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With the combined efforts of these dozens of warbands, the Great Whirlpool was quickly swept away—except for the pirate fleet that had followed Casca and received protection beforehand, all the filth that had originally occupied the place was wiped out.
After Luo Jia fled in panic to the subspace, the entire Great Vortex was left with only a chaotic void devoid of any will to fight. Even though this place was enough to harbor filth and depravity, the resistance of the remaining remnants was futile against the countless human imperial fleets armed with the Extinction Order's firepower.
No demon world could escape the firepower of the human empire's fleet.
For these demons, aliens, cultists, and Chaos Space Marine scum, artillery ammunition was indiscriminately dropped on every demon planet they swept through, as if it were free.
In the end, all the remaining chaotic and alien pirate forces in the vortex were wiped out.
Both parties fulfilled their promises as they were.
However, the Badab galaxy was not peaceful during those few short months.
Shortly after the two sides signed the ceasefire agreement, the Minotaur Chapter arrived in the Pale System at the High Lord's request and launched a carpet bombing and purge of the planets that were originally under Huron's control, eliminating a large number of "traitors" on the planets.
Fortunately, Judge Ferrein arrived in time and, acting as a special envoy of the Inquisition based on the Emperor's oracle, stopped the continued massacre.
Meanwhile, in the Endymion Sector, the Manhunter Chapter was also stopped in Kasgar, preventing them from plundering the territory of the Mantis Warriors Chapter in almost the same way, thus maintaining this fragile balance.
Despite the Highlords' interference from the rear, neither the Manhunter nor the Minotaur Chapter ultimately succeeded in disrupting the peace talks.
The suppression of the rebellion by Badab was ultimately successful and ended peacefully.
As for the various problems that arose along the way, the final solution was quite simple—
It's all blamed on that guy, Jerome Serkis.
If Judge Ferrein had even the slightest bit of leniency, he could never have become the Imperial Court's special envoy.
Thus, the tyrant Badab will once again pledge his loyalty to the human empire.
......
"Actually, after the matter in the Sadness Galaxy is resolved, you can leave Badab and take our ship to Chemos."
Standing on the main bridge of the Red Scorpion battle barge, Otis spoke to Casgar.
Kaska could have traveled to the Emperor's home planet, Chemos, aboard Red Scorpion's ship after meeting him.
Instead of insisting on successfully resolving the Badab war for them.
Even if Huron is ungrateful and ultimately chooses to betray, the Imperium of Man still has an endless number of Astartes Chapters that can replace him as the new Guardians of Badab, more loyal and more obedient.
"Huron is not an innocent guy; there are countless people who could replace him."
“You’re right, Otis.”
Casca looked at the brilliant starry sky outside the bridge and replied.
"It's easy to blame him for his own greed and ambition, but it's difficult to ensure that the empire will never see another Badab tyrant again."
The human empire can kill or convict countless unruly and ambitious individuals like Huron.
But humanity's drive for progress will never die, even if the human empire is no longer willing to go any further in the direction it should have taken... In this world, countless people will continue to advance in the same direction.
"A spirit of enterprise is the cornerstone of human empires."
"I am ready and will be heading to Chemos soon."
Casca turned his head with a smile. With the help of his lieutenant Titus and a ragtag army of pirates, along with the combat barge he had captured earlier and the supplies provided by Red Scorpion, they were actually starting to look quite formidable.
A spirit of enterprise is the cornerstone of human empires...
Otis sighed.
His face, beneath his gray hair, seemed to have aged even more.
"What a pity, a hero from ten thousand years ago."
"The current emperor's son... may disappoint you."
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I'll probably be this busy in the future, and it will be difficult to increase the update frequency. I'm really sorry everyone.
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Chapter 229 Under the Twilight of Chemos
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Kasgo Sector.
Casca and his fleet had just set sail for Chemos shortly afterward.
Walking quickly inside the battle barge, Tybalus, the leader of the Shark Squadron, moved swiftly.
Not long ago, the material exchange agreement signed by the leader of the Man-Eating Shark Squad and the leader of the Red Scorpion Squad was fulfilled.
The Red Scorpion Chapter happens to be quite interested in the ancient artifacts in the Maneater's warehouse, and this also paves the way for Casgar's future return to Holy Terra. They also eliminate a key henchman of the Highlord.
Both parties take what they need.
Under Otis's arrangement, the first batch of supplies transport fleet had already sailed from the Red Scorpion Chapter to the vicinity of the Man-Eating Shark's battle barge, waiting for the other side to count and receive them.
That's enough. Just leave it here. You can leave now.
Man-eating sharks rarely communicate with each other; they can often discern each other's intentions through a slight movement.
The Space Marine silently placed a series of protocol documents on the table, then quickly walked out of the room.
They even closed the door.
...Finally, they're gone.
Now there's no one around.
There's really no one here now!
Tiberius shook his head left and right again to look at the documents, then excitedly picked them up and waved them around.
Wuhu!
Dinner's almost ready, guys!
The man-eating shark has never, ever received such generous compensation so easily.
Of course, Tiberius also knew that this respect and bribery were inseparable from the power of their man-eating sharks and the successive sacrifices of the space sharks.
But the sudden transformation from extreme poverty to having everything he could ever want was enough to make him excitedly raise his arms and shout.
No combat comrades were injured or killed, no damage control was achieved, and no resources were consumed!
