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"What exactly do you want to do?!"
In his rage, he wanted to completely destroy the blood and flesh statue before him, but for the sake of the question in his heart that he was waiting for an answer to, he raised his claw-like hand into the air, but ultimately stopped and did not strike.
The entire tower was deathly silent, save for the faint breathing of Koz.
Koz stopped, and after the frenzy, only pale tears remained on his face.
Tell me...why did you do this...why...?
He pleaded earnestly.
However, the blood and flesh statue remained silent, never answering even a single question.
Koz was unaware of the passage of time; he was simply waiting.
wait.
—Until...the end.
The Emperor spoke.
......
"The Primarch still hasn't appeared?"
The Midnight Lord, who was waiting outside the tower, never saw Coz appear.
After he had taken the spoils of war from the heinous criminals he had collected from various planets a few days earlier, he locked himself in the black spire that the Night Lord had hastily built.
According to the Primarch himself, he was doing this so that he could communicate with the Emperor.
But what kind of communication isn't through the Star Speakers, but through the corpses of dead sinners?
Sevita didn't know, and he wouldn't ask.
As the nominal company commander and de facto legion commander of the Midnight Lord, he never had any problem understanding Koz's attitude.
Just then, not far from the black spire, Sevita, sitting on the Stormbird at the landing point, was sending a worried inquiry through the communication device.
The reason he's on the plane instead of waiting by the spire is, of course, so that if Kurtz really goes crazy, he can escape as quickly as possible.
For safety reasons, they mainly relied on oracles to detect the original entity from a distance.
"He's still in the secret room, and hasn't done anything?"
"No, my lord," came the reply through the communication system. "The Primarch has been moving slightly, he—"
"—He's gone!!!"
The bird diviner's terrified screams could be heard over the communication channel.
"what?"
"My lord... the Primarch's signal has been lost in the oracle! There's no signal from him throughout the entire Spire—"
"No! It happened again! How strange... Was that just my imagination? Or is the instrument malfunctioning?"
“Forget about all that,” Sevita said impatiently. “What’s the situation now?”
"Ah... Reporting, sir, the Primarch is walking out of the tower, he's coming out!"
Is it finally over?
Severta looked up at the planet's desolate, dust-covered surface.
It seemed that beside that tiny black spire in the distance, which was as small as a dot, an even smaller entity emerged.
However, the other party soon arrived in front of Sevita.
"grown ups."
Severta greeted him respectfully, trying to gauge the other's state out of the corner of his eye.
Koz seems to have become much more clear-headed now, but the contemplation and worry between his brows have not diminished in the slightest.
"Inform the Midnight Lord that we are preparing to depart, Sevita."
"Where are we going, sir? Where are we headed?"
“You’re not going anywhere,” Koz said after glancing at the other person. “With the warp storm raging, the future of the Legion is in your hands.”
"What?! Sir, what are you going to do—"
“I may not be coming back. Don’t wait for me. Take your legion and do whatever you want, Sevita.”
"Then—" In desperation, Sevita immediately knelt down, his face pleading, "My lord, could you tell us where you are going? Perhaps we can go with you!"
"No, this is my own business."
As for the destination, Coz hesitated for a moment.
But in the end, he still spoke up.
"...Istvan III".
......
The Midnight Lord of the Eighth Legion and his Primarch, Koz, have withdrawn from the Great Crusade today. Reason: Unknown.
The whereabouts of Sevita, the current legion commander of Midnight Lords, are unknown.
......
The Sighnas Galaxy.
Kasgar, who had just escaped from the warp, was still somewhat disoriented.
Just as Casca had foreseen in the worst-case scenario, the tragedy that no one wanted to see finally occurred as the rebellion progressed.
The Thousand Legion was so deeply corrupted that, as pawns of the Master of Change, they no longer understood what they were doing—just as Ahriman, when casting the Scarlet Letter spell, could not have imagined its power to destroy an entire rebel legion.
The blow to the rebel legions was just as great as the blow the Scriptures of Astartes dealt to the loyalist legions!
The tragedy has now occurred—except that Horus has been empowered on Istvan III instead of Devon.
and!
The most crucial point is that Horus is now a god.
This is probably the most unexpected and fruitful outcome that Casca has achieved in the two hundred years of this Great Expedition.
After being successfully influenced by the Centaur Gold Ring for thirty years, Horus is now practically inhuman!
What Four Gods Empowerment? What Emperor's Conspiracy?
I don't believe any of it!
With the Centaur Ring, Horus became the most steadfastly loyal person in the world!
Khorne: "Repeat after me: 'Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull seat!' and I will let you kill at will!"
Horus: "Those days were the best time of my life. We lived together for 30 years. He was the only one who brought me out of the darkness of Corsonia. We spent a long time together. In those 30 years, we formed an unbreakable bond, stronger than any other bond. Thirty years is not a long time. I think compared to 30,000 years, 30 years is just the time it takes for a heartbeat to pass, but I will cherish this time forever."
