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Chapter 226:33, Blood Angel Alpharius

Mephiston, the Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels, was once just an ordinary Space Marine. Like his other brothers in the same chapter, he was a passionate, humorous and witty person.

But during the horrific Battle of Armageddon, he fell into a Black Rage and imagined himself to be Sanguinius, who was fighting Horus ten thousand years ago.

After the Black Rage, a psychic curse believed to be unique to the Blood Angels, Mephiston was inducted into the Death Company.

The Death Company is a suicide company, responsible for carrying out the most dangerous missions on the battlefield. Logically speaking, it will be the final redemption and destination for Mephiston after he falls into the Black Rage.

During a difficult war, he was buried in the rubble for seven days and seven nights when the hive collapsed.

Even Mephiston's battle-brothers believed him dead - no one could survive that.

But he survived, for seven days and nights, he endured Sanguinius's torment and ultimately was freed from the Black Rage.

He broke through the rubble that was pressing on him, broke out of the ground, and at that moment he was reborn.

The powerful energy that suddenly erupted when Mephiston appeared attracted the attention of the surrounding greenskins, and many greenskins rushed towards him.

His weapons were still buried in the ruins. Faced with the endless green tide, he could only choose to tear all the aliens into pieces with his bare hands.

He then returned to the Blood Angels, and no one believed he could really defeat the Black Rage.

Mephiston had to prove his loyalty through actions.

To date, Mephiston has killed many great demons.

His loyalty and strength are obvious to all.

Some even believe that Mephiston is now the most powerful psychic user in the Empire after the Emperor, Malcador, and Magnus.

In response to this, he simply stated modestly that his psychic power level was only above average among psychics.

Some speculate that the reason Mephiston is so powerful is because he has become the human embodiment of the Black Rage.

But even he himself finds it difficult to explain this.

Faced with such a powerful think tank chief, Horus did not show the necessary vigilance and attention.

In his opinion, Mephiston in front of him was just a young man who had emerged in the last few hundred years. There was no need to pay too much attention to him. A random swing would be enough to easily win - the gap between the Primarch and the Space Marines was greater than the gap between the Space Marines and mortals.

This is what he thinks and does.

Horus twisted his body and smashed the huge hammer in his hand at Mephiston who was rushing towards him.

But even a casual swing was still as powerful as thunder, enough to smash the Space Marine's body and armor together.

The thick spike on the hammer head instantly attacked Mephiston's face. The speed of the hammer's swing exceeded the reaction limit of the Space Marine, and there was almost no possibility of dodging.

Time slowed down at this moment, and Mephiston showed supernatural speed and reaction, such reaction and speed even exceeded time itself.

Mephiston looked at Horus, who was almost stagnant in his eyes, and then stabbed out with the sword in his hand.

As an experienced warrior, he did not choose to stab those parts of the opponent's body covered by heavy armor.

Instead, he wisely chose to continue the wound that the Lion King had previously inflicted.

The sword pierced into Horus' body without any hindrance, successfully enlarging the wound left by the Lion King.

A hint of confusion gradually emerged in Horus's confident eyes.

In his eyes, his extraordinary vision only captured a black phantom appearing behind Mephiston, and then the Space Marine narrowly avoided this attack that was impossible to avoid.

There was no feedback from the tip of the hammer, and before he could be surprised, he felt a sharp pain in his chest - the scar left by the lion had expanded again.

Horus' eyes flashed with confusion.

When did Space Marines become so powerful?
With Horus's pride, among the people he had met, except the Emperor, Malcador, and the former Second Primarch, he was confident that he could defeat anyone, including his Primarch brothers.

But now, he was injured in a head-on confrontation with the Space Marines, and at this moment, the confusion in his heart even overshadowed his anger.

"Die!" Then he let out an angry roar, and violent energy radiated around like a supernova.

At this moment, Horus, using all his strength, almost became the embodiment of the warp storm.

Mephiston wanted to use the same trick again, but he was horrified to find that a powerful force from the subspace had completely locked him down, leaving him no chance of dodging.

He was knocked flying by the hammer, and in mid-air, he turned into a phantom and reappeared in the formation of the Blood Angels.

When he appeared again, blood was flowing, and the armor on his chest was almost shattered, revealing a hideous wound.

