Obscure Star Field, Gothic Star Sector, Behemoth Sector, and Foraris System.

"This is the last one, the last black stone fortress."

"Finally, this power is fully grasped in the hands of our mother."

"Both Avalon and the Empire will become stronger and more invincible as a result."

When Lana once again saw the dark shadow of the Blackstone Fortress, his mentality seemed to have calmed down a lot: the head guard still looked up at the behemoth with awe, but the initial tremor was gone in his heart.

There is no other reason: after recapturing the first Blackstone Fortress, the expedition fleet of the Dawnbreaker Legion, led by the Primarch, swept through the entire Gothic sector again non-stop, taking less than two Terran standard months.

Time has tightly grasped the entire five ancient alien fortresses in his own hands.

After witnessing with their own eyes how their genetic mother made these terrifying creations surrender, and even followed their fleet docilely and left in the transition light wave of the Tuchucha engine, all the Dawnbreakers felt that

The original awe of Blackstone Fortress was easily overwhelmed by the fanatical admiration surrounding the Lord of Legions, and completely disappeared.

In this kind of fanaticism, there is naturally no room for awe and trembling.

The originally remote and structurally stable [Gaiserman] galaxy was positioned as a temporary legion assembly point by the Dawnbreakers. Subsequently, a huge expedition fleet followed their original body, using the ability of the Tuchucha engine to move one after another.

The found Blackstone Fortresses are being transported here one after another, in preparation for the collective subspace jump to the Avalon home system.

The recovery of the first five Blackstone Fortresses was generally considered smooth. However, among the five recovered ancient creations, except for the two Blackstone Fortresses located in the Cyclops Star Cluster and the Brigia Galaxy, the Spider Queen's actions

In addition to relatively active feedback, the remaining three Blackstone Fortresses behaved no differently from ordinary dead objects.

They did not resist Morgan: but they obviously did not want to pay attention to her, let alone actively cooperate with her orders or threats.

With the help of two ancient alien artifacts and the Tuchucha engine, the Spider Queen barely drove away these three silent black stone fortresses, but in her heart, she also knew that she was destined to be unable to rely on these in a short time.

The power of the three Blackstone Fortresses is: they may be able to serve as some kind of heavy defense weapon in Avalon, but they will not have the ability to follow the army to attack on their own initiative.

After all, she was about to lose the artifact of the Tuchucha Engine. Without the help of the Tuchucha Engine, just relying on the two controllers in her hands, she wanted to control these three ancient creations who were pretending to be dead.

A difficult thing.

But then I thought about it, weren't there two Blackstone Fortresses that would obey her orders: If they were to take the initiative, such a force would be enough for the time being.

Thinking of this, the Primarch's mood became somewhat brighter: the resistance of the Blackstone Fortress was within her expectation, and she did not need to rely on their power in a short period of time. The two Blackstone Fortresses could take the initiative to attack.

It was enough to satisfy her.

In this satisfaction, the Primarch commanded his legion and arrived at the location of the sixth Blackstone Fortress. Before the rapid and sufficient preparations, the already familiar Dawnbreakers began to work around their Primarch.

Another boarding operation to check possible dangers in Blackstone Fortress and prepare for the next recovery operation.

This is an easy job: because in the previous five times, although the interior of Blackstone Fortress was filled with a dark and gloomy atmosphere, the Sons of Morgan have never encountered danger.

This time, they thought so too.

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Kulin, who came from the Avalon home planet, took off his helmet and breathed out slowly. He knocked on the strange onyx-colored walls beside him, unable to hide the unhappy look on his face.

Kulin never liked these things, nor did he like this place called Blackstone Fortress: Although his team had carried out the same boarding work five times, he still could not adapt to the low air pressure here, just like the tall Irish

Borzoi can't fit into a narrow gray and black iron cage.

The new blood of Dawnbreaker exhaled the breath slowly, like a sigh.

He began to miss the legion's grand arena on the Dawn Goddess. It was spacious and brutal, allowing him to run freely, enjoy himself, and challenge those great warriors.

Bayar, Rana, Hector, Abaddon, Ahriman...

But he knew he couldn't go back now: the arena was temporarily closed.

The schedule and ethos of the Dawnbreaker Legion are as relaxed as they are during wartime. In the conception of the Lord of the Second Legion, she regards the relaxed rest time as a certain threshold that can be accumulated.

, so that her heirs can maintain a good fighting condition and stable emotions during the most difficult times of war.

For now, there seems to be no problem with this reasoning. Even Kulin, an already well-known legion leader, dare not say anything more about the original body's orders.

He didn't want to say anything more.

"Be on guard, Kulin."

In front of the new blood of Dawnbreaker, a voice as heavy as that of Blackstone Fortress crashed into his ears, making it impossible to refute. Kulin retracted his thoughts and nodded as a response to the team leader.

The squad leader is named Kaisba, and he is the leader of this five-man team. He is from Terra. Although he is not one of the earliest legion soldiers, he still has rich combat experience, which allowed him to get Kulin's

Respect and conviction.

