Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Dragging his injured left hand, Fulgrim took the initiative to attack the somewhat timid Chaos Hound in front of him, but the next moment, several explosive bombs hit him in the chest.

[My guess is correct. You will be a good slave.] The Chaos Dwarf walked past the armored Chaos Hounds and walked towards Fulgrim who was kneeling on one knee. [When you stepped into this place alone, you could not escape the fate of being enslaved, Primarch of mankind.]

The blast of fire and brimstone blew away Fulgrim's breastplate, searing his flesh, and making his stomach churn with the impact.

But even so, he still tried his best to stand up and looked at the Chaos Dwarf Mech in front of him that was a head taller than him.

"You can't defeat me!"

【But I can enslave you! 】

The pitch-black mechanical claw reached out to grab Fulgrim, and he could only hold up his chainsaw sword to block it. But the next moment, a purple figure rushed over and slammed into the Chaos Dwarf Mech.

It's Ella!

Obviously, the sudden collision caught the Chaos Dwarf off guard, and even the gun in his hand fell off, but he quickly reacted and resisted the Dreadnought that tried to push him further.

[You damn 'mobile coffin'! ]

The Chaos Dwarf Mech raised its left hand and smashed it on the back of the Dreadnought Mech, causing it to pause, and then it uppercut the already broken breastplate.

Several red beams shot out and hit the Chaos Dwarf Mech's left arm, melting it, but the other party quickly stretched out its other hand and pulled off the laser cannon on the left.

The Chaos Dwarf Mech stretched out its right claw and stabbed at the chest of the Dreadnought Mech. The other side immediately grabbed the mechanical hand to prevent it from getting closer.

But this scarred and battle-hardened [Type IV Contemptor-class Dreadnought] was no match for the Chaos Dwarf Mech, which was almost in full condition. Its sharp mechanical claws began to slowly approach the life-support capsule that was close to leaking out.

boom!

Suddenly, Fugen jumped to the top of the Chaos Dwarf Mech, and the chainsaw sword in his hand rotated at high speed, stabbing it from top to bottom. The next moment, a large amount of blood with a sulfur smell was brought out, and the mechanical right claw that was exerting force also paused.

Click!

The right claw of the Dreadnought suddenly grabbed the Chaos Dwarf Mech's chest, piercing through the black armor plate. Then, accompanied by even louder screams from the Chaos Dwarf, half of the body was pulled out.

After doing all this, the Chaos Dwarf Mech fell down, and after that, the Dreadnought Mech that Rilla was in also fell on its back.

"Ella..."

【Father...】

【Are you... back? 】

678. Outbreak (XV)

Rylanor was one of the first Terran warriors of the III Legion. Because of this he was often simply referred to as Ancient Rylanor. Due to his heroic performance during the Great Crusade, he was also known as "Rylanor the Indomitable".

This ancient sage who can be said to have witnessed the rise and fall of the entire [Emperor's Children] Legion was the only survivor of the Isstvan III massacre in the original timeline. On the dead planet Isstvan III, he kept sending signals to attract others to come and at the last moment, he detonated a virus bomb to kill the Primarch who had ascended to the devil.

Fulgrim dealt a heavy blow.

And now, he was found by the Human Empire at Zhang Yi's unintentional reminder, and took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of monitoring Fugen.

After witnessing her own Primarch betray the Imperium and fall into Chaos, and experiencing the bloodbath on the planet Istvaan III, Rayla is extremely distrustful of the current Fulgrim, even though, judging by all appearances, this cloned Primarch is not the one who fell into Chaos.

Even so, the survivor of the Battle of Istvan III could not fully trust Fulgrim, and there was nothing Fulgrim could do about it.

But now...

[Is it you? Father? ]

Being put into the living coffin of the Dreadnought mecha is definitely not a pleasant experience. Due to the lack of technology, many Dreadnought veterans felt sensations including but not limited to pain after being sent in. Some even experienced cognitive confusion. For this reason, most Dreadnought veterans need to hibernate to relieve their pain when they are not fighting. Some Dreadnought veterans can even sleep for several years or even decades.

"I'm here, Rayla, hold on, we can fix you."

[You are back... The Third Legion is back...]

【We... are not traitors, we... still have honor...】

[I should have died there...on Isstvan III...]

[With our brothers... With the former Third Legion...]

"We will rebuild the Emperor's Children Legion, and we will take back the glory we once had..."

【That’s… great…】

The life support cabin in the Dreadnought stopped functioning, and the light on it dimmed. This Dreadnought veteran, who had lived for nearly ten thousand years, went to meet his brothers, those brothers who had fought bloody battles on the planet Istvan III.

Looking at the deceased ancient sage Rilla, Fugen felt a little lonely.

He is a clone, and he is well aware of the mistakes he has made. He knows what his other self has done to the entire Emperor's Children Legion and the human empire.

His Legion has disappeared, most of them following another Fulgrim into Chaos. The Emperor's Children Space Marines found now are those who were picked from other Chapters and used his gene-seed.

