Chapter 356 Return

What is the Crone's Sword?

The Crone Sword is said to have been forged by Moiraine Heg, the Eldar God of Souls and Destiny, who asked the Eldar God of War, Cain Bloody Hand, to cut off her five fingers. Then the Eldar God of Craftsmen, Vaul, used these five fingers to forge the sword.

Fu Qinghai has not read all the original novels of Death Army, but he knows the general plot: awakening the regent Robert Guilliman of Sleeping Beauty is just a small episode in the process of Evelyne leading the various Eldar subordinates to develop and cause trouble - to strengthen and expand the human empire, create a powerful ally for the re-emergence of the Eldar, and attract Chaos firepower.

And collect all five Crone Swords.

This is the real main mission.

So, why did Ivrenee and her army of death travel half the galaxy, experience hardships and tribulations, and face annihilation several times... Why did they have to collect all five Crone Swords?

Because collecting all five Crone Swords can revive the Eldar death god Aeneid, and the Eldar death god Aeneid is said to be able to fight against the lifelong enemy of all Eldar - Slaanesh.

Speaking of this, Fu Qinghai couldn't quite understand it.

The strongest god of the Eldar, shouldn't it be Asuryan, the main god of the Eldar? The warp explosion when Slaanesh was born crushed many Eldar gods including Asuryan. Asuryan was no match for Shalish. How could a mere Eldar god of death, Aeneid, defeat Slaanesh?

Look at other Eldar gods: Eldar war god Khaine, Bloody Hand, is a poor imitator of Khorne, and is used as a stepping stone by the Ultramarines to kill people every day. Eldar goddess of life Aisha was imprisoned by Nurgle and became the father's concubine. Every time Nurgle invented a new virus, he would feed it to Aisha to test the effect.

Aeneid was probably on the same level as them.

Even another god of death in the Warhammer 40K universe, C'tan, Nightbringer, Azagorod, is much more famous than the little-known Eldar god of death, Aeneid.

Nightbringer is not a subspace being, but a physical entity. However, because he has committed so many murders, the collective memory of the "God of Death" of all intelligent races in the galaxy is the image of "cloak + sickle", which is the image of Nightbringer himself. Nightbringer is the strongest star god recognized by the Silent King himself.

However, judging from the reaction of Slaanesh, he was quite afraid of Inied, the Eldar god of death. He sent his subordinates to challenge the most powerful demon, Sharathi Malscourge, several times, to break through the reality barrier and deal with Evelane and her army of death.

Regardless of whether Aeneid can fight against Slaanesh, according to the original novel, Everenee's plan to collect the five Crone Swords is almost doomed to fail, because it is said that the last Crone Sword is hidden in Slaanesh's palace... Asking the Eldar to steal things from Slaanesh's domain is simply... Anyway, there are many idioms that can describe this situation.

Another way to resurrect the Eldar Death God: Kill all the Eldar, which is obviously not a good idea either.

At this point in time, the Eldar God of Death has not yet awakened, and it is unknown whether Everene has been born. The Eldar obviously have not yet realized the true function of the Crone Sword, and only regard it as a powerful ancient relic weapon.

......

The battle is over.

The Kroots were defeated without a doubt.

Although the Kroot were numerous, they were no match for the Space Marines and the Savage Eldar. Fu Qinghai was mainly worried that these alien birdmen would flee and hide in the equatorial jungle, so he arranged in advance for Saroyan Skarsson to lead the Thunder Wolf Cavalry and two Imperial Guards to surround the Eldar temple.

But many Kroot still escaped.

Greenskin spores plus Kroot remnants.

The future security battles will be fought in the Hive World.

The human troops are cleaning up the battlefield. According to the temporary agreement between Fu Qinghai and Shalamand Uslan, the Savage Eldar have the right to take away the bodies of the fallen Eldar and the corresponding weapons and equipment.

This spirit temple can only remain here.

The space naval battle is also over.

