Warhammer: Primarch's Life from the Beginning

Exiled Star, Demon Ruins, Late Night.

The demon lord sneered at the person before him, raised his bladed arm, and cracks appeared in the surrounding space as warp energy reshaped the area.

Bubbles rose from the pools on the surface of the swamp, and tentacles extended out. The bubbles transformed into countless eyes staring at Leo, and withered leaves and branches sprouted limbs, moving like a group of tiny people.

It slammed its foot on the ground, and the shockwave carrying fel energy brought the broken walls and rubble of the ruins to life, reforming into spears that pierced Leo first, followed closely by its own attack.

For an instant.

Everything was enveloped in white light, and all that could be heard was a buzzing sound.

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After the light faded, Leo remained in the same sword-wielding pose.

The swamp vanished, the ruins disappeared without a trace, and the warp corruption and the rampant demons seemed like a nightmare that had never happened.

After the buzzing ended, normal sounds finally returned to our ears. The original depression and jungle had turned into a sea of ​​fire, illuminating everything around us.

The next second, flames burst into the sky, and a straight, deep trench appeared in front of Leo, stretching to the end of his sight. The lake water on both sides in the distance rushed into the trench due to gravity.

Except for the small clearing where he stood, the rest of the scene was burned to ashes by the flames from the warp, including the fallen Space Marines.

The problem here has been solved, and Leo doesn't need to linger any longer.

He prepared to return with the holy sword.

The helmet's internal communication system emitted a notification tone.

"Marifik Monastery has been invaded by the Chaos Warband, and we need your immediate assistance."

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Outside Maryfit Abbey.

The alarm sounded as artillery fire pounded into the edge of the rainforest.

The searchlights on the outer fortress had just been turned on when, a second later, an explosion ripped half of the wall into the air. The Space Marines guarding the fortress raised their guns to return fire, and red tracers tore through the rain, illuminating a whole swarm of enemies pressing up from behind the treeline.

The main force of the Sword of Enlightenment has arrived.

Chaos Space Marines advanced through the mud, their armor covered in blasphemous protrusions, followed by hordes of servants and mutated creatures that twitched in the darkness, occasionally emerging from the mud.

Kara shielded Catherine, who was about to charge, behind her, raised her hand, and blasted the head of the mutant that lunged at her. Her white hair was wet with rain and stuck to the side of her face. She turned her head and glanced at the judge, who was walking with difficulty due to an abdominal injury.

"Go hide in the monastery."

Catherine gripped her hot-melt pistol and glanced at the battle line.

"Feel sorry."

After saying that, she turned and crawled into the gate.

The entire fighting nun squad charged forward. The black-armored nuns spread out in formation in the mud and water, and simultaneously deployed explosives, flamethrowers, and chainsaws, joining forces with the exorcist band to block multiple breaches.

But there were just too many enemies, and before long, the battle nuns and the space marines beside them were blasted into pieces.

Immediately afterwards, the rain was parted by a figure.

The humanoid figure was draped in a tattered robe, its power armor twisted beyond recognition, its face devoid of human features, and its eyes, surrounded by scales, held only fanaticism. An unreal power swirled around it, and the mud beneath its feet rippled with each step.

Rodrigo Nathan has arrived.

He didn't rush to charge; he simply stood in front, slowly raising his hand, like a madman preaching.

"Look at yourselves." His voice cut through the rain and gunfire, strangely clear and irritating. "Still guarding a decaying tomb with your flesh and blood, still kneeling before a false god who treats you like insects. You call this loyalty; I call it cowardice."

Enraged, an exorcist warrior roared and fired at him, but the bombs deflected and exploded in mid-air before they even got close.

Nathan laughed, a laugh tinged with condescending pity.

"Enlightenment, evolution, transcending the limits of humanity—this is the path. I am willing to offer you one last chance to join the Sword of Enlightenment."

His gaze quickly fell on Kara and the other fighting nuns, and after a moment, the smile on his lips deepened.

