"We are human beings, and we are also evolution itself. Our evolution, which is capable of adapting to various environments, is the true direction of the future of mankind!"
The Primarch stood up and looked at the hunter proudly: "I have communicated with an ancient being. Soon, I will let my warriors master the ever-changing way of free evolution like me."
"You are an old descendant of Terra, you are conservative in your thinking, I don't blame you. If you can't accept it, I allow you to lead the equally dissatisfied warriors to leave, leave this new Second Legion that will be born under my leadership, and leave my Swarm!"
Just like that, Hunter left. He led the warriors who followed him to form the White Wind Company. They were exiled to the edge of the Astronomican and even to a new world outside the Astronomican to embark on a hunt that was doomed to end in death.
They rarely received supplies, could hardly recruit new soldiers, and even had to fight against unknown threats outside the Astronomican without the Astronomican's guidance. But under the leadership of Hunter, they tenaciously defeated one enemy after another and withstood threats again and again.
This winning streak continued until the wrecked space hulk mysteriously appeared in front of The White Wind.
To eliminate the possible threat that this space hulk may pose to the Empire, the Hunter led the White Wind Company to board the space hulk. However, he originally thought that this was just an ordinary sweep operation, but he was disturbed to find that the space hulk contained many biological samples similar to the Primal Zerg on Zerus.
It's just that they are more powerful and more organized than the Primal Zerg.
Most of these specimens have sharp claws and extraordinary biological weapons, and lack the reproductive organs that normal creatures should have. They have evolved so precisely that they are like biological machines that were born only for killing.
Just when the hunter was worried about the existence of these bugs, a group of blue aliens suddenly appeared on the ship through psychic teleportation.
They performed some kind of ritual to drag the space hulk into the warp, and without Geller's Field activated, a steady stream of blue aliens inexplicably emerged from the space hulk and surrounded the Space Marines.
It was on that day that the hunter first learned of the existence of demons.
The psychic flames of the Tzeentch demon burned on his body, but what tortured him more than these psychic sorcery was the questioning from the bottom of his heart - the fate of the entire company and even the legion had been on his shoulders, but he made the wrong decision. And now, everything is irreversible.
"Everything is going as planned!"
The Tzeentch Archdemon opposite him laughed noisily: "You once abandoned your name, your legion, and your Primarch. Now, you, a loser who has lost everything, will lose your life here! The Lord of Change, who cooperated with your Primarch, has already decided your fate. And I, Xerath, will use your predetermined fate to present a wonderful performance for the Lord of Change here!"
The hunter said nothing. He carried a two-handed power greatsword and tried to find flaws in the body of Tzeentch. He did cause a lot of damage to the Tzeentch, but it was all in vain.
The demon on the opposite side had already shown him his true nature as a creature of the Warp. Like the ordinary demons on the ship that were besieging other Space Marines, he would only return to the Warp if killed and be reborn after a period of gestation.
He fought the demon with his own life, and finally killed the demon's body before he was seriously injured and fell unconscious. But the demon's soul was still laughing wildly, mocking the hunter's actions.
"You are much stronger than I thought, but I am a demon, I cannot be killed! I will always stay by your side and let you witness the dark future of you and your brothers, until you surrender to my Lord in despair! And I will also use this achievement to take a step further in the future, led by my Lord!"
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The story finally ended here. Ademir, Lieutenant Dwayne, Sergeant Arlo, and Adjutant Ajax looked at each other.
Although they still cannot understand what demons and Tzeentch are, this does not prevent them from realizing that their fate and even the fate of the legion have been manipulated by the mastermind from the very beginning.
"I don't know what happened after I fell unconscious." Hunter asked, "Brother Ademir, can you tell me?"
"Our technmarine brother Hank successfully restarted the Geller Field on the space hulk. After the restart, we found that the number of those blue aliens...demons did not continue to increase. We managed to clean up the remaining demons on the ship, collected the remains of the fallen brothers, and saw you seriously injured on the bridge of the space hulk."
Ademir continued to answer: "After we sent you into our only dreadnought, we began to try to escape the warp turbulence. Finally, we escaped from the warp and crashed onto this primitive planet full of huge monsters with the Space Hulk. At the beginning, we had more than two hundred brothers, but now, a thousand years have passed, and there are only ninety-nine brothers left alive..."
"What are your plans for the future?" Wuwei asked.
"When we first crashed, we used the space hulk as a base to explore the planet. But after that, we encountered a lizard-like monster with green scales and wings. The monster was strong, and Brother Hank sacrificed himself to use a melta bomb to help us, who lacked heavy weapons, kill the monster."
"But that monster had a mate. After seeing its mate die, the monster started to hunt us endlessly. We were forced to abandon it and start moving to other places."
Ademir motioned for Ajax to take out their homemade map. He marked the location of the space hulk. "Not long ago, Leon also crashed on this planet. After confirming that Leon had certain repair and manufacturing capabilities, I planned to recapture the space hulk and look for anything on it that could help us return to the universe. But before that, we woke you up first."
He put down the map and shook his head. "It's just that I didn't expect our legion to have such a dark secret... I originally thought that we parted ways with the legion just because of our different ideologies, but it turns out that our gene father is colluding with the enemy of mankind, called the devil. How absurd!"
"Is our plan to return to space still necessary? Or do we need to make other plans?" Sergeant Arlo was not sure about the current situation.
"There can be no bright future under dark secrets, let alone a thousand years from now."
Hunter made this judgment. He looked at Leon, the only person present who knew what was happening outside:
"I have revealed all my secrets, without reservation. What about you, tech-priest? Can you tell us what the situation is like in the outside world? Are the enemies of mankind still raging in the starry sea? Is the human expedition led by the Emperor continuing?"