Chapter 1-The Return

Both Tatsumi and Esdeath will be appeared in next chapter. The elite veteran Void Seekers kill team will also make their debut in the next chapter as well.


"This is Pequos. Arriving shortly at LZ."

"This is Pequos. On station at LZ."

"Be careful down there, Master Partas and Lord Drakos. I will be stationed in orbit. Please summon me whenever you need and I will deliver pure evil into the heart of the battle."

"Good." Partas simply responded.

Then the 2 hulking figures hopped off the thunderhawk and delivered the most badass evil villain landing, slamming their fist with one knee on the frozen ground of the north. The ground trembled and cracked once they touched the earth. The soil cracked in a chaos eight pointed star.

Then, they slowly raise their head and body up. Carefully observe the surrounding of the north.

Partas knelt again and grabbed a small amount of the earth's soil,"My home...Motherly earth…Your wayward sons have made their return."

Drakos knelt as well but his hands touched the soil with gentle force, using his psychic power to repair the cracked earth back to normal like nothing happened before,"Merciful earth… Please forgive your foolish sons late return. It's been 1200 years…"

The feeling of a warm home welcome erupted into the nerves of the 2 heretic astartes. They could feel their eyes in the blink of tears but they eventually held it.

"I can't express how sorrowful in the depths of my heart. Every day and night, I dream of you, my planet, my home and my friends…" Partas said in a gentle tone.

"Although we can't stay long…but we promise we will find our descendants and welcome them as family, reunited once again." Drokas said while still touching the soil.

"We will bring us together and sail upon the stars. Honor our ancestors and our motherly earth. Your sons and glory will be known and chant beyond the stars. We promise, with our honor and lives." Both giants said in a firm voice.

The 2 hulking figures slowly walked toward the forest. Hoping to find some village in order to gather knowledge.


Master Partas and Lord Drakos walked in the forest for a while, trying to find some sort of human settlement. Lord Sorcerer Drakos used his psyker power and sensed a small humble village. They decided that will be the first stop of their journey. They walked towards the village and found many simple houses which were made of stone and wood with smokes letting out from the harsh winter.

"The last time I remember we are still uncivilized nomads living in tents or extremely simple wooden housing." Drakos started.

"At least they are settled in good structured housing this time. Remember those inferior buildings that you built nearly collapsed and buried both of us? I wonder who is that smart ass sorcerer." Partas replied sarcastically.

"That's 1200 years ago,ok? Do I need to mind that you nearly burned our tent to the ground when you tried to 'sneakily' and 'selfishly' cook late night supper without calling me?" Drakos said with a grin under his helmet.

"Oh~and who's the blue haired guy said that he was on diet and refused to eat when I called him to join dinner earlier. Only to be busted because he failed to cook late night supper that nearly burned our tent to ground!" Drakos continued with an even larger smile.

"You..." Partas turned his gaze towards the sorcerer.

"Hahahahahahahaha!" Drakos bursted out in laughter.

"Errr...screw it!...Whatever!..." Partas could only respond in annoyance.

"Now,Joke's aside. How should we greet them?I don't think we can go inside the tarven since I don't think any of these wooden structures can withstand our weight and height, especially your 1 ton heavy terminator armor". Drakos said suddenly in a serious tone.

"Alright then, 'loud and proud'?" Partas suggested.

"After you".


When arrived at the centre of the humble village, Partas shouted loudly, "Greetings mortals! We mean you no harm! We want you to answer some of our questions and we will guarantee your safety!"

The deep, harsh threatening voice came out of Master Partas vox speaker. His voice and aura were enough to cause the snow melt.

However, there was no response.

"Do not test my patience!" Partas voice of impatience caused the ground shaking.

Then, an elder came out, he was the elder who raised Tatsumi as his own son. Everyday and every night he waited for Tatsumi's return. However, he never came back after his trip to the capital. He felt very guilty and responsible if Tatsumi suffered from any misfortune. Clearly today was not the lucky day of the elder as he needed to face 2 demons like strangers. The elder felt his body shaking violently.

