[who?]
Finus Manus said,
[The Order of Silence requested a meeting on their main ship? ]
The warrior Santo, who brought him the news, stood silently in front of Finus and confirmed the Primarch's question.
Why at this time
Finus thought silently that the Iron Hands were on their way to the Ultramarine, and Fulgrim wanted to visit Curze, so the Third Legion was also heading to the Ultramarine, and the Iron Hands hoped to reunite with the Emperor's Children.
Fenus tried to dig something out of his memory. He vaguely remembered that Fulgrim told him that the Order of Silence attended the Council of Nicaea as the Emperor's right hand, but after that... the silent order hid in darkness again.
So why did they come to the Tenth Legion
Or invite Fenu Manus to their warship...
Fenumanus frowned slightly. This matter was very abrupt, but if the Order of Silence could give a reasonable explanation, then he would not care about these details.
"Well," said Finus, "tell them I will start at once."
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Compared to the general legions, the fleet of the Order of Silence was not very large, but... it was more silent, with uniformly thin and dark hulls, and all the light spots that might appear on general ships were blocked. Fenus Manus could even see from the tail flames of their ships that the engines had also been modified, which made the sound when they were started even more subtle.
The dagger-like Kocytus was floating quietly in the center of the entire fleet of the Order of Silence. Fenus saw the tall, pointed black stone towers, which gave him a suffocating feeling of oppression.
The battleship painted with the Iron Hand docked on the deck of the Korkutus. The hatch opened and the sound of gas bursting out was heard. Amid the hum of the engine, Fenugreek Manus stood at the iron-gray hatch, his iron-white eyes staring at the person in front of him.
Under the dim light, the Guard Charon took a step forward. Beside him, the Sister of Silence and the Sage in red robes stood silently. Charon looked at Finus and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner,
"Sir, please follow me, because the war is urgent, Hades is waiting for you in the command room."
"Pluto also wishes to apologize to you for the rude behavior of the Order of Silence, but the situation is urgent. Please allow the Order of Silence to be rude."
Finus' iron-white eyes flashed, and he said indifferently,
[It doesn't matter, take me to see him now. ]
The imperial guards stood at attention, then turned around and began to lead the way as a welcome display. The soulless people lined up on both sides of the road stood still, like sculptures.
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It was dark inside the Kokutus, very dark.
Perhaps it could be said that there is no light source here at all.
But this was not a problem at all for the Primarch and the Space Marines, although Finus was very puzzled by this. The darkness seemed to make the entire ship depressing, and the further they went inside, the heavier the depressing atmosphere became.
He glanced at the red-robed great sage following the queue. It seemed that there was a sage in the Order of Silence, or a position in the Mechanicus. This discovery made Finus feel a little relieved. He would naturally have more common topics with people who understood steel.
Charon's figure swayed, and he arrived. A Sister of Silence opened the door for the Primarch, and white light spread from behind the door to everyone. Fenus squinted his eyes and saw a figure in black armor standing in front of the strategic board with his back to them.
The data flowed so fast that Finus even had to pay a little attention to keep up with the data flow.
As if he had just noticed them coming, the man turned around and spoke in surprise,
"Sorry, I didn't notice you guys coming."
He said naturally, then smiled and went to welcome Fenus. Fenus took a step forward and walked into the strategy room, while the guards and sages behind him saluted and disappeared into the darkness.
Hades extended his hand, and Phenom shook it without hesitation.
The Order of Silence has Custodians and Sisters of Silence, which means they are directly under the Emperor, and Fenuth Manus is loyal to the Emperor, period.
Even though he was also shocked by the existence of this quasi-Primarch, Fenus believed that this was the Emperor's business and he did not need to think about it.
"Pluto, the Lord of the Order of Silence."
Pluto smiled and said,
[Fenus Manus, commander of the 10th Legion Iron Hands, Lord of Medusa.]