Mephiston gasped for breath.

At the critical moment just now, he forcibly split himself into two entities, letting the other self take the unavoidable blow on his behalf.

This helpless act cost him a huge price.

But he was still alive and not even completely incapacitated, and he was thankful for that.

If he cannot see Horus' reckoning with his own eyes, his soul will never rest in peace even if he returns to the throne.

"The time of reckoning has come, in the name of Sanguinius!"

Mephiston shouted as he stood in the ranks of the Blood Angels.

With bloodshot eyes and fangs sticking out from the corners of their mouths, the Primaris Blood Angels, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately pulled the triggers in their hands.

In order to protect the safety of little Saint Gilles, Dukel equipped the Holy Blood Guards with expensive and powerful equipment.

They came prepared. In order to deal with this former warmaster, they made an exception and used fist-sized annihilation warheads, which could not only easily tear apart any defense, but also had a knockback effect.

The grenade launchers in their hands had also been improved by dozens of radical great sages.

Horus, who was already seriously injured and moving slowly, had no room to hide in the small laboratory.

The bullets bit his body accurately, tearing Horus' armor in an instant and causing wounds on his body.

No matter how tough his demigod body and psychic essence were, these bombs could easily break his armor and dig out a fist-sized piece of flesh from his body.

At first, Horus was still able to move forward under the fire net, but soon, a painful groan came from his mouth.

Especially the sword wound on his chest caused by Leon. This wound looked even more hideous at this moment and became a weak point that could be hit hard.

His force field shield couldn't even withstand a few rounds of salvos, and its core burned out due to overload.

Horus's face was gloomy. The strength of this group of Blood Angels was completely beyond his expectations.

This combat potential is too terrifying.

He could only hide behind obstacles and fall into a passive position.

"Betrayer, lay down your weapons. I can promise you will suffer less before your death."

Mephiston moved closer to where Horus was hiding with his sword and pistol, his hand on the trigger, ready to pull the trigger at any time.

In the fight just now, he understood very well how powerful this son of betrayal was.

But today, this traitor cannot escape, and the Blood Angels vow to settle the sea of ​​blood feud with him.

They can pay any price for this.

At this moment, a group of Blood Angel snipers were standing by at a distance of 100 kilometers from here. They were holding special sniper rifles equipped with annihilation sniper bullets, with a range of 100 kilometers and an effective killing radius of 50 kilometers.

This sniper rifle is called "Duke's Fury".

When the sketch of it first appeared, Duker was furious about it.

It's not because it's too powerful, but in the Warmaster's opinion, this sniper rifle is completely incomparable to the whirlwind torpedo.

So he ordered the great sage to redesign the draft.

But this great sage was also a stubborn person. He did not listen to the warmaster's advice to reduce the explosion range or improve the accuracy.

Instead, he continued to increase the explosive power of the sniper rifle stubbornly and almost madly.

The design of the sniper rifle was rejected by the Warmaster more than a dozen times. When the Great Sage submitted it for the last time, the Warmaster fell silent after seeing its power.

Subsequently, the sniper rifle was approved for production - and was named 'Duker's Fury'.

Once Mephiston dies or an emergency occurs, an entire company of more than one hundred Blood Angel snipers a hundred kilometers away will pull the trigger at the same time and cover the City of Flesh and Blood with fire.

At that time, amidst the roar of 'Duke's Wrath', everything here, including the Blood Angels in the City of Flesh and Blood, will be destroyed together.

This is why Little Sanguinius did not appear on the battlefield.

In order to settle their blood feud with Horus, the Blood Angels were willing to pay any price, and there was no sacrifice they could not accept, except that of Sanguinius.

Thousands of Blood Angels came with the determination to die, and even Horus could not face their madness.

Horus just poked his head out slightly, and the obstacle where he was hiding was melted by the violent firepower, forcing him to find a new hiding place.

Looking at the metal base that has been melted into molten iron.

Horus couldn't help but feel a great sadness in his heart. No matter how powerful he was or what his vision was, it seemed that he couldn't escape today.

He was already dead, so there was nothing to be afraid of dying again. But when he thought that Dukel would completely destroy the entire universe, he couldn't help but feel powerless.

