Chapter 105 The End of the Age: Astartes' Mission

Bell looked at the data panel in his hand. There was a fluorescent green connection display in front of him. That thing was connected to the Thunderhawk's external engine. The long triple cable was inserted into the data slot on the side of the engine. Bell His eyes carefully watched the rows of data crossing the screen.

His thick fingers clicked on the same huge screen, and the machine soul in the engine began to execute the program commands, and the self-test program line by line began to run efficiently.

"Thunder Eagle, we are ready." Omega said, holding an incense burner at the nose of the aircraft. Surrounding him were several servitors who were loading ammunition. These soulless servants walked stiffly, and several servitors worked together to The ammunition connection clip was inserted into the conveyor belt, and soon a string of explosive bombs slipped through the side observation port.

"The replenishment of ammunition has basically been completed, and the machine soul has been appeased." Omega said word by word. The mechanical arm behind him began to point at the Thinker panel on one side. Rows of Thunderhawk data in the hangar appeared on In front of him.

Omega confirms the readiness of each Thunderhawk, and then passes the command to the servitor in the hangar through the signal transmitter implanted in the brain for the next step.

"Yes, Omega, everything is going very well." Bell said without raising his head, but continued to check the procedures with concentration. Every time the Blue Shark takes off, Bell will conduct the final inspection. He is not only the driver. He is also a mechanic, and an extremely good one at that.

Omega looked at the data panel. A string of data information flashed before his eyes. Complex orders began to be issued to various execution units. "You are an outstanding follower of the Mechanic God. Bell, you have proven once again that you are an Ultramarine." He has extraordinary talents in many aspects.”

"No, I'm just better at this." Bell said, and a laugh sounded behind him, "Then you are really unqualified to be a pharmacist. Have you never thought about changing careers?"

Bell turned his head and saw Vito behind him. He was walking between several stiff servitors. The Inquisitor had already stepped on his weapon and took off his extremely fancy cloak. He was now the same as every time. Just as before departure, straight and simply dressed.

Vito was only wearing a black jacket, with a bolt gun and a chain sword hanging from his belt. Vito smiled and looked at the ultramarine in front of him, "You are very good at this, Bell."

"Indeed, but I want to help my brothers directly. Machinery may bring victory, but I want to save the lives of my brothers."

"Flesh and blood are weak, Bell. You should draw more power from the machine to replace the fragile flesh and blood." Omega continued to speak mechanically, but Bell and Vito were used to his electronic music, which was more ecstatic than ordinary priests. .

Bell looked at Omega and shook his head slightly, "My dear friend, this is our difference. I believe that flesh and blood can give us more power that machines cannot provide. We should cherish the body given to us by the Emperor."

"What you said does not conform to the theory of efficiency and the combat guidelines of the Astartes." Omega said, but soon stopped because Vito raised his hand to signal. Vito smiled and looked at Omega. Ga.

"Okay Octopus, can you please leave Bell and me alone for a while? You can discuss this academic issue later." "Of course, Inquisitor."

Bell looked at Omega who walked away slightly confused. He only left the soulless servitors here to continue working. They couldn't interrupt or think or listen. The only ones here who could think about problems were Him and Vito.

"We are ready, Inquisitor, the Blue Shark will be able to take off soon. I have simulated the flight data and weapon configuration." Bell said holding the data board. It was obvious that it had completed a lot of work efficiently, and Vito also He nodded slightly in approval, and then walked to the ammunition box next to Vito.

The Inquisitor sat on it. He pointed at the intelligently controlled ammunition transport truck opposite and the shelf platform that had been unloaded on it. "I know, sit down, and call me when we are in private." Vito.”

Bell looked at the transport truck and then at the busy servitors on the side. Vito laughed and leaned on the box with his arms folded. "Okay, they are almost done. Sit down and take a rest."

Bell did not refuse anymore. He sat down on the trailer of the transport truck. The moment the tall giant sat down, the whole vehicle swayed.

"What are you worried about, Bell, I know." Vito looked at the giant in front of him and said. The son of Macragge raised his eyes and looked at Vito and was silent for a moment, "I was thinking about combat, battlefield medicine and the black market. Structural diagram of the fortress, I."

