The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 2924: The Secret of the Bastard

As the Space Marines returned to their warship, the Knights, after a busy day, also entered their transport ships one after another, returning to their ships stationed in orbit. Since most of the family's warships were frigates, and the flagship was an Ambition-class cruiser built by Ulan Huda for the High King, coupled with the fact that most of the large transport ships had been transferred to the front lines, for safety considerations, and also for load-bearing capacity, the Knights' mechs were all parked in the holds of the Unbound Soul and the Invisible Dreadnought. The Knights themselves still lived in the family's ships or the High King's flagship.

As for why the Knight mechs were not placed inside the Ambition-class cruiser Grand Duchess Olga, it was because the tonnage and size of this type of warship were similar to those of the Lunar class. These cruisers were usually built by the Adeptus Mechanicus shipyards for very wealthy individuals, Rogue Traders, or nobles. Although positioned close to civilian ships, their firepower was that of a true cruiser, possessing as much firepower as the Lunar class, but more internal was its palace structure, capable of providing luxurious accommodation and amenities for the user. Since the palace and service facilities occupied most of the ship's internal structure, there was not much space to accommodate Knight mechs.

In contrast, as the former flagship of the Star Knights, the Unbound Soul had very complete facilities, with holds large enough to accommodate the largest Knight mechs. The Knights also frequently moved around on this ship, but their activity areas and times were very limited. The Astartes did not like so many "irrelevant" people staying on their warship for too long.

Of course, some people regarded this Astartes' temporary "custody" of the Knight mechs as a constraint and contract of the Chapter on the Knight families, but since the High King had said nothing, the Knights below did not dare to say anything.

"Ah, so at that time, I took it by surprise, did a sliding tackle, cut off its knees, and then jumped up from behind and chopped off that Hive Lord's head in one go. Ha, I can't wait to see what more powerful things the Tyranids have. Genestealers and these things are not worth my attention at all."

Sitting around a huge round metal table were several figures wearing dark blue coats. Li Lin in the middle was gesticulating and talking about the battle not long ago. Alvarez on the side shook his head helplessly, then picked up a transparent crystal glass and took a sip of the bubbling black liquid inside. Seizer on another chair laughed:

"Who was it that was chased by the Hive Lord for half a minute at the beginning, and in a flustered state, even misfired the melta, and was almost crushed to death by the collapsing beams?"

"Tsk, stop talking nonsense. I call that tactical containment. Didn't that beam smash the Hive Lord? So you don't understand—Fabiola, is my 'Dorn Bomb' ready yet?"

Hearing Li Lin's urging, a girl who was slightly shorter than the surrounding maids, but more voluptuous and stronger, with light brown skin and tied with two pigtails, walked out cursing.

"Drink, drink, drink, drink yourself to death, you stinky rogue! All you know is bragging all day long!"

As she spoke, she slammed a huge metal wine glass in front of Li Lin. As the plump fruits on her chest swayed due to the movement, some of the light yellow liquid floating in the glass also splashed out. A burning blue ice ball was floating in the liquid.

"Tsk, what kind of talk is that? How did I brag? You didn't hang the Hive Lord's claws on your waist? I kindly gave you a gift, and you still—"

Fabiola just spat at Li Lin, and then put another glass in front of Seizer.

"Sergeant Seizer, your Deathfire, please enjoy."

"Hiss, you treat me like this, right? I was the one who used all kinds of connections to find your half-dead father in the labor camp."

Fabiola ignored Li Lin, but as soon as she turned around, the other party slapped her butt across her skirt with lightning speed.

"You deserve a beating!"

"You stinky rogue! Next time, I will definitely poison your wine. You just wait!"

Amidst the laughter of Li Lin and Seizer, Fabiola ran all the way behind the bar, found Kaya who was wiping the glasses, pointed at Li Lin and the others with a flushed face. Kaya shook her head helplessly, then touched Fabiola's head, said a few words, and the other party turned around to do her own thing.

"Are you happy to tease those little girls every day?"

Sablin, who had taken off his armor and put on a dark blue coat, happened to walk in from outside at this time. Seeing that scene, he shook his head helplessly, then pulled out a chair and sat down, picked up a fruit on the table, and swiped a few times on the data pad, selecting a drink.

"Li Lin, you have to be more mature. You are not a recruit anymore."

"Brother, you are my brother, okay? Don't give a long speech every time you come. I'm not not training, not fighting, not learning. Why are you staring at me like this all the time?"

"No, although we are relatively special Astartes, we are still Astartes after all. Look at you... Alas, I don't know, I thought you were scurrying out of some third-rate warband in the Eye of Terror."

Li Lin innocently opened his arms.

"Look at me, I don't kill innocent people indiscriminately, and I don't eat people and drink blood. The Flesh Tearers are like crazy monsters every day. The Penitent even eat dead people's meat. Everyone is used to it. This is not even a hobby, okay? And those who think about tinkering with Chaos artifacts every day, pretending to be blind..."

Sablin helplessly raised his hand.

"Okay, okay, you are right, you are right, I won't say it, okay."

Seizer laughed at this time:

"Senior Casa also told you a lot, Li Lin. It's better for us to have some distance from mortals. It's okay if they are all Chapter's servants here. What's the point of you laughing and joking with those little Knight brats?"

"I'm really wronged. This is what the Captain wanted."

"How do you say?"

Li Lin took a sip of strong wine, let out a sigh, and then said in a low voice:

"I'm mainly observing a little Knight named Serey."

"He? Who is it?"

"You must never tell anyone about this."

"Definitely, tell us."

"He is the child of the bastard of Grand Duchess Olga, the founder of the DuPontdeling family, that is, the grandson of Grand Duchess Olga!"

"Hiss—"

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and finally Sablin took the lead to break the silence and said in a low voice:

"That is to say, Grand Duchess Olga actually has bloodline passed down, and the Captain knows about this, which means the Chapter Master also knows?"

"Isn't it? I was also curious at the time, but the Captain told me not to ask too much, just try to observe the boy's situation as much as possible, and understand his state during combat and daily life habits without alarming him. I'm going to be a spy."

Alvarez frowned as he listened.

"That's not right. If it's a bastard, shouldn't the focus be on his father?"

"This shows one thing, Grand Duchess Olga's bastard is already dead, or he is useless, and this grandson is okay."

At this moment, Sablin suddenly raised his hand to signal everyone to stop talking, and then Kaya placed a metal wine glass in front of Sablin.