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Also in the Eye of Fear, Abaddon the Marauder took the helm of his wedding ship, the Spirit of Vengeance, and returned to one of their forward bases in a cloud of dust at the edge of the Eye of Fear, with the Black Legion unwound.
Abaddon's eyes were vicious, and after learning that the lion king in the monolith had been resurrected and Vogrim had begun to show signs of failure, he made up his mind to run away as soon as he could, and ran straight into subspace before the energy system of the megalith fortress was restored and the extinction relics were activated.
The Chaos Warlord is always able to maximize the preservation of his own vitality through a strategically timed retreat.
In short, no one knows how to run better than Abaddon.
"Although the plan of the Lord of All Changes' occupation of the Klenna sector and the Prince of Pleasure's attempt to devour the boulder have all failed, the defeat of the evil god does not mean that I have failed."
Aboard the Spirit of Vengeance, Abaddon said to his henchmen in the Black Legion: "We have dealt a heavy blow to the living force of the Dark Angel at an astonishingly low price, plundered a large number of weapons and equipment and mortal slaves from Pluto, recovered dozens of corpses of the Dark Angel and successfully seized their genetic seeds, while the Black Legion itself has reduced the number of personnel to -0, not at all." β
"There's no doubt about it, it's a big win!" Abaddon raised his hands in the air, and the claws of Horus in his left hand crackled with lightning entwinling: "βWe have won a great victory!" β
"We've won big!"
"The commander has won a big victory!"
Everyone echoed it, as the Chaos Warlord said, every expedition is a victory.
Abaddon left the deep cabin surrounded by cheers, and the moment he turned around, the heroic expression on his face turned into a gloom as deep as night, and he did not say a word.
The name of the Chaos Warlord resounded in the eyes of fear, and he became the most powerful Chaos Warlord of all the non-elementals, but only Abaddon himself knew how thin he had walked over the years. The black expeditions that have been carried out again and again for 10,000 years are not so much revenge on the emperor, but rather that Abaddon is leading his rogue to find the human empire every day to fight the grass valley, and grow his strength and develop quietly.
As a warlord, he is committed to chaos, and the slightest mistake in his actions is a catastrophe, so he can't be careless.
It was this caution that allowed Abaddon to fish in troubled waters when Tzeentch and Slaanesh were deflated one after another, and became the biggest winner in this mess.
Now, Abaddon has another problem to face with caution.
"Fabius Barer begs to see you, Commander." An Astarte wizard dressed in blue-and-gold painted power armor, carrying a sword at his waist, and wearing an exaggerated headdress, approached Abaddon and whispered, "He claims that there is one thing that you must see with your own eyes, and once you see his work, you will definitely agree to cooperate with him." β
Abaddon frowned: "Byer? That guy ......."
Although Abaddon had some collaborations with the madman on a few things, such as genetic seeds, he didn't have a good impression of Bayer.
"As far as I know, Bayer was secretly working on something with Cole Fallon on the territory of the Bearers a few years ago." Abaddon thought for a moment, he was well-connected and well-informed in the chaos, and even such a secret thing could have a certain vague understanding.
"The latest news is that the Golmek, the demonic base of the Bearers, has been destroyed by the Empire's fleet, Cole Fallon has died, the Bearers' fleet has been severely damaged, and Bayer is missing...... Kayan, in your opinion, is there some conspiracy behind Bayer's coming to me to cooperate? Abaddon looked at the Astarte wizard beside him, with a sword at his waist.
Kayan replied without hesitation: "The risk is low, commander." β
"Oh? Why? Abaddon wondered why Cayan was so decisive.
"Because this Bair, it's the new Bair." Cayan said.
"......I see," Abaddon realized.
Fabius Byer is the genetic child of Forgrim, who has been suffering from the "blight" of the emperor's son for 10,000 years, and his body decays at an unusual rate. For this reason, Bayer had to work cloning technology, regularly transferring his consciousness to the clones to reset the state of the blight and continue life.
And at this moment, this Bayer, who came to meet the Chaos Warlord, was recognized by Kayan, who possessed powerful psionic powersβhe was the "new" Bayer, a new body that Bayer had just completed the transfer of consciousness.
"The last time I saw Beyer, he was in a stable state, but this time he has a new body." Kayan explained, "There is a high probability that Bayer died in the battle to destroy Golmek by the Imperial fleet, and has only recently been resurrected from a new body. β
And the "work" he must show Abaddon now is most likely the same thing that Bair had previously studied with the Wai Talker on Golmek.
"In that case, it is necessary for us to go and see it for ourselves." Abaddon nodded in satisfaction and left the Vengeful Spirit with Cayan.
On the ground of a rocky planet, Abaddon saw Beyer's "work".
It was a huge, slug-like long strip-shaped mollusk, and the height of the first half of its body was already beyond that of ordinary dreadnought mechs.
"This is the 'Azjan worm', a fierce and docile domestic animal."
Cayan used psionic energy to place the slug in a gladiatorial arena, and there was always no shortage of duels in the Chaos War's stronghold.
According to Beyer's request, Abaddon could send three elite warriors belonging to his personal guard to besiege the "Azjan Worm", but out of the pride of the Warlord and the trust in his own warriors, the Warlord of Chaos sent only one veteran of the battle wearing the Terminator armor.
Dressed in ancient armor that would be considered a relic in any Imperial warband, and armed with massive power claws and triple blasts on both hands, the Terminator veteran was a moving heavy fire turret. But perhaps because he felt that long-range torture could not show his ferocity in front of the commander, the veteran of the Black Legion chose to fight in close combat.
With heavy steps, the veteran rushed towards the harmless-looking Azjan worm, the giant slug.
Bair didn't give any instructions to the Azjan Worm, only to see the power claws of the Terminator's arms suddenly open, and the rapid electricity wrapped around his fingertips, accompanied by a ferocious war roar, his claws ignored the thick slime covering the Azjan Worm's body, and stabbed directly into the slug's body.
The moment the power claw pierced into his flesh, he sensed something was wrong.
His hands are not equipped with ordinary chainsaws or cold weapons, but power claws, which also belong to the power weapon series with power swords and power spears, and each claw tip is covered with a decomposition force field, which can tear through the heavy ceramic steel power armor like a dinner knife cutting cheese under full power.
But it was such a sharp claw, and when it tore at the flesh and blood of the Azjan worm, it felt an extremely thin and nonexistent ...... Stagnation.
This feeling shouldn't have appeared, the flesh of the Azjan worm can actually make the tearing of the power claw appear a little sluggish.
What the hell is that muscle density......
The thought crossed the Terminator veteran's mind for only a moment, and the next moment, the enraged giant slugs wrenched his spine along with the skeleton of the Terminator's armor.
βββοΌβ Abaddon stood up suddenly, facing the scene of his warrior being killed by the alien, how could he possibly sit still.
However, before Abaddon could speak out, Fabius Bair took the lead and said, "I warned you that at least three warriors should be sent to fight the Azjan Worms." β
(End of chapter)