The Astartes Family's Notebook

If it's not for victory, the meaning of fighting will be lost.

Under Kaz's continued pressure, the art style finally returned to normal, and even Deathwatch felt much better.

Yes, yes, that's it, that's how it should be. A punch that can't even hurt your nerves is just child's play.

Kaz looked at Epsilon provocatively countless times, but the veteran naturally had the composure of a veteran.

Hehe, I'm not taking the bait.

In the end, it was the innocent Draven who bore the brunt of Kars's infamy.

In the final battle, Draven wielded two swords and directly confronted Khaz, who was wielding a sword with one hand.

During his century-long tenure as acting company commander of the Eighth Company, Draven finally felt the weight of responsibility.

Without Kars to shield him from the wind and rain, Draven also lost the right to play around.

Thus, for the first time, the company adjutant felt remorse.

Both Tyrant and Ingus have publicly stated similar things: Draven's combat talent is second only to Khaz, higher than Darius, and far superior to Swain.

However, Draven was too lazy. During his four-year stint, he merely aimed to pass and enjoyed a lazy, unambitious life.

The result is that even though he knows where he falls short compared to Kars, and can even sense how much the difference is, the numerical gap accumulated over half a century is really hard to close.

The match between Draven and Kars skipped the probing process from the very beginning; the two knew each other too well.

That's the feeling, that terrible feeling of being so close yet so far. Before, I could lie to myself that Kars was too strong, and it was normal, expected, and only natural that I couldn't beat him.

After a hundred years of serious pursuit, Draven realized just how painful it was when the boomerang he threw out during his carefree days in the Fourth Company flew back and hit him on the head.

Compared to losing in a confused way, the feeling of giving it your all but falling just short is truly unpleasant.

Draven wasn't twisted by jealousy of Kaz; he realized that his past laziness was incredibly foolish and arrogant.

"Captain, your Desolate Wings are the Holy Order, right?"

"Yes...".

Epsilon was somewhat confused. Should we be like this?

"Is the Eighth Company a reserve company?"

Oh, so that's what you wanted to ask.

"The Katz brothers became company commanders when they were 100 years old. He became the eighth company commander simply because there were no vacancies ahead of him."

"That's pretty outrageous."

The battle between the company commander and the adjutant of the Eighth Company lasted for thirty-seven seconds, which is already a model of evenly matched contests. The video footage is a high-quality match that can be archived as a lesson plan.

However, Draven knew that he had lost completely. His strategy of trading blows was useless against Khaz. If Khaz hadn't been so conservative and traded blows with him, it would have been a matter of life and death in just two or three moves.

We lost.

The tournament, which was supposed to be a united and victorious event, ended less than perfectly. Epsilon remained as steady as a rock, ignoring Kaz's provocations and refusing to give him a chance to cause trouble.

Next comes the part about baiting for fishing.

The Eighth Company's fleet departed in a grand display, and the Death Watch's hunting squads also left to carry out their respective missions.

For a moment, the watchtower seemed deserted.

However, in a world like Sabat, which has been widely infiltrated by the forces of Chaos, secrecy is impossible. Whether it's Draven leading his team to take away various spoils of war or the high-intensity operations of the Deathwatch Kill Squad, the relevant intelligence is collected and reported by the spies and undercover agents planted by the Chaos Warband on various planets, and then sent to the Warband leaders.

The fact that the killing squad "accidentally" obtained information about a certain warp artifact is particularly noteworthy.

"How about it?"

"Psionic prophecy has been interfered with and is unclear."

"Then it's true."

Most warp artifacts contain chaos demons, so it's perfectly normal for them to interfere with psionic prophecies.

Thus, the operation against Deathwatch officially entered the execution phase.

Originally, Katz's idea was to have Eight-Link leave the star system's gravitational field, go to the void, and then come back.

However, Epsilon's intelligence network has reported that the Chaos Warband is fighting amongst themselves, making Void Search seem somewhat foolish.

Since that's the case, let's convert the stolen goods into cash first.

Astartes' concept of time is fundamentally different from that of ordinary people.

Take Deathwatch for example. For a single sniping opportunity, the sniper members of the Kill Squad can go without food or water, and stay in the wilderness wearing only an optical camouflage cloak for three months.

For example, the Four-Company once spent three years racing through the real universe just to get a chance to strike first in order to launch a surprise attack on the Shadow of Death gang's stinky canned goods.

Kaz and Epsilon are both top students trained by the proper warbands. They can patiently wait for three to five years, let alone a year and a half.

This period also provided a rare window of opportunity for these mismatched brothers to communicate.

If it weren't for that mess back then, I'd probably be serving in the army under him.

If it weren't for those messy things he did back then, he would have achieved far more than he has now.

Katz was a man of strong likes and dislikes. The investigation results back then were very detailed. The culprit was Sephiroth. Epsilon even planned to take some time to come to Frankis III to pick up the new recruits. There was no way to blame this former Fourth Company Commander.

but......

My thoughts are not clear.

Epsilon's personal charisma is undeniable.

The deeper you delve into the conversation, the more you'll discover just how dazzling and radiant an idealistic and romantic "Big Brother" truly is in this messed-up Warhammer universe.

Why don't you want to go back to the warband?

"If I leave, who will defend the world of Sabat?"

