Warhammer: I don't want to be a stinky can! ! !

Chapter 759 202. Rabbit Fights Lion
Conrad stretched out his hand comfortably, feeling the shadow attached to his lightning claws, bringing him strength and darkness.

The cabin was shaking violently and was about to land. Amid Mortarion's monotonous and boring orders, Conrad pulled out the external communication system. He hung the small part on his fingertips and let the shaking pull it off.

[…I suggest you take it with you, otherwise Mortarion will be troubled.]

Corax's voice emerged from the shadows. Perhaps the Emperor had tacitly agreed to let his brother, who was somewhat similar to him, keep an eye on Konrad. Somewhere in the Warp, the domains of the Lord of Shadows and the Lord of Night overlapped - meaning that both sides could quickly find each other.

【No. 】

Conrad said firmly, licking his cracked lips. Sevatar didn't come. The kid behind him was the one Sevatar had asked to look after him. What surprised Conrad was -

The kid's face was so similar to the boy he had killed on his home planet ten thousand years ago.

Forget it, let these confusions go with the wind.

Conrad did not remember the name of his little cub. Except for Sai and Shang, the other new generations were almost the same. The Primarch would only stay wherever he wanted and watch these little cubs diligently serve him wealth, glory and justice.

But now that Sevatar is not here, Conrad needs a code name. He hits his head and decides to call this kid "Kid".

Perhaps Conrad's silence was a little too abnormal. On the other end, Corax spoke again, his tone hesitant.

[In any case, thank you for your advice, Conrad.]

[I think I am not as fussy as Angron.]

Conrad waved his hand back and asked the kid to come over. The Primarch then began to observe the equipment the kid brought with him, which would make it convenient for him to borrow the kid's weapons later.

The other end chuckled.

"Angron will not be pleased to hear you say that... I think it is best for us all not to provoke Angron. I have a feeling sometimes that I would rather make Guilliman angry than to anger Angron."

[That evil-hearted guy...]

Conrad answered casually, pulling off the kid's equipment. To the Primarch's surprise, it was a Gauss-style pistol. The Primarch patted the butt of the gun - where did he get it from?

Or - ah! He remembered that Hades seemed to be promoting the modernization of weapons, but he didn't expect that this trend would spread so quickly that even the Night Lords would use it.

The person who really should not be annoyed is Hades. The guy who smiles all the time actually caused one of their former brothers to cancel his account, although he deserved it.

If you have a gun in your hand, you want to use it. Conrad raised his gun and casually aimed at a box of cargo in the cabin. The kid beside him waved his hand to stop him, saying something about the overall situation and concealment...

Okay, never mind.

Practically speaking, Conrad Curze prefers Mortarion, a fool who clearly states that he is not a human being. Compared to Hades, Conrad even likes Mortarion. Hades's sunshine is too dazzling and almost blinds Conrad.

But Hades is a lord who must not be provoked, which is why Conrad would never take a step closer to Hades' office (unless the great Lord of the Night will help his friend!), not because of Hades' disgusting physique.

The real helmsman of this empire now is Pluto.

Conrad's eyes flickered with light. The old him was still struggling in this body. He still wanted to judge everyone. Everyone was unjust, but Hades...

The Primarch looked thoughtfully at the modified gun in his hand again. Mortarion had already shown those unmanned troops to Konrad.

Hades is doing good things.

This is him! The reason why the great Lord of Night allowed Hades to continue to rule - of course, another reason was that he could not defeat him.

[…Mortarion just contacted me and asked why you lost contact.]

【? 】

[I wanted to hide it for you, but Mortarion seemed a little angry. I explained it to him briefly, and finally he told you that this mission must be completed successfully, otherwise he would hang you up and skin you alive.]

Corax swore that he had softened Mortarion's words as best he could.

The mission this time is to semi-paralyze or destroy the largest transportation hub in the Tau Empire. Under the construction of the Tau people, this huge planet is surrounded by countless space stations and docking ports, handling billions of troops and merchant ships every day.

With the help of one of Mortarion's men named Magus Gold, the Night Lords managed to infiltrate a merchant fleet carrying marine food - their target would be planets on planets, doing what the Night Lords do best, spreading fear within their enemies.

The function of this world's transit station is mainly undertaken by the space station outside the planet. The planet has been transformed by the Titanium into a pleasant ecosystem, and the residents on it are all space station staff or their families.

The Night Lords are responsible for the work on the planet. When their work reaches the appropriate point and paralyzes the planet's defense system, the Raven Guard hidden in the nearby star field will take over the work of the star ring.

[Yes, I will.]

Perhaps Conrad's voice was a little too lazy, Corax had to raise his voice and emphasize their mission again - mobilizing two legions to capture this place at one time, which was enough to show the importance of this planet.

If the Tau army that sets out from the core area of ​​the Tau Empire wants to reach the front line, they will inevitably stop here to replenish supplies.

【You just need to enjoy my performance. 】

Conrad said, patting the boy's shoulder armor. This sentence suddenly reminded Conrad of Fulgrim, that tired face... I wonder if Phoenix is ​​safe now.

