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Chapter 244: The Second Primarch Returns
🕑 Added 2025-08-25 14:44:33 +0000 UTCChapter 244: The Second Primarch Returns
"Emperor, since I have already obtained this portion of the portfolio, I can confirm that I have completely mastered it. The Purifier technology is not some experimental tech; it is very mature and has been verified countless times in another world. And the Soul Forge no longer uses power from Chaos, but is provided by my warp projection. You know its abilities very well. I am confident that I can isolate it from the conventional warp, unaffected by the power of Chaos. Ferrus's soul will not be eroded by the power of Chaos.
"I have already created a body for him, composed of a wraithbone machine. A person's soul should be the fundamental basis for judging whether they are truly a person, not simply by their physical form. Perhaps you have a safer way, but after all, you still cannot leave the Golden Throne. It is simply impossible to do so in a short period of time.
"No one knows what the future will bring. But if we can have the assistance of one more primarch now, the pressure on the Imperium will also be much less. We may have to face more than one Daemon Primarch next. I need more strength."
Hearing Lucan's words, the Emperor was silent for a short while.
To be resurrected in a non-human body was not what He had imagined, but it was indeed as Lucan had said: the return of another primarch would perhaps be better.
In the end, the Emperor chose to agree to Lucan's request.
Ferrus, a being with a warp-essence, had an extremely powerful soul. A primarch who had awakened their warp-essence could be considered an existence akin to a minor dark god of the warp. Maintaining his form as a member of the Legion of the Damned was also a considerable burden for the Emperor. It was equivalent to the Emperor having created a top-tier Greater Daemon. If Lucan succeeded, the Emperor's burden of resisting apotheosis would also be lightened a little.
"Fine... create a space for me with sufficient warp energy... I will let Ferrus come to your side."
After receiving the Emperor's affirmative reply, Lucan immediately returned to reality. He began to issue commands to Karax. The surrounding Pylons began to operate, and the psionic matrix released a large amount of psychic energy throughout the Stellar Forge chamber.
"Karax, drop the Stellar Forge's psionic shielding!"
"Yes, my Lord!"
As the translucent psychic shield around the Spear of Adun's Stellar Forge was lowered, the Emperor could use Lucan as a medium to mobilize his power.
Hot flames appeared out of thin air, and the flames burned brighter and brighter. The psychic energy seemed to become its fuel, and the crackling sound of the flames was endless.
And slowly, a tall, dark warrior, his body burning with the flames of vengeance, appeared out of thin air before everyone. As he appeared, a large portion of the psychic energy in the forge chamber was instantly consumed, all of it used to maintain his continued existence.
Lucan looked up at him. A long-handled great-hammer was held tightly in his hand. Lucan looked at his face, but it was very blurry. Compared to the ordinary warriors of the Damned on the Phalanx, the hatred and anger on the one formed by Ferrus had almost condensed into a physical substance. The Legion of the Damned had no Chapter Master. The most likely candidate to be one was Ferrus.
At this moment, Ferrus seemed to have no self-awareness. He just stood before everyone.
Cawl couldn't help but come to Lucan's side. Although the Legion of the Damned would appear from time to time on various battlefields within the Imperium, the Imperium had always wanted to investigate what kind of existence this special being was. But every investigation would inexplicably come to an abrupt end. He had also once created an avatar to specifically study a warrior of the Damned, but had also not obtained any results.
"Lord Lucan, you're saying this is Lord Ferrus?"
"If the Emperor didn't lie to me... but why is he not moving or reacting?"
"The warp can always bring surprises!" Cawl couldn't help but exclaim.
Karax also marveled at the wonders of this world. The application of psionics in the two worlds was like heaven and earth. StarCraft was science, while Warhammer was metaphysics.
"Karax, open the Stellar Forge!"
"Yes, my Lord!"
Under Karax's control, the great doors of the forge that held the mechanical body were opened. The searing high temperature that emanated from within made everyone present feel a serious discomfort.
And the spirit form of Ferrus actually began to walk toward the inside of the forge on its own. The flames, fueled by psychic energy, seemed to be melting his spiritual body. By the time Ferrus's spirit form had walked into the forge, a third of it had already been melted.
"Quick! Close the forge!"
And Lucan also immediately began to control the Stellar Forge, which had been turned into a Soul Forge.
The spirit form of Ferrus slowly began to completely turn into the purest energy under the high temperature of the forge. The Damned version of Ferrus could no longer be seen with the naked eye. And under the effect of the Soul Forge, Ferrus's soul also began to be attached to this wraithbone body.
The originally motionless mechanical body suddenly seemed to have truly come to life. The blurry face also began to become clearer, slowly revealing the original appearance of Ferrus as recorded.
The expression on Ferrus's face began to become painful and struggling. The process of the Soul Forge tearing apart an original soul and attaching it to a body that did not belong to it was not pleasant. An ordinary person could not bear this kind of pain, and the same was true for those daemons. This was also why the daemon engines created by the Soul Forge were all without reason and full of madness.
One hour... two hours... By the third hour, the painful expression on Ferrus's face also began to weaken. And the mechanical body also began to move automatically.
As Ferrus opened his eyes, a roar full of endless anger even penetrated the Stellar Forge!
"FULGRIM! YOU TRAITOR! I WILL NEVER BETRAY FATHER WITH YOU!"
Ferrus had once had a very good relationship with Fulgrim. When he learned that his good friend had betrayed them, one could imagine what Ferrus was feeling. Even for Fulgrim, killing Ferrus was a form of torture, and Ferrus's death also gave him the final push.
Seeing that the soul had been completely fused, Lucan immediately stopped the operation of the Soul Forge and also had Karax turn off the forge's smelting.
Seeing Ferrus's reaction, Lucan guessed that his memory was still stuck at the moment he was beheaded by Fulgrim. The Emperor had preserved his soul, but had not allowed him to have self-awareness.
When Ferrus found that there were no enemies around, he also looked blankly at his own, different body.
"I... what's wrong with me... am I not dead? What's going on with this body of mine!"
The surrounding psionic matrix was drawing on the power of the Solar Core to supply this body with energy. Ferrus couldn't help but touch his own neck. The cold, hard touch made him show a somewhat blank expression. He could not feel his heart, nor could he feel any of the fleshly organs in his body. He could only feel the energy core in this body continuously providing him with an incomparably surging power.
He also saw Lucan and the others standing outside the energy shield. He was eager to find out what was going on. But although the body, forged of wraithbone and by Purifier technology, could move without any problems, it was ultimately not his original body. This made Ferrus's movements seem a bit clumsy at first, but as a primarch, his speed of adaptation was very fast. Soon, he could move freely. The adaptability of the wraithbone material to psionics and the soul accelerated Ferrus's adaptation process.
He felt that he was missing a large amount of memory, but in his soul, there was a reminder from the Emperor. He told Ferrus of his current situation and told him that it was the Lucan before him who had resurrected him in this way. And what he had to do now was to help Lucan and his brother, Guilliman, to maintain this crumbling human empire together.