'Good!Respect starts with fear.' Partas smiled grimed under his helmet

The elder closed his distance with the Chaos lord and his sorcerer, he did not dare to eye these armoured giants face to face as their eyes glowing like inferno flame,one in blue and one in green. To the village elder, he had never seen something as horrific as it before. The horned helmet made these monsters were like daemons coming stright from hell. The dragon helmet made the sorcerer look like a danger beast in humanoid form. The trophies on their armor were extremely barbaric and gruesome, ranging from skulls, bones and flayed skin of unknown creatures. The ever glowing blue inferno void on the back of the sorcerer felt like it was going to consume his sanity. The blue and silver white armor in snow also reminded him of the "Empire's Strongest"- General Esdeath.

The aura of these 3 meters tall hulking armored giants made him kneel almost immediately when he dared to close his distance.

'What are they? Tegiu? Daemon? Devil? Evil God?'

His voice trembled

"Forgive me!..My lords we don't know anything?" The elder said in panic.

"Calm down mortal! We haven't even asked anything yet." Partas replied.

"I swear! We pay all our taxes! We didn't hide any rebels! I swear!I don't know anything!" The elder continued to say in panic.

"CALM DOWN!" Partas roared.

There was only silent

"Good!Now answer my question one by one and you may yet survive to see another day." Partas said satisfactory

"Oh!How rude of us...at least we introduced ourselves first. Don't you agree? Brother?"Drakos replied with his deep evil voice.

"Ah,Yes! My name is Partas,the Overlord of Void Seekers, Dominator of Neo Hellas and the Master of Void!" Partas announced with pride.

"Greetings! My name Drakos, Arch Sorcerer of Void Seekers, Guardian of Knowledge and the Wisdom of Void." Drakos followed after Partas announcement.

The village elder frowned a bit while still in panic.

'What?Partas and Drakos!?Why on earth are they talking about?Partas?Is that Partas Clan?Is he related to General Esdeath Partas?That sick fuck?'

'And What the hell is this Drakos guy?The only Drakos that I know is Tatsumi's original name and his father's story...Just what the hell is going on? Na...I play along with them now...The whole village counts on me.'

"My name is Joelman,the elder of this humble village...Forgive me my lords...but...May I ask...would you please kindly tell me why do you come to visit our humble village...You know...It's a bit sudden..." The elder answered in panic.

"We are here to reunite with our tribe,our family...Huh...You seem to know something..." Partas gazed at Joelman with his glowing eyes.

"Err...forgive me my lords...are you talking about Partas Clan and Drakos Clan?" Joelman asked with uncertainty.

'Oh? I don't remember we named our own clans with our names with our own name. We are just a joint tribal confederation led by both me and Drakos. According to my memories, we didn't even have a name for the tribe back then. I only remember we have many followers and we impregnated a few women before our accession.' Both Partas and Drakos shared the same confusion.

"Kind of. Tell us more about them." Partas replied.

"Err...you want good news or bad news?" The elder asked.

"All"

"Well, my lords, I think both of the clans no longer existed but there are still their descendants somewhere around." The elder spoke with clear unease.

Both Partas and Drakos frowned hard inside their helmet and full of anger and ready to tear the small village down. However, both of them quickly calmed down.

'Many things can happen in 1200 years, especially for a simple barbarian tribe. It was actually very reasonable for them to vanish due to different reasons. So, calm down. No need to hurt the innocents.' Both Partas and Drakos proceed the same thought.

"Is it true?", although Partas still spoke in a very calm tone, glowing flames seemed to be erupted from both the Chaos lord and Sorcerer's eyes.

"Yes…my lords!...I…I didn't lie,my lords. It is all true! The Partas Clan was completely wiped out by the rival northern tribes like 10 years ago. The battle site is 2 week up north!" Joelman started to shake like Parkinson's disease.

"Where are these northern tribes?" Partas asked with force.