Horus was in a desperate predicament, as he looked around for any sign of Fabius.

He then discovered that Fabius had already taken the twenty Primarch biological tanks and ran away somewhere unknown.

Seeing his ally abandon him and flee alone, the despair in his heart increased again.

He even felt a little regretful. The power and madness of this group of Blood Angels far exceeded his expectations.

If he had taken them seriously enough from the beginning and not given Mephiston the opportunity to widen his wounds, he would never have fallen into the danger he is in now.

It's all my fault for being too arrogant.

"Traitor, your death has come!"

Mephiston almost fell into a black rage again. He ignored the severe pain in his chest and roared at the hiding Horus.

Just when Horus was about to be captured or killed by the Blood Angels.

The subspace energy inside the laboratory suddenly vibrated violently.

Without warning, blasphemous runes flashed in the laboratory, and the violent torrent of ether blew away countless heavy metal debris.

Time suddenly stopped at this moment, and a four-colored space crack suddenly appeared behind Horus, sucking him in directly.

The storm died down in an instant as violently and suddenly as it had come.

In the huge laboratory, only the blood angel's scarlet eyes were left, flickering in the darkness.

Until the storm subsided, most of the Blood Angels present were unaware of it.

Mephiston seemed to have sensed something. He rushed to the bunker where Horus had been hiding before. When he saw the empty flat ground behind the bunker, he finally understood.
His psychic energy bursting with furious will, Mephiston wanted to tear a passage into the Warp and continue his pursuit of Horus.

But due to indescribable resistance, he was unable to realize his idea.

"Horus, you deserve to die!!!" The think tank chief's inappropriate roar came from the laboratory.

Then the furious Blood Angels indiscriminately massacred all the enemies of the Empire on this dark planet.

Whether it was the living mutants or the aliens in the biological tanks, the corpses were burned, the chaos creations were crushed into powder, and the whole world became a tool for the Blood Angels to vent their anger.

On the other side, the lion, who was also seriously injured, was taken back to the Dark Angel's giant ship for treatment.

He lay on the observation bed, and the pharmacist of the First Legion checked his injuries.

Then the pharmacist said,

"Thankfully, your injuries are not life-threatening, my lord."

The pharmacist continued to speak, and just when the lion and the dark angels around him thought that the pharmacist would say some medicine names,

The other party slowly said, "Great Lord of the Dark Angels, Alpharius greets you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the lions and dark angels instantly fell on him.

At this moment, the emotions of the people present were very stable, and they just looked at the pharmacist silently.

This was not the first time they had experienced such a scene. In a previous mission, the Dark Angel of the mission team suddenly had a brain seizure and said that he was Alpharius.

The next second, he was kicked off the transport plane by the Dark Angel.

Afterwards everyone figured out that this Dark Angel was not the real Alpharius, he just thought the atmosphere was too depressing so he was just joking.

This became the joke of the year for the First Legion.

But then, the pharmacist took off his helmet, and when his true face was revealed, everyone, including the lion, had genuine looks of shock on their faces.

Alpharius the Lion was able to keenly perceive that the other party was not an imposter, but his real brother, one of the Primarchs of the 20th Legion.

The 20th Legion had two Primarchs, Omega and Alpharius.

They had claimed to be the last Primarch to be found, and subsequently claimed to be the first to return to the Emperor's side.

No one knows which statement is correct, confusion and contradiction are the hallmarks of the Alpha Legion.

The lion frowned in thought, wondering when Alpharius had sneaked in.

Leon was sure that until they arrived at this dark planet, the other party would have absolutely no chance of sneaking in, even if Alpharius was the best spy in the galaxy.

Yes, in the battle in the City of Flesh and Blood, the enemy was given the opportunity to sneak in.

So Alpharius was waiting for him here on purpose.

Leon had a guess in his mind, but his expression did not change.

"Why are you here?" He looked at the other person and asked, "I heard that you have been killed."

Alpharius smiled, and no one could interpret the meaning of this smile.
"Don't worry, Leon. You just need to know Alpharius. Know that this name ultimately points to me."

"Before that, you'd better prove your loyalty to me." The lion was silent for a moment, then continued, "Otherwise I will kill you again."

(End of this chapter)