Chapter 50: Chaos Wizard
Somewhere in subspace.
A super-large cruiser, USS West Koraks.
The battleship bears the scar of the Eye of Fear, the nightmarish geometry that covers its former structure, the ring-toothed muzzle of the cannon, and the sculpture made of white bone and flash silver make it look like a sick fish from some poisonous sea.
In the meditation room, the old warrior of the Thousand Sons sat cross-legged.
Certaxias, once a Legion Archon of the Legion of a Thousand Sons, is now a Chaos Wizard of Azek Ahriman's conspiracy, the Ronin Warband.
In the distant past, Kytesus was once affiliated with the Aquila School, known as the "Rejected Sixth Prospero School" of the Legion of the Thousand Sons, which at one point attempted to study the nature of Chaos and Aether, colluding with the demons of subspace, and eventually disbanded at the direct behest of Magnus.
Quetesus was a space soldier of the same era as Jostar, Satyrran, and Karamanda, but he looked so old and weak.
Ktesus fell asleep.
To be precise, he was dreaming.
He knew he was dreaming, he could feel the nothingness around him, as soft as the wind, as cold as the deep sea, and he knew that everything he saw and heard was false.
A demon slowly rose from the dream in front of the eyes of the Thousand Sons Warrior.
The demon's hazy form, hidden in the smoke, took shape as it swung, its body resembling a feathered lizard, nine short legs bursting out of its flat torso, a mouth and tongue on each hoof, and its head covered with open and closed jaws and long, narrow yellow eyes.
Kteshas could hear a voice as far as his hearing could reach, strange laughter and pleading.
Tysas knew the demon that had lodged on the body of an astral whisperer, feasting on the soul of its host, an astral whisperer who had once belonged to the Iron Warriors, and had been banished back to subspace on the surface of the feudal world of Mar.
It was this demon who borrowed the power of the Star Whisperer to inform himself: Mal had hidden STC in the feudal world, and the Iron Warrior Company needed support.
As a result, he lost a light cruiser, and the multi-sided scuffle in the Eye of Fear lost a second light cruiser, and finally went from being a Chaos Gang with a fleet to a bare-bones commander with only one lone ship.
This demon has many names among mortals, such as Chell Tek, Dragon of the Hundred Gates, Infinite Speaker, and Baralala...... But now only Kteshas mastered its true name, so only he holds the chains that enslave the demons.
"You!"
Ktesiath's voice was heavy, and he commanded:
"Obey me, obey me."
The demon's mouth clicked open and began to howl:
"What's wrong with you, little wizard?"
"I need a prophecy, a directive."
Ketaisha says:
"Tell me, where is that white-scarred fleet, and paint a picture of their future to me."
"Why should I tell you?"
The demon said in a voice that seemed to cry and laugh:
"A dying Astarte, trying to carry the power of the demon's true name with a mortal womb of the flesh, quack, the chains have rusted, the flames pour down on the days yet to come, the broken bells cry out for the doomsday, we will tear you apart from within, and then feast on your wreckage as it cools."
The demon flew around Quetesias, blinking in every eye, and said with a happy mouth:
"You want to know the future? Then I will tell you, you are dead, and in the future, all of you, will be dead! ”
"All things die."
Quetesus replied calmly.
The demon burst out laughing, and its slender body trembled under the blue feathers that reflected the metallic luster:
"But the devil won't."
It grinned widely, its body arched into a serpentine shape, and suddenly it unfolded again, and said with a grin:
"Chaos lives on, wizard."
"Hmph, I don't want to say yes."
Kteshas snorted, sinking his mind into his mind, and began to carefully probe one memory block after another in the realm of thought, unblocking and assembling each fragment, trying to spell out the demon's name:
“Sah·sul·na·gu……”
Obscure syllables poured out from between Kteshas' lips, and the demon roared and lunged at him, its form swelling, its skin torn, its arms stretched out from its swollen body, its fingers stretched into bony razors—
“…… th·nul·gu·ignal……”
The outline of the dream was stretched and twisted as the Chaos Wizard chanted, and the sound of tearing skin accompanied by a cry of pain replaced the demon's original roar—
"Ho, stop! Stop it! ”
“…… g·shu·theth.”
The fragmented bytes continued to flow, burning in the air of thought, and the demon's body began to crumble, flesh hissing and turning to pus, flesh peeling from its outstretched claws, and the last component of its true name was about to be lifted in the mind of Ktesiath......