Under the leadership of Kesba, the five-person vanguard team explored the interior of the Blackstone Fortress with ease. It was said to be an exploration, but in fact it was more like an inspection: after all, they had already landed in five Blackstone Fortresses before.

There are striking similarities in the internal structures of the alien creations, as if they were industrialized products created in the same batch.

All corridors and halls reveal unimaginable rigor. Extremely hard and onyx-like metal building materials create the labyrinth-like structures in front of you. These alien creations are so huge that even if there are ten thousand Dawnbreakers,

The soldiers boarded the ship at the same time, but the manpower was still somewhat stretched.

In this case, Kulin's team had to bear an excessive amount of tasks, because the main force of the legion had to take over and inspect the power energy system and energy grid of Blackstone Fortress immediately. The former ensured that this creation

can continue to operate, the latter is the greatest guarantee for human beings to survive here.

In accordance with their mission objectives, the vanguard team painstakingly explored a wide outer corridor and slowly approached the end of these spiral passages. They were not far from the central area where the main force of the legion was located. Kulin even

The calls of some battle brothers can be heard in the distance.

But even so, their communication platform is still almost dead: the gloomy atmosphere of Blackstone Fortress kills the possibility of using technology and psychic powers to achieve high-speed communication, which is another reason why Kulin hates it.

After restraining his disgust, the new blood of Dawnbreaker followed the team on the left side honestly, fulfilling his responsibilities. Everything seemed to be peaceful: until he suddenly discovered that the originally rhythmic pace of the team was interrupted by an abrupt change.

interrupted by a pause.

"!"

Kesba, who was walking at the front, did not make a sound, but he stopped his steps, made a gesture, and led his subordinates to stick to the wall. Then, he gave the order with the expression on his face.

, motioning his subordinates to look towards the end of the corridor at the end of their field of vision.

Culin then looked around.

The interior of the Blackstone Fortress without any lights is comparable to even the quietest midnight. Although countless eras of wandering have not allowed these strange creations to accumulate thick dust, they have indeed deprived them of any life.

The last bit of comfort here.

Looking directly at the endless corridor of Blackstone Fortress is like looking directly at the night itself, which will arouse endless fear in the heart. In this state, even a floating dust is as dazzling as a star: let alone

A strange light emerged in the darkness.

Kulin saw it: the bright light appeared at the end of the corridor, appearing in the dimness that even the Astartes warriors could not see clearly, but he was certain that it was definitely not the light that any natural existence could emit.

Because it is floating in mid-air.

Kesba frowned. Under his silent instructions, the two Dawnbreaker warriors were ready for remote support, and the emergency rescue message that could be sent out was also ready. After doing all this, he took the library with him.

The two soldiers, including Lin, walked in front, followed by the two firepower outputters.

The five-person team moved forward again. They put on a standard fighting posture, and their aura could not help but become a little tense. Soon, they arrived at a suitable position, and the existence in the shadow seemed to sense their presence.

As they approached, he did not run away, but stood there and even walked toward them.

I don't know why, but when that being approached them, Kulin felt an obvious sense of depression. He felt that the shadow under his feet seemed to be deeper. It was like he was standing on a building where he couldn't see the bottom clearly.

Above the bottomless abyss.

The new blood of Dawnbreaker heard the same confused voice from the mouths of the comrades around him: Obviously, this is not his own illusion. The existence in the shadow does have a certain sense of oppression, an invisible sense of oppression.

Like a huge black spot in the sea of ​​souls.

Culin couldn't help but mutter, but his dissatisfaction was quickly interrupted by a kind of surprise: as the existence in the shadow walked to a place not far in front of them, the five-person team recognized the identity of the thing in front of them at a glance.

.

He is actually also an Astartes warrior.

Amid the astonishment of several Dawnbreakers, this taciturn Astartes warrior stood at a seemingly polite and safe distance. He was wearing a set of MKⅡ type power armor, which looked a bit too much.

It's worn out, and it's not a complete set. It's obviously a piece of stuff.

However, some details of the power armor made several Dawnbreakers frown: Although the helmets and joints were tightly covered, they could not hide the strange odor that followed.

Although this soldier is silent and serious, his walking posture reveals some incongruous feelings.

The bigger problem is: his power armor painting is a color that the Dawnbreakers have never seen before. It is a dark gray between the Iron Hands and the Iron Warriors. It has no luster, just like the sunset.

A gray wilderness below.

In the memory of the five-man squad, no Astartes Legion was painted in this way.

Therefore, although the opponent was also an Astartes warrior, the blades and muzzles of the Dawnbreakers were not completely lowered. Although out of courtesy, they did not point directly at the silent battle brother, but they only lowered it slightly.

own weapons.

Kesba spoke, but he was not wearing his helmet.

"I am Kesba, son of Morgan. I would like to pay tribute to you. Strange battle brother, please tell us your name and team, and the reason why you are here: Are there any other battle brothers here?"

The squad leader's voice dissipated in the cold corridor, but there was no response: the soldier just stood there, staring at the sons of Morgan in silence, saying nothing for a long time.

This move was really strange: the two Dawnbreakers responsible for covering fire had quietly raised their guns.
To be continued...