Chapter 219 The Rise of the Primarch: Return of the Veteran
Bell walked out of the corridor leading to the hangar, and the bright lighting instantly lit up the outline of his armor. The white Apothecary Power Armor flashed with white light spots under the light, and the Ultramarines logo on his right shoulder swiped. With golden linear streamer.
He raised his head and looked at the Valkyrie transport plane that was slowly landing on the deck. It was larger than other models of Valkyrie. It was a heavy-duty transport type Valkyrie, usually used to transport the Astra Militarum. Heavy weapons, even armored vehicles, can fit into a Chimera's cabin.
What exactly did Vito put in it? With this question in mind, Bell walked forward. He walked among his brothers. Ragnar and Lancelot turned to look at him, and then looked at the descending Valkyrie.
Bell walked between them, Ragnar crossed his arms and looked at the Valkyrie, "Have you finished reading the book?"
"No, I haven't finished reading yet. What did Vito bring back?" Bell responded briefly, looking at the fallen Valkyrie.
"God knows, maybe it's some monster from the Dark Eldar? Those ugly monsters we fight every time." Ragnar folded his arms and said, and he also looked at the engine nozzle of the heavy Valkyrie that was gradually lowering.
The violent jet engine airflow hit their faces, but the few people standing on the deck stood firmly. They looked at the landing Valkyrie without changing their expressions, and watched the heavy landing gear landing on the ground.
As the hatch was lowered, they looked at Vito, who was walking down, carrying a canvas sling, while Lilith leaned against the hatch with her arms folded, watching them.
"Hello everyone, I hope everything is normal on the ship while I am on a business trip." Vito said as he stepped off the cabin.
Ragnar shrugged, "It's not a big deal, it's just that the things running into the bottom deck have changed from chaos beasts to real demons. Lancelot and I just killed a Nurgle demon below. Before he unleashed the plague.”
Vito raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Lancelot, who had completely taken off his power armor, leaving only a tight-fitting nerve-capturing tights underneath. Lancelot nodded slightly to confirm. Ragnar just said.
"We can't stay in the subspace any longer, Inquisitor, we have to leave." Olaf raised his hand and said, the ground crew ordered the servitor to push the flatbed truck past them, and Vito looked at the busy people around him. On the deck, Olaf also looked around and then looked at Vito again.
"I hope you have found the artifact, Lord Inquisitor."
"Don't call me Lord, it's embarrassing enough to call me Inquisitor, Old Wolf, and yes."
Vito said, opening the canvas bag in his hand, and he took out the Necromancer artifact from it. Green light emitted from the gaps in the rotating small pyramid structure, and the Necromancers carved on the slope of each pyramid The words also shone brightly, and Vito looked at the ancient creation of the dead in front of him, and his face was completely illuminated by its green light.
"I found it." Vito said. Several Astartes looked at the artifact. Ragna squinted slightly and looked at the thing in confusion.
"What is this? Some kind of toy of the undead?" The young wild wolf came up with this obviously wrong answer after some hard thinking.
"I think this is some kind of device, or instrument. We have seen the undead use something similar to activate a giant structure, similar to a key." Bell immediately gave constructive suggestions. He looked at the thing in front of him seriously. An artifact that rotates and changes on its own, the eyes can see through every gap and light band.
"If Omega and I study and analyze this thing, maybe we can find out something."
"Not this time, Bell, I can't allow you to do this this time."
Vito looked at the artifact in his hand with a very calm expression. He didn't seem surprised at all. Of course, it might be because he had already seen a lot of battles, so there was nothing to be surprised about.
"But we will know. There is a place that can give us the answer." Vito said, looking at Bell, and seemed to give the other party a positive answer. This answer seemed to satisfy Bell, who nodded and was not obsessed. While analyzing the artifact, his unusual behavior shocked Ragnar and Lancelot.
Vito noticed their reactions, and he cleared his throat to attract their attention. "I brought back a friend. You must meet him. Captain, please come on board."
Vito turned around and shouted to the Valkyrie. The four Astartes all looked at the dim cabin. Lilith leaned on the door with a joking smile and looked back, watching the people who were gradually approaching. With his tall body and heavy footsteps, his armor was gradually illuminated by the light, until the yellow armor completely stepped into the light.
The four of them looked at the tall giant standing at the door of the cabin in surprise. They looked at the space warrior wearing yellow power armor and the symbol on his shoulder was an iron fist. What shocked the four of them even more was the qualification nail on his head. , four golden domes, four hundred years of veterans.
The boss of the Hundred Years War had his helmet under his arm and stood at the door of the cabin with his power sword astride his power sword. His expression was as resolute as all the sons of Dorne, like a high steel wall.
"Let me introduce to you, Captain Eisenstein Batalov, Captain of the Third Company of the Imperial Fists." Vito looked at the giant and said. The burly son of Dorn was very tall. He was only wearing ordinary power armor. He was already approaching the Terminator, and he looked at the four Space Marines in front of him.