"Boom-"
The scene in front of Kteshath changed suddenly.
The strange light in the dream disappeared, and he clearly "saw" that he was on the deck of an unfamiliar battleship, and he summoned the power of psionic energy at will, easily killed several white-scar warriors, and then stepped onto the bridge, flames and thunder poured out from the blades, constantly slashing at the white scars that poured from all sides, and Ketesias held his sword in hand, and the air currents around him formed a vague storm......
Fighting and killing, he finally saw the warrior, who he had never met, but Ketesas knew that it was the Khan of the White Scar, his face frozen in despair and reluctance, and slowly fell under his sword.
The Chaos Wizard smiled contentedly.
The illusion vanished, and the edge of the demon's silhouette shimmered with a void light, and was driven back into the subspace by the Chaos Wizard.
"I ......"
The demon roared in its dissolved throat:
"Sooner or later... Disengage... Yours... Bondage ......"
Quetesus didn't pay any attention to it, but smiled, pondering the two geographical terms in his heart:
"Marquez Wang's Zone."
"The world of the nest of Schwerin."
……
The fleet successfully arrived at the five hundred worlds of Otrama.
The domain of the regent Robert Killman.
The Conquest-class Star Sea Voyager Emperor Coin is loaded with products brought from the Phaeton Casting World, and separates from the expeditionary fleet of the Brotherhood of Divine Machines and joins up with the escort fleet of the Ultramarines.
The combined fleet turned into a white-scarred fleet.
Coincidentally, the captain of this Ultramarines escort fleet, Fu Qinghai still knows.
Golden curly, Papastathopoulos.
Vespato Industrial World, Airport Embarkation Area.
"Hahahaha, Qingshan, I never thought that we would be able to meet again!"
Papa laughed and walked towards Fu Qinghai, his face had some more scars, the top of his head was still curly blonde, the pain caused by the rebellion did not make him depressed, he was still that enthusiastic, he and Fu Qinghai hugged each other heavily, causing the attention of the surrounding extreme warriors.
Fu Qinghai glanced at his rank.
Corporal.
Not bad, at least not privates.
"I didn't expect that my former defeated generals would still be alive and well."
Fu Qinghai said with a smile.
"you, Aoyama, why don't we go to the training cage and fight again?"
"Let's talk about it when you become a company commander, a corporal is not qualified to challenge me."
Yolanda Ateira stood beside the two giants in terracotta armor, watching them talk and laugh, and his evaluation of Aoyama Khan was raised by one level again.
He wasn't completely unfamiliar with the Five Hundred Worlds, at least he had a good relationship with the Ultramarines.
Judging from the names that come out of the mouths of the two from time to time, there are more than one or two extreme warriors who have a friendship with Aoyama Khan who fights side by side.
Yolanda's last bit of caution was put away.
……
End of the expedition.
The fleet left the Five Hundred Worlds and returned to the Hazy Star Field.
Before entering the Marquez King's Zone, the fleet first arrived at Sintila, the capital of the Calixis Zone.
"Gotta get the Brotherhood's intelligence officer on board."
Fu Qinghai said.
At this moment, Fu Qinghai led the Star Whisperers, Navigators, and a group of Space Marines to stand at the entrance of the airport connection passage, preparing to personally welcome the return of the 56th.
He deserves to be treated as such.
At this time, Camille walked out of the passage behind him, approached Fu Qinghai and whispered:
"Karamanda's psionic energy has awakened."
"Oh?"
Fu Qinghai raised his eyebrows:
"Didn't cause any damage, did you?"
This is the Warhammer 40K universe, when everyone hears the words "psionic awakening", the first reaction is whether it has caused any damage, not what benefits it has brought.
"No, Lao Qiao and Lin Yu are watching. Just scared three servants to death. ”
Camille said.
"Scared to death?"
Fu Qinghai frowned and asked.
He noticed that the pharmacist's use of words was not "down" or "overloaded", but "scared to death".
Camille nodded:
"That's right, according to the psionic classification you gave me, Karamanda's psionic ability should belong to the fear of the psychic system."
It's psychic again.
Fu Qinghai was slightly disappointed.
Karamanda, Fifty-Six, and Satffaran are all psychic abilities, which are fear, mind-reading, and invisibility.
Why didn't the Night Bat Company Commander inherit the prophecy psionic ability of his genetic prototyping? It was with this talent that Soul Hunter Talos became the "prophet" of the Chaos Warband.
Just as he was thinking about it, a familiar voice sounded not far away:
"Khan!"
