Emperor's Bane

Chapter 77
"Dear Mr. Luthor."

"The war continues, spreads, and never ends."

"Sometimes, I even wonder if this is the future destiny of our race: endless galaxies, endless enemies and endless wars, so that smoke and ammunition will eventually become everyone's inborn memory."

"Just three Tara standard months ago, Randan launched a new offensive. Their attack focused on the Khakikas system where the Death Guard Legion was stationed. It is said that Primarch Mortarion forbade his men to retreat. They Relying on the fortifications of the hive world and a large number of biological and chemical weapons to repel the alien army, the price paid is only two-thirds of the population of the hive world."

"Mortarion declared that his legion has been fighting for several years and has done enough for this war. The Death Guard Legion will withdraw from the front line of fighting Randan and take a necessary rest. It is said that the Holy Terra The side has agreed to his request and ordered the Iron Warriors to send more troops to replace the Death Guard's line of defense, this is their seventh call to the Iron Warriors in five years."

"It is said that the first batch of 90 Iron Warriors have all died in battle, but to be honest, most of the legions are now bleeding and dying. The 19 Astartes sent by the Thousand Sons Legion to support them have already died [-] Many people, the White Scars and the No.[-] Legion have also lost tens of thousands of troops, but the White Scars have better luck, their Primarch has been found by the Emperor, and now they have to retreat from the front line of the war, To reunite with the Gene-Father."

"However, in this way, the Fifth and No.14 legions left the front line one after another, and the Space Wolves were taken to nowhere by their leader. The one in charge of the eastern part of Ran Dan's front is actually our First Legion , and scattered reinforcements from other legions."

"Many people in the legion complained about this. After all, compared with other legions, we have always been the one with the heaviest tasks and the most sacrifices. However, we have never had a real rest and replenishment in the past five years. Thousands of people Thousands of Terran veterans died in the war, and there was no one to fill their place and role."

"But [Lion] never seemed to realize that, and it's possible he didn't care."

"Some people say that he is competing with the No.11 Legion, which has also been provoking the main beam of the war. I think this kind of statement is a bit exaggerated. The No.11 Legion has now penetrated into the interior of the Randan Empire. The star field extends all the way to the Eye of Terror, but there has been less and less news about them recently, and it is said that they have rarely sent back new information to Terra."

"I don't dare to speculate, but the atmosphere inside the Legion is indeed getting worse and worse. I even heard dissatisfaction with [Lion] in the corner of the Indomitable Truth, and even the dissatisfaction with other people around our genetic father grievances, such as Coswayne and Morgan."

"Well... the latter is less, after all, she is really too... powerful."

"I have heard a lot of complaints against Lord Morgan, but no one dared to say it in front of her. After all, everyone remembers that in the Battle of Wollaston, her psionic scream completely tore three Ran Dan's battleship forcibly opened a hole in Ran Dan's battle line, and by the way pulled Ran Dan's battleship back from the subspace, which was about to forcibly jump."

"Sometimes, I even wonder, is she really just an [alpah]?"

"But then again, under such circumstances, it is a good thing to have such a powerful psyker as an ally after all, and she has indeed been diligently fighting in the first battle of the war for three years. We have not missed a single battle, and we are used to seeing her appearing behind the Primarch with five hundred people, which often means that the general attack is coming."

"Many fighters survived because of her timely intervention and assistance. I don't know what those Terra veterans think of her now. Anyway, we Calibans have always had a good evaluation of her. She is worthy of trust and respect. Respect."

"Time flies, and now this war has been fought for almost five years, and most of the familiar faces around me have never been seen again. The Legion originally had 10 people, but now it may only be [-] to [-], but the good news is , although we are the only ones left on the front line now, Ran Dan seems to be a bit immobile, since the offensive three months ago, they have not launched any new attacks."

"There are still very large Randan legions entrenched in those star regions in the north, but they seem to be content with some kind of sit-down war and confrontation, but [Lion] does not intend to continue this situation, he has already organized an army , ready to take the initiative to attack Ran Dan's heavy army group."

"There are quite a few people in the Legion who don't recommend this, but still, no one can stand against [The Lion]."

"In short, wars will continue, whether they start them or we start them."

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The Bilivan galaxy was discovered by the Empire in the year when the Great Crusade began, and it was colonized, and it became one of the main traffic routes connecting the Maelstrom region and the northern part of the Far East star field.

This important position made it one of the focal points of the Second Randan War. The army of the Alien Empire swept up the defenders here for the first time, and occupied this galaxy for five years. During this period, , this has become Ran Dan's front-line barracks, and there are as many as 200 Ran Dan battleships moored in each star port.

Along with Ran Dan's army's attempt to break through the defense line of the human empire from the northeast of the galaxy, and thus invade the eastern part of the solar star field, the plan was completely bankrupt. This place has changed from a barracks to a simple front-line fortress, and all sixteen worlds in the galaxy have been destroyed. Armed and bloodied by billions of slaves, it became a stronghold of four million Randan warriors.

But in this galaxy, there is no fortress that the First Legion cannot break through.

【Indomitable Truth】commanded a fleet so powerful that no one dared to believe it, tore through Ran Dan's fragile outposts in other galaxies, and penetrated all the way into the core of Ran Dan's heavy army group. The genetic origin of the First Legion Body intends to completely annihilate all the aliens in this galaxy, thus pulling the front of the northeastern part of the galaxy to a point that satisfies him. Only with this transportation hub in hand, Jonson will let his legion rest for a while, waiting for new supplies and recruits .

And before that, they need to shed blood.

As the Primarch's flagship slowly sailed out of Mandeville Point, the battle for galactic air supremacy was in full swing for several Terran standards, and the battleships of the First Legion and the war engines of Randan's blasphemy clashed between the stars. Fighting each other in the icy light, the shattered metal reflected the ruthless light of the star, shining to a more distant place.

