{"id":923,"date":"2001-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtazz.com\/blokecrafted\/the-swordsman\/the-swordsman\/"},"modified":"2020-05-23T10:55:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T10:55:49","slug":"the-swordsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gtazz.com\/blokecrafted\/fiction\/chaos\/the-swordsman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swordsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They had been pinned down for 6 hours, taking heavy fire from the<br \/>\nenemy artillery. Since the left flank fell two days ago their position<br \/>\nhad been shaky. Now it was lethal. <\/p>\n<p>The cultists had pushed hard in this sector and it was up to the 27<sup>th<\/sup> Platoon&#8217;s 4<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\nInfantry Squad to push back. They had lost their fire support, they&#8217;d<br \/>\nlost their armoured support and their command squad had been reduced to<br \/>\none man. Out of the three platoons positioned to cover this compound,<br \/>\nonly 11 men remained. <\/p>\n<p>With a chorus of praise to their vile gods, the cultists broke from the tree line and charged the open ground toward the 4<sup>th<\/sup>&#8216;s<br \/>\ntrench. Levelling their laspistols and firing countless shots the<br \/>\ncultists ran headlong into the minefield ahead. Though at least one<br \/>\nfifth of their number were liquidated by the plasma mines, they carried<br \/>\non heedless. Sense and logic suppressed by the burning desire to fulfil<br \/>\ntheir god&#8217;s demands. The guardsmen must fall. <\/p>\n<p>As the Sergeant bellowed orders to retreat the first of the<br \/>\nchaos followers fell upon them. With a deft slash of his chainsword the<br \/>\nSergeant sliced the fiend in two. Falling back through the network of<br \/>\ntrenches the guardsmen provided covering fire for each other, hoping to<br \/>\nmake it to the battle bunker at the rear of their lines before it was<br \/>\ntoo late. <\/p>\n<p>They rounded a corner into the temporary infirmary to be<br \/>\nconfronted by the most terrifying sight. They stood agog as the<br \/>\nrecumbent form of their dying Primaris Psyker twisted and contorted<br \/>\ninto a horrific Khornate demon. The last of the guards blundered into<br \/>\nthe infirmary before the others could come to their senses and issue a<br \/>\nwarning. <\/p>\n<p>The Bloodletter rose to it&#8217;s feet, snarling horrifically,<br \/>\nrunning it&#8217;s claw along the length of it&#8217;s enormous sword. The cultists<br \/>\nshambled in behind the guardsmen, blocking off all hope of escape and<br \/>\nsurvival. <\/p>\n<p>With a silent prayer to the Emperor, the Sergeant stepped<br \/>\nforward from his men, issuing the unspoken challenge to the beast. The<br \/>\ndemon reared back its head, howled with unrestrained blood lust and<br \/>\ncharged the brave guardsmen. As the creature&#8217;s blade arced down the<br \/>\nSergeant raised his chainsword in an attempt to parry the blow. The<br \/>\ndemonic weapon sliced straight through the sword and the Sergeant with<br \/>\nfearsome ease. Before the two halves of the stricken Sergeants body had<br \/>\neven hit the ground the Bloodletter had eviscerated two more and the<br \/>\ncultists pressed forward, pushing the doomed guardsmen as an offering. <\/p>\n<p>In a matter of moments the 4<sup>th<\/sup> were no more than<br \/>\nbody parts and the cultists, now led by the demonic swordsman, swept on<br \/>\nhaving obliterated the first line of resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They had been pinned down for 6 hours, taking heavy fire from the enemy artillery. Since the left flank fell two days ago their position had been shaky. Now it was lethal. The cultists had pushed hard in this sector and it was up to the 27th Platoon&#8217;s 4th Infantry Squad to push back. 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