According to the report of Acting Captain Eugene Eleanor, the combined fleet of battleships, cruisers and frigates surrounded the tough war sphere ship and bombarded it fiercely, finally paralyzing its power system before it ran out of the Karnak galaxy. At this moment, the war sphere ship was hovering somewhere in the void.

The enemy ship has lost its ability to move, and Eugene asks whether to send the Iron Pagoda Terminator to board it.

Fu Qinghai replied that he would think about it again.

The main reason is that the Kroot are very poor and have little money. A boarding battle may result in some unnecessary casualties. Capturing a Hades-class heavy cruiser is already a profit.

The war ball ship and the Columbarium Temple are the only things that can be called captured in this battle. They are tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away. They are somewhat useless.

Finally, Fu Qinghai said to Eugene:

"Have the Astropath try to contact the Ronin Merchant family in the Ultramarine. What's the woman's name? Yolanda Altaira. They are currently running the trade route from Phaeton to the Five Hundred Worlds. Ask them if they are interested in handling it."

…

Equatorial jungle, webway exit.

The Space Marines and Imperial Guards stood by to supervise as the Savage Eldar's Dinosaur Cavalry were queuing up to enter the Webway. Once they had all passed, the Space Marines would begin to place bombs to completely destroy the Webway exit.

There are large and small web gates. The large ones can accommodate fleets, while the small ones are like the current one, which can only accommodate cavalry. The threat is not very big, but after repeated consideration, Fu Qinghai decided to blow up the web gate.

"Khan, if we attack the foreign order..."

Qiao Shida came close to Fu Qinghai and whispered.

The Xenophobic Order is the Inquisition.

Would the Alien Inquisition know about the cooperation between the Iron Pagoda and the Eldar? Fu Qinghai was actually unsure.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and glanced at the two Imperial Guard officers standing not far away, Li Hanxing and Tariha, both of whom were riding on horseback, meticulously supervising the evacuation of the Eldar.

He tilted his head and whispered,

"They both promised me that they would keep the secret and not spread it to anyone, but I'm not sure how strong this promise is. We can't just kill them to silence them."

"Of course we can kill people to silence them."

Qiao Shida said enthusiastically:

"Since these spirits are no longer useful, why not just take this opportunity to kill them all..."

The Moon Wolf Warrior bent his fingers and hooked them around his neck.

Bad idea, very bad idea.

Fu Qinghai shook his head.

Throughout the entire Warhammer 40K universe, the only force that could possibly form a long-term alliance with the Empire of Man is probably the White Bean Sprout. The Ark Eldar and the Empire of Man have a common enemy - Chaos, and there is almost no conflict of interest, whether in terms of territory or anything else.

If you want to form an alliance, you must first be able to communicate.

For some forces, there is no possibility of communication, exchange or negotiation at all, such as the Tyranids and the Orks. They will just start fighting and will not talk to you at all.

Among these forces that can communicate, Chaos is the enemy of all intelligent life and cannot form an alliance. Other alien forces have a natural need to expand their living space: the Tau Empire has expanded its domes several times to promote the Greater Good, and the Necrons are gradually awakening and want to regain their dominance in the galaxy...

Only the Ark Eldar have a very simple request -

They hate Chaos with all their might, and they just want to survive.

The Savage Eldar cavalry were about to enter the webway. At this time, the howling banshee Saramande walked over, raised her head and looked at Fu Qinghai, and said softly:

"Qingshan, I want to talk to you alone."

"This way."

Fu Qinghai pointed in a direction.

If you want to avoid being heard by Lyman's ears, you have to stand far enough away.

The two men walked over.

Arriving at a secluded place, the two stopped and stood face to face. Saramand looked up at Fu Qinghai in front of him, then lowered his eyes and said softly,

"Thank you, Qingshan, you helped me again."

Fu Qinghai smiled:

"You're welcome. We have the same goal and no conflict of interest. It's normal for us to work together."

"No, you don't have to say that."

The Eldar girl shook her head slightly:

"I can speak Gothic. I've come into contact with many humans. I know that you are different from them. They have a natural hatred for other races... I, I don't know how to describe it, but you are different."