"It has to be you?"

"From a polite standpoint, the Empire has a million Astartes, so it doesn't matter who's missing. There's no such thing as 'only me'. From a factual standpoint, the world of Sabat is a quagmire. No one else would be willing to come except me. Even if someone else were assigned from above, they probably wouldn't do as well as I have."

"Who else but me?"

"Yes, if you don't even have this much confidence, how can you say you came from the Fourth Company?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Why do you laugh longer than me?

"You've smiled again."

Hahahahahahahahaha.

"childish."

If I could, being a recruit under him might have been quite enjoyable.

After a year and three months of dormancy, the Chaos War Gang has finally made its move.

Following the trail of the killing squad, a fleet of considerable size, considered quite large for the Chaos Warband, leaped out of Mandeville Point.

"These lackeys of the false emperor, a watchtower even has its own planet, and those few Astartes are only equipped with two frigates and three destroyers!"

However, just as he uttered his voice of envy, jealousy, and hatred, the sharp, explosive sound of the machine spirit echoed across the bridge.

Hey!

There are so many deep-space booby traps!!!

But it doesn't matter, every truly renowned member of the Chaos War Clan raises Hellfire Wyverns.

They were sent out to work.

Although the deep-space mines exposed the existence of the Chaos Fleet, they did not stop these Chaos traitors for long.

Under the sweeping of the Hell Dragons, the Chaos Fleet quickly cleared a path.

Then came a predictable fortress siege and defense battle.

Even the Astartes, blessed by Chaos, didn't have many good ways to attack Deathwatch Fortress; they couldn't simply turn the fortress into sand by chanting a spell.

The destructive power blessed the Chaos Astartes to enjoy themselves and reap the benefits, not to serve them like slaves.

This is a matter of principle: who is the son and who is the father. I understand.

So in the end, Chaos Astartes had no choice but to first withstand the fortress's firepower to destroy the fixed turrets, then divert its forces to deal with the Death Watch's ships, and finally launch a boarding operation to attack the fortress itself.

Unfortunately, although the Chaos Cult had a large number of members, their numbers could not make up for the quality gap with the Death Watchers Astartes who were familiar with the fortress's internal environment.

Furthermore, due to the unique operational requirements of Deathwatch, the loyalist Astartes have achieved an overwhelming technological advantage over the Chaos forces in terms of weaponry and equipment.

Hehe, alien technology is really damn cool.

Who still believes in chaos? The deaths of cannon fodder are not even numbers to the chaotic Astartes.

The reason we attacked Deathwatch Fortress was because we heard there were lots of good loot there, and it turns out there really are. So what's there to hesitate about? Brothers, grab your weapons and charge in!

However, after more than a year of preparation, the already insane Deathwatch Fortress had been further transformed into an even more insane force with Kaz's advice.

The Chaos Traitors fought for seven days, but failed to capture even a third of the territory.

Of course, this is also because the Chaos War Gang is not united.

Epsilon's intelligence is likely true and valid. This guild was pieced together and reorganized after at least one round of internal PUBG competitions. Attacking Deathwatch Fortress was meant to unite people and was a team-building activity during the adjustment period.

None of the factions wanted to do the work for others, so it would be a miracle if their offensive was truly fierce.

So they dragged it out, until the Eighth Company returned to reinforce, and the Chaos traitors still couldn't break into the core area of ​​the fortress.

"Boss, there's an ambush! Let's retreat!"

"withdraw."

Without the slightest hesitation, without a shred of camaraderie, and without any regard for the other Chaos Astartes still fighting in the fortress, the leader turned the ship around and prepared to flee.

Anyway, with so many deep-space booby traps, even the loyalist fleet...

"What?! The booby trap is fake?"

That's obvious. With Epsilon's limited manpower, how could they possibly deploy a full-scale minefield to blockade Mandeville?

Based on the star markings, the Imperial fleet directly used the adamantine armored zones on the bows of their ships to ram through the non-explosive booby traps, charging towards the Chaos fleet before the Void Shields could be restored to operation.

"Boss, what should we do?"

"Withdraw, blind jump into subspace."

The Empire is clearly well-prepared. Why fight? Are they courting death?

Thus, the battle was over before it even began.

The Chaos War Gang's main warships all fled, leaving only small warships with poor performance or without navigators or reliable demon hosts to be beaten up.

Fight? Fight my ass! Forget about the Nova Gun on the bow of the Imperial Icon, even the two Luna-class cruisers of the sector fleet are not something the Chaos forces can mess with.

The right thing to do is to split up and flee, harming one's neighbors.

Upon receiving intelligence that reinforcements had arrived, Katz completely dropped his pretense.

"I heard you're the infamous 'Killer of Destruction'?"

What kind of class do you have to dare to impersonate me?

Kaz was incredibly cruel.

Chapter 492 What if we never return?

HR: Mr. Killer, we noticed that you have a 15-year gap in employment. Would you mind telling us the reason?

Assassin: Going to jail.

HR: Haven't you considered jailbreaking?

Hitman: My fellow inmates are all talented and have great manners; I love it there.

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Chaos Astartes has something to do.

Don't be fooled by the CG animation that makes the Chaos side seem superior, constantly beating the loyalist Astartes to their knees; these are all edited recruitment propaganda clips.