"Just go north for 10 days and you can find the...remains of them. Before you go. I need to inform you that these northerners were already attacked by the Empire. About 400,000 inhabitants were killed by general Esdeath. If I remembered correctly, general Esdeath was the last sole survivor of the Partas Clan. She buried them all alive and killed their hero Numa Seika with ease! Her army is currently stationed there to prevent any future uprisings." The elder answered with honesty.

'400,000 is very impressive but far from enough. I suggest we should slaughter all of them. End their bloodlines and sacrifice all their souls to the Dark Gods! As well as revenge for our unfortunate descendants.' Like truth best friends ever, both Partas and Drakos proceed the same thought again.

"Tell me more about this General Esdeath." Partas continued.

"Err….I….." The elder hesitated.

"We ain't any of these factions like the so called Empire you are talking about,Mr Joelman. So be honest, or I make you." Partas threatened the poor old man again.

"General Esdeath is a high-ranking general of the Empire known as the 'Empire's Strongest'. She is a barbarous and psychopathic sadist who will kill any she deemed weak. She enjoys killing and torture. She always got what she wanted through any method. Esdeath has absolute loyalty and devotion from her troops and the empire. This makes her the strongest general with the best army of the Empire." The elder had no choice but answer honestly.

'Both Khorne and Slaanesh will be proud...I guess?' Partas was surprised and impressed.

"From what I know…from different gossip news...Esdeath was born in the Northern Frontier Lands and the daughter of Partas Clan chieftain. She spent most of her childhood in the north and was a skilled fighter even at a young age. One day she returned from an outing to find her tribe destroyed, with everyone dead. Her father was mortally wounded and soon passed away. From that day on, she vowed to herself to become stronger. Later, she joined the Empire's military, rising through the ranks rapidly. She then receives a Teigu which can make her control ice and become very powerful." The elder continued with all he knew.

"What does this Esdeath look like?" Partas asked with curiosity.

"She was a tall and slender woman with long, light blue hair and blue eyes. She wore a General's apparel with long sleeves with buttons on the upper arms, a blue scarf on her neck, and high-heeled boots. She also has a tattoo on her chest, which is the sign of her Teigu." The elder replied.

Partas and Drakos both looked at each other with a smile behind their helmet. 'Got her.'

"Where can we find her?" Partas asked with a delighted mood.

"She was recently summoned back to the capital and should be stationed there, about a month if travel on foot." The elder answered.

"What is a Teigu?" Partas was confused with the term as he surely had never heard such a thing when he was still a tribal chieftain.

'What?These giants don't know?Strange…' Joelman was quite surprised.

"Teigu were created on the instruction of the First Emperor. He gathered many many scientists throughout the world to make strong weapons. They eventually created 48 Teigu. Only the strongest of warriors are able to wield them. It is implied that a form of magic and body of some legendary danger beast was used to create them." Joelman explained.

"First Emperor"?So there are second?Third? I have never heard him before. We must be too ancient for such news. Right, Drakos?"

"Indeed."

'What did these giant mean old?First they want to find their they know nothing about teigu. And then they say they are too old to even know the First Emperor? What are they? More than a thousand years old?' Joelman was more confused than surprised.

"Errr...according to my education...my lords...The Empire dominated this world for past 1000 years with vast territories. Her capital city is so gigantic with huge walls. However, the recent empire under current Prime Minister Honest is very..." Joelman was really hesitate about such topic.

"What?" It unfortunately sparked Partas's interest.

"You know..." Joelman clearly didn't want to talk about such a topic.

"It's ok Mr Joelman. Like I just mentioned, we ain't any of these factions especially this 'Empire' you are talking about. We know nothing about them. So,Mr Joel, please speak. I appreciate all knowledge and information." Drakos spoke in a "comforting" manner.

"The current Empire is very very corrupted. Prime Minister Honest raised huge taxes and many ridiculous policies. Economic depression, poverty and hyperinflation are very common. Young men and women of our village need to go to the capital to find jobs in order to help our village pay the overwhelming taxes." Joelman answered as he had no other choice.

"Sounds a lot like the corrupted Imperium. The seed of heresy is already planted. All it need is a fuse, a perfect...opportunity, a good leader." Partas said with a malicious grin.

