A company of the Lost Legion during the Great Crusade?
A company of loyalists of the rebellious legion who fled the legion because they did not want to participate in the Great Rebellion? These were Leon's guesses when he found that these people were carrying standard equipment from the Great Crusade, but the reality is often more unexpected.
——No one would have thought that the Second Legion, which had been purged long ago and no one mentioned it anymore, actually still had many remnants on this planet, and their company commanders even knew that the Primarch of the Second Legion had cooperated with Tzeentch before the Great Heresy!
I wanted to hear a secret, but I didn't expect it to be such a big secret. Leon couldn't help but stand up, and his action attracted the attention of everyone present
"Are you going to tell us about the current situation?" asked Hunter
Leon shook his head: "No, is it too late to quit now?"
The people around were silent, but when Leon saw Lieutenant Dwayne reaching for the chainsaw sword at his waist, the answer was obvious.
Leon, who originally had no intention of quitting, sat down again and said, "Don't be nervous. It's been more than a thousand years. Although your secrets are still secrets, they have no impact now."
After all, the great rebellion in which the four gods received initiation and passed on their skills, and Horus killed his father to prove his faith, had already happened. It is not convincing enough that we have only just discovered that the Primarch of the Second Legion had colluded with Tzeentch before.
However, with this secret as a foundation, Leon also understood why the Emperor wanted to purge the Second Legion, which he had never known before his reincarnation.
Leon originally thought that the Four Gods' plan against the Emperor started with Horus, but it seems that the shadow of Chaos had already been wreaking havoc in the Empire long before the Four Gods initiated Horus to launch the Great Rebellion.
As for Zerus and the Primal Zerg...
"But before I tell you about what happened after the Great Crusade, let me first confirm with you what the name of your Primarch is?"
"Abathur, that's what the Emperor calls him. What's wrong?"
Okay, let's go together!
"It's okay." Leon, who felt that he was already a little used to it, waved his hand: "This is an old friend whose name is very similar to mine... an old friend."
After playing Monster Hunter with the Kobolds, he is now playing StarCraft solo with the Bird-Headed People. It looks like the emperor lived a colorful life 30,000 years ago.
Just want to mention the current situation to these veterans...
Although his previous appearance of wanting to quit had made everyone less optimistic about the current situation of Galaxy, Leon still had to organize his words carefully to avoid involving more unknown secrets when telling the story:
"The Great Crusade has ended, but it was not smooth. Although the human territory has been greatly expanded, it has occupied the dominant position in the Milky Way."
"But the threats faced by humanity have not decreased. Compared with the Great Crusade, humanity's enemies have become more cunning and difficult to deal with. Although they cannot shake the Empire's dominance, they may emerge from any corner of the galaxy at any time and take a bite of the Empire. The Empire's troops lack strong leadership and are unable to be dispatched in time due to their vast territory. Most of the time, they can only allow the aliens to plunder."
"The army lacks strong leadership? What about the Warmaster? What about the other Primarchs?"
Hunter asked: "I thought the Emperor would send them to guard the borders. Is it possible that the threats facing humanity are so numerous that the Primarch and his legions have no time to take care of them?"
"The era of the Primarchs is over." Leon shook his head: "They have all disappeared, not a single one is left."
Hunter did not speak, but Leon felt him take a breath of cold air. After a while, he hesitated and asked: "Could they all be…"
"It is what they do to the Emperor, not what the Emperor does to them."
Leon quickly interrupted Hunter's wild thoughts: "At the end of the Great Crusade, some Primarchs, under the instigation of demons, that is, those warp creatures, launched a rebellion against the Emperor. They were collectively called Chaos traitors. They're headed straight for Terra, but after fifty-five days of fighting on Terra, the rebellious Primarchs and demons were finally defeated by the loyal Primarchs and the army that was still loyal to the Emperor.
"The rebels gave up the idea of destroying the Imperium and fled into the Warp with the daemons, and rarely appeared in the real universe. But the Emperor himself was also seriously injured. When he was dying, he was placed on the Golden Throne of Terra, and it acted as a life support to him, but it also froze him in the moment of death. Although the Emperor himself still exists, he can no longer lead the Empire."
"Never be able to lead this Empire again?" Dreadnought's voice rose an octave, and his shock was even greater than when he had guessed that the Emperor had purged all the Primarchs: "Who started the rebellion? Who initiated it? Our Gene-Father?"
"It is Warmaster Horus."
"Oh, it is Horus after all... Wait, you just said Horus?"
Unlike the previous gasp, this time the scene fell into a dead silence. Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Leon could only confirm again: "Yes, it is Horus."
"The one who started the rebellion was the Primarch of the Sixteenth Legion, the Emperor's firstborn son... Warmaster Horus?"
Hunter muttered to himself. As a veteran of Terran descent, he had been deployed and commanded under Horus before the Primarch returned. He might even have met Horus in person. "Why not our Gene Father? Why Horus?"
Do you hate your father too much, or do you love Horus too much?
Leon wanted to complain, but after hearing Hunter's voice that was almost groaning in pain, he held back and said nothing.
It was hard for him to imagine how much torment a stubborn veteran who had fought against the Great Demon of Tzeentch and was able to defeat him even when the latter revealed the truth to shake his heart must be in to make such a sound.
Although Hunter himself had just predicted that they would never have a bright future, he probably did not expect the future to be so bleak.
The veteran was mentally prepared, but this was Warhammer 30K, and in terms of psychological quality, Leon could only say that he still needed to practice.
But there was always time for him to catch his breath, so Leon stopped politely and waited for him to recover.
But Ademir and his companions beside him were dissatisfied with Leon's pause. Although they were also shocked, they had never been led by the Emperor and Horus in person, so they were not as deeply touched by the above news as the Hunter. Therefore, they continued to ask: "What's next? What happened after the Horus Heresy?"
"Let's wait a moment. I think your company commander is almost dead..."
Ademir agreed after seeing this and said, "Let's first talk about something we are more prepared for. If the rebellion happened because the demons bewitched the Primarch, then what about our Gene Father, who has been colluding with the demons for a long time? Did he also participate in the rebellion?"