitrator. At that moment, the arbitrator seemed to feel something penetrated into his mind.
"Damn it! An illegal psyker!"
The arbiter, who has rich experience, immediately noticed the opponent's intention and immediately raised his pistol and aimed it at the opponent's head.
"We are abandoned people who just want a quiet life. You can leave here and report everything you see. Aliens have been multiplying here for hundreds of years, and even the bureaucracy has been penetrated. You have a lot to do.
Do it instead of wasting your time on a bunch of forgotten people.”
Even though he could be killed at any time, the man still acted very calm.
After thinking again and again, the arbitrator put down the gun in his hand.
"What is the Lord of Crows?"
"A protector."
"Our protector can only be the Emperor."
"It also protected the Emperor."
"What?"
"Okay, it's time for you to leave, there's no telling if those monsters will come back."
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to disclose any more, the Arbitrator could only keep everything he saw today in his heart, but he vowed that as long as the threat of the Genestealer sect was resolved, the so-called Lord of Crows would be found out!
Subsequently, the team from the Ministry of Justice took the elevator and left the mining area.