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

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[Guilliman uttered a questioning sound, but Mortarian didn't give him time to react! Mortarian triggered his passive skill "Low Health," which grants him a 1-point increase in defense, attack, and critical hit rate for every point of health lost while in a low health state!]

Beneath the mask, Mortarian sneered. Guilliman hadn't dodged his scythe. The Lord of Death easily tore through Guilliman's defenses with his giant scythe, then he pinned Guilliman down and poured some of his homemade poison into his mouth.

[Guilliman is poisoned! Guilliman is low on health! Guilliman's last bit of health is gone! The winner of the first match is Mortarian!!!]

Mortarian laughed with satisfaction and helped Guilliman, who was lying on the ground, to his feet.

Guilliman looked puzzled, but he seemed to understand Mortalian's characteristics. For the second round, Guilliman signaled to start the second round.

[The second match begins! After the brutal beating of the first match, Guilliman has chosen to call upon the Ultramarines! He's going to test his command and control skills against Mortalian.]

[Guilliman triggers his passive skill "Master of Military Strategy," granting Ultramarines a 15% increase in combat strength, a 100% increase in unity, a 15% increase in recovery, and a 20% increase in numbers when he is present, compared to other legions!]

This is such an overpowered skill!

On the other hand, Mortalian's Death Guards were slightly inferior.

After some time, Mortalian's position was surrounded by the Ultramarines. At the same time, Guilliman, who had triggered his passive ability [Observation], directed the Ultramarines to slowly tear apart the Death Guard's defenses.

As expected of Guilliman!

Mortalian was no pushover either; with the Death Guard holding out, the Ultramarines were being rapidly worn down.

Finally, Guilliman stood before Mortalian once more, this time surrounded by the corpses of countless Space Marines.

Guilliman was at half health, while Mortarion, after losing six and a half health bars, was now showing his last half health bar.

Based on his analysis, Guilliman concluded that the crumbling Mortalian was unlikely to bleed again.

Guilliman charged forward once more, wielding his sword of righteous indignation! Mortarion retaliated with his heavy scythe!

Having studied and analyzed Mortalian's individual actions, Guilliman's operation went much more smoothly this time! He abandoned his wide-ranging attacks and instead opted for speed and thrusting!

Due to the difference in weapon length and effective attack range, Guilliman remained firmly in close proximity to Mortalian, forcing Mortalian to engage him in a melee with his scythe while simultaneously trying to create distance between them.

But Guilliman didn't give him that chance! He launched a furious attack! Mortalian's health was critically low—

[Ohhhhhh! Mortarion has triggered his passive "Invincibility"! You can never reach the final seven drops of health! Except for fatal wounds like decapitation and heart rip, all other damage does not deal true damage to the Lord of Death!]

Guilliman looked at Mortalian in disbelief. Mortalian was quite broken; he was like a scarecrow in a storm, as if he would fall apart at any moment.

This gave Guilliman the illusion that even if he didn't attack, Mortalian would simply fall apart under the force of gravity—

But what does it mean for a non-fatal wound to cause no harm?

[Guilliman began to try changing his strategy, but clearly, Mortarion wouldn't give him time to find a countermeasure! Taking advantage of Guilliman's fatigue from the long battle, the Lord of Death launched a preemptive attack!]

[Motalian wins in Round 2!]

Killieman sat up abruptly in the virtual pod, turned his head, and looked at Mortalian with an indescribable expression of horror.

Mortarian slowly got up and immediately took off that silly hat.

"You failed, my brother."

Mortarian said calmly, then rose without a trace of regret and left the Glory of Macragge with his commander.

Yay! I wrote 7.5k words today!

3/14 missing update

The final interlude slightly strengthened Mortalian, and logically, Guilliman would win the third inning, and indeed the countless innings that followed.

Chapter 285 Trading

Mortarion maintained a necessary, albeit excessive, vigilance toward the Ultramarines, or rather, toward any Legion.

Especially after Mortalian and Guilliman's friendly and moderate virtual duel, Mortalian strictly forbade the Ultramarines from trying to harass the Death Guard, and instead worked overtime in the potion room—

Therefore, in the last few days, Garo told Hades that the gas bombs for the Ultramarines were ready, and Hades needed the foundry to produce a small number of samples as a reserve.

That's good, but Hades, who was having a friendly conversation with Ultra Warrior Gage, almost lost his composure.

One second he was still enjoying the friendly atmosphere with the Ultra Warriors, the next second he was being urged to start making bombs in the private channel.

In fact, not only the Ultramarines, but any legion that had ever cooperated with the Death Guard was not spared.

To date, Mortarion has released the Iron Warrior Happy Bomb, Shadowmoon Wolf Happy Bomb, and Ultramariner Happy Bomb.

Mortalian had been trying to extract targeted genes from the skin flakes and hair left over from Hades' beating of Thousand Sons at the banquet, but the Primarch's plan failed due to the insufficient amount.

Motalian's assessment was that the blow was too light; next time, remember to draw blood.

Hades declined to comment.

