Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 260 Anglon Dies (2-in-1)

Felus did not allow the Purifiers to continue pursuing the defeated princes.

Slaanesh remains a major threat.

All they can do is continue to eliminate as many Slaanesh demons as possible here to relieve the pressure on the Khadias.

He must try to eliminate as many enemies as possible in the remaining time of the battle.

Felus led the Purifiers back to the human camp behind them.

Meanwhile, the morale of the Cadia soldiers on the front lines was greatly boosted as they watched the Primarch, who was clearly dead, banish the traitorous Demon Primarch before their very eyes.

With Felus present, the remaining demon legion's attack was firmly pinned down.

Magnus also sensed that the psionic energy belonging to Fugen had disappeared.

The Prince of Pleasure's shriek echoed through the subspace.

"Useless... A guy who needs to be injected with combat drugs even in battle is definitely unreliable."

After all, Fugen had hardly cared about his offspring for the past ten thousand years, leaving the imperial princes to work for others all the time.

Instead, his son Lucius was exceptionally active, and Lucius joined the battle in Cardia, albeit by attacking the Empire's world outside the Cardia system.

And Fugen, who had finally managed to get out of the house, was once again brought to his knees by Feralus.

Magnus thought of his brothers who had joined him in the underworld.

There aren't many reliable ones; they're either hiding in the warp and never appearing again, or they're being blocked at their doorstep... It seems only I, Mortarion, and Angron are still thinking about how to destroy this decaying empire.

The most reliable hero, Mortalian, was banned by Gao Yi from the start, leaving only Angron... Magnus had no hope of getting him.

However, no matter how useless Fuggen was in Magnus's eyes, he was still a Primarch... Who was the person who killed him so quickly?
But Tzeentch told him the truth.

His brother, Feralus, has returned to the world by unknown means, and the threads of his destiny have reappeared in this universe.

Tzeentch speculated that the Emperor had resurrected him through unknown means. After all, Ferus had appeared in a cursed form during the previous Battle of the Web, which others did not know, but the Four Gods knew that his soul had been preserved by the Emperor.

Gao Yi was also quite surprised. It could be said that Felus brought a pleasant surprise, but it was also a bit of a pity.

Exiling Fugen directly was not the outcome Gao Yi most wanted to see.

"Holy crap? They banished Fugen so quickly? Is Felus going to be that ruthless? Or is Fugen just too weak?"

Gao Yi couldn't believe it either. His original plan was for Felus to hold off Fugen, and then he would go and help the other party to purify or kill Fugen using his own abilities.

Ferrus also agreed to Gao Yi's proposal.

But in the end, Felus still managed to kill the opponent directly... Gao Yi thought it was a pity... However, battles can change in an instant, which is understandable. If it is necessary to consume more life to achieve this goal, there is no need. It just means that the opponent can be reborn in the warp soon.

However, what Gao Yi didn't know was that not only would Slaanesh not release him anytime soon, but even if Fugen was resurrected, he probably wouldn't escape the subspace again for a while.

Physical injuries are easy to heal, but psychological wounds are not so easy to overcome.

Now that things had come to this, Gao Yi stopped dwelling on it and turned his attention to the remaining two demonic prototypes.

Gao Yi and Guilliman are temporarily separated.

Their goals are different.

Gao Yi instructed Artanis and all the artificial untouchables to go with Guilliman to stop Magnus and his Thousand Sons and Tzeentch demons.

With these untouchables and Artanis present, Guilliman should be able to hold off his brother.
Untouchables and celestials will neutralize their psionic energy.

The Emperor's Sword in his hand can also put enough pressure on the demon.

Gao Yi himself went to try and bring Anglong to his senses.

Of the forces led by the three Primarchs, Angron suffered the greatest losses.

Other Primarchs will fight alongside their offspring or demons. Even when they become demons, the demon Primarchs have their own tactics to achieve the greatest results with the least loss.

The Astartes never proved their importance in the Empire through brute force or physical prowess.

Superhuman qualities are merely their most basic reliance.

Angron, on the other hand, only fought by charging forward, slashing, and killing.

Angron's breakthrough into the front lines even required the World Eaters to actively assist him, which resulted in significant losses for the World Eaters.

However, their assault speed is also the fastest.

The traitors sacrificed their lives for the victory.

Their actions pleased Khorne, and more and more of Khorne's blessings descended upon them.

