Chapter 488
The Unyielding Expeditionary Fleet, the Arrival of Primarch Guilliman
A massive fleet, like a swarm of locusts crossing a river, is slowly sailing towards the Baal system. This fleet is part of the Unyielding Expedition launched by Robert Guilliman, one of the Primarchs created by the Emperor of the Human Empire.
This was an epic expedition that enraged Primarch Robert Guilliman upon his return to Terra.
He discovered that this empire was no longer the human empire established by his father, the Emperor, ten thousand years ago; it had decayed to a point that was unacceptable to him.
Robert Guilliman then used his exceptional wisdom to successfully persuade the high lords of Terra and eliminate some of them who were unwilling to obey his orders.
This utterly corrupt empire was on the verge of its demise, but the return of Primarch Robert Guilliman gave this already dark and decaying empire a much-needed breath of fresh air.
At this time, the great sage of the Cult of Mechanics, Caul, also provided Robert Guilliman with an incredibly powerful army of Space Marines.
This Space Marine army was a force that Belisariusar had secretly developed and prepared over ten thousand years.
They select suitable teenagers of the right age from some remote planets, bring them to a secret base on Mars, train them as new recruits, and then upgrade them using the original casting method.
Over ten thousand years, Karl secretly created an army of hundreds of thousands of Prototype Space Marines, an army that would become the absolute trump card for Riman Roberto's revival of the Imperium. (The Ultramarines comprised 75% of all Space Marines in the Imperium, making them a terrifying military force.)
All the sub-groups of the Ultramarines have also gathered under the command of their Primarch, the Okramar 500 world.
It also provided Guilliman Robert with a large army of mortals, as well as an extremely large fleet.
In addition, all the high lords, Terran nobles, and every planet they could contact also sent their own armies.
Even the Imperial Guard, the empire's strongest fighting force, which had never stepped out of the Imperial Palace for ten thousand years, was persuaded by Robert Guilliman to finally leave the sacred Imperial Palace and participate in the subsequent war.
The strength of the Custodians was worlds apart from that of the Space Marines; five Custodians could easily slaughter hundreds of Space Marines.
After several years, Guineman Robert assembled a massive fleet that rivaled that of the Imperial Expedition and embarked on his own galactic expedition.
This galactic expedition aims to reclaim all the planets that fell into the Empire's dark side due to the Great Lizard Incident.
After everyone had assembled, the expeditionary force departed from Maculagh Giriman and plunged into the turbulent, chaotic waves with his assembled fleet.
Due to the intense subspace storm, Robert Guilliman's expeditionary fleet can only navigate through subspace by repeatedly making short-to-medium distance jumps.
Even so, the risks are enormous. Every time a ship enters the subspace, several warships go missing, and the Gale force fields of some warships malfunction.
In the blink of an eye, these space-compressing demons transformed into Nurgle demons covered in disgusting slime, alluring Slaanesh demons, and incredibly violent Khorne demons.
They would appear in various parts of the ship's corridors and begin fierce battles with the human crew, on the warship Hera's Origin.
Inquisitor Greyfax leads a squad composed of combat corps and Space Marines in resisting the warp invasion.
Many captains prayed to the living saint Celestine for blessings, hoping that the holy light of this imperial angel would protect their safety, despite the fleet's constant attacks from various terrifying enemies.
But now, leading this expeditionary force is a Primarch resurrected from history ten thousand years ago. No matter how difficult it is, the expeditionary force continues to advance, reclaiming one planet after another.
Whenever the fleet completed a warp voyage, Guilliman would have his Star Speakers search the dark void for any fragments of information about the current state of the Imperium, but much of the information they collected was obscured by warp storms.
They were all chaotic and difficult to understand, but some of the clearer cries for help from the stars depicted the tragic state of various imperial worlds under the influence of chaos.
Many star systems have been ravaged by unnatural phenomena, demonic invasions, alien invasions, and mutated plagues, and the number of psionic beings has also increased dramatically.
The surge in psionicists also brought tremendous upheaval to society. However, with the arrival of the Imperial army, the Unyielding Expeditionary Force, and the Primarch who had been dormant for millennia and emerged from history, the situation changed.
All resistance was suppressed, countless worlds were reclaimed by Robert Guilliman, and the entire empire was restoring order.
"The Baal Galaxy and the Hades Galaxy were once the territory of the Holy Blood Angels Legion. This place was once the domain of Archangel Saint Gilles. After tens of thousands of years of development, the Holy Blood Angels have been protecting these two star systems, especially the Baal Galaxy."
But just a few decades ago, a fleet of Tyranid insectoids reached out to this region. The Empire sent a large number of reinforcements to the Hades system.
