Chapter 693, Hive Overlord, Battle of Rheaduches (8)
Chapter 693: Hive Overlord, Battle of Rheaduches (VIII)
Le Luwa's target is a hive tyrant.
This is a serious high-level unit among the Zerg. Under normal circumstances, if you want to kill a Hive Tyrant, you must be a Chapter Champion.
Moreover, there is no guarantee of stable killing.
The record of the battle between the Chapter Champion and the Hive Tyrant was about 70:30 - after removing the glorification of the Human Empire in the battle report summary, it was probably about 50:50.
In addition to their powerful individual strength, a more notable feature of the Hive Tyrant is that they are usually the supreme commander of a swarm army when fighting on the front line.
In general battles, or even in crucial battles that could determine the fate of a planet, as long as there is a hero who can kill the Hive Tyrant, the battle can basically be declared a victory.
Of course, in Rhea Duchesne, Leroy is not so optimistic.
On this planet, the Queen is the supreme leader, and she is still far from being at the level of a hive tyrant.
Leroy even suspected that even the current battle would not end by killing the Hive Tyrant. At best, it would cause some of the Zerg troops to lose control. There was at least one Hive Tyrant in the army that had Bio-Titans and various advanced Zerg units.
Even those Zerg Saint Titans themselves may be node creatures parallel to or even higher than the Zerg Hive Tyrants.
This is a decisive investment for the Queen of Insects, and she will certainly not be stingy in sending out more node creatures.
But in any case, destroying a Hive Tyrant in battle can still deal a heavy blow to the Zerg. After its death, a large number of Zerg creatures will be instantly disabled.
Of course, due to the presence of a large number of other node creatures of the same level, these disabled Zerg swarms will soon be taken over and regain their combat effectiveness. However, this will always take some time. Even if it is only a few hours or even dozens of minutes, in this fierce battle, those disabled Zerg units will inevitably be severely damaged and destroyed in large numbers.
At the same time, there will be major problems with the Zerg army's positions, giving humans a good opportunity to expand their victory.
Moreover, the Hive Tyrant whose location has been confirmed is most likely the leader of the large Hive, their target of this battle.
By killing it, they will have enough time to place bombs inside the hive and blow it up.
The original mission of this operation has been completed.
By then, there will be more options on the front battlefield.
If the battle situation is good, the troops have spare strength, and the death of the Hive Tyrant has obviously caused great damage to the Zerg army, then you can try to annihilate this elite army, which even the Queen has to accumulate for a long time, in one fell swoop.
If the battle situation is not good, then choosing to quit while you are ahead, retreat and return to the base is also a good option. At least there will be results from this trip.
If the Zerg army still dares to pursue us, then we can return to the base protected by artillery positions and fight a decisive battle, where we will have the advantage.
With this idea in mind, Leroy and his most elite guards, two companies of Space Marines, and thousands of mortal elites selected from various army units, equipped with feedback power armor, or at least exoskeleton armor, raided the interior of the nest.
The enemies along the way were easily eliminated.
This is how the battle should have been - if not for the sudden appearance of an unexpected swarm of Zerg.
However, the second accident happened next.
When they arrived at the depths of the wormhole, where the Hive Tyrant was located, Le Luwa discovered that the Hive Tyrant did not escape.
He should be happy. With Le Luwa's own strength and the troops around him, killing the Hive Tyrant would be a piece of cake.
But, this thing in front of me... is it the Hive Tyrant?
Its body, which is several times larger than that of an ordinary Hive Tyrant, and its red and black chitin exoskeleton, as well as its four wide-bladed serrated psychic knives, all demonstrate its special identity. This is certainly not a Hive Tyrant, but a Hive Overlord.
Overlord and Tyrant seem to be similar words, and it is hard to say which one is more advanced. When used on Zerg, it is just a rating of name.
These two monsters are named with two different but somewhat similar nouns, but in fact they are completely different.
The Hive Overlord is the top existence of the entire hive, almost second only to the Queen. Sometimes, the Queen and the Hive Overlord may even be on the same level - if the Hive Overlord is not the Queen's offspring.
In addition to its massive size, a Hive Lord wields four massive psionic-reinforced bone swords that can cut through anything, including force fields, with ease. Whenever the Tyranids cannot overwhelm their opponents through sheer numbers or by adjusting their tactics, a Swarm Lord will emerge from their ranks to clean up the mess, as it is far stronger and smarter than the average Hive Lord.
The Hive Tyrant is already something that is equal to the Chapter Champion, so what level is the Hive Overlord, the 'big daddy' of the Tyrants?
Leroy didn't know, but he soon found out.
The Hive Lord, with his Overlord Guard - also a group of elite units in the swarm, and a large number of Warrior Zerg, launched a charge towards the Space Marines first.
Dense gunfire was fired between the two sides.
Whether it is the Samurai Bug or the Overlord Guard, they all have symbiote guns and even symbiote cannons on hand.
Its power is no less than the explosive bombs and individual missiles in the hands of the Space Marines.
The two sides were not far apart, and there were no shields, obstacles, or bunkers between them. Neither the power armor nor the chitin armor on the Zerg elites could withstand the powerful weapons.
The ground was full of dead.
However, this brutal firefight is not threatening enough for truly top-notch warriors or Zerg creatures.
The individual missiles hit the hive overlord like a smoke bomb, and it didn't even have the effect of stopping it for a moment.
It charged into the crowd fiercely, wielding its four broad-bladed, serrated swords with great skill.
Those who tried to stand in front of it or damage it with chainswords or power swords would eventually be cut in half.
Its movements are so fast that you often can't even block it;
Even if they block it, both the person and the sword are often destroyed.
Whether it's the special warfare elites wearing feedback power armor or the Space Marines wearing standard power armor, they are no match for it.
Only one Black Crusaders captain stood in front of him and held out for a while longer.
But only for a short while.
The hive overlord used three knives and killed him in fifteen seconds.
During this period of time, the remaining knife was even used to kill two veteran shield guards from the company.
The terror of the hive overlord was fully displayed at this moment.
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Still owe 96k
sleep!
(End of this chapter)
