How can a retired savior be considered retired if he drops to 40,000?

"Of course." Bilak smiled. "We can even sign a contract - like you usually like to do."

-

Fujimaru Ritsuka blankly read the Death Watch Kill Team situation report in his hand, then looked up at Hastings blankly: "Why do you want me to read this?"

Sibylla Hastings, the 40K Iron Man who hadn't slept in half a month, was furious because of this confusion: "I don't know, but maybe it's because - this Death Watch (emphasis) killing team was thrown into the hands of me, the Inquisitor of the Order of the Holy Hammer (emphasis) because of your unauthorized running around? There is even a Black Shield whose true identity is not easy to disclose? And this Black Shield has actually boarded your pirate ship???"

Even Vasilian's murderous gaze could not stop Hastings from expressing his emotions. Similarly, the guards' gazes could not prevent Fujimaru Ritsuka from shrinking in the anger of the Inquisitor, who was about to collapse: "I understand, I understand, I'll handle it, I'll handle it immediately!"

"Watch your words, Inquisitor of the Order of the Holy Hammer. You have overstepped the boundaries." Considering that sentencing Hastings to immediate execution would obviously be opposed by Fujimaru Ritsuka himself, Vasilyan finally chose to use this as a reminder of his identity, and then turned to the incident itself: "Why should your Majesty's spokesperson personally take care of such a small matter? They are just a few Astartes. After executing the corresponding amnesia procedure, they can return to the Overwatch Fortress according to the original organization."

Hastings snorted coldly. "If it were that simple, I could find an Ogryn on the Shadow Hammer who could write such dispatch documents and throw the matter to him."

"That's not the case. It's easy to talk about others - they are not deeply involved in this matter. The key point of the problem is Sahar." Knowing that his afternoon tea was ruined again, Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed and decided to ignore the issues of organization and scheduling again. "I'd better go see him again."

The bad news is that Mita Ashyn did not choose to be resurrected in any sense in the end; the good news is that this was the result that the person concerned and Sahar reached an agreement on after two days of thinking and discussing together. First of all, as a psychic who had fallen, the former Inquisitor Acolyte finally learned to be wary of all "deals" involving the Warp - or perhaps she had been tortured enough and had developed quite severe PTSD towards any Warp entity. Secondly, for Sol Sahar, he also felt that Tezcatlipoca, who suddenly appeared from the room to promote during the discussion, was quite suspicious.

Not to mention whether the repeatedly frustrated Master Smoke Mirror needs comfort in his self-esteem. The final result is that Mita's soul was put into the Ortnaus modification, and in a sense became the machine soul of the Sahar power armor - of course, this so-called "machine soul" can obviously do more things, at least other people's power armor can't read the subspace omen.

The parties involved thought this was a very good result, but Fujimaru Ritsuka herself felt uncomfortable no matter how she looked at it. However, considering that several other options were equally uncomfortable in her opinion, Fujimaru Ritsuka finally succeeded in convincing herself that this was her problem, not the actual result.

Another problem is that the matter of Death Guard Black Shield Thor Sahar itself is... not so legal. Even if Wilchak can use his power to make this identity certificate look completely legal in terms of procedures, at least the person in question is not very willing to stay in this position. Fujimaru Ritsuka has never asked, but she has collected enough clues to prove that Sahar himself has a huge grudge against the Empire and the Emperor - just like the Black Armored Guards including Sevatar on the Storm's Edge.

If it weren't for Conrad, these black armored guards wouldn't be able to stay on the ship. Fujimaru Ritsuka thought so, and then took it for granted that since Sahar had been on the ship for so long, the bats must have completed the task of exchanging information on the important matter of "the original body has been resurrected".

It's a pity that the working environment within the Midnight Lords in reality is more than ten thousand times more dangerous than in the fantasy world. Under the serious atmosphere of forming cliques and excluding newcomers, the poor, unrecognized Captain Sahar, who is always ignored by other bats intentionally or unintentionally, has not received this most important news until now.

——So when Fujimaru Ritsuka asked the other party "What are you going to do next", the person's answer was still: "I plan to find the 'Night King's Crown'."

Under the slightly strange information and misunderstanding, Fujimaru Ritsuka was still a little confused about this goal, but he chose not to speak out. So, after a period of confusion, "Is that iron ring really that important to you?" "Yes, it is that important." After that, a letter of commission for a single mission was quickly delivered to Sahar.

As for why Sahar was followed by several of his "former teammates" in the killing team who should have been sent back to their hometowns after he went solo, what kind of trouble this group of people caused in the merchant ship he was on, and how did it crash at Sahar's destination - these things are Sahar's own adventure story.

