Chapter 755 198 Originally Just A

Chapter 755 198. Originally it was just a

[Where is Corax? 】

In a familiar and peaceful atmosphere, the Lord of the Night's secret chamber has long been transformed into a place where the three Primarchs can sit and have nothing to do.

Sometimes Conrad, who is sleeping in the secret room, is even banged! Mortarion was awakened by the sound of the ground opening the door, but the instigator did not realize it at all. After giving Conrad a contemptuous look, he walked to his "exclusive sofa" and sat down.

[He went to find his cubs. 】

Conrad woke up from his dream and stretched out his hand, rubbed his eyes, and sat up from the couch.

Not long after they arrived at their destination, Corax was eager to take the lead.

Mortarion frowned in dissatisfaction.

[The Lord of Ravens in my impression is not such an urgent person...]

At least leave after discussing the general strategy, or what happened?

Conrad yawned and reached out to push aside the messy hair that covered his face, trying to recall the information he had seen earlier.

[It seems something happened to his little cub - just a week before our arrival, the Raven Guard's Legion Commander Sevex was seriously injured in a sneak attack by a Tau commander, and is now lying in the treatment cabin. 】

【? 】

Mortarion, who was sitting casually on the single sofa, had not yet relaxed his brows, but he raised a new knot. The commander of the Raven Guard was seriously injured in a sneak attack?

After a brief silence, Mortarion spoke,

[Corax did tell me his concerns. He thought this heir was more violent.]

Mortarion pondered, realizing that he could no longer drink a glass of poisoned wine with Conrad and experience the subspace today. He immediately took out the command board embedded under the armrest of the sofa and called up the information.

[...Can a Tau win a duel with the Legion Commander? 】

Mortarion clicked on the information. From the previous battle reports, the original body judged that the Tau were not good at close combat. The Tau usually let their allies——

In particular, the Kroot assist them in melee combat, allowing them to perform better long-range output.

At the same time, the combat effectiveness of titanium individuals also varies greatly, especially when they wear different types of mechas.

Based on data obtained from previous battlefronts, the Tau Empire's xv8 battlesuit is usually as effective as a Space Marine.

The original body thought quickly for a moment and locked the target on the two aliens.

[The Tau who fought with the leader of the Raven Legion... Vision or Shadow Sun? 】

There are currently very few high-level combatants of the Tau tribe active on the front lines, and even fewer Tau who can compete with the legion commander.

【I don't know. 】

Conrad tilted his head and spread his arms on the couch.

[Corax didn't say - when can I tear off the blue skin and play, Mortarion? 】

[If you are so anxious, Conrad, you can just open the hatch and jump out... I think your son will be happy to die with you. 】

Conrad let out a strange cry of disappointment, but Mortarion ignored him. The Pale Lord called up the star map, and a faint fluorescent light reflected on his face.

titanium……

This is different from some of the previous battles that Mortarion has fought. It is larger in scale, which means that the Death God needs to be more careful in scheduling and planning. At the same time, this will also become a real genocide war.

Of course, there was not too much pressure in this battle. At least the God of Death did not feel the despair he felt when he raised his scythe to face Nurgle.

Death felt that something in his heart that had been silent due to official duties became active again...

Like a chronically ill man longing for nectar, he looked forward to a battle that would satisfy him to the fullest.

The star map lights up. The Tau area currently explored by the empire is a line bounded by the Gulf of Damocles. Before the Gulf of Damocles, there is a Tau force called the "Farsighted Enclave".

In the far-sighted enclave, Mortarion narrowed his eyes mockingly, no matter which race there would be traitors.

The Tau are no exception.

The most prominent of their number, the Farsight Commanders, declared independence from the Tau Empire and established Farsight enclaves on the human worlds it conquered.

Different from the general Tau tribe, the Farsighted Enclave has beliefs different from those of the Tau Empire. They prefer "martyrdom for the greater good" as the orthodox morality. Therefore, the warriors of the Farsighted Enclave are better at melee attacks than their compatriots.

Across the Foresight Enclave, the Empire will next face the Tau army stationed in the Gulf of Damocles. The commander of this army is Shadow Sun, and it is also the most powerful military force in the Tau Empire.

Although the Primarch believed that if the Empire's spear penetrated the Gulf of Damocles and penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Tau Empire, then there would definitely be an army within the Tau Empire that was more powerful and larger than the Shadow Sun army and the Empire. confrontation.

