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He once again played his trump card to evade the other party's suspicions: "If you still insist on not believing me, I have a better way to prove myself."
Cass raised his hands.
......
“I can help you, Lord of Iron.”
Casca was all too familiar with Peturabo's way of thinking.
His purpose in coming here was certainly not just to have Peturabo make him a few sets of power armor.
As a former assault team from the Great Expedition, the Iron Warriors, who still maintain their legion structure, perfectly meet Casgar's current needs.
If they weren't a traitorous legion that weakened their legitimacy, Kasgar would have truly joined forces with Perturabo to storm Holy Terra and seek justice from the Highlord.
Unfortunately, Peturabo was eliminated.
To reignite his fighting spirit... As an extremely conflicted individual, Casca is not suited to directly expressing his needs—he will almost certainly reject him.
We must gradually make him feel genuine guilt and remorse.
"I'll handle it."
"But how will you solve this?"
Although Perturabo's expression softened somewhat after hearing Casca say he wanted to resolve the matter, he then wondered if the guy had agreed a little too quickly.
This only deepened his vigilance.
"The Blood Ravens collect ancient relics they deem powerful throughout the human world—the best way for us to find them is to turn the tables on them—use what we have to lure them out, and then infiltrate their relic treasury to find our lost [Codex of All Machines]."
Ancient relics?
How many other ancient relics are left in the current steel empire for you to squander?
You wouldn't happen to be in cahoots with that Blood Raven guy, just trying to scam him out of Perturabo's relics, would you?
of course not.
"Iron Lord, you misunderstand. I do not need you to provide me with additional relics to lure the Blood Raven Chapter."
"The relic I was talking about is right here."
As he spoke, Casca pointed to himself.
......
Subspace.
"An unidentified subspace storm is brewing, Chapter Leader. According to the Chief Think Tank's intuition, something big may happen here soon."
"Should we call it quits while we're ahead?"
As a warband of unknown origin, Blood Raven possesses a number of combat barges that are unimaginable to other warbands—while some warbands can only operate strike cruisers, the wealthy Blood Raven warband can freely traverse the void in five combat barges.
Five!
Of course, don't ask where these combat barges came from.
This is good for everyone.
It was precisely because they were too powerful that they were envied by others (not because they had dirty hands, at least that's what the Blood Ravens thought). After some investigation, the Blood Ravens believed that they might have used some heretical or alien means to allow them to collect many treasures in the Relic Treasury that even the Inquisitors were not qualified to see.
The Blood Ravens were naturally not satisfied with this!
Can something stolen through skill be called heresy?
Unfortunately, the corrupt and foolish judges ultimately decided that they needed to prove their loyalty to the Emperor and the Empire, instead of spending their days groping other people's good equipment, and banished them all to the road of atonement.
Finally, some peace and quiet... right?
of course not!
After being sent on the Redemption Expedition, the entire Blood Raven plunged headlong into the Eye of Terror, freely moving back and forth.
Although they have never caused any major casualties or damage to humanity's enemies, their reliquary is somehow becoming increasingly abundant.
Sending Blood Ravens on their atonement expedition is like sending rats to roam freely in a rice jar!
Now, they have arrived near this steel empire during a warp traverse.
"Walk softly and carry a big gun," guided by the Blood Raven Chapter Leader and protected by psychic powers, they successfully discovered the relic "Codex of Machines" within the Iron Bastion and teleported away with it.
This is all thanks to the detection device.
The Blood Ravens possess a mysterious relic that allows them to sense powerful artifacts in the vicinity.
Without the guidance of this detection artifact, even if Blood Raven wanted to search for sacred objects, he could not possibly collect such a rich collection even if he roamed all over the world.
Just as Gabriel Angelos, the current Chapter Commander of Blood Raven, was about to set sail again after storing the Codex of Myriad Machines in his relic vault, the previously dormant detection relic suddenly began to beep rapidly.
"A new sacred relic?"
Sensing the sound of the probe relic, Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos rubbed his hands together, eagerly awaiting the sound.
What good stuff has been discovered this time?
【Ancient Hero Casgar Sherlock】
Chapter 245 The Encounter of Two Master Thieves
"Wow!"
Blood Raven, who had come closer, exclaimed in surprise as it looked at the name displayed on the data panel of the artifact.
Hero Kasgar?
Is it the ancient legend of Kasgar who was able to kill the traitor Primarch Philus?
The divine detection device does not lie—only an existence containing immense power will trigger its detection function and complete its report.
The Blood Ravens have been habitual thieves for so long, yet there isn't a single counterfeit or inferior item in the Relic Treasury, all thanks to the detection artifact.
According to current imperial records and legends, in order to portray the hero Casca's power and the deep bond between the two leaders of the Third Legion, most legends take this opportunity to embellish Casca's strength.
After the Third Legion Primarch, Fugrim, was urgently teleported away from Istervan III by Kasgar using psionic energy, Phyllos was instantly killed by Kasgar in a fit of rage.
Space Marines slay Primarchs!
