News of William's return finally reached Evan, and the Chapter Master, who had been racing around the flagship, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Put William in charge of frontline command. Xiao Lan, you oversee overall command. Work together, you two..."
"Chapter Master!!! Let me out!!!"
Evan shamelessly cut off the communications and fled at top speed.
I'm free!
Victor felt something like a leaping carp race past overhead.
The ceiling went "Duang~ Duang~."
The Archon beneath Victor's feet spat out a mouthful of poison gas. The poison concealed beneath his tongue had originally been a deadly weapon for assassinating anyone who kissed him.
Victor inhaled the poison gas, then snapped his opponent's neck as though nothing had happened.
Though the Adeptus Custodes were inferior to the Primarchs, they were likewise immune to most deadly poisons and plagues. Their acquired conditioning played an important role.
Seven Miasmas, a Great Unclean One, was imprisoned in the Terra Shadow Guard's dark cells. Every Custodian neophyte had to breathe its poison gas for three hours as a trial.
Victor darted up onto the ceiling. Three Kabalite Warriors suddenly appeared around a corner. Seeing their Archon lying on the ground with terror written across his face, they were momentarily overwhelmed by complicated feelings.
Every disaster has a silver lining. The boss is gone... so who's the new boss?
The three warriors immediately grew wary of one another. They needed to cooperate to escape, but... who could guarantee the others weren't thinking of killing them?
"Go see who killed the Archon."
"I'll go."
The other two warriors secretly turned their Blast Rifles toward each other. Once one killed the other, the scout ahead would have no time to turn around and would have no choice but to submit.
The scout activated the defenses on his