Plague War: Degraded Khor!

Within the cold void.

A massive fleet composed of countless ships continued sailing toward Parmenion, a world of Ultramar.

And aboard the Pride of Macragge at the center of the fleet.

Rorschach, who had just removed his Vibranium Power Armor and handed it to a Tech Sergeant for maintenance.

Was speaking with Blood Raven Company Commander Gabriel and Shadow Company Commander Sulari.

They also gave Rorschach a detailed account of everything they had experienced since being separated from the fleet.

It could be said that after the two Company Commanders decided to head to Macragge and reunite with the Primarch.

Their fleet's experiences had been a mixture of good and bad.

The good news was that the Blood Ravens and Raven Guard had encountered the Torchbearer Fleet, which had been searching for them, on a Forging world.

The Blood Ravens had successfully obtained complete Firstborn manufacturing technology, along with roughly three companies' worth of Blood Raven Firstborn.

Aside from the Firstborn technology, the Raven Guard had also acquired five companies' worth of Vanguard Firstborn.

The so-called Vanguard were elite Firstborn Astartes units more adept at infiltration and ambushes.

This perfectly suited the Raven Guard's tactical doctrine.

Furthermore, thanks to the 22nd Legion's unspoken rule of treating all Astartes equally.

Both the Blood Ravens and Raven Guard smoothly integrated the Firstborn units without any trouble.

This not only meant that Rorschach's legion had gained Firstborn technology, but also greatly increased the strength of its Astartes.

However, the bad news that followed made Rorschach frown instinctively.

Unlike Rorschach and the others, who had been chased all over the place by the Hive Mind, the Blood Ravens and Raven Guard had encountered far more ramshackle Ork fleets.

It was precisely because of this that Gabriel and the others finally discovered why they had