coobybook Chapter 500: Saving the Primarch
Chapter 500: Saving the Primarch
10,000 years ago
On the eve of the final battle between the Lord of Mankind and Horus
Terra Palace
Medical Sanctuary
In terms of authority, the Medical Sanctuary is under the jurisdiction of the Adeptus Custodes and the Sisters of Silence, and is maintained and operated by the Mechanicus.
This place is equipped with the most advanced medical equipment in the world and is only open to the most important people in the empire. Theoretically, even if the injured person is sent here with only a brain left, he can be saved using the equipment here, or even worse, even if only part of the brain is left.
However, since the establishment of the Medical Sanctuary, it has been used very few times, because ordinary people are not qualified to use these facilities, and those important figures themselves are difficult to harm.
And even if they were really hurt, it was probably somewhere far away from the palace.
But today, the Medical Sanctuary, which had not been in operation for hundreds of years, reopened. The Sisters of Silence opened this place. Although a war was imminent, the Imperial Guards still dispatched personnel from the battlefield to be stationed on guard. Along with them came a 20-man Keskulak Guard.
These elite Space Marines are from the Fifth Legion, the White Scars, and they also have a more widely known identity:
Primarch Guard.
Because the person who needs help this time is their original leader, Chagatai Khan.
The white giant lay on the medical chair, Khan fell into a deep coma, with multiple external injuries on his body, especially a huge cut on his chest. A crack almost split him in half from shoulder to abdomen. Khan was more than three meters tall, and it was conceivable what kind of brutal weapon could cause such a wound with one blow.
This wound would have been fatal to an ordinary person, and this was not the most serious injury to Khan.
What really threatens the life of this white giant is the Warp Plague that has invaded his body. The Khan's wounds are healing on their own, but the new flesh and blood are corroded by the plague, and eventually turn into dripping green pus. Only the Sisters of Silence can handle this pus, because even the Primarch's guards are at risk of corrosion and infection if they accidentally get contaminated by the pus.
It can be said that the Khan himself had become a huge source of plague at this time, and any mortal who approached him would likely melt into blood.
The Sisters of Silence in the sanctuary were extremely busy. They removed the dead flesh, cleaned the pus, and connected the original body to a life support device, but with little success.
The Primarch's physical strength was far beyond their imagination. Similarly, the plague that could infect the Primarch was beyond their knowledge. The Primarch's life was like a scale, and the weight on it was the Primarch's own will. The help of the Sisters of Silence was nothing more than oiling and maintaining the scale. It cannot be said that it was of no help, but it could not decide which side the scale would tilt towards.
If the Khan's will had not yet yielded, he would have probably turned into pus by now.
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Of course, for the Khan, there is an even sadder ending than complete death, that is, being transformed into a puppet of Chaos under the influence of the plague.
Perhaps this is why the Emperor still sent the Imperial Guard to garrison when the war situation was so tense. If the Primarch really had the possibility of becoming a Chaos puppet, someone was needed to eliminate this threat.
After two long hours of rescue work, the rotten flesh cut from the Primarch filled an entire bucket, the used gauze piled up into a small mountain, and the weight of the fluids injected into the Primarch was almost reaching the weight of a Space Marine, but the Khan's physical indicators still did not improve, but instead steadily and slowly declined.
The head nun thought for a long time, and there were only two solutions before her.
The first option was to take the Khan in this state to the Lord of Mankind and pray that the Lord of Mankind would have a way to save his child.
The second option is to seal the Primarch in a stasis field. Although this cannot save the Primarch, it can press the pause button on the Primarch's death.
However, the price of doing so is that the Primarch may never wake up from the stasis field again.
After careful consideration, the Sister-in-Chief chose the second option. The current situation was the most critical for the Imperium. Even if the Primarch revived, he would not be able to recover his combat effectiveness immediately. Sending a dying Primarch to the Emperor at this time might even interfere with the judgment of the Lord of Mankind.
The provocation of the rebel leader has been conveyed. The fate of the human empire depends on the Emperor's next decision. If the Emperor ultimately wins, the Primarch will naturally revive. If the Emperor fails, even if the Primarch is revived at this time, it will be futile.
The head sister gave orders with gestures, and the other silent sisters understood. They stopped treating the primarch's wounds and instead inserted needles made of special materials into his body. Soon the Khan's body was full of tubes. Finally, an open "iron coffin" was slowly carried to the primarch.
Seeing this, the Keskulak Guards drew their weapons and were on alert. Each of them was a veteran of hundreds of battles. Under the influence of the Father of Genes, they were not only warriors but also knowledgeable wise men. How could they not see that the Sisters of Silence had abandoned their Primarch?
The Eagles of Chogoris can fall, but they cannot be locked in an iron cage like a corpse. As the genetic descendants of the Primarch, they certainly hope to maintain the Primarch's life in any way, but at the same time, as genetic descendants, they are more certain that the Primarch does not want this.
The Sisters of Silence and the Imperial Guards also drew their weapons. In their eyes, the Primarch was the property of the Empire. How to deal with this potentially bad property could only be decided by the Emperor. The Primarch's Guards were only the guardians of this property and had no power to make decisions.
They will not tolerate these Primarch's guards. Even the Sisters of Silence and the Imperial Guards may not have much good feelings towards the Primarch himself. The rebellion of some Primarchs has further deepened this concept. If this Keskulak Guard is stubborn to the end, they really don't mind cleaning them out in front of the Primarch.
The Guards of Keskulak were unwilling to engage in a fight in front of the weakened Primarch and other Imperial warriors. The Custodians and the Sisters of Silence were also not willing to kill each other just because of the Space Marines' momentary impulse. Both were waiting for the other to compromise, but the patience of both sides had its limits. The patience of the Custodians and the Sisters of Silence was particularly poor, because these Space Marines might not be qualified to participate in the upcoming battle, but they had to defend the Lord of Mankind.
Killing intent gradually gathered, and neither side of the confrontation was sure of victory. The Imperial Guard had a crushing advantage over ordinary Space Marines, but each of the Primarch Guards in front of them was equipped with finely crafted Terminator power armor, and under each power armor was a well-known heroic warrior. When the difference in numbers between the two sides was nearly ten times, it was also very dangerous for the Imperial Guards to fight against these Primarch Guards. Even if they could win, they would have to pay a heavy price.
The same is true for the Primarch Guards fighting the Custodes.
But just as the powder keg was about to ignite, the clear sound of boots hitting the ground came from outside the sanctuary.
The Custodians, the Sisters of Silence and the Primarch's Guards all looked in that direction at the same time, only to see Hildra walk in as if no one was around. She walked all the way to the center of the confrontation between the Custodians and the Primarch's Guards, seemingly completely ignoring these warriors who could make an entire sub-sector tremble. In the end, the Custodians and the Primarch's Guards had to draw their weapons to block her way to prevent her from getting any closer to the Primarch.
"Everyone, get out," Hildra said. "I'm here to save your Primarch."