Warhammer: In the Name of Nirvana

"So, your navigator there also felt the same strange thing?"

[Is this the case with you here too? 】

"certainly."

"I lost at least twenty senior navigators because of this, and Riemann had almost the same number. They didn't dig out much useful information before they died: some only had abhorrent panic, weakness, and Crazy words with no meaning.”

"Everything ahead is unknown."

Relying on his throne, the Primarch of the Dark Angel Legion narrowed his slit emerald pupils. A dangerous chill surged with his breathing, spreading to the edges of the walls and doors, making the entire throne room It has become a hell for those with weak wills.

But it is a pity that the three guests staying in this room now have nothing to do with the word "weak willed": they are either expressionless, or thoughtful, and there is even one who is almost Above is a midnight ghost who is neither sitting nor sitting, and his face has long been filled with hidden jokes.

"Your pilot failed, Jonson."

As soon as Conrad spoke, his sharp Nostram voice came out again: Although under Morgan's careful teaching, he had already learned the sacred style used in high-end etiquette modes in formal occasions. It sounds official, but his personal relationship with a certain Caliban Lord seems far from good enough for him to use anything related to [etiquette].

And the Lord of Caliban seemed to be in exactly the same state towards this Nostramo man. Just hearing Conrad's sharp accent, Jonson had already frowned deeply, his face Lu Bujue: These two blood brothers seem to be at odds with each other by nature, maybe because they are so similar.

"This is an obvious thing, and it is not a humiliating failure. There is no need to make your heart happy about this, my blood brother."

The original body of the Dark Angel Legion separated a rather stingy ray from his gaze and cast it at his naughty brother who never made people worry. The Midnight Ghost was carelessly entrenched in the distance from the Lord of Caliban. On the chair far away, he didn't seem to be interested in the topics discussed by the people in front of him.

But this didn't stop him from squinting his face and stabbing the lion back and forth with a mocking expression.

"I just can't bear to see you here cowering for some simple reason: my dear brothers, isn't it obvious what is before us now?"

A sneer caused different expressions on the faces of the other three primarchs in the room: Leman Russ seemed to still maintain the silence and calmness that was quite unusual for him, while Jonson instinctively challenged She frowned, and as for Morgan, she turned her gaze over, and a glimmer of light flashed in her blue pupils.

[Go on, Conrad. 】

Morgan encouraged her blood relatives. After all, in the memory of the Spider Queen, this seemed to be the first time that the Midnight Ghost showed interest in military or politics in public: even if what came out of his mouth next was just a bunch of Nonsense, as his educator, Morgan must give him corresponding encouragement.

After all, ability is ability and attitude is attitude: both are equally important.

The words from the educator obviously changed the state of Midnight Ghost. At the very least, Conrad's sitting posture became more regular as Morgan's attention shifted. However, despite this, when he spoke, Conrad's sitting posture became more regular. Ladd's pupils were still staring at Jonson: only the Spider Queen could see clearly that in those Nostramo-like pupils, there was not much joking on the surface.

Conrad is actually very calm and serious now.

His words were quick and firm.

"It's a simple reasoning."

"What is the current situation? We have four Primarchs and three Astartes legions: such a huge force is enough to significantly advance long-range progress on any front in the galaxy. "

"And now, we are concentrated on the edge of this barren galaxy: Why? Isn't it just to be able to stop our brother who has gone crazy and let all the fantasies in his heart explode in the real universe? His madness and depravity?"

"He is here, in the unknown that we have not discovered yet, and now, in that location, there is a strange phenomenon: even the most naive person can combine these two phenomena Put them together and deduce the only suitable answer.”

"Obviously, our fallen brother has made considerable progress in his research: at the very least, he has been able to make waves in the real universe. If he is given more time, perhaps only the Emperor can We know how far he will develop his crazy career."

"But fortunately, we are only a stone's throw away from him now, which means we have enough time to stop his madness and kill him at the last step: However, this is also doomed, and we have to endure it. The twisted product he created faced unknown challenges and used unimaginable huge sacrifices to achieve all this."

"This is inevitable: you must have been mentally prepared for it."

"In that case, what we should do now is not to sit here and lament that everything ahead is unknown, but to make the next batch of strategic deployments as soon as possible and move our fleet into those unknown areas. inside."

