"Yeah, yeah, does the great Black Heart King still lack a dozen of us? You have hundreds of thousands of troops under your command."
This question was full of unspeakable ridicule, and Huron was really furious, but then he felt like he saw something shining like eyes in the hole, and he knew that his words had attracted the attention of that being.
So when he answered, he used all his strength to stare at the crack in the subspace and let his emotions be conveyed as much as possible.
"Immortal, let's talk openly and honestly."
After being silent for a long time, Huron felt something terrible crawling on his skin. One eye even twitched. He realized that a dangerous existence was staring at him. This was his subspace instinct.
A warning to him.
At the same time, his pet also growled menacingly at his feet.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was another lazy voice on the other side of the hole, asexual, echoing, almost no noise, but as clear as day to Huron’s senses
"Huron, shut your dog's mouth first and get out of here."
Huron then touched the pet beside him with his foot. It immediately closed its mouth, walked away dejectedly and began to angrily scratch the wall with its claws - Hamadria has a unique ability to read minds, and Huron often takes him with him.
Using it to negotiate with others allows him to always seize the greatest advantage, but the other party is obviously aware of this.
After the barking disappeared, the fear in the gap disappeared into the darkness.
A few seconds passed as slowly as asphalt dripping down, and then a sound came from the darkness, the same sound as before.
"Hello, King of Black Hearts."
"Immortal, I hope you can join this war. I can provide you with anything you need, whether it is slaves, battleships, or weapons contaminated with the power of Chaos."
It's a pity that the other party didn't buy it.
"Ah, I'm sorry, joining the war is not on my schedule. My cabin is already filled with slaves and ammunition. Oh, I forgot to mention that some of them were borrowed from you. I will consider returning them when I have time in the future.
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"Those things should be regarded as a gift for us to meet each other, but Immortal, are you here just for this little profit? For a being like you, just this is not worth a trip in person, right? The Imperial Expedition
The army has arrived at the maelstrom, they are a group of cowardly lambs, are you willing to miss this feast?"
"Come on, it's true that I despise the Imperial people, but if they are really so vulnerable, would you come to me? I have heard many people say that your power is close to Abaddon, why do you still need to come to me?
Such a nameless person? As for cowardice, I haven’t felt it among the Imperial people for the time being, but I feel it here...hehehehe."
Huron was not annoyed, smiled slightly, and asked:
"Then what is your purpose in going to the Maelstrom? I have heard many stories about you and know that you like to hunt valuable prey and those champions that you think are worthy of fighting, so I guess...
Someone must have seen or heard something and told you."
There was no response from the other side of the hole, only a slight sound of wind, and Huron continued to speak in an unhurried tone.
"We have fought against the Astral Knights several times, and a few veterans who have experienced thousands of years of war noticed that some of them used some unique sword skills, which originally belonged to the first class ten thousand years ago.
An elite group of the Three Legions, but it almost disappeared after the Horus Heresy, and there are only a few people who still know how to use it."
"You know a lot, what next?"
Although the other party's voice seemed careless, Huron already understood that he had grasped the other party's mind, and there was some smile in his voice.
"I have also heard a legend told by veterans who have experienced the Great Crusade. In the past, the Third Legion had a group of elite warriors called the Blades of the Royal Court. They were the champions of champions, with superb swordsmanship, and each of them had their own unique sword.
road, but most of them died in the long war, especially those loyal to the empire, all died on... Istvan III."
Silence fell again, this time extremely long.
"Oh, you are very well informed."
When the other party spoke again, he was no longer as lazy as before.
"It seems that you, King of Black Hearts, have convinced me? Can't your hundreds of thousands of rubbish give you a sense of security? I heard... that you were severely humiliated twice by that man named Soshiyang?"
"I admit that I need a champion like you very much. In exchange, I will help you find the answer you are looking for, and it is hidden among the Astral Knights."
Even though he was so humiliated by the other party, Huron still seemed very calm.
"The premise is that you have to help me win this war."
"So this is a contract?"
"That's understandable."
"I understand, my employer."
The mocking voice came again.
"I will be your loyal helper, so don't be afraid of me. I will personally take off Soshyan's head. It will be a very glorious trophy."
"I believe you have this ability, Immortal Lucius, but we should make a more complete plan... There will be an opportunity in the near future. Maybe you can try it, but it is a bit dangerous."
Hearing that name, the Red Pirate Terminators standing on the edge of the hall even subconsciously turned their heads to look at the void, because the Immortal in Huron's mouth was indeed too famous.
Lucius, former Captain of the Thirteenth Company of the Emperor's Children Legion, was also the best swordsman in the legion. During the Great Crusade, he was famous for his swordsmanship and single combat, rarely losing.
On Istvan III, Lucius was originally a loyalist of the Legion, but later defected and rebelled. After the Legion fell into the embrace of the evil god Slaanesh, he abandoned everything in the past and became a champion of Slaanesh with only arrogance.
And established the warband Flawless Blades, and committed many terrible crimes during their ten thousand years of wandering.
However, what really made Lucius famous was the unique power given to him by the evil god. After the Great Rebellion, Lucius was killed by the lord commander Serius in a duel and his body was cut into pieces. However,
A few days later, Serius began to become crazy and looked more and more like Lucius.
In the end, the Emperor's Children commander completely transformed into Lucius, and all that was left of the original Sirius was a face attached to Lucius's armor and wailing.
From then on, anyone who feels the satisfaction when defeating Lucius will be possessed by Lucius, and eventually his body will be taken away, leaving only a wailing face attached to the armor, and Lucius will be possessed by him.
called the Immortal.
Over the years, his examples include slaying an Emperor's Champion of the Black Templars, single-handedly destroying a Wolf Hunting Party, slaying several Khorne Champions, emerging from the nightmarish arena of Commorragh, and more.
, although he often resorted to clever tricks, his achievements were still outstanding.
"Danger."
After a greasy sound of flesh and blood squirming, a whisper with a sense of suppressed excitement came.
"That's exactly what I want..."
The corners of Huron's mouth slowly raised and he began to explain his plan to the other party.
Slowly, in the darkness, a bold plan was hatched.
In the Sagan system, a week after Soshyan held a joint meeting between the imperial agencies and the hive nobles, three more battle groups arrived one after another, including a company of 110 people from the Hammer of Dorn, the Iron Knights Battle Group
There are 189 men in the regiment's two companies, and 91 men in one company of the Crimson Fists, for a total of 390 men in the three chapters.
Among them, the one who leads the Iron Knight is an acquaintance, Kaduron, who previously participated in the Feast of Blades. Now he is the company commander, and the one who leads the Hammer of Dorn is an old acquaintance of Ustad, who met with him at the Feast of Blades.
Fabian Banega, whom he had fought against, was now a company commander, and they seemed very excited when they met again.
The Crimson Fist is led by Captain Julias, who is also a battle-experienced commander.
At this time, the number of Space Marines in the expeditionary force had reached 4,762, which was close to the number of Space Marines participating in the last Badab War. Therefore, Soshyan did not intend to continue to sit still, and immediately held a meeting with the Astartes Captains and above.