Ferrus, I'll Look After Your Sons for You, and I'll Deal with the King of Sapphires for You

In the Fourth Layer Space of the Kingdom of Disorder, Alastor Rorschach, captain of the Raven Guard's 89th Company, knelt amid the black mist and reported respectfully.

"Balthasar Quturi warned us when the traitors were three kilometers away. Most of the Raven Guard retreated with us."

"A total of 5,260 Raven Guard left with me."

Nimrod nodded slightly. He remembered that, originally, the loyalists had been subjected to concentrated traitor fire when they were only a hundred meters from the ambush.

Caught completely off guard, tens of thousands of loyalists had died beneath the barrage.

Now that Balthasar had issued an early warning, the number of survivors had greatly increased, and most of them had left with Balthasar.

"Fortunately, the fleets of the Sons of Horus, Emperor's Children, and World Eaters left the Isstvan system. The encircling force consists only of portions of the Word Bearers, Iron Warriors, Alpha, and Night Lords fleets."

Nimrod knew that Horus Lupercal had ordered those fleets to leave in advance, creating the illusion that they were replenishing supplies in order to present Ferrus Manus with what appeared to be a fleeting opportunity.

"The fleet centered around the Iron Fist unleashed the fury of vengeance upon the traitor fleet."

"Following Your command, I guided most of the ships to leave with me."

"This included 1,980 Salamanders led by Cassian Vaughn."

Hearing Cassian's name, Nimrod could not help sighing at the coincidence of fate.

Before Vulkan's return, he had once commanded the 18th Legion under the orders of The Old Man in Yellow.

Cassian's fate had changed as a result, and he had not died in the Battle of Taras.

However, he had also lost Iron Dragon, the unique Dreadnought personally forged by Vulkan.

In Nimrod's memories, Cassian had even relied on Iron Dragon to withstand