[But this kind of reckless advance is likely to bring heavy losses: Conrad, you have to know that after the end of the Randan Empire’s extermination war, the three Primarchs and their respective legions in front of you will , in fact, there is not much power left, and it is difficult for us to replenish new power in a short period of time. 】

Morgan blinked: Although Conrad's words are only some facts that are well-known among the original bodies present, his active participation attitude can already make Morgan feel a little relieved.

[Although moving forward is indeed our only choice now, if we have paid irreparable losses in the initial stage, then we will not be able to complete the mission of elimination that the Emperor desires us to complete: not all deaths are called sacrifices, Kang Ladd. 】

"But it's the only way, isn't it?"

Midnight Ghost also blinked. His movements were very similar to those of the Spider Queen, and his smile was very calm.

"This is a war, a war that couldn't be more obvious. The advantages of both us and the enemy are very prominent: the opponent's advantage lies in the "space for performance" brought by having already trampled all the bottom lines in the world, and Your unknown methods cannot be known to us, but are destined to bring huge losses."

"And our advantage is that our power here is destined to be stronger, and we are just the vanguard sent by an empire that will not die: even if our fleet and even ourselves are completely destroyed here, our genes The father will only send more people to replace us, and even lead the army to fight personally, until our fallen brothers are completely destroyed."

"If that's the case, what are we waiting for here? Whether we choose to be reckless or cautious, in the face of those unknown malicious intentions, we are destined to suffer painful losses first. This is an unchangeable future. . And since a future like this cannot be changed, then we might as well hit it head-on as early as possible, at least to give our opponents less time to prepare."

"And this little preparation time may be the last bargaining chip that can turn everything around."

The Lord of Nostramo explained his point of view clearly and clearly. His eyes were mainly focused on Zhuang Sen's face, but he also glanced at Morgan and Leman Russ from time to time: the three people present here None of the Primarchs showed the slightest anger because of his conclusion, which could be said to be a waste of human life: obviously, in their respective hearts, they had already made sense of it.

【Have you seen all this? 】

Only Morgan sent the only question to her blood relatives.

"Next to you, I can't see him: and I couldn't see him in the first place."

Midnight Ghost just spread his hands, and he seemed to have looked away from all this.

Morgan just nodded. None of them refuted Conrad's words. Seeing this, Midnight Ghost's originally twisted smile also calmed down.

"Furthermore, I would like to remind all the blood relatives present here a question: Compared with those insignificant and unknown means, isn't our most important question now: among the four people present. Except for Jonson and Leman Russ, the remaining Morgan and I, as one of the main combatants in this battle, have almost no understanding of our fallen brother."

"Shouldn't you two tell us what kind of person he is? Or, in your memory, what methods will he use to win a victory?"

【……】

Morgan narrowed her eyes. She had to admit that Conrad's words were indeed unexpected and a rare surprise.

Indeed, Morgan had almost no in-depth understanding of the Eleventh Primarch she was about to face: although she had devoured a large part of that person's soul, the content carried by those souls was mainly concentrated on this person. Secret techniques known to genius scientists, as well as countless experimental data.

As for those memories, those pasts, those emotions, worldview, and outlook on life, they have long been like a pile of discarded rusty iron that cannot be repaired: I am afraid that even Heydrich himself does not care at all about these weaknesses in his eyes. at.

Therefore, the Spider Queen also set her sights on Jonson and Leman Russ. Facing the eyes of the two blood relatives, the Lord of Caliban was the first to respond: he shook his head seriously.

"There is no more contact between Heydrich and I. We have only met in a few public places at fraternal gatherings, and we have had distant cooperation during the Ran Dan War: you know very well the details of those cooperations. Process, Morgan.”

"As for the rest: I have not had a long conversation with him, nor have I any interest or understanding of his personal matters. He is actually a very mysterious figure, and he keeps very secretive about himself and his legion. Means: In other words, the evil conspiracies in his heart have been around for a long time, and he has been carrying out corresponding preventive work."

The lion uttered these words to show his helplessness, and then, like the two blood relatives, his eyes focused on the somewhat too quiet Wolf King of Fenris.

"..."

