"Political Commissar, with all due respect, how long do you think the hive can hold on?"
Belfgang's voice was as smooth as honey. Yarrick was not sure whether the other party used psychic powers. Dealing with a wizard always made him feel uneasy.
"I answered a similar question a long time ago."
Alex sighed softly, holding the cup, and the heat in the cup enveloped his face.
"To be honest, I don't know. It may be a week, it may be two or three days, or we may not be able to hold on tonight."
"You actually lasted six months."
"Well...every day when I open my eyes, I feel that this may be the last day. There is almost never good news. Either this place has been lost, or there is being surrounded. We are like standing on the edge of a cliff. We just need to A gust of wind will cause you to fall into the abyss."
"Yes, despair is the most terrible chronic poison."
Belfgang brought the teacup to his mouth, and only then did Alec notice that the lower part of his face was movable.
"Do you want to hear my story?"
"if you are willing to."
Belfgang was born into a family of ordinary civil servants in the middle-level nest of Hades. His father has been serving the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When he reaches adulthood, he should also take over his father's duties.
His original life was very simple, very ordinary, and very boring, until one day when he was 15 years old, after an accidental drunkenness, the talent in his body awakened.
It was a terrible accident, and when he woke up, his family's neighborhood, including his parents, had been reduced to ashes.
After realizing what had happened, the panicked Belfgang hid in the lower hive to avoid pursuit by the relevant departments of the empire.
In the past, he had a pure nature, but the cruel environment made him more cautious, withdrawn and neurotic. To make matters worse, his uncontrollable spiritual power made him encounter the entanglement of subspace forces at all times. In the most serious case, he almost died. Possessed by a demon.
Perhaps due to luck, while hiding underground in Hades, he accidentally broke into an unfamiliar area, and his psychic powers were also suppressed when he broke into that area.
At first, he tried to explore that space, but after encountering several dangers, he did not dare to continue. Instead, he used the special energy of the place to slow down the corrosion of the subspace power on him.
In the following decades, he has been active in the community of the bottom hive civilians, making a living by helping people drive away various monsters and monsters, and also accepted employment from hive gangs to obtain the psychic knowledge he needs.
By relying on this method, Belfgang grew up step by step, and used the psyker training manual and some ancient witchcraft books to learn to control the psychic energy in his body.
And his reputation spread unknowingly. While he was respected by people, he was also feared and resisted by people.
Later, he was hunted by the empire's powerful agencies, and every time he was hunted, he would hide in that secret space. This was also the key to his ability to escape for many years.
That place is hidden deep beneath the layers of Hades' hive and is almost impossible to discover.
"There is still such a secret in Hades's nest..."
Yarrick digested the news he heard, and was annoyed that he didn't know enough about the hive. If he had known that there was such a space, many people might have been able to move inside and avoid the war.
"Okay, let's talk about business."
Belfgang put down the teacup, which was already completely drunk.
"I heard that Astartes reinforcements have arrived?"
"Yes, two warbands."
"Why have there been no reinforcements?"
"Maybe it's because there is no air superiority, maybe the Astartes have other plans, maybe... I can't say."
"Maybe they have given up hope here."
The psyker spoke a harsh reality.
"They don't want to waste their forces on a losing battlefield."
Alex sighed.
"At least Chapter Master Soshyan said he would come to save us, and I believe him."
"Do you know a Chapter Master of the Astartes?"
"Twenty years ago, I fought alongside him."
"You have a good idea, Commissar Yarick. I also imagined that the hive might fall soon, but you turned the situation around."
"No, Belfgang, I don't."
"Then you also understand what my existence means. Once you use my power, you may cause countless troubles in the future."
Alec smiled.
"Maybe, but regardless of victory or defeat, I'm not prepared to leave Hades alive, so I don't care if a wizard is on our side?"
"Correction, not wizard, psyker."
"Feel sorry."
Alex was silent for a moment, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.
After about two minutes, he said:
"Recently, the greenskins have frequently used psychic energy to harass our positions. Can you feel it?"
"Can."
Belfgang nodded.
"Actually, I felt them from the moment they came to the orbit of the planet. The green skins are very special. When they gather together, they will produce a large amount of chaotic spiritual energy, which is slightly different from spiritual energy. It is more violent and uncontrollable. They must be So are the psykers."
"It seems you are mentally prepared."
Yaric opened a holographic map, on which only the area of the middle nest remained.
"The activity of the greenskins has decreased slightly recently, but I don't think they have given up. I have a hunch that they will launch a very large-scale attack. This may be a decisive battle. I will arrange all the forces that can be mobilized. The defenses on these fronts, and here on the northern wall, and the defensive forces here.”
He pointed to several areas.
"The northern city area worries me the most because it is in disrepair and suffered a plane crash a few years ago. Although the protective wall has been temporarily repaired, it is easily breached. The Greenskins may use that area as their main attack point."
"I don't know anything about military affairs. Everything will be subject to your arrangements."
"You will be stationed in the north and equipped with a professional guard and an ornithopter. Your transfers may be frequent in the future. We only have you as a powerful psyker."
"Understood."
"Okay, that's it for today. I have prepared a separate room for you. You can rest for half a day. The guards will take you there."
Belfgang stood up from his chair and was about to leave, but suddenly he turned around again.
"one thing."
"What?"
"Just this morning, I felt another powerful aura coming to the orbit of the planet. It scared me. If it wasn't another powerful psyker, it could only be..."
Yarick frowned, and it was really a wave of ups and downs.
"What is it?"
"Think Tank Astartes."
After saying that, Belfgang turned and left, the door closed behind him, and Yarrick in the room remained silent for a long time——
