The Astartes Family's Notebook

The essence of chatting is information exchange, and a little verbal probing is normal.

Katz knew that the use of diplomatic language required adhering to the principle of "never telling a complete lie, and never telling the whole truth."

These are important principles summarized by the ancient Terran sages, even more precious than Radiant Gold.

If he can suppress his restless desire to show off in public, Kars can handle any questioning the special envoy tries to get at him.

"The False Emperor had three flagships. The Imperial Dream has already crashed, the Busephalus should still be in the hands of the Imperial Guard, and the other one was hidden by the False Emperor using mysterious means. All information related to it cannot be detected by psionic means."

"Could you tell me about this Busephalus?"

"Hahaha, not bad. Of the twenty Astartes Legions, only Space Wolf, Death Guard, and Shadowmoon Wolf have ever boarded the Busephalus. It was my fault earlier, I forgot that when the Twin Primarchs returned, the False Emperor had already switched to the Imperial Dream as his mode of transportation."

Looking at the envoy's proud expression, Kaz understood. This guy had been on the Busephalis before, otherwise he wouldn't be so smug.

In fact, their political leanings can be discerned from how the Chaos Astartes addressed their grandfather.

Those who call him the "false emperor" are Horusians who believe that the emperor has betrayed them and that only Horus is the true savior of the empire. Therefore, they call their own imperial grandfather the "false emperor."

Most of those who call themselves Corpse Emperors are people who harbor resentment towards the Empire, are just following the crowd, or are simply echoing others' opinions; in short, they dislike the Empire.

Those who truly believe in the superstitious myths are quite cautious about referring to the Emperor, generally using general terms like "the cursed one" or "that guy" to obscure the concept.

After all, only those Astartes who had truly been steeped in chaos understood that if they displeased the Emperor, a slap from the psychic power to kill an Astarte was no different than swatting a mosquito.

Hahaha, the Lord of Mankind says he is not a god, not a god at all.

Therefore, when Kaz used the term "golden giant," which can also be used to describe the Imperial Guard, to refer to the Emperor, the veterans of the Black Legion did not have any doubts. Although young Samar was not as senior as them, he was still an old man from the Legion era, unlike the younger generation.

The workplace atmosphere inside the Eye of Fear is quite oppressive.

The so-called veterans of the eternal war are divided into three levels.

Veterans who participated in the Great Expedition, conscripts during the Great Rebellion, and new recruits who joined the army between the complete defeat and their escape into the Eye of Terror.

Only these Astartes are qualified to call themselves veterans of the eternal war.

Once you understand this, it's no wonder that some veterans who have fought countless battles are so incompetent.

However, kinship does not discriminate based on class. Although there is no concept of time in the warp, Abaddon still launched twelve Black Crusades.

The number of veterans from the ancient, long-standing war has been severely depleted by countless battles.

Newcomers who want to get ahead often have to use veterans as stepping stones. Respecting every long-time veteran is respecting yourself.

The envoy showed a subtle arrogance and superiority towards Amaterasu, but he treated Ghas and Samar with respect.

The envoy knew why Gaz left. It was for the best; Gaz was too straightforward, and the current Black Legion was indeed not suitable for his personality. But why was the Samar Brothers just an Alpharis? Even if they were just a Word Bearer, the envoy would still try to persuade the Great Raiders to recruit them.

How come it's just an Alphareis? How can the Twentieth Legion produce such a grand Astartes?

Ugh, what bad luck.

Discussing these things at a tea party might be fine, but chatting casually during a skirmish is somewhat disrespectful to your opponent.

Kars wanted to respect his opponent, but his strength wouldn't allow it.

A warband that makes a living by selling hooks to Chaos Demons is simply not worthy of respect.

This battle was both a show for the Black Legion's envoy and a way to establish Amaterasu's authority.

The leader of the Staff of Truth suffered from the environment of the warp. There were too many anti-psy energy methods in the warp, to the point that even Chaos Wizards were reduced to second-class citizens.

Especially in the face of the Four Chosen Ones, any one of the Chosen Ones of Chaos could easily crush a Chaos Wizard.

Psychic power is a double-edged sword. Astartes, who spends too much time honing his psychic magic, naturally has little time to practice his fundamentals, making him no match for professional brutes in melee combat.

However, Amaterasu had already obtained the ticket to becoming a powerful being.

There are already pioneers who have almost succeeded in traversing the path of devouring demons.

Once your base stats are high enough, your skills and such become less important.

