Outside The Forge.
Waiting outside, apart from the First Captain Gabriel Santar and the Emperor's Children's Sword Saint Arcur Tona, who were guarding the Gardinerian delegation, there were also about a hundred of the Iron Hands' Primarch's personal guard.
Compared to a certain blue stretcher-bearer team, their existence was less about protecting the Iron Hands and more about the Iron Hands protecting them.
But unfortunately, in the end, neither side was protected.
Hiss... in that case, it seems they are even worse than the stretcher-bearer team.
And before the first sound was made inside The Forge, Arcur's right hand had already been on the hilt of her sword, her eyes fixed on the Gardinerian attendant before her.
Ready to deliver the fatal blow at any moment.
Under these circumstances, no one would doubt her swordsmanship.
Especially when Arcur had once beaten down all the Iron Hands who believed that "flesh is weak!" in the duel cage.
She had become an undefeated myth within the Tenth Legion.
There were even rumors that Arcur Tona had once fought the Emperor with her unparalleled swordsmanship.
Whenever this was mentioned, Arcur would have to helplessly correct the other's statement, pointing out that it was a rumor—it was her father who had fought the Emperor and had died gloriously, not her.
BANG!
With the huge sound coming from The Forge, the assassin from Gardiner launched an attack at the same time.
"That's the sound of a particle weapon!"
"The Primarch is in danger! Prepare to assist!"
Shouting, Santar anxiously picked up the firearm in his hand, preparing to open the gate to assist the Primarch.
But just then, the foolish Gardinerian attendant stood in front of him, blocking his path.
"Get out of the way!"
Santar pushed him impatiently.
Logically, any mortal under this full-strength blow from a Space Marine would fly out like a cannonball.
But the attendant did not.
The originally very thin Gardinerian attendant suddenly began to expand, his figure swelling and deforming rapidly like a balloon being inflated.
His palm was like pushing on cotton, and the force was completely absorbed by his resilient body.
The biological genetic modification technology from Gardiner.
Insane, but also effective.
"Take him down!"
Santar shouted, and reached out with his bionic right hand, about to pin him to the ground.
A muffled grunt suddenly came from the mortal's throat, and then a large mass of white, foamy vomit was instantly spewed onto Gabriel Santar.
The vomit corroded his ceramite power armor, making a disgusting sizzling sound.
Tsk, so disgusting.
ZHEW!
Santar had wanted to add another punch, but at that very moment, Arcur drew her sword with a speed almost invisible to the naked eye and stabbed at the assassin.
She accurately pierced the central nervous system of the young attendant's cerebellum.
Stopping his crazed movements.
No, it didn't stop.
Even though the sword had accurately pierced his cerebellum, the blood vessels on his body were still bulging abnormally under the stretched, swollen skin, and a fluid that did not seem to be blood was flowing rapidly under the blood vessels; his eyes were bulging as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
Something's wrong!
He's not dead yet!
Arcur, seeing this, quickly pulled out her blade and stabbed him again in the heart, brain, and other vital points.
But it had no effect.
After undergoing a large amount of biological genetic modification, he was now a long way from the human that Arcur was familiar with.
In fact, he was more like a disposable suicide bomb.
The Gardinerian attendant's head began to shake rapidly and erratically, and a corrosive liquid spewed from his mouth.
While his figure was still expanding... a smile appeared on his already extremely distorted face.
He... he was about to explode!
WHOOSH!
The hatch of The Forge was instantly pushed open, and a golden-red psionic flame instantly covered the entire area.
The surging flames covered the entire area in front of the forge.
But surprisingly, the flames did not instantly burn the Gardinerian attendant to a crisp.
Instead, as if it was comforting him, it slowly and bit by bit returned his rapidly expanding and deforming body to its normal, original form.
As for the corrosive liquid he had spewed out, it also returned to clear, transparent water under the purification of the flames.
After being burned by the flames and returning to its original state, the Gardinerian fell to the ground, powerless.
Like a bomb with its fuse removed, it had lost all movement.
ZHEW!
This time, Arcur added another sword strike with extreme speed, completely cutting off the last sliver of life of this human-shaped bomb.
