Hovering in the void, Sith examined the fragment in his hand carefully, a piece for which he had no memory. After a long look, he stored it away and turned to fly towards the last few vessels on the Imperial side.
At the center of the scant dozen remaining ships, serving as the flagship, was a brand new, unmarked lunar class cruiser!
As those inside the cruiser saw Sith returning, they hurried to the hangar deck to receive him.
Among the welcoming party was Kairo, who specialized in ship transport.
Seeing Kairo, Sith knew this lunar class cruiser was the one gifted to him by the Falmor family.
Before Sith could speak, Shahansen and Van Roth stepped forward, their faces etched with urgency:
"My lord, whatever actions the fleets from Terra take, it must be due to a misunderstanding."
"We shall depart at once for Terra to clarify the situation on your behalf."
Van Roth and Shahansen wore expressions of acute anxiety. It seemed they had already learned through internal channels that Sith had been declared a traitor by the Imperium.
In their eyes as they looked at Sith, immense terror was Undisguised.
For others it might be different, but as eyewitnesses to this battle, they could scarcely imagine the despair it would bring the Imperium if Sith were to defect to the Chaos side.
Sith did not respond to them. Instead, he removed his helmet, took a deep breath, feeling the gradually receding divine blessings on his body, and turned towards the bridge:
"I'm going to hunt down Abaddon."
The crowd was stunned. They looked at their own battered little fleet and the remnants around them, then recalled the terrifying armadas Abaddon unleashed with each Black Crusade.
If anyone else had said this, they might not have even bothered to blink.
But hearing Sith's words, Shahansen and Van Roth exchanged a glance, a wave of relief visibly washing over them.
Van Roth even quickened his pace, deliberately asking:
"To utterly exterminate this traitor to the Imperium?"
Van Roth hoped for a nod, but Sith shook his head directly.
Van Roth was even more taken aback. Then Sith stated, perfectly naturally:
"I'm going to avenge my boyz!"
The Crowd: "...???"
The Gods: "...???"
Gork and Mork: "Love 'im even more."
The crowd was speechless. While Sith genuinely hated Abaddon for killing such excellent boyz...
It was also because Sith had finally recalled the memory associated with the fragment. If he wasn't mistaken, even if he didn't seek out Abaddon, Vashtorr and Abaddon would go to any lengths to find him to reclaim this fragment in his possession.
Rather than wait for their move, it was better for Sith to take the initiative and strike first!
"But our forces... aren't they a bit too few?"
Van Roth tried hard not to dwell on Sith's stated reason. Given that they were already being hunted by the Imperium, the fact that Sith still wanted to hunt Abaddon was more than Van Roth dared hope for.
He merely cautiously pointed out that their current troop numbers were somewhat lacking.
Sith listened and also surveyed his surroundings. Looking at this group of absolute Defeated soldiers, without the gods' limitless blessings, having to both pursue Abaddon and guard against Imperial pursuit from behind did indeed seem like a tough fight.
Just as Sith began to frown, as if in response, a Warp rift suddenly materialized on the broad hangar deck.
Those nearby instantly started, fearing Abaddon had the audacity for a counterattack, and raised their weapons.
From the Warp rift emerged a group of Thousand Sons Chaos Astartes clad in blue and gold power armor.
Leading them was a Thousand Sons Sorcerer Supreme, his body thrumming with potent psychic energy.
"Lord Sith, we have come specifically to aid you in resisting the Imperium's assault, and..."
"...to hunt down Abaddon!"
The crowd was dumbfounded. Shahansen and Van Roth, looking at the Chaos Astartes who uttered these words, could only curse inwardly:
"Is Tzeentch really this shameless?!"
Before the two Inquisitors could immediately pronounce judgment on these traitors, more Warp rifts appeared, following closely behind the Thousand Sons.
Crimson-armored Khorne Berzerkers, extravagantly adorned Slaaneshi warriors, and even a Nurgle Plague Surgeon who had I deliberately changed to a normal appearance. all scrambling appeared on the deck.
Faced with these Chaos Traitors all eagerly offering their support to Sith, the words on Shahansen and Van Roth's lips were He forced himself to swallow it back..
This scene made it look for all the world as if Sith had already turned to Chaos!
Not only were the two Inquisitors deeply displeased, but even Tzeentch's Thousand Sons glared accurate at these 'allies' who had come to poach their prospect.
Before Sith could speak, the Warp rifts, which should have subsided, flared to life once more!
This time, what emerged were not traitors, but the God-Emperor's own 'Warp Daemons': the Legion of the Damneds!
To demonstrate their numerical superiority, the Legion of the Damneds directly outnumbered the other four factions present!
When the Legion of the Damneds appeared, everyone fell into complete silence, merely looking at each other, their minds filled with one question: Is this right?
Mortals like Van Roth widened their eyes, unable to resist exchanging glances:
These things are actually teaming up together?! What the hell?!
The scene was one of silence.
Logically, as enemies, they should have immediately opened fire. Yet, in the end, they all looked towards their nominal leader at this moment, uncertain whether they should fire upon the 'allies' beside them.
Sith looked at the 'gathering of heroes' now under his command, Plus the Sith Boyz who had similarly sought refuge on the ship.
After staring blankly for a long moment, he could only feel a wave of Speechless towards the gods for their forceful recruitment in his eyes:
"Our origins..."
"...are they getting too complicated?"
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