Fu Qinghai thought for a moment and said,

"In my eyes, you are different from other spirit races."

"Oh? What's the difference?"

Sarah Mander was immediately interested.

His eyebrows were raised and his almond-shaped eyes were blinking.

"Hmm..." Fu Qinghai thought for a moment, "You are not that arrogant, nor that... sentimental? Anyway, I feel that you are very decisive when fighting. In addition, you are very beautiful, even by human aesthetic standards."

Fu Qinghai picked out some nice things to say.

"Really?"

Sarah Mander smiled with narrowed eyes:

"You're not bad looking either."

She was actually feeling a little embarrassed: before she met Qingshan, she actually viewed humans as inferior monkeys - this was a common consensus among the elves, and Sarahmand was often around her father, so she was well-informed and had a strange feeling of pity for the misfortune and anger at the lack of resistance from these monkeys.

As for sentimentality? Judging by the standards of other races, every Eldar is sentimental, and Saramande is no exception. However, when she puts on the banshee mask, her kindness and sentimentality will be suppressed. This is determined by her cultivation path.

"so..."

Saramand mustered up the courage to ask,

"We are friends now, right?"

"Oh no, we're not friends..."

Fu Qinghai smiled and waved his hand.

Saramand was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes immediately turned dim:

"Why, I thought..."

"We are comrades in arms."

Fu Qinghai said seriously,

"We fought side by side, cooperated well, and saved each other. How can we describe it as friends? Our relationship should be more than just friends. What do you think, Sarah?"

Sarah Mander smiled again:

"I think you're quite right."

The two chatted for a few more sentences.

Saramand told Fu Qinghai that she did not belong to the Savage Eldar of Separiel, but was ordered to rescue them because the prophecy showed that this Savage Eldar would be threatened by the Necrons in the future, so they had to be evacuated.

Fu Qinghai told Sarahmand that he is now the commander of the Iron Pagoda Regiment, and his garrison area is the Marcus King Star Region in the Hazy Star Region. This time he came to the planet Kaelnak III to solve the problem of alien and chaos invasion.

Finally, Saramande said seriously:

"Qingshan, on behalf of the Uswei Ark World, I promise you that you will always be a friend of the Uswei Ark World."

Fu Qinghai smiled and agreed.

The Ark Worlds are big and small, strong and weak, but the smallest Ark World is comparable to the space fortress of the Human Empire. Usvi, Beltan, and Iyanden are all very powerful Ark Worlds - because Fu Qinghai has heard of their names.

A powerful ally and potential backer.

Pretty good.

Fu Qinghai also told Saramand:

"That Crone's Sword must be preserved well."

"Don't worry, this is an Eldar artifact. I know its value better than you do. I will definitely keep it well."

Saramand said with a smile.

Fu Qinghai smiled slightly, thinking that you probably don't know as much as I do. When the Army of Death appears in the future, a chosen one of the God of Death named "Everene" will come to you to ask for this sword.

After chatting, Sarah Mand was about to leave and the two waved goodbye.

The Milky Way is vast, and I don't know when we can meet again. I feel a little emotional.

Sarahmand thought to himself: Fortunately, Qingshan is a Space Marine, not an ordinary human, otherwise when we meet again next time, Qingshan might have died of old age.

Fu Qinghai looked at Sarah Mander's departing back, and suddenly thought of something, and called her:

"Sarah!"

"Well, what's wrong, Aoyama?"

The Eldar girl turned around and asked in confusion.

"Your full name is Salamander Uslan."

Fu Qinghai asked tentatively:

"What is your relationship with Edrad Uslan?"

Fu Qinghai didn't know whether the surnames of the elves were as common and repetitive as those on Earth in his previous life. What if "Uslan" was a very common surname, just like "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li" and "Smith and Johnson"? He suddenly thought of this and asked casually.

Saramand was stunned when he heard this:

"You still know my father?"

