Chapter 273 265. Ups and Downs
When the Death Guard parked in Barbarus for 339 days, they received the coordinates of the next star field they needed to go to.
Along with the news came a black ship.
The good news is that the bandit leaders headed by Malcador did not take away anything. On the contrary, they gave Hades two large boxes of ashes -
those of the untouchables and the psykers.
In the Warhammer world, the abilities of soulless ones and psykers will not disappear due to death, but will be greatly weakened; even if they die, their ashes can weaken or strengthen the warp barrier.
This is also the main material of the anti-psionic grenade developed by Hades. The black bullet is a mixture of the ashes of the soulless and black stone particles. Once exploded, it will immediately strengthen the subspace barriers around it.
The white bullets are filled with the ashes of psykers. Generally speaking, psionic species are the passage connecting subspace and the physical world, but their flesh and blood bodies have the maximum psychic endurance. If the barrier is broken within a short period of time, If it is quickly weakened, a large amount of psychic energy will flow into the psychic species, "squeezing" the individual alive.
Therefore, Bai Dan's idea is to use the sudden increase in subspace energy to cause the psychic species to self-destruct, thus achieving the operation of closing the channel between subspace and the physical world.
However, this kind of weapon can easily be self-defeating in principle, so after the production was completed, Hades only selected warriors who knew enough about psychic powers to issue a small number of white bullets.
But compared with black bullets, white bullets have a huge advantage that cannot be ignored - that is, abundant raw materials, especially within the Death Guard.
Ahem, that’s a bit of a joke from hell.
What's even worse is that most of the warriors in the Death Guard who know enough about psychic powers are Undertaker, also known as the Librarian.
Hades wisely concealed from them what the main material of these ammunition was. Although the lamp holder Ugo stared at him suspiciously, Hades still showed him the principle of this ammunition and how to use it without changing his expression - except What exactly is inside it.
Wait until the war is urgent and the raw materials are not enough, then tell them the truth.
Hades thought silently.
The order of war has arrived. After a year, the main thrusters of the Death Guard ships are ignited again. The Star Whispers whisper. Civilian access is prohibited for a short period of time. There is a ripple at Mandeville Point and the Death Guard fleet begins. Conduct subspace jumps in an orderly manner.
Hades stared boredly out of the porthole. He could feel that the repulsion of the subspace against him was increasing.
However, the last time the Black Ship came, he said that if Hades thought it was nothing, then he should just treat it as if it was nothing. Don't let him be thrown out when the Death Guard was racing in the subspace that day.
Hades was thinking wildly.
Because of the rapid development of the Barbarus system, after the Death Guard returned, more gravekeepers were stationed to monitor and warn.
At the same time, Mortarion and Hades chose Morag, the Death Shroud, as the Death Guard Archon of Barbarus, responsible for many matters such as system management and recruitment.
Hades also transferred several social management students to practice learning, and several of them will be transferred to Galaspa and Drouen.
Others are trivial matters such as governance, and the sage who repeatedly beats Miint.
By the way, the Death Guard's warehouse was filled again. Thanks to Barbarus and Barbarus' partners, the Death Guard's huge warehouse was really full this time. This fact made several people in the foundry hall The foundry master was amazed for several days.
Because there has been no war for a year, there is now an urge within the Death Guard to try. The long-standing scythe flashes with cold light and is ready to move, eager to bring blood and death to its enemies.
But this time the battle order also did not give a detailed description, not because it was a war that needed to be concealed like Ran Dan, but because it was a world that had just been detected, and all the news was still unknown.
The only thing the Death Guard knows is that the Ultramarines are also heading to that star field, and they will cooperate with the Ultramarines - the
Ultramarines!
Hades thought that for the first time since Perturabo and Leon Jonson, the Death Guard had a normal cooperative legion! He uses normal tactics, communicates friendly and normally with his comrades, and has the thinking of a normal person
. The Ultramarines, Robert Guilliman, Macragge, and his never-before-seen second
Hades suddenly felt a chill all over his body. It was like the Endurance looked down upon him.