In this great and dirty empire, even a sinner like Conrad has a place to stay. There is no need for Fulgrim to continue suffering outside.

Curze thought... Guilliman, the Emperor... No, as long as Fulgrim went to Hades or Mortarion to plead for mercy, they would provide him with shelter and food.

How could they have known such a rise and fall? Conrad listened to his descendants moving around busily and anxiously to make sure they passed the Tau scan. Despite ten thousand years of suffering, ten thousand years of madness, ten thousand years of decadence, it seemed that their lives were not bad now?

At least Pluto is not a tyrant.

Fortunately, Hades had a lot of blood at that time. Curze blew a sigh, and another possibility made the Lord of the Night's heart tremble violently.

drop.

The cub, unaware of Conrad's emotions, subconsciously relaxed for a moment - they had passed the Tau scan, and next, they would reach the ground unimpeded.

Kill, and the countdown begins.

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"You just want to escape!!!"

Commander Farsight's angry roar almost penetrated the entire hexagonal hall. Yingyang beside him leaned to the side as if frightened, and looked at Farsight in surprise.

Farsight slammed the table and stood up like an angry ant bull. Its sharp eyes swept across the faces of the other participants and finally fell on the holographic projection of Ether.

The ether had a long and smooth light blue face, but its calm face did not show any reaction to Foresight's sudden attack. It only had a look of compassion. There were six neatly arranged rubies on its olfactory slit.

"You! You! And you!"

Farsight yelled, slamming the table again, which was almost considered extremely rude in the Tau Empire.

"Have you forgotten what you told me?! The enclaves have been lost! All lost!! Where are the troops that were agreed to gather at the border of the Tau Empire?! Why are you still trying to run back?!"

The ships dispatched by the Human Empire this time were almost impossible things created by evil spirits in ghost stories. All the fleets under Farsight were destroyed in the first place.

Farsight knew clearly that it could not defeat the army of the Human Empire by its own strength, so it contacted Shadowsun immediately. As a fellow disciple, Shadowsun also quickly responded to Farsight and assisted Farsight in withdrawing troops and civilians as much as possible in the following days.

It's frustrating to say that while the human commanders focused their attention on the most difficult planets to capture, the fleets that had been prepared in the Farsight Enclave quickly set sail and returned to the Tau Empire through the remote star fields.

It was the warriors on those planets who used their lives to buy these civilians and troops a precious opportunity to evacuate. In these fleets, civilians and aliens accounted for as much as 85%. But now, as the battle line of the human empire has been steadily advancing, those civilians evacuated and resettled on the edge worlds of the Tau Empire will soon face war again.

"We have held them back as long as possible! We have also sent back all the data from the battle without reservation! The living specimens you wanted to poison, those soldiers were in so much pain - but we managed to bring them back! Instead of granting them a glorious death."

Farsight's voice became painful and struggling. It was not that it had not faced the Human Empire before. It remembered the poisonous gas that blocked the sun. The XV8-level combat suits would be corroded in that environment. According to the feedback from the soldiers on the front line, in the high-concentration poisonous gas fog, the poisonous gas would appear in the respiratory system after staying for three hours.

In another hour, the combat suit's self-cleaning function will gradually become ineffective.

Rao was the strongest Tau warrior, but he couldn't last more than half an hour after his self-purification function completely failed.

But apart from the Titanium, the alien races allied with the Titanium were completely unaffected by the poisonous fog. At first, Farsight was delighted by this fact - it meant that it still had troops that could maintain their combat effectiveness in the poisonous fog.

…But slowly, Farsight realized that something was wrong.

Its gaze turned inconspicuously to the Kroot representatives in the council. The Kroot were the largest alien race in the Tau Empire's army and the only alien race to enter the Tau Empire's decision-making council.

From the beginning of this meeting until now, this smelly alien has maintained absolute silence, which is completely inconsistent with the reckless character of the Kroot people.

Farsight gritted his teeth and looked at the projection of the ether again provocatively, but now he no longer cared about it. Where on earth did these ethers want to retreat to? !

Moreover, this was not a retreat for victory! This was an absurd retreat! Farsight knew that it was impossible for all the civilians on those abandoned planets to be evacuated in time!

Even if they were evacuated, where could these civilians go? !

"Retreat? You are abandoning the lives of the citizens of the Tau Empire with your own hands! Why would you abandon them?! They are clearly capable of fighting, Shadowsun cannot be transferred back! As long as Shadowsun is with me, we can hold the second line - for at least a month!"

Farsight waved his finger and drew a line on the holographic star map of the Tau Empire. Aether looked at the star map silently. There, the northwest direction had completely fallen and turned into the terrible golden color of the Human Empire.

Ether crossed his fingers, making a sane triangle gesture.

"I think the guard you are referring to has a prerequisite,"

Ether said calmly,
"Everyone is a soldier, right, O Shawa?"

Shadowsun looked at Farsight, whose aura suddenly shrank, but the Titanium in bright red combat uniform still stared fiercely at the Aether in loose casual clothes.
"Why not?"

