Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 551: People from the Four Kings Council
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The void war is over.

Mortarion and Qin Xia entered the captain's ship of the traitor company together to inspect the post-war work.

The Death Guard can still squeeze out a lot of people to serve as sailors, and the Think Tank Fleet can also graduate a group of naval officers in advance to manage the sailors provided by the Death Guard, so that the affairs of controlling the captured warships can proceed smoothly.

Countless families who had lived on ships for generations immigrated to other ships. They praised Perturabo or Qin Xia because they could get a better working environment and a higher status after immigration, but they might also curse Perturabo or Qin Xia because they hated leaving their comfortable environment.

There are many terms used among the sailors to refer to the emigration operation, which they see as a turning point in the history of their family or the beginning of a new glorious history for a ship.

No matter how these sailors viewed it, in the eyes of people like Mortarion and Qin Xia, it was just a dominant order that had to be given and executed without any room for negotiation.

Mortarion is still more concerned with Chaos cleanup.

By observing how Qin Xia's men "cleanse" the traitor ships, the experience gained will enable the Death Guard Corps to have the ability to clean out traitor warships on their own in the future.

Battleships are extremely valuable and must not be blown up.

In the spacious corridor.

A heavy transport truck roared forward and was stopped by the Primarch as it passed Mortarion. After the vehicle stopped, the driver left the cab and saluted the Primarch.

The first batch of material transport trucks brought in for cleanup must be loaded with the most important things.

Mortarion thought that there might be a secret tool invented by Qin Xia in the car, but when he opened the transport hatch, he saw mountains of various decorations.

The Primarch could probably guess the nature of these things from their shapes - the Imperial double-headed eagle emblem, books used to promote the Imperial Truth, commemorative medals, and a player that played quotations from the Imperial Truth 24 hours a day.

"What's the significance of these?" Mortarion waved his hand, motioning Qin Xia to come over and see what "good stuff" this first transport truck was carrying.

Qin Xia already knew what would be in the transport truck, and also knew what the most important thing was that had to be delivered first, so he did not go over.

Seeing that he didn't agree, Mortarion spoke up: "Imperial Truth. Jaghatai once said that was a lie, but I didn't agree until I realized that gods really exist, and those idealistic powers, supernatural phenomena, or beliefs are not the so-called "lies and deceptions" in the Imperial Truth propaganda."

"The Imperial Truth is a crude lie, a broken tool that is destined to be abandoned, but that doesn't affect its effectiveness." Qin Xia looked outside the corridor railing.

Outside the corridor railing was a vast hangar deck, where several crowded phalanxes were slowly moving forward under the supervision of Space Marines.

Those are the sailors.

"People don't know that much. The vast majority of them grew up under the propaganda of the Imperial Truth. They only believe in the Imperial Truth, and that's enough."

"The spirit itself has power, and as long as they believe the Imperial Truth is true, it is enough to curb some of the influence of Chaos."

"If we consider it from a purely pragmatic perspective, the Word Bearers' Imperial Cult is what we need most at this time."

Qin Xia said.

After hearing this, Mortarion was speechless.

The Primarch was no fool, and was able to think deeply about the influence of Chaos and other conditions, and figure out the purpose of these goods of the Imperial Truth.

The Primarch just wanted to vent his dissatisfaction with the Imperial Truth and even with the Emperor.

If there is anything wrong with being a loyalist, it is that you can no longer criticize the emperor directly when there are rebels.

Qin Xia could also guess what the Primarch was thinking, so he signaled the driver, whose hearing was blocked by psychic power, to leave. At the same time, he said to Mortarion, "At least now that the Warp Storm is raging, we are not fighting for the Emperor, but for all humans in the northern territories of the Empire."

"We will question the Emperor's reasons for his actions, but only after all enemies of Chaos have been annihilated and humanity has finally recovered from the Webway Project."

"Lord of the Death Guard, the billions of humans in the hundreds of star regions in the north of the Empire do not necessarily need you to fight for a tyrant who is full of lies, but they definitely need you to fight for them."

If it was Chagatai who heard this sentence at this time, he would probably laugh out loud.

But after listening to what Qin Xia said, Mortarion took a deep breath, his expression was no longer as cold and depressed as before, and he nodded slowly.

"So, the situation now is similar to that of Barbarus before the coming of the Emperor," said Mortarion. "People need me, they need saving. And I will fight for them."

"Yes." Qin Xia nodded, also trying to figure out what Mortarion was thinking.

Mortarion helps the weak and oppressed humans because he needs to gain gratitude, praise, and recognition from the other party being helped.

When Barbaros was still ruled by aliens and humans were still enslaved by aliens, the Primarch, who was raised by the alien tyrant, did not need humans to offer him anything precious. It was enough for people to be grateful to him, worship him, and regard him as a savior.

However, after the Emperor descended on Barbarus, Mortarion, who was supposed to be the savior, became a spectator who watched the Emperor become the savior.

Thinking of this, Qin Xia added: "The Emperor has no way to cross the subspace storm to come here. You are the only savior that humans in the northern part of the empire can rely on!"

Mortarion's expression was solemn and serious: "This is my duty."

Qin Xia signaled the original body to continue observing the cleanup operation with him.

