Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 532 Where there is light, there is shadow

“Is this the first time he has appeared?”

Qin Xia walked towards the four people in front of him and glanced coldly at Aribati's gradually melting body.

"The fifth time." Loken replied.

At the same time, the four Moon Wolves of the Council of Four Kings saluted with their chests placed on their chests.

Qin Xia nodded to them, then walked up to Horus and squatted down to check on the Primarch's condition.

In the psychic vision, Qin Xia saw that Horus' soul was sleeping, and the weapon that the Eldar had just researched for the Intres had caused trauma to the Primarch.

"Don't worry." Qin Xia looked up, "Your Primarch just needs to rest for a while."

A look of doubt appeared on Abaddon's face, but considering that Qin Xia had just descended from the sky to save the Father of Genes, he did not dare to show any doubt at this time.

Qin Xia caught the doubt on Abaddon's face and explained directly: "This weapon acts directly on the soul, which is equivalent to a psychic weapon. It may be able to directly obliterate the soul of a mortal, but the soul of a Primarch being hit by it will at most be slightly traumatized, and it will not cause any serious harm."

"If what was detonated just now was a nuclear bomb, you might never see the Primarch again."

Abaddon was relieved. He was silent for a moment, and hesitated for a moment before he uttered, "Thank you."

"You should salute me and thank me sincerely." Qin Xia raised his head and looked at Abaddon's towering braids. "Don't think you can't say thank you. At this time, if you force yourself to say thank you, I will feel that this gratitude is very powerful."

Abaddon didn't expect Qin Xia to not give him a way out. He looked at Torgaddon and then at Loken in embarrassment.

Torgaton looked like he was enjoying a good show.

Finally, Abaddon saluted: "Thank you very much for your timely rescue."

Qin Xia walked towards Abaddon and held out his hand: "It's okay, we are brothers."

When Abaddon subconsciously wanted to shake hands, Qin Xia suddenly stopped and touched his cloak, then came to Loken and said, "If your gene father had just been severely injured and was half dead, what would you do?"

"Then let the Primarch be in a half-dead state." Loken said calmly, "It's that simple."

It was harsh to say, but even a hot-tempered old man like Abaddon couldn't blame Loken.

Because this was exactly what Horus had ordered - he had warned the Council of Four Kings that if they were about to die, they should die and never allow themselves to be contaminated by Chaos magic or anything like that.

"You are very suitable to be a member of the Council of Four Kings." Qin Xia nodded with satisfaction.

Locke nodded slightly, then asked about what he was concerned about: "How did you come to Interres?"

"Webway," Qin Xia said, "I can't even force my way through the warp storm that envelopes Intres."

"Can we use the webway to leave Interseth and return to the Great Crusade front?" Loken asked again.

"Of course, but..." Qin Xia looked around.

The chaotic scene of the planet came into psychic vision.

"It depends on whether your Primarch is willing to leave."

……

a few days later.

Horus woke up from his sleep.

The first thing that came into the Primarch's view was the environment of the Legion's flagship lounge, followed by a photo hanging on the wall.

The content of the photo immediately hurt Horus' heart - Tur smiled and shook hands with Horus who bent down and tried his best to accommodate Tur in front of the camera. Behind them were the Luna Wolves Space Marines, Interseth humans and alien bureaucrats.

The photo, framed in adamantium, was placed where the Primarch could see it whenever he looked up, to remind Horus of the importance of non-violent conquest.

The Intres, an advanced technological alliance that could have caused heavy casualties to the Empire, were incorporated into the Empire, using their military power and advanced technology to speed up the Great Crusade.

Those human forces in the Great Crusade that did not want to conflict with the Human Empire would decisively join the Empire because of the preferential treatment given to Interseth. One after another, forces that originally needed to be attacked by war for several years were quickly brought under the rule of the Empire.

Even those aliens who had no ill intentions and had not committed blood debts against humans, Horus would choose to divert them and benefit from it. An early warning from an alien race allowed him to successfully avoid the destruction of an expeditionary fleet.

but……

The greater the results of the non-violent conquest, the brighter the smile of Tur in the photo, and the more painful Horus' heart was.

This pain made Horus completely unable to think about what had happened to him, why he suddenly lost consciousness and woke up again... He was only thinking about Tur.

"You bastard..."

It seemed as if Tur in the photo spoke as before, saying words that caused Horus even more pain.

The Primarch had never felt such great pain before. He curled up on the bed, covering his face with his hands, and his strong body like a mountain trembled violently.

At this moment the door suddenly opened.

Abaddon walked into the room and saw the Primarch's distress.

"Judge...them," Horus panted.

"Father?"

"I say, put on trial those who led the sterilization of the Interresian mutant race, in front of the Interresians." Horus' words sounded like they were squeezed out from between his teeth.

Abaddon saluted and said, "The Lord of the White Knights wishes to see you."

"Go out and wait." Horus still lowered his head. Abaddon immediately closed the door and left.