Fu Qinghai was also stunned:

What the hell, the old prophet's daughter!?

…

As the most famous and most dramatic man among the Ark Eldar, Fu Qinghai had certainly heard of the name of Edrad Uslan. This charlatan was active from the Horus Heresy to the Thirteenth Black Crusade, and had a very long life. It was said that he knew the Emperor in his early years and they had a good relationship for a time.

Humans dislike the Eldar because there are many troublemakers like Edrad among them who like to do things that harm the interests of other races and benefit the interests of the Eldar. This is the human perspective. The old prophet is probably a great hero in the eyes of the Eldar... right?

Many times, the Ark Eldar really want to help humans, not for friendship, but to use humans to fight against chaos. However, their mode of obtaining information relies on prophecy, which often seems abrupt and unreliable.

Only a few gifted people in the human group can obtain the ability of prophecy, such as angels, bat kings, soul hunters, and of course the emperor. But for the Ark Eldar, prophet is a path, just like the howling banshee, it is a school of practice, and they can artificially cultivate and create prophets.

On the eve of the Horus Heresy, Eddrad learned through prophecy that the Warmaster had fallen into Chaos, and wanted to alert the Empire, so he sent a Nether Lord to inform Fulgrim. The result can be imagined... The Nether Lord and Cain's incarnation were beaten down on the spot by the Phoenix Lord. Afterwards, he disguised himself and went to great lengths to help the Fire Dragon Lord Vulkan successfully return to Terra, in order to enhance the military strength of the human empire.

Judging from this wave of actions alone, he can be regarded as an old friend of mankind, but his later attempt to resurrect the Eldar god of death Iniad ahead of time, and even his plan to cause the Astronomican to extinguish, reflected his true nature - using any means to achieve his goals.

In short, he is a complicated person.

Fu Qinghai had never expected that he would be involved with such a well-known character in the plot. He had never heard that the old prophet had a daughter... If he knew that it was the Infinite One Taraxin who was planning to attack the Savage Eldar of Separiel, he would probably be glad that he had just passed by another notorious well-known character in the plot.

......

The Eldar left and the Webway blew up.

At the celebration party in the Hive City, the Planetary Governor begged Qingshan Khan to allow his troops to stay on the planet Kaelnak III for a while longer to assist the local planetary defense forces in clearing out the Ork-derived creatures and the remnants of the Kroot.

But Fu Qinghai always remembered that he would start a new reincarnation in three months, so he didn't want to waste time here - there were jungle battles and security battles, and the fighting would never end. He also had to face the brand new Khan-class Titan.

Therefore, in his itinerary plan, he would only wait until Yolanda Altera led the Rogue Merchant Fleet to arrive at the Kaelnak system, and then leave here and return to the Phaeton Forge World.

The planetary governor was very helpless in the face of this arrangement, but there was nothing he could do. The banquet continued. Freed from the threat of aliens and chaos, the noble men and women of the spire, who had once been in a state of panic, resumed their extravagant and wild lives. No one dared to disturb the Space Marines, but Li Hanxing and Tajiha, two officers of the Imperial Guard, were surrounded by them.

Li Hanxing's severely burned face and Tajiha's strong body odor were no big deal in the eyes of the nobles. Perhaps the Emperor's children would like this kind of banquet with praise and flattery, but the three Space Marine officers, Qiao Shida, Kalamanda and Satfaran, were very indifferent to it. The nobles of the nest city were disappointed and could only come to the two officers of the Imperial Guard to flatter them.

Fu Qinghai pulled Tarjiha, whose face was flushed, out of the crowd, took him to a quiet corner, and asked:

"Have you finished what I asked you to do?"

"It has been done long ago, Chapter Master!"

The grassland man nodded while holding his wine glass:

"You can go to the Satellite City Outpost and see for yourself."

"very good."

Fu Qinghai nodded with satisfaction.

He still remembered what his original purpose was when he led his team to the planet Karnak III.

Karnak III is not a developed hive world, so there is not much to gain. Now is not the time for major plot events to occur, so there are no assimilation points to be earned.