"Chaos and anarchy is inevitable! Ah~so delicious,brother!" Drakos responded with a slow, deep and malevolent tone which was enough to make the elder to creep out.

'What?Are there giants from the Revolutionary Army?No,I don't think so...Must be some kind of unknown god...their voice...is just so creepy and horrific!'

"Is there any uprising and rebellion currently?" Partas asked.

"Recently there is the Revolutionary Army whose goal is to overthrow the corrupted empire."

"Good!Good...That's what we need!" Partas was delighted, really delighted.

The lord sorcerer turned his gaze deeply towards Joel and said, "What about the Drakos clan?You still have not talked about it."

The village frowned as he really wanted to avoid such a topic because he feared telling them would potentially hurt the safety of Tatsumi.

"I can feel that you are hiding something old man." the malevolent creep out again from the dragon helmet.

"No I...I...I...didn't" Joelman tried his best to be firm but failed instantly.

Inferno electricity like psychic energy started to erupted from Drakos hands,"I want to be civilized. No one deserved to die today."

Village elder Joelman nearly suffered from a sudden heart attack. He wondered how he could survive for so long. "I don't know any information about this clan. Except some of its tales. From what I have known, the Drakos clan quickly vanished since their number is just too small. I only know a few its descendants"

"Tell me" Drakos demanded.

"They tell me Drakos was a powerful shaman in ancient times. His name means "dragon" and his descendants used his name as their surname in order to honor him after his accession as an angel." Joelman went deep into his memories.

We are on the right track.

"Where are they now?" Drakos asked.

"They are a loving couple but both were unfortunately killed in a plague 19 years ago. I took care of their infant son as my own and raised him up as my family."

"Tell me more about him." Drakos kept demanding.

"His name is Tatsumi. Yet he is actually originally named as 'Ypnou Drakos'. However, due to the pronunciation problem of such an ancient language, he basically only uses his dialect name 'Tatsumi'. Although both of them means 'Sleeping Dragon'." Joelman recalled all the things that he remembered.

"What do this Tatsumi look like?" Drakos kept asking.

"Tatsumi is a young man of average height with green eyes and medium length brown hair with a cowlick that falls with its weight. He always wear a white, high collar jacket over a sweater vest and a pair of black pants." Joelman , again, answered with honesty.

Then there was only silent...the 2 giants just stared at the village elder Joel for a solid 10 minutes. Especially Drakos, the green inferno grows ever stronger in his eyes of his dragon helmet, More and more energy erupted from both the 8 pointed star on his backpack and his body. Joelman somehow didn't suffer from a sudden hemorrhage stroke from such horror. This must be a miracle.

"Partas?" Drakos suddenly asked, in a very low volume that only Partas and himself could hear.

"Yes?"

"I see through his mind through my telepathy power. Although I am no master of such power since I mostly focus on Telekinesis...I can see...I can feel he is telling the truth. According to his memories, this Tatsumi looked so similar to the teenage me when I was still a shaman in our tribe. He looked just like a little brother of mine. And this Joelman is...really a good father figure who always teaches the boy to be good and forever be righteous." Drakos proceeded and carefully explained.

"Very good. How about this Esdeath?'

Drakos chuckled lightly, "Remember when we were still young teens, you had beautiful long hair and a girlish face even though your body was so freaking jacked up like an ultra class danger beast? Some guy actually mistaken you as a beautiful but muscular girl at night."

"...Am I supposed to be offended?"

Drakos looked dead serious, "She looked exactly like you back in the old days. Except those scars, muscle, the bear that you won't cut until I forced you to and the rough voice of yours."

"I see. We should trust him then? And Are you 110% confirmed that this Tatsumi and Esdeath are the person we need?" Partas believed in Drakos but he still wanted extra confirmation.

"By the Dark Gods, I am 10000% sure!." Drakos answered without any hesitation.

They then turned to Joelman who was still shaking like Parkinson's disease.

"I am sorry for our rude behaviour." Partas actually said with a surprisingly gentle voice.

