Chapter 204

Inside the command center, Dante observed the situation on the battlefield.

The sudden activation of the Water of Hunger almost reversed the situation in an instant, almost sucking all the swarms entrenched around Angel Fortress into shriveled corpses. The mortals and Astartes chaplains guarding behind the first line of defense were able to retreat into the second line of defense behind the void shield with almost no losses.

Dante did not attempt to rebuild the first line of defense, because the focus of the entire first line of defense was the Water of Hunger.

Now that the Water of Hunger had briefly activated, after swallowing quite a few swarms, it returned to its former liquid state, forming silver puddles on the sand near Angel Fortress.

The Blood Angels did not have much time to recover this Water of Hunger, and could only hope that this Water of Hunger scattered before Angel Fortress could block the swarm to a certain extent.

Now the real key to the battlefield was the second line of defense composed of the void shield.

As long as the void shield still stood, the swarm could not break through the defense of Angel Fortress.

"My lord." Chief Blood Priest Corbulo came to Dante's side, lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Mephiston and Lord Zhou Yun have returned."

"They claim that Ka'Bandha has been completely eliminated, and now and in the future, it is impossible for it to appear in the reality universe again."

Hearing this, Dante's eyes moved slightly. A Khorne Greater Daemon had been completely eliminated.

In Dante's cognition, daemons were beings without life or death, which could only be banished but not killed, and would always return from the Warp one day.

Because of this, Ka'Bandha had become the Angel's Bane that had entangled the Blood Angels for ten thousand years.

And that Saint Doraemon claimed that he had completely eliminated Ka'Bandha.

But thinking carefully, in Mephiston's words, that Doraemon was a higher-level Warp existence than Ka'Bandha, even approaching the level where the Four Gods were. In terms of the Warp... He was more Warp than Ka'Bandha, so it was not strange that he could completely eliminate Ka'Bandha.

"My lord, that Lord Zhou Yun took Mephiston, some Librarians, and Seth and the others to the underground of Angel Fortress."

Corbulo lowered his voice slightly, his tone becoming somewhat solemn.

What was underground in Angel Fortress, he, the Chief Blood Priest, knew clearly.

Various ancient chapter relics, several Dreadnought warriors who could be called the chapter's living saints, alien or heretical prisoners accumulated over ten thousand years, various magic artifacts containing blasphemous power, Sanguinius's prophecy scrolls, and even Sanguinius's remains were all underground in Angel Fortress.

Although Corbulo was not a Librarian, he had powerful psychic perception. He could vaguely sense... the man named Zhou Yun had terrifying Warp power dormant in his body, and that power was even more horrifying than Mephiston's.

Was it really okay to let such an existence enter the underground of Angel Fortress? What was his purpose?

Corbulo's precognition even made him vaguely feel that the attention the Blood God in the Warp was casting toward Baal was also increasing, and blood energy seemed to have appeared in the air of Baal.

Dante was clearly wary of him, even sending Seth, the Chapter Master of the Flesh Tearers, to monitor him, but he still let him act.

Dante sensed Corbulo's doubt, but remained silent, looking out the window.

The scarlet scar outside the window seemed to have become a bit clearer, looming under the dim yellow sky, as if it were about to drip blood.

Beneath the scarlet scar, in the Tower of the Lost that towered into the clouds, those fallen prisoners were letting out wails of both pain and hunger, clamoring for blood.

Dante could vaguely sense that the Blood God's power was strengthening on Baal.

Was it Ka'Bandha's death that alarmed Him? Or was it that He vaguely sensed the purpose of Zhou Yun and his party? Or was it simply the intensifying war on Baal that attracted Him?

Just as Dante was pondering, the sound of the atmosphere burning rang out in the sky again.

He looked up and only saw a sky full of fire rain composed of drop pods. The swarm had launched a second wave of attacks.

The secret dungeon of the Blood Angels.

Seth had only heard of the existence of this place in the oldest legends.

This was the oldest area underground in Angel Fortress, existing long before the first brick of the above-ground part of Angel Fortress was laid, and even existing for unknown years before the Archangel descended to Baal.

Mephiston held high a torch made of Balium. This rare and uncommon tree was full of oil, and the flames that burst out when it burned were so dazzling, yet they still could not completely dispel the shadows in this tunnel.

Those shadows dormant beside Seth were squirming like living things, as if some blasphemous little lives that could not be seen by human eyes were among them.

When Zhou Yun and Mephiston, who were standing in front of Seth, walked past, those shadows almost seemed to be bowing to them.

The weirdness of this place made Seth uncomfortable, and Zhou Yun and Mephiston standing in front of him made Seth even more uncomfortable than the environment.

"Can you still not tell me our destination?" Seth slowly opened his mouth and said, feeling a surge of blood energy churning in his chest.

Zhou Yun stopped his steps slightly, turned his head to look at Seth, and then looked at Mephiston and asked: "How much further?"

"Almost there. The ancient warrior Dreadnought Malest is guarding the entrance to the deep tunnel ahead. He will point out the direction for us."

