Chapter 317 The Golden Son of the Past

Silence is sometimes a sign of cowardice, but most of the time, it is more of an accumulation of emotions and strength.

What will of the gods, what specific deals and compromises were the basis for the meeting between Horus' successor and the long-silent Primarch? No one knows except themselves and the destructive power of the warp.

But what can be sensed by the fallen mortals and legion warriors in the Eye of Terror is that this monster called the Black Legion has begun to revive and become active again from the last slumber after the revenge expedition against the Empire.

The Lords and Champions of Chaos began to summon their warriors and gather them one by one from the battlefields scattered throughout the Empire;

After stopping the irregular looting and wanton indulgence, the warships carrying the fallen Astartes began to gather in an orderly manner towards the direction of the Legion's flag under the strong suppression of the Chaos Lords.

This is the Warmaster calling them, and all they can do is respond to his call and dedicate their lives to his will.

After abandoning the truth of the Empire and the faith in the Emperor, the only motivation for these fallen Astartes to maintain their existence is revenge against the Empire.

As the most recognized and powerful person, Abaddon, the Black Warmaster elected by the Four Gods of Horus, is the most likely candidate to do this.

Responding to his orders, the Black Legion is reawakening;

The fallen Astartes are quietly changing, and they no longer act as scattered warbands under the banner of the Legion.

They are trying their best to rebuild the old combat organization according to their origins. Whether it is a camp, a battle group, or a war group, they are destined to no longer have the most important beliefs and disciplines of these organizations.

But the hatred for the Empire made these warriors unite under the banner of the Legion, and after restoring these organizations, they have effectively improved the upper limit of their combat capabilities.

"The era of the Primarch has ended, so the ghost called "Legion" may be destined not to return to this era that does not belong to it. "

This is what the black warmaster said, and it is a fact known to everyone.

But under the leadership of the hatred for the Empire and the absolute strong reputation of the Warmaster Abaddon, the Black Legion can still unite and continue to launch new wars against the Empire. This is also another fact.

The autumn wind starts from the slightest thing. At the outposts of Cadia and the battlefields on the front line, the soldiers and officers initially failed to understand the meaning of the changes in the enemy.

Because the dead cannot speak, and the number of destroyed outposts and planetary worlds that failed to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements is far from enough to attract more attention from the authorities of the Misty Star Region.

But in the eyes of some commanders with excellent war intuition, they have detected strange signals from the sudden increase in losses recently:

The commanders responsible for the joint with the Forge World Direction The Astra Militarum was the first unit to discover this anomaly.

They first received feedback from the surviving troops deployed by the Military Command at the outpost in the "Cadian Gate" area, and thus inferred the activity patterns of the Chaos Fleet.

Later, after the joint collection and recovery operation with the Forge World of the "data black box" buried in the defense system of the lost world, they had the opportunity to compare the remaining data.

Under the mutual support of these two pieces of information, the Mechanical Priests of the Forge World and the frontline officers of Cadia finally confirmed a reality that they dared not but had to believe:

The Chaos Legion has awakened again, and the target is unknown, but the specific performance is that in recent years, the enemies from the depths of the Eye of Terror are no longer limited to one or several Chaos Lords. The power of the warbands under their command.

They have more abundant troops than before, so that those worlds within the radiation range of the Eye of Terror can only maintain effective defense time shorter than planned after being attacked;

They have more powerful fleet organization and attached firepower, so that those star systems with fortress buildings can only leave a mess of ruins when the reinforcements of the Empire arrive.

But this is not the problem that is worrying. What is really worrying is the increasingly complete organization and attachment they have shown in subsequent actions.

These rebellious units that have been dormant or disappeared from the Empire's vision for hundreds of years have begun to follow the footsteps of the fallen Astartes warbands and appear in the raids on the Empire.

Among them are not only some gradually silent rebellions Members of the Mutant Legion, members of the Black Mechanicus, and even some fallen Titan Legions were found to be active again.

This is a completely different combat mode from the dormant Black Legion. This is not a warband, but a legion.

