Warhammer: In the Name of Nirvana

"That's it."

"The break is over."

"Now, get to work."

The Caliban Lion's silence and comments only lasted for a short moment. When he turned his gaze elsewhere, the King of Knights' pupils were filled with endless perseverance and solemnity.

If it weren't for the superhuman vision and senses brought by the same Primarch, Morgan even doubted whether his blood relatives had ever experienced that almost fleeting rest and relaxation. The eternal harshness from the deep forest of Caliban seemed to be there. It just felt loose for a moment, but it didn't seem to change at all.

But no matter what Morgan thought, from now on, she should follow Jonson's work rhythm. Therefore, Morgan's aura suddenly changed, and she once again became the most capable person that Jonson had not seen for a long time, the most worthy person. A trusted right hand.

This aura even made the King of Knights of Caliban look at her extra. Jonson was silent for a moment before nodding to express his satisfaction.

The Primarch of the First Legion enlarged the star map in front of him, allowing the very edge of the Sun Star Field to be clearly displayed in the pupils of him and his blood relatives: What Jonson showed was the current northern border of the Human Empire. , and not long before this war, Holy Terra had just decided to name this territory that was still being explored and expanded [Obscury Star Territory].

In order to facilitate identification, the entire star map uses two extremely contrasting colors to represent the two sides in this war: the territory of the Human Empire is wrapped in a bright light blue, while the territory of the Randan Empire is a Dull crimson. This allowed Morgan to see clearly the situation of this war at the first glance.

Like an awl thrust downward into a pile of sand, the Randan Empire struck a deep blow from its territory in the northern part of the galaxy, from the weakest part of the southeastern part of the Obscure Star Territory. Fang crushed the extremely brutal road of blood and bones, and its sharp edge penetrated all the way through the northern territory of the Human Empire, and now its spear tip has reached the northeastern edge of the Sun Star Territory.

Behind Morgan, Jonson bent slightly, and the Caliban Lion leaned forward. His head was inadvertently very close to his blood relative. Even when he spoke, Morgan could clearly feel it. Those serious breathing sounds kept blowing her earlobes.

"After the subspace storm, the first frontline outposts to report Randan's invasion were Silent Star, Sirius, and Newkus. These worlds fell quickly, and they didn't even have time to send out a second letter for help. .”

"In the following months, almost all galaxies in the southeastern part of the Obscure Starfield were attacked, and only a handful of them have persisted until now. Due to the impact of this storm, the frontline has not been able to gather enough troops and fleets. , so in these months, we have not even been able to organize a main battle."

"However, in the west of the Obscure Star Territory, the Randan people's attack on the fortress worlds near the Eye of Terror ended in failure. The forge worlds Agrippina and Trisolia both held firm, and the Caliban system had also I was harassed by them, but it was harmless.”

"According to the latest intelligence, these blasphemous alien vanguard fleets have arrived in the Pisina system. The Telos IV star on the other side has been officially confirmed to have been captured by Ran Dan's army in a letter yesterday. This is The last fortress world owned by the Empire in the southeastern part of the Obscure Star Territory."

"That is to say, as long as Ran Dan's fleet continues to move forward, they will officially enter the Sun Star Domain. This is the worst situation that no one can accept."

"By then, the first major galaxy they will come into contact with in the solar star field is the Fenris galaxy. Yes, the home star of that guy Leman Russ. I don't believe he won't leave something in his old home. .”

"Behind the Fenris galaxy are several forging worlds, including Voss, Vanaheim, and Parahir, and behind these forging worlds is Betan-Gammon."

Morgan quietly listened to Caliban's King of Knights explaining to him the real-time situation on the front line. Ms. Spider narrowed her eyes slightly, and the light of exploration emitted from her blue pupils. Wandering back and forth between important worlds that have not yet fallen or have fallen.

In Morgan's mind, the fragments of thoughts and memories are constantly expanding, breaking, and brewing into invisible waves. Some questions are constantly being generated in these waves. Most of these questions will be solved by her wisdom in the next few seconds. Zhong answered quickly, and those remaining questions were what she wanted to ask Zhuang Sen.

Before asking, Morgan looked at the star map in front of her again. In her churning mind, the memories and cognitions about the hazy galaxy were repeated over and over again.

Today's Hazy Star Territory is just a beach explored from the Sun Star Territory. It is the result of free exploration that has almost never been officially organized by the Human Empire. This is also very normal. After all, in general, east of Holy Terra The vast territory is the main expansion direction of this great expedition.