Although the Deathguard's forge was working overtime to produce Ultramarines' Happy Bullets, thanks to the Ultramarines' high efficiency, the approval of battle reports concerning Abustus was quite rapid, and the two legions would soon be able to set sail again.

The real time-consuming part isn't these files that can be quickly compiled by simply filling out the form.

The Ultramarines, led by Guilliman, and the Death Guard, led by Mortalian and Hades, signed some [undisclosed] agreements between the two armies.

As the sole witness to this agreement, Garo stated that he did not understand how Hades had persuaded Mortarion to reluctantly sign the terms with the Ultramarines, and the final result was—

Even though the two Primarchs seem to have some personal conflicts, at least they can see that the other party still has a logic that is [negotiable], as well as a common goal (? What exactly did Hades say?), and common interests (a little, not much).

At least through Guilliman's persuasive efforts, Mortalian believed that his Macragge brother could at least understand the dangers of the warp and wizards, and that Guilliman was willing to try to target wizards.

The Death Guard might be able to provide the Ultramarines with some individual anti-psy weapons—provided that the Ultramarines keep the origin of these weapons a secret and do not display them to other Legions.

Furthermore, these weapons are limited to the types used by the Death Guards on Abusdu, namely two types of grenades and incendiary devices.

After careful consideration, Hades only stipulated two types of weapons in the agreement with the Ultramarines: black bullets and incinerators. For those who do not often fight against psykers, the use of white bullets still carries a certain degree of danger.

These two weapons are sufficient. As long as there is no large-scale encounter with psionics, you can simply throw a black bomb at the area where the psionics are gathered, and then rush in to fight normally. The psionics will automatically lose their combat power in the area where they are weakened in the warp.

After the battle is over, use flames to purify everything and block any possible sources of psionic corruption.

The quantity of this batch of weapons is also small, insufficient to support large-scale, long-term operations.

Both parties who signed the agreement knew that these were just minor skirmishes, and Killieman had a tradition of liking to imitate and learn from other legions, so he naturally wouldn't say anything.

At the same time, part of the reason why Killman was so enthusiastic about this agreement was due to a similar mentality of spending a fortune to buy a horse's bones.

On the other hand, what Hades truly valued were the seemingly polite clauses that both sides had written down at the end of the agreement—

[If either legion encounters a psyker attack in a nearby star system, the other legion must respond to and provide support if requested by one; if necessary, the two sides may negotiate the production and distribution of anti-psy weapons themselves.]

It might seem like the Death Guard, with its vast arsenal of anti-psy weapons, is at a disadvantage, but in reality, the Ultramarines possess far greater productivity and assembly line capabilities than the Death Guard.

If Guilliman is willing to convert the Macragge 500 world into a "mass production mode".

Guilliman may be puzzled by these conditions, but that doesn't matter. When that day comes, the Lord of Macragge will quickly realize what's going on.

However, if the Ultramarines were to fall, it would make them more wary of the Death Guard.

After much deliberation, Hades decided to trust Mortalian's specially made Space Marine Joy Bomb, and also to trust his own judgment of Guilliman.

During his interactions with Guilliman, Hades subtly revealed that the Lord of Macragge had a happy family, a living mother, a sound personality, and was not extreme.

It was that cough he had been longing for day and night, no.

Most importantly, Guilliman is currently quite wary of the warp, while not having that damned, excessive curiosity.

Furthermore, the Ultramarines have not yet witnessed the full power of the Deathguard's anti-psy abilities. On the Endurance, the Ghost Rider stands quietly, while countless munitions lie peacefully.

Hades pondered that different treatments should be given according to different situations. Given the Ultramarines' non-extremist attitude and their dullness to psionic energy, it was obvious that the Death Guard could entrust them with a little trust.

Hades wouldn't admit that there was any bias towards the Ultra Warriors involved; these were all reliable conclusions he had drawn from his own observations over the past few days.

But in Hades' heart, a voice kept whispering that he was still betting that this was the canon he knew, even if some details didn't match up now, the various legions and principalities were still as described in the canon.

No way, someone could really time travel, especially to a fan-made world.

Furthermore, if the four gods really throw bricks with all their might, then relying solely on a slight information gap won't cause much of a stir. The real deciding factor will still be strength and tactics.

On the other hand, having similar information and stances, and realizing what Hades truly valued, Mortarian's attitude towards these terms became quite ambiguous.

Mortarian scrutinized Guilliman again. This time, the Lord of Death was paying attention. Mortarian began rapidly flipping through information about the Ultramarines.

Gradually, he seemed to understand what Hades meant.

If the opponent is unaware of the Death Guard's anti-psy nature, then continue to conceal it; however, if the Death Guard exposes its anti-psy forces due to war, and the opponent also witnesses the anomalies of the warp, then the Death Guard will remind the opponent of the dangers of the warp and leave them some anti-wizard measures.

It turned out to be the case.

In fact, when facing Horus, Mortarion was also trying his best to leave warning signals for his brother.

Unfortunately, the Death Guard hadn't developed the Black Bullet at the time. Mortarion thought to himself that perhaps giving each of his brothers a Black Bullet would be a good choice, at least giving them some warp defense capabilities.

