Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Vito still remembered the first time he met Peter. It was in the middle of the Great Crusade. At that time, his mortal auxiliary army and the Mechanicus divine machine army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ullanor. It was a difficult time, and A brutal battle.

Vito still remembers everything that happened on Ullanor. As long as he recalls it, the smell of dust on that desolate planet will come to his mind mixed with the pungent smell of diesel from the green-skinned garbage mechas. On that day, the empire lost its He has won many outstanding warriors, both mortal and Astartes.

Peter appeared at that time. After the Battle of Ullanor, he led his Sun Auxiliary Army, which had been re-expanded due to serious attrition, to the Emperor's Dream and merged under Vito's command. At first, Vito did not believe it. The young man from Terra, and his young Sun Auxiliary soldiers.

But after that, Peter and his warriors won Vito's trust with their battles and the ensuing victories. Although these young men were hot-blooded and strong, they acted as recklessly as their marshals, And they always like to seek death and survive, but like their marshal, they can win in the most difficult and desperate battles.

Peter gets along well with Vito, perhaps because he comes from the Usaka region of Terra and is a member of the same Slavic bloodline as Vito, although after the Era of Strife, there are no pure human beings on Terra. , everyone's genes have mutated to varying degrees, and only Vito, who has been immortal for ten thousand years, can be called a pure human.

But this does not affect Peter. Although he has nothing to do with the Slavic bloodline, he still inherits the traditional spirit of the ancient Rus region. To put it simply, even if he is bolder than anyone else, he will be braver than anyone else when it comes to seeking death. Be brave, and dare to follow Vito to fight those wars that are almost impossible to win, and then win.

So Vito likes Peter very much, and he also likes his soldiers. They are the best soldiers he has led since the fall of Gold, so when they disappeared into the galaxy, Vito was so sad. As if he had lost some part of his soul, he never dreamed that he would be able to meet them again.

But now, the dream has become a reality. Vito looked at Peter in front of him. He took off his tactical helmet and looked at Vito. Peter was so young, energetic and never tired in Vito's memory.

But now, Vito saw some wrinkles on Peter's face, and the dark brown hair was still covered with bits of white hair. There were also signs of aging on the once vibrant face. Peter was old, although he He still has a brave and resolute face, implant modification and the empire's body modification technology have made him still strong and tough, but he is really old.

Vito looked at Peter. He widened his eyes slightly and looked at the other Sun Army soldiers behind Peter. They all took off their helmets. When they lifted up their helmets, what appeared in Vito's mind were pictures. The faces in his memory were young faces, but when the helmet was lifted up, he saw a group of veterans. The white hair and wrinkles turned the young people in his memory into old people.

Vito took a step forward and looked at them in surprise. He didn't know what to say at the moment. He just looked at the trembling lips of the veterans in front of him. He tried hard to say something, but couldn't.

Lilith, who was standing behind Vito, was not as surprised as Vito. She looked at the webway veterans in front of her who were preparing to kill her just now. She glanced at the soldiers who took off their helmets one by one, and she found that there was no one among them. They are all veterans and some young people.

The young Sun Army soldiers took off their helmets. They stood behind the veterans with guns in hand and looked at each other. Unlike the old people in front of them, they showed no surprise or respect at all when they saw Vito. They looked at each other and whispered. Talking as if discussing a stranger.

Lilith exposed her ears that were covered by her silver hair. She closed her eyes and listened to the conversations of the young warriors. They looked at Vito curiously and whispered to each other in private.

"He is the marshal? It seems a little different from what he imagined." "Then what did you imagine?" "I don't know how to put it, but he is more handsome than this? He has lights on his body and so on, and a super gun Cool weapons and stuff.”

The two young men were talking to each other, and another young man came behind them. He was wearing a heavy Sun Army armor, and walked up to the two of them carrying the melt cannon that was the first to hit Lilith's shield. Behind him, he was wearing heavy armor that was slightly larger than the two guys in front of him, overlooking the two people in front of him.

"You're talking about the emperor, right? There's glittering gold, and a cool sword or gun or something." The heavy armored gunner said, and the young man in front of him shrugged, and he shouldered the blaster gun in his hand. On the shoulder, the firearm looks smoother and flatter than today's laser guns. There are no unnecessary edges and bumps. It is as smooth as a water drop, with only a diamond-shaped opening at the end.

