Nimrod must die

The hurricane's Shuriken storm suddenly veered and struck Damon.

Bang!

Damon exploded into a pool of blood mist.

John and the Grey- Word Bearers looked up at the same time.

The giant in black armor and golden wings swooped down, extending his right hand.

[Nimrod-- ] John Gramaticas gripped his Spear hesitantly, Gehert's words flashing through his mind.

"Horus must win this war, and his victory must be extremely brutal, utterly annihilating the human race and taking the corruption of the Primordial Annihilator to their graves."

"Horus's victory and the extinction of mankind will form a pyre that will burn Chaos to ashes."

"Nimrod must die!"

The Xenos's Shriek screams still lingered in his mind, tearing at his soul.

"You must find the Fulgerite, then head to Protoss. He is on his way to Terra and will pass through there. This is the prophecy's outcome, and also the inevitable result of the Ruinstorm's isolation."

John gripped his Spear tightly, and the Grey-Armored Word Bearers shouted.

"Lord Nimrod, be careful!"

He raised his Bolter and aimed them at John.

When!

John threw his Spear to the ground.

Whoosh!

Nimrod raised his left arm, Disruption Field to rise and the bomb to explode into fragments.

He bent down and picked up the Spear, a weapon that was enormous even for Astartes, but in his hands it was just a short spear.

"Nimrod, don't kill him!"

Nimrod looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ollanius Person running out quickly.

"Lord Nimrod, he is an agent of the Cabal."

The gray- Word Bearers moved quickly around the black-armored body, searching for an angle to fire.

"And you're a traitor." John shrugged.

"Lord Nimrod, I am Bathusa Narek."

"Yes, I am Word Bearers, but more importantly, I am a loyal Warrior of the Emperor."

"Give me that Spear, and I will use it to kill Lorgar and free the Word Bearers from the Curse."

Ollanius walked up to Nimrod, "Although John is Cabal agent, he showed me—"

"Your father's last battle with Horus, John told me, he needs me."

"He ultimately stood on the side of our race."

Nimrod nodded. Although both were Cabal agents and Perpetual, John was different from Damon Pritanis, whom he had just killed by using Telekinesis to reverse the direction of the Shuriken. John ultimately chose to stand on the side of his own race.

Pretanis was completely loyal to the Cabal; he even used the Aeldari's derogatory term for humans, "Monkey," to refer to ordinary humans.

His evil deeds are too numerous to count. This Perpetual was recruited by the Cabal after the Battle of Iwo Jima in Second World War.

He killed a good man in Memphis — Martin Luther King Jr., and in the City of Angels he killed his brother— Robert Kennedy, the brother of President Kennedy.

In the Nineteenth Millennium, he assassinated Holiad at the Manukin Glass Temple.

In the Twenty-Second Millennium, he assassinated Mather Hassan in the Open-Air Spire.

In the Thirtieth Millennium, he received "orders" from Constantin Valdor, Captain-General, to assassinate Nathan Doom, the Tyrant of the Pan-Pacific Empire.

Every action he took changed the course of human history and served the interests of Cabal.

John was an officer in the Old Man in Yellow's Caucasian Conscript Regiment during the "Unification Wars". His achievements allowed him to meet the Old Man in Yellow at the triumphant ceremony after defeating the Pan-Pacific Empire.

In fact, he was captured and imprisoned in the "Nation of Disorder" after Anatoli Hive City's death in battle before the triumph ceremony, and transformed into Perpetual by Aeldari Autarch Slaw Da, who had not committed any major offenses.

He even followed Ollanius to Terra, becoming an indirect contributor to the Old Man in Yellow's ultimate victory.

"Gehert, a member of the Cabal, ordered me to deliver this Spear to Lorgar."

Only Primarch can use it to kill another Primarch.

"So please keep it safe and don't let anyone use it to kill you."

John said with a sigh of relief, as if a burden had been lifted.

Nimrod was startled. He remembered that John's mission was to deliver the Fulgerite Spear to a Primarch so that he could use Spear to kill Perpetual.

Vulkan.

John did not follow the Cabal's advice to hand the Spear to Konrad Curze, but instead chose to kill Vulkan himself.

The resurrected Vulkan healed the psychological trauma caused by Konrad's torment, but at the cost of John himself losing his Perpetual after his Resurrect.

However, this old lecher did not die in the "Siege of Terra". He used the feather he found on the body of Sanguinius to travel freely between different time periods and savor the charm of women with different characteristics.

Unexpectedly, the Cabal's primary objective was to assassinate me, not Vulkan.

They think I'm more dangerous than Vulkan, who stands before the Old Man in Yellow, guarding the Golden Throne, and wielding a weapon that can destroy Chaos?

"Since you wish to serve the cause of saving humanity, then come with me to Terra."

"I am Cabal; they are using humans as a shield."

"You have abandoned your Xenos master."

You've made your choice, haven't you?

John took a deep breath and a smile appeared on his face.

You're right.

"Those Xenos thought they could enslave me forever, and they dragged me into the war of Horus."

"I will not submit to their will. I will fight for my race once more, and I will contribute to humanity in this battle."

John bent down and picked up the two pistols next to Pretanis's body, Nimrod turned to look at Narek.

"It can kill Lorgar, but the Word Bearers has been corrupted by Chaos."

Even if he dies, the entire legion will not be liberated.

I will not give it to you.

Lorgar Aurelian was his "Forever Unchosen One," the only one he had chosen through divine inspiration. How could he be killed without contributing anything?

Narek fell silent, beginning to ponder Nimrod's words.

[I killed Lorgar —those two bastards, Cole Phaelon and Erebus, still control the entire legion—]

"You are already aware of the threat posed by Cabal."

"What you should be doing now is hunting down members of the Cabal."

Since Cabal sees itself as the greatest threat, this malignant organization must be eradicated as soon as possible.

In Nimrod's memory, Narek was recruited by Aeldari Farseer Eldrad Ulthran to hunt down members of the Cabal and completely eliminate the threat.

This is also his greatest contribution.

Instead, he infiltrated among the Word Bearers, hunting down traitors, but achieved no remarkable results.

Finally, during the Siege of Terra, he was stabbed to death by Erebus.

[Rather than be betrayed and killed by Erebus, serve me.]

Narek gazed at the towering figure before him; killing Lorgar wouldn't end it all.

If anyone could stop Horus, it would be Lord Nimrod.

"My lord, I am willing to serve you."

"I was once the sniper of the Word Bearers; from now on, I will be the sniper rifle in your hands."

Nimrod slightly and asked thoughtfully.

Was it Lorgar sent you to Protoss?

How did you know?

"He sent me and the Dark Apostles Vlad Elias to Protoss to retrieve an artifact for him."

He looked at John, the Cabal agent, and then at the Spear in Nimrod's hand.

"I want to kill him, get the Spear, hand it to Lorgar, and then kill him while I'm at it, freeing my legion."

Even if he is an enemy, fate will ordained him to serve the "Fallen Count."

So that's how "Forever Unchosen" works.

Lorgar brought me Narek; no wonder I was so moved earlier.

As Nimrod pondered, a dazzling portal of light appeared out of thin air.

He stepped forward first and entered the Warp Gate.

Ollanius and John walked side by side toward the left, while Narek walked on the other side.

The Warp Gate turned into specks of light and slowly dissipated.

Vlad Elias, the Dark Apostles wielding the Profane Staff, watched as Narek and the black-armored, golden-winged figures disappeared into the distance.

"Nimrod must die!"