Whether the legend is true or false, the traitors of the Steel Hand will never hear from Philus again.
"No wonder... I heard that the Emperor's Son recently collaborated with the Mechanicus to try to awaken this ancient hero, but ultimately, due to a sudden attack by the Black Legion, the stasis field containing the hero Casca disappeared."
"I object. We can't handle something this hot."
"Should we hurry up and make our move? The navigator said that the subspace storm here is getting increasingly violent—we must act immediately if we want to."
Within this hidden repository of sacred artifacts, the numerous Blood Ravens participating in the meeting engaged in a heated discussion.
"We need to plan our route and teleportation points so we can seize this ancient hero."
Gabriel Angelos made his final judgment.
Despite the ever-approaching storms of the warp, the allure of the ancient hero Kasgar was too great for them to resist.
Even if they cannot guarantee that they can keep Casca in the future, they can use him as a bargaining chip to exchange for relics with the Imperial Princes.
The Sons of Emperors, the most glorious chapter, surely possess what the Blood Ravens need in their reliquary.
Even if we get caught, it's not a loss.
If no one notices it, or if the other party simply doesn't care, that would be even better!
They, Blood Ravens, could then confidently and proudly announce to the world—
—This is the sword that the hero Kasgar used.
—This is the armor worn by the hero Casgar.
—And this is the hero Kasgar himself!
Ah ~
Just thinking about it is so exciting!
After all, which Space Marine chapter hasn't dreamed of acquiring a real ancient hero?
"But...wouldn't doing this be... bordering on heresy?"
It's understandable that the Blood Ravens Chapter collect some relics—but if the relics truly possess the power to save the human empire, shouldn't the Blood Ravens have transferred them to the Sons of the Emperor Chapter as soon as possible?
"..."
Regardless of whether it should be handed over or not, I'll just pick it up first!
If they wait until the court finds out, they can say that they accidentally picked it up during their crusade for redemption.
—Anyway, the court will definitely not find out.
"Ready to complete the warp jump."
"Blood Ravens, remember our slogan."
"Walk softly into the village, don't use a small gun!"
......
"Commander, aren't things going a little too smoothly for us?"
The Blood Ravens, who had descended from the shuttle onto the deck of the combat barge, still found it hard to believe what they were seeing, dragging along the static force field.
Everything was progressing far too smoothly.
Guided by the Chief Think Tank and concealed by psychic powers, the Blood Ravens arrived around the mine where the sacred artifacts were hidden.
I had imagined facing incredibly difficult traps and formidable enemies...
But in reality, this is just an ordinary mining world, with nothing on it except for the laborers who are always working and a large number of mines.
Soon, they discovered a landing capsule wrapped in purple and gold above the exposed vacuum environment of the mine. Inside was an extremely exquisite coffin-shaped marble, amethyst and gold-encased static field.
He lay quietly inside the landing capsule, with no one, including Ren Tieyong or any ordinary human guards, remaining motionless in place.
It was as if they were waiting specifically for their arrival.
"Could this be fake? Or some kind of bait?"
Blood Raven opened the ornate outer packaging with suspicion, examining the static force field inside the coffin to see if an ancient hero truly lay there as the legends had it.
Click.
Lying in the static field was indeed Belisarius himself, wearing the armor of fate, with his gilded signature.
This armor, which looks so different from the others, can't be wrong.
"Hurry. The chapter commander's communications tell us that the warp storm is intensifying—we must get back to the battle barge and complete the warp jump as soon as possible."
They had little time to hesitate any longer; the warp storm brewing in the void urged them to return to Blood Raven headquarters immediately.
"Let's take this back first."
With the spirit of "better to make a mistake than miss an opportunity," the Blood Ravens transported this somewhat strange static force field back to their own battle barge.
"Should we verify it? The chief think tank expert has examined it and confirmed that the entity within this armor possesses spiritual energy that even he cannot detect, without a doubt."
Although it's unclear why the hero Casca, whom the outside world has been searching for so desperately, would so simply lie in this godforsaken mining world.
But faced with the impending subspace storm, they didn't have time to think about such issues in detail.
"Check the static field to ensure it is solid, then put it into the highest-level relic repository."
After a thorough second inspection, the Blood Raven Commander spoke.
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Blood Raven's Relic Treasury.
As a warband capable of withstanding the Inquisition's scrutiny and even bringing out Legion relics (including Chaos artifacts like Skarbrand's Blade), the Blood Raven's vault for storing relics is naturally much more hidden and secure.
As the saying goes, experience makes perfect.
As Blood Ravens who once roamed the relic vaults of other warbands, their guard and protection of the relic vaults were naturally the most stringent—only highly respected elders within the warband would know the exact location of the highest-grade relic storage.
In an inconspicuous corner of the Relics Hall, there was a dark, spherical artifact that glowed with fluorescent green, collected by the Blood Ravens—believed to be an alien artifact for storing space—which, when opened, could tear open a dark green spatial rift in front of one.
Once you step into this crevice, you'll find yourself in the pocket space inside the artifact.