Being stared at by three scorching eyes, even Leman Russ, who had been pretending to be dead, had no choice but to raise his head, raise the corners of his mouth, and squeeze out a bitter smile.

"Well, it does seem like this: among the few people present, I actually spent the most time with that bastard. I don't know if that's lucky or unlucky."

The Wolf King grinned.

Leman Russ's rough style is indeed very deceptive, so much so that even Morgan often forgets that the Primarch of the Space Wolves Legion is actually very senior: he is the second Primarch to return. , and maintain stable friendships above the passing line with most of the original bodies.

Whether it is Guilliman, Jonson, or even others, they will say a few words [even Russ] in daily conversations. This kind of seemingly teasing words is itself a subtle manifestation of the Wolf King's deep connections. .

If we only talk about popularity, Leman Russ can definitely be regarded as one of the better ones among the Primarchs: even the top ones.

In addition to having an almost irreconcilable conflict with Magnus in terms of psychic abilities, the genetic origin of the Space Wolves Legion now has no enmity with any of his brothers. He even has a close personal relationship with Markbearer Malcador: To You know, the relationship between the Patriarch and most of the Primarchs is extremely tense, and most of the Emperor's descendants dislike or even hate the [Jester] next to the Gene Father.

"Fighting style, let me think about it."

Leman Russ scratched his braided blond hair, and the pale golden Dionysian Spear was tightly held in the palm of his right hand, leaning against the breastplate: I don't know why, After the official start of the strangulation operation against the Eleventh Primarch, this imperial gift that Leman Russ had originally avoided had always followed the Primarch and never left.

"The number of times I have gotten along with Heydrich is actually not that many. As Jonson said, he is indeed a relatively solitary figure. But fortunately, during the short few times we cooperated, During the meeting, he left a very deep impression on me.”

"That was a very strange impression."

"Be specific."

The Lord of Caliban listened carefully to Leman Russ's words, and he refused to let go of any information in these sentences: In Jonson's war philosophy, even the smallest detail will have an impact on the direction of the war. profound influence.

"Um……"

This request obviously caused some trouble to the Wolf King of Fenris. He sat there and thought for a long time. Countless pictures of the past seemed to be flashing in his mind, but he could never tell a vivid story.

In the end, Leman Russ even bared his teeth in despair.

"Let me just say this: Heydrich gave me a very strange feeling. During our short time together, I found that he was actually a very indifferent or objectified person."

"indifferent?"

【Materialization? 】

Two questions came out of the mouths of the Dark Angel and the Daybreaker's Primarch at the same time.

"Yes."

Leman Russ nodded.

"What I mean is that this guy has an extremely contemptuous attitude towards everything in the world, including the legion and even himself. He will not cherish the things we care about. That is to say, if it is really If it would help victory, he would not mind putting his life in the war plan: even if it was in the most dangerous position."

"That sounds a bit like Jonson."

Midnight Ghost suddenly interjected and let out a harsh and ferocious laugh. This sharp laughter made Morgan and Zhuangson cast a somewhat dissatisfied look, but neither of them denied the correctness of this statement.

On the contrary, the Spider Queen even nodded slightly.

[It does look a bit like it. 】

Zhuang Sen did not refute this sentence. Instead, Leman Russ smiled and shook his head.

"No, there are actually some differences between him and Zhuang Sen. Specifically, he is a crazier person and a more ruthless character. He is ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to himself. "

【crazy? 】

"Yes."

"How should I describe it to you?"

The Wolf King took a deep breath.

"Let's put it this way, have you ever heard of such a story? Heydrich once defeated Ferrus and Dorn in a single-player competition between the Primarchs: Believe me, even if these two records are put aside, It is also very valuable among our blood relatives."

"After all, neither Ferus nor Dorne are weak: I don't need to say more about Gorgon's combat power. As for Dorne, his rigorous posture and stable belief make his performance in single-player competition actually better than ours. It's much better to imagine, he may be at a disadvantage, but he will rarely be completely defeated."

"And Heydrich did it: do you know how he did it?"

The Fenrisian grinned, and his thick lips opened, revealing the ferocious canine teeth like wolves.

"Rely on being ruthless, rely on being crazy."

