"Brothers!"
Upon seeing Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius and his group arrive, Captain Acheran immediately pointed to the holographic map in front of him and said,
"This is the Aurora Facility. In the past few hours, hundreds of traitors have arrived and forcibly occupied it."
Sergeant Titus immediately asked,
"Where are Leuze and the psychic disaster energy source?"
"They are both inside the facility. Perhaps you were right, Titus, the traitors' target is aurora."
At this, Acheran sighed, but quickly recovered and continued,
"We have dispatched all available forces to Deemulim, but our strength is still far from enough. An endless stream of demons is pouring out from Warp Rifts scattered across the planet."
...
Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius did not listen carefully to the conversation between Acheran and Titus, just as in the original game's plot.
Next, Titus Squad and two other squads took on three missions.
Destroy the Warp beacon to cut off enemy reinforcements.
Activate the battle barge, Sword of Atreus.
And place a navigation beacon to guide the Sword of Atreus to the designated location to ram and destroy the Thousand Sons' giant demon engine, the Silver Tower.
Titus Squad was responsible for the last mission.
And after that, they would enter the underground of Deemulim, head to the Aurora Facility, attempt to retrieve the psychic disaster energy source, and have Leuze stop the Aurora Facility.
After a brief further discussion of the mission details, the group left the bridge and headed to the hangar, preparing to depart.
En route, the Battle Group Chaplain suddenly sent a message to the three members of Titus Squad and Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius via the comms channel.
"Sergeant Titus, please come to the crew deck to see me immediately. Be sure to bring Astartes Chairon, Sergeant Gadriel, and Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius."
The four exchanged glances, then Titus replied,
"Understood, Chaplain."
Then, he looked at the six members of the other two squads.
"You go to the hangar first and wait for us. We'll depart together shortly."
With that, the four named by the Chaplain left the elevator.
Soon, the group met the Battle Group Chaplain in a prayer room on the crew deck.
"Titus, a report from the Starseer Relay Station troubles me greatly."
Leandros's voice was heavy.
"This is a heresy accusation."
"Her voice was manipulated, it was a..."
Just as Chairon was about to defend Titus, Leandros roughly interrupted him.
"The Sergeant will answer himself!"
"That psyker was possessed!"
Titus replied immediately with a serious tone.
"Now, the only person who could contact Lord Calgar is dead, dead by your hands. I will be watching all of you. If I have even the slightest suspicion of corruption, I will not be as melancholic as you were back then."
Leandros's tone was icy, as if he would act at any moment.
Astartes Chaplains are not like those in common fiction who lack combat ability and merely recite prayers.
Instead, they are truly formidable individuals who wield power swords, engage in combat, and can even slay enemy leaders.
Every Chaplain possesses astonishing combat skills.
Krosel, a Chaplain of the Ultramarines, once used a jump pack to ambush and kill an Ork Warboss.
Daenor, a Chaplain of the Blood Angels, once single-handedly challenged Khârn the Betrayer, a champion of Khorne, and survived.
Although Leandros is not one of these famous and ruthless Chaplains, his combat ability should absolutely not be underestimated.
Everyone present had no doubt that he would truly act.
"You may leave."
Leandros dismissed them.
The four exchanged glances, then left the prayer room.
Fortunately, due to certain reasons, Gadriel did not have a tense relationship with Titus, nor did he directly engage Titus in the Starseer Relay Station, unlike in the original game.
Otherwise, Leandros's suspicion would only have been stronger.
If it weren't for the current desperate need for combat power, Leandros would truly have detained Titus for interrogation.
Even though Titus's current status is the company's Sergeant, one of the highest-ranking individuals besides the Captain.
After leaving the prayer room, the group once again took the elevator towards the hangar.
At this moment, Acheran's voice echoed through the ship's broadcast system.
"Astartes! We have arrived above Deemulim. Proceed immediately to the hangar, board the Thunderhawk, and prepare for orbital insertion."
The elevator descended, and from time to time, other Ultramarines entered the elevator.
Soon, the four arrived in the Severian's hangar.
As they stepped out of the elevator, Acheran's voice came from not far away.
At this moment, Acheran was standing on a Repulsor tank, delivering a pre-battle speech.
"The despicable traitors and heretics have gathered their main forces in the Numerium Basin!
Talasa will go to destroy the blasphemous Warp beacon!
Veridian will activate the ancient barge, unleashing fury upon the heretics!
The rest of us will clear out the remaining enemies around the basin and establish a beachhead!
The enemies on Deemulim have an overwhelming numerical advantage.
But! The foul heretics there have stirred the wrath of the Second Company!
We will make those traitors suffer excruciating pain!
Pain they have not felt since the Burning of Prospero!
Sons of Roboute Guilliman! For the glory of Ultramar!"
All the Ultramarines of the Second Company, including Titus and the others around Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius, raised their arms and cheered.
"For the Imperium! For the Emperor! For the Gene-Seed Primarch! For the glory of Ultramar!!!"
After delivering his pre-battle motivational speech, Acheran began to prepare equipment and supplies.
Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius and his group were also able to replenish their already scarce weapons and ammunition.
Arriving in front of a Thunderhawk Gunship, Talasa Squad and the six members of Veridian Squad had long been waiting.
"Astartes, now go and eradicate our enemies, for the Emperor!"
"For the Emperor!"
Everyone boarded the Thunderhawk Gunship, found their respective seats, and sat down.
Then, the Thunderhawk started its engines and quickly exited the Severian's hangar.
Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius, sitting in the corner, was constantly checking the weapon in his hand.
"Finally, finally, I'm about to leave this cursed place."
Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius thought to himself.
Since arriving in the Warhammer Universe, a universe with an extremely high danger coefficient, he had not stopped for a moment, except for a few hours of rest in his room on the Severian.
He was either cutting down Tyranid or cutting down Chaos Thousand Sons.
Even Lieutenant Marcus Aurelius, who had been strengthened far beyond ordinary people, felt exhausted.
This exhaustion was not physical, but from the depths of his spirit.
As long as he could recover the psychic disaster energy source fragments, he could leave the Warhammer Universe and go to other worlds.
At the same time, he could also rest for a while.
"It's not possible that the next world will be more dangerous than Warhammer, right?"
"Right?"