Warhammer: This Galen's Heart of Steel

Chapter 79: The strange connection between Heart Steel and Blood Thirst
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just now.

When Galen returned to the Space Wolves' flagship, the spacious hall had been restored to its original state and the three traitors had been taken away by the Custodians.

Aside from Horus and Sanguinius, the hall was empty.

Horus leaned against a wolf-head pillar with his arms folded across his chest. When he saw Galen walking out of the Emperor's flagship, he immediately went up to him and asked.

"What did my brother, my father, tell you?"

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Galen did not answer the question, but said in a neutral tone: "He is waiting for you in the room. He wants to talk to you about the civil war between the two legions."

Horus walked into the Emperor's flagship with his bald head, and as expected, he was severely reprimanded by the Emperor.

The Emperor had high expectations for Horus. As the Primarch who had studied with him the longest, he hoped that Horus would be smarter and wiser, and be able to take on the task of leading the Primarchs in the Great Crusade alone.

However, after this incident, the Emperor was somewhat disappointed with Horus' performance.

Even though Chaos was involved, Horus still handled the matter very badly. Between collective interests and personal interests, he chose personal interests.

Just as Magnus was unwilling to give up the flesh-mutated Thousand Sons, Horus was unwilling to give up the problematic Luna Wolves.

One thing that is better than Magnus is that Magnus is a stubborn person who refuses to turn back until his death, while Horus, after the angels stopped both sides, calmed down and chose to compromise for the collective interest.

Because of this, the Emperor believed that Horus was still capable of the task.

Horus walked out of the Emperor's Dream as if nothing had happened, and there was no sign of him being scolded at all.

He thought that Garen must have been scolded because of the civil war, but this stubborn guy didn't show it, so he couldn't show weakness.

"Sanguinius, my brother, my father awaits you in his chambers."

Sanguinius came out faster than the other two, smiling as if something good was going to happen.

"What reward did the Emperor give you?"

Sanguinius was the only one of the three who had not made any mistakes in the Civil War, and for his achievements in the Battle of the Wheel of Fire and in preventing the conflict between the two legions from escalating further, the Emperor rewarded him handsomely.

Among them, the reward that made him happiest was a promise from the Emperor.

"He promised to do his best to turn Baal, a planet with a harsh natural environment, into a habitable garden planet."

Transforming Baal? My Necron Tomb is still on Baal!

“When will the renovation begin?”

Galen continued to ask.

Sanguinius shook his head. "There is no exact time, but it will probably start within a year."

As he spoke, Sanguinius winked, indicating that Horus, the outsider, was still there!

The tacit understanding between the two made Garen immediately understand what Sanguinius meant.

Galen turned his head to look at Horus and said bluntly: "Horus, what are you still doing on the Heracleofenr? Your legion needs you."

Horus saw the behavior of the two Primarch brothers, and he keenly realized that the two Primarchs were discussing some unspeakable secrets behind his back.

"Okay, I won't stay here and be a light bulb for you two."

Horus returned to his gentle and easy-going self, teased the two of them and left.

"Sanguinius, I need your help with something."

After Horus was gone, Galen informed the angel of his purpose.

At the end of the meeting with the Emperor, the Emperor gave him a designated mission, which was to lead the Legion to explore the Nebulous Segmentum, the Cyclops Cluster in the Gothic Sector.

The Cyclops Cluster is an important industrialized section in the Gothic Sector. In the original timeline, the Emperor had designated the Cyclops Cluster as the exploration direction of the Great Crusade Fleet.

Soon, the Imperial Fleet discovered a large amount of mineral resources on the planets discovered here, providing rich material support for the extremely costly and resource-intensive expedition.

The Emperor's ideas coincided with Galen's plans. While on the Emperor's flagship, he planned the next stage of the expedition, which was the Gothic Sector.

After the Primarch saw the Vengeful Spirit and the Emperor's Vision, the idea of ​​changing the flagship became lingering in his mind.

The Emperor's Fantasy cannot be obtained unless you stab the Emperor with a sword and say something from your heart.

The remaining option is the Blackstone Fortress of the Necrons, not to mention that he has Xerath the Enlightened, the ancient Necron leader, in his hands.