Fu Qinghai looked up and saw that the Alpha Warrior was leading an unfamiliar Space Marine.
Well? Who is this?
Fu Qinghai immediately activated the active and passive perspective, and then saw the big bald head hidden under the cloak and hood of the Star Marine, as well as the small black characters branded on the bald head.
It seems to be some kind of prayer flag commentary and prayer.
Bearer!
Fu Qinghai was stunned.
How could Fifty-Six bring a Bearer over?
No. 56 knew that Fu Qinghai had already seen through Tristan's true identity at a glance, and he walked over and whispered:
"Return to the battleship and elaborate."
Fu Qinghai nodded slowly.
Turning around and leading Fifty-Six backwards, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder:
"Thank you, welcome home, Chief Intelligence Officer."
……
Several Space Marines meet on the boarding deck.
Paladin + Whisperer = Holy Light Space Marine.
Fifty-six introduces Tristan the Reincarnation to his teammates:
Human players from the World of Warcraft universe, who have undergone space warrior transformation surgery in the Legion of Promisers, feel that Warhammer 40K has a high background limit, plus it is newly opened, so they left the anchor of the world here, just in time for the Seventeenth Legion to launch a rebellion, Tristan could not bear the cruel sacrifices and atrocities inflicted by the traitors on mortals, and finally found an opportunity to escape from the Legion and has been hiding in the garden world of the Kalysis Star District.
Tristan has a life-saving grace for Fifty-Six, and Fifty-Six has made it clear that he wants to pull Tristan into the gang, and the Paladin himself has expressed his willingness to be reserved - he doesn't want to hide in the Warhammer 40K universe as a traitor anymore, and he can't do anything.
Fu Qinghai agreed in principle, but it was the unstable factor of reincarnation, and the sensitive identity of the speaker, so he said that he still needed to investigate for a while.
You know, the loyalists who accept a Bearer need to solve more than just this aspect of the Empire's problems.
And a question from the Legion of the Speakers!
The most famous loyalist in the original book, nicknamed "The Hermit", whose real name is unknown.
He spent most of his time in the underground prison of Terra Palace, where he continued to write down the unfinished version written by the fallen primordial Lorga Aurelian, until it was completed and adopted as the official doctrine of the Empire's state religion.
Don't look at the current power of the Imperial State Religion, but it is a huge force that plays a pivotal role in the later generations, and is an indispensable part of the lives of the people of the Empire, such an important religious organization, its doctrine and dogma actually come from a fallen genetic prototype and a traitor Space Marine?
It's going to get out.
So the empire tried its best to hide the truth and tried its best to hide the "hermit".
And for the Legion of the Bearer, he was the first to convert to Chaos, raise the anti-flag, and vow to overthrow the puppet emperor's "Shouyi" Legion, and there was actually a "traitor" who helped the puppet empire teach the book, and it was unbearable, after learning of the existence of the "hermit", the Bearer attacked the imperial world many times, just to erase this "legion stain".
Accepting Tristan, the "traitor" among the speakers, may be facing pressure from two sides at the same time, Fu Qinghai feels that he needs to weigh the pros and cons - the most important thing is whether this person's temperament is worth doing it himself.
……
Marquez Wangxing Zone.
Outer part of the Schwerin system, Mandeville Point.
A furious-class super-large cruiser, quietly anchored in a large meteorite ring around the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Ktesus stood silently on the bridge, peering through the armored glass dome overhead, silently observing the fishbone-shaped ship that was performing some strange maneuver in the meteorite ring.
What kind of spaceship is that?
The Chaos Wizard frowned.
The size of the frigate, but there were no macro cannon arrays or light arrays on the hull, it emitted light blue rays to envelop the meteorite, and then easily sucked, smashed, and swallowed a giant meteorite......
Is it mining?
Kteshas became more and more puzzled.
The Ishimura was unaware of the approaching cruiser.
The Western Koracs did not have advanced additions such as the Veil of the Heavens, as was the case with the Suzheng, but Certaxia took a different approach and performed some kind of witchcraft ritual in advance to shield the Bird's detection of the cruiser.
Actually, the Ishimura also does not have a bird divination.
The Chaos Wizard shook his head and looked away, no longer paying attention to the strangely shaped fishbone ship.
That's not his goal.
The real target has not yet appeared, and it is not possible to startle the snake.
Kteshas waited patiently.