The soulless man entered the battleship and began to walk through every area of ​​the battleship.

All the original instruments and equipment were removed and replaced with new ones.

The Red Robe Mechanicus members of the Think Tank Fleet began to communicate with the Machine Souls, using the unique rituals of the Mechanicus to appease them.

The Librarians cleaned up any creations that emitted psychic power and dealt with supernatural phenomena. Even the Watcher Kang came to the battleship to meet Varis. The Chief Librarian and the robed man cleaned up the bodies of the officers of the Second Company and carried out a bone-crushing and ashes-scattering process in reality and the warp.

When all this progressed to the point where there was official business that needed to be handled by Mortarion, Qin Xia handed Mortarion a document with a formulaic cleanup process written on it: "Here, the Anti-Chaos Secret Book."

Mortarion took it and opened the cover of the document. "I think there should be a procedure added to it."

"Add a process to use numerology to determine whether the influence of chaos has been cleaned up, right? I know what you are going to say as soon as you open your mouth."

……

Nearly a hundred warships were incorporated into Mortarion's fleet.

More than half of the warships began to rest and replenish supplies from the planet Kel, preparing to fight a war through the warp storm after entering Qin Xia's pocket universe, because Mortarion was determined to save the descendants of Barbarus who were still loyal to him.

When Qin Xia was about to open the pocket universe, a strong light flashed at the edge of the galaxy, and a battleship jumped into reality from Mandeville Point.

As all ships prepared for battle, a communications request was sent to the Endurance's command deck.

The naval personnel operating the scanning device reported something.

"That's the battleship of the Luna Wolves!"

Mortarion was surprised for a moment, then he looked into Qin Xia's eyes and stared intently at the communication board.

After the double-headed eagle logo rotated a few times, the loaded communication box appeared.

A sinister and stern face appeared, and his eyes with cold light scanned Qin Xia and Mortarion coldly.

Those were indeed members of the Luna Wolves.

Not even an ordinary Luna Wolves Space Marine, but a member of the Council of Four Kings - Eichmand.

"Lord of the White Knight."

"Lord of the Death Guard."

Eichmand spoke slowly, a cold voice coming from between his cracked lips on his pale face, and that voice sounded like Malcador preparing to do something evil.

"How is the commander-in-chief doing now?" Qin Xia stepped forward and asked loudly in an interrogative tone.

Qin Xia is most concerned about Horus.

The Luna Wolves are a very powerful legion, and Horus is a Primarch with great charisma and command ability, as well as the position of Warmaster. He plays a vital role in the sudden rebellion.

Although Qin Xia had helped Horus resist Eribati's two major conspiracies, he was still not sure whether Horus would encounter other troubles, or even whether Eribati would appear again.

"Lord White Knight, when you left the front line seven months ago, I was sent by the Primarch to the Emperor's Children Legion to undertake liaison missions, so I don't know the status of the Legion and the Primarch."

Eichmand's dead fish eyes slowly moved from Qin Xia to Mortarion.

"The Emperor's Children rebelled. I witnessed with my own eyes that their entire legion had become insane and corrupt. After collecting enough evidence, I chose to leave."

"A member of the Death Guard informed me of the movement of the legion. I happened to be relatively close to Kerr, so I chose to come to you."

Mortarion and Eichmand looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.

Eichmand continued, "Your Legion is in imminent danger. I destroyed a warship of the Emperor's Children Legion on the way. I learned from the captives that they are besieging the 0901 system, intending to kill the Death Guard Astartes who are still willing to fight for you. If you are willing to go to support your loyal son, I will guide you."

"How did you get here?" Qin Xia asked.

"Warp navigation," Eichmand responded calmly and meticulously. "My navigator can guide the warship to find a way out of the warp storm."

"Cross the Warp Storm?" Mortarion glanced at the pocket cosmic device on Qin Xia's waist. "Even this guy can't guide a fleet to safely pass through the storm, but your navigator can. Eichmand, I thought you were different from that idiot Torgaddon who talks nonsense."

“…” Eichmand remained silent.

The two sides confronted each other across the communication panel for a moment, and then Mortarion took the initiative to break the silence: "Are you here to lure me into a trap designed to die, or are you really here to help?"

Qin Xia remained silent, but obviously agreed with Mortarion's speculation.

0901 Some loyalists were besieged. This was the information that Garo and Varis had found on the Second Company's battleship.

The source of the information was originally a Chaos servant. Now that Eichmand has come to this galaxy when non-Chaos personnel cannot cross the storm, and he also mentioned the matter of the loyalists in the 0901 galaxy, it is difficult for anyone not to be suspicious.

"..." Eichmand remained silent, staring directly at the Primarch with his sinister eyes without any hesitation or showing any weakness.

Mortarion glanced at the artillery officer, then returned his gaze to Eichmand and raised his right hand.

The officer immediately stood up, with his hands behind his back, and stared at the Primarch's raised arm. Once that arm fell, the order for the Endurance to open fire at full force would be transmitted to the gun deck.

"Look out the porthole at the Endurance, a Glorious Queen-class battleship, and then look at the White Knight, a heavy cruiser whose firepower is second only to the Glorious Queen-class, and then make a choice."

"Surrender or die."

(End of this chapter)