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Chapter 2: Chaos Rises!
The moment that Eliphas went through the portal, Tzeentch grinned a sickly smile and said to himself " Soon young Eliphas, you will be both the greatest hero and enemy for this universe, until then, take you're time, and enjoy this vacation of your vacation, while I wait for the time to act." Tzeentch said, before looking into a crystal ball, and watching Abbadon organize another one of his Black Crusades, and he silently thought to himself, 'Why did I support their claims that Abbadon would be a sound general, or more importantly, why do I even bother with them?' Before he returned to watching the mortal realm and he silently laughed to himself when he saw that the Imperium had ordered an exterminatus on a world where their was a case of a disease that was similar to Nurgle's rot, of course if they had access to early medical writings, they would have figured out that it was actually a case of the common cold, well to him it was fair, given the fact that rot never took up an exact form, thanks to him and a few well placed curses.
( Battle Barge Mortal's Bane)
When Eliphas exited the portal he was greeted with the faces, or helmets of his crew and co-commanders, Eliphas however like almost all Chaos commanders saw them as beneath him. They likewise reacted to him, although with Ahriman you could never tell, and Ussax was smiling, although that was characteristic with most of Nurgle's followers. Kharn looked like he was going to kill half the crew, and to his credit had already killed about one hundred crew members. As for Sindri, well he wasn't on the bridge, although he should start to look out for traps the moment he enters his room.
" Ah, the leader of this crusade has finally arrived, I have waited for you." Ahriman said, before going back to reading one of his books, either that or he was thinking bout how his legion turned into what it was today, and likely formulating plans to get into the Eldar's Library.
"Yes, and I see you haven't lost your wit, or your dreadfully horrid sarcasm." Eliphas replied in turn, the reaction he got was as expected, Ahriman didn't seem to care.
" Eliphas, I haven't seen you in hundreds of years, you are exactly the way you acted before you left for Kronos. On the bright side though you did defeat the Eldar and Imperial Guardsmen before are loyalist brothers defeated you." Ussax said, with a creepy smile on his face.
" Ah, Ussax, you haven't changed a bit, tell me, has Sindri already put a bomb in my room, or has he poisoned tonight's feast?" Eliphas asked, Ussax and him had an odd friendship, but neither really talked about much.
"No, because he's been linked to our lives so he can't directly or indirectly kill us without killing himself in the process, good thing too, he's truly deserving the title of Sorcerer." Ussax said before going over to his station. Kharn didn't say anything, although he did pick up Gorechild, and Eliphas knew that he was going to need a very large amount for slaves for this journey. He then walked out of the room and into the main hall. Around him where Astrates from the Word Bearers, Iron Warriors, Rubric Marines and their Sorcerers, Daemons, Alpha Legionaries, Night Lords, Emperor's Children, World Eaters, and the Death Guard, working their best to try to not kill each other. They were working as hard as one could be, with slaves of course, the Rubric Marines were acting without purpose, just standing their, just like those Necrons, he still had a bad hated/fear to them, he didn't want to see another one of those soulless monstrosities. Soon however he raised his voice and demanded their attention.
" Fellow Chaos Legionares, we stand at the brink of conquering a new galaxy for the Lords of Chaos, we will not fail, we shall not fail. We shall crush are enemy's to ash, we shall revile in their deaths and enslavement. We shall show them wait the might of Chaos can do, we shall destroy them, we shall enslave them, we shall torment them, we will steal their knowledge, nothing of there's nothing sacred, nothing holy, this universe has been led by liars, they stagnate, they shall not be forgiven! They will bow down to Chaos, they WILL serve Chaos, or their souls will serve to savor Slaanesh, their curiosity will quench Tzeentch's thirst, their ruthlessness will serve Khorne, and their diseases and death will please Nurgle! And then after this, we shall lead the Darkest Crusade to conquer the shattered shell of the Imperium Of Mankind, and we shall slay the Corpse Emperor!" Eliphas yelled, arousing his troops with his charisma. He then quoted one of the Book Of Lorgar's most infamous quotes " Book Of Lorgar page twenty-five million, book thirty-nine,' When Chaos united there will be no banter, no fighting between brothers, only death to those who oppose us, we strike down in the name of Chaos, and we are to do due our part, Khorne will grant us our thirst for battle, Nurgle will give us perseverance, Slaanesh will keep our spirits high, and Tzeentch will give us the foresight of our enemies plans. As long as we please the Dark Gods, none shall stand in the name of Chaos!'".He then proceeded to leave the hall and head for the feast, prepared by some of the best of Slaanesh's servants.
While eating he looked around an noticed the one man he wanted to avoid the most. He spotted the two timing Sindri, he would betray you the moment it suited him the most, truly an Alpha Legionnaire. Luckily for Eliphas he wasn't spotted. After the feast Eliphas went to the bridge for a report. The Navigator dared to question his authority by saying that his choice of a planet was poor, Eliphas responded in turn by throwing him into a room full of Khorne Berserkers. Soon after that happened they arrived at their destination. The planet wasn't grand, but for some reason it called to Eliphas, so he choose it. They where now in a new universe, a new universe to conquer in the name of the Dark Gods.
" Sir, unknown ships have detected us and are moving to engage, fleet size appears to be around that of a trading convoy, we are ready to fire on your order."
A member of the Dark Mechanicus declared.
" Don't fire at them, we will board their vessel and see what they know." Eliphas said before heading to the armory for his weapons.
Yes, this universe would bow to the Dark Gods. And Eliphas would reap the rewards.