Chapter 498, in the name of the war group

Chapter 498, in the name of the war group
Lost four games in a row, and lost in a very humiliating way.

In the first game, I used the Terminator against the regular Tactical Power Armor and lost. In the second game between the Terminators, I lost. In the third game, I used my own Tactical Power Armor against the opposing Terminator, but I still lost.

In the fourth game, he sent out the team champion in anger, but still lost.

The shame is actually secondary. The most frightening thing is that the actual loss is huge.

These four who died in the battle were all the backbone and core of the battle group!
The first company commander can almost be regarded as the second or third person in the war group. If something unexpected happens to Erso, the first company commander can almost directly and temporarily act as the chapter leader's work; the war group champion and the company champion are all the absolute leaders of the same war group. There are not many elite backbones at all. Even the 48-year-old recruit who died the easiest and performed the worst still represented the future of the Chapter.

In a battle, if any one of these four people is sacrificed, Erso will be very heartbroken.

Not to mention four people dying right now.

What's even more frightening is that Erso no longer has confidence. Before the duel between the war groups started, he thought that the duel would go smoothly, but now, he was completely unsure about how many people would die in order to win this hundred victories.

But can it be terminated?
Not to mention that there are still a hundred prisoners in the opponent's hands, but if you don't fight after losing four games in a row, doesn't that mean you just admit defeat? When the news spread, the Raging Flames were completely ashamed!
It's best to win, but it's okay to lose, but losing in this way will not only make you look weak and weak, but the most important thing is that you will 100% be called a coward.

No Chapter could withstand such humiliation.

Of course, it might be more dangerous if Martins goes off personally, but if that's the case, he will go off personally.

But what happens when all these people are eliminated?
How many people in the Raging Flames Legion can be called 'champions'?
It is impossible to send them all out to fight such a cruel battle with a low winning rate.

This time, he finally got his wish.

In these 67 games, they only won 11 games.

This is almost the most intolerable slur among Space Marines. They would rather die than bear such a reputation on their heads.

Although the victory was not easy, the opponent seemed to be a 'new recruit' who had not been more than twenty years old.

There is no doubt about the strength of this champion, but he spent a lot of money in the last duel. If we fight again, can we really win?
Losing another championship is really too much to lose. There are only three warriors in the battle group who can bear this title.

This rare winning streak greatly boosted the morale of the Raging Flames. After finally getting some shouts out, he started his third game in a row.

However, in this sixth game, they lost again.

In the Phoenix Chapter, when the second captain of the Phoenix Company named Reginaldo, who claimed to be a veteran of the Hundred Years' Atonement Expedition, came off the stage, Erso vaguely seemed to smell something bad.

This phoenix named Henrik Larsen used the power of psychic energy to kill the last champion of the Raging Flame who had fought two consecutive battles.

This time, Phoenix ended up with a 'new recruit', but this person showed stronger strength than the previous recruits. More importantly, it is also a think tank, possessing powerful psychic power.

In other battles, Wrath Flame completely lost more than it won.

Erso also hesitated.

In the front, Calduso certainly has this strength, but he was seriously injured when he killed Cao Boyang, and it is impossible for him to fight again; Rizzo, the Chapter Priest of Phoenix, unexpectedly showed a very powerful His combat power was so great that he even killed the first Raging Flame Champion in a duel. But he has also experienced a hard battle and no longer has the strength to fight in the second game.

Although Reginald was also seriously injured and had a broken hand, he was still alive, right?
With Erso gritting his teeth and the whole Fury being as silent as a library, the duel lasted for 67 consecutive games.

This will be laughed at by everyone.

What should I do if I lose all the company titles?
Then only the company commanders can come.

If it were in the past, they might think that the win was not good enough. But now... no matter what, this is a victory.

If you can win, that's already great.

But it’s only 40%!

Three consecutive 'recruits' were dismissed, and the Raging Flame Champions won the first two games. Those two phoenixes, to be fair, fought quite well, but there was definitely a qualitative gap between them and the group champion. They were killed relatively easily, and the Raging Flame champion's injuries and wear and tear, although there were Some, but I guess it won't be a big problem to recruit another recruit.

