Huron has been in a very bad mood recently, very bad.
On the one hand, under the strong persuasion of his subordinates, Huron finally realized that if he chose to fight to the death with Soshyan in Korkeria, he would probably lose completely and be unable to get back up, because the Blackstone Fortress has not yet truly
Under his control, the expeditionary force's fleet has been replenished again, so their chances of winning are really not high.
More importantly, a legendary battleship appeared in the expeditionary force——
The Glory Queen-class battleship is said to be the most powerful first-class battleship that mankind can build. It is an existence that cannot be matched by any existing capital ship of the Red Pirates.
Although Huron often compared himself to Abaddon, he now had to admit that he was still a little far behind him. If he had a battleship like the Vengeful Spirit, how could he make his men so afraid of the Unyielding Truth?
Huron actually knew very well why his men persuaded him. They were afraid. They were afraid that they would be sent to deal with such a battleship. This was tantamount to suicide in their eyes, and they would rather choose to escape.
Giving up Colkeria certainly preserved their strength, but it undoubtedly sent a signal within the Red Pirates——
They may really be unable to stop the empire's expeditionary force.
For an armed group, losing confidence is a terrible thing, because the people below will instinctively blame the problem on the leader's weakness and incompetence. Most of the turmoil in the war gang comes from direct defeat on the battlefield.
Fortunately, Huron gave away many "thorn heads" in the previous battles, otherwise the situation would be even worse now.
However, according to intelligence reports, many bosses and war gang leaders have begun to move closer to the "strong ones" they consider. Especially Zhu Fu, who took the initiative to stand behind everyone in the last naval battle, has become the target of many people's bets.
Although he still shows great respect and respect for Huron, Huron understands the logic of "the strong alone is strong" and this situation will not last long, not to mention that there is Abaddon behind Zhu Fu.
The other thing that bothered him was that damn Malbus.
It was indeed him who contacted Malbas through the two fallen angels, because at that time he knew that the Raven Wings of the Dark Angels were also participating in the expedition. His idea was to let this demon prince lead the Dark Angels people away from the maelstrom.
Open, because he is also worried that the Dark Angel will really get involved in this war.
However, in fact, this was a trap from the beginning. Malbas had no intention of luring the Dark Angels away. Instead, he took the initiative to lure their large army!
This resulted in the current situation that gave Huron a huge headache, as well as a Queen of Glory that could not be resisted unless the Black Stone moved.
And no one can contact Malbas now. The guy is completely out of control. As for what it is going to do, Huron has no way of knowing.
During this time, he asked his intelligence chief to work hard to track down Malbas, but there was no result. After all, the people in the First Legion were notoriously mysterious, whether they were in the Empire or Chaos.
On the other hand, there are not many people who can talk well.
If Malbas really refused to leave, Huron would have nothing to do.
Although the situation has not completely collapsed yet, Huron is already feeling a sense of crisis.
He needs an ally, an ally who can exchange interests and is not so capricious.
More importantly, an ally strong enough to help him defeat Soshyan.
Tzeentch is a visionary but too unconventional.
Nurgle's laws would cause the Red Corsair's entire system to collapse in a swamp of disease and decay.
Slaanesh was never on Huron's radar.
Khorne completely despises visionary thinking and lives to kill, kill, kill, regardless of the consequences, just for the glory of battle.
When Huron was in trouble, a Dark Mechanicus believer visited him and brought him a choice.
He had seen that man before, with a spiral mask on his face and a very mysterious origin. He had been selling his weapons and the terrifying killing robots he had made in the Red Pirates' camp.
But he has no name, he only calls himself "Puppet".
"Why should I trust a guy who hides his secrets?"
In the personal chamber of the Huron flagship, the Lord of the Maelstrom stared at the mechanical heretic who was much shorter than him, and his throat was filled with sticky gurgling sounds when he made sounds.
The opponent's entire body was almost entirely wrapped in a black robe, with only a swirling mask and a pair of mechanical arms exposed.
After a moment, a mechanical monotonous voice came from under the mask.
"My Lord extends an olive branch to you and is willing to sponsor your war. The choice is yours, King Blackheart."
"Ha, sponsorship? Such a big deal."
The left side of Huron's upper lip rose slightly in a slight sneer.
"It's nothing more than a demon. I can laugh off even the messengers of the Four Gods. What qualifications does your master who devours the remnants of subspace have to show off in front of me?"
Huron has always had no patience with demons. Even those very famous demons can gain more respect from the demon prince than before, but the demons are just the lackeys of the evil god behind them, and Huron never likes to deal with lackeys.
deal with.
Demons may be useful tools, but despite their power and so-called knowledge, they can still be tricked and outmaneuvered by mortals.
"Devil? No. If the Black Heart King is interested, he might as well watch it in person."
Huron frowned, watching the mechanical heretic open his arms, and the robe on his body was pushed left and right like a curtain, revealing a broad mercury mirror.
Maybe this was another devil's trap, using some illusion to confuse his mind, but Huron still took the step forward.
On the one hand, he was confident enough, and on the other hand, his intuition told him that maybe this would really yield something.
As he continued to get closer, a magnificent scene appeared in front of him.
In the darkness, there was a faint blush at first, and then his eyes seemed to be sucked, gradually going deeper.
In just a moment, twelve huge funnel-shaped objects appeared in the hellish firelight. They floated in the void, arranged radially like the spokes of a wheel, with their mouths facing the center.
Each is the size of a planet, with its base extending into darkness, with any star illuminating them.
The top of each funnel is like a big mouth, emitting a dazzling red light and constantly spitting out red and black smoke. Huron's sight is close to one of them, and he can see a cloud of dust. When he gets closer, he finds that there is a cloud of dust spit out from the mouth of the chimney.
Not only the scary smoke, but also the weapons.
Billions of weapons, as well as armor, tanks, artillery, fighter planes, battleships, demon engines, and even Titans, all weapons that could be named and unnamed, spewed out on a shocking scale.
Out, drifting and spreading in the dark void.
Suddenly, Huron remembered a rumor.
Legend has it that there is a huge arsenal somewhere in the subspace. It does not belong to any evil god. Therefore, demons often go to that factory and sign contracts with its mysterious master. Some demons do it purely to obtain shortcuts to increase their combat power.
And in this way, they can gain the favor of their dominant god, and some want to seek a way to escape from bondage and not have to endure the shame of exile for a long time.