"But then the Great Lizard erupted, and the entire Empire lost contact with the Baal system. We still don't know what's going on inside that system," Robert Guilliman's navigator said.
"I know this place. This was once the place where Saint Gilles recruited soldiers, and it was also a star system under his protection."
Just like my Okrama 500 world, so Navigator, tell me in detail, what do you think is the current situation in the Bar system? Have they been overrun by those bugs? ” Primarch Robert Guilliman asked.
The Allen Zerg are another alien race that developed while the Zerg were dormant. This race is extremely terrifying. They suddenly appeared in the Milky Way hundreds of years ago. They devour planets along their path, turning those planets into completely dead star systems.
After some analysis and research, although he had never seen this special race, Robert Guilliman still believed that their threat was no less than that of the orc army during the War of the Beasts, or even the space undead that the Empire faced.
This is a race born for war, just like those green-skinned orcs.
To ensure the success of this Buqu Expedition and to deal with the newly emerging alien races in the galaxy.
Robert Guilliman also brought a large number of Imperial Guards with his fleet to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.
"Based on the images that have been transmitted back, I am certain that the Bar system has not been destroyed by the Zerg fleet, because if the Zerg fleet were to destroy a system..."
"Then there will be no life on this planet, and even the planet's core energy will be drained, and the gaseous energy of some gas giants will be completely absorbed by the Zerg." The psionicist on the ship said.
This is clearly not the world after the destruction by the Zerg, so the 82 star system should still exist. But for some reason, the Bar star system and the neighboring Minfu star system did not respond to their signals.
"The current leader of the Blood Angels is a man named Dante. I have read his information. He is a veteran who has lived for more than 1600 years and is a top-notch warrior."
"If he were still alive, I would even like him to be the regent of the dark side of the empire, so that he could stabilize the situation there after I finish this expedition." Robert Guilliman nodded and said.
This Blood Angels Chapter Commander named Dante is a veteran who has been through many battles. His own Chapter Commander, Calgar, highly admires Dante.
When the other side had been a chapter commander for hundreds of years, Calgar was still a recruit, so Robert Guilliman immediately realized that this man named Dante was a very suitable political figure.
With military and political prestige, he is a very suitable figure for the dark side of the empire. Although the regent himself can launch great expeditions, he must stay in the holy Terra to oversee the overall situation of the empire.
Unable to remain in the dark side of the empire, the dark side of the empire needs a leader.
After several more days of sailing, the enormous expeditionary force entered the Hades star system.
The strange thing is that this Hades Galaxy is completely different from the Hades Galaxy recorded in the Empire's records.
According to the Imperial Records, only a few industrial worlds, agricultural worlds, and capital worlds exist in the Underworld system, but there are about a dozen planets of varying sizes suitable for human habitation.
Besides humans, the Imperial Expeditionary Force also discovered some special races, with large numbers of greens inhabiting half of the planet.
What's even stranger is that within one galaxy, half the planets are inhabited by green-skinned people.
Logically speaking, these green-skinned armies should have already started fighting with human groups, so why hasn't a war broken out between the two sides?
"It is indeed very strange, but it makes sense. Lord Robert, did you see those guys outside the Hades system?"
"These are the Tyranids. Large orc armies are currently fighting against them, and it is humans who are providing them with transportation, logistical support, and even some weapons and equipment," said Ultramarines Chapter Commander Kargar.
"So you mean Dante, the leader of the Holy Blood Angels, has allied with these aliens?" The leading battle nun's expression immediately changed as she asked.
In the eyes of these imperial religions, any act of allying with other races is a betrayal, and the battle nuns are extremely disgusted by such betrayals.
"No! Commander Dante and the Blood Angels will never betray the Empire, I can guarantee that."
However, I am simultaneously facing invasions from both the Orcs and the Zerg, so no Space Marine force can withstand it.
"So if I were Dante, the leader of the Blood Angels Chapter, I would also choose to form an alliance with humanity," Calgar said.
Sometimes these people from the Imperial State Religion are complete lunatics. To be honest, he felt a strong aversion to them and had absolutely no goodwill towards them.
Although these battle nuns were incredibly brave in battle, their attitude and their rigid Imperial Church ideology were unacceptable to the Space Marines.
"I also put myself in their shoes. If I were in their position, I would also form an alliance with these green-skinned orcs to fight against these dangerous Tyranids."
"Over the years, during our Great Crusades, we've encountered some Zerg. These guys are the most dangerous race in the galaxy, bar none," Primarch Robert Guilliman said, nodding.
Having slumbered for ten thousand years, the Empire's state religion had become even more extreme, and even Robert Guilliman, if he were in the orcs' shoes, would choose to ally with them. These orcs were extremely fond of war.