The Night Guards provided cover as Gao Yi moved across the battlefield.

Soon they could see the positions of the Cardias being attacked from afar.

Two massive Skull Lord Demon Engines are propelling the machine forward.

Each shell fired could take away all the Cadia soldiers in a field.

Behind them, mortals who believed in Khorne continued to add human heads to the fuel tank.

They didn't even spare the blood from the corpses, as these were essential for powering the demon engine.

The bloodthirsty berserker, flapping its tattered wings, kept swooping down on the human positions, destroying the siege tanks that were providing fire support from the rear.

Scv also constructed numerous bunkers and anti-aircraft missile turrets on the position.

Unfortunately, these missile turrets had long since run out of ammunition, otherwise they could have limited the attack of these bloodthirsty monsters.

Eight bloodthirsty freaks led eight legions of Khorne's demons, while vampires riding bronze bulls constantly weaved through the human ranks.

There are very few humans left in this position.

"Lord, shall we attack?" Damon asked.

"Attack? Attack what? Why rush in and risk your life when money can solve the problem?"

Looking at the Night Guards around him, he realized that their numbers were far from enough to take down so many enemies.

Gao Yi glanced at the psionic crystals in his pocket. The battle on Zerg Cardia and the previous battle against the Chaos Fleet in the Void had provided him with a massive amount of psionic crystals.

At this point, the number of psionic crystals had reached an unprecedented 400 million.

This amount of psionic crystals is enough to summon Doom for over an hour.

Just thinking about Gao Yi is exciting... Normally, he can only be summoned after five or ten minutes.

Suddenly being up for an hour made Gao Yi feel like a nouveau riche.

What made the Khorne demons realize what true Khorne was?

The brass throne should be given to DOOM to sit on.

Without hesitation, Gao Yi directly spent 360 million to extend Doom's subscription for another hour.

"Doom... I didn't let you kill Vashtor last time because I really needed that power. Khorne, on the other hand, doesn't really need it. This time, I'm giving you a huge boost, so please don't hold a grudge against me again!"

As the psionic crystals were depleted, Gao Yi murmured to himself.

The dimensional gate opened again, but this time it was much larger due to the consumption of a large amount of psionic crystals.

Those who didn't know better might think someone had opened another massive warp portal on the Cardia.

Gao Yi looked up... and the height... was already sixty or seventy meters.

The familiar figure, the familiar silence—Doom stood before Gao Yi once more.

He looked at the distant Khorne army, then at Gao Yi.

Gao Yi felt the killing intent enveloping him.

Sure enough! You're still holding a grudge against me!

"Brother, I've given you everything I have! One hour! This time it's not five or ten minutes!"
"Although it may not be enough to satisfy your cravings, it should be enough to give you a taste. If you really can't keep up, I can renew your subscription!" After hearing Gao Yi's words, Doom seemed to accept Gao Yi's compensation.

The chilling killing intent vanished from Gao Yi's body.

The moment DOOM appeared, the Khorne army's attack came to an abrupt halt.

Whether it was demons, chaotic Astartes, or even the Imperial soldiers in the rear, they all noticed this enormous portal.

The demons knew that this gate did not connect to the warp, but the world on the other side also contained the energy emanating from tormented souls.

In the world of DOOM, the power of hell also comes from the souls tormented in different worlds.

Both are filled with negative emotions.

For the demons in the DOOM world, DOOM's departure brought them great joy, as someone else could now suffer in their place.

They hope Doom never comes back!

Angron stopped swinging his greatsword, as did the Khorne demons.

Khorne found the person he was looking for... and the power and killing intent displayed by the other party briefly calmed him down.

Without hesitation, he abandoned the slaughter of the Imperial soldiers in front of him and rushed toward Doom at top speed. The Devourers followed Angron closely, while the eight Bloodguards, also known as the Khorne Archdemons, also rushed toward Doom.

The vampire legion formed its own army and launched an attack on Doom.

The massive skull lord fired directly at Doom, while Doom took out a shield engraved with inscriptions.

The devastating bombardment was blocked by his shield held in one hand, and the shell was even deflected and smashed back towards the Skull Master.

The enormous skull collapsed with a deafening roar.

"Shield parry? Good heavens..."

The World Eaters could not believe their eyes, but Angron continued his charge.

