The Milky Way is too big, and the Empire is too big, forcing its legions to travel across the waves of the Warp just to reach another battlefield.
When the Death Guard's fleet finally entered the physical world after countless warp jumps, Hades, who saw the silhouettes of other fleets from afar through the porthole, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally arriving at the destination, Hades felt that he was about to be tortured to death by the bumpy ride in the warp. He seemed to have the illusion that creatures in the warp were retching at him all the time.
Hades said he knew the Warp hated him.
During the long and idle time of traveling in the warp, Hades, as the master forger, accepted Pasteur, who was already socially dead (and almost socially dead himself), as his first apprentice.
Kirkland objected to this, and the objection was suppressed.
Although Hades didn't manage Pasteur directly, he was used to throwing this brainless Death Guard directly into the foundry and letting him figure it out on his own - if there was any problem, he would go to Hades' office to find Hades.
So every time Hades opened his office door, he would see Pasteur and Obery (another studious and inquisitive social management talent) standing in the corridor arguing with each other.
Hades really didn't understand. One was a man who would never talk, while the other was eloquent. How did the two of them get into a fight? Their companies, cultural customs, and fields were completely unrelated.
Of course, sometimes Hades would open his office door to find Vox scolding two recruits for not fighting in front of Hades' door.
Vox is still less troublesome, Hades likes it.
But that is all in the past. As the Death Guard sailed into the real world, the entire fleet re-entered the highest level of combat readiness. The Death Guard's scythes were ready to fall again, ready to bring destruction to those who disobeyed.
The prerequisite is that the management of the legion must first hold a meeting with the management of other legions to discuss what tactics to use.
Hades, the legionnaire who was going to cooperate with the Death Guard this time, stared at the letters on the screen in silence and pondered.
The Night Lords and the Luna Wolves.
If there were only the Luna Wolves, then they would obviously be excellent, although their motives beneath the surface might sometimes be questioned, but Horus was honorable and rational, and had an extremely rare empathy for his brothers.
What's more, the Death Guard and the Luna Wolves have already cooperated once before. Apart from the concern that Mortarion might be abducted by Horus, the Moon Wolf before its fall would be an excellent comrade on the battlefield.
But... this time there are also the Night Lords.
The Eighth Legion, the Night Lords, can't be said to be hated by everyone, but it can be said that everyone wants to kill them. Hades couldn't judge for a moment, whether the Death Guard had a worse reputation or the Night Lords had a worse reputation.
The Primarch of the Night Lords is Konrad Curze, and their home planet is Nostramo, a cesspool that is no different from Barbarus. The difference is that on Nostramo, the people are rotten, while on Barbarus, everything except the people is rotten.
It can be considered a super-doubled Gotham City.
Each Primarch is deeply influenced by their home planet. Growing up in such a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery, Konrad Curze naturally has behaviors that are not understood by others.
To give a simple example, the combat style of the Night Lords is to massacre a small number of people, and then throw the tortured and bloody corpses in front of the living enemies, letting fear consume them, and finally defeat them without a fight.
Curze called his actions an efficient and necessary crime, that they took on the sins that the Empire asked them to take on, that the Night Lords defeated a world with minimal casualties, and that the world was not damaged and could be put into production immediately.
I just don’t know what the local people were thinking when they saw their wives and daughters being skinned and dead.
Naturally, Konrad Curze's combat style was criticized by many Primarchs, such as Guilliman, the Human Rights Ambassador who had just cooperated with the Death Guard, who criticized Curze.
[Mercy is the younger brother of justice. Without mercy, justice will become cruel, ruthless, and unjust! ]
Guilliman believed that Curze lacked the necessary mercy.
Hades didn't have much to say about this style of combat. There were endless atrocities within the empire's territory. Curze simply brought them to the surface, making it more visually impactful.
And the fighting style of the Death Guard reminded Hades of the brutal destruction of Galasper, the middle and lower management who were hanged on the gallows, and some special weapons.
Hades stopped actively associating for the moment. Anyway, if the last battle had not been fought against psykers, Guilliman would most likely have given a speech to Mortarion, criticizing the cruelty of the Death Guard.
But Hades was curious, if the Night Lords encountered aliens, would their fear tactics still be applicable
The communication channel rang, it was time for a meeting. Since Horus was the most respected among the three Primarchs, the meeting was held on the Vengeful Spirit. As usual, Mortarion instructed the Death Guard fleet to remain alert at all times.
Hades estimated that nothing would be discussed in this meeting. According to the image that Horus had established to the outside world, he was probably quite keen on allowing the two Primarchs who met for the first time to get to know each other.
And what’s interesting is that in the timeline of the original work, Mortarion and Curze seemed to maintain a good relationship, which Hades could understand. To some extent, the Death Guard, like the Night Lords, possessed the necessary cruelty and brutality.
As for this operation, Hades decided to negotiate with other people in charge of the Eighth Legion, such as Sevatar, Sevatar, and Sevatar.
Just as Karas Typhon is jokingly called the true commander of the Death Guard, Sevatar is also the true commander of the Night Lords - and his contribution to the Night Lords is much greater than Karas.
Hades stood expressionlessly in the Stormbird, the same position, the same aircraft, the indicator light for the hatch opening came on, a bright crack appeared in the darkness, and Hades closed his eyes very consciously.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw the same person as last time, the wolf-shepherd god Horus standing in the light and smiling warmly at them, warm and enthusiastic.
Standing next to the Wolf Shepherd God is.
A huge, hunched, bony giant, Conrad Curze.
Next to him, Hades heard Mortarion's breathing gasp beneath his respirator.
By the way, other people's metaphor for Mortarion is also that he is wandering between a corpse and death.
Mortarion hates brothers who are open and aboveboard and actually speak sweet words. So this time, I wonder if the dark Lord of Night can attract the favor of the Lord of Death
Hades didn't want to take care of these things, and he couldn't take care of them. Just like the farce banquet last time, Hades's only duty was to prevent the legion from going crazy with the Primarch.
Hades narrowed his eyes and began searching for Seganus and Sevatar.
Without a doubt, the first acquaintance he found was Abaddon.
Yes, code!
This article mainly briefly introduces Conrad Koz
(End of this chapter)