Others may not know, but their old rivals, the soldiers of the Cadian World, know it best.

The twelfth dark expedition? Such a judgment appeared in the mind of more than one officer on the front line.

It has been 400 years since the destruction of Reloria. While the Empire has been able to take a breather for hundreds of years, the enemy has also had time to accumulate strength.

And if the enemies of the Empire have been repaired and are preparing for new blood and fire, then what reason does the Empire have not to get the news as soon as possible and make more effective preparations?

The alarm on the front line was suddenly sounded, and the warning information sent to the star domain authorities filled every military communication channel leading to the Misty Star Domain authorities for a while;

And those scarlet warnings that almost endangered the Empire itself hundreds of years ago also appeared again in front of everyone in the Terra Senate.

The Empire's attention was drawn to the direction of the hazy star field for a while, because everyone knew that Cadia was the Empire's last line of defense in front of the Eye of Terror.

And in the distant Storm Segment Field that no one had noticed, a leading fleet of this huge "hunting operation" was already vaguely visible in the depths of the warp...

The topic returned to silence again, because the leader of this fleet was in this state at this time.

From the beginning of leaving the demon world Sicarius, to the meeting with the Warmaster, and even until he was informed of the mission and mission like a subordinate.

This special existence remained silent throughout the abnormal process, and expressed himself with a silent appearance.

Even in the face of Abaddon's almost undisguised contempt, no matter how excited the Word Bearers behind him were.

This tall and burly body ignored all interference from the outside world, just silently receiving all information, and refused to give any clear feedback.

The Word Bearers did not dare to question him, because if it were not for the intervention of the Warmaster, their Primarch should have been meditating in seclusion in the Temple of Despair, and they would not even want to see him.

The Warmaster representative of the accompanying fleet, the Astartes from the Alpha Legion, did not dare to overstep his authority. Because except for Abaddon himself, no one could and dared to ignore the sanctity of a Primarch.

He was like a black hole after his rebirth, greedily absorbing any information from the outside world, but refusing to give any response.

This was in stark contrast to his previous enthusiastic image. The Word Bearers speculated that this change came from the new vision he gained after being promoted to the Demon Primarch and the information he gained from the broader perspective.

The Primarch should have spent several centuries digesting and accepting this information and the changes it brought, but the existing itinerary had been interrupted by the Warmaster, and the Primarch could only slowly adapt to his own changes in silence.

At this time, Lorgar Aurelion stood quietly in the bedroom on his flagship, the Blessed Lady.

The leaders of the Legion tried to come to visit him, but they were all rejected without exception, even the First Priest of the Legion, and the leader of the dual politics of the Dark Council, Erebus, were not treated as an exception.

The dark apostles stood in the corridor outside the palace, whispering or communicating with each other with their eyes, until Erebus appeared at the end of the corridor.

Under the gaze of everyone, the First Priest of the Legion, wearing blood-red fine power armor, slowly scanned the whole scene, and then in the corridor that quickly quieted down and only the servo noise, he slowly spoke his instructions in his signature hoarse voice:

"Aurelian will not see anyone, including me. Then according to the established practice, the Legion will still assemble as planned. The heads of the war groups in the action plan will stay, and those who are not in the plan can leave the ship at the next node."

"Yes!" A group of high-ranking officers who hold the core power of the Legion whispered in response, and then walked to their respective positions according to their different identities in the action.

Some members headed for the unmanned and highly automated flight deck, ready to leave and return to Sicarius, waiting for the order from Kor Phaeron, another leader of the Dark Council who stayed behind;

The other members who stayed behind went to the conference hall at Erebus's signal to make routine preparations for the next possible battle.

The corridor outside the palace returned to silence again, and inside the palace, the tall Primarch was still meditating with his eyes closed, immersed in his own thoughts.

The huge body of the Blessed Lady quietly drove in the endless darkness of the warp, just as it came quietly from silence. After receiving a clear mission, it disappeared silently at the end of the Eye of Terror's vision.

Sorry for the long wait.

Thank you to everyone who waited for me, thank you.