Back in the Beast Wars, they were complete lunatics. This warlike race didn't care about anything else as long as there was a fight.
"Back then, some high lords also proposed using orcs to deal with the Zerg, but if they were to win, they would be creating an unimaginable super monster," an Imperial Inquisitor said.
The Battle of Octarius was fought when a human Inquisitor used special methods to lure the Tyranids into the territory of the Orcs, resulting in an unimaginable and massive war that led to the establishment of the Impenetrable Line.
"There's something else that's puzzling me. There shouldn't be that many habitable planets in the Hades system, right?" Ultramarines Chapter Leader Calgar said.
Several hundred years ago, he also visited the Mingfu and Baal star systems and toured the territory of the Holy Blood Angels.
I do know a bit about this place. There aren't that many habitable planets here, especially since some of them are actually satellites, which are clearly artificially created.
"These orcs shouldn't have the ability to terraform a planet, especially a life-bearing planet like this," a tech priest from the Cult of Mechanics said.
Transforming a planet is extremely difficult. The human empire can also transform planets, but it usually involves turning some planets into hive worlds or forging worlds.
Only planets like Holy Terra, which are naturally habitable, can be transformed into agricultural worlds or paradise worlds.
"Primarch, in the past, Commander Dante may have had no choice but to form an alliance with these green-skinned orcs, because if he hadn't done so, he wouldn't have had any reinforcements. But now your army has arrived, and our expeditionary force has come."
"He no longer needs to ally with these alien races. We can reorganize the Tyran on the outskirts of the Underworld system and wipe out all these green-skinned orcs at once," a Sister of Judgment said.
"No! We can't attack these orcs first. At least for now, they are still allied with us. I need to find out what happened."
"I need to know what these agricultural-world-like transformation technologies are all about," Robert Guilliman said.
Transform a large, solid planet outside the habitable zone into a habitable agricultural world or a paradise world.
If the human empire were to go all out, it could indeed achieve this, but it would take hundreds of years for an atmosphere to form and for the land to become fertile.
But the Barr Galaxy still has the Mingfu Galaxy, it's just that we've lost contact with them for several decades.
It is simply impossible to transform all the physical planets within a planet into habitable planets in such a short period of time.
Moreover, the number of orcs here is enormous, and it is not a good choice for such a huge orc to be their enemy.
Robert Guilliman had participated in the War of the Beasts and knew exactly how much power these green-skinned orcs could generate when they evolved into their final form.
Those beasts were capable of confronting their Primarchs head-on, albeit only physically. (Note: This refers to both the ancient orcs and those beastmen from the Warring States period who could contend with their Primarchs.)
They can only contend with the human body in terms of physical strength, but the special feature of the Primarch is its subspace nature. Otherwise, Rehmannia would have mass-produced Primarchs long ago.
Even if their construction costs are high, the Emperor should be able to supplement some of the funds.
Right now!
Suddenly, an incredibly terrifying aura enveloped Guilliman Robert's flagship spaceship, and an orc, about two meters tall and looking more like a green-skinned human, suddenly appeared inside the spaceship.
The newcomer was none other than Rhodes. After discovering this expeditionary force, Rhodes had been keeping an eye on it. Only after the expeditionary fleet entered the Hades system did Rhodes use his spatial abilities to jump directly onto the enemy's ship.
"Welcome to my territory, gentlemen. I am the Great Demon King of the Orcs here, or you may call me Emperor Rhodes of the Orcs," Rhodes said with a smile.
"Damn alien, how dare you step into this sacred realm? How dare you call yourself an emperor?" The battle nun standing to the side immediately roared, raised the chainsaw sword in her hand, and swung it down at Rhodes' head without hesitation.
"Stop!" Robert Guilliman snorted and caught the battle nun's sword with his bare hands, stopping her attack.
"You idiot, didn't you realize how strong the other party is? They were able to appear here so suddenly without anyone noticing."
The opponent's strength is definitely above his own, and he may even be able to rival his father, the Emperor.
Because just a moment ago, the instant Robert Killman saw Rhodes, an unimaginable sense of fear arose from the deepest part of his heart.
I'll die! If I attack this being in front of me, I'll be killed.
The opponent's strength far surpassed that of the original body, and it was even possible that he had reached the level of his father, the Emperor.
"A wise choice, Primarch Robert Guilliman," Rhodes said.
"The Emperor is the supreme being among us humans, and he is also my father. Your Excellency, may you refrain from using that title?" Guilliman turned to look at Rhodes and said.
"Oh! That might be a bit difficult, for I am about to rule over you humans, and also the orcs." (End of Chapter)