Farsight spoke word by word, but Ether just sighed.
"We have enough problems settling civilians from the enclaves - the Imperial Tau are confused to see an Earth Caste in combat uniform, or a Fire Caste engaged in diplomacy, which poses a considerable challenge to our social stability."

"At this critical moment, I don't think we can focus on this."

Aether replied calmly that, in fact, Farsight had not seen far enough. The classes fixed by the Titanium were the "order" that enabled the empire to function properly. This had far exceeded the functions it appeared to carry. If the Titanium were allowed to choose what to do as they pleased, it would be tantamount to the "collapse of rituals and music" for the empire.

What makes the Tau Empire different from other races is that they are so harmonious.

In addition to using laws to restrain its citizens, it also uses the "highest good", which is a kind of "ritual" - and the most significant and obvious social extension of "ritual" is class.

If the class is gone, then the internal situation will collapse immediately, and the alien races allied with the Tau Empire will leave in an instant. This is an extremely destructive step to the foundation, and the Ethers will never resort to this strategy unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Then go and persuade them!"

Farsight cried,

"Why don't you go out and give speeches this time? You can give speeches planet by planet - the Titanium will believe you! If you do this, in this special period, whether it is the Earth Clan, the Air Clan or the Water Clan, they will definitely be willing to take up arms!"

It felt that its words were so futile. The Ether just looked at Farsight, and Farsight felt that he had been seen through. In the silence, the Ether spoke confidently,

"We can't go out."

It said with certainty,

"According to intelligence, the army dispatched by the Human Empire this time includes a master of toxicology. The other side wants to capture a living ether. What do you think they want to do?"

Yuanjian was suddenly choked and couldn't speak.

Virus Warfare? Or Something Else?

In fact, it had never experienced such a cruel war. This time, the human empire was so unreasonable, so cruel, and so ruthless! It was poison gas - they just dropped it like that! They didn't care about the lives of their own troops and civilians!
"But retreating blindly is not a good idea."

Just when Farsight and Aether were in a stalemate, Shadowsun, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke. Farsight glanced at Shadowsun with gratitude, but the commander did not look at it. Instead, he stared at the star map intently.

"I think that for this type of enemy command, Monteca might be able to quickly defeat the enemy - but this is obviously unrealistic. So far, we have not seen the enemy's supreme commander, and the large legion of space marines is also difficult enough."

Monteka is a gallows battle commonly used by the Tau. It refers to a surprise attack to behead the enemy's strongest combat force and then win the war.

This trick was quite effective against the Greenskins and the Astra Militarum, but this time they were facing organized Space Marines. There was no way the Tau could break through the numerous Space Marine defenses and decapitate them.

"So it can only be Kong Yu."

Yingyang said seriously that he felt great pressure and tension. In the past, the Titanium used high-powered squads to cut off and consume large Astra Militarum legions, and used human wave tactics to kill Space Marine squads.

But this time, they were facing a large legion of Space Marines.

Compared with the Astra Militarum, the Space Marines' hexagonal shape is so overwhelming that it is almost impossible for Yingyang to find a breakthrough.

Air Yu is also a tactic commonly used by the Tau. It refers to luring the enemy deep into the territory, setting traps, attracting isolated enemy troops to go deep into the territory, and then immediately using ambushing troops to cut off the enemy's connection with the main force, and then encircling and annihilating them.

"Kongyu?"

Aether over there repeated it, seemingly not believing what Shadowsun said.

"Yes, in my opinion, if we want to have a chance of survival, the only one is Kong Yu."

Yingyang said while gritting his teeth. He needed to be responsible for his next words because it concerned the survival of the entire Titanium Empire and the lives of billions of Titanium. This move was also risky, but they had no other choice!
The Human Empire is here to completely exterminate the Tau this time!!! Are they going to surrender and beg for mercy from this Empire that throws poison gas on the battlefield?
"But given the size of both sides, there is only one chance for Kong Yu."

Yingyang said solemnly,
"This time we must use all of the Tau Empire's strength to barely resist the enemy's size."

“Not on the main planet.”

Ether mentioned it immediately, and Yingyang nodded. Although the main star would be an excellent bait for Kongyu, it indeed could not be the main star. The main star was positioned too far back, and they would lose too much. After this battle, the Tau Empire would not have a chance to develop again.

Then...

Shadowsun stretched out his hand and pointed at the largest central hub planet on the flank of the Tau Empire.

"Use it."

Seeing that it was not the main star, Ether nodded with satisfaction. Commander Shadowsun was the most combat-minded among them, and even Ether would agree with Shadowsun's policies as much as possible.

"But I have one condition. You should not interfere with the Tau Empire planets outside this planet."

Shadowsun said firmly. Across from it, Aether looked at it meaningfully, then looked at Farsight, which had turned off its engine.

"can."

Ether said, and then it stood up calmly. After a burst of electric hissing, Ether's holographic projection disappeared.

At the same time, hundreds of containers filled with seafood and death arrived at the largest hub planet of the Tau Empire.

(End of this chapter)