"That's not good."
Hades muttered to himself in a low voice. After briefly dealing with the matters at the gene seed bank, he was now standing on the observation tower of the old stronghold, gazing at the mountains in the distance. The clouds were dim and dark, like a solid wall hanging above the ground.
From time to time, some small dots would crash into the thick clouds - they were the strange creatures on Barbaros.
Rumbling thunder could be heard from the horizon from time to time, and flashes of light gathered from the highest mountain peaks.
After confirming the situation in the distance, Hades turned around and jumped off the observation deck. Below, four hundred Death Guards were standing neatly in front of the Primarch, waiting for further arrangements.
Mortarion, however, was not looking at his warriors. He was staring thoughtfully at the three small figures before him.
That was the gray-haired Lisa and her grandchildren.
Lisa, the sister of Herrera who was originally short and thin in Hades' memory, has now become so old yet full of wisdom. The poisonous environment of Barbarus has left indelible marks on her body. Even though the arrival of the empire has provided better medical care here, unlike the rapidly increasing life expectancy, the appearance of the Barbarus people is still aging very quickly.
Hades walked over, squatted down as carefully and gently as possible, and stared into Lysa's familiar eyes. He always wanted to call her grandma or grandmother, but he suddenly realized that he was older than Lysa.
"Lysa, did your granddaughter, little Herrera, see Calastiphon heading towards the Nakre Mountains?"
Lysa nodded, and the little girl standing on her right also nodded. Her dark brown eyes quickly looked up at Hades, then quickly lowered, her half-long black hair piled messily on little Herrera's shoulders -
The Barbarus people are accustomed to naming their children after respectable relatives and friends, and this little girl inherited the name Herrera.
Moreover, this little girl is an untouchable.
She is immune to Hades's dark domain.
Hades thought of this and unconsciously wanted to smile bitterly, but then he swallowed the smile.
"My sister was following that adult at the time. She definitely wouldn't have made a mistake."
Another crisp voice sounded. It was that of little Herrera's twin brother, Hader.
Her short brown hair was curled up in a knot, and her black eyes were staring at Hades.
Even more surprising is that Hader is a psychic.
Originally, all the psychics on Barbarus would gradually turn into creatures like the Alien Lords. The special psychic environment of Barbarus would gradually distort the psychics' psychic powers and cause them to mutate.
Therefore, the psykers on Barbarus will be killed by the villagers at the first opportunity.
The first psyker exception on Barbarus may be Calastyphon, but because he is the product of an alien lord and humans, the rules commonly summarized through countless psyker mutations may not apply to him.
So
Hades had actually noticed that Mortarion's gaze had been lingering on the little boy, and the Primarch's hand unconsciously rested on the pistol, the Dark Lantern, at his waist.
"Who is this child?"
Hades asked one more question, although he should go after Calastyphon immediately.
Lysa smiled.
"This is Hader. I originally wanted to send him to the Star Ring. Maybe this would help him survive."
"Don't kill my brother."
Little Herrera suddenly said,
"I'll be by his side watching him the whole time. He won't lose control."
Hades blinked in surprise, and behind him, Mortarion did the same.
Use the Untouchables to suppress the growth of psychics, so as to avoid the process of psychics being distorted into aliens on Barbarus
What a strange coincidence.
Hades turned his head and motioned to a death shroud, who stepped out of the line.
Hades said in the private communication channel.
He stood up, signaled to Lisa and the others that they could go back first, and thanked them for the information.
Lysa smiled kindly at Hades.
"The field where Herrera slept has produced the twenty-sixth crop of white corn this year. Remember to go back and see her."
Hades paused for a moment, but he immediately watched Lisa and the others go back naturally.
Next, he turned his head and prepared to continue discussing the next arrangements.
Mortarion glanced at Hades but said nothing.
He still remembered Hades standing in front of the tombstone.
Hades took a deep breath and forced himself to focus.
It is now certain that Karas Tiphon has gone to the former territory of Nakre alone, without any troops. The Death Guards who came back with Karas to recruit soldiers have all been controlled.
According to them, Karas, who was actively planning the conscription, suddenly left alone.
But what Hades was unsure about was whether the pharmacist Rodan that the biological sage met would also appear.
But even with him, there were only two Death Guards, and the balance of combat power clearly tilted towards Hades' side.
However, Barbarus's poison gas had long lost its previous lethality under the sophisticated circulation system of the power armor.
Hades lowered his eyes. The most likely change would still be Nurgle's witchcraft, but he was prepared for this.
He had specially brought with him ten male untouchables this time, from among those that Malcador had promised to give him.
Malcador has only given the Death Guard fifty untouchables, and their quality is obviously uneven. Hades has not yet met them, but judging from the data compiled by the gravekeeper.
It is true that Malcador did not guarantee the quality of this batch of untouchables.
The Death Guard did not provide any targeted training for this group of untouchables, only the gravekeepers would occasionally make them do some physical training.
So this time Hades decisively selected the ten people with the worst physical fitness among the ten reports. They are most likely not suitable for fierce head-on combat, so they are very suitable for this kind of emergency situation.
Each Untouchable wears simple armor provided by the Mechanicus, which contains the necessary life circulation system, but is useless in combat.
Each Untouchable is guarded by three dedicated Death Guards.
If they come under psychic attack, then they will play their part as beings that calm the waves of the Warp.
The muffled thunder in the sky interrupted Hades' thoughts. He turned around and glanced at Mortarion.
"Leaving now?"
Thick clouds made it impractical for aircraft such as Stormbirds to enter, and the steep mountains of Barbaros were not suitable for the deployment of heavy weapons vehicles.
We can consider orbital bombardment, and the ring of planets above Barbarus is already prepared.
But we should still go and check it out. If the situation is indeed strange, then we will retreat immediately and start the bombing.
And that thick poisonous fog.
Both Hades and Mortarion realized that the fog would never dissipate before they went forward.
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