hotmtlnovel Chapter 64 Return
Chapter 64 Return
Inside a cold, rudimentary cell on the World Eater Legion's flagship, the Conqueror.
The walls were covered with dried, dark brown bloodstains and rust, and the dim emergency lights flickered on and off.
At this moment, a World Devourer warrior stood facing eight members of the Thousand Sons Think Tank.
The atmosphere was tense and volatile.
Li Wei's adjutant, Kayan, and the other seven members of the Thousand Sons Intelligence Agency sat unharmed on cold metal benches, only their power armor and weapons had been removed. They were now facing their daily routine of questioning.
As for that ferocious World Eater warrior, it was none other than Kahn.
Kahn was not only the first person under the World Eater Legion Primarch, but also the first warrior to have a replica of the Butcher's Nail implanted.
At this moment, he frowned as he stared at the unyielding warriors before him, and he felt that he had been too lenient.
"Tell me quickly, where did your chief think tank member, Li Wei, put our Primarchs?"
"This is the third day already. If you don't tell the truth, I won't be able to quell the rage of all the World Devourer warriors."
At this point, he pointed specifically to the deafening roars and banging on the door coming from outside, hoping to exert pressure.
However, the eight members of the Qianzi Think Tank remained calm and refused to speak, not wanting to cause any further trouble.
They had received a psionic message from Chief Think Tank Levi, knowing that the Chief would soon return with the World Eater Primarch, so they looked relaxed.
Kahn looked at the unyielding Thousand Sons warrior, whose dark red Butcher's Nail was also slightly hot. Under a sharp pain, he could no longer bear it.
He was furious. He felt that he had already shown great restraint by enduring the arrogant silence of the wizards in front of him. If he hadn't been worried about the safety of his Primarch, he would have sent people to drag them out and beat them half to death long ago.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Coupled with the slight burning sensation of the Butcher's Nail on his head, Kahn roared:
"In that case, then I..."
Before he could finish speaking, a purple subspace rift, taller than a person, suddenly tore open in the air in front of him.
Under Kahn's shocked gaze, their World Eater Primarch Angron and the Thousand Sons' chief strategist Levi walked out side by side.
Upon seeing Li Wei return safely, the eight members of Qianzi's think tank bowed in unison and said:
"Chief, you're back."
Kahn looked at his Primarch, who was unharmed and wearing a black work uniform stained with oil. Even more strangely, the Primarch was holding a shiny, greasy leg and gnawing on it with relish.
Although filled with doubt, seeing that the original body was unharmed, Kahn was relieved and bowed his head respectfully, saying:
"Primarch, you've returned."
He waited for a long time, but did not receive a reply from his own original entity.
It wasn't until a coughing sound rang out that Angron finally spoke, but the indistinct chewing sounds made his words sound particularly strange.
"Smack...smack...delicious. Kahn, you did a good job. You...you can leave now if you have nothing else to do."
"Huh?" Kahn looked up abruptly, staring at his original body's unfamiliar expression.
The Butcher's Nail was still firmly embedded in Angron's head, his face was still bronze, and the Primarch's unique aura was still present, but Kahn sensed something was wrong.
Angron's gaze changed, becoming dull and bewildered.
That was no longer the burning, blood-and-tears-filled madness and determination in his eyes when he had pleaded with him to accept the Devourer Legion and these descendants who were willing to follow him to the death.
"Sigh..." Li Wei looked at "Little Tu," who, despite his emergency training, still couldn't get any recognition, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.
Kahn was not only the commander of the Eighth Assault Company of the World Eaters, but also the Primarch Angron's personal bodyguard.
Furthermore, Angron, spurred on by the Butcher's Nail, completely neglected the affairs of the legion, leaving only the loyal and capable Karn to barely maintain the legion's normal operation.
In a sense, Kahn was the true controller of the World Eater Legion.
If he expresses doubt about the returning Angron, Livy's plan to indirectly control the World Eater Legion through "Little Butcher" will fall through.
Seeing this, Li Wei raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The golden shield of the Sosmes rune suddenly unfolded, enveloping himself, Kahn, Angron, and his lieutenant Kayan.
After sensing the sudden disconnect between the outside world's surveillance and the fluctuations in the subspace, he calmly spoke to the puzzled Kahn:
"Lord Kahn, here is a letter, written to you by your Primarch himself."
Before he finished speaking, Li Wei took out a handwritten letter from his storage space, which Anglong had prepared for his offspring.
"Hmm?" Kahn, already full of doubt and wariness, looked even more puzzled. Wasn't the Primarch right in front of him? Why would he write a letter? But he still accepted the parchment envelope handed to him by Levi, the chief think tank of the Thousand Sons.
He opened the envelope and read it word by word. His expression was serious at first, then his brows gradually relaxed, and finally, an undisguised ecstasy appeared on his face.
He clutched the envelope in his hand, his whole body trembling slightly. Overjoyed, he wept, hot tears streaming down his face.
He felt genuinely gratified that his original body had been liberated.
Seeing Kahn's reaction, Li Wei knew that Angron's handwritten letter had worked.
His original plan was to kill Kahn directly, or to use psionic powers to control Kahn, the actual ruler of the World Eaters.
But after regaining his senses and finding peace, Angron wrote a letter and asked him to pass it on to Kahn.
The letter was simple: Angron told Kahn that his father, the World Eater Primarch Angron, had found true liberation and was no longer tormented by the Butcher's Nails day and night.
Moreover, at the end, Angron solemnly apologized to Kahn, saying that he had failed the offspring of the World Eaters and should not have frequently carried out the Eleven Kills, slaughtering his own offspring.
Furthermore, it was solemnly stated that the Devourers should obey Li Wei, the chief strategist of the Thousand Sons, and that as long as Li Wei did not harm the interests of the Devourers, he would cooperate unconditionally.
After a long while, having calmed down, Kahn took a deep breath and solemnly gave Levi a chest-beating salute, the highest respect a Space Marine could show to their benefactor.
At the same time, his hoarse voice was choked with sobs.
"Thank you, Lord Levi, for freeing our World Eater Legion's Primarchs from the oppression of the Butcher's Nails."
He paused, glanced at Angron's body still gnawing on the large meat leg, and tears welled up in his eyes again.
"Our Primarch Angron, the World Eater, our poor father, suffered so much. The Emperor was too cruel and heartless."
At this point, his resentment towards the emperor reached its peak.
Levi also knew what was going on with Kahn's anger.
Although the emperor was not very attentive to his 19 children, he could still be considered a basically competent father.
But the person he felt most sorry for was Angron.
When Angron and his gladiator brothers were about to overthrow the ruler of Nukelia, the Emperor forcibly took Angron away, directly causing the uprising to fail and all of Angron's brothers and sisters to be slaughtered.