After all, it is a battle that determines the life and death of a race. When these blue-skinned aliens realize that if they are defeated, the only outcome they will face is death...

Then they will definitely mobilize all the resources in the Tau Empire at the craziest speed, and the Tau Empire is extremely wasteful of resources.

Mortarion tapped his fingertips on the command pad.

This may become a seesaw for the original body to borrow strength from.

If the Tau suddenly cut back on their internal welfare and social operations...hehehehehehehe.

Mortarion laughed happily, but it was like a ghost's cry in other people's ears.

Conrad was not surprised. The original body tore the skin on his forearm with his sharp nails in boredom, seeming to be considering how to dismember the titanium in the future.

This empire has not experienced the era of universal military service, nor has it experienced the days when conscription and war compressed the rest of life to the limit. When the comfortable life of the past is deprived, when civilians who originally did not need to stand on the battlefield have to stand on the battlefield, can they still show the combat effectiveness of the early stage of the war?

Mortarion said maliciously that although this might inspire the Titanium to fight to the death, he knew that these people who were pampered by the Titanium on weekdays did not have much combat effectiveness-at least in the early stage of their deployment to the battlefield.

Titanium needs to repay its debt of preferential treatment to the people.

Although the Titanium has always been known for its high loyalty and cohesion, this does not mean that they are absolutely loyal.

The emergence of the Farsighted Enclave proves that the Titanium is not a monolithic entity.

And through the report submitted by the Mechanicus, Mortarion believes that the leadership of the Titanium, the Ether, has used some pheromones to manipulate the Titanium-

This means that the Primarch can do the opposite. Mortarion is a master of pharmaceuticals. As long as there is a complete Ether corpse, the God of Death will know what to do.

Just let Conrad find something to do. Mortarion looked at Conrad. A legion that spreads fear behind the enemy's back... Conrad would be happy.

In addition, even if Mortarion underestimated the cohesion of the Tau, the Primarch was quite sure that when the Tau were about to be extinct, its "allies" would automatically betray.

These aliens who have already integrated into all aspects of the Tau Empire's social and military will also become a dagger stabbing the Tau.

Mortarion took a deep breath in a good mood. He didn't understand the Tau, but didn't he understand the surrendered humans who were part of the Tau Empire?

At that time, the Human Empire could also add a little fuel to the flames, such as offering a bounty for the heads of the Tau people to the aliens.

The Tau needs to repay its debt to the aliens.

This is the gift that the God of Death is going to give to this new empire. Mortarion believes that they will like it enough.

Death returned to another screen on the command board. His white eyes were watching the army he was gathering. He confirmed the logistics dispatch line again to ensure that it was stable and correct.

Compared with Conrad, Mortarion was more serious.

When Hades came to command the Mechanicus to collect technology, Mortarion did not want Hades to see the battlefield that was not very pleasant.

By then, the war would have been settled. Hades only needed to see Mortarion stepping on the corpse of the Supreme Aether on the core mother planet of Titanium, and then Mortarion could show Hades his war talent-

This means that Mortarion should go out to fight, instead of being locked up in the office by Hades and the Lord of the Empire.

It would be better to go a little earlier, leaving at least two weeks of free time, so that Death and Hades could take the opportunity to go back to Barbarus for a two-week vacation.

Conrad subconsciously glanced at Mortarion, and his intuition told him that Mortarion seemed to be trapped in some kind of fantasy.

[Hehehe. 】

Conrad grinned, and Mortarion was not polite either. The empty glass on the coffee table next to his sofa flew up - the target was Conrad's head.

Conrad laughed even louder.

【Hehehe! 】

……………………

【Three days later】

【A fleet that is not outstanding...】

The sigh of death quietly sighed from the mist. In the dim command room of the Endurance, the god of death looked at the projected battle map. His voice channel had been opened long ago, and the buzzing sound of electricity was faithfully transmitted to the ears of every captain.

This will be a simple test... But if their performance is too poor... Mortarion doesn't mind extending his scythe a little further.

He is not a general who follows the rules. If it weren't for the advice from Hades ten thousand years ago, Mortarion would be a Primarch who loves to "explode directly with the opponent."

【Give death to the aliens, my soldiers. 】

………………

[Guardian-class mothership]

This is their proud aircraft carrier.

Under the leadership of the Great Ether, fighting for the Greater Good, the Tau Empire assembled their most outstanding Earth Clan and designed and created a space wonder with the power of the entire Tau Empire.