Previously, the War Gang and Amaterasu only had eight people, and they had to be very careful when they wanted to eat a vampire.

With nearly two and a half platoons of gang members supporting him, Amaterasu's progress in forging his dark magic blade has accelerated considerably.

Although the Celestial Venerable is a mess and his reputation isn't great, he won't openly take back what he's given away.

An Astartes that can devour warp demons is naturally something demons would want to kill, but a demon-slaying blade tainted with Tzeentch's aura? Hey, calm down, which destructive power doesn't have something similar in their hands? It's a piece of cake.

When the Four Gods and Demons encounter wild warp evil spirits, they don't follow the jungle hunting law of running away if they can't win and killing and eating "meat" if they can. That's how we warp creatures are.

In the past, people had to scheme and hide things, fearing that they might attract the attention of some evil spirits.

Now, Amaterasu is no longer hiding his virginity from others.

This is the confidence that my brother Samar gave me!

Abaddon's planet-killer program has officially begun.

Guided by the spirit of the Great Raiders' supreme command, "We have won too much in the twelve Black Crusades, but you must get used to it, for we will continue to win," the Black Legion also knew that the fortress planet of Cadian was too troublesome.

Even twelve more Black Crusades will not be enough to achieve the goal of burning the galaxy and killing the false emperor if we cannot break through the iron wall of Cadian.

Therefore, it's time to put the development of some "doomsday weapons" on the agenda.

While the empire was recovering from its wounds, Chaos was also building up its strength.

It's just that black market motorists and motorists believe in a god of all machines, Omni's Saiyan. PPT fraud and swindling of funds are survival instincts ingrained in their DNA, they can't change it.

Abaddon, after all, has a heavy image to maintain, so there are some things he can't openly steal, and he has to resort to stealth. Therefore, the currently popular Staff of Truth faction is a good weapon for him.

This is why Kaz and the envoy discussed the Imperial Dream in the beginning.

During the Great Crusade, human technology was 10,000 years more advanced than that of the empire today.

This includes the radiation rectification technology of the Imperial main warships built around the same time as the Imperial Dream.

The Emperor Dream's stealth technology is unique; when the Emperor built this ship, he incorporated a bit of mystical elements into it.

This is because the ship was not built on Mars, but directly on the sacred Terra.

After the war of unification, Earth's resources were nearing depletion. The hull of the Imperial Dream was made from the last batch of ore mined in Holy Terra and the remelted remains of conquered steel cities.

The symbolism and ritual are absolutely amazing!

The Imperial Dream can conceal the ship's own mass reaction and the energy released by its engines into the background radiation in the void, rendering various enemy detection methods ineffective.

Note that it includes all kinds of methods, including psionic means.

This stealth effect not only applies to the Imperial Dream itself, but also extends to its entire escort fleet—it's practically an aura effect!

That's too cunning and tyrannical! That's too shameless! The Emperor is so wicked! The soldiers of the Empire love him!

If the story ended here, it would be nothing more than a sigh, for that glorious era has long since collapsed.

The problem was that while the Imperial technicians at the time couldn't completely replicate the stealth effects of the Imperial Dream, they could still copy the part under Lord Bull's jurisdiction.

Therefore, some battleships and cruisers of that period were also equipped with similar experimental technologies and equipment.

The intensity of the rebellion was too high; the rebel army lost almost all of its ships in this batch, while the Empire still had one or two in stock.

But doesn't Astartes know what kind of chaotic mess the Imperial Navy is? If you dare to defect, I'll self-destruct.

Abaddon had his Chaos Wizards perform a powerful prophecy, which finally led to a clue.

It turns out that although no complete ship equipped with this system could be found inside the subspace, there were three ships with some subsystems still usable.

The Abaddon in the hands of the Iron Warriors has already been negotiated. It's nothing more than a two-for-one or even three-for-one exchange. As long as the offer is high enough, Uncle Four can still negotiate.

But the remaining two ships are more troublesome. Something is interfering with the psychic prophecy, and the Black Legion can't handle it.

What else could it be? It can't be the invisible black hand of the Heavenly Venerable, hehe.

At this point, the importance of the Grand Master Amaterasu becomes apparent.

My psychic divination abilities are really strong.

Ah yes, yes, yes, even the Heavenly Venerable nodded in agreement.

There is information!

The Infinity Gate spell is still too authoritative.