He came here to establish the authority of the regiment.

Since they wanted to expand their reputation, they needed some sense of ritual. Fu Qinghai specifically instructed Tariha to cut off the heads of all the enemies, whether they were Orcs, Chaos Warbands or Kroots, and pile them up in a Jingguan in the satellite city outpost that had become a dead city for later visitors to visit.

It is both a display of martial arts and a commemoration of the dead.

To model chapters like the Ultramarines and the Imperial Fists, things like cutting off human heads and building mausoleums might seem unthinkable. It is too barbaric and entirely feudal behavior.

But the White Scars have always had such a tradition - the walls of the Quanzhou Monastery are inlaid with the skulls of many enemies, and they are even plated with silver for long-term preservation.

Attila's Barbarian Cavalry, as the White Scars in the Imperial Guard, handled such matters very smoothly without any psychological burden. They cut off heads cleanly and built the mausoleums with great care.

Li Hanxing watched Tarjiha and Fu Qinghai whispering in a corner, and couldn't help but want to come over and join in the conversation.

The young captain of the Death Cavalry held a wine glass in one hand and a crutch in the other - a large piece of muscle in his thigh had been bitten off by the Kroot, so it had been amputated and replaced with a mechanical prosthetic leg. It was still in the adaptation stage and had some rejection reactions, so his movements were not very agile, so he needed a crutch.

Li Hanxing used his arms to push away the noble men and women surrounding him and limped towards Fu Qinghai. Just then, Tarjiha had finished chatting with Fu Qinghai and walked happily towards the wine table. It seemed that he had received praise from the regiment commander. The dark-faced man puffed out his chest and raised his head, his face flushed with joy written all over his face.

"grown ups."

Li Hanxing came over and said.

Fu Qinghai raised his glass and clinked it with his:

"According to White Scar custom, you can call me 'Khan'."

"Khan."

Li Hanxing immediately changed the subject:

"I have something I want to tell you."

"What's up?"

"I am a reincarnator."

"oh."

Fu Qinghai nodded.

Li Hanxing looked at Fu Qinghai's face, which was calm and without any surprise, so he asked,

"You knew it a long time ago?"

"It's pretty obvious, isn't it?"

Fu Qinghai took a sip of wine:

"Your name, your behavior, and the way you talk are not so Krieg. Just like you can recognize my identity, neither of us deliberately hides it."

Fu Qinghai did not doubt or distrust Li Hanxing just because he was a reincarnation. He still assigned combat tasks to him in a fair and impartial manner. Now was not the period of major events in the plot line, but the interval between reincarnations. Even if a reincarnation had any ideas, he should not do anything wrong during this period of time - because there were no assimilation points to be earned.

Since Li Hanxing had managed to become a cavalry company commander in the Death Corps, he must not be a fool or a retard. Fu Qinghai pretended not to recognize him and gave him orders as he should.

Li Hanxing nodded in agreement:

"Indeed, I didn't deliberately imitate a Krieg, but I was really born there. This is my first reincarnation. I'm a native Krieg, haha."

After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Um."

Fu Qinghai patted his shoulder:

"Work hard and strive to become the head of the Death Corps soon. Even the marshal is not impossible."

Fu Qinghai's words were purely polite.

Everyone knows that with the death rate of the Krieg Death Corps and their unique combat methods and concepts, if one wants to become a regiment commander or even a marshal, it is probably not as simple as just being able to fight, but also requires extraordinary luck.

Li Hanxing's first reincarnation life may become a thing of the past soon.

Li Hanxing hesitated for a while.

Finally, I said what was in my mind:

"Do you have a club? I want to join your club."

Fu Qinghai said calmly:

"My club isn't short of people for now, so you can add a friend first and we'll see later."

What level would a Krieg death trooper be in other reincarnation worlds? It's definitely not cannon fodder, but it's definitely not an elite force. THEM is a small society that is maintained by Fu Qinghai's personal relationship. It's a high-end boutique route. A Krieg reincarnation who may die in battle any day needs to be examined again, both from the perspective of strength and emotion.

