Chapter 483: Luthen: Kosorax Is Indeed Not to Be Underestimated!

【Item Name: Real Escape Game Box】

【Origin: Earth, 22nd Century — Future Department Store】

【Production Time: 231. m3】

【Function: Appears as a square box; once activated, it transforms the entire structure into an inescapable, indestructible sealed room. One must continuously answer questions of varying difficulty and achieve the game's set objectives to complete the escape. Note: This item is defective; it has previously trapped people for up to one month. Do not use it casually.】

Zhou Yun sat with his eyes closed upon the command Wang Zuo of the Light Lord, a device prepared specifically to prevent Erebus from using the Ritual Dagger or Bi La Ke from employing that Shadow-Step ability.

It could directly transform the entire Blessed Lady into an inescapable sealed room; unless Erebus could answer a series of questions correctly and reach the bridge, he would remain trapped within the Blessed Lady, unable to leave by any means.

Zhou Yun himself did not board the Blessed Lady; he remained stationed aboard the Light Lord.

On one hand, this was to prevent Zhou Yun himself from becoming trapped on the Blessed Lady—this device was somewhat indiscriminate between friend and foe.

On the other hand, it was to remain vigilant against Luthen, who might appear at any moment, and the possible emergence of the Old Ones' Three Divine Artifacts.

Yet Zhou Yun still dispatched two Great Demons belonging to him, Nobita Huang Daxiong and Fat Tiger Great Demon, allowing his will to inhabit them as they entered the Blessed Lady.

Of course, the World Eaters squad led by Kahn, the Harlequin squad led by Shalokin, the Flesh Tearers regiment led by Seth, Black Fury Kasro, and the Ultramarines regiment led by Titus all entered the Blessed Lady as well.

Meanwhile, the Terminator regiment led by Caelum and the Primaris regiment led by Thor remained stationed aboard the Light Lord, serving as Zhou Yun's guards.

As for Luthen, Zhou Yun chose to leave him to Kosorax, Captain Saren, and the World Eaters.

Zhou Yun did not actually hold high expectations for Kosorax and the World Eaters; the World Eaters were difficult to control, the Blessed Lady was now in an indestructible state, and Captain Saren and the Conqueror could not be of much use, so after some thought, Zhou Yun ordered them to pursue and intercept Luthen.

But Zhou Yun did not harbor great hopes either.

Luthen might be mad now, but he was after all the former Chapter Master of half the Dark Angels Legion, a figure who could fight Lion El'Jonson to a standstill; he was not so easily dealt with.

What Zhou Yun truly used to deal with the Old Ones' Three Divine Artifacts was an item, an item capable of swiftly taking everything nearby and rapidly transporting him to the safest location in the galaxy.

He gently rubbed the item in his hand a few times, closed his eyes lightly, and let his consciousness surge into the bodies of Fat Tiger Great Demon and Nobita Huang Daxiong within the Blessed Lady.

In the silent forest, atop the ritual altar standing there,

Luthen and several trusted Fallen Angels gazed coldly at the Star Speaker upon the altar.

The Star Speaker emitted a sharp wail; amidst the hazy star-speech, numerous Fallen Angels' coordinates flew into the void, reaching straight into the depths of the stars.

Luthen drew his own Caliban Two-Handed Broadsword and slashed horizontally across the Star Speaker's neck, preventing the star-signal from being tracked and his location from being found by that group of juniors.

"It is almost done, Lion. It is almost done," Luthen whispered in his heart, praying for the return of the Lion.

Ouroboros is Caliban, the sum total of all things on Caliban; every fragment, plant, object, and even person from the past, swept into different times and spaces across the galaxy with Caliban's destruction, is part of Caliban.

Especially the Fallen Angels; they carry Caliban's culture, condense Caliban's spirit, and gather Caliban's power. Only half a Legion's worth of Fallen Angels is needed to summon Ouroboros; combined with the Great Fragment, the Fortress of the Stone, they allow the Fallen Angels to become the new vessel for Ouroboros.

Erebus had urged Luthen to believe this: that if Luthen gathered enough Fallen Angels, if he found the Heart of Plague, and if he lured the Stone and the Tychus Engine close enough, he could reunite the Old Ones' Three Divine Artifacts, push the one who ascended to godhood ten thousand years ago back to his rightful position, and resurrect the Lion. But judging by the timeline, Luthen no longer had the opportunity to slowly collect the Fallen Angels scattered across the galaxy.

Many Fallen Angels did not trust Luthen, were unwilling to help him, and refused to follow him; battles had even broken out several times.

There was no other way; to resurrect the Lion, he could only make the Fallen Angels suffer, and Luthen would bear the infamy himself.

Luthen packaged and sent all the Fallen Angel coordinates he could sense or prophesy to the Dark Angels Chapter, delivering them to the Fortress of the Stone.

If anyone in this world was best at capturing Fallen Angels, it was undoubtedly the Dark Angels Chapter; if anywhere was most suitable for imprisoning and collecting Fallen Angels, it was undoubtedly the Fortress of the Stone.

He could only pray that his former comrades-in-arms could endure a bit longer under the Dark Angels Chapter's interrogations.

"It is time to go," Luthen murmured with a hint of reluctance.

His reluctance was not because he had deliberately allowed the Fallen Angels to be captured by the Dark Angels, but because the items personally gifted by the Lion had been stolen, and those two Necron thieves had not yet been caught.

If he left this sector, he might never have another chance to retrieve them; for the sake of a greater goal, Luthen could only temporarily abandon those items and let those few thieves go—

Wildfires tore through the sky; the macro-lances' macro-beams descended from the horizon, striking the ground and burning upon the surface of this jungle-filled planet.

This sudden attack completely caught Luthen off guard; he looked up at the sky and saw only a magnificent warship hovering in orbit, ruthlessly unleashing firepower upon the ground.

That was

"My lord, it is the Conqueror," said a Fallen Angel bearing the Fearwing insignia, standing beside Luthen, speaking in a low voice; they had received a transmission from the Conqueror.

The Conqueror? The World Eaters' flagship? Was this the round hand extended by Saint Doraemon?

Then their finding Luthen seemed quite normal.

But they were only using macro-lances, not those more lethal weapons. Was this a provocation?

Knowing that the Shadow-Step granted to Luthen by Bi La Ke could easily evade Exterminatus, they simply used orbital bombardment as a provocation, hoping Luthen would teleport onto the Conqueror to fight?

Just then, a noisy transmission rang in Luthen's ears, coming from the Conqueror:

The World Eaters Regent Kosorax challenges Luthen.

Kosorax? Luthen's pupils contracted slightly, recalling what Erebus had said: "Kosorax is an extremely terrifying person, deeply scheming, and his ambition is no less than Guilliman's."

But did not Erebus claim he was dead? How could he still be alive?

Luthen's heart could not help but rise with caution; this man was indeed not to be underestimated.

(End of Chapter)