"I've never met the Emperor, and of course, I've never met the Marshal. Don't we all know this when we listen to old guys bragging about us? It's all based on imagination."

Lilith opened her eyes. She looked at the young man on her side and smiled slightly, "It's really interesting. Well, it seems that my trip to the Webway won't be boring anymore."

Lilith said and looked in the direction of Vito. He walked up to Peter and looked at Peter with disbelief in his eyes, who only reached Vito's abdomen. However, the latter did not mind this condescending contempt at all, and immediately Stand at attention and salute Vito.

"Marshal, I'm glad to see you again. I thought I would never be able to salute you again in this life." The slightly old Peter raised his arms and said loudly. The veterans behind him stood at attention and saluted. His arms were raised neatly, and although his face was old, a pair of eyes looked at Vito with firm eyes.

Lilith noticed that the young people behind them, after watching the veterans in front of them salute, saluted Vito after some thought, instead of the veterans' hesitation.

Vito looked at them. After some shock, Vito immediately stood up straight. He raised the power claw on his right arm and saluted them one by one. He glanced at the faces of the veterans and looked carefully. Looking at the soldiers he knew, Vito knew each one of them by name.

Time may have blurred their appearance and changed their faces in memory, but Vito still remembers each of them, and has never forgotten them even after thousands of years.

"Peter, what are you doing here?" Vito was so excited and surprised that he couldn't speak clearly. He looked at Peter in front of him, and the latter nodded slightly. He put down his arm and looked up at Vito's eyes.

Peter looked up at those golden eyes. He looked carefully at the golden arc jumping out of them and sighed longly. All worries in his heart disappeared. He knew that the person in front of him was Vito, the one they had been waiting for for a long time. For a long time, I thought I would never see the marshal, commander, and friends again in this life.

Peter smiled, and the veterans behind him also showed sincere smiles, "We crashed here. We have been trying to get in touch with the empire for decades, but without success. I really didn't expect to see you again, Sir."

"We haven't seen each other for decades, I think fifty years? I'm so glad to see you again." Peter said with a smile. Vito was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He looked at Peter, and then looked up at and the veterans behind him.

"You said, only fifty years?" Vito asked in surprise, but Peter looked just as confused. He turned to glance at the veterans behind him, and they all looked at Peter and shrugged.

"I don't remember the specific time, sir, but I think it was probably fifty years, after all, these children are so old." Peter said, and then Vito noticed the young people behind them. He had been paying attention The focus was on reuniting with veterans, and these young people were once ignored.

After Vito looked at them for a moment, he glanced at the young people standing behind the veterans. Their faces were all green, and every face was full of youth and vitality. They were more like what Vito remembered. They looked like young men, young warriors who were born as calves and were not afraid of tigers.

"Are they new recruits? Here? In the webway?" Vito looked at Peter in disbelief and asked, while the latter looked at the young people behind him with a gun and smiled.

"Yes, sir, they are all new recruits. We are trying to make them look more like real soldiers, but I think that will take a while."

After hearing this, Vito looked up at the heavy-armored gunner on the side. When he saw Vito looking over, he immediately raised his right iron fist in salute. Vito looked at him and was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked at Peter, "These children are ,Yours?"

When Vito said these words, he was shocked with a hint of smile. His words embarrassed the veterans around him. They cleared their throats and stretched their legs, and some turned their heads. Use your eyes to warn the little guys behind you to stand at attention and not to embarrass them.

The young people stood up straight under the warning in the eyes of the veterans. They looked in Vito's direction with their heads held high, trying hard to maintain a serious and formal look, but Vito could see that there was nothing serious in their hearts. It doesn't mean anything.

Vito laughed when he saw the young people. He glanced at them and the veterans in front of him with a wry smile, "You are all married? Your Majesty, this is really a surprise."

"Yes, sir, we. I promise to make these little guys qualified to serve for you." Peter said and looked at the young people behind him. He looked at these new recruits and sighed helplessly, feeling like an old father looking at himself. The feeling of trying to live up to your son.

Vito crossed his arms and looked at Peter in front of him. He looked at Peter's old father's expression jokingly, "Are you married? Are your children here?"

