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Chapter 102 Horus has risen

Istvaan San is a plot by the Rebel Legion to purge the loyalists within.

It is also a very shameful betrayal.

Who would have thought that such a respected warmaster, Horus, would kill his own men.

What is even more shameful is that the traitorous legion first used virus bombs to clear the ground, and then Angron personally led 50 large companies to attack and invested heavy firepower. After that, Horus dropped the Titan Legion and so on.

After using this series of methods, the casualties of the rebel legion actually exceeded the casualties of the loyalists.

As long as Angron is on top, he doesn't care about anyone's orders or strategic arrangements.

He felt that his heir needed to die in his hands, so he led a large army to kill him.

From this we can see the internal situation of the Horus Rebellion. Almost all the primarchs of the rebel side have their own ideas.

So Horus wasn't pushing into Terra as fast as he thought.

The first few thousand recruits in the monastery who used forbidden technology to blast troops have completed all implant surgeries and will leave the monastery together and gather towards Istvaan San.

Originally there were many members of the warrior association in the monastery, but as the old batch of recruits left, very few of the new batch of recruits joined the warrior association.

Huben Brotherhood meeting place.

After checking the code, Odelais opened the door and Centurion Gruner walked in.

Today there are exactly 30 brothers in the Brotherhood, including the newly arrived Gruner Centurion.

However, there probably won’t be so many people at the next party.

In the party room, half of the recruits have been equipped with neural interfaces, and they will follow the recruits who came out of the explosion to go to Istvaanzo.

Including Odelais and Ajalde.

After Centurion Gruner came in, he glanced around and came to sit next to Liu Haodong.

"Your black carapace hasn't grown yet?" Centurion Gruner asked.

"Well, I don't know why, but the black carapace has never hardened." Liu Haodong responded casually.

This matter is not a secret, basically everyone in the Brotherhood knows it.

"Tsk!" Centurion Gruner said regretfully, "What a pity."

"Huh?" Liu Haodong looked at Centurion Gruner in confusion, not understanding what the phrase "pity" meant.

After Centurion Gruner came in, the members of the Brotherhood just glanced at him, stopped paying attention, and continued talking about themselves.

They expressed strong expectations for the upcoming battle for the human empire and the elimination of all human enemies.

Liu Haodong has been listening to them, telling them about their excitement about going to the battlefield and their longing for the future.

Until Centurion Gruner arrives.

Centurion Gruner did not directly answer Liu Haodong's doubts, but asked directly: "What do you think of the current human empire?"

This question was asked, and Liu Haodong didn't know how to answer him for a moment.

Centurion Gruner's mood was very stable at this moment, with no malice or good intentions.

This made it impossible for Liu Haodong to judge whether he was a rebel or a loyalist.

"This issue is not something that I, a recruit who has not completed the implantation surgery, can comment on." Liu Haodong smiled bitterly and said: "I have been doing surgeries and training since I came to the monastery. I don't even know what the empire is like. How can I evaluate?"

Seeing that Centurion Gruner wanted to continue asking questions, Liu Haodong immediately interrupted: "Why do you suddenly ask this question today?"

After listening to Liu Haodong's words, Centurion Gruner pondered for a moment, but did not answer Liu Haodong's question, but continued to ask: "Do you know the Thunder Warriors?"

Liu Haodong nodded. He had heard Rasputin talk about the Thunder Warriors before.

Rasputin said that the Thunder Warriors were far more powerful than the Space Marines, but they all died gloriously in the war to unify Terra.

Seeing Liu Haodong nod, Centurion Gruner continued to ask: "Did all the Thunder Warriors you know died in the Unification War of Terra?"

Liu Haodong continued to nod.

"Then what if I tell you that the Thunder Warriors were not killed in the Terra Unification War, but were all executed by the Emperor's order?" Centurion Gruner said leisurely.

"I've never heard of such a statement." Liu Haodong shook his head.

Although he subconsciously denied Centurion Gruner's words, Liu Haodong also sensed that Centurion Gruner was not lying.

Did he not lie?Or did the person who told him this deceive him?
So Liu Haodong asked: "Why did the Emperor execute the Thunder Warriors?"

Since Centurion Gruner said that the Emperor executed the Thunder Warriors, then there must be a reason to execute the Thunder Warriors, right?
With the Emperor's ability to create such a large human empire, he would not kill the Thunder Warriors who accompanied him to conquer the world without reason.

"Why? Of course it's because the Thunder Warriors are just tools made to unify Terra. Once Terra is unified, these unqualified tools will naturally be discarded." Gruner said bluntly.

"Unqualified tool?" Liu Haodong wondered. "Yes, not qualified. Although the Thunder Warrior is powerful, he is emotionally unstable, irritable and has a short lifespan." Gruner said.

"Because of these shortcomings, the emperor executed all the Thunder Warriors?" Liu Haodong asked.

