In fact, the 30k Dark Angel is not as mysterious and scary as the rumors say.
Hope that's the case.
At least as long as they don't go too far on the surface, these lions will not take the initiative to spy on other legions' intelligence like Alpha - at least they will have to wait for the Emperor's first hint.
So with just a little cosmetic work, there's no need to be so alarmed.
Hades first repeatedly asked the oil guys not to shout nonsense recently, and then sent the Cerberus troops to Rust Prime to assist the Mechanicum in cleaning up, because he had vaguely realized that something was wrong inside the Cerberus.
But not now, now we have to fool the Dark Angels first.
The Death Guards don't need to ask, they will hide their green-lighting weapons themselves.
In fact, the Death Guard does not have many secrets, Hades asked himself.
It's just that he knows a little bit about the future, has some necromancy technology, an anti-psychic force, and a special oil man.
Well. Hades sat on the office chair and buried his head between his crossed hands. The crumbling documents on the desk almost overwhelmed Hades. The command screen in front of him was still glowing with blue light.
Not much, not much, not much——
Not many ghosts? !
Just knowing about the Rebellion and Corruption is enough to make him crazy, not to mention what is called Necron technology at best, or privately researching alien technology at worst, and the seemingly crazy Mechanicum partners of the Death Guard.
What's even more dangerous is that missionaries seem to have begun to appear in the army recently.
These points alone are enough for the Death Guard to be roasted on the fire.
Hades turned his head and glanced at the giant scythe-wielding Ogryn who was reviewing the battle report. Mortarion was obviously confused about the report handed over by the officer below, and was squinting to take a closer look at the thing.
Looks like someone is going to suffer.
Hades covered his eyes, how did he get to this point?
What the hell is going on?
Obviously they just want to get rid of the threat of Nurgle, whether it is developing necromancy technology or developing anti-psionic troops, they are all good things, but why...
[Commander Hades, the Dark Angel has arrived. 】
Gallo's voice sounded on the channel, and Hades instantly sat upright.
[Ahem, Gaara, just connect normally. 】
Yes, Hades sent Gallo to receive the Dark Angels, while he and Mortarion wrote a report and summary of the battle on the Endurance.
The reason. Naturally, he didn’t want to work. No, the leader of this group of dark angels was Astlan, so Hades decisively sent Gallo.
Because Astelan is also a Terran.
Not only that, Astelan was one of the first five thousand Space Marines, the first group of people to follow the Emperor. He even participated in the battle to encircle and suppress the Thunder Warriors. At the same time, he also had the anti-Chaos gift from the Emperor in his mind. Aura.
But it was such a Terran veteran with stacked buffs who finally chose to rebel against the Lion King and became a fallen angel, and his reputation was extremely poor.
Although judging from the twisted relationship chart of the First Legion, this man seems to be an extreme egoist, but he may not have really betrayed the empire.
True or false, the existence of the inner ring further obscures the truth.
The only thing Hades can be sure of is that Astlan hates the Lion King extremely, and is being marginalized by the Lion King, otherwise he would not appear here, an unimportant side battlefield.
At the same time, this guy has a very deep city. After Astlan became a fallen angel and was arrested, the strong men in the Stone Fortress tied him up and interrogated him for fifteen years, asking him to repent.
Not only did this guy fail to repent, he also brainwashed the interrogating priest.
What is talent? This is talent!
Therefore, Hades was going to send Gallo to find out if there was such an existence. He had better not come forward yet, otherwise it would be bad if he failed to perform.
But Jialuo will definitely be fine. What this combat company commander is best at is communicating with others without expression.
As long as he has no expression, there will be no flaws.
In fact, Hades reasonably suspected that Gallo had facial paralysis. Not only that, other soldiers of the Death Guard also had this tendency, being taciturn and so on.
Hmm. Hades glanced thoughtfully in the direction of Mortarion again, but Mortarion wore a mask every day, so who knows if this guy also has facial paralysis.
"Welcome, brothers of the First Legion."
Dim bone white, deep night black, representatives of the two legions shook hands with each other, hard and with absolute indifference.
"Death Guard, Garro."
"Dark Angel, Astelan."
Jialuo looked at the dark angel in silence. His power armor had obviously been carefully maintained, but it still had traces of erosion from time, those tiny scratches and dents.
Garro's power armor is also not clean. In fact, the Death Guard's power armor is not very clean.
Their original body did not care too much about appearance, and other Death Guards who could guide the legion did not care about appearance, so the Death Guards were not so particular about the maintenance of their armor.
