Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 549 Civil strife
"he died."

Mortarion looked at Typhon's headless body and spoke with certainty, but there was a hint of doubt in his words.

"He is indeed dead." Qin Xia put away the Sirius Sword, "But I can sense that something is missing from his soul, which is why what he said just now was like crazy."

The incomplete part. Upon hearing this, Mortarion immediately asked: "You mean he can still be resurrected? With that incomplete soul?"

"It's just a wisp of soul, it can't be resurrected." Qin Xia was very sure.

In his perception, the missing part of Typhon's soul was as tiny as a human cell. It was completely impossible for Nurgle to resurrect Typhon based on this little bit of soul.

If the image of Typhon is still useful, Nurgle might have created a demon or a mortal into Typhon, but that cannot even be called the "Ship of Theseus". It is simply creating something that has nothing to do with Typhon and then labeling it as "Typhon".

As for what that bit of soul that Typhon lacks is...reason.

A glimmer of sanity...

Qin Xia really didn't know how to describe his perception with psychic power. It was just like the space he entered with Uslan when he destroyed the ancient relics. It was impossible to describe that space with human senses.

"Well done, Typhon, you damned bastard." Mortarion cut off Typhon's body with a single blow. "You have turned all the people of Barbarus into traitors!"

"Barbarus was already deeply influenced by Nurgle." Qin Xia was not surprised, and then gave Mortarion some comfort, "But it is impossible that all the Barbarus who are not in the fleet have rebelled."

"Why?" The Primarch seemed to see a ray of light in the darkness.

"It's the diversity of species at the spiritual and psychological level. Just like there are all kinds of weirdos in the human race, there must be loyalists among the Barbarus people, and there may not be no rebellious people among the Terrans and Kerrs in your fleet."

After hearing what Qin Xia said, Mortarion felt that the light he had just seen was so weak that it was imperceptible.

Until now, hope for the Barbarus has to be based on the ridiculous theory of psychological species diversity.

Mortarion felt that Qin Xia might as well learn some psychic metaphysics, which at least sounded more reliable.

“What should I do next?”

Mortarion was at a loss now.

Their understanding of Chaos was limited to some second-hand theories they heard from Horus. The Zegenda Navigator family had just experienced a drastic change, and they couldn't even navigate normally without a warp storm, let alone the fact that there was a warp storm now.

So Mortarion hoped that Qin Xia could come up with some good ideas, because this guy was not only an arrogant but reliable bastard, but also a king of ideas.

"..." Qin Xia was silent.

Mortarion was already in a depressed mood, and when he saw Qin Xia also looking at an uncertain attitude towards the future, he became angry.

Just as he was about to say something, the communicator worn by the Primarch rang, and the captain's voice came from it: "The Second Fleet has returned."

Mortarion immediately looked toward the front of the Navigator's Sanctuary, outside the huge and magnificent floor-to-ceiling window.

There was a flash of strong light near Mandeville Point, and then hundreds of warships jumped from the subspace into the real universe.

As the fleet forced its way through the storm and into reality, the raging warp storm seeped slightly into reality with the power of the warp engines, and the entire system was under a supernatural cooling effect.

At the same time, a large number of supernatural events occurred on the conscription world, Kerr, below the fleet.

However, this is just a tiny impact caused by the warp storm's slight infiltration into reality. It is of staggering scale, but it is unlikely to have any consequences.

However, the fact that a fleet can pass through the storm and even be swept away by the storm when entering reality is itself a sign that this fleet has ill intentions.

"My Lord, I need you to sign an order to allow Kerr Starport to provide supplies to the Second Fleet."

The Captain spoke again.

The news of Typhon's rebellion had not yet spread beyond the sanctuary.

If the captain thinks that the Second Fleet that has just entered the system is still a comrade, then everyone on all the warships currently in Mortarion's hands must think so.

"Let's prepare for battle first." Qin Xia said, "We need to survive first."

Mortarion gave a cold order into the communicator: "Don't even think about welcoming the Second Fleet. Get ready for battle! They are the enemy!"

Although he didn't know why the Primarch issued such an order, and although he was extremely shocked, the captain would still carry out the order.

All naval personnel of the entire fleet were mobilized.

Formulate strategic plans, mobilize the gun decks of each ship, count the warship forces that can be deployed in the void war... a series of preparations that must be made for the void war are carried out and completed simultaneously.

More than sixty warships of various levels sailed forward under the leadership of the flagship Endurance, and the remaining hundreds of warships all stayed around the Kel Star Port.

Judging from the number of warships alone, the sudden arrival of the Death Guard's 2nd Fleet seemed doomed to fail and had no chance of winning. However, the fleet that Mortarion could control had just experienced a severe warp storm not long ago.

Most of the warships in the fleet were like the mortal sailors who had survived the hardships, and only a few were able to move and fight.