Although, the Blackstone Fortress may not be a Necrons creation.

The Eldar call Blackstone the "Talisman of Vaal", the craftsman god of the Eldar of Vaal. Obviously, the Eldar would not use something as a talisman. Therefore, the Blackstone Fortress is most likely the creation of the Old Saints.

Anyway, it would be right to ask Xerath, because Pai Gu is very afraid of Blackrock Fortress. Besides, they fought the [War in Heaven] with the Old Ones, so they must be more familiar with Blackrock Fortress.

Located in the Raybo Galaxy of the Cyclops Cluster in the Gothic Sector of the Nebulous Star Region, there is hidden the Blackstone Fortress, which was later called "Blackstone IV" by the Imperial Navy.

When you are sleepy, someone will give you a pillow. This little cutie, the Emperor, is so lovable.

The archangel blinked and asked curiously, "What can I do for you?"

"Baal is going to be transformed, and I have to move the tomb of the Necrons back to Demacia. I was treated like a beast of burden by the Emperor. Just after the Battle of Wheel of Fire, he assigned me another mission, specifically asking me to go to the Gothic Sector."

Galen sighed, "I've been working so hard."

Seeing Galen's expression, the Archangel wanted to tease him, so he said seriously: "The Emperor promised that Baal has autonomy. Everything on Baal, including every speck of dust and every grain of sand, belongs to the people of Baal. You are asking me to betray my people, my brother."

The archangel pretended to be angry, pushed Galen's body out of the way and left.

Seeing this, Galen hurriedly chased after him, put his arm on the archangel's shoulder to bring the two closer together, and then spoke.

"What are you talking about my brother? Based on our good relationship, what's yours is mine, isn't it?"

Hearing this, the angel playfully half-tilted her head and stared at the ceiling and murmured, "Is that so? What's yours is mine."

Then, his eyes glanced at Garen's neck, where hot blood rich in the strange power of Heart Steel was surging in his veins.

The archangel said casually: "Then can I suck your blood at will?"

"Huh? Are you addicted to drinking blood?"

Galen was surprised by what the Archangel said casually. He didn't expect that the inhibitory serum made from his blood would make the Archangel as addicted as Fei Ye.

"Come back to the lab with me for a checkup. This is no joke."

Grabbing the Archangel's wrist, Galen pulled him towards the laboratory. "Sorry, sorry, I was just joking, don't take it seriously!"

Seeing Galen's serious expression, the Archangel hurriedly apologized, and at the same time pulled his clamped arm hard and pushed his legs against the floor, but he still couldn't stop Galen from pulling him into the laboratory.

The Dreadnought.

laboratory.

On the operating table, the Archangel's limbs were locked with sturdy shackles and fixed on it. In order to prevent him from moving around, Galen also tied the Archangel up with ropes.

"I apologize, I was really just joking, please don't dissect me!"

Staring at the buzzing chainsaw so close to him, Sanguinius looked terrified and apologized repeatedly.

The reason why he was afraid was that the person holding the chainsaw was not Garen, but Lux.

There is nothing more terrifying than having a non-doctor standing in front of you with a scalpel.

The reason why Lux is here is because the Emperor gave her a holiday.

In the words of the Emperor, practice is the best teacher. Lux has already learned a lot of knowledge related to psychic powers and can put it into practice on a real battlefield.

So he threw her back to Garen to take care of her. As the sacred master of mankind, how could he possibly take care of a little girl like a nanny?

"Hoo, hoo, brother, where do you want to saw?"

Lux flapped her little wings and flew in the air like a little angel, and the chainsaw in her hand kept pointing at the archangel's beautiful face and slender goose neck.

"Okay, Lux, stop scaring Sanguinius. I think he already knows he's wrong and won't make such jokes again, right?"

Holding a test tube of the Archangel's blood in his hand, Galen turned around with a grin on his face.

Seeing this, Sanguinius nodded quickly: "Yes, what's mine is yours. Please keep Lux away from me."

Garen had already spoken, so Lux had no choice but to put away the chainsaw, put on a stern face, half-pursed lips, and flew back to lie on Garen's shoulder.

"I have bad news for you, Sanguinius."

