Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

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Comoros, the dark city.

It was raining, and even though it was daytime, the whole city was shrouded in darkness.

Bendis glanced at the shabby shack where he and his old friends lived.

There was a big hole on the top of the shack, but no rainwater fell there.

Only then did Bendis realize that his mind was abnormal again. It never rained in Comoros, and the rain he saw was an illusion.

But the darkness was real.

There is a star in the sky of Comoros, a star stolen by aliens, but the light emitted by that star cannot be enjoyed in this rotten place where various races live together.

"The effects of the medicine are wearing off." Bendis muttered and stood up, took out the communicator from the locker and put it on his neck, then walked out of the shack.

"What are you going to do?"

Suddenly someone called to Bendis who had already walked out of the shack. When he looked back, he found that his old officer was crawling behind him using his arms to move his body and asked him.

It can also be seen from the old officer's condition that the medicine given by the Xue Lingren is losing its effectiveness.

He can no longer stand like he did yesterday when he was first injected with the medicine.

"I'm going to get some food for you old guys." Bendis turned his head and continued walking forward.

In this place that is similar to a slum, the consul of the conspiracy will bring people over, and then put out food that all races will find extremely delicious.

The method of obtaining food is very simple - a hundred people form a group, and the people in a group fight with other hungry people who want to get food.

Then the one who survives can take away a whole box of food, but that delicious food will rot quickly, and there is nothing to store food here, so you can only watch the food rot.

This seems to be a sarcastic tactic of the alien.

"Take me with you."

The old officer used his arms to drag his body and crawl on the ground. He crawled all the way to Bendis.

"Can you please stop causing trouble? If you go over to grab food like this, you might be trampled to death." Bendis looked helpless.

"Then you'll be trampled to death! If you're disabled, you'll die! You'll die! Damn it!"

The old officer's attitude of hating disability still surprised Bendis.

Because in his impression, the old officer did not hate the disabled. During the battle, he would personally carry the disabled people who were abused by the warlords behind his back, and then keep running forward.

He would also yell at his subordinates to look behind him, lest his behavior change from protecting others to allowing others to use him as human armor.

But when it was his turn to be disabled, he revealed his incredible hatred and hatred for the disability.

"Okay, let's go together." Bendis had no choice but to agree.

However, he planned to find a trash can and stuff the old officer into it before fighting for food, and then fish him out and bring him back after the fight.

The premise is that he can grab the food alive.

Just when Bendis was about to do this, he heard a voice echoing in his ears.

The words were spoken in a voice that Bendis couldn't understand, like the murmur of some strange creature, but it was physically incomprehensible.

After listening to it for a while, Bendis was surprised to find that the voice could directly imprint the information into his head, and then he could understand it.

Just a string of repeated words can make Bendis realize many things.

An Eldar prophet was sitting with Lee Sun. Lee Sun told the prophet Bendis' name, and the prophet spoke.

Even though Bendis was still in Comoros, he could feel the image formed by the syllables in the words just by wearing the device.

Bendis was not surprised that the Rogue Trader and the Eldar Seer were sitting together.

In his experience of protecting the Rogue Traders before being threatened by the Haemonculi and coming to Comoros, Bendis even saw that Li Sun had hired a special forces team composed of blue-skinned aliens.

"Am I crazy again, or is this thing really effective?" Bendis knocked on his head.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The old officer looked puzzled.

Bendis got a response.

That strange language appeared again, and once again made him perceive many things.

Li Sun said this was not a hallucination, and she seemed very excited. She went over what had happened over the years, briefly, and then asked if the Thunder Warriors were still alive.

"We are all still alive." Bendis lowered his head and looked at the old officer, "It's just... I can't remember his name. Anyway, he is our captain... but he is disabled."

"Crippled?" The old officer crawled to Bendis' feet, clenched his fist and knocked on Bendis's knee, "Back then, I killed two traitorous Astartes with one sword. Why didn't you say I was crippled at that time! Huh?" !”

Bendis took a step back to avoid the onslaught of blows to his knee, and then elaborated on his situation over the years.

Aging, disease, forgetfulness, hallucinations, amnesia...

All the Thunder Warriors here can't remember their own names. If Bendis hadn't engraved his name on his spear when he was young, then he wouldn't know what his name is.

After saying this, Bendis heard crying.

On the other side, Li Sun's personal guard was extremely shocked by the emotion shown by the clan leader. He thought that Li Sun had no emotion for a long time. Otherwise, why would she be expressionless when facing difficulties that could destroy the family?

Then Li Sun choked up and said a lot of words. These words were not in one sentence, but they could make Bendis feel what she wanted to express.

"Ah, you are old too." Bendis raised his head and looked at the top of the Dark City, "I remember that I just came out of subspace and went to your family for help. You were only twelve years old at that time, but you had You have the guts to speak up for us when your father is planning to send us to the Ministry of Justice. Time flies too fast."

After saying this, Bendis waited for Li Sun's response.

The sound sounded again, forming a picture.

Only then did Bendis realize that Li Sun did not initiate the communication just to reminisce about the past. Many people came to her.

Li Sun said that there is a portal in Comoros that can communicate with the outside world. She asked Bendis to find a way to open the portal, and then an army would rush into Comoros to punish the aliens and bring them back.

"Of course, I have no obligation to refuse." Bendis agreed without thinking, just like agreeing to buy candy for a child, his agreement was plain and calm.

But then another person present over there spoke.

He first asked Li Sun about the situation of the Thunder Warriors, and then a large group of people discussed it together, and finally concluded that the Thunder Warriors did not have the ability to execute the plan to open the portal.

Then he mentioned a breakthrough in network technology.

It is proposed that the Thunder Warriors report their coordinates and then wait until the fleet that cannot enter through the portal at the core of Commorragh fights all the way from the edge of the Webway where Comorragh is located.

After sensing this information, Bendis had only one feeling.

Like falling into an ice cave.

He suddenly understood the old officer's mentality.

When a person who was once given high hopes and given a major historical mission suddenly finds that he is useless, no longer counted on, and even loses his qualifications as cannon fodder, this is a devastating blow.

"You may not need us anymore, but we may still be of some use."

"We will open the portal called Desadrian, wherever it is."

"Either we open it up and give you another way into the Comoros."

"Either we have..."

Bendis paused, then murmured, his tone still calm.

"Glorious death."