Before Robert Guilliman returned to the Imperium and joined the Emperor's Great Crusade, the 13th Legion was not called the Ultramarines. At that time, they were known as the Children of War.

The earliest Ultramarines were born during the Unification War of Terra. At that time, ancient Terra was filled with arrogant and violent technological barbarians and self-styled separatist warlords, which caused a lot of obstacles to the Emperor's cause of unifying Terra.

Those unreasonably arrogant warlords and bloodthirsty barbarians put up a fierce resistance against the Emperor's army of Thunder Warriors, and were eventually completely wiped out.

The Emperor's army slaughtered the most radical warlords and the rudest barbarians, and the resulting large number of war orphans were taken in by the Emperor and joined the research project of a new generation of genetically modified warriors, which was the earliest 13th Legion, later known as the Ultramarines.

Before Guilliman's return, the 13th Legion had been known for its extremely high intensity of war and devastating violent suppression, and was therefore known as the 'Children of War'. This was a violent legion forged from blood and fire, serving as the emperor's The great cause of the emperor went through fire and water.

Since the Astartes' gene-seed was derived from the Primarch's genetic genes, the Empire generally believed that the Astartes' life style and even personality would be similar to that of their genetic father, because there were many differences before Guilliman's return. It is thought that the Primarch of the Warborne would also have been a war maniac.

Later facts proved that they were wrong. Robert Guilliman grew up in a beautiful family full of warmth and care. His adoptive father and mother gave him all the good qualities. Therefore, when the Emperor's Great Expedition Fleet came to Austria, Tramar, he was greeted by a wise, rational, sober, and easy-going Robert Guilliman.

After Guilliman took over the Legion, he quickly began to transform the 13th Legion with his own ideas. He taught his genetic descendants that in addition to war skills, they should also learn politics, history, philosophy, mathematics and other subjects, and use clear reason to suppress the desire for war. Fury in order to seamlessly transition from warrior to domestic officer running the empire in the peaceful times following the Great Crusade.

Although Guilliman's ideals failed in the end, under his teachings, the originally rough and wild Sons of War began to change. Their war fanaticism was replaced by rational thinking. In the past, the Sons of War of the 13th Legion, who only knew how to suppress brutally, Became a disciplined extreme warrior.

And today, ten thousand years later, when Guilliman put on the Helm of Control and stood up from the throne in the stasis field.

The deep-buried war fanaticism and bloodlust in the subconscious of the Ultramarines was ignited by the fire of the Emperor's Sword, and the warlike genes of the 13th Legion, which had been dormant for thousands of years, awakened today.

Looking at the Emperor's Sword in Guilliman's hand, Magnus knew that it was time for him to leave.

"There's no need to see me off, Robert, I don't want to see you again." Before the words could be heard, Magnus's fiery red body had already disappeared into the church.

In the center of the church, Guilliman's consciousness was drowsy. The crown on his head seemed to be of great weight. The heavy pressure gave him a splitting headache. War roars and sounds of fighting from unknown sources kept ringing in his ears. It seemed that he was suffering. tinnitus.

Does the original body also have tinnitus?

No, now is not the time to think about this...

The dark thorns wrapped around his helmet and collarbone brought a cold touch, clearing Guilliman's consciousness. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and saw Eliwood kneeling at the foot of the steps. With the Ultramarines Honor Guard.

Thousands of years later, the Ultramarines' power armor models have been upgraded many times, but Guilliman still recognized the emblem on their shoulder armor, which was the emblem he personally designed for the 13th Legion.

So Guilliman asked these strange heirs the most pressing question in his heart:

"What year is it today?"

It is now Year 035 of the 40th Millennium, and the news of Robert Guilliman's return has detonated the entire Ultramar.

After urgently summoning several Ultramarine commanders who had survived the battle to defend Macragge and having a long conversation with them, Guilliman quickly grasped the current situation of the galaxy by relying on the original's otherworldly thinking ability and learning speed. situation.

There is mainly one bad news and one good news.

——The bad news is that during the 10,000 years he was in coma, the human empire had completely degenerated into what he had tried his best to avoid. Religious superstition and sinful torture had taken root in the empire, and the poison called ignorance had permeated everyone. The bone marrow of a human being.

That era of ideals, pioneering, enterprising, and striving has passed.

The great pursuits for which Guilliman was willing to die were gone.

The human empire has died, leaving only a rotting, swollen, stinking corpse that continues to move forward relying on its huge size and inertia, gradually entering decay and destruction.

——The good news is that an ancient immortal named Starbuster has stood up in this era. He has brought mankind the decisive technology to escape subspace navigation: the star gate.

According to Eliwood's report, Guilliman learned that the Starbuster worked with the Emperor's Prophetess to form 13 large expedition fleets to Terra to deliver the Torch of Hope/Stargate construction template to the ancient world of mankind. The mother planet is the only hope for mankind to rise again.

After learning about this, Guilliman was speechless for a long time.

As a master of operations, humanity's most outstanding statesman and military strategist, no one understands better than Guilliman what Stargate means to the human empire.

It's transportation, economy, military, politics... Stable super-light navigation technology is the foundation of everything and the lifeblood of the empire. The appearance of the star bomber and the star gate can be said to be a life-saving hemp rope for the drowning person.

As for whether they can use this rope to leave the deep pool and reach the shore safely, it depends on the Human Empire itself.

After much thought, the excited Guilliman rejected Eliwood's request to hold a primarch return ceremony for him. The Lord of the Ultramarines couldn't wait to confirm the authenticity of the Star Gate.

In the eyes of Guilliman, who is absolutely rational, this matter has a higher priority than anything else.

However, when Guilliman proposed to personally use the stargate of the Konor system to conduct an interstellar voyage, this request was politely rejected by Eliwood.

Looking at the slightly angry Gene Father, Eliwood said bravely: "Father, I will not open the Star Gate to you unless I intend to. It is true that your current image... is not suitable for public appearances."

"Is there anything wrong with my current image?" Guilliman was confused.

The veteran sword guard next to him then moved a luxurious full-length mirror with a height of 5 meters, decorated with golden branches, and placed it in front of Guilliman.

Looking in the mirror, Guilliman understood why Eliwood had advised him not to appear in public.

The sky blue armor on his body has become mottled, and the dark blue armor is covered with black scars. Black and cold thorns are wrapped around his collarbone and neck like poisonous snakes. There are two long curved horns growing on the top of his head. The red helmet looks even more terrifying and ferocious.

It was as if the person standing in front of the mirror was not a Primarch created by the Emperor of Mankind, but a bloodthirsty demon blessed by Khorne.

"If you appear in public in front of the citizens of the empire like this, the Inquisition and the National Church will probably regard you as a heretic and evil creature contaminated by Chaos." Eliwood said in a low voice.

"Any mortal who dares to disrespect me will be killed," Guilliman said.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Guilliman raised his head in great shock and looked at himself in the mirror as if facing an enemy.

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