Of course, no one mentioned again until a long, long time later how Sevatar's prophecy was finally fulfilled, or how Conrad Curze himself, who was distracted by the meaningless screams a few seconds later, physically forced Sol Sahar to silence him.

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The course of fate changed again.

In the Crystal Palace, Tzeentch's wild laughter finally stopped. The palace, which had been destroyed by the Lord's capricious mood and rebuilt nine hundred and ninety-nine times, finally stabilized - temporarily, of course. The only thing that does not change in the domain of the Lord of Change is the constant change, but this moment of relative stability did make the demons serving their master feel a little relieved.

A drop of bright red blood floats in the grating surrounded by layers of spells; a pyramid-shaped temple stands quietly in the void; countless magnificent buildings rise from the ground with the pyramid temple as the center; the people, things and objects in the brightly colored murals are all permeated with the evil whispers of the warp; twisted pupils and proliferating wings wail and wriggle on the sphinx statues; ghosts and undead patrol the roads as soldiers; the legendary giant snake hides in the shadows; the winged witch soars in the sky with unprecedented agility.

It was not without cost that Ritsuka Fujimaru escaped from Tzeentch's domain, and now, with the final piece of the puzzle being put together by the hand of the gods themselves, Tzeentch has finally found the means to reap the spoils.

No one in the universe could tell what the Lord of Change's plan would lead to - not even the Lord of Change himself. The only thing that could be confirmed was that a change that could be called "earth-shaking" was brewing, even for the mighty one standing at the top of the sky.

Tzeentch and his minions were convinced of this.

(End of this chapter)

End of volume summary (review)

End of volume summary (review)

To be honest, it was really painful for me to write this volume.

I'm not saying that I'm suffering from the interruption of writing due to overtime or physical reasons, I'm saying that it's really painful to write. If the first few volumes made me feel that "although I've always been a medium-length writer, I can still do a long novel", this volume is like "CNM, I can't do it, so I'd better go into an ice cave and die."

Essentially, it is because this volume is the time when all the thunderbolts I threw down earlier are concentrated. From the beginning.

Now I guess no one remembers that the beginning of this volume is Iron Hand vs. Meifeng who bans Guda. The reason for this abrupt scene change is that I originally planned this plot after the Sapphire King, Guda was supposed to get involved, and then Parmenio flashed and shocked the Regent, blablabla. As for why I cut this part, it was because I looked at the map - Medusa and Parmenio were literally separated by a whole galaxy.

But in fact, it is not impossible to insist that my imaginary submersible is a flash technology. Geographical factors are a drizzle. If there is any problem, just let the magical subspace take the blame. However, when I wrote the detailed outline based on this premise, I found another problem: Guda is a person who has a good relationship with Meifeng in the illusion. If she exists, she will naturally steal the show from Iron Hand. Warhammer recognizes that the sense of destiny between the guys has been divided. That's not okay. We must use a heavy punch.

So I started to think, why not split the story and send Guda directly to Parmenio, and let Meifeng be handled by Iron Hand, Debbie and Xiao En. Then I started to think again, should I give this part a shot?

——To be honest, if you are writing a novella, who would think about this! I will just split it into a series and write a group portrait! But isn’t this a daily update? (You are so embarrassed to call this a daily update now)

The seal complained about the harassment of his friend briefly, but the conclusion is that it should be given. After all, a demon primarch is to be killed here, and the role and plot are both very important. And if it is not given enough scenes to leave an impression on the readers, who can make up for the plot convincing of my cloned Meifeng's appearance later. Also, because the cloned Meifeng finally appeared in the main story, I didn't give this premise and count it as a side story.

If you look at it backwards, you will find that my arrangement of this plot outline is completely based on the idea of ​​writing a novella. If I hadn't held back, I could have started writing from Tzeentch Afa, who only appeared in one chapter, and then wrote about the quarrel between the Iron Hand cubs when they found out their father was alive, and then wrote about Debbie's heterogeneity in the eyes of the Empire natives, "something is wrong but nothing seems wrong", and then inserted the Fallen Beauty Phoenix recruiting troops in the Silver Palace of Slaanesh, and then wrote about Tzeentch Afa trying to incite the Iron Hands to strife but failed, and then inserted Slaanesh and Tzeentch colluding with each other, and then wrote about Tzeentch Afa preparing a ceremony on the ship and ending his sinful life after the ceremony, and then the two sides started fighting for 100,000 words, and then Brother Yan stirred up the chaos and finally the Iron Hands killed the Fallen Beauty Phoenix in the battle with the help of "the props given by God".

