N-A-A Chapter 17: I have never seen such a shameless person.
Chapter 17: I have never seen such a shameless person.
"In the past, during a time of strife, aliens brought chaos, causing national turmoil and famine, and unrest on all sides. Fortunately, the Emperor and the Warmaster led a million Space Marines to sweep across the land, giving humanity hope for a resurgence. But you, Abaddon, colluded with Erebas, plotting to murder the Warmaster while the Emperor returned to Terra. As his bodyguard, allowing the Warmaster to be cursed by Chaos was already a dereliction of duty. To evade responsibility, instead of placing the Warmaster in a stasis field to return him to Terra for treatment, you offered him up to the wizards of Devon to gain the favor of the evil god. This is truly unforgivable!"
Sun Qian's accusations clearly hit Abaddon's sore spot, and his feigned friendly mask vanished without a trace.
"Nonsense! I have never betrayed the War Commander... These are all baseless accusations..."
"If you don't admit it, why not let Irebas come out and confront you? Or did you kill Irebas yourself to destroy evidence?"
"Bullshit! I killed Eribas because of your treacherous scheme—uh!"
Abaddon realized he had made another slip of the tongue as he retorted. He had just said that Eribus had been purged by Horus, and now he had contradicted himself.
"I know your life story, Abaddon. You were born into the Xonian underworld, yet you murdered your father for personal gain—that is unfilial piety; your extraordinary physique and armor were bestowed upon you by the Empire, yet you betrayed your country and murdered your lord—that is disloyalty; you hold a position in the Council of Four Kings, where you should be supporting your generals and uniting your brothers, yet you framed loyal ministers and betrayed your comrades—that is injustice! Such a disloyal, unfilial, and unjust person, any person with a conscience would like to devour your flesh alive, how dare they utter a word here!"
Abaddon's response could no longer be heard on the communication channel; only heavy breathing and the grinding of teeth could be faintly heard.
He had clearly realized that his verbal confrontation with Sun Qian had failed, and that he would only make more mistakes if he said anything more.
Sun Qian seized this opportunity and pressed his advantage.
"Your soul is about to be devoured by demons in the subspace. How will you face the brothers you killed! A spineless dog, yet you dare to bark and howl before me!"
This statement was remarkably effective. The scene of the Gastalin Terminator elites dying tragically in the Great Reception Hall was still vivid in Abaddon's mind, and feelings of grief and regret welled up in his heart.
"I have never seen such a shameless person!"
As he delivered the explosive final blow in one smooth motion, Sun Qian felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.
In the original timeline, Abaddon was a key figure who turned the world into a cesspool, causing countless sufferings to both the Empire and humanity as the Chaos Warmaster.
Even now, Abaddon is one of the main culprits behind the Horus Rebellion; without his foolish actions on Devon Star, Erebas's conspiracy would not have succeeded so easily.
To be able to thoroughly humiliate them in front of all four legions in the entire Istvan III system was already more than enough for Sun Qian...
Ding dong.
Just then, a crisp system notification sounded.
The hidden quest "Marquis Wuxiang Scolds Wang Lang to Death" has been completed.
[Obtain the character card
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"...Lord Abaddon, Lord Abaddon! Can you hear me?"
Abaddon slowly awoke as the co-pilot of the Thunderhawk gunboat was rocked back to consciousness.
"Cough cough, damn it, how long was I unconscious just now?"
Abaddon rubbed his temples, remembering how his blood had surged because of that guy named Sun Qian's arrogant words, and then everything went black—
"It was only a few seconds, but..."
Abaddon immediately understood why the co-pilot was hesitant to speak, because the control panel in front of him was now a mess of blood, and he could taste the rust in his mouth.
"Perform a quick self-check."
Under Abaddon's orders, the Terminator Power Armor's health monitoring system quickly provided results.
A heart stopped due to an acute myocardial infarction, and multiple parts of the body bled due to ruptured blood vessels.
Abaddon had to accept a humiliating fact.
As for myself, an Astartes, I was almost driven to my death by anger just now—
No, if it weren't for the fact that Astartes had two hearts, he would really be dead by now.
Although he also had injuries accumulated from the intense battle on the Vengeance Soul, it would be a huge joke if something like this happened to Astartes.
Abaddon felt a surge of anger, but he forced himself to calm down; he only had a heart left to live.
Tell me the current situation.
"We have passed through the Void Shield and entered the shield bubble!"
Upon hearing what the co-pilot said, Abaddon finally revealed a satisfied smile.
The Void Shield that the Tyrant has deployed is designed to counteract air friction generated when entering the atmosphere, and can withstand most conventional ranged attacks.
However, the Void Shield is not without its weaknesses.
Firstly, the essence of the battleship-class void shield is that it is generated simultaneously by an array of a large number of void shield generators, so there will definitely be relatively weak points during the overlapping process;
Secondly, the Void Shield has a minimum speed threshold, allowing low-speed objects to pass through directly.
Of course, these were originally top secret, but Abaddon, as the former owner of the Great Tyrant, naturally knew all about these data.
That's why he was personally led to carry out this boarding operation.
He set up a line on the data panel that perfectly bypassed the Great Tyrant's automatic defense fire system.
Although Abaddon was literally out of his mind just now, he still keenly grasped a key point.
Sun Qian doesn't have many allies on the Tyrant, so he probably won't be able to focus on controlling the active turret.
This gave Abaddon an opportunity.
"Start full speed ahead and follow this route to the vicinity of the Void Shield Generator. Blast a hole in the maintenance hatch here."
Abaddon casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth to avoid letting others see his injury.
"But should we wait for reinforcements...?"
"No need. It's just a matter of disabling the Void Shield and setting up the teleportation beacon. I can handle that by myself. The others just need to provide cover fire."
The Void Shield's defensive principle is also related to the warp, therefore it is impossible to teleport short distances across the Void Shield.
In other words, if Abaddon can create a breach in the Void Shield encasing the Great Tyrant, the Sons of Horus on the Vengeful Spirit can use the teleportation beacon to directly board the Great Tyrant and reclaim the warship.
With its engines at full power, the Thunderhawk gunship approached the Great Tyrant. Just as Abaddon had calculated, the automatic defense fire system was unable to cover his route, and within a dozen seconds they passed through the fire net and arrived at their designated location.
"I aimed at that maintenance hatch, blasted it open, and then jumped in myself."
Abaddon activated the force field of the power claws, a ferocious smile spreading across his face.
"Before the main force arrives, I'll be the first to go to the bridge, find that bastard named Sun Qian, tear his mouth apart, and rip out his tongue—"
boom!!!!
However, the next second, a violent explosion and a strong shaking interrupted Abaddon's harsh words that he hadn't finished.
Abaddon, who had barely managed to regain his balance and avoid falling, was about to berate the gunner for firing without his orders, but he quickly realized that it couldn't possibly be the Thunderhawk gunboat he was on that launched the attack.
He saw that the maintenance hatch, which was originally his target, and the ship's hull within dozens of meters of it had been shattered and torn apart by the powerful force. Countless fragments of plastic steel, ceramic steel, and refined gold were scattered everywhere, enveloped in a dark blue electric current.
"Retreat immediately!"
Abaddon roared as he issued the order, his eyes filled with disbelief and lingering fear.
"That madman Sun Qian! He deliberately overloaded and detonated the Void Shield Generator!!"