"How familiar you look, how familiar you are. You appear so holy, yet you do things no different from demons. You are nothing but the minions of the cursed, mistaking chains for blessings."

Kara didn't bother with how filthy those words were. He raised his hand and fired a volley, smashing the heads of two servants who tried to pounce on him.

Nathan raised his hand and waved it forward.

The attack of the Sword of Enlightenment suddenly intensified.

A surge of chaotic power crashed into the center of the defensive line, sending pieces of corpses flying into the air. A Space Marine had just raised his chainsaw sword when he was torn in two. Two other Space Marines tried to rush to his aid, but Nathan crushed their breastplates from a distance, and they fell into the trench, lifeless.

The Exorcist Legion's position has fallen.

Catherine hid behind the gate, listening to the noisy shouts outside that didn't belong to her allies.

Faster, faster!

Kara slashed through the servants who lunged at her with her sword, the impact sending shivers down her spine. She glanced around; too many warriors of the Exorcist Legion had already fallen.

boom! !

A burst of heat, seemingly from nowhere, pierced Kara's left shoulder blade.

She endured the pain without making a sound; clearly, her arm was ruined. She raised her right hand, picked up the explosive gun on her left, and fired a burst of shots at the enemy trying to approach.

Just as a section of the trench was about to be completely lost, a golden light appeared on the flank of the battlefield.

A slash cleaved through the torrential rain, and the bodies of an entire row of Enlightenment Sword traitors exploded, their shattered power armor and internal organs flying into the air. Several low-level filth summoned behind them didn't even have time to utter a sound before turning to ash in the aftershocks.

Everyone looked in that direction.

Through the rain, a giant emerged carrying a luminous greatsword. The mud and water at his feet evaporated into white steam, and the sword continuously emitted layers of radiant light, as if it were very satisfied with its user.

Leo is back.

He glanced at the battlefield, then charged into the enemy ranks on the flank with his sword. The traitors couldn't even see the Primarch's movements. His twisted power armor was torn apart like paper. Several Enlightened Sword Warriors who had just been unleashed by the power of Chaos couldn't even withstand a single blow before their bodies and armor were cleaved in two. Some of the summoned servants, not wanting to die here, scattered and fled into the distance.

A company commander looked over there, his voice hoarse.

"Counterattack! A full-scale counterattack!"

Nathan hid in the distance and watched Leo, the composure on his face vanishing.

"The son of a false emperor?"

"It seems it's not the right time yet..."

Nathan raised his hand and unleashed a spell that shocked everyone present. The Space Marines clutched their heads and collapsed to the ground, while Leo also felt a wave of dizziness.

A bolt of lightning struck, and the exorcist band was blocked by a barrier that mixed arcs of electricity and blue flames.

The main force of the Sword of Enlightenment began to withdraw from the battlefield in an organized manner, firing as they retreated, and also tried to drag the wounded back. Clearly, they were not prepared to lose all their capital here.

Kara wanted to chase after him, but Leo raised his hand to stop her.

"That's enough, let me check your injury first."

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In this disaster, the Exorcist Legion suffered more than half its losses, and the Battle Sisters were reduced to less than ten members.

Leo placed his hand on Kara's shoulder, and after the flow of psionic energy, the Emperor's power healed her penetrating wound.

The area around the monastery was littered with corpses and mud. Exorcist warriors began collecting the remains of their comrades, while battle nuns counted the wounded in the rain.

On his way there, Leo had already read the report that Catherine had sent via an encrypted private channel.

Leo turned to look at Emil, who had rushed over. The leader of the battle team clearly understood that the matter could no longer be concealed.

"I already know the truth, and you don't need to hide it from me."

"Things have come to this point, and it's no longer just about revenge."

Emil remained silent for a moment, then slowly lowered his head.

"Yes."

Leo looked at the slowly rising sun in the distance, where a chaotic warship floated high in the sky.

"Instead of staying here and waiting to die, we should storm their headquarters and wipe out these traitors."