Although he asked this question, Liu Haodong still didn't believe that the emperor specifically executed the Thunder Warriors for these reasons.

Since the Thunder Warriors were so violent and irritable, it was impossible for them to just let the Emperor kill them without resisting.

Logically it doesn't make sense.

"The Emperor is more decisive and cold-blooded than you think." Gruner said meaningfully.

Liu Haodong squinted his eyes and looked at Gruner. This sentence already confirmed that Gruner was from the Horus camp.

Although the World Eaters Legion is not the headquarters of Horus, it is definitely the side of the Iron Rebellion.

Centurion Gruner was not a reckless person. Since he dared to say it directly in front of the fraternity gathering, he had already proved that he was not afraid of others knowing what he said.

His mood was also quite righteous. Liu Haodong nodded and asked, "What do you mean by telling me this?"

Centurion Gruner was certainly not idle when he said this to him. He must have some agenda, but as a new recruit, what did he have to gain?

I glanced at the nearly 30 people sitting around. It couldn't be because of these new recruits, right?
Centurion Gruner looked at Liu Haodong and asked an unexpected question: "The Great Expedition is about to end."

"What do you mean..." Liu Haodong looked at Gruner and deliberately did not finish his sentence.

"What do you think of the Space Marines? Are they stable?" Gruner looked at the recruits who had already become silent and all looked at him and Liu Haodong.

This time Gruner did not wait for Liu Haodong to answer, and said directly to himself: "The Space Marines in some legions are quite unstable. Let's talk about our World Eaters. Most of the legion's warriors have the Butcher's Nails. After the Great Crusade, these people what to do?"

"And the Blood Angels, they used to be called ghouls, literally ghouls."

Everyone in the gathering place was silent.

As mentioned earlier, all the unstable Thunder Warriors were executed, so you can imagine what will happen to them.

"Thunder Warriors and Space Marines are essentially the same. They are both tools of the Emperor. It's just that one is a tool made to unify Terra, and the other is a tool made to conquer the galaxy."

"The tools to unify Terra had completed their mission, and so they were all lost to the dust of history."

"So now that the Great Crusade to conquer the galaxy is about to be completed, do you want to take a guess at what we Space Marines will face in the future?"

Liu Haodong glanced sideways at Gruner, "You've reached this point, why do you still want people to guess?"
Sure enough, Centurion Gruner did not want to listen to other people's guesses, but continued: "By the way, the highest authority of the empire: the Terran Parliament."

"The Terran Council is composed of representatives of different forces, but there is no one representing the Space Marines."

"And after the formation of this council, the Space Marines led by the original body will only be responsible for the military operations of the Great Crusade, and other government affairs will have nothing to do with the original body. You can also think about what this means."

Before Gruner finished speaking, Liu Haodong felt that the mood of the brotherhood members was getting restless.

Is this Gruner's purpose?
Gruner looked at Liu Haodong again, "Horus is different from the Emperor. He cares about Space Marines and mortals, and is friendly to people. He does not have the aloofness of other primarchs."

When he said this, Liu Haodong felt that Gruner's eyes were shining.

Why didn't we see that Gruner was a fan of Warmaster Horus before?
"The most important thing is that Horus will not see us as tools to be discarded after use."

"Even if the Great Crusade ends, as long as Horus becomes the supreme commander of the empire, we will still be warriors of the empire and will not be executed inexplicably."

After saying these words, Gruner also breathed a sigh of relief, as if saying these words also required great determination on his part.

Centurion Gruner's words attracted all the members of the Brotherhood.

Under their gaze, Centurion Gruner stood up and looked at Liu Haodong, and said seriously: "Of all the recruits, you are the one I like the most. I also know about your black carapace. It's a pity. You Being able to lead so many people and make them believe in you as a recruit is a natural ability."

So is this what you meant when you said it was a pity?

Liu Haodong blushed a little after these words. He felt that Gruner must have misunderstood something.

In Liu Haodong's view, he passively accepted the composition of this brotherhood, so how could he have any innate abilities?
However, did no one tell Gruner that the Brotherhood was formed passively?

Gruner continued, minding his own business: "I am telling you so much this time, mainly because I want to tell you that the monastery is not a place where you should stay for a long time. You should go to a bigger and broader stage."

"If you complete the operation when, remember to come and fight side by side with us earlier. Horus becoming the supreme commander of the empire is expected by everyone, but this still requires the support of each of us. Each of us can make Horus more powerful. A chip with a chance of winning.”

"When Horus has enough chips to win, it will be the moment when Horus will lead the Empire and lead all Space Marines to a brighter future."

When he said this, Gruner had already arrived at the door of the party.

Although Odelais didn't understand what Gruner meant by all these words, he still made way for Gruner without realizing it.

Opening the door, Gruner turned to face the room, as if to Liu Haodong, or to everyone in the fraternity and said:

"Horus has risen!"

(End of this chapter)