Warhammer: I don't want to be a stinky can! ! !

Chapter 755 198. Originally just a

【Where is Corax? 】

In the familiar and peaceful atmosphere, the secret room of the Lord of Night had long been transformed into a place where the three Primarchs would sit and relax when they had nothing to do.

Sometimes, Conrad, who was sleeping in the secret room, would even be awakened by Mortarion opening the door with a bang, but the instigator had no awareness at all. After giving Conrad a contemptuous look, he swaggered to his "exclusive sofa" and sat down.

【He went to look for his cubs.】

Conrad woke up from his dream, stretched out his hand, rubbed his eyes, and sat up from the sofa.

Soon after they arrived at their destination, Corax couldn't wait to go ahead.

Mortarion frowned in dissatisfaction.

[My impression of the Raven Lord is not that of a person who is so anxious...]

At least leave after discussing the overall tactics, or what happened?

Conrad yawned, and then reached out to push aside his messy hair that was covering his face, trying to recall the information he had seen earlier.
[His little cub seems to have had an accident - just a week before we arrived, the commander of the Raven Guard, Sevix, was ambushed and seriously injured by a Tau commander and is now lying in the treatment cabin. ]

【? 】

Mortarion, who was sitting casually on the single sofa, had a new frown on his face before his brows relaxed. The commander of the Raven Guard was seriously injured in a sneak attack?

After a brief silence, Mortarion spoke.
[Corax did tell me of his concerns, that he thought the scion was rather irritable.]

Mortarion pondered, realizing that he could no longer experience the warp after drinking a glass of poisoned wine with Conrad today. He immediately took out the command board embedded under the armrest of the sofa and called up the information.

[…A Tau can win a duel with the Legion Commander? ]

Mortarion clicked on the data. Through previous battle reports, the Primarch judged that the Tau were not good at close combat. The Tau usually let their allies -

Especially the Kroots assist them in close combat so that they can better perform long-range output.

At the same time, the combat effectiveness between Titanium individuals varies greatly, especially when they are wearing different types of mechas.

Based on data obtained from previous fronts, the Tau Empire's XV8 battle suit is usually equivalent to a Space Marine in combat power.

The Primarch thought quickly for a moment and locked his target on the two aliens.
[The Tau who fought with the Raven Legion Leader... Farsight or Shadowsun? ]

There are only a handful of high-level Titanium fighters currently active on the front lines, and even fewer Titanium who can compete with the Legion Commander.

【I am not sure. 】

Conrad raised his head and stretched his arms out on the couch.

[Corax didn't say--When can I get a blue skin, Mortarion? ]

[If you're so anxious, Conrad, you could just open the hatch and jump out... I think your kid would be happy to die with you.]

Conrad let out a strange cry of disappointment, but Mortarion ignored him. The Pale Lord called up the star map, and a faint fluorescent light reflected on his face.

titanium……

This was different from some of the battles Mortarion had fought before. It was on a much larger scale, which meant that the Reaper needed to be more carefully deployed and planned. At the same time, it would become a real genocide war.

Of course, this battle was not overly stressful. At least the God of Death did not feel the despair he felt when he raised his scythe to face Nurgle.

Death felt a part of his heart that had been silent due to his official duties become active again...

Just as a person who has been ill for a long time longs for nectar, he looked forward to a great battle that would satisfy him.

The star map lit up. The Tau area currently explored by the Empire was a line bounded by the Damocles Gulf. Before the Damocles Gulf was a Tau force called the "Foresight Enclave".

In the Farsight Enclave, Mortarion narrowed his eyes with some sarcasm. No matter which race, there will always be traitors.

The Tau are no exception.

Prominent Farsighted Commanders among them declared independence from the Tau Empire and established Farsighted enclaves on captured human worlds.

Unlike the general Tau, the Farsighted Enclave has different beliefs from the Tau Empire. They prefer "martyrdom for the greater good" as the orthodox morality. Therefore, the warriors of the Farsighted Enclave are more adept at melee attacks than their counterparts.

After crossing the Farsighted Enclave, the Empire will next face the Tau army stationed in Damocles Gulf. The commander of this army is Shadowsun, and it is also the most powerful military force in the Tau Empire.

Although the Primarch believed that if the Empire's spear pierced the Damocles Gulf and penetrated deep into the heart of the Tau Empire, the Tau Empire would definitely pull out an army that was stronger and larger than the Shadow Sun Army to confront the Empire.

After all, this was a battle that determined the life and death of their race. When these blue-skinned aliens realized that if they were defeated, the only outcome they would face was death...

