The Legion with Sticky Fingers

The Psychic Power energy shield that blocked all detection covered the entire area ravaged by the Emperor-class Titan as Kasgar flickered one last time.

With its array of Void Shield Generator and extremely thick armor, it's highly unlikely that Kasgar alone could launch a frontal assault, overload the Shield Generator, and flatten the Titan.

Kasgar must finish the kill as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, this divine machine was an Emperor-class machine, and it was not equipped with enough melee weapons, so the damage was still within an acceptable range.

If it were to acquire melee weapons and wield them at will, the machinery of this Iron Citadel would likely be reduced to ruins in no time.

Boom!

It seemed that Kasgar's Psychic Shield had angered the Emperor Titan known as "Iron Skull"—the massive Plasma Cannon on its right hand burst forth the instant Kasgar opened its light membrane, and the enormous plasma energy, as liquid as liquid, slammed into the Psychic Shield in that instant.

Almost simultaneously, the light membrane that was already crumbling was completely destroyed.

A huge black hole appeared on the wall that the Plasma Cannon had fired at, standing there silently amidst the wisps of smoke rising as the steel vaporized.

Oh.

Kasgar looked at the newly caused damage with some embarrassment.

But there's really no other way; in order to protect the secret of the return of the legendary Hero Kasgar, he must now be extremely careful.

"What are you doing???"

At the same time, Kasgar heard Perturabo's deafening roar, which escalated rapidly.

"Where is your power? Where did your power, the power that could even kill Philus, go!?"

"I need to conceal my identity, the Iron Lord. The Imperium of Man is currently beset by crises, and I am merely a former husband and lieutenant of Fulgrim, without the Primarch-level of a Primarch."

"To complete the integration, I must proceed with utmost caution—I apologize, the Iron Lord."

After Kasgar finished speaking with a very conflicted tone, there was a moment of silence on the communication channel.

"Ten thousand sets!"

"I'll pay ten times the price for the Power Armour you wanted! Attach the prototype blueprints. Once you're done, take it with you and get out of here!"

Alright!!!

Kasgar chuckled as he enveloped himself in Psychic Flame, and then a swift Psychic Power landed him directly in the central hall of the Emperor-class Titan, inside the cathedral of the Machine God.

Immediately afterwards, the Psychic Flame spread directly into the fuselage with Kasgar's next teleportation.

As the flames burned, the corruption that had been wrapped around the Titan was quickly swept away.

Even though the souls of the Titan's pilots had been completely corrupted, their bodies were gradually merging with the steel behind them, transforming into a bizarre polymer of flesh and steel.

Fortunately, the Titan's Machine Spirit has been resisting the corruption from the forces of Chaos for a long time—as long as this corruption does not harm its own body, Kasgar will have the opportunity to free itself from it.

It seems the corruption of the Machine Spirit is not deep enough, otherwise it wouldn't be necessary to use the drumbeats of an external Sound Array to make the Machine Spirit enter a violent state.

"It can be resolved quickly; it's not a big deal."

Bear!

After learning about the situation inside the Titan crew, he increased the area he was sweeping away with the flames.

"Is this what you meant by 'resolving it quickly' and 'it's not a big deal'???"

This long-planned Chaos rebellion was quickly resolved thanks to Kasgar's intervention.

Those members of the Adeptus Mechanicus who sided with Chaos could never have imagined that a god-like being, capable of instantly deciphering the Chaos Scrapcode and possessing the power to stop a berserk Emperor-class Titan Machine Spirit, would appear in this Forge World.

Of course, they don't need to imagine it.

Enraged, the rebel forces were annihilated by Perturabo 'Perturabo artillery fire before they could even escape the planet.

The rebellion was indeed quelled, but at the same time, the entire Forge World was also wiped out.

Looking at the scene of utter devastation before him, Perturabo felt as if he couldn't be angrier than he could ever be.

I'm numb.

His heart had been completely and utterly dead after meeting Kasgar.

The surrounding buildings, which were originally taller than the Emperor Titan, were reduced to ashes by the enemy's artillery fire, leaving only a pile of scrap metal wreckage.

Furthermore, due to the disruption of production pipelines and the sabotage by the Chaos forces, the production of a large number of goods that could have been successfully built was forced to stop due to the attack, a large number of normal machines were deliberately activated and self-destructed by the enemy, and even a large part of the machines in the area were corrupted and needed to be removed immediately.

It's really a headache.

If it weren't for the fact that Perturabo's abilities were limited in this narrow terrain, he would have definitely blown those bastards who instigated the rebellion to smithereens to smithereens to vent his anger!

I want to the Eleventh Purge.

"There's no need to be too hasty, the Iron Lord."

"As long as the [Codex Mechanicus] still exists, it can provide you with a reconstruction plan for the damage, and before long this place will become a thriving Industrial World again."

". All right."

After listening to Kasgar's words of comfort, his expression improved slightly.

"Come with me, we'll talk again underground—"

Perturabo stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

"Not good."

"Quick!" He leaped rapidly towards the underground laboratory. "There are still intruders!"