Unfortunately, the primary material for black bullets is still the Untouchables, and the Untouchables are still far too scarce. Mortalian listened to Hades and Guilliman's conversation and unconsciously glanced at Hades.

I'm stuck on writing; that's it for today. I've been writing at a breakneck pace for at least three days in a row... _(:з」∠)_

Next, I'll start the next legion. I'll write a few transition chapters and then I can start... Spoiler alert: it's the Midnight Lords... But the work that inspired my character is Primarchia, which is set in a later timeline.

Chapter 286 Interlude: Senior H?

The Ultramarines eventually left with great reluctance, but before they departed, Robert Guilliman personally gave Mortalian and Hades some small gifts.

Motalian didn't even open the gift box; he simply tossed the small box wrapped in blue silk into the warehouse. He lacked the necessary curiosity, and his goodwill towards Robert Guilliman wasn't enough to justify opening the gift box.

On the other hand, Hades was extremely satisfied with the large Macurag tapestry that Guilliman had given him, extremely satisfied.

This is a handmade tapestry. Hades guessed it was probably the work of some Ultra Warrior. The stitches are tight, and the plush texture is quite comfortable. On the lake-blue background of the tapestry, a full landscape is embroidered. The warm sunlight shines into the white square, and in the distance, there is a solemn fortress. Some small birds are lively and dotting the scene.

Hades deduced that this was the view from Macurag, but he didn't know exactly where.

Whether viewed from an aesthetic or political perspective, this tapestry is nothing short of perfect.

So Hades hung one of them in his office.

Although this caused a minor commotion that Hades himself didn't care about, when reporting on his work, Garo looked at the tapestry and hesitated to speak, while Vox had a disillusioned expression. The other Death Guards, upon entering Hades' office, generally paused for a moment as their first reaction.

The one who reacted the most was Mortarion. The Lord of Death walked into Hades' office and his eyes never left the huge tapestry. He stared at the painting as if he were staring at a witch who had not yet been hanged.

Mortarian slowly walked over, tried to poke the tapestry with his hand, and immediately withdrew his hand in disgust, feeling as if he was about to vomit on the Macurag tapestry.

"Any questions?"

Hades said, "Get to the point if you have something to say, otherwise get lost."

【nothing. 】

Mortarian slowly shifted his gaze away.

During that period, there were many jokes among the Ultramarines within the Deathguard. Mortarion also took the opportunity to hold several simulation battles against large-scale humanoid enemies.

The one with the least reaction was Enrique from the foundry. This unassuming old engineer had long seen through Hades' true nature. Faced with the tapestry that appeared in Hades' office, he remained calm and unmoved, simply reporting to Hades as usual.

Just sent a message saying that the ship being built for Hades was largely completed, and now they needed Hades' instructions regarding the interior decoration. If Hades didn't make any special requests, then these mechanical sages would have to install it themselves.

Hades waved his hand, telling them to assemble it themselves. He wasn't one to fuss over details; as long as the equipment and weapons were in place and the ships had enough firepower, that was fine.

Let those sages just decorate it simply according to the standard template; they're not really going to create a pink plush rabbit style with pink carpets covering it.

Meanwhile, the second batch of technical sergeants sent to Mars has returned, and the fourth batch has also been dispatched.

As one of the first technical personnel to return from Mars, and the nominal and de facto head of the foundry department, Enrique asked Hades if he needed to go and see the new recruits, give a speech, and assess their professional qualities.

Hades looked silently at Enrique, focusing on the last sentence. He remembered when he first returned, the foundry masters in the foundry took turns giving him technical challenges, ostensibly to test the newcomer's professional qualities.

To put it bluntly, it was a show of force, meant to make these new recruits, who had just learned a lot from Mars, behave themselves. For these usually rather boring and dull foundry workers, this was a welcome form of entertainment.

Unfortunately, Hades' car overturned, greatly diminishing the entertainment value of the event.

Seemingly because of Hades' precedent, the Foundry maintained a cautious attitude towards this second batch of new recruits.

So they decided to invite Hades, the strongest person in the Foundry, to give the new recruits a taste of their power.

As for this kind of fun—no, request—Hades, as the head of the foundry, naturally agreed to their request.

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Of the second batch of Death Guards sent to Mars, Pasteur was clearly the most skilled among them (in terms of major subjects only).

In the simulated battlefield, even as missiles exploded around him, causing the ground to tremble violently, he could calmly replace the three-millimeter No. 0 gear on the Stormbird.

Alternatively, in a high-pressure, high-temperature, and high-radiation environment, with the display screen completely damaged, one can rely on experience and broken radio waves to complete the system reinstallation of a large bird-catching device.

No extreme environment could affect his emotions in the slightest; he was like a well-functioning machine, perfectly completing every repair.

However, in some more niche courses, such as the norms of religious rituals in mechanical engineering, the standard procedures for procuring materials in the world of casting, and the introduction to the languages ​​of sages from different worlds, Pasteur was completely wiped out.

(By the way, Hades holds the best record in all of the above unconventional courses.)