"Your condition does not look good, my lord."
"Did something go wrong? Or did we make some oversights during the battle..."
Looking at the melancholy Luo Jia in front of him, Angeltai couldn't help but ask.
Ever since the Perfect City incident, he had never seen his genetic father show such an expression. Visible sadness and anxiety were showing up on his face, so much so that even the gold-plated incantation on his skin looked a little hazy.
There are not many trivial things that can make the Primarch feel worried, especially in the current situation where the war is dull-a few hours ago, Lorgar personally led the Word Bearers troops to defeat almost all the Iron Man troops on the surface. , in the context of such a great victory, Angeltai really couldn't imagine what his genetic father had to worry about.
Although those iron men are still pouring out of the giant mechanical tower like locusts, their [exits] have been tightly contained. Just like the huge orbital bombing a few days ago, these nearly endless iron men The troops were just waiting in line to die in the face of the heavy firepower of the armored forces.
"...I'm fine. I was just thinking about some...questions."
Hearing Angeltai's question, Luojia broke away from his contemplation.
"Question? I don't know what question you are thinking about, but..."
"It's just a problem. Don't think so much, my son. ... Even if I mobilize most of the troops, the scrap metal crawling out of the ancient tombs is still no match for us."
Luo Jia's voice was slightly hoarse, sounding like an extremely tired traveler.
But the light war for several days did not make him feel tired. What really made him feel tired were the dozens of Dark Angel warships hanging overhead like the Sword of Damocles in space.
Since returning to Colchis, Lorgar has not been worried for a moment whether Jonson will hysterically drop cyclone torpedoes on his planet, replacing the Emperor and replacing Elaine, to truly carry out the promise that the Empire should have. punishment imposed by the perpetrator.
So much so that Luojia now even has some self-destructive tendencies to speculate on what will happen next - he quickly transferred most of the civilians on the planet to the satellite of Colchis, leaving those who stayed on the surface of the planet. The Word Bearers garrison was also reduced to three thousand, and most of the mortal auxiliaries and mechanical priests affiliated with the Seventeenth Legion were dismissed. Of course, the oil guys under his command were obviously not very satisfied with this decision.
Although the troops belonging to the Dark Angels did not obey Luojia's orders, he also tried his best to reduce the damage in the subsequent conflict so that the planet would not be swallowed up by the flames of the cyclone torpedoes. Almost exhausted.
This was all he could do as Lord of Colchis.
Luojia did not have the computing power as developed as Perturabo, nor did he have the strong mind to deal with many trivial matters as carefully as Elaine, but he still accomplished everything he could within the scope of his abilities.
The price that came to light was what Angeltai saw: a exhausted and exhausted Primarch.
"With all due respect, my lord, you don't look like a general who has returned in triumph, but like an old man who is worried about the end of his life in panic - I have never seen anything like you in the eyes of anyone. Sadness and anxiety are worrying things that should not be in your eyes.”
"Although this may be very offensive, it is what our soldiers who remain in the home regiment want to ask you - what on earth is wrong with you?"
Angeltai's tone was so radical that the original body guard next to Luojia immediately stepped forward to hold this ignorant warrior. Although Angeltai was the leader of the Sawtooth Sun Chapter, he also You must never be so presumptuous in front of the original body.
But Angeltai continued to question the Primarch in front of him:
"Although the results of our battle are perfect, there are still voices of confusion in the legion - those civilians who suddenly evacuated, the soldiers who left the auxiliary army and other sub-regiments in large numbers, why do they want to be perfect in this day and age? Being transferred while containing the enemy?"
"We need answers, Father."
As an Astartes who had experienced the Perfect City incident, Angeltai sensed that there might also be an ominous fog hanging over Colchis. The fatigue shown by the father of genes in front of him and the large number of Colchis residents who evacuated the surface within a few days clearly reflected what Angeltai was thinking. Everything was just as he expected, Colchis It may be like a perfect city facing an inevitable destruction.
But what kind of destruction is it? Nowadays, there are no potential traitors within the Word Bearers, and the enemies on Colchis can also be contained under heavy bombardment. In Angeltai's eyes, there is nothing on this planet worth destroying. meaning.
But the cloud of destruction still hangs over Colchis. Even Xia Fen, the optimistic warrior, can feel it. There is no reason why Angertai can't feel it.
Facing Angeltai's question, Luojia fell silent.
Luojia knew the leader of the Sawtooth Sun Chapter, and there was no doubt that he was a devout Word Bearer warrior. Moreover, he also came from the land where they now stand - Colchis. As fresh blood, he was injected into the 17th Legion, which was not called the Word Bearers at that time, and witnessed what the Word Bearers endured along the way. Despite all the suffering and setbacks, and even because the high-level priest system was completely dismantled by Luojia himself, Angeltai's status is quite prominent in the current Word Bearers parent group.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Word Bearers warriors who are staying on the surface now recommend him to come and inquire about the truth of their affairs.
But Luo Jia just didn't know how to answer the other party.
Should he reveal that his friendly forces are preparing to drop a cyclone torpedo on his head? Or is it revealing that there is some kind of danger in the Iron Man troops who are as fragile as low-level civilization?
In the latter, even Luojia himself did not believe that those weak iron men could easily defeat even the mortal auxiliary army, and the battle had lasted for nearly a week. If they had any hidden technology, they would have already used it.
But the former... is an untouchable topic.
If he really told his descendants that Colchis was destroyed because of Jonson's willful actions, I am afraid that the current Word Bearers would point their guns at the Dark Angel on the spot.
Then it's all over.
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(End of chapter)
