novelaction Chapter 192 Stupid and Bad
Chapter 192 Stupid and Bad
The orcs tore the body of the Nurgle fly into pieces, almost unrecognizable, leaving only the hardest bony chest cavity remaining.
But the nun still recognized the type of the wreckage. This twisted monster that mixed beasts and insects was definitely not from the orc camp. Only the monsters in the warp could have such a blasphemous form.
The Sister gazed upon the wreckage of the Nurgle Fly, lost in thought, and gave Howard no reply until an intercom awakened her.
"Sister Gloria, where are you now? Why did you leave the army?!" The mature female voice on the other end of the communication sternly questioned the nun.
"Report to the commander! I believe there are more important reasons behind the mass death of the orcs this time, so I am now scouting inside the Korsi front!" The nun replied, then she turned her head slightly to glance at Howard, but immediately retracted her gaze and said to the person on the other end of the communication: "Also, I have found some important clues!"
"Never mind the cause of these orcs' deaths. Their deaths here are beneficial to us, no matter what. This must be the manifestation of the Divine Emperor." The person on the other end of the line ignored Gloria's words. "The highest officers held a tactical meeting on this matter. They unanimously agreed that this is the best opportunity to counterattack the orc-occupied Blackwater District!"
"Absolutely not!" The usually calm nun suddenly became anxious after hearing this order: "The orcs in the Blackwater District have dozens of times more armed forces than us. They are sending those soldiers to their deaths!"
Two years ago, Gloria was transferred to the planet called Karenya to assist in the fight against the orcs. As a combat nun with mid- to high-level military ranks, Gloria read all the files related to the orc war in the past two years.
The orcs appeared on this planet ten years ago. At that time, a huge iron meteorite emitting black smoke broke through the planet's artillery defense and energy shield and fell from the sky, hitting directly on the largest mineral vein in Karenya. The energy generated by the impact and explosion even caused Karenya's axis to deflect by three degrees and twenty-two minutes.
The area where the vein is located was formerly known as the Black Water Section. Fifty years ago, a vein of a magical metal was discovered there. That metal was eventually named after the planet, called Karenya Gold.
Karenyakin is superior to conventional metals in many aspects and is more efficient. If this metal is used as the circuit of a laser gun, the power of the laser gun will be one-fifth greater than that of a laser gun made of conventional materials. If this metal is used for biological transformation, this metal can perfectly adapt to most bodies, so it is in short supply.
It seems that this metal has even more peculiar and secret functions, but it seems that all those who know about it have kept silent about it.
Due to excessive mining pollution, all the plants in the area withered, the earth was covered with gray mist, and the river was as black and sticky as asphalt, so it was called "black water".
The orcs' goal was the mineral veins in the Blackwater Section. When the entire planet of Karenya was plunged into disaster and chaos because of the collision, one orc garbage city after another sprang up from the ground.
Before the humans on this planet could react, the orc troops marched out of the garbage city. These green-skinned monsters, wielding machetes and battle axes, took the lives of countless citizens of the empire.
The reason why the nun was against the rash attack was that she had looked it up. She was transferred here because the general attack on the Blackwater Section occupied by the orcs two years ago almost wiped out most of the human defenders on the planet. So she was transferred here at the speed of light as an "experienced personnel" right after she came down from the war zone against other aliens.
In the battle two years ago that wiped out the human army, the size of the human army was three times the current size.
But the ending was still horrific.
"This is an order from above." The female voice on the other end of the communication gave a reply, but the reply was not as harsh as Howard expected.
"The higher-ups shouldn't have ordered these soldiers to die! It's pointless!" the nun retorted eagerly. "Wasn't our original order to hold off this wave of beasts and wait for reinforcements from two Space Marines and four Imperial Navy fleets to arrive from other sectors? By then, our chances of victory in a combined assault will be very high. If all the soldiers here die, even if reinforcements arrive, they still won't be able to capture the Blackwater Sector!"
The voice on the other end of the communicator was silent for two seconds before replying, "Sister Gloria, this is an order from above. We cannot change it, we can only obey."
After the communication ended, the nun took off the communicator from her ear and unconsciously began to exert force with her hands, causing the small communicator to creak as she squeezed it.
How could she not know the thoughts of those high-ranking noble officers who obtained high military ranks through inheritance and money? If reinforcements arrived and they captured the Black Water District together with the reinforcements, the bulk of the credit would probably be shared by others.
Defenders, defenders, on Karenya, the Empire's army is the minority. Due to the incompetence of previous commanders, the Empire has been losing ground and can only barely maintain an occupied area of less than one-fifth of the planet.
She still remembered how the defending commander had nearly pissed himself when a new wave of orc warfare, far exceeding all previous ones, was detected. Then, the middle-aged man frantically issued an order: "Hold on! Even if you have to sacrifice all your men, get help... At least hold the command post and wait for reinforcements."
And now, he actually had the courage to order a counterattack.
"Ignorant idiot!" Gloria cursed angrily after taking off the communicator.
Although she had also used guns to force soldiers who didn't want to take risks to take them before, Gloria thought this was different.
At that time, she vaguely felt that there were some extraordinary things hidden in these piles of orc corpses, and if she came too late, they would be gone, so she did this. Although she used a gun to force others to take risks, she also rushed to the front at the same time. She did not use other people's blood to stain her medal red.
But the order to counterattack seemed completely different to her. If this was a gamble, Gloria thought that the opponent's cards were obviously stronger than hers, and at this time she should be thinking about how to get out of it. But this idiot put all his chips on the table.
"Maybe it's not stupid, it's bad." Howard, who had listened to the entire call, spoke up at this time.
"What do you mean?!" Gloria glared at the mortal who suddenly spoke.
"Maybe this is a political show. It's impossible for you to capture the orcs' garbage city, but there is still a chance to break in. As long as you can break through the orcs' city walls, even if you are immediately driven out after breaking in, their goal has been achieved." Howard replied.
Then he spread his hands and said, "Of course, it's also possible that it's both."