If I write freely, I can write 300,000 words for this, but now it's only about 100,000, win! (?)

Originally, I thought that everything would be fine once I got over this hurdle. The next part, where Guda settles down in Bard and bids for the second Constellation, is the daily plot that I am good at, and the ten thousand jokes that I came up with before finally came in handy here - but in actual practice, who will read your ten thousand jokes? Just let them rot in the warehouse!

This is actually a historical problem. In essence, when I was writing, I thought, "How can you write about the settings in such a long paragraph at the beginning? Are you telling a story or writing a set of settings?" So I skipped the relevant settings as much as possible. Now when I use it, oh no, it's completely a feedback of bad karma. There are many settings for Moon, and there are even more settings for Hammer, which are complicated and difficult to verify. I messed up more than Moon, and the number of settings for Moon and Hammer mixed together increases exponentially... A text that needs to explain the settings to the readers either becomes a set of settings at the very beginning, becomes a set of settings in the middle, or becomes a set of meteorite craters at the end.

Originally, I chose to write fan fiction just to be rude and not talk about the setting... NMD, WSM.

Although it is said that "Is it not possible to talk about the setting while advancing the plot?", the problem is that although I did so, this plot was originally a boring plot without much excitement. I was originally going to use 10,000 jokes to enhance the viewing experience, but unfortunately in practice, for the sake of the plot progress, I had to replace the jokes with boring settings, and the final result was boring squared.

I am always very wordy when writing! If I could change it, would I keep changing it for years? (Leopard crying)

In fact, if you let me go back and rewrite this volume now, I will probably reverse the details between Iron Hand vs. Meifeng and Guda's landing on Baal. If you go back and look at it, the landing on Baal section is actually meaningless. A few words to tell everyone that "the ceremony was grand and even grand enough to attract the orange cat of Caliban" will do, but the die is cast... (pretending to be dead in the ice cave)

But to be honest, it was really hard for me to change the stitching set at this stage. I can't think of a better way to handle it now.

By the way, one thing that makes me hate it even when I wake up from my dream is that I raised Guda's status at the beginning, and the authority was not just a little bit improved after the addition of the Imperial Guards. This makes Guda's journey less full of stupid state religion idiots and the Governor of Precious Things, which can bring fun to readers while introducing the setting... I think no matter whether they get humiliated in the end, these stupid bureaucrats are also a traditional delicacy of 40K and must be tasted.

Another thing is that I habitually threw too many foreshadowings into this volume at the beginning. According to my previous habit of writing novellas, even if the foreshadowings were very deep, they would be taken back in tens of thousands of words at most. Even if they were buried from the beginning to the end, it would probably not exceed 200,000 words. But who knows in the end (gesturing the length of this volume)!

In all conscience, it should have been just a boring transitional volume!!!

The conclusion is that the scheduling skills required to write a long novel are completely different from those required to write a novella, and even increase exponentially (tranquil). In fact, the volume you see is like this (a bunch of settings in between two complete events and a bunch of foreshadowing at the end), but as we all know, the galaxy is huge, and the world of Warhammer is also huge, so there are more things happening in this volume than what is actually happening.

The plots that disappeared because they were useless (had no obvious effect on advancing the main plot AKA making me finish it faster) are:

A: Astorius, who had not appeared since Guda landed on Baal, coincidentally captured two high-level Blood Drinkers to report after the first phase of the Red Thirst Suppressant test was effective. It was actually quite abrupt that the Chief Priest did this without any notice. Needless to say, this section was Carlos playing his hand. But because the old tank had already died, the functionality in the plot was sufficient, making Carlos's hand seem repetitive, and the (set) sub-group would also cause reading difficulties for friends who don't understand hammer, so it was miserably covered in the main text.

Actually, it is not impossible to let Carlos cover the old tank, but the line of Wilchak is not only connected to the Chaos Tank House, but also to the King of Figures, the Crown of the Night King, the Court of Time, and the classic Tribunal of Inquisition. The main irreplaceable element here is Wilchak, so Carlos is sorry.

B: The story of the Nakmond Corridor and the Vigilant Star, including Ferrus's self-made suit to deceive the enemy and the annoying (not a typo) Inquisitor, Debbie found the Chosen (Krieg) who could cooperate with him, and Odysseus was actually inserted into Hill. But first of all, it was because I really didn't want to write about the battle (?) Everyone knows that Iron Hand will definitely win this battle, and secondly, because Debbie has too many lone wolf behaviors, putting him on the battlefield will definitely split the line, and splitting the line = needing to fight the axis (I don't want to fight the axis), and thirdly, I felt that I didn't know how the Mechanicus would react after seeing the Trojan Horse, so I just muddled through it.

