Chapter 67: The treacherous situation in the Underhive

To be honest, according to Alvin's shallow understanding in his previous life, most cults that believe in Khorne would not be so smart.

Using the irreconcilable contradiction between the Underhive and the Upper Hive to condense the power of the entire Underhive, and then completely detonating this hidden anger at the right time to ignite the entire Hive City—this kind of thing is more like... Tzeentch's handiwork!

If he hadn't seen with his own eyes the 'head mound' (a pile of heads) piled up by the heads of hundreds of scavengers in the East District, Alvin would have suspected that he had made a mistake.

A glib-tongued, highly inflammatory conspirator is too much in line with Tzeentch's appetite!

Suddenly, the expression on Alvin's face stiffened, and he had a bad premonition.

Could it be... that Tzeentch is really involved?

No, no, no, impossible, absolutely impossible!

He shook his head vigorously, drove this terrible thought away, and hurriedly performed an Aquila sign: "Emperor's blessing, please don't increase the difficulty anymore; I can't play anymore!"

Nachmund Gauntlet, Necrons, Khorne, Genestealer Cults... this planet is already chaotic enough!

The only one missing is probably Orks, right?

Alvin shivered violently. For some reason, his right eyelid was twitching wildly: "Pah, pah, pah, what feudal superstition? Get lost!"

As the saying goes, left eye twitches for wealth, right eye twitches for... it is a symptom caused by involuntary contraction of eye muscles.

He firmly believes that the merciful Emperor would absolutely not treat a loyal subject in such a cruel way.

"Forget it, now is not the time to consider these."

Alvin threw away the distracting thoughts, left the crowd low-key, and changed his route to the East District.

Before leaving, he and Taker had agreed to meet at the secret base in a month.

However, after Alvin found Taker's secret base again along the sewer pipes, he found that it was empty, the equipment had almost been moved away, and there was only a note.

'Kid, if you come back and don't see me, take the things I prepared for you and go directly to the Mid-Hive to find Priest Aluman.'

Alvin finished reading the content on the note and scanned the secret base.

The chainsword and heavy bolter placed in the corner of the wall were gone now; clearly, they had been taken away by Taker.

Although Alvin didn't know what Taker had encountered to choose to take these two pieces of equipment, at least one point was certain.

In the month he had been away, something big must have happened in the Underhive!

Otherwise, with Taker's strength, if he were dealing with mere Underhive gang dregs, there would be no need to take a heavy bolter and a chainsword, these two lethal weapons!

"Could it be related to 'Rashid'?" Alvin crumpled the note into a ball. His already heavy mood added a few more points of oppression and anxiety.

Besides that cult psychic 'Rashid', he really couldn't think of any other possibility for someone who could make Taker so serious, even at the cost of using a heavy bolter.

"No, I must tell Magos Priest Aluman this news as soon as possible!"

Thinking of this, Alvin destroyed the note, took the 'token' left by Taker in a hurry, and planned to return to the Mid-Hive to find the Mechanicus Magos Priest Aluman.

With things happening in this state, he could only hope that the 'reinforcements' called by Magos Priest Aluman would be powerful enough!

The 'token' left by Taker was actually that 'Iron Aquila Medal'.

With the Iron Aquila Medal, even the Hive City's enforcers wouldn't dare to stop Alvin, not to mention they had seen it several times, so he passed through smoothly.

The Mid-Hive was as quiet and peaceful as ever.

Completely different from the dirty and chaotic style of the Underhive, medieval-style houses stood on both sides of the street, row upon row.

But unfortunately, Alvin had no heart to stop and went straight to Magos Priest Aluman's Mechanicus Sanctum.

"Mr. Alvin!"

Just then, a young and familiar voice stopped Alvin's hurried footsteps.

He turned his head in surprise, only to see Emerich holding the things he had just bought at the door of a bakery, waving and greeting him excitedly.

Beside Emerich, there was also a fair-skinned girl, shyly holding the boy's hem, not daring to look up at Alvin.

Emerich held the bag of bread, took the girl's hand, and walked over in big strides: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here, Mr. Alvin!"

Alvin looked at the boy and couldn't help but be surprised: "Emerich, how... could you be in the Mid-Hive?"

"Hehe, thanks to Mr. Kolch." Emerich seemed to have gained a bit more confidence, his clothes were much cleaner, and he scratched the back of his head, full of smiles: "He gave me an ID, and I can come to the Mid-Hive once a week to be responsible for purchasing supplies."

Iron Hammer Gang... no wonder. It seems that the noble young master from the Upper Hive, Rashid, specially opened a route for Underhive supplies.

After understanding the joints, Alvin looked at the girl beside him: "Who is she?"

"Mr. Alvin, please allow me to introduce her to you."

Emerich touched his nose shyly, held the girl's hand beside him, and said timidly: "Her name is Stella, she is Mr. Kolch's daughter. I like Stella very much and plan to ask Mr. Kolch to marry Stella to me in a few days."

Alvin was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Is it a blessing, or a warning?

From Emerich's perspective, the Iron Hammer Gang brought him hope for survival, just like those people at the bottom of the Underhive.

Kolch of the Iron Hammer Gang is even the benefactor who saved him and his sister from that group of human scum. How could he be explained clearly in a few words?

"Since this is the path you chose yourself, I have nothing more to say."

Finally, Alvin patted his shoulder, his eyes containing an indescribable complexity: "I wish you happiness, Emerich."

"Thank you, Mr. Alvin."

Emerich was very happy, his face overflowing with full happiness.

"By the way, where is your sister?"

Alvin remembered that this kid and his sister were always inseparable; why was there only one person this time?

"Dre Kelisi has been a bit unhappy lately..."

Mentioning the topic of his sister, Emerich seemed to have unspeakable difficulties, his face showing a bit of helplessness: "After Dre Kelisi knew about me and Stella, she was always angry and smashed many things. Stella was beaten and injured, so I didn't bring her out this time."

"How could this happen?"

Alvin was a bit surprised. In his impression, Dre Kelisi was always silent and didn't seem to like strangers.

However, for her brother Emerich, Dre Kelisi had a great dependence.

Back in the alley, Alvin could see that the relationship between the siblings was extremely deep; he didn't expect it to become like this.

"I don't know why either..."

Emerich was dejected, full of helplessness: "Dre Kelisi won't let me contact Stella, but we are sincerely in love. I believe that one day, Dre Kelisi will definitely understand."

"A child's temper is normal." Alvin didn't think much about it and comforted him: "Buy a gift and coax her, and it will be fine."

"How did you know that's what I was thinking?"

Emerich laughed, took out a beautiful comb from his arms: "Mr. Alvin, I plan to give her a comb for Dre Kelisi's birthday; she will definitely like it!"

"A good choice, girls will always need a comb when they grow up."

Alvin looked at the comb, made of the bones of some animal, pure white like jade, dotted with a few cheap artificial glass decorations.

Although it was not expensive, it was definitely a 'luxury item' in the Underhive.

"By the way, is Dre Kelisi's birthday coming up? How old is she?" Alvin asked.

"Eight!"

Emerich gently stroked the comb, his eyes revealing deep affection: "Counting from the day I picked her up, in half a month, it will be Dre Kelisi's eighth birthday." ===== CHAPTER 68 =====