Because the Fabricator-General of the entire Iron Citadel were involved in the rebellion, they crippled almost all of the fortress's defenses and alarm systems, leaving Perturabo with very few Loyalist willing to provide support. (Plankton still wasn't very popular even in the fortieth millennium.)

They also need to simultaneously fend off multi-front attacks from the traitorous Missionaries and Emperor-class Titan. In order to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible and reduce the losses to the Forge World, Perturabo decided to send out all of his forces in order to suppress the rebellion as quickly as possible.

He believed that as long as the rebellion could be resolved as soon as possible, the temporary lack of guards would not jeopardize the defense of the Codex Mechanicus.

To be on the safe side, he even ordered his trusted aide Hongsuo, to guard the underground laboratory!

Yes! Hongsuo!

Since the rebellion at the Iron Citadel, he had not received a single report about Hongsuo!

Perturabo was anxiously waiting to be taken down in the elevator along with Kasgar, was filled with anxiety.

Click.

"Hongsuo! What exactly happened—"

Before the hatch was fully open, he quickly stepped out with one foot and looked at Hongsuo, who was motionless in the Stasis Field, and the mechanical instrument panel that should have contained the core of the Codex Mechanicus, but was now completely empty.

Perturabo punched a nearby iron pillar.

Recidivist!

A complete repeat offender!

These guys who stole his Codex Mechanicus seem to have committed this crime before!

For powerful opponents they cannot handle, they will use Psychic Power to temporarily slow down their time and completely prevent them from calling for help through Stasis Field —even the transmission of life detection reports will be halted, and even death alarms will not be triggered!

"Damn it!"

"Let me see."

As he spoke, Kasgar slowly stepped forward, his expression equally solemn.

This is a disaster.

He never imagined that even the heavily guarded underground laboratory of the Iron Empire, which was even heavily defended by Perturabo himself, would fall victim to thieves.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; it's very likely that those people waited a long time before finally seizing this crucial moment when the defenses of the [Codex Mechanicus] were weak.

Moreover, the other party seemed extremely determined in their objective—they went straight to the underground laboratory after the chaos, and used a pre-prepared Stasis Field to complete the theft before Perturabo could react.

They clearly came prepared.

"No need to rush, Perturabo. Give me some time, and I'll try to analyze who the thief really is."

"You?"

In fact, Perturabo also had some suspicions that Kasgar was behind it.

Only a treacherous guy like him could do something like this.

However, given that he had previously helped Perturabo decipher the Chaos Scrapcode and stop the Emperor-class Titan from continuing their destruction, and that failing to complete the armor's creation was actually detrimental to Kasgar's plans, this situation is problematic.

He still somewhat reluctantly made way for Kasgar and walked toward Hongsuo, who was trapped in the Stasis Field.

"Who? Who's there?! Ugh."

When he was freed from the Stasis Field and saw Perturabo, whose face did not look good, he knew it was too late.

"My lord, I—"

"Forget about blaming yourself. Tell me what just happened here, and why you were trapped in the Stasis Field?"

Please refrain from blaming yourself.

Upon hearing this, Kardan, the former Iron Warriors company commander behind him, clicked his tongue in astonishment.

Having committed such a serious mistake, even the Eleventh Purge would be considered an act of leniency for an ordinary soldier like them.

So, it seems like only Hongsuo is the biological son, while the rest of the Iron Warriors are all stepchildren.

(Although Kardan was just making a sarcastic comment, he inadvertently touched upon the dark reality of the Iron Warriors.)

According to Hongsuo, while he was guarding the place, he suddenly noticed a surge in Psychic Power. At first, he thought it was Psychic Power magic cast by the mysterious visitor (Kasgar), but his instinctive premonition told him that he was being targeted.

In desperation, he tried to dodge the opponent's Psychic Power lock, but the opponent was even faster—

Before the spell that caused time to stop, all that could be seen was a dark red Power Armour figure.

It's easy to imagine that the intruder was a Space Marine.

The rest I don't know.

"He's right, there are still traces of unmelted frost on the floor."

Kasgar wiped the water off the ground, and with the restoration of the Psychic Flame, it instantly transformed into the frost form that had appeared before—a sign that Warp power had appeared in the real world.

Perhaps, perhaps in other worlds, there are countless people suspected of theft.

However, in the world of Warhammer 40,000, the culprit can be identified simply by using the process of elimination in the event of a theft.

It has Psychic Power powers and is Space Marine, excluding the Trazyn the Infinite.

The answer seems obvious.

Kasgar: "."

"Only the Blood Ravens Legion from the Imperium of Man possesses such Psychic Power abilities to roam the world and steal sacred artifacts."

The Blood Ravens Legion a renowned Chapter of the Imperium of Man.

His fame does not stem from the strength or weakness of his own Chapter.

But their reliquary contains far too many things of unknown origin.

From the Skarbrand's Doomhammer to the Black Templars Grand Marshal's Doomsday of Heresy; from Philus Manus's Forgebreaker to the Rogal's Fist Rogal Dorn;

Even Philus and Rogal Dorn's "rivals" (their original meaning) are treasured by the Blood Ravens Legion (this is a rumor and has not been verified, but the previous collections are true).