C: Curze and Corax fight a little every three days and a big fight every five days. In fact, they fight more than that. If written in chronological order, theoretically this volume should also include the psychological counseling course of the Raven King, but in fact the Raven King’s problems are completely different from the theme of this volume (there must be disadvantages to a thing, and perfect things do not exist). In addition, although it is painful for me to write about war, I can write it even if I bite the bullet. However, I am really clueless about space naval battles. And the plot of fighting Brother 80 is a pure naval battle under the premise that there is a tug of war between the command chains within the fleet. This is going to kill me! So you should wait for the plot of the next volume to cure your illness.

D: It's not the joke about being eaten. I just thought of it last week, but I want to say it here: Daily tea joke: Space Marines have super taste but can even eat stones. In addition, they can secrete acidic saliva. Based on this acquired function, they are definitely not afraid of sourness. So they may be able to eat lemons as oranges! Brush up: Lemons have a high sugar content, but the sour taste is more explosive. Maybe the Space Marines' analytical machine tongue can ignore the sour taste and taste sweetness? And because the Astartes' tolerance to sourness is acquired due to the existence of salivary glands, friends who have involuntarily degenerated this organ (New Era Imperial Fist and Raven Guard) will still be wrinkled by sourness! The result is that Sigismund can do it but Helbrecht can't! Sharokin (where are you Sharokin) can do it but Shrek can't!

Actually, the plot of Sanguinius was also shortened. The development of that part in the design outline is: After Yan Ge had a fight with Muka in the warp, he came out to remind Guda that there are a lot of things in the warp that want to cause trouble recently, so you should be careful. So Guda contacted the state religion to launch a special campaign to regulate faith and standardize exorcism. Then he turned around and found that the Blood Angels' mourning hall had been stolen, and Mephiston was leading the think tank to suppress his brothers who had risen from the dead. Although there was no real damage due to the energy of the warp and Sanguinius himself was watching, Guda still brought the little Sphinx (tomb-guarding beast) over and urged the regiment to pray and bury the souls quickly. At this time, Sanguinius suddenly appeared and said that instead of letting the demons affect the remains of these martyrs, it would be better (the following is omitted).

When I got to that part, I realized that the first half was useless and diluted the main theme. It was funny that the little Sphinx used the Ebel brothers as a cat climbing frame, but its effect was just like soaking a slice of lemon in a liter of water (it can be felt but it is dispensable. Do I really need this kind of foreshadowing?), so in practice, the only part left was the "the rest is omitted" part.

Sahar's plot plan also intended to end with him suddenly having a brainwave and crashing the torpedo into the Nightfall that came out of the subspace, and he screamed when he saw the shell, completing the comedy ending. Later, I found that the subsequent story had nothing to do with the main plot, and I was really tired of this volume. I felt that this matter was not really worth talking about in a whole chapter, so I quickly finished it with a few hundred words.

By the way, I actually started eating the plot a long time ago. It started with the last part of the Lantern Volume, when Guda had to wait in Parmenio because the Emperor's Dream needed to be disinfected. That part was originally about how Old Hai tried to undermine Guda from within Chaldea but failed and ended up becoming a funny character (Kaelia's application for sainthood was a byproduct of this story), and the story of the local nobles bribing (?) Guda and failing to please him, and because of a word from the saint Guda (who was regarded as the emperor), they were all (voluntarily) sent to rebuild the ecology of Ax. Ax was originally a garden planet praised by the Eldar for its ecology, but the environment was destroyed like this, and the old Chinese can't bear to see this! Originally, I wanted to write that Guda would pass by when he returned to Ultramar one day in the future and found that the environment of Ax had improved again, but now with the intensity of my eating the plot, I doubt this part will be eaten in the future.

Theoretically, after reviewing the past, I should look forward to the future, but I always feel that the future is bleak and I don’t think I can do it. The story that will unfold next is that the King of Figures bravely enters Ultramar, Gudako builds the wonders of the empire, the coalition of the Four Gods + Abad pushes the fortress of Baal, Tzeentch and the Emperor take turns to play cards, and finally (spoiler block). Not to mention how many side stories that I don’t want to write will naturally extend from the complex and vast world of Warhammer in this process, just looking at the density of the war makes me feel like I’m going to die (peaceful).

I don't know if I can write well, but I'm Chinese, so I'll just write it now. As long as people don't have too high expectations, there won't be disappointment... (Wait a minute)

I want to go back to writing the kind of novella fan fiction that doesn’t require a lot of effort or trouble—(making a frustrated sound in the ice cave)

(End of this chapter)

Free extra: Rewrite the outline and mess around (mess around)

Free extra: Rewrite the outline and mess around (mess around)

1. How to be a good management team

Koz: Why do I have so many kids? I'm going crazy.

