Warhammer 40: Mortal Gods

Chapter 281 Lord of the Swarm

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Dante and the Chapter Masters returned to the meeting hall to discuss matters while resting.

Even the Iron Men and their data craftsmen were brought in.

News of success came every minute, and the descendants of the angel were retaking the outer perimeter of the fortress.

Even though there is still a lot to do to completely recapture Baal from the Zerg, the current progress gives everyone hope.

The Chapter Masters congratulated each other, and when Foros was spoken to by the Chapter Master next to him, he would only smile and nod, which seemed a bit perfunctory.

Dante looked at Foros and then at Mephiston.

The latter's voice rang in Dante's head.

"What Foros really cares about is Hades III... It's not that he doesn't value Baal, it's just that he forgets his true home planet more."

Hearing Mephiston's words, Dante nodded silently.

Dante nodded in agreement.

It was obvious that Dante was becoming sentimental.

Everyone looked towards the direction of the sound and found that the person speaking was the data craftsman who had been very silent from beginning to end.

The war in the Hades Galaxy has progressed to this point. What caused the swarm to completely lose control of the two planets was not that they were exhausted in the battle, but that Heat Death personally executed two beheading operations against the lord of the swarm.

"It looks special."

Thinking of this, Heat Death looked at his data craftsman.

night.

Lord of the Swarm.

Dante suddenly said thank you, but the understanding between the two was enough for Mephiston to understand what he meant.

A data craftsman cannot be a sage at all, but he is certainly happy to be called a sage.

But Dante hesitated: "Are they really hopeless? Is it really hopeless to fall into black rage?"

Dante nodded and talked about the battle: "I plan to throw those who have fallen into the black rage into the battle to behead the Lord of the Swarm."

Mephiston said what Bellona's apprentice had seen before.

Maybe it's because of old age, maybe because of fatigue, or some other reason... He wasn't like this before.

The data craftsman and his mechanical warriors played a big role in the previous battle, so even though his status was much lower than everyone present, no one interrupted what he said.

Mephiston nodded in agreement.

Mephiston has answered Dante's question about the Black Rage more than once, but he has answered it a little too often recently.

"I don't know what role it plays in the Zerg collective, but I think if I can kill it, it might be of some help to the war situation."

"Live up to the blood of Sanguinius." Mephiston said calmly, "I will give everything for Baal."

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Kobro has simply devoted his life to solving the black rage and blood thirst, but there has been no result.

The mere presence of members of the Adeptus Mechanicus here is suspicious.

Kobro, the High Priest of the Blood Angels Chapter, this position is known as the Apothecary in other Chapters.

Then heat death fades into memories.

Until Mephiston realized that his Chapter Master was not in good condition now, he stopped the discussion, sat next to Dante and looked up at the face of the statue of the Gene Father with him.

"It's hopeless." Mephiston shook his head, "My experience cannot be replicated, otherwise I would have worked with Coblo to try to solve the Black Fury."

Although Mephiston has never fought side by side with the Adeptus Mechanicus, he knows that if combat units like Castellan robots are put on the battlefield on a large scale, the Forge World itself must be in crisis.

"Lord of the Swarm..." Dante tilted his neck back, suddenly feeling tired again.

<divclass="contentadv">Tyrant, Lord of the Swarm... Will there be a Lord of the Hive, or a larger synapse creature in the future?

Why would the Adeptus Mechanicus send Baal so many mechanical combat units more powerful than the Castellan robots?

But considering that the other party is here to help after all, Mephiston is not easy to question, so he can only pretend to be confused.

The plan to carry out the decapitation operation was unanimously approved.

Mephiston used his powers to create many images, showing the terrain where the crashed ship was located, and what Bellona's apprentice saw that day.

However, the data craftsman did not have any mood swings. The mechanical structure of his mouth flashed and continued: "The Lord of the Swarm is equivalent to a large synaptic creature. I don't know how many swarms it can control, but as long as it is Kill, and lots and lots of bugs will fall into chaos.”

"We saw a larger Tyrant inside a crashed ship."

But the reason why Dante asked was because Mephiston had defeated Black Fury, more than once.

Since the defense of Baal, Mephiston has been suppressing his personality and showing as gentle a side as possible.

The other Chapter Masters also expressed their opinions.

Mephiston then tells his own story.

"Thank you." Dante said suddenly.

"What is the Lord of the Swarm, Sage?" Dante asked.

His words were not only listened carefully to by the humans present, but Heat Death was also listening.

There is no doubt that for all the descendants of angels, regardless of their mother group, legion or war group, there is really no way to save them if they fall into the black rage.

Dante nodded again.

There's something fishy about this data craftsman.

"Lord of the Swarm."

In short, this tyrant is not simply a synaptic creature named tyrant in the database, but has another name.

After a short celebration, everyone started talking about business.

Cold electronic sounds sounded in the hall.

During the war in the Hades galaxy, the Iron Man troops also discovered a huge tyrant. The appearance of this tyrant was similar to that described by Mephiston... Of course, it is unlikely to be different, after all, it is just a bit larger.

This Data Artisan is just a physical projection cast by a stealth drone, another disguise.

In his impression, data craftsmen of the Adeptus Mechanicus rarely use the word "a lot". If they have to say an uncertain value, then they will definitely say a range of values.

He talked a lot, while Dante just sat under the statue and listened silently.

In front of the magnificent statue of Sanguinius, Dante and Mephiston discuss their battle plans.

Dante and Mephiston then began to arrange a more detailed and specific battle plan.

When will all this end?

"We have to kill it by decapitation," Mephiston said.

Hearing this, Mephiston frowned, feeling that there was something wrong with the data craftsman.

This is to cooperate with Dante in maintaining the relationship between the mother group and the child group at this time. Regardless of the rumors about Mephiston, the former chief think tank of the Blood Angels Chapter, the Lord of Death, he personally came to Baal's child group brothers. We will only see a moderate think tank director.

"Let's discuss a battle plan as soon as possible." Dante stood up, "I will personally participate in the battle."

"Your injury..." Mephiston tried to dissuade him, but Dante's eyes were firm, so he didn't say anything.

But Mephiston is wondering why Dante has been so hands-on lately...