Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Calvin in the real universe is still busy preparing for the smooth growth of his new legion.

Government affairs and entanglements with his mortal colleagues consumed so much of his energy that he didn't even have time to sort out the fruits of his latest battle.

But his enemies would not wait for him to slowly adjust, nor would the Chaos Gods of the Warp sit idly by and watch his growth.

Although he had tried his best to hide himself, after several inevitable battles with Chaos, the evil gods of Chaos still knew more or less about his existence.

Among them, Tzeentch is the most important. In the battles since his birth, Gain Galvan has had the most dealings with this descendant.

And not long ago, Calvin even had the pleasure of seeing a glimpse of His essence.

This god with authority over wisdom and hope, conspiracy and tampering, obviously had an extraordinary interest in Calvin.

Based on this god's evil taste engraved in his bones and his twisted instinct for all knowledge and information.

Under His deliberate manipulation, the news that Calvin might be a Primarch was spread covertly by countless demons with His blood flowing.

But the divine soul possessed by Calvin was retained by him, and even the demon princes who were projections of his will were isolated from the truth.

The space that had never been calm became more lively in His mocking and malicious eyes.

The behavior of several fallen Primarchs who have been promoted to Daemon Princes after hearing about Calvin is his favorite repertoire to watch.

What is different from this unpredictable behavior is the reaction of the demons of Nurgle and the Death Guard.

Nurgle, the god of life and death, disease and evolution, has learned of Typhons's fall.

This kind of perception has extremely high timeliness, because the latter's fall in the mortal world led to the fragmentation of the God-chosen position, and its theological significance will be reflected in real time in the subspace where idealism prevails.

Bright red blood rained down from Nurgle's gardens, and thousands of twisted trees wailed and withered under the corrosive rain;

Large areas of land were cracked and deserted due to the loss of mortal faith. Countless rotten demon fly pupae eventually died before breaking out of their shells because they did not have enough souls to support them.

Rainfather Rotigos was the first to feel the strangeness of Nurgle's Garden, because the death and depletion brought about by desolation was the environment it hated most.

It angrily raised its tree staff and wanted to raise the tide of subspace, forcefully descend on the land that dared to challenge the majesty of Father God, and use "abundant rain" to wash away those ungrateful mortals.

Kugas also cast a curious gaze from the depths of the garden, because the relationship between the beloved children of the Father God was delicate, and it rarely saw the anger of Father Rain.

But the actions of Typhons and Mortarion in the Storm Star Territory were like injecting a vaccine into the physical universe. Just after it made a slight move, the terrifying existence that was triple cursed had emerged from Tai in the center of the galaxy. Ra gave it an indifferent gaze.

Father Yu put down the staff in his hand angrily and decided to endure it for a while. It looked around with some guilt, but there was no longer Kugas' eyes here.

After making such a big noise, Mortarion naturally also learned about Typhons's death.

Like every father who is at odds with his eldest son, Mortarion's first reaction after losing his eldest son, whose original name was Typhon, was not gloating, but deep-seated hatred for Calvin.

But he was also afraid of the existence that created him. Although he complained about the emperor in private, it was obviously difficult for him to face that existence head-on.

In this way, under various considerations, the two huge camps did not directly interfere with Calvin in the real universe;

And just when this farce was about to come to an end, an unexpected force, after becoming aware of Calvin's existence, launched a carefully prepared hunt for him.

Abaddon, the monstrous man who inherited the mantle of the traitorous Primarch Horus Luperkar.

This fallen Astartes was the only one who could complete the bet with the gods after the death of Horus and forcefully bear the election of the four gods as a mere mortal.

Warmaster is the name he inherited from Horus, and the Black Legion is the powerful legion he built bit by bit from the defeated rebels.

This is the 757th year since Abaddon, Warmaster of the Black Legion, concluded his infamous tenth Black Crusade, and it is also the 500th year since he prepared for his next campaign against the Empire.

Due to the location of the Eye of Terror and the equally complex affairs in Abaddon's hands, Calvin's presence should not have attracted his attention so quickly.

But the impact of Taifeng's death far exceeded his expectations. The first company of the Death Guard, without a leader, began to return to the Garden of Nurgle in an organized manner.

And this influence is not even limited to the Death Guard Legion itself, but other Chaos warbands who believe in Nurgle, such as the "World Cleansing Plague Army" and others, have also been affected and begun to waver.

This kind of loss of personnel is certainly not a phenomenon that Abaddon can tolerate. There is still a Mortarion behind the Death Guard. He cannot and does not want to intervene and can only pattern their departure;

But the loss of other scattered warbands is something he cares about very much.

Abaddon was different from ordinary Astartes in that his reverence for the Primarchs was limited to when they were powerful enough, rather than superstitious worship.

He obviously would not have any awe for a being like Calvin who had no legion and no glorious achievements.

On the contrary, hunting down a new Primarch before it truly becomes a threat is a rare way to gain both fame and fortune.

Fortunately, he still has basic sanity and is aware of the inhuman side of this existence.

In line with the caution of a rich man not to sit in court, this cunning ruler, after careful planning, made a deal with a guy who had no presence after becoming a demon.

He was responsible for using a sacrifice to ask for help from the gods, so that the power of the gods could temporarily transfer the guy's old friend away.

In return, this guy will replace Abaddon himself and personally go to the real universe to bring back Calvin's head.

The plan for the fleet to hunt Calvin began in this way. After Abaddon dispatched a powerful warband directly under his command, he also saw the long-silent legion and the dilapidated flag as he wished.

"Bring him back gloriously and cruelly, or die there stupidly and miserably."

Abaddon looked at this "cousin" and said without respect, and the latter also carefully observed the powerful aura of the four gods elected by the black warmaster who was exactly the same as his father during his lifetime, and then nodded silently and left.

It's sunny... After writing the last sentence of this chapter, I subconsciously curled my fingers. Joint pain and skin pain plus a noticeable cough that started during the day. Well, probably no need for antigen confirmation.