Chapter 1938 The Traitor of Fenris
As a general, Huron knew that his actions would have an immeasurable impact on the entire fleet. If he faced Soshyan's "king versus king" challenge to him, If you choose to retreat, a catastrophic defeat is likely to occur. However, facing Soshiyang directly is obviously not a rational choice. On the one hand, news of the failure of the Immortal has come. Although it is not known what means Soshiyang used, it can Letting the famous Lucius lose twice in a row is enough to say something.
Although Huron thought he was not weak, he was not arrogant enough to think he could be stronger than Lucius.
On the other hand, it is Huron's personal fighting style, or one of his life creeds - never throw yourself into the flames of war when you are not sure.
But Soshyan has come, like a knight who has thrown his glove on another knight's face, and he must make a choice.
Huron decided to let his own men fight in his place.
But who to choose is a skill. Huron knew that the people sent out could only delay time and would inevitably die, so he might be able to use this opportunity to clear up some trouble.
And the people sent have to fight very proactively and hard. Only in this way can they last longer.
After much thought, Huron chose a group of Space Wolves to rebel.
The barbaric descendants of Russ like nothing more than to bite prey that is stronger than them. The supreme commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force is a tempting target.
He then sent a message to the strike cruiser named Fenris Wolf and awarded the opponent the honor of "beheading". As he expected, the opponent responded to this instruction with an excited roar that was almost a bark on the communication channel. And quickly left the fleet and headed straight for the Eternal Loyalty.
Faced with such a giant ship, the Wolf of Fenris is obviously no match, but the fallen descendants of Russ have smelled blood, and they will do whatever it takes.
For Soshyan, the appearance of a battleship marked as a former Space Wolf is also surprising. On the one hand, it is because of the other party's overestimation of its capabilities, and on the other hand, it is also curious about the person on the ship. Is it the real Space Wolf, or a group of pirates who stole the Wolf warship?
In order to clarify the situation, he chose to strike preemptively and launched a gang-hopping attack first.
As for Huron, Soshyan really never thought that he could solve the opponent now. On the one hand, although the strength of the red pirate fleet was damaged, it has not yet reached the level of overturning. On the other hand, Soshyan also has other Consider.
If Huron died now, here's what might happen.
One situation is that the Red Pirates are torn apart and fall into civil strife. Eventually they will realize that they cannot resist the Empire's expeditionary force, and will choose to retreat into the core of the Maelstrom, or flee to lie dormant elsewhere. The Red Pirates as a whole They may no longer exist, but the Chaos Space Marines are still there. Sooner or later, they will annex each other and form a huge group again. This is the inevitable result of the special environment of the Maelstrom. Even if the Empire regains those worlds, they will use It won't take long for them to be overwhelmed by the massive chaos heretics, and the expedition will be in vain.
There is another situation where the Red Pirates quickly elected a new leader, and this leader will be a brand new, unfamiliar enemy. He is likely to overthrow all Huron's previous strategies, or even clean them out. All Huron's former cronies, although the probability of this happening is very low based on the actual situation of the Red Pirates, it is not impossible. If this is the case, then the expedition may undergo some unforeseen changes, because from this battle Soshiyang also saw that it was not that there were no talented people among the Red Pirates, but they were often limited by mutual suspicions, concerns about betrayal and the balance of power, so it was difficult to use them. It was difficult to guarantee that the person in charge would not be stronger and more powerful than Huron. Cunning and harder to predict.
The last situation is that the legacy of the Red Pirates is inherited by the Word Bearers or Abaddon, and this is what Soshyan least wants to see, because either of these two has war potential. They are much larger than the Red Pirates, so the expedition may really be far away, and the possibility of this result is still very high.
So, Huron seems to be unable to die at the moment. Let him live so that Soshyan can have the opportunity to eliminate as many Chaos Space Marines as possible and make this expedition truly have a result.
Soshyan didn't have that much time to waste in the maelstrom. He had already noticed that the gray marrow was undergoing some kind of change, and some premonition was urging him to quickly solve the reason.
If the day comes that he must make a choice, at least he must make final arrangements for Veronica and the Legion. It may be a bit ridiculous to say it. Although Soshyan has few opponents, he has always had a vague sense of crisis. Although he doesn't know what the crisis is, he can always guess roughly.
He doesn’t resent anything.
The only thing he wants is to live as valuable a life as possible. He has never thought of betraying the oath he made when he became a Space Marine. Whether it is becoming the Phoenix King or something else, he will always They are all warriors fighting for humanity.
Veronica was the only exception, but he thought that the vast galaxy might be able to tolerate his little selfishness.
Just like that, a little bit——
With the ferocious bombardment of the Eternal Loyalty, the Wolf of Fenris, which was still preparing to join the gang, immediately trembled, and its void shield could not support it. With this level of firepower, it was quickly torn apart.
A large number of torpedoes and landing craft followed, and Soshyan only led one company into the enemy's warships.
There were almost no obstacles in the whole process. Perhaps the Wild Wolf traitors were dumbfounded and did not expect that their opponents would take the initiative to join the gang.
"Are all the wolves in Fenris so smelly?"
Stepping out of the landing craft ramp, Soshyan, who was not wearing a helmet, immediately smelled a strange smell, a fishy smell unique to the beast's lair.
The interior of this ship is more like a tribe or a cave than a ship. Scattered bones can be seen everywhere, as well as weird totems, symbols of reverence for the evil god of subspace, and a large number of human skins. The boats were covered with furs, and those running hurriedly in the passages were all mutants with hooves, sheep heads or other beast characteristics.
They were panicked by the sudden appearance of the intruder. They hurriedly organized a defense while blowing their horns and beating their leather drums.
However, the primitive weapons in their hands are meaningless to the Terminators. Even the Astral Knights don't bother to destroy them with bullets when they pass by. They are only shot away or trampled to death at any time when they block the road.
Soshyan walked in front of the team, and Murad served as the flag bearer of the battle group. This time he did not use the Holy Flame Sword, but the Soul Spear that had been stored for a long time.
About ten minutes later, they finally encountered the first wave of decent resistance.
“The bastards of the Corpse Emperor!”
Just as Soshiyang was walking through a cargo aisle, some tall and agile figures suddenly broke the ventilation duct above their heads, jumped down, and tried to They besieged him from all sides.
(End of this chapter)