"No, Bell, you are anxious that we should give up this battle and let the Space Wolves handle it on their own, and that we should immediately go to our destination to find someone to save Guilliman before Chaos notices that we have entered the Eye of Terror. method."

Vito looked at Bell and said without any tact, he said it quite directly, "You think we are failing our mission and wasting our lives on an unimportant thing, something that is not worth the sacrifice of you and me."

"No!" Bell said and stood up. He waved his arms and shouted loudly, "No, never! I won't think so! I won't abandon my brothers!"

"But that's what you think, Bell. I know you won't do this, but your heart is tangled and trembling." Vito looked at the giant in front of him and said calmly, completely ignoring the hostility in Bell's eyes. It only existed for a brief moment, but the anger of an Astartes for a moment was enough to scare a mortal to death.

"You think I'm a coward? Vito, do you think I'm afraid of sacrifice?" Bell said, but Vito shook his head calmly, "No, I don't think you are afraid, they are not afraid, and of course you will not be afraid, but you are Confused about whose mission to be loyal to.”

Bell was stunned, and Vito looked into the giant's eyes and continued, "You are struggling with whether you should serve the Emperor or be loyal to your original body. Whose mission is more important."

The pharmacist fell silent. He turned sideways and looked at the busy servitors for a long time, but finally he sat down as if exhausted. The ultramarine with the blue shoulder armor sat helplessly on the car board.

Bell looked at his big hands and lowered his head, "I don't know, Vito, I don't mind dying happily for the Emperor. You know I won't be afraid. I was ready the moment I became an Ultramarine."

"But I am also an Ultramarine. I hope to awaken my original body, save him, save my original body, my father."

Vito looked at Bell, and a hallucination suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. He seemed to see a warrior wearing white armor for an instant. His face was so similar to his original body, and his sad emotions were so overlapping.

"I don't know whose order to obey, the Emperor who abandoned my Primarch, or the duty to save the Primarch and my father and abandon the Emperor, I don't know Vito, I don't know ”

"I was like," "Those traitors."

Bell raised his eyes when the word was spoken, but soon buried it in despair. He sighed without making any excuses, "Yes, like those traitors, I let my personal emotions take the dominant position, thus It makes me question my mission, which is a precursor to rebellion.”

Vito took a deep breath and leaned against the box, "Many Space Marines have faced the same dilemma as you. They have to choose between loyalty to the Emperor and the Empire, or loyalty to their father. Some people choose Some people choose the former, and some people choose the latter.”

Vito said. He looked at the warrior in front of him, this knowledgeable and thoughtful warrior. He also raised his eyes and looked at Vito. He knew that Vito was talking about the traitors during the Horus Heresy. I have read those documents in the library of Kula.

"What should I do? Vito, who should I serve? My Chapter? My Gene-Father? Or the Emperor and the Imperium?"

"Bell, let me ask you a question. Do you think Guilliman was in a situation where the subspace storm was covering the galaxy at that time, and if he left with the legion, it would probably kill the entire Macragge star field, why did he still get it? Knowing that Terra is still there and that the Emperor still exists, he leads the entire legion to follow the Blood Angels and Dark Angels and fight against Terra?"

"He was born in Macragge and grew up in Macragge, the home of his adoptive father Conor Guilliman and his adoptive mother Thalasa Jotun. Even his adoptive mother was still alive at that time. Why did Guilliman want to Risking the whole of Macragge being burned to the ground, and leading the entire army to fight against Terra?"

Bell listened quietly to what Vito said. The inquisitor looked aside and looked at the busy servitors, their mechanical eyes flashing red in the darkness.

"Does Guilliman love the Emperor more or his homeland more? I think you have the answer. He spent a lot of time building his homeland and making Macragge the most beautiful paradise. Of course he loves it there. , love the people there even more.”

"If he didn't love, Bell, he would have let the Lion King use extreme means to force Curze out, but he didn't, because he loved his people, the people of Macragge, but he still decided to go to Terra."

"Is it because of love for the Emperor? Because he is his father? No, Bell, he doesn't like him. He said that his father is Conor Guilliman, not the Emperor."