Olav was the fastest to come to his senses among the four. After all, he was also a veteran who had served for 400 years. His mental state was much better than these young people. He raised his iron fist to the captain and beat his chest with the power armor. "Salute you, Captain Eisenstein. I am Olaf Hegrit, son of Leman Russ, Rune Priest of Space Wolves."
"These are my Death Watch battle brothers, Ragnar of Space Wolves, Lancelot of Dark Angels and Bell of Ultramarines. It is our honor to meet you."
Olav raised his arm to signal the three young men beside him. Eisenstein saluted the three people. The three people reacted and saluted Eisenstein. Lancelot stood in front of his chest with a sword and performed a knight's salute. Ragnar performed the same chest-beating salute as Olaf, and Bell raised his right arm to salute.
Three different styles represent the etiquette and customs of the three warbands. Although they are different, Eisenstein still nodded to the three people, and Bell looked at Eisenstein with confusion and shock.
"Captain, forgive me, if I remember correctly, you disappeared in the Luwak War five hundred years ago. We all thought you had returned to the throne."
"Indeed, it was a difficult and tough battle. The Sons of Dorne fought against the hateful Eldar plunderers from the Webway. Many brothers died in the battle to defend the hive. For my regiment, I may have died long ago."
Eisenstein raised his hand and touched the Imperial Fist logo on his chest. His expression was solemn and serious, as if he firmly believed in something that was unquestionable. "But the Emperor kept me alive. Now that I have returned to the Empire's vision, I will continue to fight until he summons me to his side."
The three of them nodded, expressing their sincere respect to the captain and welcoming the return of this century-old veteran. Vito smiled happily at Eisenstein, who also bowed his head and looked at Vito gratefully.
"Thank you, Inquisitor, for saving me from the dark abyss."
"You're welcome, my old friend. Let Olaf and the others take you around. Your weapons probably need some maintenance."
Vito stepped forward and patted Eisenstein's arm. "The skills of the Mechanicus priests on our ship are well-known. He will give you a new life."
The captain nodded and paid high respect to Vito, who responded with a friendly smile. He looked at Lilith at the door of the cabin and said, "Go to the Navigator's Temple to help them. We are ready to leave this damn place."
Lilith nodded and walked down the cabin briskly. She came forward and kissed Vito on the face and walked away. Vito also nodded to several people and walked towards the exit of the hangar. He stopped at the door of the corridor and looked back. The five Astartes had gathered together as if they had met for a long time. Everyone had a smile on their faces, even the captain of the Imperial Fist, who was usually so old-fashioned that his face was paralyzed.
Reuniting with his brothers after a hundred years is indeed a moment worth celebrating. Vito also believes that they will celebrate well, and he still has work to do.
Vito turned around and walked into the corridor of the ship. He walked through the corridor and went directly back to his private cabin. Along the way, he greeted many people. The sailors and officers passing by greeted Vito warmly and welcomed the return of the Inquisitor. Vito greeted them with a smile and told them that they could prepare to leave, which made them happier and more cheerful.
Everyone ran to their posts. The officer on duty conveyed the order through the ship-wide broadcast. Soon the Infinite Frontier would set sail and leave the most fucked-up garbage dump in the galaxy.
Vito returned to his cabin and walked to the desk. He stretched out his finger and the mechanical arm of his right hand immediately turned a finger into a key. He inserted it into the card slot of the desk cabinet. With a ticking sound after a mechanical rotation, the lock opened.
He pulled out the bookcase and took out the crescent-shaped undead creation from it. It was given to him by Trazyn when he stole the tomb world that was about to be blown up by him with the extermination order.
Vito pressed the central spherical crystal of the small crescent-shaped creation. As his fingers pressed, the thing lit up. The flashing crystal quickly projected a vague outline. The communication interference lasted only a moment. After a brief moment, the vague green flashing cube gathered into a human shape.
Trazyn's face appeared in front of Vito, and his eyes flashed with the sound, "Ah, Vito, my friend, you finally contacted me."
Vito smiled and picked up the cube. The rotating cube instantly attracted Trazyn's attention. He laughed and the weird laughter drove the electronic facial features to flash continuously.
"You found it, very good." Trazyn said, Vito looked at his face and then looked at the artifact in his hand. The cube was suspended a few inches above his palm.
"I need to know what this thing is and how to use it. I guess you can only tell me by looking at it, right?"
"Indeed, I don't know what it is just by looking at it. I have forgotten a lot of things about the ancient battle in heaven. I have to see it myself." Trazyn said, turning his iron head to look at Vito.
"After leaving the Eye of Terror, we will meet in the Solenamus system."
"I know, see you there." Vito nodded, and Trazyn also nodded, although the action seemed a bit strange for a dead spirit.
"See you there, old friend."
As Trazyn said his last goodbye, the Crescent Communicator was turned off, and Trazyn's image instantly dissipated into flying light particles, and then all instantly returned to the green spherical crystal. Vito threw it on the table and sat on his comfortable chair. He looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand.
"What did Aidalad ask me to find?" Vito asked with doubts, but he couldn't help but curious, but he would know soon.
And the pendulum of the fate of the galaxy also entered the next scale.