Galen shook his head and looked at the archangel tied up on the operating table with a bitter face.

"what happened?"

Sanguinius asked softly, could it be that the examination really found something wrong?

Galen did not answer the question immediately, but asked again: "Sanguinius, my brother, have you felt the power in your body increase recently?"

Hearing this, Sanguinius frowned and thought carefully about what had happened in the past few days. He remembered the battle with a greenskin leader during the Battle of Firewheel. It seemed that his flying speed had indeed increased slightly compared to before.

With a slight force on his wrist, Sanguinius broke free from the shackles that bound him, closed his eyes and calmed down, recalling the comparison between the power of his hands and the previous changes.

After a few minutes, Sanguinius slowly opened his eyes.

"Although it's not much, the strength has definitely increased compared to before, and so has the speed."

"This is what I want to tell you. After your genes devoured my blood, they showed a brief inertia, which alleviated your blood thirst symptoms."

"The problem is, when you consume too much of my blood and reach a certain critical value, your cells will start to "exercise" like a strong man who has eaten a lot. The result of the exercise is that your cells are strengthened in all aspects."

Hearing this, Sanguinius looked suspicious, and then he said, "If that's the case, it should be a good thing. Why do you look like that?"

"If that were all, it would certainly be something worth celebrating, but the problem is that this kind of 'exercise' has side effects. Although it is not yet apparent in you, your cells in the culture dish have already shown obvious addiction."

"Those satisfied strongman cells began to love weightlifting, but exercise requires nutrition. Unfortunately, ordinary eating cannot fully meet the needs of cells. They need to absorb my blood regularly to meet their physiological needs.

If you don't drink my blood for a long time."

"What will happen?" Sanguinius swallowed nervously.

"Your muscles will atrophy and your strength will fade away until you become an old, frail old woman."

Galen's face was full of bitterness. He shouldn't have been so impulsive. Injecting serum into the archangel would have too many side effects.

On the operating table, the wings on the archangel's back drooped down, and he became listless, with his head lowered and not saying a word.

The archangel's depressed mood infected Lux. She flapped her little wings and flew to his side, touching the archangel's head to comfort him.

Garen forced a smile and consoled him, "Don't be so depressed. There is good news, isn't it? Just replenish my blood regularly, and you will become stronger and stronger over time.

With a bald guy like Horus, you can beat him two at once very quickly."

The Archangel shook his head, "It's not because of this. It's just that I thought I found a way to cure the blood thirst of the Heirs. They don't have to endure this pain anymore."

"There will be a solution. Just give me some more time, and I will cure your genetic defects, as well as those of the Space Wolves."

"Thank you, Galen. I believe you will find a way. My brother, you have always been a very reliable person."

Sanguinius regained his vitality and showed a brilliant smile that charmed everyone. The smile was even glowing. Lux had to cover her eyes with her little hands, but she couldn't help but look through her fingers.

Just as Galen was preparing for the expedition to the Gothic Sector, the Archangel brought in a huge and strange instrument from somewhere, with an oversized container connected to the end of the machine.

"I'll leave the blood drawing to you!"

Staring at the giant container, Garen frowned and looked extremely ugly.

"Sanguinius, this jar has a capacity of 5,000 liters."

"That's right." Sanguinius nodded vigorously.

"I have made plans for a rainy day in case you disappear one day."

"." The angel's sword silenced and critically hit. Garen was silent for a long time and didn't know how to answer.

He summoned the shop panel and glanced at the levels of Heart Steel.

Heart of Steel: 65123
Hopefully I can withstand the blood draw.

Cyclops Cluster, Raybo Galaxy.

just now.

Behind the asteroid belt, a twenty-kilometer-long spaceship slowly appeared. Its overall color was slate-gray metallic, and its shape was similar to a sword and shield, with a slightly smaller head and a slightly larger tail in the middle.

At this time, a faint white disgust rose from the Gauss beam cannon located in the left front of the battleship. The green light inside had not yet dissipated, and one could vaguely see that the void near the muzzle was distorted.

The Blackstone Fortress that collided with the Dreadnaught was the one that the Primarch found after traveling through the Ribo system for several months.

Black Stone No. 4——!
(End of this chapter)