Warhammer 40k: Terra Collector

But for the Empire, the victory of this war is not worth rejoicing and remembering.

The Chaos Warmaster did lose the victory of the Gothic War, but at the same time, a conspiracy that could subvert the entire galaxy was brewing.

Abaddon had already obtained what he wanted most in the Gothic War - the ancient alien creation "Blackstone Fortress".

From the moment the Blackstone Fortress fell into Abaddon's hands, the Empire's glory that lasted for ten thousand years had entered the countdown.

When Abaddon led the Chaos Legion to launch the 13th Black Crusade hundreds of years later, the Blackstone Fortress lost in the Gothic War would become the culprit for the fall of Cadia.

The Blackstone Obelisk on Cadia has the power to suppress the Eye of Terror.

At the moment the fortress world was destroyed, endless chaos power poured out from the Eye of Terror! This powerful chaos power tore the galaxy apart and completely divided the Empire's territory into two parts.

Tens of thousands of Empire worlds fell in blood and wailing, and more than one trillion Empire citizens became sacrifices to evil gods and food for demons. The fear and pain of human beings before death tore the curtain of reality and illusion, and the intense emotions like the tide aroused an eternal echo in the warp...

That was an extremely dark and desperate future! Even if Robouti Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines, awakened from his 10,000-year slumber, he could not stop the malice from the Chaos Gods.

From the moment Cadia fell, the end of the Empire's decline was doomed.

And to prevent the fall of Cadia, the best solution is to find the two alien creations that can control the Blackstone Fortress before Chaos Warmaster Abaddon.

[Hand of Darkness] and [Eye of Darkness].

The current Empire knows nothing about these two alien creations, but as a traverser, Gawain knows the whereabouts of these two alien creations very well.

The Eye of Darkness is located in the hive world of Onsvold in the Gothic Sector, and the Hand of Darkness is located on a death world called "Purgatory Star" in the Pacific Sector.

Coincidentally, the location of the Salamanders' battle barge is not far from Purgatory.

With the warp engine enabled, the battle barge only needs to sail through the warp for several hours to reach the space near Purgatory.

For an empire with a vast territory, this distance is almost negligible.

Under the will of the Primarch, the battle barge and the Fire Dragon Son on it began to operate intensively.

The engine of the battle barge made a deafening roar, and the high concentration of liquid promethium was converted into a continuous flow of energy, which flowed into the warp engine and the Geller Field generator under the guidance of the pipeline.

With the support of massive energy, the warp engine briefly tore apart the curtain of reality and illusion, opening a crack to the warp for the battle barge.

"Open the Geller Field, lower the porthole protection plate, everyone pay attention, the battleship is about to enter the warp!" The captain's slightly bland voice reached everyone's ears.

The lavender Geller's stand slowly unfolded, and the protective plate installed on the side of the string window slowly closed, separating the people in the cabin from the madness of the subspace.

Between the flashes of light, the warship officially entered the state of subspace navigation.

It can be foreseen that this is not a very long subspace voyage. After a few hours, the battle barge arrived at the scheduled location.

Gawain stood up from the throne and came to the porthole of the warship surrounded by the sons of the fire dragon.

What came into view was an extremely huge black celestial body! The surface of the planet was covered with ashes after burning, and the poisonous gas floating in the breeze covered the sky...

This is Purgatory, a dead world that once betrayed the empire and was completely burned to ashes by the fire of destruction.

The alien creation [Hand of Darkness] that is enough to affect the future of the entire empire is quietly sleeping in a corner of this planet.

Just as the Primarch was about to order a scan of the planet, the auspicious instrument responsible for detecting the enemy suddenly sounded a piercing alarm.

According to the data displayed on the auspicious instrument, two Chaos warships were floating in the orbit of Purgatory.

The purpose of the Chaos warships appearing on Purgatory at this time is self-evident.

"It seems that we are still a step late." A cold light flashed in Gawain's pupils.

The current situation is very unfavorable to the Empire.

The two Chaos warships have an absolute power advantage. Compared with the warships blessed by the Chaos Gods, the Salamanders' battle barges are as fragile as small cookies.

It is definitely not feasible to attack head-on, and going to the surface of the planet through orbital airdrops... This is also a very risky choice.

If the whereabouts are exposed, what awaits the Primarch and the Sons of Fire Dragon is the orbital bombardment from the Chaos warships.

Even the powerful Astartes are not much stronger than the mortals of the Astra Militarum in the face of orbital bombardment.

After thinking it over again and again, Gawain decided to take a risk.

[Hand of Darkness] is too important for the Empire! In order to avoid the dark and crazy future, all the risks and sacrifices are worth it.

The Sons of the Fire Dragon expressed high approval of the Primarch's decision.

As the Emperor's Angel of Death, the Astartes are never afraid of death! For the Astartes, it is a great honor to die on the battlefield.

"For the Great Emperor!" The Astartes recited the ancient oath in unison.

This is the final preparation before the expedition.

The technical sergeants were busy making the final adjustments to the power armor, while the fire lizards took out a brand new set of armor from the forge and solemnly put it on the Primarch.

As the descendants of Vulcan, every fire lizard is a natural blacksmith. Thanks to the powerful forging technology of the fire lizards, Gawain finally got rid of the dilemma of walking his bird.

Although this set of power armor, which was hastily built using spare parts, still lacks in performance. But for Gawain, it is enough.

The traitors on Purgatory had better pray that they will not meet Gawain head-on! Without the same level of combat power, no one can compete with a gene Primarch.

Except for a few tough guys who don't wear helmets, all those who dare to attack the Primarch now have dozens of meters of grass on their graves.

The sons of the fire dragon surrounded the gene Primarch and stepped into the airdrop capsule. Under the calculation of the technical sergeants, the dark green painted orbital airdrop capsule was thrown out by the battle barge.

The drop capsule carrying the Angel of Death cut through the planet's thin atmosphere and, like a dazzling meteor shower, slammed heavily onto the planet's charred plains.