The entire bridge was silent, except for the slight noise of a few mortal crew members as they moved, and if you looked closely, the hard beaks on their faces, the protruding stubble on their skin, and the patches of bluish scales...... I'm afraid it doesn't have much to do with the word "mortal".
In his arms, Kortaysus carried an Achish-type helmet characteristic of the Legion of a Thousand Sons, topped with a crown of Nemesh, a characteristic decoration native to Prospero used to signify his status as a "man of learning".
He walked back and forth with some anxiety.
For some reason, there was always some uneasiness in his heart.
To the left and right of his power armor, a tanned human-skin cloak with seven hundred and twenty-nine blood spells struck Kteshath's shoulders like feathers, rustling as he moved.
For every protective spell created, a mortal would die, but it would be a tiny price, and for a Chaos wizard, without it, Kytesus might feel an insect burst out of his eye, or acne and ulcers on the tip of his tongue—
Flesh mutation.
The old hereditary disease of the Thousand Sons Legion.
Like the "Wolf Spiral" of the Space Wolf, and the "Blood Thirst" and "Black Fury" of the Holy Blood Angel, one of the most notorious genetic diseases, even more serious than the first three.
It is said that this is the price of using psionic energy.
"My lord, subspace fluctuations have been detected!"
A crew member with a stork's beak shouted.
"Good!"
Ktesus shouted excitedly.
It's finally here, it's finally here.
He strode over to the teleportation deck and said:
"Teleportation Platform Ready!"
……
A big hole was opened in the real universe, and behind it was a strange and strange scene, and a medium fleet of four warships rushed out of this opening steadily.
The Suzheng and the Liema, leading the two captured cruisers, had just returned to the real universe, when the detection array on the bridge frantically alarmed, and the mortal crew stared at each other and shouted:
"Khan, we're locked by the Light Spear!"
What!?
Fu Qinghai's face changed.
Who hid here in advance to ambush us?
How could we have expected the time and place of our return?
Before Fu Qinghai could think about the above two questions clearly, the golden thick laser had already slammed into the hull of the Suzheng that had not opened the main shield array of the fort.
"Boom-"
The hull of the ship trembled, so that the gravity generator could not absorb the soles of everyone's feet, the lights flickered on and off, the picture on the screen flickered, and finally the holographic projection of the ship was displayed again, and three red places appeared in the middle of the hull.
"The broadside macro cannon array is offline, Khan!"
"A set of light spear turrets offline, Khan!"
"Khan, it's teleportation, the enemy has launched a teleportation!"
A flurry of bad news came along.
"Wait a minute, teleport?"
Fu Qinghai frowned slightly.
When the Void Shield fails, the Space Marine can teleport directly to the enemy's ship through the teleportation platform, but this kind of gang jumping method without the guidance of the teleportation beacon is extremely risky, and it is likely to get stuck in the internal structure of the battleship, and merge with the bulkhead, pipes, deck, etc.
Fu Qinghai couldn't accept such a sloppy way of attrition, so the battleship jumping gang under his guidance was guided by the jumping gang torpedo, and the transmission beacon was established before transmitting.
"Detected enemy arrival, located in the forward compartment on the middle deck near passage sixteen!"
The crew shouted a loud report.
"How long will it take for the Void Shield to activate?"
Fu Qinghai asked in a deep voice.
"One minute, Khan."
"Enemies?"
"One, one...... It should be a Fury-class super-large cruiser. ”
"What do you mean by 'should'?"
Fu Qinghai asked in an unhappy tone.
"Khan, come and see ......"
The crew in front of the detection array swallowed.
Fu Qinghai walked over to take a look, due to the close distance, the image of the opponent's battleship had been depicted on the holographic projection by various detection devices.
It turned out to be a twisted and grotesque strange battleship, covered with sharp thorns, with ring-shaped sharp teeth attached to the muzzle, and the most important thing is that this battleship was close to the bow, and it actually had a huge eye, which was still turning left and right!
It has been soaked in the energy of subspace for too long.
The battleship ...... It's coming to life!
The ship sailed in subspace without opening the Geller force field for a long time, and the final result was this.
Fu Qinghai understood, and he ordered:
"Activate the Fort Master Shield Array as soon as possible, and then counterattack. Qiao Shida, Lin Yu, head to the middle deck now! ”
With that, he picked up the helmet on the table and strode towards the Suzheng's arsenal.
Lao Tzu didn't even jump to help you, you still dare to take the initiative to jump into the boat to help me, and eat the bear's heart and leopard's gall?
…………