How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 37 The possibility of bats killing people is very small (big boo) but definitely not zero
"This is impossible!" Lan Malok shouted.

If someone could see through the armor he was wearing, they would definitely find that his face had turned red with anger and shame.For an Astartes, this was undoubtedly a dangerous omen, but the man opposite him, Konrad Curze, obviously didn't care about it.

"I'm not discussing with you, I'm informing you." Here, for the first time, the original body of the Night Lord showed the noble and arrogant attitude naturally possessed by a original body, coupled with his already surprisingly neat appearance. , it looks quite like that.

He was now in the Lion's Mane's transport room, alone.The moment he emerged from the fluctuations in the warp, he was surrounded by dozens of bolters, but he had no fear of these large toys that were now almost unable to harm him.He just looked down at Lan Malok in front of him, made his request, and then continued to declare in a slightly tired tone after the other party rejected it: "1 years have passed, many things have changed during this time, you will need Time will adjust to all this - or I can handle this in a more 'sharp' way."

Everyone on this ship had witnessed the Salamas expedition, and no one could not understand the hidden meaning behind that "simpler way."All the Dark Angels present tensed up, but Konrad Curze continued to speak in an attitude close to talking to himself:
"I can, of course I can... But at least this time, I think it's best not to do it." He looked half-hearted when he said these words, as disappointed as a child who had his favorite toy taken away. "Ten thousand years have passed, and I also hope that I can use some peaceful and bloodless means to solve the problem... At least subjectively, I want to make such an attempt."

He let his eyes scan over the Dark Angel warriors who were confronting him one by one, and secretly took in the various emblems on their power armor, and then slowly and clearly stated: "I personally hope that you can They cooperated.”

The unfinished meaning behind this sentence couldn't be more obvious.

Fujimaru Ritsuka had happily abandoned all business matters and ran out to plan a premeditated "encounter" with the locals on Jestal in three hours.During the three hours she was removed from the chain of command, Conrad Coates thought she would have more autonomy than usual.

He finally decided not to let this power slip away again.Or maybe he finally decided to use this to prove to Fujimaru Ritsuka that it was never a wise move to leave an unstable factor like him alone on the ship and give him access to most facilities.

It is difficult to say what impact everything that happened on Jestal had on the often insane Primarch.Perhaps it was the unimaginable achievements that Fujimaru Ritsuka accomplished in front of him that shocked him, or maybe Ritsuka's daily good deeds that lasted for half a year finally changed quantitatively and qualitatively, which touched Coz, or maybe some dream-like Vague things added some weight to the individual Fujimaru Ritsuka in his mind - in short, Konrad Coates finally decided to temporarily put aside his nihilistic philosophy and start doing something for their mission.

It’s hard to say what kind of mentality drove him to do this: was he aware of his responsibility?Or is it simply another attempt and verification to break free from the snare of prophecy?These viewers have no way of knowing.But at least Konrad Coates finally decided to start taking on some work.That's a good thing...probably.

Although they had just solved the long-standing Chaos problem on an Imperial planet and transformed it from an agricultural world with insufficient production capacity into a prosperous and civilized world, in a strict sense, these things had no impact on the crew of the Storm Frontier. To put it bluntly, it can only be regarded as a casual side mission in nature.

Don't forget, when they left the Star Torch, their urgent task was to "gather a regiment-level military force that is not within the existing organization."For this reason, Fujimaru Ritsuka put forward the suggestion of "recruiting the Night Lords".As for the Lion's Mane, which contained some Night Lords from the Samaras expedition - considering that Sevatar was originally detained on this ship, the other prisoners were also likely to have followed at the end of the war. When Curze jumped into the Dark Angels battle barge to help members of the Invincible Reason, anyone with a little common sense would have thought that they should try to free these people as well.

Of course, what Fujimaru Ritsuka wants to achieve, Savita also wants to achieve. The difference is that the former thinks it is feasible, while the latter thinks it is impossible.Of course, the things they want to achieve, as the original body, Konrad Coates also want to achieve. The difference is that the thinking of the former two is still within the scope of normal human thinking, while the thinking of the latter... has a kind of uniqueness to the original body. Radical and taken for granted.

"I demand: Obey," he commanded the entire Lion's Mane, "or bleed and obey."

"This is impossible. The son of the Lion will never surrender to a traitor!" Lan Malok roared angrily.

Generally speaking, such a roar should be followed by some loud blasts from bolters and painful wails from the enemy.Lan Malok originally planned this.He knew that when he was against the original body, his personal attacks would most likely have no effect, but his colleagues would follow his gunshots and fire——

But he failed to pull the trigger: before he fired, more than half of the gun itself had disappeared from his hand - except for the part of the structure that was held in his hand, all that was left was in a strange way. The posture slipped smoothly from above, leaving only a melted fracture, annotating what it encountered in that moment when the Astartes could not react.

"You see, I do come with good intentions." The activated lightning claws crackled. Under this background sound, the words Conrad Coates uttered were obviously more threatening than convincing. Heavy, "otherwise the hand holding the gun would have fallen to the ground by now."

Lan Malok wants to stop all this: he is the Grand Master of Firewing and the person in charge of the entire ship. In this grim situation that the Dark Angels have never faced before after being thrown into the warp for 1 years, His duty is to consider the survival of all aboard the ship.He didn't know exactly what Konrad Curze, who suddenly appeared from the teleportation room after he followed the records and established a basic communication network with the Emperor's Dream, was here to do, but he noticed from the other party's actions Judging, this matter is indeed not without room for mediation.