It may be difficult for other legions to understand this behavior, but just as the Death Guard doesn't care about their own armor, they don't care about the looks others look at them.
Just like now, Jialuo can read some kind of strange look in Astlan's silent eyes?
More like, sympathy?
Garro knows Astlan, which is why he is standing here now, not Hades.
After knowing that Astlan was on the opposite ship, Hades decisively asked Garro to come.
Gallo still remembered Hades' rare moment of pause after hearing Astlan.
Sometimes, Jialuo was really curious as to why a new recruit who had just joined the Legion for less than a hundred years could be more familiar with some things than he was.
Even if he explained it by saying he had been to Mars, Jialuo had never seen other forging masters like this. Those people were obviously more familiar with gears than with people.
But Hades howled and rushed over immediately, interrupting his thinking.
"Jialuo, it's up to you, do Tai Chi with him! The Death Guard's little secret is up to you!"
Hades held Gallo's hand with a magical expression on his face and shouted strange words.
Garro looked at Hades in silence, accustomed to the commander's intermittent illness, but this at least meant that Hades was sure of this meeting.
"When I see a fellow villager, my eyes well up with tears."
Yes, Astlan is also of Terran descent, just like Garro.
Not only that, Astelan was one of the earliest Space Marines. He had been with the Emperor the longest and knew the most.
Know best.
But it seems that his loyalty to the Emperor did not lead him to glory in the First Legion.
Taking good care of the dents on the power armor, Garro certainly knew what this meant. Their legion did not care about them, and the supplies were not the most timely.
Jialuo was silent. Such a truth was one of many possibilities for him in the past.
Although the current approval process is not exciting, at least the corps commander and commander are still willing to throw these documents full of secrets onto his desk.
"I recognize you. Terra's brother."
Astlan spoke slowly,
"Yes," Jia Luo nodded,
"For the Emperor."
The two said in unison, and then smiled in unison,
"It's nice to meet you. At least we can talk about our past glories."
Astlan smiled, and Gallo wasn't sure whether it was sincere or just a test.
Jia Luo paused and spoke hesitantly,
".Glory accompanies the Great Crusade, all the time."
But Garro's previous silence had already revealed his position to Astlan, that is, they might all have some complaints about the original body.
No, although Garro does think that Mortarion should issue more documents, Mortarion is indeed competent, and the original body's concern for the Legion can be felt, even if sometimes he cannot do his best.
That's why he needs other Death Guards to help him improve. In this regard, Gallo actually has no dissatisfaction with Mortarion.
But he needed to show this. Thanks to Hades who was reviewing this operation, Gallo had no other concerns about it. Of course, the eclectic commander could understand the atmosphere of the scene without saying anything.
Astlan nodded and continued to delve deeper into the topic,
"We are following the footsteps of the foreign race, and we are well aware of the danger and cunning of this foreign race. Brother Jia Luo, please allow me to ask, how much blood and price did your legion pay for this?"
Jia Luo was silent for a long time before he slowly opened his mouth and said with some difficulty,
"A lot, far more than I imagined."
Refers to the consumption of ammunition, which is basically empty.
Astlan blinked, without a moment's hesitation, and solemnly saluted Gallo.
"The Dark Angels should have been here to bear this pain with you, but we were late -"
"No, brother, it was your pursuit behind them that allowed Ran Dan's fleet to step into the trap set by the Death Guard in a panic. The quick end of this battle cannot be achieved without your help."
On the other side of the channel, Hades was listening to Gallo and Astlan arguing with each other, and you were talking modestly.
Play, keep playing.
In fact, according to the detectors deployed by Hades in the Death Guard fleet and on Mineral Star No. 3, during the time when Astlan and Garo were arguing, the Dark Angels had roughly scouted the Death Guard fleet. Go through it again.
Otherwise, why would Hades still be sitting here? Wouldn't it be nice to have a dance party where he can do whatever he wants? He's not really resting.
Of course, the Dark Angels couldn't find anything. After all, the Black Domain is not like psychic powers. It leaves a few weird symbols on the ground after use. The Black Domain can be used easily and conveniently.
Ran Dan's main ship was also filled with poison gas by the Death Guard, and the corpses with no external injuries were rotting in the poison gas, so that no one could find out how they died.
The oil guys who shouted randomly on Rust also shut up. Although these oil guys looked crazy, they were really smart. The acting skills of these oil guys were better than anyone else.
After a rough inspection, these Dark Angels naturally found nothing. Although a closer inspection would definitely reveal something fishy, these Dark Angels had no motive and no reason to investigate in detail.