From any perspective, these collections seem a bit too outrageous.

—If their hands were clean, how could a First Founding, possibly have been able to collect these precious ancient relics?

Even if it's unclear whether Blood Ravens in this timeline would possess such a rich arsenal, Kasgar believes that Blood Ravens's hands are never clean, no matter the timeline.

I'm going to join the Blood Ravens frenzy.

He never imagined that his first encounter with Blood Ravens would be here.

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"So fast? You've already figured out that our legal code was stolen?"

Perturabo looked somewhat doubtful.

Did this guy find out a little too quickly?

Ever since he summoned Perturabo here, Chaos Rebellion, Theft, and Abaddon have all been heading towards his little Iron Empire.

Could they have all planned this together to scam me?

Perturabo stared intently at Kasgar, his eyes narrowed.

Hiss.

"That's because of—prophecy."

He once again played his trump card to evade the other party's suspicions. "If you still insist on not believing me, I have a better way to prove myself."

Cass raised his hands.

"I can help you, the Iron Lord."

Kasgar was all too familiar with Perturabo's way of thinking.

His purpose in coming here was certainly not just to have Perturabo make him a few sets of Power Armour.

As a former assault team from the Great Crusade, the Iron Warriors, who still maintain their legion structure, perfectly meet Kasgar's current needs.

If they weren't a traitorous legion that weakened their legitimacy, Kasgar would have truly joined forces with Perturabo to storm Terra and seek justice from the High Lord.

Unfortunately, Perturabo was eliminated.

To reignite his fighting spirit, as an extremely conflicted individual, Kasgar is not suited to directly expressing his needs—he would almost certainly reject him.

We must gradually make him feel genuine guilt and remorse.

"I'll handle it."

"But how will you solve this?"

Although Perturabo's expression softened somewhat Perturabo hearing Kasgar say he wanted to resolve the matter, he then wondered if the guy had agreed a little too quickly.

This only deepened his vigilance.

"The Blood Ravens collect ancient relics they deem powerful throughout the human world—the best way for us to find Blood Ravens is to turn the tables on them—use what we have to lure Blood Ravens out, and then infiltrate their relic treasury to find our lost [Codex Mechanicus]."

Ancient relics?

How many other ancient relics are left in the current Iron Empire for you to squander?

You wouldn't happen to be in cahoots with that Blood Ravens guy, just trying to scam him out of Perturabo's relics, would you?

Of course not.

"The Iron Lord, you misunderstand. I do not need you to provide me with additional relics to lure the Blood Ravens Legion."

"The relic I was talking about is right here."

As he spoke, Kasgar pointed to himself.

Warp.

"An unidentified Warp Storm is brewing, Chapter Master. According to the Chief Librarian's intuition, something big may happen here soon."

"Should we call it quits while we're ahead?"

As a Chapter of unknown origin, Blood Ravens possesses a number of Strike Cruiser that are unimaginable to other Chapter —while some Battle Brother can only operate Strike Cruiser, the wealthy Blood Ravens Legion can freely traverse the void in five Strike Cruiser.

Five!

Of course, don't ask where these Strike Cruiser came from.

This is good for everyone.

It was precisely because they were too powerful that they were envied by others (not because they had dirty hands, at least that's what the Blood Ravens thought). After some investigation, the Blood Ravens believed that they might have used some heretical or Xenos means to allow them to collect many treasures in the Relic Treasury that even the Inquisitor were not qualified to see.

The Blood Ravens were naturally not satisfied with this!

Can something stolen through skill be called heresy?

Unfortunately, the corrupt and foolish Inquisitor ultimately decided that they needed to prove their loyalty to the Emperor and the Imperium, instead of spending their days groping other people's good equipment, and banished them all to the road of Penitent Crusade.

Is it finally peaceful now?

Of course not!

After being sent on the Penitent Crusade, the entire Blood Ravens plunged headlong into the Eye of Terror, freely moving back and forth.

Although they have never caused any major casualties or damage to humanity's enemies, their reliquary is somehow becoming increasingly abundant.

Sending Blood Ravens on Penitent Crusade is like sending a mouse into a rice jar, where it can roam freely!

Now, they have arrived near this Iron Empire during a Warp traverse.

"Walk softly and carry a big gun," guided by the Blood Ravens Legion and protected by Psychic Power, they successfully discovered the relic "Codex Mechanicus" within the Iron Citadel and teleported away with it.

This is all thanks to the detection device.

The Blood Ravens Legion possess a mysterious relic that allows them to sense powerful artifacts in the vicinity.

Without the guidance of this detection artifact, even if Blood Ravens wanted to search for sacred objects, he could not possibly collect such a rich collection even if he roamed all over the world.

Just as Gabriel Angelos, the current Chapter Master of Blood Ravens, was about to set sail again after storing the Codex of Codex Mechanicus in his relic vault, the previously dormant detection relic suddenly began to beep rapidly.

"A new sacred relic?"

Sensing the sound of the probe relic, Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos rubbed his hands together, eagerly awaiting its arrival.

What good stuff has been discovered this time?

[Ancient Hero Kasgar Sherlock]