It is now the 015th year of the 40th millennium, and the most prestigious supreme teacher of the Dark Angels, "Azrael", has not yet been born in this era.

To be precise, Azrael became the commander of the war group around the 939th year of the 41st millennium, about 2,000 years ago.

As for the current supreme mentor of the Dark Angels, Gustav, he is a middle-of-the-road.

Gustav's physique, swordsmanship, marksmanship, combat literacy, political skills and many other abilities can be regarded as excellent...... But it's just "excellent", not good enough to completely subdue all the company commanders under his command.

But it is precisely because of his ability to be modest, Gustav has always been a gentle and good old man in the Dark Angel Warband, and his relationship with the company commanders and adjutants is relatively harmonious, and he rarely clashes with anyone. The fighting brothers don't think much of him, but they don't think of him hostile either.

So when the previous Warlord was killed and the Dark Angel needed to choose a new Supreme Mentor, Gustav was the only one who could convince the crowd. Having a good old man who can't offend anyone as the head of the battle group may not be the best option, but it is an option that everyone can accept.

However, he is such a good old man who treats people kindly, and there are times when he is angry.

Like now.

"How can this be true? It just doesn't make sense! Gustav slammed his fist down on the desk, cracks spreading from the marble floor.

"What do you mean 'we won't give aid to traitors'?! The Boulder Fortress has been attacked by the enemy, and the enemy's giant ship has sailed to the head of Pluto! Governor Krenna ignored our pleas for help, refused to allocate even a single warship, and now he is calling us traitors to the Empire?! ”

"How can it be!"

The angry Gustav's eyes widened, and the blue tendons on his forehead twitched slightly, and he was already furious to the extreme. I believe that any Space Marine who is wrongfully accused of being a traitor will react in this way.

But in Gustav's anger, there was a hint of weakness......

Because about 10,000 years ago, in the era of the Great Expedition, that period of buried history...... The Dark Angel Legion has indeed betrayed the Human Empire.

It was not long after the end of the Horus Rebellion, under the leadership of the traitor "Luthor", a full half of the Dark Angel Legion rebelled on the home planet of Caliban, in a vain attempt to become independent from the empire, and even launched an attack on the loyal Dark Angel led by the Lion King.

It was an unbearable history, the Dark Angel Legion as the first legion created by the Emperor, the original Astarte, the executioners of the shadows...... It is appalling that a rebellion broke out into a formation, and half of the legions betrayed the empire.

For 10,000 years, the loyalist dark angels have called themselves the "unforgivable."

They made this rebellion top secret and blocked news. He also called the dark angel who launched the rebellion "fallen angel", and hunted down traitors all over the galaxy without sleep, ensuring that the secrets of the rebellion were not leaked and maintaining the reputation of the dark angel from being tarnished.

"Could it be that Governor Krenna knows of the existence of the fallen angels?"

A terrifying thought crossed Gustav's mind.

"As the governor of the Krenna sector, in a high position, he couldn't have known the consequences of framing a start-up warband, but he did it anyway, and he did it so decisively, and simply refused to give us even the slightest help......"

Gustav felt a chill in his heart, he felt that this was very likely, if it was not for the crucial evidence, how could Governor Krenna dare to slander the reputation of a start-up group, he must have some top-secret information about the fallen angels.

But where did Governor Krenna get this information?

Who is it that leaked the rumors ......?

"The Dark Angel would never have guessed that I had leaked the news." Russell was in a good mood, and it was a little gift from him to the Dark Angel.

Russell held the silent Tuchucha in one hand, wandered among the boulders, briskly traversed the hidden passages and corridors, and returned to the position that separated him from the gray wind before.

In the center of the corridor, there is an open hibernation pod, and on both sides of the wall are lying unconscious Space Marines, and on the walls and floors, there are deep and shallow bullet marks everywhere, obviously a fire broke out here not long ago, but strangely there is no trace of blood around.

"Marshal, are you done?" Grey Wind turned his head with a panting Space Marine, the power sword stuck in his head still buzzing.

Russell glanced at the Deathwing Great Mentor who was being held in Gray Wind's hand, and handed the ancient machine in his hand to Gray Wind: "It's over, Tuchucha has arrived, it's time for us to go." ”

“…… By the way, where is your left hand? Russell looked at Gray Wind's head pierced by the blade and his missing left hand, feeling a little distressed.

"My left hand has been burned by a hot melt weapon." Grey Wind rolled his eyes and threw the Dark Angel Deathwing Grand Mentor to the ground, freeing his hand to pull out the power sword stuck in his head.

"There are not many weapons that can really damage nanobots, and the part that is burned by the hot melt weapon is even the subatomic structure that has been destroyed, and there is no way to repair itself." Grey Wind said, picking up a hot melt pistol from the ground and stuffing it into his mouth.

Biting with teeth is just a form of expression, and in Gray Wind's mouth, a large number of nanobots quickly disintegrate the mechanical structure of the gun body, and use this hot melt pistol as a material to complete Gray Wind's body.

Gray Wind moved his newly grown left hand and glanced at the Dark Angel warriors lying around him: "According to your orders, I didn't kill them, I just put them down...... Marshal, do you not want to further escalate the conflict with the Dark Angel, so you want to avoid bloodshed as much as possible? ”

"Of course not." Russell smiled: "It will be more painful for them to face what is coming next alive than to be killed by you." ”

"Huh...... What's going on? Grey Wind was a little curious.

"Every time the expeditionary fleet arrives in a galaxy, it kindly tells the local government a little secret about the Dark Angel." Russell smiled and said, "For example, Governor Krenna already knows about the existence of fallen angels. ”

Grey Wind puffed out her cheeks, she didn't quite understand why it was more painful for the Dark Angel to have a little secret exposed than death? But since Russell said so, she was still willing to believe the marshal.

"It's time to go."

"Here we go......"

With Tuchucha with him, Russell left the Boulder Fortress and returned to the Grey Gu Mothership.

In the dark red sky over Pluto, the Dark Angel's fleet offensive has become weak, and without the help of the local armed forces, they are unable to mobilize more ships to attack, and even the local mechanical order is secretly stumbling.

Before leaving, Gray Wind asked with some curiosity: "Marshal, let me tell you, just now when the Dark Angels organized the fleet to attack the mothership, I saw that the mechanical order on the Pluto suddenly closed a large number of starports, prohibiting their warships from entering the port for maintenance and replenishment.

Many warships have run aground because of this, why should the Mechanics make it so difficult for the Dark Angels? Aren't they all subordinate departments of the Empire? ”

"Quite simply, do you know what the Dark Angels came here to do in the first place?" Russell asked rhetorically.

"Hmm...... Defend against the invasion of Chaos? ”

"That's right, but there's another purpose beyond that." Russell touched Grey Wind's head and shifted the probe's sensing direction away from Pluto.

The dark red planet disappeared from the two of them, and in their place was the site of an L-Gate under construction.

"It's no secret that the 2nd Expeditionary Fleet left the L-Star Gate construction template on Pluto, and it spread in the Extreme Star Field two years ago. The Dark Angels are here to steal things. Russell said.

Grey Wind nodded: "That's why they're in conflict with the local mechanic order......

What do these people think, snatching high-tech from the oil guy, isn't this killing them?

(End of chapter)