He was like an ancient man living in modern times. Most people had no good impression of him and could not say a few words to him. They had never experienced the glorious Great Crusade and had no idea what it felt like.

When Fulgrim knew about Rilla, the ancient sage who beat him up shortly after waking up, he was happy because there was someone he could talk to and someone who knew what he had experienced, even though the other person did not like him.

And now, this only 'peer' has also passed away...

There is no time to be too sad, the beacon building in front of him is almost completed, and Fulgrim must destroy it as soon as possible.

War never leaves people time to be sad.

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The enemy fleet retreated to the vicinity of the planet Conconord's orbit, and with the help of orbital defense facilities, continued to fight against the Imperial fleet led by Ryan. However, based on the previous battle situation and the absence of the [Ark of Evil], their resistance is expected to end sooner.

The fleet of the Iron Hands Legion that arrived here earlier had already opened up the battle for the subsequent fleets. It didn't take long for the Imperial fleet to successfully control an area of ​​the planet's orbit and began to airdrop troops.

On the other hand, because Perturabo killed the sage of the forge planet in the previous operation, although he let a demon drill into his body to confuse others, it could not last long. Some mechanical suits have realized that something is wrong, and they also began to doubt the true purpose of the so-called "defense position".

DUANG－－!

Once again, the flaming hammer repelled Perturabo, who was sitting on the dragon-shaped demon engine. The appearance of the [Cursed Warrior] dragged this battle, which originally had no suspense, to the present moment.

A large number of airdrop pods with the [Dark Angel] logo fell from the sky, and Imperial transport planes with double-headed eagles also passed through the atmosphere one after another.

Boom--!

At this moment, one of the large chimneys of the beacon he was protecting behind Perturabo, the building that symbolized Vashtor, broke and collapsed with a roar - Fulgrim had completed his mission.

【You... lost...】

Yes, judging from the current situation, Perturabo lost. He failed to stop the attack of the Human Empire, nor did he complete the building and pull the entire Conconod Forge World into the Warp before the Imperial Fleet arrived.

Perturabo failed in this confrontation with the Human Empire.

"I haven't completely lost yet, Ferrus." Perturabo gritted his teeth. "This time, you did gain the upper hand, but..."

"That's all!"

At this moment, the remaining three large chimneys suddenly began to spray out thick white smoke, which soon submerged the location of the building and began to spread around.

"My revenge is far from over, brothers. This time, I will let you be proud for a while."

The diffuse white smoke engulfed everything, and the people who were submerged by it lost all trace, as if they had been eaten.

It's generally.

The giant dragon-shaped demon engine in Perturabo's illustration also spread its wings and flew into the air. The Chaos troops entangled by the [Cursed Warriors] also began to retreat into the white fog.

"We'll see you soon!"

As the giant metal dragon plunged into the diffuse white mist, Ferrus completely lost his trace, along with the other troops that entered.

As the white fog spread, Ryan's troops, who were originally preparing to attack the ground, also stopped the attack. The psychics and navigators accompanying the army all sounded the alarm, saying that the pervasive white fog was not a good thing and should not be touched.

Later, Ryan and his team received a distress signal and found the seriously injured Fulgrim, who was protected by Ferrus and other [Cursed Warriors] in a blank area in a cloud of white fog. The flames on his body temporarily dispelled the surrounding white fog, saving Fulgrim from being swallowed by it.

When the transport plane landed to pick up Fulgrim, they dissipated as they had before, returning to the Warp to wait for the next summons.

This white mist spread like a flood, and it was unstoppable. In the next few days, it gradually spread to half of the planet. During this period, Ryan tried to blow up the buildings that were the source through orbital bombardment to prevent their continued spread, but the attempt proved to be useless. The light beams and torpedoes fell into the white mist, like a drop in the ocean, with almost no response.

The space elevator was submerged in the white mist, just like a bamboo dragged into a hole by a bamboo rat. It slowly sank into the mist and finally disappeared. This situation lasted for dozens of days.

Afterwards, the white smoke finally dissipated, and the entire casting planet, like a mineral planet that had suffered devastating excavation, lost nearly 60% of its mass, and most of its factories, fortresses, and other things disappeared.

Just as Perturabo said to Ferrus, he may not have been able to take the planet away completely, but he did not lose either. The Human Empire was destined to be unable to completely take back this world.

But on the other hand, this action of the Human Empire did shock a considerable number of Forging Worlds. They began to reconsider the feasibility and possibility of betrayal, because judging from this battle, the Chaos side did not seem to be very reliable.

Llane's expedition will continue. Within the territory of the Human Empire, there are still a considerable number of Forge Worlds that need to be warned and recovered, and Chaos' actions will not end here.

There is still a lot to do.

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Soul Forge

Vashtor was ordering his demons to reclaim the portion of the Forge World brought back by Perturabo, the shattered crust, the entire factory that had been moved back, as well as new slaves and technology.

Perturabo later found Vashtor and asked the lesser Chaos God to provide more weapons, troops and ships, such as the powerful new ship like the Ark of Evil.

"You mean to say that it is my intention that you go to the real world to plunder technology and various creations?"