"I would like to apologize, we should never be mean to our family members." Drakos unusual benevolent tone went out from his vox speaker.

"What?" The 2 monstrous giant's sudden change of tone shocked Joelman to his core. 'Why they suddenly apologize? Just what the hell do these giants want?'

"Since you took care of Tatsumi well and cared so deeply about him. You also give us so much precious information. You saved us a lot of precious time and we Void Seekers are forever in your debt. Since you raise Tatsumi like your own son, you are a part of our family from now on, so as your own village. Prepare all your belongings, you will be leaving very soon."

'Wait what?How did you know? What do you mean 'we are family' from now on? And why are we leaving? Where are we supposed to go?"

"You will know very soon. Don't worry, you and your people are now under our protection." Partas responded.

"But..."

Partas did not speak, he just gave Joel a death glare. The poor village elder gave up instantly and turned around, "You heard the lords guys, pack all your things and we are leaving very soon."

Then, different villagers started to pack themselves up and moved every personal belongings outside.

Partas frowned a bit while examining all the villagers with careful eyes,"Hum...only about 60 people,mostly healthy farmers and strong woodsmen. This number ain't even enough for cleaning workers...but it's better than nothing."

The Chaos lord then talked to his vox channel, "Pequos, summon a few transport valkyries, we are going to extract some villagers back to our ship as well as all the supplies around. Coordination is marked., Be sure to make them feel comfortable. They are a part of our family now."

"As quickly as we can!"


"This is Pequos. Arriving shortly at LZ."

"This is Pequos. On station at LZ."

A thunderhawk, followed by a few other valkyries, all transport crafts had landed and opened their gates.

All villagers were in panic and absolute horror, they thought they had just seen multiple giant metal flying danger beasts opened their month, ready to consume them all.

"My lords...What...What...are these?"

"Transport aircraft. Now get inside." Partas answered without even looking at him.

All the villagers with their trembling legs slowly boarded the mouth of the metal monsters, while Drakos used his telekinesis powers to help villagers to send their large sized personal belongings inside the transport aircrafts.

Then he used his telekinesis powers again to cut all of the crops in farmland and fine woods surrounding the village, and sent them all inside the spare valkyrie transports.

Partas talked loudly to the Joelman and his fellow villagers, "We will settle all of you down and give you simple employment very soon. Please make yourself at home in space."

"Wait!What do you mean by spac..."

Before he could finish,the gate of the thunderhawk and valkyrie transports closed and swiftly flew into the clear blue sky.


After seeing all the transport aircrafts completely disappeared from the sky, Partas walked away and faced towards the north slowly, "Come,brother. We have unfinished business with those…northern tribes."

He then spoke to his vox channel again in absolute authority and overwhelming commanding aura.

"Commander Polemos, ready our troops, purging destination will be sent to you very soon…."

"Yes,Master."

"Admiral Kyma, prepare for orbital bombardment if needed. Just in case for any...survivors."

"Always ready."

Partas then turned to Drakos,"Brother, summon all your disciples. I want you to create a psychic barrier to trap the whole northern land. There will be no escape and no intervention."

"Agreed~let the genocide begins. I am sure it will be...magnificent~." Drakos replied with an ever malicious and malevolent voice, followed with limitless amount of psychic energy erupted from every single part of his body.


Author's note

Partas and Drakos were 16 years old when they got recruited by Void Seekers. "16" is an age that goes through a lot of careful consideration. I don't like those so called "I am 16" or "I am 18" type of characters. However, space marines recruiting age is like 10-16 years old and I need Partas and Drakos to have sons or daughters, I am forced to make them young and actually had sexual intercourse during 16 so that they can have direct descendants(still embryo) right before their accession. Some of you may find it a bit uneasy but both Partas and Drakos were actually from a very uncivilized barbaric tribe 1200 years ago, so I think this moral issue can be justified. Also, I want to make Tatsumi about 19 years old in this book and Esdeath about 21 or 22 since I don't want to make Tatsumi a space marine as it will completely destroy the romantic relationship between him and Esdeath.

So, see you later guys!