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

Chapter 479 Ryan's Choice (Today's update)

"What's the specific situation of the battle?"

Ryan and Sanguinius came to Chagatai's flagship. They didn't waste any time and asked directly about the current battle situation.

They had received a distress signal from Chagatai earlier, so they immediately dropped everything and rushed to provide support as quickly as possible.

However, the subspace of the entire Betagarmon Cluster fell into an abnormal state. The Sea of ​​Souls seemed to have its activity suppressed by something, and even the use of the subspace for superluminal travel became extremely slow and inconvenient.

Lion knew that this must be the influence of Horus. From the beginning of the Heresy, they realized that the Warp had always been on the side of the traitors.

However, this time, the rebels' control over the subspace exceeded Ryan's expectations.

"The situation is very grim. I evacuated immediately after encountering Horus' fleet, but was still stopped by their traps and ambushes."

"Then I was dragged into the spiritual world by Horus. He wanted to defeat me on the spiritual level and corrupt me with the evil energy of the warp. Fortunately, I was saved by the sudden intervention and interference of Horus."

Chagatai sighed and said that if the Wolf King had not intervened, it would have been almost impossible for him to escape.

Khan did not describe his situation in detail, and he did not want to explain his failure.

The proud war eagle disdained any explanation, he just kept the shame brought by Horus deeply in his heart.

"What's the situation with Russ? Our battleship has the best pharmacists and biological sages. They may have a solution." Sanguinius asked anxiously. Ryan will think about the strategy and he only needs to execute it.

After all, archangels are always so... lazy.

He was more concerned about the safety of brother Rus, after all, Chagatai had sent him to a stasis state to prolong his life.

If the injury is not serious, this method is not necessary at all.

The Archangel summoned all the pharmacists, biological sages, and mortal doctors in the expedition fleet, and even the psychic think tanks were called together to help treat Leman Russ's injuries.

They carefully shut down the stasis field generator that carried the remains of the Wolf King, and the frozen Leman Rust immediately began to breathe rapidly.

He tried his best to open his eyes and looked around, and found that he had escaped from the dark place and returned to the expedition fleet of the loyalists.

"Brother, brothers, you are here as expected." Russ showed a hideous smile, and fragments of internal organs mixed with black and red blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth. His teeth were dyed red by his own blood.

His breathing was extremely loud, like a broken bellows trying hard to keep running. Everyone could even see the lung-like organ that was constantly shrinking under Rus's broken chest.

All the medical personnel called by Sanguinius immediately began to rescue him. They took out all kinds of advanced life-support equipment, and various precision tubes were inserted into the Wolf King's damaged organs and blood vessels with great effort, trying to keep him alive.

But soon the doctors were in trouble, because even the most experienced biological sages were still completely clueless about the biological structure of the Primitive.

For those organs exposed to the air, more than 90% of them have no idea what they are.

Fortunately, these warships were equipped with the most advanced rescue equipment provided by Luo Xi. With the help of the intelligent computer's analysis, the Wolf King's injuries were finally managed to be controlled.

Rus's injuries did not continue to worsen, nor did they continue to improve. The scars left by Horus could not even resist the Primarch's self-healing ability, but he was able to speak normally.

"He spoke to me and I felt him," Ruth said with effort.

"Who is it? Are you talking to that traitor?" Ryan said, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he even revealed a half-smile, seemingly not very angry.

But if someone like Luo Xi, who is more familiar with him, were here, he would find that the lion king here is truly angry.

And it is the kind of rage that will never stop, and only the complete destruction of the enemy can quell his anger.

Yes, he and that bastard Leman Russ had a feud, the two Primarchs had clashed violently as early as the Battle of Duran, but that wasn't a major conflict. The Lion and the Wolf King, far from the tit-for-tat hostility many people imagined, actually had a deep, tacit understanding and mutual respect between them.

Only they know what the other person's true nature is like, but they tacitly keep silent.

"He is not a traitor, but our brother Horus. I am sure that it is Horus's consciousness that is talking to me under the influence of the Spear of Dionysus."

Ryan's clenched fist loosened slightly. He listened very carefully, not missing any details of the language and expression.

"He begged me to kill him once and for all, but I hesitated. Then the power of Chaos completely defeated the soul fragments that resisted Horus. I don't know if it was because of my stupidity that he completely fell."

The Wolf King smiled bitterly, and Ryan nodded as if it was true.

"Yes, you are stupid, Ruth."

Sanguinius poked Ryan's back, indicating that since Russ was so miserable, he should stop blaming him.

"But because you did this, you are the brother Russ that I know." Ryan suddenly changed the subject and reached out to pat Russ on the shoulder.

The wolf king was stunned for a moment, then completely relaxed his body and leaned on the medical platform.

"Don't waste your energy. I know my injuries. Horus's attacks are all accompanied by the evil power of the Warp. It prevents me from healing myself, but it can't kill me completely."

Ryan keenly noticed that his brother's eye color had changed. Russ's eyes used to be as green as a giant wolf, but now his eyes were purple.

"In the underworld of Fenris, I have understood what my essence is." Russ said slowly, and Ryan suddenly found that he didn't recognize the Wolf King anymore.

"But you probably haven't understood your own nature yet. When our father created us, each of us had our own warp nature. Although we don't want to admit it, we are actually a mixture of the warp and reality."

Listening to Russ's words, Ryan and Sanguinius were silent.

But Chagatai Khan nodded in agreement, because he also touched upon this point.

"In short - even if I understand the essence, I am no match for Horus. Lion, he is no longer someone the Primarch can deal with. The four Chaos Gods have poured a huge amount of power into Horus."

"He is chasing me and Chagatai. It is up to you to decide whether to fight or retreat."

"You are our commander. This will be an extremely difficult war. We may lose everything at any time, but I still believe in you."

Ruth spoke for a long time in one breath, and then told Ryan all the intelligence and information he knew.

He believes that the Lions will make the most appropriate choice, and he will fully support them whether they fight or retreat.

The same was true for Sanguinius. The holy archangel retracted his white wings, stopped his waist, back and chest, and focused all his attention on Ryan Johnson.

The unruly war eagle looked like it was listening patiently as Chagatai was accepting orders.

Under the gaze of so many brothers, Ryan felt an extremely hidden joy in his heart.

But his expression did not change at all, still with that cold and calm look, and even the slight trembling of muscles at the corners of his mouth was suppressed by his strong control.

Ryan would not forgive himself if he laughed out loud in such a situation.

"The solar system is behind us. We can retreat today, but what about tomorrow?"

"Peace can only be achieved through struggle. I order that everything should be carried out according to the original plan. We should stop the enemy in Betagarmon until the last drop of blood of the rebels is drained!"

(End of this chapter)