"We signed a contract, just like before." Perturabo hadn't realized anything was wrong from the puzzled expression on Vashtor's face. "You provided me with new weapons and equipment before, and asked me to experiment with those soulless creatures (Necrons), and then you expanded the contract to allow me to obtain more things..."

"That's the problem," Vashtor interrupted. "I didn't sign a contract with you, and I didn't let you take my things."

"The [Evil Omen Ark] in your hand, as well as the weapons and demon engines, are all things I stole before."

"What do you mean? You don't want to follow the contract you signed?!"

"If the contract was really signed by me, I will abide by it no matter what. However, I have not signed any contract with you in recent times."

Perturabo was already furious upon hearing this, he directly took out the contract and showed it to the Chaos God in front of him.

"Are you going to go back on your word?!" Perturabo asked, holding the contract.

After carefully examining Perturabo's contract, Vashtor gently scratched the human skin contract with his sharp metal claws. Then a blue flame ignited on it and formed a symbol of Tzeentch in the air, while an unreserved laugh sounded.

"We were all deceived."

679. The next thing

"It's like the entire surface of the earth has been grabbed by a giant claw or something. There is no good place on the entire surface." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the Conconod Forge World, which had nothing left. "Anything can really be pulled into the subspace..."

The Chaos side took away another planet, or half of it. Ryan and others successfully repelled the enemy's attack, but the enemy also took away what he wanted.

But on the other hand, the Human Empire has also completed the first phase of testing the new troops. The Fox Tribe needs to spend more time training in faith, cognition and endurance, while the automatic humanoids require more testing.

Intelligent machines with souls have not appeared on the battlefield for quite some time, so no one knows how the Chaos Gods will bewitch and control them, and the Human Empire does not know what these beings might bewitch.

This time, as Ryan had expected, the action had deterred the other nearby Forge World Sages. The current strength of the Human Empire and the unreliability of the Chaos side required them to spend more time.

Take time to think about your original plans and decisions.

In addition, the experiment of using the bodies of automatic humanoids to allow cursed warriors to stay in the real world for longer periods of time has also yielded results. Although there are still problems with combat effectiveness and success rate, overall there have been certain results.

And this is what Fulgrim cares about the most. He killed Ferrus, leaving Ferrus to exist in his current form. The brother he feels most sorry for is him.

"So, can this technology bring Ferrus back to life?" Fugen asked Ryan and Zhang Yi.

"It depends on whether Lao Larou still needs the [Cursed Legion]." Zhang Yi replied. "I suspect that he actually has the ability to revive Ferrus like he resurrected Curze and Sanguinius, but the human empire cannot lose the [Cursed Legion] now."

"But now, Ferrus will have the opportunity to be active in the real world for a while longer."

[Like my little brother said, it’s not bad now]

A familiar voice sounded, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice, but they did not see a huge suit of armor or anything else at the height they had imagined. When they moved their eyes downward, they saw an ordinary young man standing there.

[Prerequisite: There is a suitable carrier]

"... Ferrus?" Fulgrim looked at the Automata who looked nothing like the muscular, tall man he remembered, and asked uncertainly. "Why are you...?"

[My previous body was a test piece, not mass-produced] Ferrus' voice rang out from that body that looked very 'un-Warhammer'. [If I want to appear in the real world again, I can only find a temporary one. If I control my power, I won't melt it from the inside in an instant]

"This is the 7S model." Zhang Yi said, looking at Ferrus in front of him. "Didn't you find a higher model?"

[That’s all I have here, I hope it doesn’t seem strange to you]

"Think about how you and Old Bacon defeated him, and then look at you now, it's hard not to feel strange..."

As he spoke, Zhang Yi looked at Fugen. He was obviously a little conflicted at this moment and was silent for a long time, but soon he walked to the front of Ferrus' current body and squatted down.

"It's nice to see you again, my brother."

[I'm glad to see you again, too, Fugen]

The two brothers who had not seen each other for a long time met again. Ferrus and Fulgrim once again participated in a forging competition and forged two legendary weapons respectively - [Flaming Sword] and [Furnace Destroyer]. After this forging competition, the two gave the weapons they forged to each other, which also symbolized the friendship between the two primarchs.

And these two weapons also witnessed their breakup. When Fulgrim, who was influenced by the devil, came to persuade Ferrus, the two fought with the weapons given by each other. The first battle ended with Fulgrim's retreat, Ferrus falling into a coma, and both sides took back the weapons they had given to each other.

Afterwards, the two sides met and fought again on the planet Istvaan V. This time, Ferrus fought Fulgrim with the reforged Fire Blade (the [Flame Sword] was broken in the last battle) and gained the upper hand in the early stage until Fulgrim pulled out the [Blade of Laran].

Everyone knows what happened in the end. When he successfully defeated Ferrus and began to struggle over whether to kill his once best brother, the demon in the Blade of Laran completely controlled Fulgrim and manipulated him to behead Ferrus. This also caused Fulgrim's body to be completely controlled by the demon, and he became the current Primarch of Slaanesh.