Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 494: The Horus Accords

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Twenty minutes before Aribati was beheaded.

The Luna Wolves fleet in the void noticed the energy spreading over the planet. As the energy spread, the scanning signals released by the fleet were blocked, and even communications were gradually cut off.

Anyone could tell something was wrong down there.

The battleship immediately entered combat readiness, and the Luna Wolves Space Marines entered the airdrop bay in batches.

The Luna Wolves officer named Loken stood outside the airdrop pod he was supposed to enter, calmly doing what he thought was the most important thing - if a war was to start, he must find a way to get the Gene Father back.

Following Loken's call two minutes ago, the World Eaters' Chief Librarian Varis flew to the flagship on a gunboat and came before Loken.

The one who came with Varis was not another think tank, but the World Eaters transport pilot that Loken saw when everyone was welcoming the Lord of the White Knights.

The extremely thin subhuman did not distract Loken. When Varis came over, he asked directly: "Can I contact the Lord of the White Knights psychically? Can I ask him to bring my Primarch back?"

"No contact." Varis looked out the window at the planet wrapped in energy. "That energy layer blocked the psychic energy I transmitted... The technology level of the Inters people is extremely high."

"If they don't come back now, what is the possibility that something will happen?" Locke was in no mood to care about Inters Technology.

"..." Varis was silent for a moment. He also wanted to ask this question. Logically speaking, after the two sides entered a state of war, the Lord of the White Knights should have brought his men back immediately.

After a second of silence, Varis pointed to the extremely thin man beside him and said, "His name is Kowa. We can have him drive a transport plane to the surface of the planet and bring back everyone on it."

Loken looked at Kovar.

The planet Inters has entered a state of war, and all kinds of anti-aircraft weapons must be ready to be used beneath the energy layer. Except for the direct and fast method of psychic teleportation, other methods are tantamount to suicide.

The World Eaters Librarians must have tried to teleport into the planet, but were unsuccessful.

After some thought and hesitation, Loken recalled the experience when the War Dogs and the Luna Wolves fought side by side, and then judged how reliable Varis was. Finally, he decided to give it a try.

"Are you sure you can take us down and bring everyone out?" Locke asked.

Kova said calmly, "Just tell me where to go, that's enough."

Locke signaled the Terminators in the airdrop cabin to come out and board the plane with him.

Kovar entered the cockpit of the gunboat.

After fastening his seat belt, the ace pilot reached under the seat and pulled the lever to activate the most important function.

There is an intelligent chip inside this gunboat. The chip was once located inside the ancient fighter plane driven by Kova, but now it has been dismantled and placed in the gunboat. People in his hometown call the chip in the ancient fighter plane "Soul of the Sky".

Sky Soul can directly crack and paralyze any guided weapons or enemy detection equipment.

In the world-destroying war on the home planet, it was the Soul of the Sky that cracked the mutant creatures' various guided weapons, allowing Kova to dodge anti-aircraft fire with his superb driving skills, and ultimately destroy the mutant creatures' mothership to save the home planet and his compatriots.

All kinds of memories of the past flashed back in Kova's mind. The ace pilot calmed his thoughts, grasped the joystick, and piloted the gunboat into the air, flying towards the planet Inters.

The gunboat slowed down as it passed through the energy layer, then suddenly accelerated, diving rapidly into the atmosphere driven by its experimental engine.

The various anti-aircraft weapons and detection equipment of the Inters people have detected the arrival of the uninvited guests, but they were all cracked by the Soul of the Sky.

The only thing that can deal with this gunboat is the dumb anti-aircraft weapons operated by the soldiers.

The massive anti-aircraft firepower originally used to defend the airdrop pods and aircraft groups was projected into the sky just to deal with this one aircraft.

Kova was maneuvering the gunboat through the anti-aircraft fire. This was not a matter of making appropriate adjustments based on the trajectory of the anti-aircraft fire, but a direct psychological game with those who were operating the weapons.

He controlled the gunboat to make precise maneuvers, tricking the anti-aircraft firepower into firing at positions on his route that seemed like they were going to be chosen but were not.

This extreme maneuver, which only considered avoiding anti-aircraft fire, had never been used before Kova joined the think tank force, because it would result in non-combat casualties of the soldiers in the cabin. Now his only passengers were Astartes, so there was no need to consider so much.

For Kova, shuttling through the terrifyingly dense fire network was not a thrilling adventure, but an enjoyable experience that he could fully enjoy.

The gunboat quickly arrived at where Horus was, hovered two meters above the ground, and appeared directly outside the window of the conference room where Horus and others were.

The void shield, which would consume excessive energy, was activated by Kova at this time. The Soul of the Sky cracked the various intelligent weapons of the Interres troops outside the conference hall, and at the same time the machine gun rotated and aimed at the conference hall.

After making sure that there were no heavy armored combat units in the conference hall that could threaten the Primarch, Kova controlled the gunboat to rotate 180 degrees and aimed the opened cabin door at the window.

Just as Loken was about to speak, Varis asked first, "Where is the Lord of the White Knights?"

"There was an explosion at the museum." Horus said, looking at the Intres people who he had finally managed to calm down after the explosion. "The details are unknown."

"Father..." Locke called.

Horus knew that the Heir wanted him to take the others on board the gunboat and leave, but if he left now, the negotiations with Interres would inevitably break down.