"At the moment of the battle, he stayed close to Dorne at all costs and almost exchanged injuries for injuries to carry out the duel: Frankly speaking, Hedrich's swordsmanship is exquisite, but his skills are horizontal. In comparison, it should not be as good as Fulgrim's, but in the face of his madness and life-threatening attacks, his sword is more deadly than Fulgrim's sword, and more difficult to defend against."

"And it should be noted that Heydrich's ruthlessness and madness are not the kind of lunatic we often see who is willing to do anything: in his most dangerous moves of exchanging injuries for injuries, his brain has always remained clear."

"I really doubt that he has been performing cold logical calculations, because he is definitely not waving the sword randomly, but planning every move of his with unusual determination and using them with unimaginable determination."

"When planning and executing these crazy moves, he would only take victory or achieve his own goals as the ultimate goal, and ignore everything else, including his own life safety: I believe that is what he did, because I saw with my own eyes how he dealt the final blow to Dorne."

"It was a very beautiful, very difficult-to-prevent personal stab, but it was also very dangerous: if Dorn counterattacked resolutely, Heydrich would be seriously injured in this bloodless competition."

"But obviously, our Invite brother never expected to encounter such a crazy death attack in this personal competition, and he also instinctively did not want his brother to be so seriously injured: this is even more important."

"So, he was defeated by Heydrich's madness, and Ferus was defeated for the same reason: when he calculated the progress of the battle with Heydrich according to cold logic, he obviously I didn’t realize what this madman’s real killing move was.”

【……】

[So, according to what you mean, Leman Russ, what we have to face is an extremely twisted opponent who can maintain calm logical thinking at all times, but is always in a state of madness. 】

"Yes, Heydrich's rationality is undoubtedly crazy, but he is also calm: and this calm madness makes him a more dangerous opponent, because every step he takes will run with the greatest possible strength. possibility to kill or injure his opponent at the expense of all else: including his own life."

"In other words, every attack from Heydrich will be the most fatal and almost inevitable, because he will not be hindered by any obstacles, nor will he change his plan due to any changes in the battle situation. "

"Thinking about it now, in fact, as early as the Great Crusade, he had been engaging in this kind of inappropriate fighting and war method. But at that time, the victory he won was too brilliant, only Horus's The results are comparable to his, and his cold madness is understood as pure bravery and dedication because he often appears in the most dangerous battlefields."

"After all, he is truly leading the charge and taking on the most dire threats."

"Donne even befriended him because of this: quite ironic."

Leman Russ ended his story in a slow, fading way, leaving his blood relatives to ponder their own thoughts.

Several primarchs: specifically Morgan and Jonson, and based on this, they discussed for a long time. They finalized the order and route of marching to the [Dead Star Field], and mentioned it again and again. The blasphemous name Heydrich.

I don’t know whether it was because these discussions were too heavy, or because of the hard work that had been going on. After a few hours, Morgan and Johnson finalized the last thing: approving a proposal from Rana to allow some Dawnbreakers to come. When she arrived on the Indomitable Truth and served as the liaison between the two legions, the Spider Queen actually felt vaguely tired.

It was very real fatigue: specifically, after Morgan ended this discussion, she suddenly found that she just wanted to return to the battleship and have a good sleep.

It seems that this is not a physical exhaustion, but psychological: after realizing this. Morgan could only smile indifferently and bid farewell to her blood relatives.

Then she discovered that Jonson seemed to be in the same state: the Lord of Caliban, who was almost always full of energy, actually felt a certain kind of mental fatigue: this fatigue was even particularly conspicuous on his face. .

Even Leman Russ on the side seemed to be affected in some way. He also began to clamor to return to his battleship, drink a few barrels of wine, and then take a good rest: only Conrad Still maintaining his activity, he escaped this mental toil.

The Lord of the Second Legion did not pay attention to this strange moment in the end. She just took her midnight ghost and said goodbye to the lion and winter wolf in the throne room. Before Morgan officially embarked on her return journey, an idea came to the genetic source. slowly passed through the body's heart.

The three Primarchs actually felt a certain kind of fatigue at the same time.

It's really a rare thing.

【……】

Maybe, because they mentioned the name Heydrich too many times?

This name is about to be erased.