"Okay, I understand."

Li Hanxing was not discouraged after being rejected. He just nodded to show his understanding and then reported his reincarnation number.

"Welcome, from the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, the direct jurisdiction of the Regent, the wandering trader who crosses the star field, the brave and fearless fleet commander, Ms. Yolanda Altera!"

At this time, a servant sang loudly.

Oh, thank goodness it's finally here.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

He had been waiting for her for almost half a month.

Yolanda Atera was still dressed like a noble lady, gorgeous yet capable. Her trendy design style from the Five Hundred Worlds opened the eyes of the nobles of Planet Karnak III, who gathered around her and tried to talk to her.

However, she ignored these enthusiastic men and women, but craned her neck to look around the banquet hall, and soon saw Fu Qinghai in the corner. The tall figure of the Space Warrior was very conspicuous. Yolanda Atera walked quickly, stood in front of Fu Qinghai, bent her knees slightly and lifted her skirt, performed a standard etiquette of a noble lady, then looked up and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, Khan, on another victory. What can I do for you? We will do our best to help you."

"A wraith temple and a war ball ship."

Fu Qinghai smiled and asked:

"Are you interested?"

"Oh, of course, of course."

The wandering merchant looked surprised and nodded continuously.

"Why don't you just sign a contract with me and become a military contractor for the Iron Pagoda Regiment, specifically responsible for handling the remaining value after the battle."

Fu Qinghai suggested.

"That is what we intended, sir."

Yolanda agreed.

Fu Qinghai still remembers that he had captured two Blood Axe Clan orc warships, but they were not valuable and difficult to deal with, so he finally sold them to Yolanda's merchant ronin fleet.

Spirit bones are a rare material. Although Phaeton has no use for them, someone might like them if they are put on the market. However, this illegal trade involving the sale of alien artifacts and goods is generally referred to as: faceless trade. Anyone who participates in it in any capacity, whether buyer, seller, supplier or broker, has committed a crime punishable by death or even more serious.

Fu Qinghai could understand the original intention of the Alien Inquisition to ban the sale of alien creations. Many alien creations were indeed very dangerous. They were either some kind of spy devices or carried alien viruses. Even something like spirit bones, which seemed safe and harmless, could cause hatred and attacks from the elves if collected and worn.

But what the human empire has the most is nobles who are looking for some outrageous entertainment because their lives are too boring. Where there is demand, there is a market. If they want to die, Fu Qinghai cannot stop them. If they don't sell the goods themselves, there will be others who will sell them. It is better to let the money go to the Iron Pagoda Corps, so that these bored nobles can do their part to fight against the aliens.

The Rogue Trader immediately ordered his men to prepare to excavate and relocate the entire Spirit Bone Temple. Although the temple was located in the equatorial jungle of the planet Kaelnak III, neither Fu Qinghai nor Yolanda wanted to ask the planetary governor about it. The planetary governor was also very sensible and did not dare to stop it. After all, he did not know the existence of the Eldar Temple before, and just tried his best to cooperate.

After dealing with the things on the surface, Fu Qinghai and Yolanda returned to the space orbit together. The fleet sailed to the center of the galaxy, and a spherical warship was hovering in the void. It had not completely disintegrated into space debris, but it had several huge charred holes on it, and several sets of engine nozzles had disappeared. It had lost the ability to navigate and turn, and could only stay here and be slaughtered.

Fu Qinghai was very curious about how Yolanda planned to deal with the war ball ship. After all, boarding a Kroot warship was probably not something that a group of mortal armed sailors could do. Even if they could do it, the casualties would be very heavy. He was waiting for the Ronin Merchant to ask him to send the Iron Pagoda Terminator to participate in the boarding, so that he could charge her an additional battle fee.

