Conquer Mordian

Samir chose several squares in the center of the Mordian capital as his rallying points, where his elite Warrior gathered.

The First Company Captain deduced that the Four Emperors would be gathering their forces there.

To prove himself more suitable Bukayo as Chapter Master, Samir decides to personally lead the team to kill the Four Emperors.

The iron will and solid defenses of the Mordian mentioned in the Chapter briefing were nothing to the First Company Captain commander.

Samir believed that he and his Warrior could defeat the Mordian.

Even if it comes at a certain cost, it's worth it.

Before stepping into the Drop Pod, the First Company Captain shut down the Chapter's command channel and issued orders through the company's command channel.

"Action! Decapitate the target, one of Mordian's Four Emperors!"

The black Drop Pod, trailing a blinding light, plummeted rapidly toward Vanandra.

The defense system of the Mordian capital was operating at full capacity, with missiles and rockets soaring into the sky and anti-aircraft artillery roaring to intercept the blinding meteors falling from the heavens.

Boom!

The Drop Pod fell at an extremely high speed, making it difficult for the Mordian's anti-aircraft fire to hit it.

The capital's air defense commander immediately adjusted his strategy, launching a concentrated attack while simultaneously initiating a blanket attack on several targets.

The first Drop Pod was hit simultaneously by several anti-aircraft missiles, tearing a small squad's Shadow of Order to shreds.

Above the orbit, the Dark Lord witnessed three Drop Pod being destroyed during their descent.

His dark eyes blazed with furious fire. The Mordian capital was heavily fortified with air defenses; it would be foolish to airdrop into Vanandra, and even more foolish to attack the fortifications.

Sensing his anger, even his Brainy Cat tensed up.

Bukayo picked up the Communicator on the command console and asked in a cold voice over the command channel.

"Samir, you dare to act without my permission before I have even given the order."

He was met with silence on the communication channel, Bukayo slammed the Communicator back on.

The Dark Lord quickly calmed down from his anger and began to think of a solution.

His battle plan was disrupted by the First Company Captain's deliberate advance action, and a new strategy had to be devised.

Bukayo decided to take advantage of Samir's surprise attack to launch a new offensive.

Battlefield data surged through his mind: enemy firepower deployments captured by the Scanner Array, the combat capabilities of the First Company, the offensive posture of the surrounding Pyramid...

The Brainy Cat accelerated his analysis of the battle situation, and after synthesizing the information, the Dark Lord issued orders.

"The Second Company and 4th Company immediately launched an attack on Vanandra to draw the defenders' fire."

The Dark Lord led his personal guard toward the Drop Pod. Even though Samir foolishly launched the attack, he was still a powerful Warrior.

His First Company will surely inflict heavy losses on the enemy, Bukayo will take advantage of the opportunity he creates, while the other four companies will be tasked with drawing the attention of the defenders.

Samir landed on the ground and found himself trapped in a defensive sea of troops.

The Mordian relied on constructing a three-dimensional defensive fortification system. Snipers in the towers fired with precision from their elevated positions, Bastion guards unleashed a barrage of bullets, and enemy troops launched treacherous sneak attacks from the bunkers...

They divided the battlefield into separate units, preventing the First Company's squads from regrouping.

Red lasers shot out from the Mordian soldiers' fortress, a horizontal downpour of crimson rain that left no room for the Shadow of Order.

When Samir found the guards in another drop pod, they had already been hit four times, in the greaves, leg armor, breastplate, and helmet.

The First Company Captain was relieved that the beam of light hadn't hit his Eyepiece, and he immediately raised his Bolt Pistol and fired at the enemy.

One of the Mordian was hit, and the huge impact sent him spinning in place.

Samir crashed into a bunker, bullets ricocheting off his layers of armor, his Chainaxe roaring, each strike a deadly, impeccable attack.

The First Company Captain discovered that the Mordian's attacks were no match for the power of the Astartes, but they were not defeated by the Black Armor Warrior's fierce attacks; they relied on their fortifications to put up a tenacious resistance.

The immense sacrifices of the Mordian paid off, with his guards falling one by one.

Samir was surprised to find that three Astartes had been killed in the two squads.