Koz: You were such a bad person back then, how did you get so many people, including me, to work for you wholeheartedly?

Emperor (statue): I don't know. If I were experienced, would I have ended up with a rebellion?

Emperor (statue): Usually I just show up, say a few words, and then others automatically start to do what I say.

Curze: (hangs up the psychic phone silently)——

2. Observation and Learning

Crow King: I noticed that you have been following me secretly recently.

Curze (in shadows): It's your job to watch over me.

Raven King: But I don't think this is a full-time mission. You have to leave some space between me and my offspring.

Koz (just wanted to take a peek at this): ...was I that bad at hiding it?

The Crow King (realizing something but misunderstanding it, and reacting): What do you want to do to my offspring?!

(Crows fly and bats jump)——

3. The Succubus's opinions have no reference value

Coates: That's it. So I have to stoop to seek the advice of a mortal.

Guda: Actually, it's not that difficult. Just treat people normally. But your problem is that you have redefined the standard of "normal". I suggest you review the moral education courses I took in elementary school.

Koz (can actually remember, but is confused): ...That's it?

Guda: That’s it?

Hastings, who passed by and remembered something bad: ...Excuse me for interrupting me, but I want to ask you what is your definition of "primary school"? Can you make the relevant courses public?

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4. Everyone gathered here for no apparent reason

Hastings: From my personal experience of coming on board and somehow starting to work for you, I don't think those skills could have been learned from such a simple course arrangement.

Guda: Hmm... maybe I know how to apply what I have learned better?

Coz: I think it's psychic power. She must have added psychic power. Somewhere in the world, there must be a book that records a spell called "Turning Enemies into Friends", and Fujimaru Ritsuka is the one who can master it perfectly. Otherwise, all this cannot be explained.

Guda: It’s not that difficult, right?

Hastings: But this kind of rare event that is almost impossible to replicate -

(Proud, but I don't know what I'm proud of) Kurozhe (raising her hand): I was also Ritsuka's enemy before I joined Chaldea! (Evil Dragon France)

God of Medicine (raises hand): Although I don't want to admit it, I have also been enemies with the Chaldeans. (Indian Lostbelt)

Edmund in the Shadow (raises his hand): I have tested her twice, and each time she was in danger of death. (Prison Tower and Memorial 2)

Koz: Now that I think about it, I almost killed you a few times. (The beginning of the Lantern Festival)

Hastings, who planned the assassination but was thwarted: ...

Guda thinks all of the above are normal:? ——

5. Arjuna, do you have anything to say?

Arjuna (half hand raised): Okay, I admit that although I have not had the experience of attacking Chaldea as an enemy (actually, I did, in the North American War), I did seriously consider the possibility of murdering the Master at a certain stage after joining, and I almost put it into practice (interlude). This matter is entirely my problem. I did not properly manage the dark side of my heart. I, Arjuna, may have been known as a hero during my lifetime, but based on this, it seems that my character is far from mature and perfect enough to obtain the right result. And the Master actually allowed such a person like me to stay by his side. I really...

Guda: Arjuna? What? Are you getting hung up on this again? I told you I don't care about these things.

Arjuna: ...I am deeply humbled, ashamed and grateful.

Sevatar: Wait a minute.

Sevatar: So, am I the most normal person on this ship? At least I never thought of murdering the leader?

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6. Bats’ strange competitive spirit

Sevatar: I suddenly feel like I don't fit in. Should I also make some attempts on related issues?

Koz: No, I'm sure I'm the one closest to the finish line. As my (favorite) offspring, Sai, you can share the track with me.

Guda: What is your ultimate goal? Are you really going to kill me? I will be really angry!

Hastings: ...Don't you realize there's something wrong with that statement? You can't get angry when someone is dead!

HASTINGS: Wait, that's not right.

Hastings: (Thinks for a moment whether he should be angry after someone was killed, then realizes that he is not)

Hastings: Is it true that there is no memetic contamination on the Stormboundary?

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7. Let’s get back to the topic

Coz: So, how do you manage a legion without killing people?

Guda: I think it's strange that you have to kill people to manage the legion. Use your Primarch-level brain and Primarch-level charm to think of a solution!

Guda: No, isn't it easy to manage the army with these two things? Even if you use the dumbest method? First, memorize everyone's name and background information, and then choose a way to guide the conversation according to the map...

Guda: I'm sorry I forgot that you have a terrible social level. You should just kill someone.