Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 138: Conquering People’s Hearts
Guntula the White Scar is as eccentric as his father, Chagatai Khan.

It was this arrogant White Scar warrior who questioned the Lord of Ultramar's loyalty with sword at hand when he met with representatives of various legions.

But Guilliman did not blame him. The empire was broken, rebellion was rampant, and everyone had experienced the test of loyalty and betrayal, but they had also lost trust in their former colleagues.

This is an unclear crisis of trust. White Scar's behavior has certainly made this crisis clear, but it has also directly exposed the suspicion that should have been growing slowly, allowing everyone to witness whether there is abscess or healed flesh and blood under the scar.

"I know that my brother, Chagatai Khan, has never been a barbarian in the eyes of the public. He just disdains to debate with vulgar people like us. He is the most sober and intelligent person among the Primarchs."

"I should really thank you, Guntura, for supervising my behavior."

Guilliman's sincere attitude made the usually sharp-tongued White Scars warrior feel a little flattered. He began to doubt whether the rumors he had heard in the past, that Guilliman was an ambitious person, were true.

The Primarch's eyes swept across the crowd, and suddenly, he saw someone in the corner who shouldn't be here.

Behind the colonnade, Luo Xi leaned against the exquisite marble column, with his arms folded, watching the excitement.

When the Primarch's gaze shifted over, Luo Xi waved his right hand with interest and made a gesture.

"It's the power of Farrows. This guy is actually watching me here."

"He just kept watching me being harassed by that white-scarred brat?"

Guilliman immediately realized that Roche had arrived at the audience hall through the projection ability of Faros without him knowing.

Relying on this alien technological creation, he could even experience the interrogation taking place in the reception hall in real time from thousands of light years away.

The two sides exchanged glances for a second, and Guilliman continued with the mission of this meeting.

He needed to win over the hearts of all the Legionaries Astartes present. Although their numbers might be very small, the warriors of each legion had their own talents, especially those strong men who had fought out of the Warp storm. Almost all of them were heroes of their own legion.

In the dark galaxy, all forces should be united. Only with unity can we grasp the greatest hope.

"Alexis Pollux, son of Dorne."

The captain of the Imperial Fist Company who was named immediately stepped out.

"I need your help. There are two things here: first, you must immediately accept all medical treatments of the XIII Legion and recover as soon as possible. Second, after you recover, I need your talents to help the Ultramarines Legion improve and perfect the current defense system."

Polux hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"I accept your orders, my lord, but I need to return to Terra. Lord Dorne's last order is to order us to return to Terra to set up defenses."

Guilliman took a deep breath and saw Roche covering her mouth and laughing in the corner.

If the White Scars' Gunturra was shrill and harsh, then the Imperial Fists' Polux was as stubborn as bedrock.

"Son of Dorn, I hope you understand that I want to return to Terra and defend my father more than any of you and me, but the Ruinstorm currently raging in the galaxy has destroyed all Warp lanes back to Terra."

"We cannot go back, and we do not know if Terra, the throne world of humanity, has fallen to the heel of Horus the Treacher."

When speaking to the Imperial Fists, one must completely break down words and reasoning in order to make these extremely stubborn sons of Dorne understand clearly.

They rejected all implicit, indirect, and ambiguous hints, which forced Guilliman to abandon his accustomed political methods.

Instead, just speak directly and clearly.

"Then we should regroup and break through the influence of the Warp Storm at all costs. Terra is the most important, isn't it?" Polux continued. "And didn't you use a flashing beacon in the Warp to guide us here? Is that beacon capable of guiding us to Terra?"

The honesty and stubbornness of the Son of Dorne were more hurtful than the sharpness of the White Scars. Guilliman felt his heartbeat become a little disordered, and he saw an even more infuriating scene.

Luo Xi has already placed a full set of video recording equipment next to the pillars at the rear. These devices temporarily generated by nanorobots are generally used for holographic projection collection.

This is a precious scene, the Lord of Macragge is under siege.

After dealing with the Undead Overlord, Luo Xi felt that it would be a good idea to have a hobby of recording and collecting.

"Are you happy seeing me embarrassed and besieged by these smelly and tough guys?" Guilliman stared at Roche, and the latter saw the anger and a little bit of...helplessness of the Lord of Five Hundred Worlds?
"Regarding that beacon, I think we need some more professional people to explain it."

"Please welcome my mortal advisor, Mr. Luo Xi."

Seeing that Roche had no empathy at all, Guilliman simply gave up and called Roche, who was staying behind, to come up.

Roche, who was fiddling with the machine, was stunned. Following the Primarch's gaze, all the Astartes and Rogue Merchants focused their attention on him.

Well, a mortal who came in at some unknown time.

Seeing this, Roche could no longer play the role of a spectator, although he was indeed very happy to see Guilliman being troubled by these legion soldiers with different temperaments.

There was no difference between the projection and entity created by the power of Pharos. Roche passed directly through the columns, even through the chest of the Space Marines blocking the way, and came to Guilliman.

The suspicious look of the Space Wolves' Faffnir Blood Alliance was finally confirmed. Among the Astartes present, only the soldiers of the Sixth Legion with an absurdly sensitive sense of smell noticed the abnormality from the beginning.

Although the projection of Fallows has almost 100% simulation effect in vision, hearing, and even touch, the only thing missing is smell.

"Everyone, it's a pleasure to see you here." Luo Xi did not show any shyness, but greeted everyone generously.

Watching is fun, but since Guilliman is really in trouble, he still has to come and help.

"You were all guided to Macragge by the illuminated warp beacon. I believe you have all experienced this."

Everyone nodded. It was thanks to that flash of light that they were able to escape from the storm of destruction.

"This is a lost technology called the Pharos. We currently have no way to fully utilize it. Being able to light up Macragge and create a beacon in the warp is already the current limit."

Roche did not explain the true origin of Faros. If he told them that this was a kind of blasphemous alien technology, some of the competitive Space Marines might continue to dig deeper.

"As Guilliman said, Macragge is currently the only foundation that the Eastern Galaxy can rely on. There is no light on the road to Terra, and there is nothing that Pharos can do about it for the time being."

"But I promise that if you give me some more time, we will definitely find a way to break through the shackles of the Ruinstorm and open up the subspace channel to the Solar Region."

Although the people present were not sure about Roche's background, seeing that Guilliman fully supported him, they still maintained a trusting attitude with some doubts.

If he failed to do so, it would damage the dignity and face of the Primarch.

Alexis Polux looked as if he had more to say, but he controlled his temper, looked Guilliman in the eyes, and nodded.

"The Imperial Fists are willing to serve you, sir. My colleagues and I have our own experience and expertise in strengthening defenses. The defenses of the Five Hundred Worlds must be impregnable."

The surrender of the Imperial Fist warriors symbolizes that Guilliman has achieved the goal of this meeting. These legion warriors will be used by him, and they will unite around the Ultramarines and fight for a common goal.

(End of this chapter)