Then they will definitely mobilize all the resources within the Titanium Empire at the most crazy speed, but the resources are extremely wasteful within the Titanium Empire.

Mortarion tapped the command pad with his fingertips.

This could become a seesaw for the Primarch to leverage on.

If the Titanium Clan suddenly cuts back on their internal welfare and social operations... hehehehehehe.

Mortarion laughed joyfully, but to others it sounded like the cry of a ghost.

Conrad was not surprised. The Primarch was boredly tearing the skin on his forearm with his sharp nails, as if he was thinking about how to dismember Titanium in the future.

This empire has not yet experienced an era of universal military service, nor has it experienced days when the rest of life was compressed to the limit due to conscription and war. When the comfortable life of the past is taken away, when civilians who originally did not need to stand on the battlefield are forced to stand on the battlefield, can they still demonstrate the combat effectiveness of the early stages of the war?

Mortarion said maliciously that although this might inspire the Titanium to fight to the death, he knew that these people, who were pampered by the Titanium on a daily basis, did not have much combat effectiveness - at least this was the case in the early days when they were deployed to the battlefield.

Titanium needs to pay back the debt it has for its preferential treatment of its people.

Although the Tau have always been known for their high loyalty and cohesion, this does not mean that they are absolutely loyal.

The emergence of the Farsight Enclave proves that the Tau are not a monolithic group.

Through the report submitted by the Mechanicus, Mortarion believed that the Tau leadership, Aether, used some kind of pheromone to manipulate the Tau people.

This meant that the Primarch could do the opposite, Mortarion was a master at making medicine, and with an intact Aether corpse, the Death God would know what to do.

Just enough for Konrad to find something to do, Mortarion looked at Konrad, a legion spreading terror behind enemy lines... Konrad would be happy with it.

In addition, even if Mortarion underestimated the cohesion of the Tau, the Primarch was quite sure that when he saw the Tau was about to be extinct, its "allies" would automatically betray him.

These alien races, which have already been integrated into all aspects of the society and military of the Tau Empire, will also become a dagger stabbing the Tau.

Mortarion took a deep breath in a good mood. He didn't understand the Tau, but didn't he understand the surrendered humans who were part of the Tau Empire?

At that time, the Human Empire could also add a little fuel to the flames, such as offering a reward for the head of the Tau to the alien races.

The Titanium needed to repay its debt of trust to the aliens.

This is the gift that the God of Death is going to give to the new empire. Mortarion believes that they will like it very much.

Death switched back to another screen on the command board. His white pupils were watching the troops he was assembling. He once again confirmed the logistics dispatch line to ensure it was correct.

Mortarion is more serious than Konrad
When Hades came to command the Mechanicus to collect technology, Mortarion did not want Hades to see the unpleasant battlefield.

It would be best if the war was over by then. Hades would only need to see Mortarion stepping on the corpse of the Supreme Aether on the core planet of Tau, and then Mortarion could show Hades his war talent.

This meant that Mortarion should go out to fight, instead of being locked up in his office by Hades and the Lord of the Empire. It would be best if he could go a little earlier, leaving at least two weeks of free time, so that Death and Hades could take the opportunity to go back to Barbarus for a two-week vacation.

Conrad subconsciously glanced at Mortarion, and his intuition told him that Mortarion seemed to be caught in some kind of fantasy.

【Jie Jie Jie. 】

Conrad grinned at this, and Mortarion was not polite either, causing the empty glass on the coffee table next to his sofa to fly - the target was Conrad's head.

Conrad laughed even louder at this.

【Jie Jie Jie! 】

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【Three days later】

[A fleet that is not outstanding...]

The sigh of death quietly came out from the mist. In the dim command room of the Endurance, the Grim Reaper looked at the projected battle map. His voice channel had already been opened, and the buzzing sound of electricity faithfully reached the ears of every captain.

It would be a simple test... but if they performed too poorly... Mortarion wouldn't mind thrusting his scythe a little further into the ground.

He is not a general who follows the rules. If it were not for the advice from Hades ten thousand years ago, Mortarion would be a Primarch who loves to "fight the opponent head-on".

[Give death to the aliens, my soldiers. 】

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【Guardian-class mothership】

This is the aircraft carrier they are proud of.

Under the leadership of the Great Aether, to fight for the Greater Good, the Tau Empire assembled their most outstanding Earth Castes and used the full strength of the Tau Empire to design and create this space masterpiece.