Unexpectedly, Yolanda Atera had no intention of sending sailors to board the ship. Instead, he assigned an old man from the family who was fluent in the alien language to take a shuttle and go to the war ball alone. Not long after, the old man returned to the fleet intact, bringing a key message:

the Kroot tribe was willing to surrender to the Rogue Merchant Fleet and accept the recruitment and employment of the Rogue Merchant Fleet.

Yolanda looked at Fu Qinghai with a smile.

As if to say: How about it, do you have some skills?

Fu Qinghai smiled.

Rogue Traders do have some unique ideas.

"But the cost cannot be reduced by a penny."

Fu Qinghai reminded.

No matter how the Rogue Merchants deal with the War Globe, whether they destroy it or recruit it, the Throne Coins that should be calculated for the Iron Pagoda Corps must be estimated according to the value of the salvaged shipwreck.

"I understand, Lord Khan~"

Yolanda said softly.

This woman is very good at acting like a spoiled child. Her temperament is somewhat similar to Tracy's, both of them have a Gothic aristocratic style, but the Navigator is a little thorny, while the Rogue Trader is more gentle. Of course, Yolanda Altaira is definitely not as weak and gullible as she looks, as she dares to lead a fleet across a distant star field and dares to risk angering the anti-foreign order to conduct faceless trade. Fu Qinghai will not be deceived by her disguise.

The Rogue Trader Fleet remained in the Kaelnak system to deal with the excavation of the Wraith Temple and the recruitment of the Kroot.

Saroyan Skarson's Thunderwolf Cavalry Tactical Squadron and Scimitar-class frigates returned to the chapter's home planet to report. They were just passing by here after completing their mission.

The battleship "Suzheng" and the cruiser "Warhorse" will also return to the Marcus Wang star area, the garrison area of ​​the regiment.

We parted ways.

Fu Qinghai wanted the Iron Pagoda Regiment to become famous.

But what he didn't expect was that every time they fought, they would thoroughly clean up the battlefield and squeeze out every last drop of oil and water, and even summon traveling merchants to deal with things they disliked. This stingy style made the regiment have a new nickname:

Iron Pagoda Regiment, also known as the Iron Broom Regiment.

The battlefield they cleaned up would make the fart spirits cry.

Fu Qinghai wanted a great reputation, but he didn't expect that an unintentional act of his would cause both the regiment and himself to bear the notoriety of being the biggest stingy person in the Galaxy Grandet Universe in the future.

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Hazy Star Region, Calixis Sector.

The sector capital, the hive world of Sintira.

An Imperial Clipper is about to sail to Holy Terra, carrying no important letters, only a few photos.

The photo was taken from a high altitude: in a ruined stronghold, densely packed heads filled the streets and squares, including those of Chaos Space Marines, Orks, and Kroot... After the high-definition photo was enlarged, even the painful expressions frozen on their faces before death were clearly visible.

These photos will be sent to the Military Affairs Department to inform them of the Iron Pagoda's achievements. Also brought to Terra is a piece of news that has little to do with this battle:

Grover Grey, the authorized representative of the Navigator Ambassador and a member of the Grey family, was unfortunately killed by a stray bullet during this battle. His body has been devoured by the Kroot. The Chapter has specifically informed the Grey family of this news.

As for a navigator, why did he not stay on the ship but had to go to the surface to participate in the battle? After his death, his body was eaten up by the Kroot people... I don't know. Anyway, the regiment just mentioned it casually to notify you. There is no other intention. Please accept our condolences, Grey family.

......

On the way back, in the captain's room of the Supremacy.

Fu Qinghai looked at these photos over and over again.

I thought to myself, this is a great photo. This time, Terra should have a better idea of ​​the Iron Pagoda's combat power, right?

Fu Qinghai put the photo in the drawer.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what the dark apostle said before he died.

"Do you think you won?"

"Khorne likes you."

"Welcome to Chaos, my brother."

Fu Qinghai took out the photo again and took a look at it.

The skulls were neatly stacked, but not arranged in the shape of Khorne runes or multiples of eight...

Could this be the behavior...

It just happened to please Khorne, right?

......

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