Corax was not worthy to lead us.
The bridge of the Purgatory-class Battleship, Vicious Claw.
Nerath Kirin, Chapter Master of the Raven Guard's 18th Chapter, the Ashen Claws, glared furiously at the holographic image of the Steel Fortress at Gate No. 42.
"What else did Corax say?"
"Nothing. When Archon Canius relayed the order, he only told me that four thousand warriors of the Shadow of Order's 10th Battalion would provide support, and that you would contact their commander directly."
"Kirin, Corax did not even tell us in person. What else do you expect him to say?" the Terran-born company captain Irogebunan said with a sneer.
"Before he returned, The Emperor placed us under Horus's command. After he came back, he kept saying Horus was too cruel, and that we were his butcher's blade." Another Terran-born company captain shrugged.
"He never had any regard for us. But has any of us even seen him?"
"More than no regard. This time, he is using us as cannon fodder. Not a single man from Deliverance has been sent with us."
"He is taking the chance to purge us."
"..."
The Terran-born voiced their discontent loudly, their pent-up fury, the fury of being abandoned, pouring out.
"Enough!" Nerath shouted.
The roars of the Terran-born commanders gradually died down.
After the former Legion Master, Alkahas Phall, was exiled, Balthasar Quturi won Corax's favor and became Chief Librarian, then gradually grew distant from them.
The Terran-born had rallied of their own accord around Nerath, the highest-ranking among them, and when he spoke now, he suppressed the others' anger.
"More words are useless. Corax will not change his decision," Nerath said calmly to them.
"The key now is how to complete the mission and take Gate No. 42."
He opened the vox and gave an order