40k: Midnight Blade

Chapter 246 17. The visitor is not alone

Fulgrim casually picked up a chess piece with his fingers and pushed it two squares to the other end of the board. It was a 'warrior' chess piece. Its surface was very rough, and the face of the warrior was blurred.

The person who made it obviously had no intention of preparing a face for it. In fact, it was so heavy that it hardly looked like a chess piece.

The man on the other side of the chessboard thought for a moment before raising his hand to advance one of his chess pieces. The generous hand covered with golden scriptures pushed the 'priest' six steps forward.

Fulgrim smiled in surprise, sat up straight, and put his long hair behind his ears with both hands, his expression becoming serious.

"A risky move." Phoenix said seriously. "Your chess skills have improved a lot recently, brother."

As he spoke, he held another warrior's weapon and tapped his index finger on the war hammer in its hand. The heavy steel chessboard made a dull echo due to the collision. Lorgar Aurelion thought again for a moment and suddenly frowned.

"I lost?" He blinked slightly hesitantly. "You lost so easily? Terra, I really made a risky move."

Fulgrim did not respond to him. Phoenix was concentrating on the regicide chess board, and all the chess paths were flowing through his brain at this moment. Twenty seconds later, he raised his hand and smashed the priest's white robe with a warrior's hammer. The body beneath.

Luo Jia sighed regretfully.

"That makes it twenty to thirteen." He said slightly melancholy. "I still don't have much talent in chess. I probably won't be able to beat Magnus."

Fulgrim chuckled and placed the chess pieces back where they should be. But he still didn't forget to tease his brother a little.

"Actually, you couldn't beat him from the beginning, Luojia. Magnus is the only one among us who can make a draw with Malcador. What did you think? You actually made such a bet with him?"

The golden-skinned giant shook his head helplessly: "How do I know he will take it seriously? It was just a joke, but he made an agreement with me to play a game of chess every year for the next ten years."

"Were you drunk at the time?"

"Unless Russ is here," Luojia replied. "And he's not here, and neither is his Fenrisian mead. I can't get drunk on just wine."

Fulgrim couldn't help laughing. He knew what Luojia didn't say - 'Yes, I was not drunk at the time, but I was even more irrational than drunk Russ. ’

Luojia ignored Fulgrim's laughter. He just squatted down and pulled out a large and heavy iron box from under the small round table they were using. He half-knelt on the ground and opened the iron box. Fulgrim stood up in time and began to place the chess pieces inside with his brother.

"Ferrus's craftsmanship is truly amazing," Luojia said. "The black set he made looks extraordinary."

"But you used the white chess piece I made." Fulgrim raised his eyebrows. "Are you hinting at something, bro?"

"Of course not." Luojia looked away to avoid eye contact with Fulgrim. "This is just a compliment to him. Don't think too much about it."

"You were the one who suggested that his skills are extraordinary. How come I think too much now?"

Luo Jia was silent for a moment and began to regret why she had to say that casually. He held the chess piece and raised his hands, making a very standard surrender gesture. Only then did Fulgrim let him go, but there was still some thought on his face.

Half a minute later, they stood up and the iron box was already back in place. The two giants stood side by side, looked at each other, and walked to the porthole in tacit agreement.

Fulgrim looked out the window, with a slight pride that came from nowhere, and nodded to Luojia: "Look, Nostramo has changed a lot."

"Are you showing off?" Luo Jia asked quietly.

"Of course not." Fulgrim chuckled. "Why should I show off Conrad's achievements?"

Luo Jia forced herself to ignore Phoenix's proud expression at this moment. He didn't want to make any comments at this time, otherwise Fulgrim would definitely grab him and start another debate.

He didn't want to engage in this matter with the Chemos for the time being. Fulgrim was no less eloquent than him. He took a rough look at the current appearance of Nostramo and the fleet around it. Some ships with the Mechanicus logo caught his attention.

"It seems that the rumors about Mars are true." Lorgar Aurelion said thoughtfully. "They did come to some sort of agreement with Nostramo."

"Yeah" Fulgrim made a nasal sound, but didn't say anything.

Such a reaction was very unusual. Luo Jia turned her head and looked at Phoenix, only to find that the latter's eyes were no longer on the porthole. Looking along the direction of his gaze, Luojia saw some paintings piled up in the corner of Fulgrim's room.

Most of them have flowers glued to the edges of the frames, which is one of the symbols of the gift given. The paintings are piled up, and only one can be fully observed. In this painting, he saw a person.

This man has a slender figure, but also has muscles. He is very strong, yet very strong and graceful. He wore a short, rainbow-colored tuxedo coat with a glittering breastplate. A confused and enchanted Gorgon face smiled silently on the breastplate. He also held a knife in his hand.

"Chemos's style." Fulgrim shook his head and said. "Most of these late-born artists like to dress me in these fashionable clothes that I basically don't wear. Frankly speaking, I'm almost tired of this trend."

“Does Chemos’ popular culture have nothing to do with you?”

"Of course not." Phoenix turned his head with a disgusted expression. "If I had more time to spend in Chemos, I would not allow society to develop into this worship of glitz and useless glamor. Although I personally like those exquisite things, I would never wear such clothes. ”

Luo Jia nodded silently, not intending to make any comments in this regard.

The sacrifice of the Emperor's Son in the Great Crusade is obvious to all. Although this is inseparable from Fulgrim's eagerness to make achievements, the Chemos has indeed not returned to his hometown for a long time. .

He still has control over many aspects of the planet, but pop culture is not one of them.

"Anyway -" Fulgrim shook his head and made a gesture. "——Let's talk about things later. Are you going to take the guards, brother?"

"I think it's better to forget it." Luo Jia said with a wry smile. "I'm definitely not welcome here. If I hadn't happened to be traveling with you, I probably wouldn't have come here."

Fulgrim thought for a while: "In this case, then I will only take Akuldona with me."

After he finished speaking, he saw Luo Jia's slightly depressed expression. Phoenix couldn't help but comforted: "There's no need for this, Luo Jia. The misunderstanding between Conrad and you is not big, not to mention, I am taking the lead this time."

Lorgar hesitated and glanced at Phoenix - not long ago, after an ordinary cooperation between the Word Bearers and the Emperor's Children ended, Fulgrim found him.

Phoenix's words were very direct. He said that his 28th Expedition Fleet encountered a group of highly civilized aliens in a galaxy called Lar'an at the end of the Extreme Star Field.

If he stopped here, Luojia might think that Fulgrim had changed his gender and actively asked other brothers to help his legion. Unexpectedly, Fulgrim's words changed and he directly mentioned Nostramo, which was also located in the far east of Terra.

Speaking of which, Luo Jia didn't even have to think about what he wanted to do.

"Yes, you took the lead." The speaker shook his head helplessly. In fact, he himself didn’t know why he agreed to Fulgrim. But, as his lieutenant Erebus said, what reason did he have to refuse?

Wouldn't this be a good opportunity to salvage his relationship with Konrad Coates?

——At this moment, Lorgar Aurelion sincerely hopes that there will be no more barriers between him and his brother. This sincerity will last until the day he dies.

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