Upon seeing his brother, Lion immediately rushed forward, wanting to embrace him...
"Brother!!!!"
Russ and Khan also rushed forward... "Lion!!!"
Just as Lion's embrace was about to reach Russ, Russ, without any martial ethics, executed an over-the-shoulder throw to trick and ambush the old comrade, Lion!
This was a tradition between the Dark Angels and the Space Wolves; the first thing they did upon meeting was to 'test' each other.
Russ also shouted, "Ha! I won this time!"
Lion was thrown to the ground, and Khan immediately moved to the side. Khan knew that, given Lion's personality, Russ might end up in the ICU very soon.
But Lion lay on the ground, not angry... He even laughed.
"Haha... Hahahahaha!"
He had initially worried that Khan, Russ, and everything before him were illusions from the Warp. But with Russ's throw just now, Lion knew that the person in front of him was indeed his brother.
Zabriel and the Lion Guard were all stunned by this scene; some even instinctively raised their weapons, thinking it was an act of hostility.
But Zabriel raised a hand, telling them not to act rashly. He also knew the tradition between the two Legions. However, he was very puzzled, wondering why their usually taciturn Lord was laughing so heartily at this moment.
Russ scratched the back of his head, seemingly unaccustomed to Lion laughing like this. He squatted down, used a large hand to help Lion up from the ground, and casually brushed the dust off Lion's arm:
"What are you laughing about? Did the fall make you silly? This isn't like you."
Khan walked forward and patted Russ's shoulder: "If it were me, I wouldn't have given you that chance."
Russ turned to look at Khan, snorting disdainfully: "Then come and try it!"
"Alright." Lion waved his hand, interrupting their bickering. "Russ, Chagatai, it's truly good to see you. Where exactly is this place? I need to know more."
Khan replied, "This is Avalon's. We are heading to Macragge. The fleet is currently resupplying here."
"Macragge? Is there a war in Ultramar 500 Worlds?" Lion immediately asked, as he was also the Warmaster of the Second Imperium.
"No, we're going there to rescue that guy Guilliman..." Russ said, explaining to Lion how Guilliman had been put into the ICU by a daemon-ascended Fulgrim.
Lion listened, nodding, while Russ had already slung an arm around Lion's shoulder, pinching the white hair on Lion's head and asking:
"But... what happened to you? Is this some Warp sorcery? How did you get so old? Older than... Second Brother was back then."
Upon hearing "Second Brother," Lion fell silent for a moment... He instantly realized that his current aged appearance made him increasingly resemble his second brother, Sarradin, back then, and he had also started to become very benevolent.
If Russ, Khan, and Dorn had aged over these ten thousand years, they certainly had. But their change was like going from "20 to 30 years old," whereas Lion had gone directly from "20 to 60 years old."
Lion didn't speak at this moment. Zahariel, however, led the Lion Guard forward... They knelt on one knee before the two Primarch brothers.
"My Lords."
The sharp-eyed Khan immediately noticed something amiss. He instantly spotted the young girl among the mortal Soldiers, who was now glaring at Lion with angry eyes.
Mikiya was very displeased that the big blonde guy had thrown Lord Lion, considering it a dereliction of duty for their Lion Guard.
Lion, having snapped out of his thoughts, turned to his two brothers and introduced, "Russ, Chagatai, I came here with them after I awoke. We were on a planet called Calmas before, and somehow ended up here. And they... are..."
Thinking about introducing these people, Lion found it a bit hard to say... "We are the Lion Guard!" Mikiya immediately shouted loudly. Russ and Khan were stunned for a moment to see the little girl act with such a demeanor, and then... "Hahahahahahaha! Lion Guard? Hahahahahahaha!!"
Russ was laughing so hard he was bent over, while Khan kept a straight face, trying hard to keep his expression from becoming too strange. At this moment, Lion said:
"But, why are you two dressed like this now?"
Lion observed them, bare-chested and wearing floral shorts. Although Lion knew that many of his brothers usually disliked wearing power armour, Sanguinius, Guilliman, and Russ were the most prominent among them.
Sanguinius disliked wearing power armour because he felt his wings were uncomfortable in it, so he usually wore loose clothing.
Guilliman, that Space Roman, was always draped in blue sheets and wearing sandals, in full Macragge style.
Russ? Russ usually didn't wear much clothing.
"Uncle Li is inside. We were swimming and having a barbecue in there." Russ and Khan exchanged glances and said.
Lion's eyebrows immediately furrowed upon hearing this. He had been fighting a guerrilla war on Calmas, and they were here having a barbecue and swimming. But... "Uncle Li? Is he a friend of Father? The legendary 'Prince' of the Imperium now? The First regent?"
"Big Brother, you're pretty close with that description."
Hearing his two brothers' reply, Lion also frowned and began to ponder deeply. The image of Malcador instantly appeared in his mind; Uncle Malcador liked to play golf in the Imperial Palace to relax. It seemed this Uncle Li enjoyed swimming and barbecues... As Lion followed Khan and Russ into the backyard pool of the mansion, the young man sitting on a beach chair, eating grilled Grox steak, looked up... "Russ, Khan, who's at the door?"
As Li Feng looked up at the Handsome Old Man, as tall as Russ and Khan, standing behind them, Li Feng was stunned... He instantly recognized the newcomer as Lion ElJonson, the Primarch of the First Legion, the Dark Angels. But he was also shocked by the other's aged appearance. Li Feng knew Lion had grown old, but he had only imagined him to be like a 40-year-old uncle. However, the man standing before him now was a genuine old man.
Lion, at this moment, didn't even see Li Feng. Instead, his gaze instantly fell upon three scantily clad, stunningly beautiful Aeldari frolicking in the pool (Yvraine, Lelith, Eliette).
"Xenos! Die!!!!"
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