Warhammer: Start with a dog

It must be admitted that even Malkan Ferros - the tutor of the Iron Hands' titular "Chapter Master" Kadan Sturnus in the 42nd Millennium - the latter has become the Iron Council The length of time the actual speaker has been elected has exceeded that of any leader in the past 10,000 years——

Even the steely hearts and spirits of such heroes in the Iron Hands were deeply shaken by the news brought to him by Captain Basque Karagu.

He stood there as huge electronic waves of happiness, surprise, and disbelief surged from his biological flesh cortex, these overloaded pulse signals threatening to wash away the Feros artificial brainstem into the Chains of the Crucible Most of the precision thinking loops and logic cables.

But similarly, Markan Feros calmed down faster than Basque Karagu expected. He also specifically informed Feros of this and expressed his congratulations on the steel strength of his soul. .

"Thank you, Basque of Caragu, but now our top priority is how to face the elder Sobek Wieland who is very likely to be the descendant of our beloved genetic father, and."

Markan Feros expressed his question with a rare question, "Basque, I believe as the clan captain you should know that the skull of the great Gorgon is still stored in..."

"Yeah, I know." Basque issued a binary code that resembled a scoff but without hesitation.

"It's kept under the Eye of Medusa, guarded by Clan Hammonk, so that's one of the reasons I dueled with Hastym Hammonk, who insisted that as long as Gorgon's skull still existed , then this person here cannot be the father of our genes himself, and the descending body must remove the original head and install the skull of the original body to be complete - listen to these crazy words of Hastam! Those things ten thousand years ago Isn’t it enough for some people to learn the lesson!”

"Well, Basque, Hastam's proposal is indeed too... harsh, but I feel that in the hundreds of years I have known you, your emotions have never been as obvious as they are today. Maybe you should... "

"It should be so... of course it should be so. I have turned off all the parts of my emotion control protocol that can be turned off, and so has the cerebral cortex controller, Feros."

"Uh uh uh?!"

"right."

"Huh? But? Why? How could it be?"

A burst of joyful laughter that had been deliberately hidden for a long time burst out, flowing along the current into the mind of the Iron Father. It was very relaxed and very smooth. Feros could feel that every electron in it carried a pleasant feeling. of harmonious vibrations.

The corners of Feros's mouth turned up slightly unknowingly: The Karagu clan has been watching for the return of the original body for so long, and they have been almost never leaving the holy mountain... Perhaps this is the result of extreme suppression. Well, although they do not belong to the same clan, and the ingredients of their Forge Chain are also different, Markan Feros does feel and is happy for Basque Karagu's joy.

This extra emotion caused part of his thinking circuit to instantly turn to other clans that used emotions and brain control more extensively and deeply, such as Vulgan and Soraka... and Avni and Rakuan.

A part of the Iron Father sighed in his own thoughts.

"...So we asked you to come here. Your only and most important job today is to talk to him, Malkan Feros."

"Conversation? With Sobek Wieland—or with our great Gene-Father?"

"Exactly...Although all the consecrated logical reasoning machines, the ancient meditators who predicted the calculations, and all the wise minds in the Karagu clan pointed the logical results of the calculations to Sobek Wieland, Hammonk's doubts Emotions seem to us now to be a factor that must be included in calculations.”

Bask said, "After the duel we agreed that you would come first as part of the honor of witnessing and verifying the Primarch's return, and that next would be Kadan Stunus - and therefore Malkan Feros - Your testimony following this conversation will serve as solid evidence for our announcement to the rest of the clans in the Iron Council."

"Wait a minute, you guys... you haven't told everyone yet? You don't plan to tell Mars about this either?" Lacuan's Iron Father hesitated, "Why are you doing this?" he asked. , and at the same time he was full of doubts, and part of his mechanical circuits were ready for battle.

"Captain of the Clan of Karagu, in this day and age, the return of one of his noble scions is nothing less than a true shot in the arm. That will be the moment when legends walk the earth - the return of our beloved Primarch is a It’s a glorious event worthy of us calling all the sub-groups to come to Medusa to celebrate together, why do you do it so secretly and do you need to specially invite me to witness it step by step?”

"Don't get me wrong, Feros." Basque replied, as if he had known that he would ask such a question. "I have the same attitude as Hastam on this matter. Part of it is that we also think that Such a cautious step-by-step approach is in line with the habits of our action plan. Of course, it is more because we received a secret order from the father of genes himself - he asked that his return be kept secret at the highest level. He did not want to be spied on. to your own whereabouts—the time has not yet come.”

"Gorgon's actions are rarely like this - are you really receiving secret orders from our great father? Are you sure you are not being tainted by some diabolical trick, or that you are the shameful alien thieves who are trying to steal our precious treasures?" The Gorgon treasure trove and the mysterious tricks?"

"Of course. No one has more information about the Primarch and the secrets of the ancient times than Clan Karagu and Clan Hammonk. So we are convinced - come, I have shared it with you."

Markan Feros wrapped his core with the utmost caution and the strictest firewall code, and carefully opened the secret code package sent to him by Basque.

The code is short, only a few lines, but perfectly annotated with an even shorter audio.

But Markan Feros's eye that still belonged to him was instantly filled with physiological brackish liquid. He originally thought that he had lost this function, so he did not deliberately remove the tear gland. At this moment, he was very grateful. He could still weep for the moment when he heard the steely voice of the Gene Father again.

"Feros, stay ignorant and try your best to cooperate, just like me." Basque's warning voice came from the secret channel, because they all felt that Sobek Wilander's sensors were looking at him suspiciously and seemed to be trembling all over. The Iron Father.

"I will, Basque. I will complete the mission as always." The Iron Father blinked, absorbed the fragile liquid produced by flesh and blood, then strode forward, regaining his usual decisive momentum, and headed towards The Holy Contemptor walks fearlessly.