Warhammer 40k: Collector of Terra

Chapter 21 The Conspiracy of Chaos

As the commander of the naval fortress, Imperial Admiral Corinnus von Ravensberg had already been waiting at the connection point of the star port.

The Admiral has been fully prepared mentally for his meeting with the Golden Army!But when the hatch of the Emperor's Eye opened, Ravensberg inevitably fell into a daze.

The Forbidden Army, as strong as a tower, filed out of the cabin, and the silent Forbidden Army guards were lined up on both sides of the passage!They stood the guard spears in their hands on their chests, welcoming someone's arrival with the most reverent attitude.

As the Emperor's bodyguard, the Golden Legion answer only to the great Lord of Mankind!Apart from the Emperor who had already ascended the Golden Throne, the Admiral could not think of anyone else worthy of such treatment by the Custodes.

Soon, the expression on the Admiral's face changed from confusion to shock.

At this moment, the deck of the naval fortress was shaking slightly!Surrounded by the Custodes, a giant in golden armor and holding the Emperor's Sword approached the Admiral.

"Your Majesty!" the admiral exclaimed.

As a graduate of [Chungsi Academy], the person Ravensburg is most familiar with is the great Emperor.

Gawain's face is completely different from that of the Emperor!But the Admiral could feel some shadow of the Lord of Mankind from this giant surrounded by the Imperial Army.

After shield captain Valerian's explanation, Ravensberg has learned the identity of the original body.

Compared with a son of the Emperor who has returned to the Empire, the Council of High Lords on Terra is nothing but shit!Witnessed by the Custodes and Living Saints, the Admiral pledged his loyalty to the Primarch.

Procedurally speaking, this behavior is a betrayal of the High Lords Council of Terra!But the Admiral didn't care, after all... who could refuse allegiance to a great Primarch?
The arrival of a primarch caused excitement throughout the naval fortress!Since the Horus Heresy, the Imperium has spent ten thousand years in darkness and madness.

The short-sighted and narrow-minded high lords cannot guide the empire forward at all, and the ignorant and dark state religion is a bunch of worms!In such a situation, the return of a son of the Emperor will bring long-lost light to the Empire.

The Navy Fortress readily accepted the request to temporarily house the [Hand of Darkness].

The forbidden position that stores the [Hand of Darkness] was escorted to the core area of ​​the naval fortress by the forbidden army!Contained along with the Dark Hand was a cyclone torpedo used to execute the Extermination Order.

The existence of the Dark Hand is related to the future of the Empire, and the Admiral knows this very well!In the event that the naval fortress is breached by the traitors, Ravensburger will detonate the Cyclone torpedo without hesitation.

Even if the entire naval fortress is destroyed, even if the precious lives of millions of Imperial soldiers are sacrificed, the hand of darkness must not fall into the hands of the betrayer.

But the loyalists did not expect that Chaos Warmaster Abaddon had already given up the hand of darkness.

From the future revealed by the cursed prophet Moriana, Abaddon saw another possibility of seizing the Blackstone Fortress!Although this method can only barely control a black stone fortress, it is enough for the Chaos Warmaster's plan!
Under the will of the Great Reaver, the traitors who fell into Chaos created countless horrific sacrifices and massacres on the Imperial world on the edge of the sector.

The fierce emotions of the people of the empire before they died tore apart the curtain between reality and illusion, arousing an everlasting echo in the cold supreme sky.

The barrier between the physical universe and the sea of ​​souls is constantly being weakened, and the phenomenon of reality disintegration continues to appear in every corner of the Gothic Sector!Some remote imperial worlds even became a paradise for demons within a few hours.

Finally, after a sacrifice that cost billions of lives, an ugly warp rift opened across the physical universe.Through this subspace rift, the betrayers can bypass the fortress world of Cadia and descend into the physical universe without any hindrance.

At this point, the Chaos Warmaster's grand plan has been half successful!Next, Abaddon only needs to send the [Eye of Darkness] into the core of a certain black stone fortress, and he has completely completed all preparations before overthrowing the empire.

The betrayer's conspiracy is approaching quietly, and the Chaos Warmaster thinks everything is perfect!But just as the traitors have the blessings of the gods, so the loyal have the protection of the Emperor.

The great Lord of Mankind sits high in the sky. Even in this dark and crazy No. 40 millennium, the Emperor's eyes have never left his race.

Faced with a conspiracy that would overturn the entire Imperium, the Great Emperor sent a revelation to the Primarch.

From the Emperor's divine revelation, the Primarch saw the Chaos Warmaster's goal - Blackstone V Fortress in the southern Gothic Sector.

The controller of Blackstone Fortress [Hand of Darkness] is still firmly in the hands of the empire!Without a controller, Blackstone Fortress would be nothing more than a few relatively solid fortresses.

It is impossible for the Chaos Warmaster to go to war for a few useless fortresses!According to the original body's guess, Abaddon should have found some new way to control the Blackstone Fortress.

Whatever Abaddon's intentions, there is no way the Imperium will allow any Blackstone Fortress to fall into the hands of a traitor.

Admiral Ravensburg would personally lead the Gothic fleet to accompany the Primarch, while Celestine and the Custodes took over the Admiral's place and assumed the responsibility of providing defense for the fortress.

Under the will of the Primarch, the massive Imperial fleet left the starport!They will bring with them the great wrath of the Emperor... to bring down divine punishment on all those who betray.

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In the southern part of the Gothic Sector, Blackstone V Fortress.

Three Terra days ago, a large-scale Chaos Fleet appeared in the space surrounding Blackstone V Fortress without any warning.

The flagship of this fleet is a [Queen of Glory] battleship from the Great Crusade - the Endurance!

It once belonged to the glorious No. 14 Legion, but under the corruption of Nurgle for thousands of years, this battleship has long become a garbage dump full of filth and filth.

As soon as they appeared, the Endurance and the Chaos Fleet launched a fierce attack on the Blackstone Fortress.

The main cannon of the Glory Queen-class battleship suddenly blasted out, and then... the sky was full of light spears and macro cannons intertwined and converged!Melt rays containing terrifying high temperatures fell like raindrops.

The light of macro cannons and rays blooms in the cold universe like the flower of death!Such a dazzling light even briefly illuminated the dark Milky Way!
The Chaos Fleet's first round of concentrated fire output was enough firepower to destroy a planet!Almost instantly, the intensive firepower overloaded the Blackstone Fortress's void shield defense system.

(End of this chapter)