"You could have left here, but not now." Tur and his colleagues stood on the opposite side of Horus. "You raided the museum where Chaos's items were stored..."

"There is no way we could do such a thing." Horus said sternly.

"There are only two of us in this galaxy. If it's not you, then it's us." Thor looked at Horus disappointedly.

Horus glanced back at the gunship, still sitting there.

When Tour wondered why this guy didn't leave, Horus said, "Let's wait a moment. I firmly believe that whatever happened in the museum will be resolved and clarified." Tour nodded: "Five Intres minutes."

Both parties waited silently.

The gunboat was suspended in the air and no one fired at it, but the Interres fighters had already prepared unguided weapons. At the same time, a large number of Interres fighter planes were heading towards this side in the sky.

Kova glanced at the fighter planes and didn't take them seriously.

time flies.

It was not until snow suddenly started to blow in the conference hall that Qin Xia appeared with the Interres warriors from the museum.

The Inters warriors quickly explained what happened at the museum in a musical language.

After learning the truth, Tur waved his hand gently, signaling the soldiers to lay down their weapons.

The Space Marines behind Horus also laid down their weapons.

"You have nothing to do with Chaos." The alien bureaucrat said, "But that doesn't mean you won't slaughter us."

"I admit that the document you saw was indeed drafted by me. But that is a contingency plan. Of course, I will make contingency plans for everything that may happen. This is my responsibility." Horus stood up from his chair and walked towards the Intres.

As he walked, the Primarch removed his weapons and placed them on the conference table.

"Don't you have any plans?" Horus asked, "For example, what would you do if I took action?"

The people of Inters looked at each other and nodded silently in acknowledgement.

"After the peace talks, I will give you the complete plan to prove that what you saw is only part of the plan," Horus said.

"I don't question your sincerity in the peace talks, because you could have left just now but didn't," said Tur. "But Inters is not a single-race force. We must ensure the safety of our non-human allies."

Tur looked at his alien colleagues, then looked at Horus firmly: "If the Empire cannot accept that all races of Intres are incorporated into the Empire and receive the same treatment as humans, then I think the top leaders of Intres will definitely choose to fight."

"Because we humans are not only a part of Inters, but also the leaders and founders of Inters, we have an obligation to protect the non-human races who once firmly believed in us."

"Even if we die together under the empire's butcher knife in the end..."

Listening to Tur's words, most of the Moon Wolves present thought that this man was crazy.

They even think that Inters itself is a crazy force...Humans and aliens dying together is not something that normal people can think of.

"People of Interres."

Horus saluted in the manner of Intres.

"The emperor of the human empire, my father, is not a madman who only wants to exterminate non-human species, and my brothers and I are not butchers who only use knives to exterminate other species."

"Before we met you, we believed that the alien races in the galaxy could not coexist with humans, because the aliens we encountered included but were not limited to: directly feeding on human fear, taking pleasure in torturing and killing humans, and having direct connections with Chaos."

"They are just like giant spiders, even more extreme than giant spiders. You, Intres, will not coexist with such alien races, and the human empire certainly will not."

Horus was like a speaker, graceful and his tone was calm, clear and powerful.

"The Human Empire is not about killing all non-human races in the galaxy, or turning everyone in the galaxy into the emperor's slaves and private property. The purpose of establishing the Empire is to help the entire human species get out of the darkest period of the trough, and to ensure that the warp storm that destroyed the old human civilization can no longer interrupt human prosperity and rationality."

"We advocate the truth of the empire and rationality. We reject religion and anything that might make us associated with Chaos. My brothers and I wage a war called the Great Crusade, saving our compatriots one after another and destroying the heavy shackles of ignorance and darkness one after another."

"This is the business of the human empire."

Horus looked at the alien bureaucrat and smiled.

"I am the Warmaster of the Human Empire. I have enough status and power to ensure the safety of non-human races after Interseth is peacefully incorporated into the Empire. Anyone who disobeys my orders will be my enemy, and my warriors will destroy my enemies, whether they are human or alien."

"I will sign an agreement with you. If you are willing to trust me, then we will complete this peace negotiation by concluding an agreement."

After saying this, Horus quietly waited for the Intres people in front of him to make a decision.

These people are not the top rulers of Intres, but their opinions will obviously influence the opinions of the top rulers.

Peaceful negotiations and peaceful integration into the empire should also be the wish of the rulers of Inters. After all, no matter how high the technological level of Inters is, it will ultimately be unable to defeat a behemoth of the size of the Human Empire.

"You have my trust, Warmaster," said Tur. "From your actions, I can see that you are a man of honor and can truly ensure the safety of the people of Intres."

Horus nodded happily.

"But I am not just a man named Tour, I also represent Interres, so please allow me to ask you in the name of the Interres Alliance." Tour continued, "Can Interres trust you?"

"Of course you can trust the Warmaster of the Human Empire, the firstborn son of His Majesty the Emperor of the Human Empire!" Cyjanus stepped forward, "Please join our cause, and let us fight side by side to bring prosperity and rationality back to the human species."

Sejanus had an assist.

Tour was silent for a moment, signaling his colleagues to draft the agreement, and then said, "After you sign your name on this agreement, it will be sent to the top management of Interres. When they sign their names, the agreement will take effect."

"I will ensure its continued effectiveness by my sword and my honor," said Horus.

(End of this chapter)