When the door opened again, Abaddon saw that the Primarch had regained his usual composure, wearing clean and tidy clothes and walking with his head held high.

The Primarch walked all the way to the door of the conference room and pushed it open.

He saw that Qin Xia was not wearing the beautiful armor, but only wearing loose trousers and a shirt. He was sitting on a swivel chair with his legs on the table, resting his eyes.

The people in the Council of Four Kings sat solemnly and upright.

Horus signaled to his descendants that they did not need to perform formalities and sat down at the main seat at the conference table.

"You were unconscious earlier." Loken reported, "Then Eribati appeared and wanted to kill you. The Lord of the White Knights took action in time to deal with Eribati."

"An indirect solution." Torgaddon said, "Eribati was frightened to the point of committing suicide."

"Thank you." Horus looked at Qin Xia.

Qin Xia thought this was nothing, so he didn't respond and directly mentioned Interres: "The chaos in Interres was obviously caused by Aribati."

It now seems that the sterilization of the mutant members of Interres and the corruption of the governor of this Interres border world should be related to Aribati.

But Horus couldn't understand why the governors he arranged to this world would be corrupted... The Inters people had been secretly monitoring the governors, but had not found any signs that the governors were affected by Chaos.

Also not detected was Aribati.

"I found that no matter where Eribati appeared, the Interres people could not detect him. It was the same at the front line." Horus said.

"If the Intresians cannot identify Erebus as a Chaos Servant, then they cannot identify Erebatti as a Chaos Servant." Qin Xia explained, "The relationship between these two is that of light and shadow."

Then he told Horus what Uslan had told him.

Horus fell silent after hearing this.

If you want to kill Eribati, you must kill Eribas. This is a difficult choice.

Even though Erebus was a fanatic, Horus still liked this warrior of the Word Bearers Legion because Erebus was extremely kind, and he was also smart and good at fighting when nothing happened to touch upon his dark childhood.

But if we don't find a way to kill Aribati, this bastard will always pop up everywhere to cause trouble.

Eventually the Primarch decided to put this question aside and asked about the Governor: "The Governor I placed on this world is someone I carefully selected... Do you think the influence of Chaos is not so easy to detect in mortals?"

Qin Xia was silent at first, and then asked Zhan Shuai after two seconds: "Don't you want to accept this fact - the person you arranged became a rotten person after coming to this place. He is just rotten, not affected by anything."

"He's a very good man." Horus frowned.

"A classic example of a good person gone bad."

Qin Xia still had his legs crossed, looking nonchalant, staring at the ceiling while thinking and talking about a past event.

"The former Archon of Nuceria was also a very good man and very capable. When he was guarding a city called Neteria, he chained himself to the city wall to boost morale and call on the people to resist the Guards. But a cannonball cut off his lower body."

"When I went to support the war, he said to me: This is good, I can use the time I spent on exercise and walking to do serious work, and my wife has no reason to ask me to go home to accompany her at night."

"Then he became rotten, nepotistic, and turned a blind eye to the evil deeds of his blood relatives until Angron returned to Nuceria to meet with him."

After listening to what Qin Xia said, Horus had to accept the fact that the people he had carefully selected were rotten, and not influenced by something to become bad.

Then the Primarch asked: "What happened next?"

"Later, Angron forced him to resign with just one word, and then as a result, tens of thousands of people associated with him were dismissed from their official positions." Qin Xia said.

"So cruel?" Togaton stuffed a bubble gum into his mouth, as if listening.

"This is how it is in Nuceria." Qin Xia nodded. "It's different in neighboring Ultramar, but they are a union of nobles, so they say what they mean, and their methods are more decent."

The reason why Horus asked about the fate of the Archon of Nuceria was because he wanted to hear some information about governance.

The Emperor put together the two Primarchs who were best at ruling. Horus could either figure it out himself or let it go.

After only a brief thought, Horus had already made a decision - to follow Angron's example and arrange for Space Marines to manage Interseraith.

Not only Interres, but also other places similar to Interres were all managed by Space Marines.

It was quick to come up with the decision and quick to execute it.

Horus knew the Emperor's attitude towards Space Marines managing mortals, but he could only say sorry in his heart... The real problems and needs are here, and everything cannot be changed by will and ideals alone.

"I will gradually replace the Imperial bureaucracy with Space Marines," Horus announced his decision.

Qin Xia didn't react much.

Abaddon, Torgaddon, and Eichmand immediately agreed.

Only Locke was lost in thought.

"Then let's talk about things other than Intres." Horus stood up, "Don't tell anyone about the connection between Eribati and Erebas. Keep it strictly confidential."

Only then did Locke nod immediately.

"There is also the matter of the ancient device that Uslan wanted to destroy." Qin Xia said, "Uslan and I will handle this matter together. You just need to pay attention to your own safety and don't let Aribati succeed again."

(End of this chapter)