[The Primarch' choice of Mordian as the recruitment world for the Third Legion was indeed insightful.]

Bukayo's reluctance to engage in urban warfare is understandable.

Although the First Company Captain Shock, he had no way out. He had to defy the Chapter Master's orders and seize the opportunity to prove himself.

Samir spoke into the company's command channel, "Report target location."

The First Company Captain immediately noticed two marked runes lighting up on his tactical helmet, one from his adjutant and the other from the assault squad leader.

Samir discovered that the two targets were 2.5 kilometers and 3.6 kilometers away from him, respectively.

The company First Company Captain rushed toward the rune-marked target, gathering eight squads totaling seventy-one Astartes along the way to launch a decapitation strike.

Standing between Samir and the target were Mordian Warrior in blue uniforms, using their bodies as shields to block the black-armored Warrior's charge.

But the Astartes, assembled by the First Company Captain and his adjutant, numbered over a hundred, and once they charged, nothing could stop the Super Warrior.

Samir led the charge, serving as the spearhead in the fight against the enemy, while the rest of the Astartes formed the blade of the Spear.

The First Company Captain commander led his troops in a brutal assault, breaking through the enemy's lines. Blood and flesh splattered onto his helmet, but he tried his best to suppress his bloodthirsty urge to kill.

Samir led two squads of guards into the Pyramid- shaped tower, leaving the other squads to guard the retreat route.

His guards provided cover as he strode forward, blocking any enemies who tried to surround him.

The First Company Captain climbed to the top of the Pyramid structure and saw the target dressed in magnificent blue armor.

Samir knew that it was one of the Four Emperors, and he temporarily named his target the Sea Emperor, even though Mordian didn't have a sea.

But that doesn't matter, because he'll soon become a corpse.

The Chainaxe spun and roared, shredding the guards blocking its path.

The First Company Captain heard the Sea Emperor roar angrily in a voice filled with hatred.

He could vaguely make out the meaning of some of the words: "... we... will die together..."

Samir sensed something was wrong. He saw Sea Emperor raise his left hand and press the button on the detonator.

The entire Pyramid shook and collapsed like a landslide, with rubble and debris pouring down. The First Company Captain struggled to maintain the balance.

Samir shouted "Run!" and then scrambled across the collapsing Pyramid, leaping to grab a relatively stable edge.

As the First Company Captain tumbled to the ground, he saw several black-armored Warrior crushed into the rubble.

Samir's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, his suppressed bloodlust erupting. He saw a red-clad army and strode towards them.

Emperor Mordian, clad in red armor, raised his finely crafted Lasgun and fired a blazing beam at the black-armored Warrior.

The laser pierced through the Eyepiece and then entered the right eye of First Company Captain.

Witnessing Samir's body crash to the ground, Bukayo a mix of emotions: relief at no longer having to worry about his unruly subordinates, but also a touch of sadness at the death of his comrade-in-arms.

The Dark Lord's eyes flashed, and the Brainy Cat's eyes, which were mostly black, flickered simultaneously, causing invisible ripples to spread.

The entire battlefield seemed to be pulled by threads, paused for a moment by the Brainy Cat's "Freeze Time".

The "Midnight Poet" raised his Bolter and fired a bomb at the red-robed emperor.

As the invisible ripples disappeared and time slowly jumped to the next second, the explosion tore apart the red-clad emperor's head and neck.

Bukayo strode up to a member of the First Company Guard who was struggling to his feet from the rubble and was Paralysis with painkillers, and shouted at him.

"Oleksandr, he is a knight who serves the Monarch."

"Following the orders of the Primarch, he will temporarily serve as the First Company Captain."

A moment later, Bukayo finally brought the First Company back under his command.

Samir's reckless and ambitious attack disrupted the defenses of Mordian.

The casualties at Astartes resulted in hundreds or even thousands of times more deaths among the Mordian.

Bukayo launched two decapitation strikes, ending the era of the Four Emperors under Mordian.

Transport ships from the Cradle of the Sea then arrived, and for the first time in thousands of years, the Mordian were no longer worried about food shortages.

As the Dark Lord re-established order and began selecting and recruiting children of school age, Nimrod's fleet arrived in the Fenris System.