Chapter 132 Death of an Emperor (1)

"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' eyes 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 eyes 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 represents the two sides in this war with two extremely contrasting colors: the territory of the Human Empire is wrapped in a bright light blue, while the territory of the Randan Empire is a

Dim crimson. This allowed Morgan to clearly see 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 Hazy 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. Now the tip of its spear 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 were constantly blowing against 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.

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"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 front line 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."

"In other words, 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.

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"Behind the Fenris galaxy are several forge worlds, including Voss, Vanaheim, and Parahir, and behind these forge worlds is Bethan-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. Among those who have not yet fallen or have already

Wandering back and forth between important fallen worlds.

In Morgan's mind, the fragments of thoughts and memories are constantly expanding and breaking, brewing invisible waves. In these waves, some questions are constantly being generated, most of which 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 once again looked at the star map in front of her. 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 outward 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 exploratory fleets, private fleets, and rogue traders following the Lord of Mankind have served as the invisible vanguard of the empire, constantly exploring 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 Sector, and the world became a

The core territory of the human empire in this vast territory.

More exploration fleets are centered on the Caliban galaxy and are constantly exploring the territory of the empire in the western part of the Obscure Star Field. The main force of another exploration fleet comes from afar 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, drawing the boundaries of the so-called Obscure Sector all the way to the empty stars in the far north of the Milky Way.

Thus, the strange scene before the eyes of 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 nations, and they were surrounded by barren galaxies that the human empire had devoured 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.

Millions or even tens of millions of mortal auxiliaries went to the battlefield and never came back, and 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, such a powerful alien interstellar empire, there are only a handful of them even if you look at the Milky Way.

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

The attitude of Holy Terra can also give a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg in terms of 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 Astartes legions, there were only large 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 voice of this answer was proud.

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? Zhuang Sen.】

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 point of view, Zhuang Sen has taken over this front for some time. Morgan does not believe that during this period, he can let Ran Dan's army conquer the city and be invincible. If Zhuang Sen really does not hesitate to do so at all costs.

, even if Ran Dan could touch the edge of the Sun Star Territory, he would not be able to do so quickly.

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."
To be continued...