Looking down from space, this space wonder appears to be a slightly irregular trapezoid, with smooth arcs on both sides of the trapezoid, showing a kind of technological beauty - this is in line with the consistent technological aesthetics of the Titanium family.

In quiet, everyday alert mode, the gravity projectors under this beautiful big guy will emit a slight hum, and the torpedoes guided by the drones are waiting to give its enemy a fatal blow.

The Tau's application of gravity has become a very beautiful branch in their technology tree. Some large-scale defensive devices based on deflecting gravity can even withstand attacks from the light spears of the human empire.

A ship of the same model as this mothership once achieved the glorious record of destroying a moon-class cruiser of the Human Empire.

Serving on this ship is an enviable and proud honor.

A member of the Fire Caste belonging to the Shadowsun Garrison was sitting on his bed, looking at the universe curiously through the observation window of the mothership. He was a new recruit who had just stepped onto the Guardian-class mothership.

Although the majority of Tau ships are manned by the Air Caste, the Tau Empire also deploys Fire Caste soldiers on larger ships for boarding operations.

After going through many rigorous tests of the Fire Caste, this Tau can finally set foot on the glorious land it longs for, where it will better serve the Tau Empire and the Greater Good.

The usually calm Fire Clan unexpectedly felt nervous and excited. Sitting in its comfortable single bedroom, it couldn't stop imagining the scene of itself and its companions boarding a foreign ship in the future, where it would gain glory and loyalty.

Maybe I should go say hello to my comrades again.

This is what the Fire Clan member thought, even though his future comrades had already warmly welcomed him the moment he boarded the ship.

Among them are the Kroot, the best allies of the Tau.

Although the Fire Caste sniffed uneasily when it thought of the Kroot, to the Tau, the smell of the Kroot was subtle and not pleasant.

Yes, I should go talk more with my comrades.

It thought about it, and prepared to get up, but just as it was about to look away from the galaxy that fascinated it, it caught something out of the corner of its eye.

?

The Fire Clan turned around, trying to process what he had just seen.

It was a flickering, faint light.

what is that?
The Fire Caste became puzzled and immediately called out its Drones. The Drones connected to the entire Guardian-class mothership terminal system quickly retrieved the data for it. That airspace seemed to be the anchorage of one of their fleets.

Then, it seemed like only a moment had passed.

The flames began to spread.

In the vast sea of ​​stars, bright and tiny flames spread out, swaying like fireworks, reflecting in the eyes of this nervous and excited Tau, showing it the cruelty and charm of another race.

Although it was too small to know exactly what was happening.

It stood up in astonishment and put three fingers on the window, as if trying to figure out what was going on.
It soon knew what was happening.

Inside the cabin, the alarm suddenly rang out! A red light came on! The Fire Clan didn't have time to think about it, and immediately grabbed their guns and ran according to their training. No matter what happened, they needed to gather on the first deck.

Along the way, it saw the Qi clan members running desperately, as well as the alien allies running between various hubs. It seemed that something terrible had happened. Near some corridors, it heard some Titanium shouting in despair.

"The third team can't be contacted either!!! No! No response!!!"

hum!
The engine starts at full power.

The Fire Caste felt the ship it was on suddenly start to move, and the captain seemed to order the entire fleet to move towards the planet nearest to them.

What on earth happened?!
It wanted to ask, but the discipline it followed prevented it from asking out loud. Finally, it reached a deck, where the darkness had already been illuminated by the fire produced by the explosion.

The Fire Clan looked up, its mouth opening automatically as its eyes reflected what it saw.

All around the Guardian-class mothership, the small and medium-sized ships that it sheltered were shattered, and their corpses floated around the Guardian-class mothership, knocking on its side.

Explosions and fire were everywhere.

What kind of existence could directly - directly tear their fleet apart? !
The Fire Caste thought in disbelief, it felt its mind had collapsed, a huge shadow gathered, covering the explosion that blocked out the sky and the sun, and now there was no one to command it, and all the Titanium fell into incredible panic.

Then, slowly, slowly, it turned its head.

Right above the Guardian-class mothership, the gray monster just stared at them quietly. It didn't even start its engine, and was gliding in the airspace purely relying on some strange power.

This monster was so big, as big as a satellite, it stared at the collapsed titanium with malicious interest.

【Hello. 】

On the Endurance, Mortarion flicked the microphone in front of him and said calmly,

His words will be faithfully delivered and heard by those alien races.

【Go to hell.】

The god of death said calmly, "Goodbye."

He then shut down the communication.

Mortarion was surprised that the Tau's fleet strength was indeed somewhat inferior compared to the Empire's.

(End of this chapter)