The Raging Flame Champion on the field seemed to hesitate for a moment, but in the end, he made a request to Erso through the communicator, saying that he could fight again.

However, Erso finally agreed.

Erso once again sent out a team champion, who was bound to win this fifth game.

On the one hand, the Raging Flame Champion has a strong will. On the other hand, he is thinking that the Phoenix will never be able to come up with anyone who can fight the Raging Flame Champion, right?

But coward? Cowardly? Retreat without a fight?

Space Marines value honor. Although every Chapter, and even every Space Marine, has a different definition of honor and loyalty, few can ignore the toll that the title of 'coward' brings.

Gritting my teeth, this battle must continue.

However, he finally chose to believe in his own people.

Before this duel began, who would have thought that the company champions of the Raging Flames, the 'recruits' who had served at most twenty years in Phoenix, would only have a 40% chance of winning!
Who can believe it!

As a result, he died.

In the process of being transformed by genetic seeds, many of the mundane desires of Space Marines were weakened to a very low level due to physiological changes. They can tolerate poor food, have a reduced interest in sex, and have a reduced desire for power and enjoyment. Relatively speaking, their pursuit of honor, fame, and loyalty began to become particularly paranoid.

But the gutter capsized.

They sent out all the backbone forces, and almost every company champion went down. When these company champions fight against the 'recruits' sent by the Phoenix, they can have a winning rate of about 40%.

But that's the reality right now.

The same goes for Erso. Even because of the warlike culture of the Fury, they are even more intolerant than the average war group of the notoriety of escaping from a duel.

In the games they won, they almost sent out the most powerful warriors in the battle group. In addition to the two who died in the previous battle, the third group champion also went down. This time, Phoenix really couldn't bring out another warrior of the same level.

Space Marines can admit that they are inferior to others in skills and strength, and they should be brave after knowing their shame.

Then we can only send out veteran non-commissioned officers from each company.

The combat effectiveness of company commanders is generally at this level, and is generally only slightly more powerful than company champions.

And when they played, let alone the winning rate, they won two games in total.

It can still be clearly seen that the two phoenixes who died in the battle were mainly due to their own fatal and low-level mistakes. The strength they normally display is actually far beyond that of their opponents.

Excluding the two battles won by luck, the rest of the non-commissioned officers and veterans were all defeated and died in battle.

For the Raging Flame Chapter, they only had fifty-six people die. For a transcendent war group whose actual size exceeded the regulations of the Holy Scriptures by a lot, it shouldn't be a serious problem.

但如果这56个战死者的构成部分，是战团里仅有的3位冠军、明面上的10个连长中的6位，其中还有算是战团二把手的一连长；超过20名连队冠军；27个相当于基层军官骨干的老兵士官……那这个损失，就是毁天灭地了。

The high-level combat power of the entire battle group was wiped out, and a large number of high-level commanders were eliminated. What's more serious is that it has become difficult to promote talents from the grassroots up.

From this point of view, there is no doubt that the Raging Flame Chapter has suffered heavy losses, which means that half of the entire Chapter's spine has been broken, which is almost comparable to the most serious loss in the history of the Chapter's battles.

"Enough!" Kazimierz Erso roared.

"Chapter Master!" The chief priest next to him grabbed him, trying to dissuade him from risking his life.

However, Erso could not listen to any advice now.

His eyes were red, like a gambler who had suffered a terrible loss, ready to push all his remaining chips on the table and rely on the last stud to make a comeback.

And the final and biggest bet is himself. He is the Chapter Master of the Wrathful Flames Chapter and the most powerful warrior in the Chapter.

And what he wanted to win with this bet was naturally the Phoenix Chapter Leader.

"Come! The rest of the battle is meaningless. Put all the foreshadowing aside, Martins, and let us fight to the death in the name of the Chapter Leaders of both sides!"

He issued a challenge.

Martins accepted the challenge.

He shouldn't have. He can make Phoenix's elite warriors continue to fight fiercely with Erso. Although the strength of the Phoenix warriors is far inferior to that of top players like Erso, no matter how strong they are, Erso cannot easily achieve victory, at least not with Wushuang.