In the decades since the Great Crusade officially began, countless exploration fleets, private fleets, and rogue traders who followed the Lord of Mankind, as the invisible vanguard of the empire, continued to explore more territories northward.

Around the fiftieth year after the Emperor launched the Great Crusade, the Imperium of Man found the Primarch of the First Legion on Caliban, a planet in the western Obscurus Segmentum, and the world became The core territory of the human empire in this vast territory.

More exploration fleets are centered on the Caliban galaxy and are constantly opening up the territory of the empire in the western part of the Obscure Star Territory. The main force of another exploration fleet comes all the way from the Maelstrom area. Before the war begins, Their footsteps have traveled to the Gothic Sector in the eastern part of the Obscure Star Territory, and have contacted the Forge World that has taken root here.

Generally speaking, the expansion of the Human Empire to the Obscure Star Territory is only limited to the borderlands on the east and west sides. It is like a crab claw and there is still a large space left, at least in the vast central and northern parts of the Star Territory. To even the most experienced exploration captain, it is just a gray and ominous shadow.

But this did not prevent the Emperor's followers from reaffirming their race's ancient rights and territories that had a history of tens of thousands of years, and drawing the boundaries of the so-called Obscure Star Field all the way to the empty stars in the far north of the Milky Way.

Thus, the strange scene before the two primarchs was born: this land called the Obscure Starfield, claimed by the Human Empire, the actual situation of most of the territory was unknown to Holy Terra. Because before this war broke out, they were the territories of the Randan Alien Empire and other small countries, and they were surrounded by various barren galaxies that the human empire had swallowed up in the past few decades.

Because of this, Holy Terra has always maintained a certain indifference during this war, because although the war with Ran Dan was indeed extremely brutal: the entire fleet disappeared into the shadow of the Milky Way, and several Millions or even tens of millions of mortal auxiliaries went to the battlefield and never came back. Even the casualties of the Astartes were already in the tens of thousands.

But in the final analysis, the core areas of the Human Empire did not suffer more damage in this war. Most of the galaxies that were fought for, destroyed, and burned were just buffer areas that the Human Empire had no actual control over. The residents who were unfortunately affected were not part of the great plan of the bureaucrats of Holy Terra.

Therefore, although judging from the color and layout of the star map, the human empire has reached a critical point in this war, the real situation is actually not that critical and terrifying. In the eyes of Holy Terra, even though she has disappeared One legion, but with the power of the Dark Angels and the continuous reinforcements from other legions, it is enough to end the suspense of any war.

Ran Dan has indeed caused a huge amount of trouble. Their level of difficulty and danger may be the highest since the beginning of the Great Crusade. In other words, there are only a handful of such powerful alien interstellar empires even if you look at the Milky Way.

But in the final analysis, for a unified, united, and prosperous galactic hegemony, Randan was ultimately just a nuisance, a problem, a problem enough for the Empire to invest multiple Primarchs and Legions.

The attitude of Holy Terra can also be seen in their reinforcements to Jonson. Malcador indeed sent a lot of reinforcements, including the Astartes Legion, the Mortal Auxiliary Army, and There are a large number of cutting-edge fleets, but those powerful armies that can really hold their own on the battlefield, such as the Luna Wolves or the Ultramarines, did not appear in this war at all.

Among the troops under Jonson's command, apart from scattered reinforcements from other Legions Astartes, there were only armies led by the two Primarchs.

The Wolf King of Fenris returned with his army from the Eleventh Primarch's home planet with a melancholy attitude. The Sixth Legion seemed to have suffered some damage, but they could still participate in the next war.

The other supporting army was somewhat unexpected: Fire Dragon Lord Vulkan and his army originally did not have much to do with such a huge frontal battle, but after hearing about the crisis situation in the northern part of the Galaxy, the King of Nocturne Still silently leading his descendants, he appeared on this anxious battlefield, ready to devote all his strength to his brothers and the human empire.

Three Primarchs, three legions, plus more or less reinforcements from each legion, this is the core force of the current Caliban Knight King.

"Three hundred thousand."

Zhuang Sen slowly spit out this number with a calm attitude. This number is enough to make countless people feel uneasy, whether he is a Randan or a Cthunian.

Three hundred thousand Astartes.

This is the power that Johnson was entrusted with.

Morgan was silent for a moment, then asked the newest question in her mind.

[How many of these are your Dark Angels? 】

"The vast majority."

The answer came in a proud voice.

Ms. Spider nodded. She did not discuss more about the philosophical issues about sacrifice and dedication that this question and the answer symbolized. She knew that this was not what Jonson needed.

