Warhammer 40k: Collector of Terra

Chapter 15 The Betrayer’s Allies
Mortarion felt more pampered in his father's garden than his "father" who didn't care about him.In the embrace of plague and viruses, the children of death found the meaning of their existence.

Ten thousand years of watching made Mortarion's hatred for the Emperor intensify.

Looking at the towering spire of the nest city in the distance, a trace of malice flashed in the pus-flowing pupils of the Plague Son.

"Hypocritical emperor, after thousands of years... I once again set foot on the land that belongs to the empire! The pain and humiliation you brought me back then will be repaid to the empire twice as much."

"It won't be long before the generous blessings of the loving father will be spread to every corner of the galaxy! You and your bullshit imperial truth will be swept into the garbage heap of history and then forgotten."

Mortarion's vicious curse echoes through the silent hive!The emperor's icon, which was overturned to the ground by the civilians, stared at his heir without saying a word...

Surrounded by the Plague Space Marines, the Deathborn ascended the central elevator to the hive's upper levels.

Yes, Mortarion's presence in Unswold was no accident.

The purpose of Son of Death's trip is the alien creation that can control the Blackstone Fortress - the Eye of the Night.

In order to complete the No. 12 Black Crusade in the most perfect manner, Chaos Warmaster Abaddon recruited two allies for himself in the subspace.

One of them is Mortarion, the Primarch of the Death Guard, and the other is the former Lord of Prospero!

"Wonder Pony" - Magnus.

With the prophecy ability of Lord Prospero, the betrayers easily located the specific location of the [Eye of the Night]!This ancient alien creation is currently located in the planetary governor's treasure house.

The planetary governors and nobles who were drunkenly dreaming in the upper levels of the hive city did not know that their dirty lives had entered a countdown.

……

Unswold, Beyond Planet Orbit.

A subspace rift appeared in the space near the planet without warning, and immediately after, two scarred Imperial warships returned to the physical universe from the dangerous Sea of ​​Souls.

These two battleships were the battle barges of the Emperor's Eye and Salamander that had previously set sail from Purgatory.

In the original plan, this subspace voyage spanning two star fields would only take three months to reach its destination.

But in the chaotic and crazy subspace, frequent accidents will always turn all plans into waste.

The first half of the voyage was uneventful, but just as the Emperor's Eye was about to approach the Obscure Star Realm, a strange warp storm stirred up violent waves in the Sea of ​​Souls.

The turbulent waves blocked the battleship's route. Under the influence of the subspace storm, the navigator could not even observe the light of the star torch!
Just when the Emperor's Eye was about to lose its way, a bright golden light covered the entire battleship!That is the great power that belongs to the Lord of Mankind.

Under the guidance of the Lord of Mankind, the Emperor's Eye finally trudged through the subspace storm and arrived at the Gothic Sector in the Obscure Star Territory.

When the star's light shone on the Emperor's Eye again, the crew on the battleship all cheered!Everyone is praising the emperor and praising his great power!

But in the joyful atmosphere, the expressions of the original body and the living saint were extremely solemn.

Through the portholes of the Emperor's Eye, the two of them could clearly see the imperial world [Unswold] tens of thousands of kilometers away.At this moment, Unswold has completely lost its former bustling appearance!The starport above the planet's orbit was empty, and the planet's atmosphere was filled with an ominous green mist.

The entire planet was dead silent. Except for the sea of ​​green clouds that was constantly rolling, there was no movement on the huge planet.

Even a fool knows that something must have happened above Unswold.

Under the will of the Primarch, the two battleships began to sail towards Unswold at top speed.

After a while, the battleship hovered above the orbit of the planet.

The divination array installed on the Emperor's Eye sent out a piercing alarm. Even though they were hundreds of kilometers away, the original body and the Living Saint could still clearly feel the disgusting power of chaos.

"This is the power that belongs to the evil god Nurgle!" Celestine frowned, "How come Nurgle's followers are here?"

The Primarch did not answer the Living Saint's question, and in this case silence was enough to mean many things.

The presence of Nurgle's power in Unswold is no coincidence!Everything that happens on this planet is most likely related to Abaddon.

But there is no point in thinking about these issues now. The most urgent task now is to determine the whereabouts of the Eye of Dark Night as soon as possible.

Luckily, the Emperor's Eye is carrying a scanner from the Golden Age!After collecting the material spectrum of [Hand of Darkness], the scanner began to search for objects similar to the Hand of Darkness on the entire planet.

Huge amounts of data are captured by the scanner every second!The scanners finally found similar targets before the battleship's cogitator systems were flooded with data.

The target location is located at the Planetary Governor's Mansion in Unswold.

There is no doubt that there are dangers lurking on the surface of the planet at this moment!Plagues and viruses from Nurgle's Garden filled the planet's atmosphere, and Chaos Daemons pouring out of the rifts in the warp were watching from the darkness.

Going to the surface of the planet in this situation is definitely not a wise choice.

But the Eye of Dark Night is so important to the empire!After careful consideration, the Primarch decided to take the risk.

In order to avoid making too much noise, the original body only brought the Imperial Guard and Living Saints with him on this trip!They will go to the planetary governor's mansion to perform a recovery mission without alerting the Chaos Demons.

Under the watchful eyes of the Sons of the Fire Dragon, the Forbidden Army's unique "Orion" gunboat slowly took off!The gorgeously painted golden gunboat drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then completely disappeared into the dangerous poisonous mist.

The database of the Orion gunship stores all the terrain data of the planet. Thanks to the assistance of this data, the gunship is able to walk smoothly in the thick poisonous fog.

In the original plan, the gunboat would land directly into the Governor's Palace so that the original body could evacuate quickly after completing the recovery mission.

However, according to the enemy radar on the gunboat, a large number of unknown creatures gathered outside the Governor's Mansion.

The only ones who can wander outside in this situation are probably the Chaos Demons.

(End of this chapter)