With a snap, all the lighting balls in the library were lit up, and a giant wearing blue power armor appeared in Sorge's sight. The other person was looking attentively at the "History of the Maelstrom" in his hand.
Two seconds later, the giant put down the book, raised his bald head and looked at Sorge at the door.
"Are you Sorge?"
Looking at the opponent's armor and the venomous snake tattoo extending from his left cheek to his neck, Sorge was stunned for a long time, and finally squeezed out the name from between his teeth——
"alpha......"
The giant smiled and put his hands on the table, and the tattoos on his face gradually disappeared.
"Accident?"
"Accident."
"Would you be more surprised if I said I was sent by that Chapter Master?"
"This is actually... not that surprising."
Occam grinned and leaned back.
"Interesting, interesting. Soshyan sent me a good agent. It seems that this mission will be much simpler. Let me introduce you. I am the intelligence master hired by the Soshyan Chapter Commander. You can call me Wu Shi As you can see, I am an Alpha, and that lady is a Callidus Assassin. I have also been assigned by the Chapter Master to assist you. You will be partners from now on. You also know Callidus. The daughter of Dus has no name, just call her Thorn."
Zorg took a few seconds to digest the news, and then looked at Occam.
"So, does this mean that I must accept your command from now on?"
"Yes, you are right."
"I understand. So, Mr. Wu Zhizhi, what is the new mission?"
Occam did not answer directly, but asked.
"You have been running this in the Maelstrom for a long time. How much do you know about the Red Pirates?"
Zorge thought for a moment and then replied:
"The structure of the Red Pirates is divided into four layers, which can be roughly called three sails and four masts. The outermost layer is called the outer sail, and can also be called nominal pirates. They are usually mortal pirates who only hang the Red Pirates' The flag does not belong to the command sequence of the Red Pirates. The only connection is to pay the "name fee" regularly. This is generally calculated according to the size of the fleet. If you fail to pay it, you will be "removed", that is, you will be killed directly, and you will become a name pirate. You have to join the Pirate Pledge, which is held about every ten years.”
"The second is the peripheral organization called the Inner Hengsail. Most of them are Chaos warbands who have been under Huron's command for a short period of time. They account for about half of the Red Pirate Space Marines. They have the power to enter Huron's core territory. , and can dock in the Red Pirates' military port, but do not enjoy the Red Pirates' equipment and supplies. Of course, they only maintain minimum military obligations to the Red Pirates. Huron can summon them with the Black Heart Death Order, but cannot directly command them. And compared to mortal pirates, these Chaos warbands don’t have to pay much, which is the real reason why the Red Pirates seem huge and bloated.”
"Then there is the core organization called the Schooner. They are considered the backbone of the Red Pirates. They are all warbands who have been under Huron for a long time. The leaders of the warbands can basically be regarded as Huron's subordinates. They enjoy the red pirates. All pirate facilities and quotas of equipment and supplies are replenished, and even gene seeds can be obtained through meritorious service to expand the power. Moreover, the management of the fore-and-aft is stricter than that of the horizontal sail. Private fighting is not allowed. If there is a conflict, it must be resolved in front of Huron, whether it is a gladiatorial battle or something else. They account for about one-third of the Red Corsairs, and they include many capable and famous warbands, as well as former Space Marine chapters that defected from the Empire."
"The last part is called the four-mast, each mast ranging from 3,000 to 6,000. These are the core elites of the red pirates. They enjoy the best equipment and the best supplies, and drive the most powerful warships. They are also the vanguard of Huron's plunder. Although they still seem to be in the form of a war gang internally, each mast master is Huron's most trusted company commander in the past and can basically command them. However, they need to garrison various strategic points. , to fight against the rampant Eldar pirates and green-skinned pirates, and each warband will also go out to plunder on its own, so it is difficult to concentrate at once. When Huron goes out to plunder, he can bring at most one mast of troops with him... ...The four-masts, plus Huron's personal soldiers and some staff, etc., the total number of people accounts for about one-sixth of the red pirates."
Occam nodded and stood up.
"It seems that you haven't been in vain all these years, but I know everything you said. Can you tell me something I don't know? For example, how many wizards are there around Huron now? Does Huron have a secret fleet? Red What kind of alliance did the pirates and the Black Legion make?”
"this--"
"And is there any powerful character among the Red Pirates? Is there anyone who is an enemy of the master behind you? Does Huron have a conspiracy against the Astral Knights or other organizations? Where is he likely to stay in the future? Where will he stay? how long?"
"Well........."
Occam came up behind him and tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"These are the new jobs for us in the future."
At this moment, the handle of the library was suddenly twisted from the outside. Sorge was startled and turned around.
The little girl who had been sleeping soundly woke up at some point. When she opened the door, her eyes were sleepy and her feet were bare.
"Dad...huh?"
When she saw Sorge's appearance, the girl was stunned.
"Did Dad get into a fight?"
Zorg smiled awkwardly, suddenly thinking that there was an Alpha in the room, but when he turned around, Occam had disappeared without a trace.
"Huh!"
Suddenly, the girl let out a cry of surprise and came to the Callidus assassin.
"Dad! Is this the mother you said you were looking for? What a beautiful mother!"
"Uh-this one."
Sorge noticed that his "new colleague" was looking down at his adopted daughter expressionlessly, so he was about to send her back to the room, but he did not expect that the other party suddenly leaned over and stretched out his hand to pick the girl up.
Almost instantly, the Callidus assassin transformed into a gentle, smiling mother.
"Yeah, tell mom, what's your name?"
"Daddy said my name is Rosa!"
The girl said her name very proudly, then put her arms around the Callidus assassin's neck, and fell asleep within a few seconds.
"Rosa is somewhat lethargic because she cannot control her psychic powers. She must sleep a full twelve hours a day."
After hearing Sorge's words, Thorns stared at the defenseless girl's tender face, not knowing what he was thinking.
Then she whispered to Sorge:
"I'll take her back to the room and come to you later. You go and clean up too."
"Hmm...what about the unsubstantiated ones?"
At this time, Thorns had already left the library with silent footsteps, and it was two seconds before her voice appeared in Sorge's ears.
"Whenever I need to talk to you about something, he will show up...Also, I am not familiar with Mr. Wu Shi Zhe. We can't guess his character and thoughts. He will play your house game." It’s hard to say how long we can tolerate it, so we can take care of ourselves.”
Sorge sighed softly, looked back at the library, then walked out of the door and turned off the light.
