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"Ha ha ha ha!"

"very good!"

Seeing that the other party did not object and allowed the little girl to sign the agreement, and seeing that the overall situation was decided, Horus picked up the kind of quill that was only used on important occasions and waved his hand to sign quickly.

After giving his name, he couldn't wait to give the order loudly:

"So……"

As he said that, Horus turned towards the one who laughed the loudest before, who was wearing gray-white armor, with a black Luna Wolf on his right shoulder, and a red vertical arrow on his left shoulder, in the middle of his chest, and in the middle of his belt.

The accompanying officer of the 16th Legion, who also wore a crest with the centurion's identification mark on his head, ordered:

"Centurion, didn't you just say you wanted to fight?"

"The first duel begins with you!"

To be honest, he never thought that this negotiation would be so simple and easy.

Therefore, he does not intend to bully the opponent too much. He feels that sending a centurion at random is almost enough to solve the battle. They won't even need to replace them later. As long as the centurion successfully wins two games, everything will be over.

The dust has basically settled.

"Sir Darius!"

As he said that, he saw that the centurion of his own legion had already strode outside the protection range of some kind of force field at the meeting site not far away with a chain sword in his hand, and was waiting outside. Only then did Horus look at it.

He turned to Darius and asked, teasing and coaxing:

"Do you want to come in person?"

"If it were you..."

"I think there should still be a chance to defeat our centurion."

After this period of observation, Horus discovered that among all the entourages from the Koprulu sector and the Taiwei galaxy present, the only one he felt threatened was Darius in front of him.

There is no doubt that the other party is obviously the kind of person who has real abilities, and his feelings are definitely not wrong. As for the degree of strength, it is temporarily unknown.

However, in his opinion, if the opponent is the first to attack and win the first duel, he will not be too surprised at all, and he is also willing to accept that he will lose one first, and then eventually his side will win the second duel.

Let's compare the results to end this farce.

"No……"

Unfortunately, Darius was not fooled, and just shook his head with a half-smile.

"If you, Commander of the Horus Legion, don't take action personally, I won't end up!"

"Although I am looking forward to it?"

As he spoke, he gave Horus a provocative look. Without waiting for the other person to say anything, Darius took out a cigar from his body, bit it, lit it slowly, and took a deep puff.

.

"that whoever?"

"Second Battalion Commander!"

Then he exhaled two thick puffs of smoke from his nostrils, and then slowly looked at the row of Marines behind him who were surrounding the conference table.

"What are you looking at!"

"The decision is yours."

"you go!"

"If you lose, you might as well stop being the battalion commander and go back and clean the barrack toilets for a month!"

After saying that, without waiting for the reaction of the second battalion commander, Darius began to puff away his words.

"..."

The second battalion commander who received the order did not waste any time. He directly removed the spike rifle, grenades, and explosive devices in his hand and threw them all over the floor. Then he picked up the battle ax behind him and said something.

He closed the mask without saying a word and closed the skull panel in the transparent mask, and then strode toward the opponent outside the mass effect barrier without saying a word and menacingly.

"oh?"

"Sir Darius seems very confident?"

Looking at the second battalion commander, he is only about two meters tall, and with the armored suit, he is only about 2.23 meters tall. And the centurion of their Luna Wolves is at least 2.5 meters tall, with the power armor.

They are both 2.67 meters tall, and neither side is a heavyweight in terms of momentum and size alone. Therefore, he can't see why the other side has so much confidence.

"but……"

"Your battalion commander doesn't look very strong..."

In Horus's view, although the opponent's second battalion commander may have some skills, he just sent a centurion to play for insurance. No matter how strong the opponent is, there is no way he can win over his command of the Luna Wolves.

'A battle-hardened centurion!

Not to mention anything else, just ordinary Astartes Space Marines can easily defeat at least a hundred standard Astra Militarum soldiers with their bare hands, and a Centurion, although every

The combat power of each centurion is uneven, and their areas of expertise are also different, but it is not a problem at all for a centurion to defeat a standard Astra Militarum battle group without using any weapons on both sides, and it is very large.

The probability is that you will win in the end!

Therefore, Horus could not see that the centurion he sent had even the slightest chance of failure.

"Ha ha!"

"In fact, our head of state has just said this question..."

"A warrior's combat effectiveness is never judged by his height and body shape!"

"If your Excellency, Army Commander, loses later, don't be impatient, okay?"

With that said, Darius continued to smoke and puff, preparing to enjoy a good show.

"Yeah?"

"We space warriors are not just tall..."

Listening, although Horus vaguely felt something was wrong, he still shook his head disdainfully.

"That's fine!"

"It's useless to say more, let's wait and see!"

Yes, just like what he said, the Astartes are not powerful because they are strong and tall. They are strong because they are strong, and then they are strong and tall. That is completely

Two concepts.

That centurion, including all the Space Marines of his legion and other legions, were used by their great Emperor in the first hundred years of the thirty thousand year.

Super warriors created from samples of the Primarch's genes, each of them has power far beyond that of mortals!

The purpose of their creation is to regain the interstellar colonies lost by mankind in the thousands of years after the subspace storm. They are not completely human, but superhuman. Through genetic modification, psychological training and inability to

The warriors created after all kinds of rigorous training as imagined are existences that surpass ordinary people in all aspects, and it is definitely not just as simple as being tall and strong.

Coupled with a very complex armored power suit, it combines strong resistance to physical damage with a sensory array, and also provides a fully enclosed environment that protects Space Marines from the ravages of the void and alien atmosphere.

, the armor also has built-in electrically propelled fiber bundles to imitate and enhance the wearer's muscle strength. At the same time, the real genius in the design of the power armor lies in the physiological functions and perception abilities of Space Marines that far exceed those of ordinary humans.

As well as various unique features such as instinctive reactions, it is closely combined with the Astartes Space Marines to form an unparalleled terrifying weapon!

Therefore, unlike Darius's confident attitude, Horus did not think that the other party's casual battalion commander could pose a threat to one of their centurions.

Although the opponent's power armor seems to be very strong and technological, mortals are destined to be unable to defeat an Astartes Space Marine. They have not done so before, and they will not do so now.

"Great, we're finally going to fight!"

(ω)

"It is now announced: the first game has officially begun!!"

(*)

However, a certain troubled little girl didn't care what Darius or the big-tailed wolf monster Horus thought. She just saw the two people walking outside together and standing face to face and getting ready.

She cheered loudly, and at the same time, she also threw the large lollipop that she had just taken out from somewhere in her hand, which she had just licked a few times, towards the middle of the two people outside.

Whoosh~!

There was a slight sound of breaking through the air, and the lollipop was not blocked by the mass effect force field that blocked the air circulation inside and outside. Instead, it flew outside unimpeded in a parabola and ended up between the two of them.

Snapped!!

Soon, the colorful large lollipop was smashed to pieces as soon as it hit the ground.

"!!"

"!!"

And because there is an atmosphere on this planet, although it cannot breathe, transmitting sound is not a problem. Therefore, after hearing the words of a bad little girl just now, the two people who knew it was a signal, the Head Guards

The second battalion commander and the centurion of the 16th Legion's 'Moon Wolves' all stepped forward, and then slashed at each other fiercely with the battle axes and chainswords in their hands.

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Chapter completed!