Looking down from space, this space wonder presents a slightly irregular trapezoid, with smooth arcs on both sides of the trapezoid, showing a kind of technological beauty - this is in line with the consistent technological aesthetics of the Tau.

In the quiet and daily alert mode, the gravity projector under this beautiful big guy will emit a slight hum, and the torpedo guided by the drone is waiting to give it a fatal blow to its enemy.

The application of gravity by the Tau has become a very beautiful branch in their technology tree. Some large-scale defense devices based on deflecting gravity can even resist the attack from the light spear of the human empire.

Ships of the same model as this mothership have created a glorious record of destroying a human empire moon-class cruiser.

Serving on this ship is something to be envied and proud of.

A Fire Clan member of the Shadowsun Garrison is sitting on his bed, curiously looking at the universe through the observation window of the mothership. He is a new recruit who has just stepped onto the Guardian-class mothership.

Although most of the Tau ships are operated by the Air Clan, the Tau Empire will also deploy Fire Clan soldiers on large ships for boarding battles.

After going through many rigorous tests of the Fire Clan, this Tau can finally set foot on the glorious land he longs for, where he will better serve the Tau Empire and the Greater Good.

The usually calm Fire Clan was rarely nervous and excited. Sitting in its comfortable single bedroom, it couldn't help imagining the scene of boarding a foreign ship with its companions in the future, where it would gain glory and loyalty.

Maybe I should go and say hello to my comrades again.

This Fire Clan thought so, although its future comrades had warmly welcomed it when it boarded the ship for the first time-

There were also Kroots among them, and the Kroots were the best comrades of the Tau.

Although the Fire Clan sniffed a little uneasily when thinking of the Kroots, for the Tau, the smell of the Kroots was very subtle and not pleasant.

Yes, I should go and talk more with my comrades.

It thought and was about to get up, but just as it was about to look away from the galaxy that fascinated it, it caught something from the corner of its eye.

?

The Fire Clan turned around and tried to see clearly what he had just seen.

It was a flickering, faint firelight.

What was that?

The Fire Clan was puzzled. It immediately called out its drones. The drones connected to the entire Guardian-class mothership terminal system quickly retrieved the data for it. That airspace seemed to be a berth of their fleet.

Then, it seemed that only a moment had passed.

The fire began to continue.

In the vast sea of ​​stars, the bright and tiny flames spread out, swaying like fireworks, reflecting in the eyes of the nervous and excited Tau people, showing it the cruelty and charm of another race.

Although it was too small to know what happened.

It stood up in astonishment and put its three fingers on the window, as if trying to figure out what happened?

It soon knew what happened.

In the cabin, the alarm suddenly sounded harshly! The red light came on! The Fire Clan didn't have time to think about it. They immediately grabbed their guns and ran according to the training content. No matter what happened, they needed to gather on the first deck.

Along the way, it saw the Air Clan running desperately, and the alien allies running between various hubs. It seemed that something terrible had happened. Near some corridors, it heard some Tau shouting desperately.

"The third team can't be contacted either!!! No! No response!!!"

Buzz!

The engine started at full power.

The Fire Clan felt that its ship suddenly started to start, and the captain seemed to order the entire fleet to approach the nearest planet.

What happened? !

It wanted to ask, but the discipline it followed prevented it from asking aloud. Finally, it arrived at a deck, where the darkness had long been illuminated by the flames produced by the explosion.

The Fire Clan raised its head, and when its eyes reflected what it saw, its mouth opened subconsciously.

All around the Guardian-class mothership, the small and medium-sized ships that protected it were broken, and their corpses floated near the Guardian-class mothership, knocking on its side strings.

Explosions and flames were everywhere.

What kind of existence directly-directly tore their fleet apart? !

The Fire Clan thought in disbelief, and it felt that its mind had collapsed. A huge shadow gathered, covering the explosion that covered the sky and the sun. Now there was no one to command it, and all the titanium fell into incredible fear.

So, it slowly, slowly turned its head.

Right above the Guardian-class mothership, the gray monster stared at them quietly. It didn't even start the engine, and it glided in this airspace purely by some strange power.

This monster was so big, so big that it was like a satellite. It stared at the collapsed titanium with malice and interest-[Hello. ]

On the Endurance, Mortarion flicked the microphone in front of him and said calmly,

His words would be faithfully transmitted and heard by those aliens.

[Go to hell. ]

The god of death said lightly, [Goodbye. ]

Then he closed the communication.

Mortarion was surprised that the Tau's fleet strength was indeed somewhat inferior compared to the Empire's.