Ordinary teleportation spells are called unstable portals, and it's not uncommon for unexpected things to happen during the teleportation process. However, the Slaanesh faction's signature spell doesn't have this problem. As long as the coordinates are accurate, the portal will definitely open reliably.

How could the coordinates given by the Celestial Venerable himself be inaccurate?

When over two hundred Chaos Astartes suddenly appeared like ghosts, this small, Chaosless War Gang was completely dumbfounded.

Lord Demon, please save us!

I'm beyond saving, I can't even save myself...

Back then, in order to turn the Primarch against the Genesis, the Four Gods gave him genuine gifts before they broke off relations. The Demon Devouring Technique that Amaterasu obtained was a genuine demon-slaying method.

What the hell is this demon's real name? Stop with the nonsense and get to work!

In this rare grand spectacle, Amaterasu naturally put on a great show. Kaz and the envoy swayed along behind, chatting as they walked, completely oblivious to the sense of urgency one would expect from being inside a warp-bound, demonically insulated warp ship.

And so, they encountered a ghost around the corner.

An enchanted warrior suddenly appeared in front of him, startling even this veteran of countless battles, who instantly wanted to draw his sword.

But with the Samar brothers right there, his loss of composure would be a disgrace to the Black Legion.

No, hold it in, my damn warrior instincts, hold it in, my unruly hands, hold it in!

Kaz was also momentarily stunned; where did this [beep] thing come from?

But after seeing it so many times, I'm no longer afraid.

That's impressive. Being able to appear behind you silently and stab you is a skill of the person in question. If you're not good enough, you deserve to die.

It just suddenly appeared from across the passageway, only a dozen meters away, just to scare me, and then it still had to rush over for melee combat. I don't think this enchanted warrior is any good.

Too lazy to even draw his power sword, Kaz inserted his gauntlet into the wall, tore off a piece of sheet metal, and casually squeezed it into a thing that resembled both a dumbbell and a kunai.

Then, there is a tribute to the second stage of Flying Thunder God.

It wasn't that Kaz was showing off. The enchanted warrior's movement speed was fast, but not fast enough. Kaz saw it clearly. This thing had simply modified his magnetic boots. Every step he took left metal wrinkles on the aisle floor from the force of his stomping.

This means that his weakness lies in the instant he exerts force.

At a distance of more than ten meters, it's too late to draw the power sword. The enchanted warrior can only take three steps before closing in. You have to seize the opportunity at his last step... and a miracle will happen!

The Black Legion's envoy was speechless.

So you tore off a piece of plaster from the wall just to avoid getting your fingernails dirty?

Seeing that Kars had successfully intercepted the attack, the enchanted warrior's distorted head seemed to be right in front of Kars' fist. [Destroyer's Blade] had successfully pulled off a cool move!

This is nothing yet; Kaz can keep pretending.

After shaving off the metal plates from his gauntlets and drawing his power sword, Kaz began to whip the corpse.

“Brother Samar, you…”

"I've encountered green-enchanted warriors before; they're quite difficult to kill. Even after you cut off their heads, they can still move. Be careful."

Seeing Kaz rip out his heart and lungs and stuff a grenade into his power armor with such fluid movements, the envoy couldn't say anything. He just quickened his pace, afraid of getting splattered with blood.

A real man never looks back at an explosion. Where were we?

Ultimately, he wasn't a technical professional; even after securing the ship, he still had to hand it over to a shady oil mechanic to disassemble the equipment.

This is also part of the deal.

If the Staff of Truth agrees to be affiliated with the Black Legion, then Abaddon will also grant Amaterasu access to some resources that are only available within the Black Legion.

For example, the forging world that belongs exclusively to the Black Legion.

The four gods are all very realistic.

When the Primarchs like Mortarion, Loka, and Peturabo came to join them, the Four Gods bestowed upon them planets in the warp as bases for their legions.

When the Primarch came to surrender, he only received one, but after Abaddon integrated the Black Legion, he gave one to each of the Four Gods.

When Amaterasu took Kaz to the Black Oil Man's Forge World when he sold the ship, it was only maintaining a long-term cooperative relationship with the Black Legion, and was independent of the Black Legion itself.

However, the benefit offered by the special envoy is that the Staff of Truth can be directly procured through the Legion's internal procurement channels, allowing them to obtain a stable supply of goods from Legion suppliers at internal procurement prices.

What might seem like a negligible benefit to the Imperial faction is truly valuable within the Eye of Fear.

What is most valuable in warp space?

Stability, huh.