But not all dark angels can restrain the anger of humiliation and think calmly like Lan Malok.As Koze finished his words, the ten remaining bolters in the room that could still fire began firing.Lan Malok roared to stop it all, but unfortunately his voice was completely drowned in the sound of gunfire and had no effect.

He could only watch as Konrad Kurtz's huge body seemed to turn into an amorphous shadow, a black mist that swallowed everything, moving erratically and quickly in a way that he could hardly capture the trajectory.He realized that his shouting was in vain, so he reached out and picked up the power sword at his waist. In this gap, two bolters stopped firing with a cry of pain; he turned on the switch that decomposed the force field, and tried to Looking for the target, three more brothers groaned and fell down in this second; he couldn't confirm which direction he should charge at all, so he hesitated for another two seconds. The shadow quickly passed by the edge of his vision and then disappeared. The remaining five bolters in the teleportation room also fell silent.

Lanmarok had fought in the Salamas Crusade, but this was the first time he had fought against a Primarch.He had admired the majesty of the Lion King, and had seen Lion El'Jonson's wrath as terrifying as a natural disaster on the battlefield, but Conrad Curze was... something completely different.

Astartes should have lost most "mortal" emotions, including fear, during the transformation surgery, but at this moment, he once again felt a kind of fear from the heart - and this fear, It reached its peak when he heard the slight scraping sound of armor and realized that his helmet had been grasped by a huge hand from behind. "I said, I came with good intentions." The coagulated blood clots of Astartes slipped from the front of Lan Malok's eyepiece, and Konrad Curze's accent always highlighted the inconsequential meaning in Gothic. Lots of aspirated consonants, which made his words sound like the hissing of a poisonous snake, "But alas, my kindness has always been few and my patience very limited."

Lan Malok panted nervously, trying his best to stabilize his tone so that others would not hear the panic in his heart: "What exactly do you want!"

"I said, obey." Coze whispered, "And there is no other option."

- There is no other option.In other words, there is no "death" option.

Lan Malok realized something based on this, and the faint groans of the fallen brothers around him also made his panic slightly lessened. When he asked the question again, he seemed more confident: "Why? You must have a reason. !”

"Reason? There is no reason." Coz's voice seemed to be amused, "Aren't you Dark Angels the most familiar with this method of doing things? 'Someone knows the secret that they shouldn't know', so they went to destroy everything without any explanation. Possible insiders...it's such a pity that this time it's you who are entangled in secrets you shouldn't know."

"Because I realize the Emperor's Dream is here?"

"Because you 'remembered'. Even if it's just a fragment."

"……what?"

"What happened on Jestal is undoubtedly the top secret of the empire." Coz's tone was filled with joking cruelty. "There are indeed people who think that the Dark Angels are trustworthy in 'keeping secrets', so they do not advocate carrying out any investigation on you." Limitations in any sense...but I don’t think so.”

He deliberately let his gauntlets make a screeching sound on Lanmarok's helmet to hint at the more cruel thoughts in his mind.Lanmarok undoubtedly received the hint, but he also quickly thought of one thing: Conrad Curze only demanded their obedience.

"You want to silence yourself. You also have good moral and emotional reasons to do so." Grand Master Firewing said firmly, "But after you came to the Lion's Mane, you only asked us to obey - what's the matter? Restrict your actions. You must do things within some defined rules, such as not killing people at will. No matter what happens on Jestal, which Imperial department we know or do not know is acting, you are not them. Commander."

Then he felt pressure on his head.The helmet made of ceramic steel was no more solid than a cardboard box in the hands of the original body. The metal twisted and deformed under the pressure. With the alarm sound of the internal servo system, they squeezed each other and pierced into the Lan Malok helmet. the underlying epidermis.

"I kind of know why even Fujimaru Ritsuka finds you lion cubs difficult to get along with." Coz's voice sounded like he was gritting his teeth, but he still controlled the strength of his hands just right, so as not to really cause irreversible damage to Lan Malok. Hurt, "I am indeed acting beyond my authority, but there is nothing inherently objectionable about 'reasonably controlling a part of the Dark Angel troops that were confirmed missing thousands of years ago.' My current 'chief' can't do anything about it." Even the means I use to achieve this goal will be controlled."

Ranmarok wanted to speak, but unfortunately the increasingly cramped space inside the helmet almost deprived him of the possibility of making meaningful sounds.But at this time, he barely caught a slight sound on the audio sensor that was still working: the sound of the power armor's internal communication leaked slightly from the side of Konrad Coates, who was not wearing a helmet:
"I'm so sorry, I'm listening." It was the voice of an angry young girl, "I don't think the Dark Angel is difficult to get along with! I don't support you using such violent means to gain command! In the end, I don't have that at all. Plan! And you don’t have to negotiate if you don’t know how to negotiate, instead of secretly causing trouble while I’m out!”

Then, he heard Conrad Coates sneer: "Okay, then how are you going to stop me as a mere mortal?"

"'A mere mortal' can't stop you, but there are ten thousand ways to make you uncomfortable." The young girl's voice carried a gloomy threat, "Next time I use a high-pressure water gun to feed you, Yago Sai Vitalion will have a special seat at the venue!”

Before Ranmarok could react to what the tiny voice was saying, the grip on his helmet immediately disappeared - followed by the emotional roar of Konrad Coates:

"No! You can't do that!" His voice was close to a roar, "You are just relying on me to be able to kill you without fear!"

　Ritsuka: Use a unique technique to completely control the bat.I’m also a little bit fond of bats ×
　　For an immature (?) Primarch like Curze to shame them, especially in front of their favorite son, it would be even more uncomfortable than killing them!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)