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Later, Areios fought at the [[Battle of the Machorta Sound]]. Leading a boarding party of fresh Primaris Space Marines aboard the [[Chaos]] command ship ''Blood King'', Areios and his men fought their way to the bridge. There, they encountered a statue that began to move and revealed itself as a [[Daemon Prince]] of [[Khorne]]. All of Areios' squad was wiped out by the creature, and Ferren himself was brought to his knees. However before the Daemon could deliver the final blow a group of [[Aggressor]] reinforcements arrived, battering the enemy with enough firepower to allow Areios to plunge his [[Power Sword]] into the creatures chest, slaying it.{{Fn|1g}}
Roughly 5 years into the [[Indomitus Crusade]]{{Fn|2c}} Areios had become Captain of First Company, of the first battalion, of the first division of [[Battle Group Iolus]].{{Fn|2a}} While planning the attack on Tiantin City on the planet [[Suladen]], [[Messinius]] had overruled Areios' slower more careful strategy in favor of speed. Areios later participated in the attack with his personal squad and led his company. After arriving at the enemy's heavy guns they were attacked by a rogue [[psyker]], Areios had his men distract the psyker, and then killed him with a grenade. Shortly after that, one of Areios' Sergeants informed him that several Astra Militarum traiotrs traitors had surrendered, and were willing to exchange their lives for intelligence. Areios ordered that they all be executed as they'd be a drain on resources, and believed they had nothing worthwhile to tell.{{Fn|2b}}
Later during the [[Battle of Srinagar]], Areios faced the [[Word Bearers]] [[Dark Apostle]] [[Pridor Vrakon]]. Despite his many centuries of simulated training, Areios proved no match for Vrakon's abilities and was badly wounded and left for dead by the disgusted Dark Apostle. Saved from death by his [[Belisarian Furnace]], he was later recovered by [[Chapter Serf|Serfs]] and nursed back to health.{{Fn|2c}}
