Just as Soshiyan was preparing for the decisive battle, two mysterious visitors distracted him and forced him to give up his work temporarily.
The two mysterious guests actually appeared at different times. The first one was riding a mysterious, scarred cruiser two years ago near the pale star on the edge of the Great Vortex. Because it carried the Imperial Astartes team identification code, the local defenders only sent a signal to it, but the other party did not respond. Because Malakin had been transferred to the Badabu sector, the matter was put on hold without anyone in charge.
Until recently, the mysterious cruiser suddenly appeared near the Kara Galaxy, and until then, its keel code was captured by the adjacent Mechanical Cult detection array and sent to Soshiyan quickly because it belongs to-
Mantis Warrior.
Metlus, the second company commander and champion of the Mantis Warriors, was also the first person to not regard the Mantis Warrior's genetic curse "Practical Mantis" as a flaw, but instead developed its tactical value. He proposed to form a special force composed entirely of "Practical Mantis", called Prayer Mantis, but it was already the end of the Badab War and the plan was ultimately failed to be realized.
Metlus was also the first Mantis Warrior commander to realize the fact that Huron completely betrayed the empire. Unfortunately, he was also the only one. After the persuasion was fruitless, he led his ship torment the Soul and the second company of the Mantis Warriors to track Huron into the depths of the vortex alone. He never returned and there was no news. The Mantis Warriors' team repeatedly searched for them but failed to find their disappearing second company commander.
But unexpectedly, he actually appeared again!
After learning that it was the cruiser of the Mantis Warriors, Soshiyan immediately sent a message to the other party to disarm and docked at the orbital station on the edge of the Kara Galaxy, and at the same time took the Mantis Warriors headquarters to contact the other party.
When he arrived at the track station, only a wounded warrior and 23 exhausted veterans who were pieced together with armor on them, like beggars.
Soshiyan did not rush to talk directly with the other party, but asked the Mantis Warriors to communicate internally first. I guess they had a lot to say.
This wait took a whole day.
After almost thirty hours, Soshiyan finally waited for the message that the other party wanted to meet him.
"Sorry, the Supreme Lord Commander of Soshyan Alexey, did not report to you immediately."
In the large reception hall of Eternal Loyalty, the company commander, who was dressed in a newer power armor, sat on the throne wearing ritual armor, and Soshiyang, who was a Terminator, stood on the left and right, and waved his hand with a smile.
"It's okay, I know that you have been away from the battle group for a long time, and you must learn a lot of things again."
The company commander Metlus is tall, with wide shoulders, and his natural strong body is more prominent by the armor. Two slender and slightly curved scimitars cross the iron chain buckle behind his waist. In addition to scars and two golden service nails, the most impressive thing about his unhelmed face is his green eyes and his almost silent and dull temperament.
His eyes were very, very special, with rare double pupils. Perhaps because of this, he had some special ability to turn the trance-like vision of the Mantis Warrior into a powerful weapon.
According to other Mantis Warrior Commanders, the Great Vortex often held competitions between battles in the past, and Metlus was the undefeated champion who lasted for a hundred years before Huron launched the rebellion. In other words, he can be said to be one of the strongest players in the Great Vortex League, nicknamed the Knife Mantis.
Hearing Soshyan's words, Metlus sighed softly.
"I didn't expect that things would eventually develop like this, Niotra...ah."
Niotra was the commander of the battle group sentenced to life imprisonment. Soshiyang asked curiously when he heard this:
"To put it, it seemed that you had disagreements with Niotra at the beginning, but now you look very sorry?"
"Niotra is not a traitor, his loyalty to the Empire and the Emperor is beyond doubt. He is just... too stubborn."
Soshiyang smiled slightly.
"Stubbornness, this seems to be a common problem for most Space Marines, but if you are just stubbornness, you may not be able to get this step."
Metlus was silent for a moment, and finally revealed the inside story.
"After Huron broke with the Empire, Niotra's confusion in fighting spirit became more and more serious, which began to affect his judgment and thoughts. I kept trying to help him, but the heavy pressure of war made it difficult for him to calm down."
Soshiyang nodded slightly.
"So that's it, what happened at that time? Why did you suddenly go after Huron?"
"This matter is a long story..."
It turned out that he discovered that the nature of Huron's rebellion was not very early. This outstanding company commander discovered the problem before the starry sky phantom finally broke through the defense around Badab, and sent a report to Noutra.
When the airdrop of the Star Phantom's airdrop cabin smashed into the Thorn Palace, Metlus knew that Huron's black heart had been filled with chaos and filth. At the same time, Neotra was still desperately holding his position on his combat barge and participating in the final decisive battle against the Star Claws. After realizing that Neotra was completely unable to think, Metlus made a decision. He rushed out of his formation and aimed the muzzle of his cruiser Soul at the Star Claws ship on the collapsed defense line.
Metlus opened fire at his "friendly army" and joined the firepower of the Starry Phantom, and then divided the formation of the Mantis Warriors into two, opening up a passage for the Starry Phantom's airdrop pod.
During the fierce battle, Metluth did not leave an explanation, just saying that he believed that the commander of the battle, Niotra, would do the same thing as him.
In the end, when Huron's cruiser broke out of the orbit and broke through the encirclement of the Exorcist Chapter, Niotra still did not react. Realizing that the battle group was likely to be liquidated later, Metlus, who immediately chose to chase the tyrant of the vortex that had been hopeless, in order to "make up for the mistakes", he immediately chose to chase the tyrant of the vortex. The Torment Soul kept firing and hunting, and plunged into the vortex.
What happened later was no longer under Metluth's control, and they lost Huron. What's worse is that the navigator died due to an accident and only had one trainee navigator. However, due to the other party's unskilled navigation technology, they were forced to wander in the sub-space for a while. When they came out, they found that they were already on the edge of the extreme star domain.
Chapter completed!