The weapon, inhabited by the soul of the great demon Slaanesh, slashed at DOOM, but was blocked by the shield.

The seemingly fragile shield was incredibly tough; Angron's slash only left a shallow scratch.

Soon, Angron felt an irresistible force.

Doom, which deflected Angron's weapon, plunged the shield directly into Angron's chest, the serrated edges of the shield constantly slicing through Angron's body.

Angron let out a painful howl as the serrated teeth tore at his soul!

A warhammer, unlike any other weapon, appeared in his hand, and he smashed it solidly onto Angron's head.

If Angron were still in a human body, this attack would have been enough to kill him.

However, even with his current demonic body, Angron had almost lost consciousness.

The power attached to the warhammer struck at the very essence of his soul.

"Who am I...where am I..."

The enormous body crashed to the ground.

Then, DOOM also took hold of a special weapon.

The weapon's loading port contains a skull... the skull of a demon hunted by Doom, and when the trigger is pulled, the skull is crushed, and the skull fragments become ammunition fired at an astonishing rate.

The skull fragments easily pierced through Angron, who was struggling to get up, and the fragments that emerged from his body killed swarms of demons.

The army of vampires was instantly torn apart.

The World Eater's power armor was shattered, and the vampires in the demon legion turned into wisps of energy that entered Doom's body.

He watched as the great demon Khorne swooped down from the sky towards him.

Doon then pulled out a weapon called BFG and fired it into the sky.

The subspace energy within them was instantly detonated, turning them into fragments in the sky...

How ironic that the demons of the Lord of the Skull were killed by the skull itself.

Only 10 minutes had passed, and half of the demon army had already been wiped out.

These demons were all completely dead; not one of them returned to the warp.

The pain... the pain that pierced his very soul nearly drove Angron to the brink of collapse.

He felt his own soul being devoured by the man before him...

He used all his strength to pull the shield from his chest and threw it at Doom, but the shield automatically returned to Doom's hand.

He wanted to continue fighting.

But a hand reached out and grabbed his head tightly, dragging his broken body like a dead dog.

No matter how hard he struggled, it was no use.

As DOOM walked, he continued to pull the Butcher's Nail from Angron's head.

Every time an Angron is pulled out, the closer one gets to true death.

Doom is waiting, waiting for Khorne to invite him into his demon realm. For Doom, Khorne is also a very good opponent.

Such a powerful demon is almost non-existent in its own world.

Meanwhile, Khorne in the warp also felt the challenge posed to him by Doom.

The remaining demonic legions began to dissipate, or rather, the influence of Khorne across the entire world of Cadia began to be mobilized and converged at the location of Doom, and then a one-way portal to Khorne's demonic realm opened again.

Khorne relinquished the form of these demons in exchange for a gateway to the Demon Realm.

Doom had been inside, and he knew there were countless demons inside for him to kill.

Looking through the portal, the mountain-like Khorne himself had risen from his brass throne, awaiting DOOM's arrival.

Countless Khorne demons, along with ordinary demons, surrounded Khorne.

They even made room large enough for Khorne and DOOM to fight.

Looking at this behemoth, DOOM pulled the last Butcher's Nail from Angron's head.

Angron, sensing his own death, stopped struggling.

Perhaps at this moment he knows he can finally be free... no longer have to endure this suffering.

Without the Butcher's Sting to restrain him, Angron seemed to gain a brief moment of clarity. At this moment, Angron recalled his tragic life, as if he had been used as a tool from beginning to end.

Angron, who should have been the most compassionate and empathetic of the Primarchs, has become like this because of these experiences.

"My brothers and sisters... I've come to join you."

In his final moments, Angron still thought of his brothers and sisters who had been abandoned in the arena...

With his head crushed, Angron was finally dead...

A sigh also came from the warp, but it did not belong to Khorne, but to the Emperor.

On the contrary, Khorne did not feel heartbroken at losing Angron; he still looked at DOOM with fighting spirit.

A daemon dies and that's it. But if he could obtain Doom, he felt he had a chance to become the strongest being in the warp.

Khorne's current goal is to conquer Doom, or at least kill it.

After Doom completely absorbed Angron's soul, a completely humanoid mech emerged from the enormous portal behind him.

This is the weapon he prepared for the battle against Khorne: the Royal Atlantean mech.

Khorne was too big, and Doom needed some tools.

(End of this chapter)