Chapter 42 40. Dusk Raider
Endurance.
Now.
.Hades
was walking along the long and narrow corridor with Mortarion. The two of them were walking slowly and leisurely, not in a hurry to go to the next place.
Mortarion walked on in silence, giving Hades space to think.
Hades was still thinking about what Mortarion just said.
Even if these veterans from Terra were now sworn to serve Mortarion, Mortarion would never relinquish his trust to them easily.
This is not Mortarion's paranoia. In fact, the veterans of each legion will have certain frictions with the newly arrived originals and recruits.
For example, the Primarch Guilliman of the Thirteenth Legion Ultramarines couldn't stand the overly violent methods of Terran veterans. Another example is the 19th Legion Raven Guard. Korakos doesn't like the veterans of Terra using the Astra Militarum as war bait.
If the Primarch's personal charisma is strong enough, or if he has sufficient political wisdom, then the integration of the old and new legions will become easier.
A typical positive representative is the Thirteenth Legion, the Ultramarines. Robert Guilliman constantly uses his wisdom to persuade veterans to embark on new paths.
Or maybe it was the Ninth Legion, the holy Sanguinius who saved the group of vampires who were about to fall.
But there are also less positive representatives. For example, the 14th Legion and the Death Guard.
Mortarion's style is very simple. He uses his outstanding war acumen and methods to convince these veterans.
Then use a high-casualty war to fight out these veterans to achieve a blood exchange in the legion.
Some stubborn veterans will cling to their old glory and volunteer to perform some death missions.
Some completely chose to believe in their original body and let go of their past glory.
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fact, if you change the perspective and don’t think from the perspective of the integration of the old and new legions, then Mortarion’s method may not be a more efficient method.
In this way, you can insert your own people into the legion to the maximum extent in a short period of time to achieve the expansion of your power.
Some people here may be confused, because haven't these Terran veterans already declared their allegiance to Mortarion, so why talk about expansion of power?
In fact, it was not so much loyalty to the Primarch himself as it was the fact that the veterans chose to be loyal to the Primarch because the Emperor demanded of them.
Most of these Twilight Raider veterans from Terra had seen the majesty and splendor of the Emperor himself. To them, the Primarch was nothing more than a gift from the Emperor.
With the Primarch, the entire Legion will become more powerful, but even without the Primarch, the Legion is still running in its own mode.
What's more, Mortarion's return was relatively late compared to the entire Great Crusade. After Mortarion, only Angron, Korakos, and Omega were left in the Empire and had not yet returned. .
This leads to the psychological independence of the Twilight Raiders.
The former Twilight Raiders, compared to those warhounds of the Twelfth Legion who were still envious of Guilliman, the Primarch of Sanguinius's magnificent return.
The Fourteenth Legion had long since realized that a Legion could do well without its Primarch.
Even within the original Fourteenth Legion, the Twilight Raiders, there was still a thought within the entire legion -
that is, what would happen if we had the original body? The Fourteenth Legion could do without the Primarch what the armies led by the Primarch had accomplished.
The most extreme veterans may even think that the Primarch is nothing more than that, and look at whether the Primarch can change the entire Legion for the better.
Veterans always hold their heads high, they have their proud capital.
These veterans who have fought most of the war alone are walking silently in the universe. While other legions are cheering for the recovery of the original body and preparing for a grand welcome ceremony, the Twilight Raiders are silently marching across the galaxy. fight in every corner.
When Sanguinius knelt before his children, when Guilliman of the Ultramar Empire reforged the glory of the Ultramarines, when Dorn returned with his huge and perfect pocket empire,
those primarchs have not yet been recovered. The legions had no choice but to watch their performance from the audience.
Some legions are envious and hope that their Primarch is as noble as Sanguinius, as glorious as Guilliman, and as proud as Horus.
There is no Space Marine who does not yearn for the father to whom their genes are linked.
They hope that their Primarch is the best one, they hope that their Primarch is the most unique one, and they hope that they can be led to become the most glorious one.
But there are always Legions that are an exception.
For example, the original 14th Legion, Twilight Raiders.
They have their own culture, they have their own history.
When a planet's attack point silently rotates to the junction of light and shadow, the 14th Legion's general attack has just begun.
They took advantage of the twilight to launch a large-scale ground attack on the enemy. The dim and charming light dimmed the gray power armor of the Space Marines. The ancient and traditional Albian tactics still played their role in the universe.
They are the brave men from Terra, they are the Emperor's strong right arm.
As a result, they earned themselves the unique title of Twilight Raiders.
They have their own arrogance.
What is even more intriguing is that the Twilight Raiders are proud, independent, silent and stubborn, and do not rely on their superiors. To some extent, they are
worthy of being the descendants of Mortarion.
The tall body of the original body was still walking in the corridors of the Endurance. Hades looked at Mortarion, wondering how he was currently getting along with these veterans.
As far as Hades is concerned, he is still more inclined to hope that the new and old legions can be better integrated.
One is that Hades respects these veterans who have served in the military for a lifetime, and the other is that legions with a large number of veterans tend to have stronger combat capabilities.
Third, if Mortarion insists on rebelling, these veterans from Terra will be the last loyalists of the Death Guard.
Sometimes, it will be difficult to think about some things, because you are always unwilling to face these problems. .
Hades knew that although he had succeeded in getting rid of one of Mortarion's inner demons, Hades was still more inclined to bet on double insurance when it came to matters like fate.
As for Typhon, Hades will find a way, and if he can be persuaded, then he will try.
But if it doesn't work
- then kill him.
But what Hades is worried about is that even if he kills a future betrayer, will there be a second betrayer, or a third betrayer?
Even if there were no betrayers, would Mortarion have been designed by Nurgle to become a demon?
What's more, even without Nurgle's design, in the original plot, Mortarion would have chosen to betray because of Horus' persuasion.
For now, killing the alien lord Naklay is just the tiniest detail in the huge destiny process of Warhammer.
As a tiny member of the race, how much splash can Hades make?
Things in the future are too strange, and personal power is too small.
Based on the current information, Hades is still unable to make his own conclusion about the next step.
Escape? Is it a war? Is it to turn the tide? Or hide in fate?
The mystery surrounding him is already full of doubts.
Hades needed to see more, he needed to think more.
He will find his own answer.
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