Warhammer 40: Gods Of Mortals

Chapter 869: Relaxing Defense
While the Emperor was paying more attention to Qin Mo, the clone Primarchs and the Iron Warrior named Locke had just captured a fortress.

The ground was littered with the dead bodies of mortal slaves, but not a few Iron Warrior traitors could be seen.

At this time, Perturabo showed considerable emotional fluctuations in the eyes of Horus and others.

"This is actually a fortress?"

Perturabo smashed the triple melta cannon placed at the main fire position of the fortress with one punch, and kicked away the corpses of several mortal slaves while angrily yelling.

"I thought this was a public restroom! We can come in when we want and get out when we want!"

"Not to mention us, a team of Thunder Warriors, a team of Astartes, and a team of Inquisitors can all come and go freely in this damn public toilet!"

Perturabo's anger was not without reason.

The original clones clearly noticed that the group had gone a long way deep.

Locke directly pointed out that everyone was actually in the iron ring defense line itself, which was the iron ring structure that bound seven planets full of defensive fortresses.

It is surprising that such a central place has so few defenses.

Locke looked around, thought for a moment, and responded: "To be honest, I don't think there is anything wrong with lax defenses. What really surprised me was where the Chaos fetal sac we passed before was."

"I don't know." Locke shook his head, "After all, I haven't been in the Legion for long."

The original clones looked at Locke and listened carefully.

"Strictly speaking, this vicious creation should not appear on the front line, but should be placed in the rear and properly protected."

Considering that the defense here was really lax and there was no need for everyone to rush out to complete the task, they gathered around to discuss some things.

"The purpose of this may be to replenish personnel as quickly and conveniently as possible." Guilliman speculated.

"It's very common, otherwise I would have thought that we encountered an ambush." ​​Locke nodded, "In fact, this situation has been discovered by the inquisitors long ago, otherwise the War Commander would not have ordered more infiltration reconnaissance activities."

"Did the Iron Warriors plummet after the Heresy?" Horus asked Locke.

"Then is there anything here that makes you feel very wrong?" Horus asked again.

"But those fetal sacs were placed right where we just walked. That's the only thing that surprised me."

But the other clones didn't have any special feelings for the Iron Warriors, they just subconsciously felt that something was completely wrong with the situation.

These things made Perturabo extremely disappointed with the Iron Warriors after the rebellion.

After saying this, Locke looked at the "Thunder Warriors", waiting for their faster thinking to judge the current situation.

"It's possible." Horus nodded and looked at Locke again, "Is the problem of the Iron Warriors' lax defense common?"

Horus nodded.

The original clones looked at each other, and then realized a possibility at the same time.

"It stands to reason that there should be a lot of traitors in this fortress, and there should also be better weapons arrangements. As for where those traitors are now..." Horus said and glanced around, "I guess they are scattered throughout the The iron ring and other planets bound by the iron ring are on it." After hearing what Horus said, the others instantly realized the same thing.

That is, the entire iron ring defense may not be just an obstacle set up by the traitors of the Iron Warriors in front of the expedition fleet. The iron ring is not only used by the Iron Warriors. They may have successfully created such a giant in the Eye of Fear. project, but after it is put into use, the Iron Warriors will not be the only force stationed here.

"Should we directly propose the expedition fleet to launch an attack immediately through the Lord of Tyrone?" Ryan said urgently, "If we wait for other rebel legions to come and garrison here, it will be difficult to fight."

"Your body will definitely realize this before you do." Horus nodded, "But he didn't make the same decision as you. Maybe it's not because he is smarter than you, but just because he, as the war commander, has a strong sense of responsibility for the expedition. Jun knows too much."

Ryan frowned and looked at Horus, waiting for him to give him an explanation for "knowing too much about the expeditionary force."

"After all, we are not as familiar with the Eye of Terror as the traitors. Overly large fleets and armies take time to assemble and go into battle just like in the real universe. This is a complicated and long process." Horus explained calmly.

"Besides -" Guilliman continued what Horus said, "Besides, your body is obviously more stable than you. The current situation of the Iron Warriors' lax defense is not necessarily because they do not have enough manpower, but it may also be due to other reasons. So it’s right not to launch an attack rashly.”

Ryan thought about it and felt that if he was allowed to assume the responsibilities of the entire expeditionary force as the war commander, then he would become more cautious. Guilliman was right.

But the words coming out of Guilliman's mouth just didn't sit well with him.

"It's different to have your true body beside my body. It's really a strong alliance, the king of the five hundred worlds."

"My true body is the Lord of Five Hundred Worlds, not my clone. You can call me Guilliman. Ryan."

"Okay, clone Guilliman."

"..."

Sanguinius on the side looked helplessly as Guilliman and Lion looked down at each other and looked up at each other, but they were all quarreling with each other.

Originally, the two original bodies, even if they were clones, could only dislike each other, but they did not reach the point of quarreling.

But as a clone, the memory originally ended before the Horus Heresy, but now that I know what happened after the Horus Heresy, especially after the formation of the Second Empire together, it is more than unpleasant. If you have other opinions, it's already good if we don't get into a fight.

Horus also noticed that both Lion and Guilliman had opinions about each other, but what he was thinking about was that Lion had not been in a good state since he left Broome's laboratory.

Ryan always held back a surge of anger in his heart.

Fortunately, the two of them used encrypted communication within the team when they quarreled, so Locke and the four Eldar did not laugh.

"Keep moving forward." Horus pointed to the road leading underground in the fortress, "Iron Man, go and lead the battle."

When Locke heard the name Iron Man, he looked at the Thunder Warriors and saw one of them, a very thick man with a cannon attached to his arm, walking to the front of the crowd.

"Why do I feel so close to him inexplicably..."

"Strange."

Locke touched the back of his head, hiding his doubts in his heart without speaking out, and then quickly followed.

(End of this chapter)