"No, sir, he is in the fortress, not here, although he is." Peter sighed helplessly, seeming to be a little dissatisfied with his son, but Vito laughed. He looked at Peter and these veterans, He really never thought that these guys would get married, start a family, and give birth to offspring.

I mean, since these guys can be parents? real? Vito still remembers the virtues of Peter and the others back then. They were guys who were crazy and not inferior to Vito at all. Since they, well, there are so many surprises in this webway.

"It's nothing strange. After all, it's been sixty years. It's normal to get married and have children. But I hope I won't forget what identification friend or foe is." Lilith said and walked to Vito's side. He was holding the long knife in one hand, and the back of his hand was on his waist, looking at Peter.

She pointed with her other finger to her bra, which had been burnt with a hole and turned into a hole. Peter looked at the dress and cleared his throat in embarrassment. He turned to look at the young people behind him with murderous intent. When I saw Lilith, who was so beautiful that I couldn't describe it in words, I was naturally attracted to her and couldn't take my eyes away.

They were all staring at Lilith, their eyes enchanted, but it wasn't their fault. After all, Lilith was the queen of the succubi. You know, there's no shame in being attracted to her as a man. Well, maybe women too. , after all, you know, Slaanesh succubus is for both men and women.

"Stand at attention, everyone! Stop looking like gangsters! Jason! Come here!" Peter looked at the young people and shouted loudly. The young people were immediately frightened and stood up again. Among them, The young soldier who said in front of the heavy armored gunner that Vito didn't look like what he imagined, ran quickly to Peter with his gun on his back.

"Colonel!" Jason ran to Peter and stood at attention. He stood in front of Peter with his head held high, and the latter looked at him seriously. "You said you found an Eldar appearing at the ambush site? Tell me Where are the Eldar?! Except you let us hit the marshal! If the marshal hadn't been wearing power armor, I would have killed you now!

Jason was a little panicked. He looked at Lilith in confusion, and the latter smiled and waved to him and said hello, "I swear, Colonel! I definitely saw that she is the Eldar!"

"Look at her ears, are they pointed? You are here to be an observer, not to daydream!" Peter scolded loudly, his voice was loud and full of intimidation, and Jason was shocked to step back. He took two steps, subconsciously trying to escape, but this only made Peter glare at him harder.

"Stand still for him. Stand at attention before I prepare to shoot you!" Peter shouted loudly. Jason stood up straight after being frightened for a moment. He turned to look at Lilith and looked carefully from head to toe. After taking a closer look, she did seem to be human in every sense of the word, but Jason could have sworn that he had definitely seen her with pointed ears in the woods before, and she was talking to a dying Eldar.

But now, Lilith just smiled and said hello to him, with a playful smile on her face. Vito glanced at Lilith beside him, and he knew that this girl was playing with the unlucky child.

Vito smiled and held Peter's shoulders. The latter stopped scolding and turned to look at Vito, "Okay, let's get around this kid. Recruits always make mistakes on impulse, and it didn't happen this time." Whatever loss is caused, let’s take it as a lesson.”

Peter nodded after hearing this. He turned to look at Jason beside him, who was still standing nervously, "Did you hear that? Thank you Marshal, brat. I'll spare you this time. I'll do it again next time." Stupid low-level mistake, I will hang you on the bridge deck to dry out for two days!"

"Yes!" Jason said loudly, and his nervous expression made his face extremely nervous and funny. Vito laughed when he saw that expression. Lilith beside him also grabbed Vito's arm and turned his head, haha He laughed, which made Jason even more nervous and embarrassed.

Peter also smiled and waved to the young man, "Okay, let's get down and return to the team." "Yes, sir!"

Jason said as he turned around and strode towards the team behind him. Peter smiled and looked at the young man walking away, but suddenly the sunlight on the land in front of him was blocked. A tall figure blocked the light. Peter was surprised. He turned his head and saw the tall red giant walking forward and standing behind Vito.

He looked down at Peter in front of him, his red-gold single eye shining in the shadow. Peter was startled when he looked at him, and then immediately saluted him with a straight face, "Lord Magnus, it's a pleasure to see you."

"Are you happy to see me?" Magnus said in surprise. He looked at Peter in front of him with great confusion. Didn't he shout a traitor, then pick up the gun and shoot himself twice? But happy to see myself?

