Chapter 154: Warhammer: What Do You Mean You Conquered the Zerg

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

The two chatted for a while, mainly about what to do next.

Goodwin suggested Lin En return to the Governor's Mansion first to stabilize the situation.

Fighting still raged on the other side of the Forbidden Wall, and the Noble Council also needed handling.

As for Luna's side, don't act rashly for now; she is currently the "legitimate" Regent King, and moving against her means moving against the Saint Galus Family, which means shaking the foundations of Brevis.

Lin En indicated he understood.

Before leaving, he asked:

"Archbishop, do you have a way regarding the Machine Cult?"

Goodwin remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he said a meaningful sentence:

"There is always a way, but it depends on timing, and it depends on the price."

Lin En did not ask further.

He brought Isud and left the Square.

Behind him, the mourning ceremony continued.

The pastor's chanting echoed endlessly in the icy wind.

Lei Ou did not know how he had returned to the Forbidden Wall.

Those two days and two nights of fleeing were like a long nightmare.

Two thousand Bodyguards fell one by one.

They blocked bullets for him, used their bodies to block pursuers, or turned to charge at comrades they had once fought side by side with.

All just to buy a few more seconds.

His last memory was that earth-shattering explosion.

Quinn's mecha embraced Aiden, golden flames and blue energy intertwined, devouring everything.

He was blown away by the shockwave, protected by the Ice Lotus, and finally the Wildmen helped him to a safe place to rest for half a day.

Afterward, they set out together on the silent journey home.

Those Wildmen escorted him south, toward the direction of the Forbidden Wall.

There was no communication between them; they just followed mechanically, and Lei Ou's mind did not recover for a long time.

The wind of the Ice Plains was still bone-piercing, and snow was still falling, but he could not feel the cold.

He could feel nothing.

Until the outline of the Forbidden Wall appeared in his field of vision.

Lei Ou stopped his footsteps.

The Forbidden Wall was still there.

That majestic barrier still stood in the wind and snow, unchanged from hundreds of years ago.

But the smell in the air was wrong: gunpowder, blood, and death.

That was not the scent of human and Green Skin blood intertwined; there was only human blood.

Someone was still fighting below the wall.

When Lei Ou arrived, the civil war was nearing its end.

He narrowed his eyes and looked through the wind and snow.

The blue-gray uniforms of the Vanguard Army were encircling a group of people in golden military uniforms.

They were the Knight Auxiliary Army of the Saint Galus Family, the family's most elite troops, specialized in providing support and protection for Knight Mechas.

Even the valiant Holy Knights need rest.

When they disembarked from their Knight Mechas to rest and regroup, that was when they were most vulnerable.

That was when the Knight Auxiliary Army would come into play.

How could they be here? Why were they fighting the Vanguard Army?

Lei Ou walked forward quickly.

The Wildmen followed behind him, still silent.

After walking a few steps, Lei Ou seemed to think of something.

His pupils dilated, his face full of disbelief.

"The Family, the Family guided the Council to launch a civil war?"

Lei Ou, who had just returned to the Forbidden Wall, felt a pain in his heart.

On the battlefield, Hammond was preparing to issue the final cleanup command.

The Knight Auxiliary Army had fewer than two thousand people left, besieged in a ruin on the East side of the Forbidden Wall.

They fought to the death, but without reinforcements, they could not hold out much longer.

Hammond raised his hand, preparing to order a total attack.

Then he heard a commotion behind him.

"Lord Lei Ou is back!"

"It's Lei Ou!"

"He's still alive!"

Hammond's hand froze in midair.

He turned around and saw a figure, tattered all over and covered in blood, walking toward them step by step.

Leo Saint Galus.

He was still alive.

Hammond felt a complex emotion surge in his heart—relief, and a trace... of doubt.

The Vanguard Army soldiers, upon seeing Lei Ou, were first surprised and delighted.

But immediately, that surprise turned into hesitation, into suspicion, into something indescribable.

The Knight Auxiliary Army in the ruins also saw Lei Ou.

Their reaction was even more complex.

Some were surprised, some were angry, some lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Lei Ou.

Lei Ou felt those gazes, and his footsteps slowed.

He didn't understand.

Why did the Vanguard Army people look at him as if looking at a criminal suspect?

Why did the Knight Auxiliary Army people appear here, and fight the Vanguard Army?

He looked at Hammond, hoping to find an answer on that one-eyed Commissar's face.

Hammond said nothing.

He just looked at Lei Ou, with no expression on that scarred face.

"Leo Saint Galus..."

In the ruins, a Knight Auxiliary Army officer stood up.

He was covered in blood, one arm already broken, simply bandaged with cloth strips.

But he stood straight, his eyes staring fiercely at Lei Ou.

"You traitor!"

Lei Ou was stunned.

"Traitor?"

"You betrayed the Clan!" the officer roared, his voice hoarse.

"You colluded with outsiders, framed the Supreme King, caused Lord Calum's death, and now you dare come back?!"

Lei Ou's lips moved slightly, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say.

Colluded with outsiders? Framed the Supreme King? Caused Lord Calum's death?

He clearly had done nothing.

He had only been fighting at the Forbidden Wall, then inexplicably chased by Aiden, forced to flee on the Ice Plains.

After experiencing nine deaths and one life, he had returned.

But after returning, it seemed everything had changed.

He looked at the Vanguard Army soldiers.

Those who had once charged with him, guarded the wall with him, and eaten Dan Fen Guan Tou with him now looked at him in a way that made his heart cold.

Some avoided his gaze, not daring to look directly at him.

Some bit their lips, as if struggling.

They were also doubting, doubting whether he had really betrayed.

Whether his disappearance these past two days was doing something unspeakable.

And that notification from the Main Hive: Leo Saint Galus had defected to Chaos, and the Clan had issued a kill order.

Countless gazes of doubt and scrutiny fell upon him.

Lei Ou staggered back several steps.

He felt the snow beneath his feet, like a bottomless swamp, devouring him.

He felt the surrounding air grow heavy, as if it would crush him.

The hardship of fleeing, the unyielding spirit of fighting to the death, the wind and frost along this road—

none had been able to defeat this man.

But now, facing the incomprehension and suspicion of Clan soldiers and comrades, this man, who was always resolute and decisive—

for the first time felt he might be defeated.