[Cardia]
A violent storm arose, and dark clouds pressed down on the earth. The ground was so dark that one could hardly see one's hand in front of one's face. Occasionally, one could see thunderbolts as thick and powerful as demon dragons rolling in the clouds.
Crack!
Another thunderclap! The thunder struck, illuminating the two figures that were entangled and fighting!
With a clang! The White Tiger Knife bit straight into the enemy's throat. The Khan twisted his wrist and saw a silver light like a crescent moon in the dark night. A black, rumbling object flew high up, turned a few times in the chaotic clouds and wind of Cardia, and with a thud, it fell into the mud and there was no sound anymore.
[It's just a fake one that was used as a knife. ]
At this moment, what was in front of Chagatai was a headless corpse. It still held up its left hand, trying to summon a new storm. Blood was gushing out from its broken neck as big as a wrist. The bloody liquid splashed on the Khan's ivory-white dragon helmet, adding a bit of murderous aura to the Khan.
The sharp eyes under the two black insects stared at the headless corpse calmly but murderously, and it fell to the ground. The Khan who was familiar with Changshengtian knew that death was also the capital of these witches' evil deeds, but after a brief alert, there was no new movement of Alpha's corpse.
The Khan waved his hand, and his few remaining Storm Prophets came over, and according to the Khan's orders, they "ensured" that the corpse would never again interfere with the activities of the living.
While the Storm Prophets were inspecting, the Khan was looking far ahead at the direction where the dark tide of demons was heading. He frowned tightly, and a tiny bit of golden light seemed to be reflected in his dark pupils.
After that, nothing can be seen.
He seemed to have seen something that was difficult to understand and accept.
[Crazy, really crazy.]
The Khan shook his head. He had no idea what a madman like the Emperor was doing. He didn't really want to know about the Lord of Mankind—and the Khan thought that the Emperor was not worthy of the title of Lord of Mankind.
[Team up!]
Chagatai leaped up with a roar like an eagle's whistle, and the people who had just gone to scout in the name of the Khan rather than to help in the battle began to gather towards him.
Of course they could go deeper, but Khan realized that going deeper would come with a price, and now they had probably reached the limit with the lowest price. If they went further, they would have to be prepared not to return.
If we go further in, we might see more than just fakes.
Khan knew they were trying to entice him to go deeper, but - no, not now.
He was never a greedy person.
The roar of the storm birds sounded, and the Khan looked up at the sky, his gaze seemed to penetrate the clouds and reach the direction of the fleet.
They were completely unable to contact the fleet, not even the channel of the great sage Trazyn, and Khan was not surprised by this - it would be really strange if Trazyn could still contact him now.
The hot air from the carrier plane's engine blew away the dark clouds. After killing Alpha who was blocking the road, the return trip was unexpectedly smooth. But Khan seemed to be vaguely aware that all this would not be so smooth.
His intuition warned him that something was happening somewhere out of sight.
—————
With just one glance, Khan realized something was wrong.
Their fleet was scattered in the vacuum, no longer as neatly organized as it was before they left. The battleships were sparsely spread out, like a herd of horses that had dispersed after a gallop. Large clouds of gray smoke were floating irregularly between the ships, heralding the previous war.
The Khan keenly saw that the White Scars and Ravens' warships were separated. The Raven Guards' fleet was in disarray, with broken ships screaming alarms. On the other side, the White Scars' fleet was only slightly in disarray, with no serious damage.
Chagatai was startled. After the carrier landed on the deck of the Bladestorm, the Primarch stepped out first.
Before he could see everything on the deck clearly, a volley of missed bullets suddenly rushed towards him!
Khan raised his sword to block, and the bullets made a crisp sound on the White Tiger Sword. With a cold face, he saw the chaos on his ship.
It was not until this moment that the channel in his ear began to ring again. It was the voice of his mortal steward, Illya.
"The Khan - Abaddon, son of Horus, has just arrived! He has persuaded us to join the Warmaster, led by Hasik. Half of the legion now hopes to side with Horus!"
At that moment, Khan thought he must have heard it wrong.
But no, he rationally accepted the fact that the Fifth Legion, the White Scars, had been fighting under Horus long before he returned to the Legion - among the Terran-born White Scars, the Warmaster had a very high reputation.
[Stop!!!]
He walked through the long corridor of the ship. The closer he got to the command room, the more intense the battle became. His descendants all knew that the command room was the core of the entire fleet.
[That Yanhan! ]
The Primarch's roar pierced through the hatch, and the Khan strode in. He saw people fighting in a group. Hasik was dueling with Juba Khan, and their confidants were surrounding them and shooting at each other. On the other side, Illya was huddled under the instrument trembling, and Shiban was standing in front of her, trying to protect her.
"Great Khan!"
Seeing the Khan coming, Hasik suddenly put away Zhuba Khan's sword and turned his head to look at the Khan.
[Do you know what you are doing? !]
"Great Khan, I ask that you unite with the Warmaster."
The Khan was almost furious.
[Nanyan Khan, this is my army, my sword—and what are you doing! ]
"I, I can explain, Khan!"
"The Warmaster has issued a decree, and as always, we need to respond!"
The Khan drew his sword decisively. His white tiger sword was shining brightly, and the tip of the blade was hanging above the deck.
[I will give you a chance. What decree did Horus send to you? ]
"The Warmaster orders the fleet to attack the Raven Guard."
[So you attacked Corax's fleet?]
The white tiger made a deep sound and bared its fangs. Before Hasik could reply, Juba Khan immediately shouted,
"No! Khan, we stopped them!"
[Well done] The Khan whispered, [Nan Yanhan, you did something wrong. Is this your response to me for granting you freedom?]
He watched Hasik take a step back, but he still faced his Khan and drew his sword.
"My Lord, I always believe that my judgment is correct."
Hasik gritted his teeth and said, "Master Horus said that he has the support of Magnus - Master, we all know that you usually only interact with the two of them. Even you would choose Master Horus and Master Magnus."
Magnus?!
The furious Khan was suddenly shocked. Yes, among the Primarchs, Magnus was the brother Khan was closest to, followed by Horus.
What happened to them? The Khan thought, until now, he still didn't know what happened to Horus.
This is no excuse for you to take the sword from your own hands.
The Khan had a cold face. The Primarch stepped forward and easily knocked the sword out of Hasik's hand. The White Tiger Sword jumped up, and blood splashed along with fragments of internal organs. He drew the sword, and blood dripped down, steaming, which calmed the Khan's anger for a moment.
Hasik, his traitorous subordinate, knelt on the ground, still struggling, and said,
"Khan, the Warmaster invites you to his fleet. He left us the coordinates."
A word popped into Chagatai Khan's mind for no reason.
The Hongmen Banquet.
And Horus, his best friend, knew that the Khan would go, and the Khan would go to find out the truth, what was going on with Horus, and what happened to Magnus.
Chagatai Khan, standing on the Glorious Queen where his descendants were fighting each other, felt a kind of annoyance that he was being plotted against.
"grown ups,"
The voices of the Storm Prophets rang out in the channel. They sounded hesitant.
"We found something. You have to come and see it. It's... unusual. Something is trying to establish contact with us."
Khan sighed.
Merry Chrismas!
(End of this chapter)