While listening to the conversation between Gallo and Astlan, Hades paid attention to the information coming from the command screen. It could be seen that the group of dark angels who had been "exiled" to the side battlefield were somewhat resentful of the Lion King.
As for their vigilance——
"My 'brother,' he's still too sensitive."
After Mortarion had finished reviewing and approving the mountain of battle reports, the original body came over and stared at the screen in front of Hades.
"Maybe it's because the Ran Dan people have made their nerves too tight. Ran Dan is really difficult to deal with."
Hades said casually, continuing to listen to the interaction between Gallo and Astlan on the channel. As expected of Terrans, they had already begun to reminisce about conquering the solar system.
"Difficult to deal with?"
Mortarion roughly recalled the entire process of the Death Guard beating Randan. It seemed that this could not be called "difficult to deal with" in any way.
But without Hades, Mortarion thought about it. Enemies that can be controlled by psychic powers are indeed troublesome. In this battle, some mortals were also controlled by the opponent, causing a small-scale loss of control.
But it's still not "difficult to deal with".
That can only explain one thing, that is, Leon Jonson doesn’t——
Hades, who was drinking water, almost spit out a mouthful of water.
Mortarion looked away again,
"What are you doing?"
"Cough, cough, cough, it's okay, it's okay."
Hades waved his hands repeatedly, mainly because he had been listening to the conversation between Gallo and Astlan.
In fact, Hades still underestimated Gallo's interpersonal skills. He probably received news from the Dark Angels that Astlan had begun to euphemistically tell Gallo that they did not want to get involved in the Death Guard battle.
This guy was talking about how many people they had brought with him as if to show off, but Hades sounded like this guy was doing something miserable, and by the way, the Yin Yang Lion was not a human being.
Jialuo naturally heard it, and told Astlan calmly that the glory of this battle would naturally be divided equally between them——
Of course it was Hades's instruction, and they didn't care about it anyway.
Oh, maybe Mortarion cared about it before, but it doesn't matter now. After experiencing several brothers, Mortarion realized that it might be a shame to get the same glory as them.
The person on the other side also heard Jialuo's hidden meaning, and the two of them settled down as soon as they sang in harmony, just like they were talking about a double act.
The Dark Angels will have glory, and the Death Guard will replenish their pursuing fleet with some ammunition to facilitate their return.
Naturally, the Dark Angels, who had suffered heavy losses due to their experience in the war, would not participate in the subsequent cleanup work.
Hades knocked on the table. These dark angels really sounded like empty-handed wolves, although they didn't order anything important.
If Hades and the Death Guard didn't want to be too public,
But Hades really wanted to praise his opponent's talent. His ability to borrow roads to go downhill and his ability to pretend to be confused are worthy of the First Legion. His acting skills are good.
From Astlan's point of view, he and his fleet were "exiled" to a remote battlefield, and he was already dissatisfied with the Lion King.
I met the Death Guard again who seemed to have their own "little secret". After a preliminary screening and judging their position based on Jialuo, they decisively chose to stop moving forward and run away for the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, each legion has its own affairs more or less, except for the bewildered Alpha, who should not be seen until the emperor officially gives the order, will not be seen.
I just don’t know how he will report when he returns to the First Legion. But Hades is already ready to turn back to the First Legion to warn them.
Hades thought about it, but Mortarion seemed to be dissatisfied with Hades's answer and directly reached out to turn on the communication channel.
No, no, no, Hades can’t sell Gallo——
"Oh, you, I'm listening right now."
Mortarion paused for a moment,
"What are they talking about, Hades?"
Hades took a deep breath,
"Scold your immediate boss."
"Leon Jonson?"
Hades looked at Mortarion speechlessly. He knew that this elder brother would not have any self-knowledge, or in other words, he would not think that way.
There was a sense of schadenfreude in Mortarion's voice,
"I knew it."
Hades tensed himself and nodded seriously,
"Yes, so I don't think you are suitable to listen to this kind of complaints between soldiers."
"After all, the leader of the First Legion is your brother."
"Ah, yes, he is."
Mortarion reached back his hand very easily. Although he really wanted to hear how they scolded them, it was just like Hades reminded them, they were still "brothers", weren't they?
As a "brother", he still has to save some face for Leon Jonson, even if Mortarion really wants to repeat these words in front of Leon.
Ah... there will be exams starting tomorrow. Let me see, I got 7.1, so the updates may not be stable in the next few days, so no leaflet notices will be sent out.
I know I won’t be able to do more tomorrow, so I’ll make up for it during the summer vacation.
Happy reading.
(End of chapter)
