Upon closer inspection, Kranon's role in the entire process of the Crimson Saber's fall is actually very complicated.
When the Chapter fell into a curse, he tried his best to save it, and after being exiled from the Empire, he also determined to become a glorious martyr.
But just like that sentence says, the Astartes are not absolutely immune to the fear of death.
Unlike careerists like Huron, Kranon was always trying to save his Chapter and never showed strong personal ambitions. Most of his Astartes career was characterized by that of a hero.
But the Milky Way is always more cruel than people can imagine.
In the end, heroes become butchers and warriors become villains.
"What did you just say? A lost dog?"
When Kranon narrowed his eyes and said this, almost all the Scarlet Slayers instinctively touched their weapons, which also caused the Black Legion soldiers to also raise their guns.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Maybe you have a point."
After a few seconds, Kranon just smiled and raised a finger, as if he had just thought of a brilliant idea.
This was also a signal, and the surrounding Scarlet Slayers lowered their hands.
"Why don't I leave you here to die alone in the dark? If I come here to be more exciting, I can try to let the empire know your existence. At least you will die with honor. Isn't glory what you desire?"
Einglasper gave a warning look.
"If you want to piss off the Warmaster, go ahead and all of your heads will be hanging on the bridge of the Vengeful Spirit."
"What else would you say other than moving out of Abaddon?"
Although he was extremely angry, Eingra Speer looked at the other party and suddenly laughed,
"Welcome to the Endless Wrath, the Warmaster's distinguished guest."
Kranon accepted the salute with a satisfied sneer.
"Better."
For this bumbling guy, Eingra Speer could only hold back his anger. At least he was obviously hired to come here. In a sense, he might be able to obtain the Scarlet Slayer through some diplomatic channels. Support and restore his crumbling fleet to its former glory.
"We suffered a small loss on the battlefield in the void, but the Warmaster still holds the initiative on the planet. We may be able to find ways to cooperate with him."
But Kranon didn't care about that, he had his own ideas.
"Why did the Black Legion come to this inhospitable place? Just to kill some Imperials? This is not like Abaddon's style."
Hearing what the other party seemed to be referring to, Aingra Speer narrowed his eyes.
"These things shouldn't be asked by a mercenary. You just have to fight."
"Ah, don't do this with me. I have the right to know why I am fighting, and to tell you the truth, we have been looking for something. Abaddon promised me that he would use that thing as payment."
"I am not interested in your contract with the Warmaster. You will get nothing until the battle is over."
Just when the atmosphere on both sides reached a stalemate again, a strange premonition enveloped each of them. Even the servants looked at the monitor in front of them and the intact bulletproof observation window in horror.
As time goes by, the sense of oppression in people's hearts becomes stronger and stronger, indicating something terrible.
Iongraspeer felt a tickling sensation behind his eyeballs.
"Huh? This is-"
In an instant, the void burst into brilliant light, and the accompanying electromagnetic pulse flooded the system of the damaged ship. The cogitator went down, the display was a mess, and the servitor was paralyzed. Except for the observation window that was invaded by the terrible light, The entire deck was filled with darkness.
The Chaos Space Marines covered their eyes as smaller men and women nearby screamed and fell to the floor, clutching their faces.
Kranon lowered his hand, and light flooded his face.
In the void, a crack opened, burning in the morbid flames of the ether storm. Then, several battleships jumped out of the crack, led by a large black iron-colored cruiser.
"Ah, it's these bastards."
Kranon quickly recognized the ship's name, the Immortal Steel.
Of course, it also recognized the warband it belonged to, the Brotherhood of Steel.
The birth of the Brotherhood of Steel stemmed from a huge civil war that suddenly broke out in the Eye of Terror's new home planet of Midgard. Dozens of warbands, a large number of demons and the traitorous Titan Legion were involved in this war. war.
This war destroyed some Iron Warrior warbands, gave rise to warbands such as the Brotherhood of Steel, and tore the Fourth Legion into large and small warbands, no longer the size of a legion.
After breaking away from the Legion, the Brotherhood of Steel has been operating in the Eye of Terror as mercenaries, most notably participating in the famous Siege of Vraks.
The Brotherhood of Steel is one of the 11 Chaos warbands summoned by the Chaos Lord Ax the Faithless. Their experience in counter-siege warfare provides powerful support to the traitors. The most critical thing this gang does is to The tank trenches held back two Imperial attacks, protected access to Vraks' massive underground warehouse, and used their extensive understanding of the mysteries of technology to awaken the Waldo tank destroyer that was buried and gathering dust in the warehouse.
But after the war went south, the Brotherhood of Steel seized several Valdos for their own use and quietly transported some of the vehicles out of the planet, then slipped away in their battleships.
Seeing the Brotherhood of Steel appear, a smile appeared on Eingra Speer's face.
He is relatively familiar with this warband. He has also cooperated with the current leader of the Brotherhood of Steel, 'Cold Steel' Capac Tari, several times, and he knows their nature well - compared to most Chaos warbands, Steel The fraternity is one of the most reputable ones. Not only is their loyalty relatively guaranteed, but they will never leave until the last moment.
With them, he has the ability to counterbalance Kranon.
The Heartless also thought of this and showed their displeasure.
"Ha, it looks like we have a new guest."
Ion Grasper rubbed his hands, and his confidence and grace returned to him.
"Send a signal to Brother Tali and invite him to the flagship to discuss the next plans and arrangements."
When he said this to the communications officer, he glanced at Kranon.
The Heartless just smiled coldly, ignored him, and walked to the other end of the deck.
At this time, Marco came up again and said cautiously:
"Sir, the other two have just sent a message, saying that they have changed their minds, are deeply aware of their previous wrong ideas, and are determined to unite under your command and continue to fight against the empire."
Aingra Speer spat directly on the ground - originally he wanted to spit in the old man's face.
"Tell them I'm more than welcome."
But he had already planned in his heart that after this battle was over, he must repair those two treacherous bastards.
"By the way, I asked you to find the wizard before. Did you find it?"
"Found it, sir."
"Then let him send a message to the Warmaster immediately, saying that reinforcements have arrived, and they are the Scarlet Slayer and the Brotherhood of Steel."
"Yes, sir."