"This is...?"
Seeing this, the originally inwardly shouting Gabriel Santar straightened up and looked in the direction where the flame had come from.
"It's me."
In his field of vision appeared a guy with a golden-red flame swirling around his right hand.
It was the one he knew, the First Lord Commander of the Emperor's Children, Kasjia Sherlock.
"But..."
"But isn't the Emperor's Children a legion that opposes psykers?"
In the Third Legion, unstable psykers were usually regarded as a malignant mutation, which was contrary to Fulgrim's pursuit of perfection.
Of course, the Navigator families were an exception.
"That's true..."
Kasjia looked at the flame in his hand helplessly. "But I just had a psionic awakening. What can you do about it?"
The Fist of Iron.
Mess hall.
This place was never very lively: the Iron Hands had never valued these luxurious physical sensory enjoyments. They believed that these things would only make people weaker.
In the past, there were only some food-serving servitors here, serving some nutrient gruel mixed with ceramite bone-strengthening powder, which tasted only bland and tasteless.
But today, the menu of the Iron Hands had undergone a dramatic change.
A lavish feast made from a large amount of fresh meat, vegetables, and spices stored by the Emperor's Children, with steaming barbecue grills, tagines, and electromagnetic kilns boiling with fragrant soup, and mellow wine and other drinks were waiting.
A delicious meal cooked by one of the most skilled chefs from Terra, who was stationed with the Third Legion, and many of the Emperor's Children who loved good food.
A sight that would make anyone's mouth water.
This was an old tradition of the Emperor's Children. Unlike other legions who would hold a victory feast after a war, or the Space Wolves who would party whenever they wanted...
...the Space Marines of the Emperor's Children would enjoy a lavish feast before a real big battle began.
Even the Iron Hands, whose brains were almost replaced with iron, were no exception.
Even though they would insist that this was to respect the cultural traditions of the other legion, and not a sign of weakness.
But in reality, they were often the ones who ate the most.
But that was in the past.
Now, the Iron Hands sitting at the several rows of tables at the feast were still hesitant, not daring to start.
Even the Ultramarines Chapter Master Cicero, who was confused and had decided to try first, was stopped by the Iron Hands beside him.
Don't eat.
At least, not yet.
"Everyone, don't be afraid. As a commander of the Emperor's Children, I can tell you."
"During the cooking process, there was not a single step in which our Second Company Captain Arcur participated."
Kasjia said with a smile.
He had seen the reason for their hesitation.
Hah!
Why didn't you say so earlier!
The once-silent hall was suddenly filled with laughter and joy.
The Iron Hands, upon hearing Kasjia's words, were instantly relieved and began to feast on the lavish dishes.
Damn, the oppressive power of Sword Saint Arcur.
To be able to make an entire legion of Space Marines not dare to touch a single chopstick...
...I really want to know what kind of heinous things she did to the Iron Hands to make them so afraid of her.
"What are you doing!"
Perhaps sensing Kasjia's curious gaze, Arcur held up the drawing board with the parchment on it to cover her face with displeasure.
Fortunately, after this, she seemed to have completely given up on cooking as a hobby and had instead chosen to focus only on drawing as her new specialty.
Drawing, huh? That's great.
Kasjia praised silently in his heart.
At least she wouldn't be a threat to others anymore.
"Then what have you been drawing, Master? Let me have a look."
Kasjia said, and stretched his neck to look at the parchment in her hand.
"...These two mating Grox are drawn very well."
Arcur: "..."
She thought for a moment, whether to accept this compliment or to tell him the truth.
In the end, she chose to change the subject.
"Have you heard? The analysis report on the Gardinerian assassins from the Apothecary and the Mechanicum Magos is out."
The advanced level of the Gardinerian biological gene technology was evident.
That attendant had been genetically modified as a weapon for Gardiner from birth.
His life, from birth, was to prepare for this moment of self-destruction.
"If it weren't for you stopping him with your psionics at the last moment... half of the Iron Hands' Primarch's personal guard might have had to be interred in a Dreadnought ahead of schedule."
