"Xenos! Die!"
The Lion roared, his longsword glinting with cold light, charging towards the pool like an awakened lion. Zahariel followed closely, Bolter loaded, aiming coldly at the Aeldari targets in the pool.
The three Aeldari Misses in the pool clearly hadn't anticipated such a sudden turn of events. When they saw The Lion, this tall, imposing, and awe-inspiring "Handsome Old Man," charging with a longsword, their expressions of shock froze for a moment. But as Aeldari, their reaction speed was incredibly swift.
"Jump!" Yvraine whispered, and then the three of them simultaneously burst with astonishing power, leaping from the pool, water splashing, landing steadily on the poolside.
The moment they landed, they quickly retrieved their weapons from beside the pool: Yvraine held the old womans sword, Lelith grabbed two daggers that glowed with a faint blue light, and Eliette picked up her sniper rifle, immediately aiming at Zahariel's head.
The three instantly adopted combat stances. Yvraine stood at the front, her eyes slightly narrowed, her spirit blade gently turning in her hand, emitting a low hum. Her tone was calm yet full of menace as she said, "Who are you? Is this an attack on allies?"
"Allies?" The Lion's voice was full of disdain. "Don't take me for a foolish child! Xenos can never be allies of humanity!"
He charged forward without hesitation, and Zahariel followed closely with his gun, a battle on the verge of breaking out.
However, at this very moment, Russ and Khan finally reacted, simultaneously roaring, "Stop!"
Russ moved as swiftly as lightning, directly leaping in front of The Lion, grabbing his sword-wielding wrist.
"Big Brother! Calm down! They are allies! Father approved them!"
On the other side, Khan flashed in front of Zahariel, pressing down the barrel of his Bolter, and said coldly, "Don't be hasty!"
The Lion was stunned, clearly not expecting Russ to personally intervene. He subtly retreated, his gaze cold as he looked at Russ and Khan:
"You two, when did the Imperium stoop to allying with xenos? When did Father's will allow such a thing?!"
"The Lion!" Russ was also enraged, the smile on his face completely gone, replaced by a rare seriousness. "Times have changed! Father recognized the value of the Aeldari... and..."
Before Russ could finish, Lelith immediately rushed to Khan's side, hugging his arm, and then said, "The Lion? My dear, is this The Lion the Big Brother you told me about before?"
The Lion's eyes instantly widened. His white hair now stood on end like an angry lion. He looked at the ambiguous actions between his brother and the xenos, his whole body trembling... At this moment, Zahariel immediately understood everything, putting his Bolter back on his waist: "Ah, this..."
At this point, Russ suddenly felt something was wrong. He watched as The Lion's body began to tremble, and all the veins on his head and neck bulged out (like Yujiro's demon face). And the next second... The Lion's eyes rolled upwards, and his body fell straight backward... "Holy crap! Big Brother!" Russ rushed forward to support The Lion's body, but the other's solid physique almost knocked him over.
Khan, standing nearby, frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "It seems he was a bit too stimulated."
Lelith, completely innocent, blinked her eyes and pouted, saying, "Oh, what's wrong? I didn't do anything..."
Zahariel immediately rushed over, embracing the Primarch who had fainted from high blood pressure. Li Feng also immediately stood up and walked towards them.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect it's not just his appearance that's aged? He also has an old-age disease like high blood pressure..."
Hearing Li Feng's words, Zahariel immediately looked up at Li Feng. As a veteran of the Great Crusade, he knew the value of the friend of the emperor. He had seen Prime Minister Ma's masterful psychic techniques.
"Sir! What's wrong with the Primarch? Sir! Save the Primarch..."
At this moment, Fides immediately put on a bathrobe and rushed into the mansion... Soon, she came out with a small medicine bottle. This bottle contained the first batch of panacea.
Li Feng took the medicine bottle from Fides's hand and directly tossed it to Russ. Russ caught the bottle, hastily opened it. Inside was a small, transparent capsule, glowing faintly, seemingly containing incredible power.
Russ immediately knelt on the ground and began to try to pry open The Lion's mouth to put the pill in... "What is this?" Zahariel asked in a low voice, his expression wary, but he didn't stop Russ from already bringing the capsule to the unconscious The Lion's mouth.
Li Feng smiled calmly, his hands clasped behind his back, a hint of pride in his eyes: "This is the legacy of the golden age, the 'panacea.' It's no exaggeration to say that as long as one still has a breath, eating this will bring them back to life."
Zahariel couldn't help but ask, "Sir, can this really work? This is a Primarch..."
"If you don't believe it, you don't have to feed it." Li Feng snorted softly, his tone unhurried. "However, your Primarch's life depends on your decision."
Zahariel gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and allowed Russ to use an extremely violent method to force the medicine into The Lion's mouth, then gently massaged his throat to make him swallow.
In a few seconds of silence, everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on The Lion on the ground.
Suddenly, The Lion's body trembled violently. His previously bulging veins quickly subsided, and he abruptly opened his eyes, a trace of confusion and anger in his gaze:
"I... what happened to me?"
"You just fainted." Russ let out a sigh of relief, his tone filled with concern. "Uncle Li just had me feed you the panacea."
The Lion frowned as he sat up from the ground, casually wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He glanced at Li Feng beside him, a complex expression flashing across his face: "...Thank you."
At this moment, Lelith couldn't help but speak, "Did this old man really faint just now because of high blood pressure?"
Li Feng smiled slightly, his tone teasing: "Not only high blood pressure, but it was also from anger. You, ah, less often hook your arm with your man and sway in front of him. I reckon one more time and he'd have a direct cerebral hemorrhage."
The Lion had calmed down a lot by now; clearly, he didn't want to experience the situation of nearly being sent off by high blood pressure again. At this moment, Yvraine also walked over, bending down to look at this "Big Brother of her future husband."
"Are... are you alright?"
Hearing the concern from the xenos, The Lion disdainfully turned his head away. Russ, at this moment, looked at Yvraine, then at The Lion... that mischievous smile once again appeared on the "Space Husky's" face.
"Big Brother, let me introduce you, this Miss Yvraine is Guilliman's fiancée!"
The Lion instantly became enraged, looking at Yvraine. The double blow of Guilliman dismantling his Legion and marrying a xenos once again sent his blood pressure soaring. But the next second, his eyes rolled again... Zahariel: "Primarch! Primarch!"
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