"My lord, there has been a violent incident on the lower deck of the flagship," the captain reported.

Then came some bad news.

Violence also broke out elsewhere on the Endurance.

The same was true inside the warships surrounding the Endurance.

Certain areas within the battleship have been completely out of control.

Those were the sailors who survived the storm resisting combat orders. They were unwilling to continue fighting or attack friendly forces.

The fact that the Zegenda Navigator family, who served Mortarion and whose fate was controlled by Mortarion, had a traitor inside, causing the fleet to be destroyed by a storm, had greatly affected people's morale. So it was not the influence of Chaos that caused the violence.

"Suppress them by force," Mortarion ordered. "No matter what means you use, send those idiots back to where they belong and fight!"

This is the order the captain wanted.

The Primarch's permission had been given to him.

The armed personnel on each warship began to suppress the chaos by force. After an unknown number of deaths, although the violence was not completely suppressed, order was restored to most places on the ships.

The sailors, either willingly or by force, continued to serve Mortarion's orders.

"Even the humblest sailor in the fleet has self-awareness, dissatisfaction, and rebellion." Mortarion suddenly sighed, "This is why Chaos is so pervasive."

"It can't be helped." Qin Xia opened the portal to the command deck. "Don't let ordinary people know about the existence of Chaos. Typhon knew about the existence of Chaos, so he took the initiative to welcome Chaos for power and eternity... If a hundred Typhons appeared in your fleet, it would be enough to destroy us."

"Let your people deal with the mess here and block the news." Mortarion walked into the portal.

Qin Xia followed the original body.

The think tanks and Kang stayed behind to clean up the traces of chaos.

……

The two fleets approached each other.

The face of Second Company Captain Grugor appeared on the communication panel.

"Father, we have forced our way through the warp storm to come to you..."

"Fire."

Mortarion cut short Grugol's poor "loyalist" roleplay with a ruthless command.

At the same time as their own fleet opened fire, the Second Company's fleet also opened fire on Mortarion's fleet.

"It looks like Typhon has been exposed."

The sincere expression on Grugol's face disappeared, replaced by amusement and excitement.

"I reminded him not to come back and seek death. I will just remove the Geller position of the Endurance and let you die in the storm."

"In the end, he didn't want to, and he kept telling me some bullshit about saving me and persuading me."

Hearing that Typhon could have let him die directly, but chose to go around in circles to fool him and persuade him to accept Chaos voluntarily... Mortarion became even angrier.

The two fleets continued to bombard each other for a while.

After several strategic orders were issued, the Mortarion fleet began to retreat towards the planet Kel.

This was not a tactical move, but a result of the two sides being defeated due to lack of strength after a fierce battle.

The warp storm caused the warships at the rear of the fleet, which were several times larger than the enemy's, to become disabled spectators, while the Second Company Fleet, which had been separated from the Legion Fleet due to the warp storm, was unharmed.

The storm seemed harmless to them, perhaps even beneficial.

Mortarion ordered the captain, "Let the sailors from the damaged warships roll to the gun decks, so that they can at least serve as a defensive platform to fight back against the enemy."

"We can't let the war spread to Ker Star. That's your conscription world, and you can still make a comeback from it." Qin Xia said.

While giving advice to Mortarion, Qin Xia observed the Death Guard's 2nd Company fleet.

The two fleets were getting closer and closer to each other, and also closer and closer to stars and other uninhabited planets.

Although the Four Gods will give the traitors the green light and allow them to travel freely in the subspace, they still have to abide by certain real rules when they are in the real universe.

For example, you cannot enter the subspace near a celestial body, otherwise an extremely terrible disaster will occur.

The closer the enemy fleet is to a celestial body, the less likely it is to make an emergency escape and avoid total annihilation.

"Almost there." Qin Xia immediately teleported out of the command deck.

After a brief thought, Mortarion ordered the fleet not to retreat and to hold on, then he looked out the porthole again.

After a flash of strong light, a new fleet suddenly appeared less than two light seconds behind the Second Fleet.

The White Knight heavy cruiser, four Retaliation-class large cruisers, and twelve Nukeria-class frigates appeared in the void.

The Think Tank fleet immediately opened fire on the Second Company fleet.

Those think tanks who were ready to go used psychic power to assist in the battle. At the beginning of the assault, two warships at the end of the Second Fleet that tried to turn and deal with the uninvited guests were swept up by psychic power and collided with each other.

Qin Xia, who had just left, returned to the command deck of the Endurance.

"Your fleet has been hanging on your crotch all this time? What have you been doing?"

Mortarion looked at the glowing alien creature on Qin Xia's waist. Although he didn't know what it was, he could guess that this thing, which clearly showed signs of being used, had been storing the think tank fleet.

"I can't release the fleet right away." Qin Xia glanced around subconsciously, "Your Terran people are not 100% trustworthy either."

(End of this chapter)