She just took one last look at the star map in front of her, and then turned all her eyes on her brother.

[So, what is your next plan? Johnson. 】

The lion of Caliban did not immediately answer his blood relatives. He just raised his head slightly, looking rare and reserved.

"I believe in your ability, Morgan. If you didn't regress in that subspace storm, you should be able to see the clues and make preliminary deductions."

Morgan did see some clues.

In the southeastern part of the occupied Hazy Star Territory, some of the worlds conquered by Ran Dan looked extremely strange. They did not seem to have been directly conquered, but rather seemed to have been deliberately... abandoned.

From another perspective, Zhuang Sen has taken over this front for some time. Morgan does not believe that during this period, he can allow Ran Dan's army to conquer the city and be invincible. If Zhuang Sen really does not hesitate to do so at all costs. , even if Ran Dan can touch the edge of the Sun Star Territory, it will not be so fast.

Morgan thought for a moment, but it didn't take long.

【……】

Her pupils lit up.

[Are you putting them in? 】

[Are you putting Ran Dan’s last main force in your pocket? 】

[For this reason, are you even willing to give up those worlds that you can still hold on to for a while? 】

Zhuang Sen snorted lightly.

"Quite an old trick, isn't it."

"But they just took the bait."

"I'm not sure whether they are very confident in their trump cards, or whether they have indeed exhausted their last blood in the previous strangulation battle. In short, Ran Dan's pace and rhythm of attack are indeed too reckless, but again and again Once and for all, I put all my strength into the front line without hesitation.”

"This does make their attack seem unstoppable for a period of time. But it also just shows that as long as we can eat this greatest force, the so-called Ran Dan Empire will become a withered skeleton in the grave."

"Did you know that in the intelligence that was sent back before, although Ran Dan's army is considered to be unprecedented in size, it already contains a large number of [young] and [aging] individuals. Before that, We've never seen them on the battlefield."

"You know what that means."

Morgan nodded, and colors continued to flow through her pupils: there were thoughts, calculations, and ideas, but there was no emotion or awe for life.

[How did you convince those mortals? 】

"I have not convinced those mortals. All mortals are opposed to my plan. They are all loudly advocating that every inch of land must be fought, but a piece of order from Holy Terra is more powerful than all their voices combined."

[Have you ever thought that Ran Dan might actually have a particularly powerful trump card? 】

[After all, look at their offensive line: it is an indomitable edge. Once it is broken, there is no way back. 】

[No rational person would rely on the fate of their race on such a crazy attack unless they have absolute certainty. This is a crazy gamble. 】

"You're wrong, Morgan."

"In this galaxy, the fate of every race is a gamble, but our cards are deeper, allowing us to withstand failure again and again."

"And Ran Dan, as such a powerful opponent, they will definitely have their own trump card. This war will never end easily. The missing legion alone shows all this."

"And in previous wars, the frontline world did frequently mention that there was a strange individual in Ran Dan's army."

"He is exuding golden light and is extremely tall. He falls from the sky every time. When he appears, Ran Dan's army will fall into extreme excitement, and the spirit of the imperial defenders will be disturbed."

"In the most exaggerated case, he just stood on the surface and allowed the entire fortress world to surrender without a fight."

"As for the Eleventh Legion, some very bad news has been sent back from the front line. Some of it was brought back by your heirs. I will tell you more in detail later."

"That's the reality, it's not going to be an easy win."

"And all I have to do is carry out my plan...and use everything I have to get this victory, that's all."

The male lion breathed out gently, his eyes still fixed on the star map in front of him, staring at the endless death and pain caused by Ran Dan and himself, playing out in countless worlds. .

He didn't waver at all.

Morgan did not continue the topic. Her attention was attracted by a term that Zhuang Sen mentioned accidentally.

[My heirs, my legion? 】

[Are they also on the front line now? 】

"There are hundreds of people from different fleets, and they are gradually gathering together. One of them, Hector, left some impression on me."

"And more people have been blown away. Currently, most of the fleets of the Second Legion are scattered in the southern part of the Milky Way, but some have been blown away by the storm. There is no news so far. One of them is The larger squadron is still missing."

Apparently, during Morgan's absence, Jonson also collected information about his blood relatives' descendants.

"That fleet originally accepted the invitation of our brother Guilliman and prepared to go to the Five Hundred Worlds to assist in operations and learn from its members. However, midway, they were attacked by a subspace storm."

"The last time the empire saw them was probably..."

"The Bay of Damocles."