The two men let go of each other's hands, and Hades looked at Finus' hands thoughtfully. There was steel shining with a cold light. Finus had a pair of hands wrapped in steel, which was also the origin of the name of the Tenth Legion.
Finus also stared at the other half of Pluto's metal brain. Influenced by the Primarch's iron hands and the weak thoughts of flesh and blood, the warriors in the Iron Hands generally liked to use machines to transform their flesh and blood bodies. Replacing the brain was not uncommon in the Iron Hands.
But... Fenus was sure that the mechanical creation brought by Pluto was definitely stronger than any electronic brain he had ever seen.
After trying to analyze Pluto's mechanical brain to no avail, the Primarch turned his attention to Pluto himself. He had white hair and looked very young and handsome, but the hideous scar on half of his metal brain obscured his original appearance.
Hades smiled, a rather polite smile, Fenus thought.
"I'm sorry to invite you in this form, but the war has begun and I have to ensure my safety in this form."
[The war has already begun?]
Finus asked, looking more serious and heavy as he watched Hades seem to pause for a moment.
"Yes,"
Hades said,
"A war... a war beyond your imagination, and one for which the Order of Silence was founded."
[You don't have to be so tactful.]
Finus spoke directly.
[Accept reality, war, and then victory. Nothing is unimaginable and difficult to accept. Since time is running out, you don’t need to waste time on polite words.]
He looked at Pluto for a moment, then smiled with relief.
"Thank goodness I get to work with such a wise Legion."
Pluto spoke faster, his eyes looking up at the map, and Fenus's gaze followed suit.
"Then I'll be frank. The Order of Silence received an urgent order from Terra to go to Cygnus-X1 for battle. According to news from Terra, all legions near the Obscure Segmental Region have been sent orders to obey the Order of Silence's orders."
[Iron Hands received no such information.]
Fenuth Manus said calmly, waiting for Hades' response.
But Hades just smiled helplessly and said,
"That's right. In fact, the news received by the Order of Silence is not comprehensive. All of this can be explained because we are about to go to war with the creatures of the Warp, and long-distance communication is accomplished through the Warp, which means that you may not receive orders from Terra."
Pluto blinked and said softly,
"I have realized this in advance, so I don't expect you to trust me completely, Finus."
Damn the subspace, Pluto thought, this was intentional, and as for why Pluto could receive communications... Obviously, this was also intentional. Pluto was very sure that there was some important content mixed in the erased information, but he would probably never know.
Fenus was silent, his eyebrows knitted into a knot, and Hades waited patiently. While Fenus was silent, Hades checked again the distress signal sent by the Order of Silence to the other three legions.
At last the hard voice of Fenus sounded,
[You just mentioned the subspace creature, Pluto.]
As if he had anticipated what Phenus would ask, Hades spoke without any hesitation.
"Yes, warp creatures. I will give you a guide to the warp creatures known to the Order of Silence, as well as how to fight them. This is the duty of the Order of Silence."
He watched as Fenus turned his head, his iron-gray eyes staring at him calmly, but beneath the calm surface of the steel lake, something was trembling violently.
I remember now.
Finus said,
[You are the former commander of the Death Guard, Hades, right? ]
Phineus gazed upon Hades,
[Mortarion once mentioned you to me, but I didn't recognize you just now. I always thought... ]
Finus swallowed the second half of his sentence, and he suddenly realized that it was very stupid of him not to recognize Hades.
Now it was Hades' turn to be stunned.
"… Why did Mortarion mention me in front of you?"
Hades felt that he was at a loss.
"No, that's not the point. Reminiscing about the past can be put off until later."
Hades said hastily,
"If you are still confused about the Order of Silence and this edict, then I can explain."
[No,]
Finus shook his head.
[This is the key point.]
For the first time, Hades felt confused.
When and where did Mortarion talk to Fenus? He remembered that they had a bad relationship
And how come he came up in their conversation? Or was it because Mortarion praised his commander to everyone he met
No more, yay!
(End of this chapter)