Warhammer 40K: Return of the Men of Iron
Chapter 717

Silent Allies

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"Chaos Sorcery?"

Mol·Thorn looked around uncertainly.

However, the surrounding fog obscured his vision.

After putting on the helmet, everything around me was normal.

The yellow Power Armour walked through the fog towards those Mortals.

"Stand where you are, Mortals."

The huge shadow approaching from the fog made Mortals a little nervous.

But when they saw the conspicuous Power Armour appearing in front of them, they visibly relaxed a little.

Mol·Thorn didn't recognize any trace of Chaos on the scanner, so he chose to check the status of these Mortals like their cousin Iron Dragons.

However, these Mortals did not seem to be affected in any way except that they could not see the road clearly.

For a while, everyone was a little confused as to why the fog disappeared from the field of vision after wearing a helmet, but could not be penetrated by the naked eye.

Whether it's Lamenters or Iron Dragons, they don't know enough about certain data.

If Sons of Medusa were present, they would definitely be able to find clues in the data signal.

A covert Data Link has linked all their Power Armour together, and there is an additional friendly item marked Shadow Destroyer in the identification record.

During their short stay, everyone discovered some strange anomalies.

"Have you ever felt that the surroundings have become unusually quiet?"

A Lamenters soldier suddenly spoke.

Everyone immediately looked around.

Although you are in the fog, wearing a helmet can shield you from the influence.

The surrounding silence was eerie.

"How far did we move?"

"Less than ten kilometers away from the previous battlefield in a straight line."

Mol·Thorn is a little confused.

Ten kilometers is a very short distance.

The pursuit speed of those Necrons was indeed very fast, but he did not think that so many Astartes would be completely wiped out in such a short distance in such a complex area as Hive City.

But there was no sound of gunshots around, which was really puzzling.

"Separate a group to escort these civilians and continue to evacuate. Others go to high places to look for blocking points. Be careful of those Necrons air units flying around."

A Tactical Squad composed of four Lamenters took the Mortals survivors and disappeared around several street corners.

They lined up in a dispersed queue so that those Mortals with limited vision could not get lost.

Mol·Thorn turned around and walked back with the remaining Lamenters and Iron Dragons.

They have to figure out what happened.

Data Link, which was originally disturbed and not functioning properly, has been restored, and they were able to mark the signals of other Battle-Brother Power Armour.

There are hundreds of gloomy names on the list that should have been marked green.

These are all brothers who have died in battle, and some of them even Power Armour were destroyed along with their masters.

The dull sound of footsteps echoed in the fog-shrouded streets.

They have briefly escaped Necrons's pursuit. If they can know the exact location of all the brothers, they must call Orbital Bombardment immediately.

With no Mortals civilians to protect, they quickly demonstrated the speed of action a Imperium demigod should have.

It only takes a few minutes to cover a distance of several kilometers even if it requires walking through the ruins of various buildings.

"Zizzi."

"Iron Dragons Terrino call, if anyone has received the communication, please answer."

"Kenna received. Terrino Brother, where are you?"

While running, a communication message suddenly sounded, and brothers Iron Dragons, who were following Mol·Thorn, immediately responded to this familiar name.

Terrino is a member of Iron Dragons Terminator Assault Squad. Although the Lamenterss don't know each other, other fighters with the same Chapter naturally know this name.

"We are moving to the outskirts of Hive City with a lot of people. A lot of unknown gray mist poured out from Hive City Inner City, and that thing swallowed up a Xenos troop chasing us in front of us."

"Those Xenos instantly disintegrated into debris in the gray mist. We are not sure what they are."

"Make sure there are people in the team who don't wear helmets. It's a bit dangerous, but we can't see those things with helmets on."

"Brother Kenna, where are you?"

Listening to the slightly noisy words in the communication, Kenna suddenly stopped moving.

Then he took off his helmet with some uncertainty.

They couldn't see the gray fog when wearing the helmet, but when they took off the helmet, everything around them was instantly shrouded in gray and white.

"We are not far from Freight Yard before, and the place has been engulfed by gray fog."

"But these gray fogs don't seem to have any reaction to us."

Another Iron Dragons, Battle-Brother, took off his helmet for Kenna and responded to the question from Terrino in the communication.

While the two teams were talking on the phone, a group of army markers were quickly approaching Mol·Thorn.

Several figures dressed in black walked out from the corner of the collapsed building. They were all Apothecary, carrying a lot of small cans on their backs.

"You happen to be here. These are your Chapter's Gene-seed. We brought them back for you. It's very bad. Most of the Gene-seed's are seriously damaged."

While talking, several Apothecary took out nearly thirty Gene-seed from their bodies.

More than twenty of them were collected from Lamenters, and only a few came from Iron Dragons.

"Why are you here alone? It's dangerous here."

Looking at Deathwatch, Apothecary, Mol·Thorn, the group of people did not even have time to express their gratitude before they first considered the safety of their brothers.

"It seems you haven't noticed yet."

"What did you find?"

"Men of Iron."

"Those Iron Clanks are here? Where are they?"

"It's everywhere. There are two Battle-Brothers in the team we arrived with who are from Iron Hands. They discovered the news and our data system was connected to an additional ally. Its format conforms to the standard of Men of Iron."

"Then they tracked the signal, and soon we discovered that the fog was unusual. This may be some kind of special attack method of Men of Iron, but it was very shocking. I watched those Xenos instantly decomposed in front of my eyes, even the flying units in the sky. Moreover, these fogs were forcibly connected to our vision system. With helmets on, these gray fogs would not obscure our field of vision, as if they did not exist."

"Although Iron Hands's brothers were very curious about this fog, they refused to take off their helmets to take a look at this strange scene no matter what. They just said that their eyes had been changed to mechanical prosthetic eyes and they could not see even if they took off their helmets, so they kept asking other brothers around them to describe the specific information of this gray fog to them."

Apothecary's words made everyone suddenly realize.

"Seriously, why are your Gene-seed so exaggerated? If the detection device hadn't shown that they were in good condition, I would have suspected that they were contaminated by Warp."

After returning Gene-seed to Kenna of Iron Dragons, several Apothecary couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.

And Kenna has no intention of hiding anything.

"Master Vulkan received Panacea from Men of Iron. These Gene-seed have all been soaked. The legendary potion made us stronger and also erased some of our original minor problems."

Mol·Thorn on the side asked a little strangely.

"What Panacea?"

And Kenna turned to look at Mol·Thorn.

"Thorn How long has it been since Chapter Master went back to Baal? I remember that Blood Angels issued a summons order at Baal to ask all Sons of Sanguinius to go back, and also Notified all the Chapter they could reach and asked everyone to help convey the news. Vulkan Master said Lord of Ultramar will give you Parent Chapter's Chapter Master Dante has sent many Panacea."

Mol·Thorn turned to look at the Apothecarys Deathwatch on the side.

These Apothecarys from four different Chapters nodded simultaneously.

"Indeed, even we know about this. It's just that the brothers serving in Deathwatch have responsibilities that cannot be ignored, so they haven't been able to return yet, but there are already Dante Chapter Master has communicated with Inquisition. After their service is over, Inquisition will send these brothers back to Parent Chapter and then back to their respective Chapter. The same is true for Salamanders and Space Wolves."

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