"Carcharodons Chapter?" When Gray heard Tyberos introduce himself, he could not help murmuring softly. The name seemed to stir fragments of memory buried deep in his mind.
"Oh, I remember now!" Gray suddenly realized. "So you are that Astartes Chapter known as the most impoverished Space Marines in the Imperium under the False Emperor's rule!"
His gaze carried a trace of surprise and curiosity as he repeatedly looked Tyberos up and down.
After some thought, Gray finally recalled the scattered references to the Carcharodons Chapter that he had glimpsed by chance within that vast archive of information.
Within the territory of the Imperium of Man, the Carcharodons Chapter was indeed one of the poorest Astartes Space Marine Chapters.
Though utterly destitute, the Carcharodons Chapter possessed a special privilege—collecting its own taxes. These included all manner of strange levies, such as the so-called "Ash Tax" and "Blood Tax."
The "Ash Tax" meant that as long as they successfully seized supplies, the spoils belonged to the Carcharodons Chapter. The "Blood Tax," meanwhile, allowed them to legally abduct people from various planets to replenish their ranks.
It had to be said that although the Carcharodons Chapter was poor, its combat prowess was unquestionably fierce.
Tyberos in particular, relying on his extraordinary strength, held a place even within the vast Imperium of Man. He was a renowned and formidable Space Marine whose name inspired terror.
"Are you insulting me?"
After hearing Gray's words, Tyberos narrowed his eyes, and bloodthirsty killing intent burst forth from his gaze.
These heretics who had betrayed the Imperium were actually rubbing salt into the Carcharodons Chapter's wounds to humiliate him. This filled the already hot-tempered Tyberos with boundless killing intent.
However, when Tyberos saw the five Earth Dreadnoughts standing silently behind Gray, he suppressed the killing intent in his