They, the Man-Eating Sharks, received combat subsidies they could never have imagined before after participating in just a few negotiations with the loyalists!
Playing the jungle yourself is nowhere near as efficient as begging for food.
This is the transport ship's supply list... this is the discussion list for material aid, and this is the future trade agreement between the Man-Eating Shark and the Red Scorpion Relic...
And this—
"This is......"
That was a record of the Badab War.
The inscription records the events when the Red Scorpion Chapter and the Mantis Warriors Chapter were ambushed by the Primarch Loka, a traitor who vanished ten thousand years ago, in an abandoned space station in the Sorrow Galaxy. It details the existence of those who truly rescued them.
It was a mysterious, ghostly figure that never revealed its true form—Otis could only see it shredding any chaotic dregs that dared to approach it as it moved swiftly and agilely.
"His body transformed into a dark cloud formed by millions of ravens, accompanied by the cawing of the crows that could silence all things, and millions of pairs of gleaming claws and sharp beaks coalesced into a storm that reached the heavens and touched the earth, playing a harmonious symphony..."
Splash!
At that moment, all the parchment scrolls in Tiberius's hands fell to the ground.
"Void...Void Father...?"
.......
Fugrim has disappeared.
Throughout these ten thousand years, even the Emperor's son and his offspring have been constantly searching for their genetic prototypes.
But they still came up empty-handed.
This was the answer Casgar received after meeting Otis, the Chapter Master of the Red Scorpion.
The psionic teleport from Coz transported Casca to the Eisenstein, and the ship eventually carried him, who was about to explode, to safety in the storm-swept Eastfan system.
However, the other two Primarchs involved in the battle—the critically injured and unconscious Feluse and Fugrim beside Kasgar—disappeared without a trace during that fight.
No one knows where they went, and no one knows where they are now.
On the entire Istvan III, only Horus, who was in a state of chaos, remained—given his strength, it was impossible for any of the remaining sons of the emperor to leave alive.
But Horus seems to have gone completely mad: he keeps shouting the Emperor's name during the battle, and when he realizes that clearing out the remnants of the Emperor's sons on this planet will take a lot of time and seriously hinder his return to Holy Terra to meet the Emperor,
Therefore, Horus, impatient, ordered the cannons of the Vengeful Spirits to once again be aimed at the Chorus City, which had been almost reduced to ruins by the heavy bombardment, after returning to his own flagship.
The towering barrage of artillery fire transformed the planet's surface into an absolute hellscape.
Fortunately, most of the princes who were hiding underground and the last Shadowmoon Wolf, Loken, survived and received assistance from the Ranger Knights who arrived later.
At that time, the Sons of the Emperor's Legion numbered less than a hundred, and with the disappearance of the Primarch, the entire legion was on the verge of extinction.
Therefore, even after ten thousand years, compared to other founding groups, the number of the Emperor's Sons and their subgroups has always remained relatively scarce.
"For ten thousand years, we have never given up our mission to find Primarch Vograim, nor have we ever tried to awaken you."
Otis said with a somber expression.
The good news is that, as offspring of the Gene, they can sense that the Primarch is still alive and has not been corrupted by the power of Chaos.
This is already a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
"In truth, it's as if we're under some kind of curse, as the remaining loyal Primarchs of the Empire are leaving us one by one."
Just like the remaining eight Loyalist founding members who have been searching for the Primarch, but for one reason or another the Primarch cannot return.
......
clue.
Kasgar needs a clue to find Fugrim.
His personal desire to find Fugrim was secondary; the main reason was Fugrim's status as an Imperial Warmaster who had once bravely fought against traitors.
If Fugrim can be brought back, with his near-unparalleled honor and power, and his charm comparable to that of angels... Kasgar's return to Holy Terra will face no obstacles.
Yes, that's right.
That's it.
Compared to the grand undertaking of saving the entire galaxy that he needs to accomplish now, not being able to see Fugrim for the time being is really... just a problem that can be overcome.
With the entire human world beset by internal and external troubles, how could Kasgar, as the only being who can save the Empire ten thousand years from now, possibly abandon all of humanity in the galaxy and wander around like a headless fly trying to find even a trace of a clue from Fugrim?
Warp spacetime does not exist. According to Otis, the leader of the Red Scorpion Chapter, since the entire human empire has had no clue about Fugrim for ten thousand years, it is very likely that she was teleported to a more distant future by Koz.
It's no use being anxious now...
That's right, we can't rush it...
Although Kasgar really wants to bring back Fugrim, he now has to take it one step at a time.
If a Child of God, or Primarch, could appear alongside Casca to completely suppress the High Lords' rebellion, his chances of success would be greatly increased.
Whether it's finding clues about Fugrim or rebuilding the Emperor's Sons army, Kasgar needs to return to Chemoth, the Emperor's Sons' homeworld, and go back again.
But Casca doesn't have high hopes for this.
Clues from ten thousand years ago... are mostly known only to Koz himself, who performed the psionic teleportation.
Since the psionic teleportation was able to send him to the Eisenstein, Koz might actually know Vograim's whereabouts.
The problem is—Koz has also disappeared.
Like Fugrim, this guy disappeared without a trace after the Battle of Istvan III.
Even if there are no clues in the end, his weapons and equipment from ancient times are still in this fortress monastery.