Chapter 93: War General Runs Faster Than Me?

Great Vortex boundary.

The Great Rift from the Eye of Fear spans the galaxy, and serves as the second demon world outside the Eye of Fear.

The Great Vortex continuously flickers with unclean orange light.

Especially after Black Heart Hurlun betrayed the Empire, fell completely into Chaos, and under the name Red Pirates continuously plundered the Empire, the Great Vortex's boundary kept expanding.

At this time, a semi‑demon world on the outer rim.

A medium fleet, barely numbering over thirty ships, docked in orbit.

Although it had no large vessels, the uniform insignia on the fleet made the pirate ships passing by in orbit recognize it as Abadon's fleet.

Only the lower‑tier pirates didn't know that not only had an Abadon fleet arrived in their world, but Abadon himself was also on the planet's surface.

Abadon and Black Heart Hurlun are extremely close partners.

Whenever Abadon launches an expedition, Hurlun leads his Red Pirates to cooperate in attacking the Empire.

Understanding that when the lips are gone the teeth feel cold, Hurlun repeatedly mobilized large forces to rescue Abadon.

This is also why Abadon, pursued relentlessly by Xisi, ultimately chose to flee into the Great Vortex.

Running back to his own sphere of influence would be fine, but Abadon feels a bit sorry for his own people.

The surface at this moment.

A demon factory overseen by the Dark Mechanical Church.

Massive war machines, amid the wails of mortal slave laborers, continuously emerge from the four splashing vats of molten iron through the gates.

At the same time, A-space Evil Method fluctuations pull A-space Demons out of Subspace, forcefully inserting them into machinery to become various demon engines unique to Chaos.

At the top of this bustling factory, within a spacious Dadian, Abadon sits at the head, somewhat unaccustomed, gazing at the hall's decorations.

Especially noting that the entire Dadian lacks even a single skull meant to please the gods, not even a dark totem; if it weren't for the fact that the black skull who fled Alert Star earlier is someone he knows, Abadon would even think he had mistakenly stumbled into a more "evil" Imperial loyalist warband.

Although he doesn't know what blow Heilu suffered that left him without even the desire to sacrifice to the gods.

But Abadon's purpose this trip isn't to discipline Hurlun's subordinates, so he pretends not to notice, merely seizing time to rest and resupply, preparing to keep fleeing.

Meanwhile, faced with Heilu's continual flattery, after surveying the Dadian, he casually signals to a mortal with horns on his head:

"Your Dadian actually has a mortal who stands on equal footing with Astarte?"

Heilu, hearing this, looks behind him, gazing at this mortal who, even before Abadon, seems utterly insignificant, as if Abadon were a mere speck before things Heilu has seen, and a hint of relief flickers in his eyes.

Turning back to Abadon, Heilu explains:

"This person is called DuJiao, whom I found on Alert Star."

"To be frank, this person is my lucky star I prepared for myself."

"He escaped twice under… some evil god, and I kept him nearby hoping for some luck."

DuJiao, Heilu.

He silently whispered the two names in his heart; then Abadon looked at the Heilu who plainly showed cowardice and scoffed, "When did this kid become so afraid of trouble?"

Still that certain evil god.

What evil god could have that lunatic devil behind his own backside?!

Abadon, of course, only muttered that in his mind, while the Heilu below, upon hearing it, seemed to recall some unpleasant memories; his face first showed nightmare fear, then he looked at Abadon, relieved that the nightmare seemed finally to be leaving.

Heilu, excited, stood up and again offered his respect to Abadon:

"The past matters are best left unsaid, but now that the War General has arrived, the gods' Blessing is inevitably near."

"Because the War General came, my nightmare is effectively gone!"

Heilu's expression was fervent, for he could not imagine anything in this galaxy that could give the Chaos Faction more security than Abadon himself taking command.

That mortal on Alert Star that day was indeed quite sinister, but even sinister must have its limits, right?

Heilu couldn't believe the other knowingly came here despite knowing Abadon was present!

The more Heilu thought, the more at ease he became, while above, Abadon, seeing the time was about right and guessing Xisi would soon follow, rose without hesitation even though his supplies were not yet full.

"Alright, I still have business, so I'll leave first."

Watching Abadon depart, Heilu felt reluctant but said nothing.

He was merely puzzled why he was in such a hurry, not even taking enough supplies.

Even as he watched Abadon almost jog ahead, Heilu furrowed his brow, because for some unknown reason, he felt as if he saw on Abadon…

…the shadow of DuJiao.

Heilu was startled by this, instinctively looking at the human lucky star he kept beside him.

DuJiao indeed stared blankly at Abadon; although he had no information yet, merely looking at Abadon made DuJiao seem to see himself on Alert Star.

When Heilu confirmed that DuJiao shared his perspective, his expression instantly turned odd.

At this moment, Abadon had already burst out of the room, reached the factory's apex, and directly used A-space Evil Method to teleport back to the orbital flagship.

Then only Heilu remained stunned, watching the Abadon fleet above, even though Phosphorus was insufficient, they forced the engines to full and raced away.

"Why does it feel like the War General is fleeing?"

Heilu muttered to himself, and as if to answer his own question, just as Abadon's front foot left orbit and his rear foot was on the other side, after a burst of A-space Fluctuation a fleet suddenly surged out.

Upon confirming that the opposing warships were not from his own faction, alarms began to fill the factory.

The few remaining Chaos Astarte underlings hurried over, letting Heilu board his own destroyer to prepare for battle.

Heilu didn't act immediately; instead he glanced at the unfamiliar fleet of only a dozen or so ships, then at what seemed a startled rabbit, forcibly initiating Abadon's jump, his eyes gradually brightening.

"Not exactly."

"It's truly Abadon TM fleeing!"

Heilu affirmed his conclusion, and then, faced with the ever‑growing mortal cult army beneath his feet and the demon engines lifting skyward, despite the massive forces, Heilu turned his back on nothing and boarded the Yunxuji, heading to his own fleet in orbit.

Inside the Yunxuji, Heilu immediately spoke:

"Connect the opposing commander's communications at once; I want to see exactly who's coming!"

Heilu hastily spoke, and at the same time a sense of foreboding in his heart grew stronger.

The pilot inside the Yunxuji also immediately carried out Heilu's order; soon, a figure of Gilded Silver Armor never seen before appeared in the projection.

Heilu saw this and let out a deep breath, about to turn and have his troops prepare for battle, but the next second, after confirming that the person standing opposite was Heilu, the other party removed his helmet.

Silence!

As Xisi revealed his face, Heilu's world was left with only silence.

His face showed an "as expected" expression of indifference, then with a "radiant" look, he happily pressed the shutdown.

"Prepare the fleet; as soon as I arrive, Leap immediately."

The subordinate asked: "Are we preparing to jump into the enemy ranks?"

Heilu's eyelid twitched; thinking that his subordinate actually asked whether he should jump in front of Xisi, he almost directly drew his Explosive Gun.

"Jump back, the farther away from this group, the better!"

The subordinate grew more doubtful; after looking at each other, an Astartes still hesitated.

"But War General..."

Hearing Abadon, Heilu finally seemed to find the point of eruption; at this moment, how could he not understand that this so-called evil god named Xisi was brought by Abadon.

Heilu, face flushed with anger, pointed at the spot where Abadon had just forcefully jumped away, and shouted in fury.

"War General?"

"You damn haven't seen the War General run faster than me?!"