Bell stood up subconsciously. The anger of the angry giant existed for a moment, but soon he watched Vito extinguish it. He would not bewitch himself. Bell knew that he was not a cultist. If he was, he would not Will wait until today.

Vito looked at Bell with a smile, "Yes, many traitors will say this, but what I want to tell you is Bell, he does not love the Emperor, but he loves all mankind as much as the Emperor does. This is what Guilliman The reason why you would do that.”

"Your father knew very well that if he had just left himself selflessly in Macragge, it is true that the five hundred worlds would have survived, but what happened after that? After the traitors killed the Emperor and captured Terra, Macragge What will happen?”

Bell looked at Vito silently, and the latter knew that this kind of problem did not require his own explanation. Among the Death Watch team, Bell was the only one who did not need Vito to waste time and make any explanations. He was very smart, even better than most. The Ultramarines are smarter.

Vito raised his hand slightly, "Your father knew what was right and what kind of love was right. His allegiance was not to the Emperor, but to all mankind. Bell, to all mankind."

"If this were not the case, after the rebellion subsided, Guilliman would have held the largest Astartes force in the empire, more than 300,000 Ultramarines, more than all the loyalist legions combined at that time. He It is absolutely possible to claim the title of emperor and take over the emperor’s position as the new master.”

"But he didn't. He didn't seek to usurp the throne like Horus did. Do you know why? Because when Guilliman joined the Emperor and rushed to the star sea, everything about him belonged to humanity, his people, and his Life, his career and everything exist for all mankind."

"It was true before, and it was true then, so he chose to be loyal and loyal to his people. He did not usurp the throne. Later, he also led the Ultramarines to fight against all threats until he himself sat in a stagnant position."

"Bell, what your father is loyal to is his own dream, his people, and what the emperor wants. People have forgotten what the emperor wants the angels to do. What he wants is what your father wants. All we want is to help our tribesmen and our compatriots.”

Vito said and pointed in the distance, and Bell looked over. He saw Ragnar and Lancelot fighting in the hall, the Space Wolves booing around them, and even Olaf and Lilith. , and those ground staff.

"Many Astartes forget that although they have superhuman bodies, this body is a body they swore to dedicate everything to the cause of the Emperor, and what the Emperor wishes is the welfare of all mankind. ”

"Some people are arrogant and think that they are no longer human. Whether it is the original body or the traitor, they all think that they are no longer human. It is this arrogance that makes them forget their mission. Chaos is the result of this. Taking advantage of the situation, their arrogance and superiority allowed chaos to creep into their hearts, and this is how rebellion happened.”

"But your father didn't, and neither did their fathers." Vito looked at the wild wolves and said, "Your fathers remembered why they joined the Great Crusade. They remembered what they did for the beginning, so they didn't Rebellion, their loyalty belongs as always to them, their people, and all humanity."

Bell looked at them in silence, with many thoughts flashing in his eyes.

Vito looked at the giant with a smile, "So, my friend, imagine what your father would do if he were here? Is he to let the black market fortress pass? Or fight up and defend everything he loves."

Bell turned his head. He looked at Vito and smiled. It was a smile like a big stone falling from his heart. He took a deep breath and then let out a long sigh.

"Thank you, Vito, I think a lot." "You're welcome, my friend, he will be proud of you."

Vito jumped down, put his hands on his hips and looked at Bell with a smile. The latter also smiled and nodded slightly.

But when the two smiled at each other, an alarm suddenly sounded, and the eye-catching red warning light began to flash throughout the hangar. The ground crew immediately cut off the oil pipeline and began to clear the runway. The Space Wolves Space Marines started running in groups. Platoon units quickly rallied around their commanders.

Ragnar and Lancelot climbed up, and all the wild wolves watching the excitement gathered around. With a roar that resounded through the hangar, all the warriors rushed towards their Thunderhawks with howling wolves. .

The giants marched onto the boarding deck and rushed into the Thunderhawk. The burly giants stepped across the runway, and the ground crew quickly moved out of the way to make way for the wolves about to attack.

Bell smiled and picked up the bolter from the side and held it in his hand, "Come, Inquisitor, let's go and fulfill the common mission entrusted to us by the Emperor and the Primarch."

Vito smiled and pulled out his bolter and put it on his shoulder, "With pleasure."