Mephiston said softly:

"This dungeon has many peculiar properties; the laws of the material universe do not absolutely apply here."

"My colleagues and I believe that the locations of those passages in the deepest part of the dungeon are not constant, but constantly changing, and even distance and location have become a vague concept within it."

"Only Lord Malest, the Librarian Dreadnought who has permanently guarded it, can distinguish the passage to a specific location."

Zhou Yun nodded slightly. No wonder Mephiston didn't have a map of this underground passage.

The space here was just a vague concept, and the Anywhere Door probably couldn't teleport accurately.

Hearing this, Seth frowned slightly. The deepest part of this dungeon only contained the most precious or dangerous things collected by the Blood Angels.

Dante had previously been open and honest with him, telling him about those things in the depths of the secret dungeon.

A Necron Overlord's remains imprisoned in a stasis field, psychic creations left over from the Age of Strife, androids made by Baal's alien creatures, a fragment of Golden Age technology that could observe other planes, an ancient Dreadnought warrior completely controlled by the Red Thirst during the Great Crusade era, and Sanguinius's remains.

No matter which one it was, it was extremely precious or dangerous.

"Are you trying to steal Sanguinius's remains and send them to the temple on the moon of Davin?" Seth almost blurted out.

Mephiston's steps slowed down a bit, and the corner of Zhou Yun's eye also twitched imperceptibly.

Horus was corrupted and resurrected in the temple on Davin.

"You..." Zhou Yun's mouth twitched: "Watch your words. Be careful that one day, due to the dual effects of the Red Thirst and the Black Rage, you'll blow yourself up with a melta grenade on a Thunderhawk gunship."

"..." Seth frowned: "I am not that stupid."

"This isn't about being stupid or not. Some people even commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back eight times," Zhou Yun said softly.

Zhou Yun actually admired Seth's mouth. His remarks carried an unpolished talent and innocence, even making Zhou Yun feel that his own mouth had become deliberate.

In the normal timeline, when Roboute Guilliman sent Primaris to the Blood Angels, Seth once said two famous quotes:

"Guilliman wants to turn us into Ultramarines wearing red power armor!"

"If Roboute Guilliman is willing... if he is already the Regent, why wouldn't he try to go a step further and become the Emperor?"

These two explosive remarks even scared Dante.

After this, Seth's screen time inexplicably decreased and eventually disappeared without a trace.

Even in Zhou Yun's previous life, Seth's tabletop rules were inexplicably deleted, and he was directly erased. It was hard not to suspect whether he had suffered the Regent's heavy hand. Seth's mouth ultimately harmed him.

Noticing Zhou Yun's strange gaze, Seth frowned slightly, a flash of imperceptible anger crossing his eyes.

He always felt that his nose was filled with a bloody smell, his fangs were vaguely pressing against his lips, and he felt angry at the riddles Zhou Yun and Mephiston were speaking.

Seth's fingers rested slightly on the reliquary hanging at his waist, and his anger was thus suppressed a little.

It was not yet time, it was not yet time. He had to know the purpose of the two before making a correct judgment.

The end of the passage stopped before a rough and heavy door. Strange runes that neither Seth nor Zhou Yun could understand were carved on the door, seemingly having some psychic meaning.

Mephiston knocked on the door three times with the torch burning fiercely in his hand. Mechanical buzzing sounded, and the door slowly opened, rubbing against the ground to produce sparks.

A wind carrying the scent of incense blew out from the door, extinguishing the torch in Mephiston's hand. In an instant, shadows wrapped around everyone.

The roar of steel sounded, a monument combining war and wisdom, wrapped in steel and ceramite, cast into the shape of a gorgeous stone sarcophagus. That was an ancient Astartes warrior who had fallen heavily in a past battle.

But his remains were injected into the Dreadnought sarcophagus, serving in the way of steel and iron.

Placed in the stone sarcophagus before them was a Chief Librarian before Mephiston, named Malest, killed by the Eight-Faced Monster. Since then, he had permanently guarded the secret dungeon, never entering slumber, relying on his own willpower to endure the cold of the Dreadnought sarcophagus, guarding the treasure house and cage of the Blood Angels, and even more guarding the remains of the Primarch.

He was the sentry, the door, and the key to the dungeon. Only he knew how to walk in the depths of the dungeon and how to go to Sanguinius's tomb.

"Mephiston!" Malest raised his voice: "I didn't expect fate to bring you back so soon."

The Dreadnought warrior shifted the head of the stone sarcophagus slightly, landing on Zhou Yun.

On the giant axe in the Dreadnought warrior's hand, the disruption field ignited silently.

"Who are you? And why did you and Mephiston come?" Malest asked in a low voice.

In an instant, the air became a bit silent, and a fishy smell of blood seemed to become clearer and clearer.

Zhou Yun knew that the Blood God had gradually sensed his purpose. Once he walked into the passage leading to Sanguinius's tomb, the Blood God's gaze would probably be cast over immediately.

And he also had to state his purpose to get the help of this Librarian Dreadnought before him.

"I came for Sanguinius."

(End of chapter)