The Primarch of the First Legion was entrenched on the bridge of the [Indomitable Truth]. Through the electronic screen and the auspicious instrument, he watched indifferently everything that happened in this galaxy.

The red dots that symbolize the Randan warship flooded the electronic screen, and they increased wildly every moment. When the Dark Angel fleet wiped out ten red dots, there would be more than thirty from the shadows. rushed out.

And behind these small characters, there is a rather huge goal: that is another Ran Dan's war moon, and nothing can explain what a huge monster the Ran Dan army is entrenched here. .

Just when Zhuang Sen was thinking like this, he found that the two blue light spots also disappeared, which meant that he lost two battleships at almost the same time, but this loss was worth it. Gaps, large and small, began to appear, and some of the foremost Randan warships began to be surrounded, and the steady stream of Imperial warships from Mandeville Point guaranteed the fate of these besieged.

Zhuang Sen just watched, he watched the cards in his hand increase little by little, and wasted little by little, he watched thousands of Astartes warriors and Randan warriors risk their lives in the void Fighting, the trajectories of the jumping torpedoes are chaotic among their respective war engines, like an intricate meteor shower.

The Primarch didn't do anything, and he didn't need to do anything extra. Such a large-scale naval battle in such a small space actually didn't really test the commander's military quality, because the fundamental elements of naval warfare are in this It has been best developed in close combat.

firepower.

That's what naval warfare is all about.

Let the firepower of your warship lean on the enemy as much as possible, and let the firepower of the opponent's warship miss as much as possible.

This is the essence of naval warfare.

Jonson knew it, he was born with it.

He was also convinced that when the Dark Angel's fleet successfully established a control zone near Mandeville Point according to his mobilization and layout, he didn't need to do anything more, and there was no suspense in this naval battle.

In this haughty silence, the time passed by another Terra standard. After throwing down several times of warship wreckage, the Randan fleet seemed to realize the fact that they could not clear the human warships from the vicinity of Mandeville Point. They started to retreat, and scattered towards the nearest world, but at this time, many Randan battleships had already been bitten by the empire's warships, and they could no longer escape.

Jonson felt the joy of killing as he watched the xenos' profane war engines burn through the void.

It was also at this time that he heard the sound of the door being opened behind him, followed by the sound of high heels trampling on the ground.

On his "Indomitable Truth", this voice is unique.

Morgan, his psychic advisor and the only [mortal] advisor around him, came to him.

[How is the investigation going? 】

[Very well, Your Excellency Zhuang Sen, there should be no psykers among the Ran Dan Warmaster stationed in this galaxy. I didn't find any traces of psychic manipulation on those alien corpses. 】

The Primarch of the First Legion turned his head to look at the silver-haired lady reporting the mission.

She is really strong, very strong.

It's no wonder that Magnus wrote a letter specifically, satirizing his snatching behavior in a euphemistic tone.

He is still so free.

The tasks assigned to Morgan can always get the most perfect execution and results. Even if he looks at the list of tasks with a critical eye, he can't find any more problems.

And what is more valuable is not this:
She is always silent, very silent. On days when there is no battle or training, she spends almost all of her time in her room: meditating, resting, brewing wine, or opening and writing letters.

But this does not prevent her power from growing strangely on the battlefield, and even the think tanks in the legion have unconsciously respected and obeyed her, and at the same time, Jonson has become accustomed to her as his own. The first option when faced with psionic problems.

She has this ability.

Although in the necessary conversations, her tone is occasionally mixed with sarcasm and slack, but this does not prevent her from treating those really important things with an admirable cold and ruthless attitude. Never complaining about the particularity of the task, whenever she gets an order, she will naturally become the most efficient, coldest, and least sympathetic instrument.

Jonson admired this efficiency and coldness, and he saw some familiar shadows in these attitudes.

The Primarch turned his head, and through the window in front of him, he saw his pupils.

He saw his own shadow.

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Too bad she's not his heir.

Not really a mortal either.

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So what is she?

Ancient survivors?
Unknown weapon?
Or is it true, a person who is rare in ten thousand years and can be compared to the existence of the palm print?

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It was a question that seemed to plague the Primarch with increasing intensity, but Jonson was sure the answer to this question could only be guessed by himself.

The inquiry was fruitless.

Because he still didn't believe every word in Morgan's heart.

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The sound of the communication interrupted Jonson's thinking. He listened to the report from the front line, and then spread out the star map of the galaxy in front of him, pointing to a corner of it.

[The resistance here is stronger than I expected. 】

[This is a good thing, Your Excellency. 】

The Primarch saw malevolent pleasure gleaming in those ice-blue pupils.

[The more violent the beast struggles, the more we really hit the nail on the head. 】

Johnson nodded.

[But the necessary plan still needs to be revised. 】

Morgan was noncommittal. She stood aside and watched as Jonson began to think again. She had seen this scene many times.

The Primarch of the First Legion likes to make a general plan before the start of each battle, but this kind of plan will not be so detailed. After all, Jonson's tactical style is more flexible and changeable. Under the outline, according to the actual situation, any temporary changes and adjustments to the plan are commonplace.

She looked at the Primarch in front of her with her head bowed, pondering for a moment, and then his palm extended to the Lion Helm beside her.

[Notify Nemir, convene five hundred people. 】

[At the same time, inform Coswayne and Arachos to come to my place. 】

[Do I want to fight side by side with them, Your Excellency? 】

【Do not……】

Jonson put on the lion helmet, and through the black protection, no one could see his eyes.

[You are with me. 】

[As ordered, Your Excellency. 】

(End of this chapter)