If that suicide attendant had really exploded in the Primarch's personal guard, not only would the closest Santar and Arcur not have survived, but the entire Primarch's personal guard would have been severely damaged.
This was a complete and utter provocation from the Gardinerians.
"Ferris is very angry about this. She's probably going to issue an Exterminatus on Gardiner."
Thinking that her momentary mercy might have brought immeasurable and terrifying consequences for the entire legion, Ferris was furious at the ridiculous and self-righteous assassination attempt of the Gardinerians.
She was so angry she didn't even want to attend the Emperor's Children's banquet.
But fortunately, with the help of the Emperor's Children's Lord Commander Kasjia, the Gardinerians' assassination attempt was completely thwarted. Apart from two of the Terminator guards whose brains were still a little confused from the other's psionic shock, the rest of the Iron Hands were all safe and sound.
Otherwise, the Thousand Sons Librarian Amal and almost half of the Primarch's personal guard would have been left here.
If it weren't for this, Ferris would probably have already started preparing for a volley of vortex torpedoes.
The slightly drunk Gabriel Santar walked up to Kasjia and Arcur.
"Let's go! To the duel cage!"
As one of the best among the Iron Hands, First Captain Santar did not seem to be satisfied with being a defeated opponent of Arcur.
"Alright, I'm next!"
"Fight! Fight!"
"Wooo—!"
With the atmosphere of the banquet, whether they were from the Iron Hands, the Ultramarines, or the Emperor's Children, the Astartes all showed great excitement for a duel between two skilled warriors as an after-dinner entertainment.
Especially when the two sides in the duel were a clash between the strongest warriors of the Emperor's Children and the Iron Hands.
"Then let's do it."
Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm, Arcur did not refuse, and took the training sword that a servitor handed her.
"Do you want to wear power armor?"
"No need. Let's just duel directly."
Thud.
The result of the battle did not change in any way.
Cursing, Santar fell to the ground again.
The fight between the two was very spectacular, and any Space Marine who had been through many battles could not help but feel their hands itch after watching.
"Let me try!"
The Ultramarines Chapter Master Cicero impatiently took Santar's place.
"I have long heard that the Second Company Captain of the Emperor's Children, Arcur, has unparalleled swordsmanship. As a son of Guilliman, I—!"
I'm very sorry for not being able to make Lady Arcur use her full strength.
Cicero, who had been knocked out and was lying on the ground, was carried back by a servitor.
As a genetically very pure Ultramarine, Cicero had lived up to expectations and had lost the duel.
He was indeed a son of Guilliman.
"Next, who else wants to try!?"
Arcur, whose aura had changed dramatically after picking up her sword, shouted excitedly.
Honing her skills in battle had always been her specialty, and whenever she picked up a sword, that passionate enthusiasm would return to her body.
But it seemed that after suffering countless defeats, these Iron Hands had also learned to be a little smarter.
She had to use some harsh words to provoke them.
"Is there no one else? Are all the Iron Hands cowards?"
With Arcur's trash talk, a wave of hisses and curses came from the hall.
"I'll do it!"
One after another, the Iron Hands stood up in defiance.
And then they lay back down again.
Under Arcur's invincible swordsmanship, almost all the unyielding high-ranking Space Marines of the Iron Hands were lying scattered on the ground.
"Hahahaha—"
She laughed happily.
But Kasjia knew that she would not be laughing for long.
Hope he's alright.
He picked up a small snack from the side and mourned silently in his heart.
"What? Are there no more Iron Hands who want to try?"
"Or has the supposedly powerful mechanical body bowed to the weak flesh and blood?"
"Huh? Did you all have your guts removed during your mechanical modification?"
Arcur shouldered her sword and paced back and forth in the duel cage happily.
But she was a little strange.
Why had the banquet hall, which had been full of laughter and curses, suddenly fallen silent?
It seemed to be not from failure, but from an uneasy panic.
No.
It was fear.
The Iron Hands were afraid of something.
What on earth had happened?
Arcur looked left and right, trying to find the reason for the Iron Hands' silence.
She found it.
Their eyes met. Ferris Manus was on the other side of the iron railings, looking at her with a blank expression.
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