Four Gods: "......"
Four Gods: "Actually... even if Abaddon's aptitude is a bit lacking, he's not entirely unsuitable..."
Abaddon, who remained humble despite Horus's severe injury and coma: "Those days were the best time of my life. We lived together for two hundred years. He was the only one who came into my life. He brought me out of the darkness of Corsonia. We spent a long time together. In those two hundred years, a bond formed between us that was unbreakable, stronger than the bond between him and the Emperor (emphasis!). Two hundred years is not a long time. I think two hundred years is just the time it takes for a heartbeat compared to twenty thousand years, but I will cherish this time forever."
Four Gods: "..."
Four Gods: "Wait, why are you doing this too?"
If you memorize the three hundred poems of the Centaur, you'll have thirty years even without a gold ring.
In this unyielding state, the dark gods and Horus were locked in a strange stalemate.
The chaotic power of the four gods could not be infused into him, and Horus, in this chaotic state, was trapped on the Istvan III with almost all the members of the Shadowmoon Wolf Legion, unable to move.
As time went on, even with Horus's unwavering will, there was a day when he would not be able to hold on under the force of the four gods.
"We must immediately proceed to the Istvan III to rescue Horus!"
Emerging from the warp, Kasgar summarized what he had seen and said.
"Let's go back to Macurag first and gather the remaining loyalist legions to head to Istvan III together."
Casca suggested.
Horus is now in crisis, and for this reason, it is very likely that this Istvan III is the location where the Chaos Gods have carefully laid an ambush.
The purpose was to wait here and lure the warmasters who still controlled other legions of the Empire, namely Fugrim, to come and eliminate them.
As the Imperial Warmaster, the safest course of action for Fugrim at this moment was to lead the Blood Angels back to Macragge.
After resupplying locally, they then headed to Istvan III with Ultramarines, Blood Angels, and the Sons of the Emperor, as well as other loyalist legions that might arrive around this time.
With these large legions and a ruthless figure like Saint Gilles, even the ambushes that Chaos had arranged on the planet would not be able to defeat them.
Fortunately, what they have in abundance right now is manpower.
After reuniting with Guilliman and the others, if I'm not mistaken, the Lion King will be arriving in Macurag soon. I just don't know if there are any smugglers or anything like Koz in his cabin this time.
Although their presence wasn't strong, at this moment, with the combined forces of the Lion King, the Angels, and Guilliman, the Second Empire was mobilized. Even if all the rebels were present, they would only be able to barely manage.
"Quickly, inform the angels that we must return to Macurag as soon as possible!"
......
"The tunnel to Macurag has been opened, and the fleet of Sanguis has already entered."
"Alright, notify all fleet members to prepare for warp jump."
Fortunately, even in this extremely difficult time, we still have the Pharos beacon to guide the Imperial Fleet's direction.
Thinking of this, Casca, sailing in a subspace tunnel constructed of beacons, couldn't help but look out the porthole at the surging subspace turbulence.
Thanks to the existence of the beacon.
Even if the external subspace storms are huge, as long as the Pharos beacon doesn't overload—
Just then, Casca suddenly felt a very strong heart palpitation!
Could it be that...?
Psychic flames rose from Kasgar's body, and as his vision gradually opened, he saw the Pharos beacon in the distance, like a starlight.
However, the beacon did not seem as stable as before, but was flickering with extremely unusual fluctuations.
The Pharos beacon is flashing.
—It seems that Chaos saw that the beacon was able to gather a large number of loyalist legions together, so it thought that this was too much and could not continue, and thus launched an attack on the troops stationed in the area!
Although it is unknown whether it is the traitorous legion or the evil god's own demonic army, under the onslaught, the fall of the Pharos Beacon is only a matter of time.
They attempted to seize the Pharos Beacon and extinguish it, so that other loyalist legions could not be guided by its light to Macragge.
But obviously, Danteok would not simply hand over the beacon to these filthy beasts.
You filthy beast!
You want to steal our beacon? Not so easy!
Even if it means my death, I will not let the entire beacon fall into your hands!
The PHROS beacon is flashing more frequently.
The face of the Casca was ashen.
No...no!
No!!!
In this situation, only he knows what detonating the Pharos beacon truly means...
Perhaps to others, this overloading incident was just a minor incident.
But this unusual flash will serve as the anchor point for another colossal force in the future: the Tyranids' invasion of the galaxy!
Once they learn of the flickering light from outside the Milky Way, the insect swarm's tentacles will be drawn to it, leading them into the galaxy to continue their endless, insatiable journey.
At that time, everything that exists will be devoured by the swarm of insects!
No!
Danteok!!!
It's overloaded... If it's overloaded, it'll attract all the bugs!!!