Stars for the good Warhammer.

Chapter 22 Robert Guilliman
  In the early morning, the sky was only slightly bright.

A rapid knock on the door woke Otto from his sleep. Before he could open his sleepy eyes, as the bedroom door unlocked, a familiar figure walked quickly into the room from outside the door.

"I'm sorry to disturb you, Lord Otto, I have something to report to you."

This situation surprised Otto, who got up from the bed, because the person who came was none other than his adjutant Raya, who actually broke into his room without any notification. This behavior alone was enough to make him feel uncomfortable. He received 50 whips.

However, looking at the other party's expression, which was so nervous that she was almost suffocating, Otto immediately realized that something extremely urgent must have happened, otherwise the gate guards would not let her in easily.

Thinking of this, Otto sat up from the bed and waved to the other party to come closer to talk. Then he heard the girl give a brief and quick report in an extremely serious tone.

"Not long ago, we accidentally received several signals from nearby galaxies. One of them was a distress astrological message sent by the agricultural world Eitrigg. The other party claimed that they were attacked by a Chaos fleet and that heretics raided the agricultural world's orbital space station. And a landing force was sent to conduct a small-scale plunder on the surface.”

How could that group of pirates be so bold and blatantly invade an imperial world?
  Hearing this, Otto, who had just put on his shirt and had no time to fasten the buttons, couldn't help but stop what he was doing. He looked at Raya who had already arrived beside him and asked with some confusion.

"Why didn't the Imperial Navy patrolling this sector respond to this incident?"

"Because the impact of the warp storm has not subsided, when the Imperial Navy received the call for help, the pirates had killed more than 50% of the population on the planet's surface. Those heretics held sacrificial rituals on the agricultural world, leading to even more serious consequences. confusion."

"At present, in addition to the Imperial Navy, an Astra Militarum regiment from the Vigilance System and a Space Marine team that also received a request for help have gone to Eitrigg for follow-up counter-insurgency operations."

A bloody sacrifice that killed more than half of the planet's population, Otto really couldn't imagine what kind of horrific scene it would be.

"Do you know which interstellar war group's warriors went to support?"

For a moment, facing Otto's inquiry, after looking down at the report document in his hand, Raya's next words once again made Otto fall into deep thought.

"In reply to your words, it is the Weeper Chapter."

Damn it, why are these guys?

It seems that this matter will not end so simply. I can only wish the Emperor to bless them.

"According to the shared intelligence we received from the Imperial Navy, the fleet that attacked Eitrigg is most likely the Chaos pirates that severely damaged the Cyrus family fleet not long ago. At present, the main fleet of the pirates has re-entered the subspace. Channel, we don’t know where their next target will be.”

I didn't expect to hear such exciting news so early in the morning.
  Looking at the still hazy sky outside the window, Otto felt his mind go blank at this time. Not long after, after getting up from the bed, he took the data pad that recorded the information from Raya's hand.

"Do you know the specific composition of that pirate fleet?"

Regarding this question, Raya paused for a moment, and then responded in an uncertain tone.

"According to the information provided by the Imperial Navy, the main pirate fleet is roughly composed of three frigates and a large number of predatory boats modified from civilian ships. Among them, the suspected flagship pirate frigate also has the ability to bomb the planet's surface. This is consistent with It basically matches the pirate fleet that attacked us."

However, this answer made Otto feel incredible. "That's all? But how is that possible?"

"Then how did they break through the planet's defenses?"

In fact, even a standard poor household like Haiwen has relatively complete air defense measures. In addition to the air defense firepower all over the hive city, the five macro artillery turrets that are comparable to the size of a fortress are not just three frigates. Can be easily chewed off.

Not to mention the relatively important agricultural world, where local defense measures will only increase in comparison to Haven.

While speaking, the half-naked Otto couldn't help but take a few steps closer to Raya. With a blush on his face, the woman looked very flustered, as if she was enduring something.

"We have also asked this question"

"They said that before the attack, a large-scale rebellion broke out inexplicably on the surface of Eitrigg, and all the planetary defense forces were almost instantly involved. Then the fleet attacked from the backlight of the nearby planet. The space station launched an attack."

Raya's words once again silenced Otto. At this moment, he remembered the warning given to him by Mina last night. Combined with all the currently known intelligence, a terrible suspicion emerged in his mind. .

——If nothing unexpected happens, the next target of that pirate fleet may be Haiwen.

Those cunning heretics first severely damaged the Cyrus family's planetary fleet in an ambush to seize the initiative in nearby systems. Then they took advantage of the raging subspace storm to plunder the surrounding imperial worlds, and during this period they spread throughout the surrounding worlds. Heretical beliefs, cultivating the forces of chaos.

When the time is right, a large-scale rebellion will be used as a signal to finally officially start the plunder.

At present, the family's only three ships are still under maintenance in the Mechanicus world. Apart from the 37 mining ships that travel to and from the asteroid belt and a small star port, Haiwen no longer has anything that can nominally operate in space. Regarding the facilities to stay, it can be said that this is the moment when Haiwen is most vulnerable.

At this moment, seeing that Otto seemed to be in trouble, Raya, who was standing at the head of the bed, seemed to suddenly think of something. She raised her slightly drooped eyebrows, and then spoke softly.

"In addition, our astropaths also received unconfirmed news. It is said that Robert Guilliman, the Lord of Ultramar and the Lord of the Thirteenth Legion, has ended his ten-thousand-year sleep and is on the home planet of the Ultramarines. Wake up."

"If this news is true, perhaps the empire can regain its glory under the leadership of the Son of God."

Raya's expression looked a little excited, which is not surprising. After all, for today's imperial people, any one of the emperor's sons is as great as a god in their eyes. .

Short of the Emperor himself rising from the Golden Throne, nothing could be more exciting than the return of a Primarch, and with those mythical beings leading the way, Raya believed that all would be well.

Originally, she hoped to use this exciting news to cheer up Lord Otto, who seemed a little disappointed. However, what surprised Raya was the moment she learned this rumor.

Otto's expression actually became much more solemn than before.
  　The second chapter will be around seven o'clock, basically this is the rule, there will always be two chapters updated before seven o'clock.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)