Warhammer 40: The Wandering Merchant

The blow ripped through the ceiling and floor, exposing the internal pipes.

It also interrupted the Tzeentch wizard who was sketching out a psionic array.

Because his shield shattered from the blow, several explosive bombs that were originally trapped in mid-air and unable to penetrate broke through the barrier and shot towards his chest.

Moreover, the combat dagger slid towards his neck.

If those two attacks landed, he would be smashed into pieces.

Now he had no choice but to abandon the drawing of the psionic array, suddenly disappearing from his spot and reappearing outside the door of the room.

"I didn't expect you to be so cautious." The cunning sorcerer stood outside, his once hunched back now straight.

His originally thin body had now grown even larger.

Its face is increasingly resembling a bird's head, and the fur on its body is growing wildly, turning into individual blue downy feathers.

"I thought you would continue to hide there, unnoticed." Tzeentch extended his eagle-claw-like arm, and with a wave, a staff appeared in his hand. "That way, I can perfectly complete my masterpiece, and you won't be able to leave even if you want to. What a pity, how fickle things are. But... I like it."

Looking at the monster in front of him, Tie Hui already knew that this was Tzeentch.

Cage stood to one side, his eyes fixed on Tzeentch at the door, while also keeping a watchful eye on Ironbey beside him.

For a time, the three formed three factions, and they began to be wary of each other.

But Tzeentch broke the silence first, raising his staff upwards and then bringing it down heavily.

Visible spatial distortion occurs.

The next second, the entire interior of the warship, where people were fighting fiercely and patrolling or hiding in their rooms trembling with fear, was enveloped by this distorted spatial phenomenon.

The Twisted Path.

The ability to infiltrate the target's consciousness and use this capability on the battlefield to extensively alter how comrades or allies perceive the target within the army.

This led to their mutual slaughter.

The cunning sorcerer had already instigated internal strife within the merchant ronin family.

With the added blessing of the Twisted Path, Fang was transformed into an enemy, almost a sworn foe.

In the past, soldiers who lost in family power struggles could be spared by laying down their weapons and surrendering.

But that won't work now!

There was no such thing as surrender. What each soldier saw was that everyone around them instantly turned into various aliens, insects, green-skinned orcs, Eldar, and other alien races.

This horrified them, and they raised their guns and frantically pulled the triggers on their "alien comrades" around them.

Tie Hui was also affected by the Twisted Path, but the effect was gone after he was only dizzy for a moment.

The mark of purity affixed to the Cage Tao steel power armor emitted an intense light, directly offsetting the effects of this chaos.

Tzeentch no longer intended to hide, since he had already been discovered.

It would be better to start sacrificing the souls of these mortals sooner.

Tearing open the veil between the real universe and the divine realm, they sacrificed this family and even the planet below to the Lord of Change.

As for what awaits after the cosmic veil is torn open—Khorne, Slason, or Nurgle...

Then he wouldn't know.

However, it is most likely Khorne.

Because these guys are so easy to fool. As long as he fools them a little and provokes them a bit, they'll be fine.

These brainless brutes will surely come running to act as his henchmen.

Thinking of this, the cunning sorcerer chuckled.

With a wave of his staff, he directly blocked the explosive bomb that Cage fired again.

Immediately afterwards, the staff struck the ground again, and time was instantly distorted in all the scenery within two meters of him.

In the blink of an eye, the time distortion effect ended, and he disappeared from the spot.

Tie Hui, who was preparing to charge, froze on the spot, staring at the empty ground.

At this moment, Tzeentch used Time Warp on himself, directly turning back time to the point in time when he had just entered the study.

With a sudden wave of his hand, his figure became blurry and swaying.

Gradually, two figures emerged. After the blurring and swaying disappeared, the two identical Tzeentch wizards looked at each other and let out the same chuckle.

The real Treachery Master, seeing this, chuckled and said, "Hold them off here."

"good!"

The cunning sorcerer nodded in satisfaction and then vanished from the spot.

Meanwhile, Brian stood at the space station's ship interface, looking at the closed passageway of his flagship, and was momentarily dumbfounded.

He was still holding a communicator in his hand, and the screen was displaying a message that Tie Hui had sent him not long ago.

He managed to evacuate the more than 20 personnel remaining on the warship in the shortest possible time, and then the entire warship automatically closed all its entrances and exits.

After he was marginalized by Seg, most of his 800 personal guards were thrown into temporary positions as bodyguards on space stations and in industrial areas on the planet's surface because they were difficult to win over.

Only about 20 people remained on the warship to serve as instructors and assistants.

Brian looked at the shipyard, where the docking passage for the warships was crowded with people.

The more than 20 team members he had just brought out also anxiously surrounded him.

Brian looked uneasy, glancing at the communicator in his hand and then at his flagship.

What the hell happened?

Meanwhile, news that all entrances and exits to the flagship had been shut down quickly spread throughout the space station and to the planet Vorda below.

Boros Owasekto.

The third direct heir of the family was somewhat shocked when he heard the news that his family's flagship had its access blocked.

He hurriedly asked, "Have you taken out the permit?"

"I didn't see it."

The officer standing to the side spoke respectfully.

Upon hearing the news, Berlos was so angry that he smashed his wine glass on the ground, the red wine soaking the expensive velvet carpet.

"Mobilize the troops immediately and investigate. If you don't get the special permit back, don't come back. At the same time, activate the plan immediately!"

"yes!"

……

Tie Hui and Cage looked at the empty space in front of them and knew that the Chaos Bastard had escaped.

After sighing at the same time, the two instantly became wary of each other.

After all, Tie Hui was genuinely afraid that this idiot would come up and shoot him, and Cage was also afraid that this resurrected psionicist would launch a sneak attack from behind.

"God Emperor above, heretic! Who are you?" Cage pointed his gun at Iron Glory. He now suspected that some evil spirits from the subspace had possessed the body that had been dead for many days, creating this terrifying scene of resurrection.

Tie Hui covered his forehead speechlessly: "My name is Tie Hui Owasektor. The legitimate second heir of the Owasektor family. As for your question, it's probably based on the information in the database about my death by poisoning and cremation, right?"

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