While the Emperor was paying more attention to Qin Mo, the Clones and the Iron Warrior named Locke had just captured a fortress.

The ground was littered with the corpses of mortal slaves, but few of the Iron Warrior traitors were to be seen.

At this time, Peturabo had a lot of mood swings in the eyes of Horus and others.

"Is this a fortress?"

Perturabo smashed the triple hot melt cannon on the fortress's main fire position with a single punch, and kicked the corpses of several mortal slaves away in a rage.

"I thought it was a public toilet! We can get in if we want to, and we can get out if we want to! ”

"Don't say it's us, it's just a team of Thunder Warriors, a team of Astartes, a team of Inquisitors, they can come and go in this damn public toilet as they please!"

Peturabo's anger is not for nothing.

The clones were visibly aware that the group had gone some distance.

Locke, on the other hand, directly pointed out that everyone was actually in the iron ring defense line itself, the iron ring structure that bound the seven planets full of defensive fortresses.

It is surprising that there is not much defense in such a central place.

These things disappointed Perturabo with the Iron Warriors after the rebellion.

However, the other clones don't have any special feelings for Iron Warriors, they just subconsciously feel that this situation is completely wrong.

Considering that the defense here was really lax, and everyone didn't have to rush out in a hurry to complete the task, they gathered around to discuss some things.

"Did the Iron Warriors fall apart after the rebellion?" Horus asked Locke.

"I don't know." Locke shook his head, "After all, I didn't even stay in the Legion for long. ”

"Is there anything wrong with you?" Horus asked again.

Locke looked around, pondered for a moment, and responded, "To be honest, I don't think there's anything wrong with lax defenses, what really surprised me was where the Chaos fetus we passed by before was. ”

The clones looked at Locke and listened intently.

"Strictly speaking, this vicious creature should not be on the front line, but in the rear, and properly protected."

"But the fetal sacs were placed where we had just walked over, and that was the only thing that surprised me."

With that, Locke looked at the "Thunder Warriors", waiting for their faster thinking to judge the status quo.

"The purpose of this is probably to make it the quickest and most convenient way to replenish staff." Kiriman speculated.

"Possibly." Horus nodded, and then looked at Locke, "Is the Iron Warrior's lax defense a common problem?" ”

"It's very common, otherwise I'd think we're in an ambush." Locke nodded, "Actually, this situation has already been discovered by the inquisitors, otherwise it would be impossible for the commander to order more infiltration reconnaissance activities." ”

Horus nodded.

The clones looked at each other, and then realized a possibility at the same time.

"It stands to reason that there should be a lot of traitors in this fortress, and there should be better weapons, as for where those traitors are now......" Horus said, glancing around, "I guess scattered throughout the Ring and other planets bound by the Ring." ”

Hearing what Horus said, the others instantly realized the same thing.

That is, the entire Iron Ring defense may not only be an obstacle set up by the Iron Warrior traitors in front of the expeditionary fleet, and the Iron Ring is not only for the Iron Warriors, they may have successfully shaped such a huge project in the Eye of Fear, but it will not be the only Iron Warrior stationed here after it is put into use.

"Should we propose an immediate attack by the expeditionary fleet directly through the Lord of Tyrone?" Ryan said urgently, "If you wait for other rebel legions to come and garrison here, it won't be easy to fight." ”

"Your ontology must be aware of this before you do." Horus nodded, "But he didn't make the same decision as you, perhaps not because he was more clever than you, but because he knew too much about the expeditionary force as a war commander." ”

Ryan frowned and looked at Horus, waiting for him to give him an explanation that he knew too much about the expeditionary force.

"After all, we are not as familiar with the Eye of Fear as traitors, and it takes as much time as a real universe for fleets and armies to assemble and fight, which is a complex and lengthy process." Horus explained indifferently.

"Besides—" Killiman continued Horus's words, "besides, your body is obviously more stable than yours, and the Iron Warriors' lax defense is not necessarily that they don't have enough men to use, but it may also be for other reasons, so it's right not to rush into attacking." ”

Ryan pondered for a moment, and felt that if he was allowed to take on the responsibilities of the entire expeditionary force as a war commander, then he would also become cautious, and there was no problem with what Killiman said.

But the words that came out of Kiliman's mouth were not pleasant.

"It's different to have your body by my side, it's really a powerful combination, the king of the five hundred worlds."

"My body is the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds, I am not a clone, you can call me Killiman. Ryan. ”

"Okay, clone Killiman."

“……”

St. Giles on the side looked helplessly at Killiman and Ryan, one looking down at each other and the other looking up at each other, but they were all talking to each other in the same way.

Originally, even if the two primordial bodies were clones, they didn't like each other at most, and they didn't get to the point of bickering.

But as a clone, the memory was originally up to before the Horus Rebellion, but now I know what happened after the Horus Rebellion, especially after the formation of the Second Empire, in addition to being unpleasant, there are some other opinions, and it's good that it didn't fight.

Horus also noticed that Ryan and Killiman both had a problem with each other, but he thought that Ryan had not been in good shape since he left Bloom's lab.

Ryan always held back a wave of anger in his heart, just a little.

Fortunately, when the two of them quarreled, they used encrypted communication within the team, so they didn't let Locke and the four spirits see the joke.

"Keep going." Horus pointed to the path in the fortress that led to the underground, "Iron Man, go and take the lead." ”

Locke looked at the thunder warriors when he heard the name Iron Man, and saw one of them, a stout man with a cannon attached to his arm, walking to the front of the crowd.

"Why do I feel like he's so close......

"Weird."

Locke touched the back of his head, hiding the doubt in his heart and not speaking directly, and then quickly followed.

(End of chapter)