Magnus was confused, but Peter was equally surprised by Magnus' confusion. He shrugged slightly, "I heard that Eurospero had an accident. Lord Russ and you have some misunderstandings. There was a conflict, but I think since you arrived with the marshal, it means that the misunderstanding has been resolved, right?"

He didn't know what happened to Prospero, which was not surprising, because when the news of Prospero's burning and Magnus's betrayal of the Emperor reached Terra, they and the Emperor's Dream had already They disappeared into the galaxy in order to lure away the Iron Hands' invasion fleet. They didn't know what happened.

Magnus looked at Peter, who was not hostile in front of him. He looked at him with eyes full of respect, even friendliness. Magnus could not remember how many years he had not tasted this feeling. The respect and respect of others were Love, in the subspace, everyone in Tzeentch's demonic realm stabs each other, there is no trust and friendship at all.

But Magnus could feel those emotions from Peter's eyes, those feelings that Magnus thought he had forgotten long ago. He raised his head and looked around at the veterans like Peter who were not hostile to him at all. , even love, love for a human guardian.

Vito turned his head slightly and looked at Magnus. He looked at Magnus who said nothing, and then looked down at Peter. The latter also seemed to notice the strangeness of Vito's power armor. Peter observed carefully After holding the armor, he raised his head and looked at Vito's face.

"I've never seen you in power armor, Marshal."

"Wow, times are always changing, so let's keep pace with the times." Vito said with a smile, while Peter was silent for a while looking at the power armor. He knew the power armor, so he went up with Terra. The last time, when he looked at the Emperor from a distance, the power armor the Emperor wore was exactly the same, the only difference was that it was much smaller.

"Marshal, have we won the Horus Heresy? I see your Power Armor is the same as the Emperor's. Is the Emperor okay?"

Vito looked down at Peter in front of him and was silent for a moment. He raised his head without saying anything and looked at the messy forest glade around him. "This is not a suitable place for chatting. I have many questions to ask you, and I believe you also have them."

"Indeed, sir, this is not the place for small talk. Please come with me. I dare say that if everyone knew you were coming, they would be very excited to see you, especially Captain Renata."

"Rena? Renata is still alive?" Vito said excitedly. He knelt down on one knee in front of Peter. He held Peter's shoulders and asked. The latter showed a pleasant smile and nodded slightly. .

"Yes, sir, everyone is still there. They are in the direction of the battleship. Come with me." Peter said and shouldered his gun. Vito looked at Peter who turned and walked towards the forest. He greeted Vito and his group. , and then walked into the forest.

Vito watched as the veterans and young people around him picked up their guns and followed him. They looked around cautiously with their guns in hand and followed Peter into the dense forest. Vito was also fighting with the horse. Gnus and Lilith nodded to each other, got up and followed.

Vito followed Peter through the forest. He was wearing a golden power armor and followed behind Peter. The tree crown above his head rustled in the wind, and the sunlight was cut into countless fragments by the dense forest and shone on Vito's body. , fragments of sunlight flashed across his face.

He walked forward, with Magnus and Lilith following behind him. They walked in the center of the Sun Army soldiers on both sides, followed closely by Peter who was leading the way and walked through the forest path, surrounded by the Sun Army soldiers. Surrounded by the crowd, Vito soon saw the end of the forest path, which was a patch of light, a bright sunny area.

Vito stepped into the light, and his vision was suddenly swallowed up by the sunlight, but gradually Vito's eyes adapted to the strong light, and the scene began to gradually appear in the halo.

After Vito shook his head, his eyes saw Peter standing on the hill ahead in the bright sunshine. He stood on the sunny grass with a gun and slightly tilted his head to signal Vito to come up. The latter looked at Peter, Then he walked up the hill.

Vito stood on the hill and looked forward. His eyes widened. The golden eyes reflected golden light under the sun, and what Vito saw was reflected in those eyes.

In the valley in front of him, between the forest and the mountains, a warship crashed. It lay on the ground like a crouching dragon. The huge hull almost penetrated both ends of the entire valley. In the forest surrounded by green trees, In the middle, a huge propeller towers from the jungle ground, just like its body. The armor shines in the sun, and the lightning logo imprinted on it shines with golden light.

"Emperor's Dream," Vito said softly.