Hades coughed twice guiltily, no, he is the Death Guard, he is the Death Guard.
Hades struggled painfully in his heart. He still couldn't forget Robert Guilliman's reliable performance at the banquet. (And the angel Sanguinius) If Guilliman hadn't been present at the time, I'm afraid that It wasn't like Mortarion and the entire Death Guard died the next day.
To be honest, the Death Guard should be grateful to Guilliman for his kindness, and of course, the Thousand Sons should probably be grateful as well.
After learning that the cooperative legion would be the Ultramarines, Hades became more relaxed and only needed to leave the matter to Robert Guilliman!
As long as Guilliman doesn't take the lead in launching a one-on-one duel, then a legion commander who cares about legion soldiers and the casualty rate of cooperative legions will be an invincible existence, praising the great second - ahem, ah no, what kind of empire is that
? It's not established yet.
And to Hades's surprise, Mortarion's evaluation of Guilliman turned out to be quite good. Maybe the Lord of Death was also aware of the reliable behavior of the Lord of Macragge at the banquet that day.
Hades even suspected that Mortarion's top three brothers now would at least have seats for Horus and Guilliman.
After confirming Mortarion's positive evaluation of Guilliman and eliminating the last unstable factor, everything became simpler, that is - hand it over to Robert Guilliman!
Although Guilliman's reputation in 30k is not good, Macragge's existence in the five hundred worlds has made people evaluate him as ambitious Guilliman, hypocritical, and cunning. Guilliman has always had a negative image of a politician.
But this is not important. What is important is that Guilliman really cares about the war casualty ratio, and he doesn't sell his teammates very much.
For the Death Guard, is there anything more important than this? Especially after experiencing Perturabo's baptism.
Therefore, amid expectations for war and a positive curiosity about the Ultramarines, the Death Guard fleet finally arrived at the established coordinates.
As expected, the ships that the Ultramarines were waiting to welcome them were already drifting quietly in the channel, ready to lead the way for the Death Guard.
Look, this is the fine style of the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines have gained another point in Hades' heart.
However. In the command room, Mortarion and Hades stood in front of the command panel, waiting for the Ultramarines to transmit the information necessary for the war.
[Lord Mortarion, the Ultramarines are here to welcome you and your legion. ]
[The war is over, and this planet has chosen to accept Lord Guilliman's peace and surrender. ]
Mortarion raised his eyebrows, seeming a little displeased.
Beside him, Hades began to praise Robert Guilliman loudly in his mind, the Lord of Macragge.
Reliable, so reliable!
Try political peacemaking first, and then violent means. This is the normal process!
And when it comes to political peacemaking, no one can compare to Robert Guilliman!
【.You can come with your legion to inspect this newly surrendered human world. The residents here are very enthusiastic and they have great goodwill towards the arrival of the empire. ]
A hissing voice came from under Mortarion's mask, and he said stiffly,
"No need. If they are not pretending to surrender, but truly surrendering, then there is no need for the Death Guard to waste time here."
[The people here , the people of Absdu, under the persuasion of our Primarch, all sincerely surrendered to the Empire] The
channel was buzzing, the perfect and impeccable polite words of the Ultramarines continued, but Hades listened to everything. Gone—
Wait? Absdu? Did he just say this was Abstu? !
Hades looked shocked.
The emperor's socks! ! ! In the original timeline, Abs was the planet where the Death Guard first launched the Extermination Order, right? !
As for why the Death Guard issued the Order of Extermination.
Because this planet is full of semi-corrupted psykers!
Hades slowly realized a cruel truth, that is, the partner this time should not be the Ultramarines -
don't negotiate peace with such a planet? ! Can't you see something is wrong with this planet? !
Oh, Robert Guilliman really can't tell.
Thank you to the leader of [Naita]! ! !
I will work hard to write!
(End of chapter)