Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 151 Hatnev's Taunt

"Sir, are you leaving here?" Li Xinlei, as Tie Hui's chosen successor, quickly regained his composure, suppressed his emotions, and asked with some reluctance.

"This is the path you must take, and no one can help you!" Tie Hui turned his head back to look straight ahead, but this time he walked forward and placed the documents in his hand on the chair next to him.

This caused the servo skull, which was always ready to be deployed and was carved with various exquisite reliefs and patterns on the ceiling of the room, to slowly float down.

A soft clamp extended from the bottom, gripped the document, and followed behind Tie Hui.

"Even we can only offer you limited assistance! The strength of human civilization lies within itself, in its courage, its resilience, and its tenacity!" Tie Hui comforted him at the right moment. "And these admirable qualities will ultimately lead our human civilization toward our ultimate goal and to success!"

Li Xinlei lowered his head and pondered without speaking. At that moment, he felt as if he were a young child who had lost his dependence on his parents.

That tension and unease were palpable at that moment.

"No need to be afraid, this is the path we must take after all!" Tie Hui walked to his seat, turned around and sat down, staring intently at Li Xinlei's slightly thin figure at this moment!
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"The fleet needs to change course; we can't proceed to the next location, we must detour." Tiberius, now awake, participated in the operational meeting between the captains and offered his opinion.

They had fought back when the Warner civilization's mining fleet arrived on Yuanxing. He didn't believe the Warner civilization was unaware of this from the beginning.

Even if they didn't know that they had attacked several of the other side's colonies, the other side would have already received the news and would definitely have deployed heavy troops to ambush them along their path.

Therefore, this is why, under no circumstances can we continue according to the original battle plan.

And regardless of whether the other side learned of the news when they attacked the colony or after they defeated the Warner civilization's mining fleet.

There's no point in them exploring this now; the only difference is the intensity of the ambush.

At most, they might add a few more of the high-powered weapons they've developed over the years.

"I agree!" Malcado was the first to step forward, stating his position. As a chapter that frequently fought against the Xenomorphs, the Black Templars were well aware of the Xenomorphs' cunning nature.

Moreover, he didn't believe that the alien civilization on the other side really knew absolutely nothing about it.

“You’re right, brother! I agree with that!” Barthol also sided with Tiberius, because the situation was obvious in the context of Warhammer 40k, where brutal wars were fought year after year.

Faced with all forms of warfare, they could almost instantly discern the key elements and the majority of the subsequent course of events, as well as the strategic objectives the enemy sought to achieve. After all, they were Astartes, and they had been tempered by the brutality of war!
Hart Neff looked at the holographic image showing maps of the various Warner colonies and their troop strength.

He also began to ponder it. As an Astartes, he could see the problem at a glance. But as a crow, he felt that the current solution was different.

“I think we should split our forces. One fleet should advance in a straight line as a feint, then conduct guerrilla warfare. We should infiltrate deep into enemy territory, cut off their supply lines, and destroy their industrial bases!” Hart Nef stroked his chin as he looked at the star map on the holographic image. Although their Ash Claws Chapter was considered a traitorous chapter, even after tens of thousands of years, their chapter still retained many of the Raven Guard's traditional tactics, and even some tactics learned from the Warmasters during the Great Crusade.

This influence extends from top to bottom, affecting every member of the Ash Claw Chapter, including Hart Nef.

“My brother, what we need to do now is to compress time, crush the enemy, and plunder everything that is useful to us, instead of indulging in the chaotic tactics you learned from traitors during the Great Crusade!” Tiberius said sarcastically, speechless, while subconsciously launching personal attacks on all Ash Claw members, including Hart Nef.

The Horusian tactics employed by the Ash Claws following Horus during the Great Crusade have been a source of much discussion and admiration among historians for millennia after the Crusade.

Even the exile after the Battle of Gate 42 became a humiliation for the Ash Claws Chapter.

And now!
Tiberius actually used this to mock him, clearly not taking him seriously. But he wasn't about to be outdone.

“We are not like some chapters filled with the offspring of traitors, those fools more reckless than brutes, making the battles bloody and barbaric,” Hart Nef said with a mocking smile. Everyone present exchanged glances; as chapter leaders, they were well-versed in history.

So it's clear what this is about; Hart Neff is mocking Tiberius's Shark Legion for being filled with Devourer gene seeds.

The Devourer, as a son of Angron, was a cowardly brute. This reputation was widely circulated among certain circles within the upper echelons of the Empire.

"Ah, I forgot!" Hart Neff waved his hand dramatically, looking at Tiberos, whose face was somewhat gloomy. "My good brother, I was absolutely not talking about you!"

Okay, this is fucking a direct attack, basically saying outright... I'm fucking talking about you!
“My brother!” he exclaimed, grabbing the gloomy-faced Tiberius by the shoulder. “He’s an honest man! Loyal to the state religion, loyal to the empire, loyal to the emperor sitting on the golden throne! You are truly loyal beyond compare!” Hart Neff patted Tiberius’s shoulder with each sentence. This was a veiled criticism of Tiberius’s obedience to imperial culture and institutions, which was akin to a slave obeying a slave owner.

After all, the Ashclaws often portray themselves as freedom fighters, frequently opposing the Empire and Chaos as raiders. Therefore, they have a very low opinion of the Shark Legion's so-called loyalty to the Empire.

In addition, there are some Devourer seeds within the Man-Eating Shark Legion, and the father of the Devourer, the so-called Angron, was once a slave who obeyed a mortal slave owner!
How similar this is to the current scene of the Shark Legion submitting to the Empire's control!

Therefore, Hart Neff often used this point as a basis for various sarcastic attacks when bickering with Tiberius.

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(End of this chapter)