Warhammer 40k: Terra Collector

As the commander of the naval fortress, Admiral Colonus von Ravensburg of the Imperial Navy had been waiting at the docking station of the starport.

The Admiral had made sufficient psychological preparations for meeting the Golden Legion! But when the hatch of the Emperor's Eye opened, Ravensburg was inevitably stunned.

The strong imperial guards, like towers, filed out of the cabin one after another, and the silent imperial guards lined up on both sides of the passage! They held the guard spears in their hands in front of their chests, welcoming someone's arrival with the most respectful attitude.

As the emperor's personal guards, the Golden Legion is only responsible to the great Lord of Humanity! Apart from the emperor who has ascended the golden throne, the admiral really can't think of anyone else who is worthy of such treatment by the imperial guards.

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 imperial guards, a giant in golden armor and holding the Emperor's sword came to the admiral.

"The Emperor!" the Admiral exclaimed.

As a graduate of the [Loyal Inheritor Academy], the person Ravensburg was most familiar with was the great Emperor.

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

After the explanation of the Shield Captain Valerian, Ravensburg had learned the identity of the Primarch.

Compared with a son of the Emperor who returned to the Empire, the High Lords Council on Terra was simply a pile of shit! Witnessed by the Imperial Guards and the Living Saint, the Admiral offered his loyalty to the Primarch.

In terms of procedure, this behavior was a betrayal of the High Lords Council of Terra! But the Admiral didn't care, after all... who could refuse to be loyal to a great Primarch?

The arrival of a Primarch made the entire Navy Fortress excited! Since the Horus Heresy, the Empire has spent a full ten thousand years in darkness and madness.

The short-sighted and narrow-minded High Lords are simply unable to guide the Empire forward, and the ignorant and dark state religion is even more of a group of termites! In such a situation, the return of an emperor's own son will bring long-lost light to the Empire.

The Navy Fortress gladly accepted the request to temporarily accommodate the [Hand of Darkness].

The forbidden stand containing the [Hand of Darkness] was escorted to the core area of ​​the Navy Fortress by the Imperial Guards! Along with the Hand of Darkness, there was also a cyclone torpedo used to execute the extermination order.

The existence of the Hand of Darkness is related to the future of the Empire, and the Admiral knows this very well! In the event that the Navy Fortress is breached by the betrayers, Ravensburg will not hesitate to detonate the cyclone torpedo.

Even if the entire Navy Fortress is destroyed, even if the precious lives of millions of Imperial soldiers are sacrificed, the Hand of Darkness must never fall into the hands of the betrayers.

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 Blackstone Fortress, it is enough for the Chaos Warmaster's plan!

Under the will of the Great Plunderer, the traitors who fell into Chaos created countless horrific sacrifices and massacres on the Imperial worlds on the edge of the sector.

The intense emotions of the Imperial people before their death tore the curtain of reality and illusion, and aroused a long-lasting echo in the cold Supreme Heaven.

The barrier between the physical universe and the sea of ​​souls was constantly weakened, and the phenomenon of reality disintegration continued 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 of billions of lives, an ugly subspace rift spanned the physical universe.

Through this subspace rift, the traitors can bypass the fortress world Cadia and descend into the physical universe without hindrance.

So far, the Chaos Warmaster's grand plan has been half successful! Next, Abaddon only needs to send the Eye of Night into the core of a Blackstone Fortress, and he will have completely completed all the preparations before overthrowing the Empire.

The conspiracy of the betrayer is quietly approaching, and the Chaos Warmaster thinks everything is perfect! But just as the betrayer has the blessing of the gods, the loyalists also have the protection of the Emperor.

The great Lord of Humanity sits on the highest heaven, and even in this dark and crazy fortieth millennium, the Emperor's eyes have never left his own race.

Faced with this conspiracy that is enough to overthrow the entire Empire, the great Emperor has revealed to the Primarch.

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

The controller of the Blackstone Fortress, the Hand of Darkness, is still firmly in the hands of the Empire! Without the controller, the Blackstone Fortress is at best a few relatively solid fortresses.

The Chaos Warmaster cannot go to war for a few useless fortresses! According to the Primarch's guess, Abaddon should have found some new way to manipulate the Blackstone Fortress.

No matter what Abaddon's purpose is, the Empire will not let any Blackstone Fortress fall into the hands of the traitors.

Admiral Ravensburg will personally lead the Gothic Fleet to accompany the Primarch, while Celestine and the Custodians will replace the Admiral and assume the responsibility of providing defense for the fortress.

Under the will of the Primarch, the huge Imperial fleet left the starport! They will bring the great Emperor's wrath... to bring down divine punishment on all betrayers.

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In the southern Gothic Sector, Blackstone V Fortress.

Three Terran days ago, a large Chaos fleet appeared in the space around Blackstone V Fortress without any warning.

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

It once belonged to the glorious 14th Legion, but after ten thousand years of Nurgle corruption, this battleship has long become a garbage dump full of filth and dirt.

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

The main gun of the Glorious Queen-class battleship suddenly fired, and then... the sky full of light spears and macro cannons intertwined and converged! The hot melt rays containing terrifying high temperatures fell like raindrops.

The light of the macro cannon and the rays bloomed in the cold universe like flowers of death! Such a dazzling light even briefly illuminated the dark galaxy!

The first round of concentrated fire from the Chaos Fleet delivered enough firepower to destroy a planet! Almost instantly, the dense firepower overloaded the Blackstone Fortress's void shield defense system.