[…]
[How are you?]
[…]
[…Not good.]
Chagatai was silent, and on the other end of the channel, Corax's tired, bloody whispers almost rang in the Khan's ears.
"Horus came, and I had a brief fight with him - thank Sage Trazyn, otherwise you wouldn't be able to talk to me now," Corax said word by word. "Horus is a bastard, the most arrogant piece of shit in the galaxy."
The Khan moved his mouth and said casually,
[I thought you wouldn't say this to me. It seems you still trust me? ]
[No,] the Lord of Shadows said bluntly, [I know your relationship with Horus, but I want to say, even if you stand in front of me, I will still say this, if you come to stop me, then you are the second biggest bastard in this galaxy.]
The Khan chuckled, a few dry laughs, and then stopped.
He leaned against the command desk in silence. There was a rustling sound in the channel. Corax was also silent, but it sounded like someone on the other end was cursing and bandaging the wound.
I'm sorry.
Khan said: "Attacking our brothers is not what I want. My warriors made a mistake. They relied too much on the warmaster, who gave them some unrealistic illusions."
[Haha,] Corax laughed mockingly, [I have nothing to laugh at you for on this point - your own children obey the orders of the Warmaster and even betray us.]
Khan scratched his head and stared at the fresh bullet marks on the command platform. They were the marks left by Zhuba Khan's bullets.
What are you going to do now
Chagatai asked,
[Anywhere is fine,] Corax's voice sounded tiredly, [I can't beat him, my legion can't beat his legion, damn it, anywhere is fine, I just want to find a place to repair the legion, instead of being involved in inexplicable wars again and again.]
Corax cursed again under his breath.
[Horus invited me to sit on his ship.]
Khan said, as he listened to Corax's dark voice, which almost cursed Khan,
[Are you going? I mean - do you want me to take back what I just said about you still being saved?]
Chagatai pursed his lips.
What was Horus like at that time
[madman,]
"A megalomaniac, a jerk, a title-addled man—far more evil and arrogant than the last time I saw him," Corax said.
[He hates me, hates his brother, Horus is absolutely crazy, he no longer hides his hatred for me, he wants to kill me, Khan, you have to know that before that, Horus will still pretend to say hello to me for his damn title. ]
The Khan listened carefully. On the other end of the channel, Corax laughed and coughed a few times.
[I could see that he had gone mad and was talking nonsense. He knew that I was unwinnable, so he tried to get rid of me without hesitation.]
[Thanks to Trazyn, he helped me blow up the corridor where we were fighting - I was able to retreat in time.]
The Khan turned his eyes away from the crater.
[Horus is mad.]
He repeated Corax's words, as if asking,