And as long as he needs to exert effort, he will accumulate some injuries in the battle, and consume more energy, so after fighting a few more games, Erso's condition will decline.

At that time, Martins can easily choose to let his warriors slowly wear Erso to death, or force him to leave the field voluntarily; he can also choose to let Erso's condition deteriorate to a certain extent. Now that I am more confident, I will go out personally and kill Kazimierz Erso.

This will make Phoenix's victory in this battle group duel slightly flawed, but it is the most stable.

However, Martins did not choose that.

Although doing that is very smart, it is not warrior enough.

He was not willing to waste the lives of so many warriors in vain. At the same time, he had a strong sense of honor to defeat Erso in a fair duel.

Of course Phoenix also values ​​honor!

Martins stood on the duel site.

This time, he didn't talk nonsense to Erso.

It's hard to fight with a quarrel, but you can see the truth in your hands.

The two of them did not even conduct the long-range tests that were very common in the dozens of previous duels. Neither of them were masters of long-range fire control, so such tests were unnecessary.

The two of them arrived at the most open area in the center of the venue.

This place had almost been blown up in the previous duel.

As soon as they met, the two ran away from each other.

During the sprint, the two sword blades intersected and struck a blow.

They were evenly matched, and no one was able to complete the first kill.

Immediately afterwards, the power swords of both sides began to confront each other at an extremely fast and high frequency.

In this pure competition of swordsmanship and strength, Martins felt a lot of pressure.

Now, after having personally fought against him, he had to admit that as a veteran warrior with four to five hundred years of combat experience, Erso was perhaps only one step away from becoming a legend. In terms of swordsmanship, although Martins has made great progress recently, he is still no match for Erso.

Erso's technique was more subtle than he imagined.

And Martins...his swordsmanship is certainly not bad. After all, Phoenix is ​​a descendant of the Phoenix Legion. Although his swordsmanship is not as exquisite and gorgeous as that of the parent group, it does not mean that he will change after becoming simple and pragmatic. weak.

Among the things that the Raging Flames inherited from their parent group, the Punisher Legion, their swordsmanship was not praised by others.

However, the inheritance of gene seed characteristics is one aspect, and personal training, experience, and accumulation are issues of individual level differences.

It's just bad, but at least it's not a whole lot worse, and it's still within the range that Martins can compete with.

……

When Martins was suppressed by Erso's superb swordsmanship, Erso was actually suffering in his heart.

Martins' strength was so great that he could feel strong vibrations every time they fought.

This is not because Martins himself is stronger than him, but because of the gap in equipment.

Both of them were wearing a full set of Terminator power armor, and both were powerful and heavy. However, the difference is that there is a big difference in performance between the 'Unyielding Type' and the 'Iron Cavalry Type'. The iron cavalry type is more powerful, has stronger output, and has stronger defense.

The main advantage of the unyielding type is that it is cheap and low-cost.

This is also one of the reasons why it became so popular in the end. It’s not just that many aspects of iron riding technology have been lost.

However, this advantage is meaningless in this duel.

After all, Erso is a dignified Chapter Master. He can't get the Iron Cavalry and has to use the Indomitable type, but at least he can get the Seiko version.

The Seiko version generally refers to the hand-made version of a high-level craftsman or even a master of the Mechanicum. It has improved performance in all aspects compared to the mass-produced version. The specific amount of improvement depends on the level of the craftsman.

It stands to reason that this finely crafted version should be able to close the gap with the iron cavalry type worn by Martins.

However, in actual fighting, it felt even worse.

Could it be that... the iron cavalry on Martins is also a finely crafted version?
Expensive iron cavalry, coupled with exquisite craftsmanship... the price of this set of power armor may be twice as expensive as the one worn by Erso!
The performance gap of the equipment was revealed at this time.

Erso hates him!

If I had money, I would kill you long ago!
He was able to catch several fatal attacks, but he was unable to catch them all because of the opponent's stronger resistance!
The few attacks that were reluctantly launched were blocked by the ridiculously thick armor of the Seiko Iron Cavalry.

Erso could only settle down and look for more and better opportunities.

(End of this chapter)