When the Death Guard had been anchored in Barbarus for 339 days, they received the coordinates of the next star field they needed to go to.
Along with the news came the black ships.
The good news is that the bandit leaders led by Malcador did not take anything away. On the contrary, they gave Hades two large boxes of ashes.
They are the Untouchables and the Psychics.
In the Warhammer world, the abilities of soulless beings and psykers will not disappear with death, but will be greatly weakened; even after death, their ashes can weaken or strengthen the Warp Barrier.
This is also the main material of the anti-psychic grenade developed by Hades. The black bullet contains a mixture of the ashes of the soulless and black stone particles. Once it explodes, it will immediately strengthen the subspace barrier around it.
The white bullets are loaded with the ashes of psychics. Generally speaking, psychics are the channel connecting the subspace and the physical world, but their flesh and blood bodies have a maximum psychic energy tolerance. If the barrier is rapidly weakened in a short period of time, a large amount of psychic energy will flow into the body of the psychic, "exploding" the individual alive.
Therefore, the idea of Baidan is to use the sudden surge of subspace energy to cause the psychic species to self-destruct, thereby achieving the operation of closing the channel between the subspace and the physical world.
However, this kind of weapon could easily backfire in principle, so after it was manufactured, Hades only selected warriors who had sufficient knowledge of psychic powers and distributed a small number of blank bullets to them.
But compared to black bullets, white bullets have a huge advantage that cannot be ignored - that is the abundance of raw materials, especially within the Death Guard.
Ahem, that’s a bit of a joke from hell.
Even worse is that most of the warriors in the Death Guard who understand psionics well enough are undertakers, or think tanks.
Hades wisely concealed from them the main material of the ammunition. Although the lamplighter Ugo stared at him suspiciously, Hades remained calm and explained to him the principles of the ammunition and how to use it - except for what was inside it.
Wait until the war becomes urgent and raw materials are insufficient, then tell them the truth.
Hades thought silently.
The order to fight has arrived. After a year, the main thrusters of the Death Guard ships have been ignited again. The whispers of the Astragalus Court have been heard. Civilian entry and exit are prohibited in the short term. The Mandeville Point has caused a stir, and the Death Guard fleet has begun to make warp jumps in an orderly manner.
Hades stared out the porthole boredly. He could feel that the repulsion of the subspace on him was increasing.
However, the Black Ship came last time and said that Hades was fine, so he would just deal with it as if nothing had happened, so that he wouldn't be thrown out when the Death Guard were racing in the warp that day.
Hades was lost in thought.
Due to the rapid development of the Barbarus galaxy, the Death Guard stationed more gravekeepers after returning to monitor and warn.
At the same time, Mortarion and Hades chose Morag the Deathshroud as the Death Guard Archon of Barbarus, responsible for many matters such as galaxy management and conscription.
Hades also sent down several students of social management to practice and learn, and some of them will be transferred to Galaspa and Druun.
The rest were trivial matters such as governance and the repeated admonishments of the wise men of Mint.
By the way, the Death Guard's warehouse was filled up again. Thanks to Barbarus and his partners, the Death Guard's huge warehouse was really filled up this time. This fact made several casting masters in the foundry hall marvel for several days.
Because there has been no war for a year, there is now an urge to try inside the Death Guard. The long-dormant scythe flashes with a cold light, ready to move, and can't wait to bring blood and death to its enemies.
But this time the war order also did not give a detailed description, not because it was a war like the one with Ran Dan that needed to be concealed, but because it was a world that had just been detected and all information was still unknown.
The only thing the Death Guard knew was that the Ultramarines were also heading to that star region, and that they would cooperate with the Ultramarines—
Ultramarines!
Hades thought that since Perturabo and Lion Jonson, the Death Guard had welcomed a normal cooperative corps for the first time! Using normal tactics, communicating with comrades in a friendly and normal manner, and having normal thinking.
The Ultramarines, Roboute Guilliman, Macragge his unseen second—
Hades suddenly felt a chill all over his body, it felt like the Endurance was looking down on him.
Hades coughed twice guiltily. No, he was a Death Guard, he was a Death Guard.
Hades struggled painfully in his heart. He still could not forget the reliable performance of Robert Guilliman at the banquet (and the Archangel Sanguinius). If Guilliman had not been present at that time, Mortarion and all the Death Guard would have died the next day.
After learning that the cooperating legion would be the Ultramarines, Hades became relaxed and only needed to leave things to Robert Guilliman!
As long as Guilliman doesn't get carried away and initiate a duel, then a legion commander who cares about the legionnaires and cooperates with the legion's casualties will be invincible. Praise the great second -
Ahem, no, that empire hasn’t been established yet.
And to Hades' surprise, Mortarion's evaluation of Guilliman was actually quite good. Perhaps the Lord of Death also realized the reliable behavior of the Lord of Macragge at the banquet that day.
Hades even suspected that among Mortarion's top three brothers, at least Horus and Guilliman would be included.
After confirming Mortarion's positive evaluation of Guilliman and eliminating the last unstable factor, everything became simpler, that is - leave it to Robert Guilliman!
Although Guilliman's reputation in 30k was not good, the existence of the Macragge Five Hundred Worlds made people evaluate him as ambitious, hypocritical, and cunning. Guilliman has always been a negative image of a politician.
But none of this matters. What matters is that Guilliman really cares about the casualty ratio in the war, and he doesn't sell out his teammates.
Is there anything more important to the Death Guard than this? Especially after the baptism of Perturabo
So, in anticipation of war and with a positive curiosity towards the Ultramarines, the Death Guard fleet finally arrived at the designated coordinates.
As expected, the Ultramarines' ships waiting to welcome them were already quietly drifting on the waterway, ready to lead the Death Guard.
Look, this is the excellent style of the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines gain one more point in Hades' heart.
However, in the command room, Mortarion and Hades stood in front of the command panel, waiting for the Ultramarines to transmit the information necessary for the war.
[Lord Mortarion, the Ultramarines welcome you and your Legion. ]
[The war is over, and this planet has chosen to accept Lord Guilliman's peace proposal and surrender.]
Mortarion raised his eyebrows, seeming a little displeased.
Hades beside him began to praise Robert Guilliman, the Lord of Macragge, in his heart.
Reliable, so reliable!
Try political negotiations first, then try violent means, this is the normal procedure!
And when it comes to political negotiations, no one can compare to Robert Guilliman!
[.You can come with your legion to this newly surrendered human world for inspection. The residents here are very enthusiastic and have great goodwill towards the arrival of the Empire.]
A hissing voice came from under Mortarion's mask, and he said stiffly,
"No need. If they are not pretending to surrender but truly surrendering, then there is no need for the Death Guard to waste time here."
[The people here, the Absdu people, have sincerely submitted to the Empire under the persuasion of our primarch]
The channel was buzzing with the Ultramarines' impeccable and impeccable pleasantries, but Hades could hear nothing—
—Wait? Abstuo? Did he just say this is Abstuo?!
Hades' shocked face.
The Emperor's socks!!! In the original timeline, Abs was the planet where the Death Guard launched the first extermination order?!
As for why the Death Guard issued the Extermination Order.
Because this planet is full of semi-corrupted psykers!
Hades slowly realized the cruel truth that his partners this time should not be the Ultramarines—
Don't make peace with a planet like this?! Can't you see that there's something wrong with this planet?!
Oh, Robert Guilliman really can't see it.
Thanks to the leader of [Nai Te]!!!
I will work hard on coding!
(End of this chapter)