Seal the Webway, Here I Come

Webway.

Miracle City Karasta.

After acquiring the new spears and using them to gradually establish a foothold in the Webway branches outside the city, blocking all Webway entrances leading to the city, and achieving good results.

Khorne couldn't get close, Nurgle couldn't even move, and Slaanesh was incredibly fragile.

They could only stare at the spear formation of the Adeptus Custodes and the Sisters of Silence, bewildered.

As for the other Chaos Undivided Demons, apart from Draconian, who could single-handedly storm into the Webway and force the Adeptus Custodes to risk their lives to stop his advance, these ragtag troops could only be described as cannon fodder.

So, where are the people?

Why hasn't the Tzeentch army, which those demons have been waiting for so long, attacked the gates of the Webway?

It was Tzeentch's primary concern from the very beginning that the plan to break the Webway was to be broken. After learning of the Accursed' ridiculous plan, it was He who devised 999 countermeasures in the Empyrean with His infinite time and chose the most likely path of change to implement.

He himself was also delighted by all the changes in the world.

It's like a chess player who is already invincible, once again facing a game that can make Him think.

But where are the people?

Tzeentch, you scoundrel!

Faced with the Adeptus Custodes Guards who were almost pushed back to the Webway, the demon army was once again on the verge of infighting.

Tzeentch and his demonic army never arrived.

Without their magic, facing the monstrous numerical monsters of the Adeptus Custodes and the Sisters of Silence with their unreasonable long-range attacks, plus the Adeptus Mechanicus with its constant stream of advanced technology, the demons were on the verge of being pushed back into the Webway.

Especially the Khorne the Second, who was good for nothing except close combat, and whose only weapon was a magic cannon that could shoot skulls, these warlike demons could only howl.

It's so frustrating.

Why haven't Tzeentch's demonic armies arrived yet?

That damn Blue-feathered Bird!

It may sound a little strange, but the battle really does seem to be moving in a positive direction.

Back then, with the help of the massive rift in the Webway opened by Magnus's all-out attack, the four Dark Gods attacked the Webway city together.

Although it sounds like they have a large army and plenty of personnel, and it seems like no one can stop them from invading the real world.

But it was precisely under Ra's leadership, and with the support of the Sisters of Silence, the Missionaries Adeptus Mechanicus, the Titan Cult, and many other legions and the Adeptus Custodes Guard, that they managed to hold out in this Miracle City for more than five years before the Emperor himself joined the battle.

By constructing defensive fortifications, behind the defensive zone, Adeptus Mechanicus workers are repairing damaged sections of the tunnel and sealing cracks to prevent more demons from entering the Webway. Before the blockade line, the Adeptus Custodes and nuns launched a lightning-fast counterattack to maintain the number of demons in the Webway, preventing them from truly gathering and storming Terra together.

If things had proceeded as originally planned, the Adeptus Custodes Guard would have been reduced by 90% during this five-year-long battle, and the Sisters of Silence would have suffered immense losses, never to recover. The Titan Legion would have been almost entirely wiped out. Two of the Adeptus Custodes's three commanders were killed, leaving only La Endymion to continue as commander.

Even so, they were able to hold on for five years.

Now, because the damage Lorgar inflicted on the Webway is far less than Magnus's full-force attack, the number of demons that can squeeze into the Webway through the rifts will be greatly reduced.

With the loss of Tzeentch's demon army and the Adeptus Custodes's significant upgrade in firepower, coupled with the Custodian Army's improved weaponry, the situation became much more challenging.

Due to a combination of factors, although the demons' offensive was fierce, the Adeptus Custodes and the Adeptus Mechanicus were not entirely unable to cope.

With the new spears in hand, the Adeptus Custodes, having seized the initiative on the battlefield, actually pushed the battle line hard towards the enemy's position.

"My lord, if we can keep going, perhaps one day we will be able to drive the demon out!"

After the Webway was shattered and the Emperor was forced to sit on the Golden Throne, the Adeptus Custodes guards and tribunals, Ra, once again felt a glimmer of hope.

At this time, Tzeentch's desire for Magnus forced him to devote a great deal of resources and energy to how to break Magnus out of prison, rather than to the most crucial matter, the War of the Webway, which could determine the fate of humanity.

In other words, it doesn't matter how many Primarch rebel outside, because the power of the Four Gods' blessing is limited and can only be applied to one.

But the outcome of War of the Webway can truly determine the future fate of humanity.

This only made the allied forces of the other three factions even more hostile to the absence of Tzeentch.

Ra couldn't believe what she was seeing, and neither could the Emperor —after the Webway rift shattered, almost everyone instinctively assumed it was the end of humanity, that an endless army of demons would invade the human world through the Webway, and that Terra would never know peace again.

But it seems that the valiant Imperial Talons successfully resisted the demonic alliance that was about to fall into infighting, gradually driving them out of the rifts in the Webway, leaving none behind.

The alliance of the Dark Gods was already very weak.

Khorne is hostile to Slaanesh and Tzeentch, and Tzeentch's function is opposite to that of Nurgle; they also dislike each other.

Even demons eventually tire, but the Adeptus Custodes will never give up!

"Brothers and sisters! For the Emperor! We will use his blessed spear to drive the demons out of the Webway!"

Although the Emperor himself emphasized that the Extending Spear was not his design, Ra knew that this was certainly just the Emperor's humble statement.

Who, besides Emperor, could possess such insightful wisdom?

"For the Emperor!"

"For the Emperor!"

"For the Emperor! For humanity!"

(Quiet and powerful Sisters of Silence's sign language)

The cries of the Adeptus Custodes echoed across this Miracle City that transcends time and space; hope is humanity's most powerful elixir.

With even greater momentum than when they first joined the War of the Webway, the Adeptus Custodes once again threw themselves into the defense of the Webway with unwavering fighting spirit.

They felt the Emperor's Radiance shining upon every combatant on the battlefield, and even the Webway maintenance workers were freed from their long-standing fatigue and were able to throw themselves back into the great cause.

They will succeed.

They must succeed!

This is humanity's last hope—there is only one path to victory in this war!

The road ahead may be winding and difficult, but the great Master of Mankind is with each and every one of them at this moment!

Amidst shouts of "Never give up!", the other two Adeptus Custodes commanders, Kadai and Jazak, placed their hands on Ra's shoulders.

The three commanders and three Adeptus Custodes exchanged glances, nodded slightly, and then rushed out of the Miracle City in different directions.

Victory is within reach.

He encouraged himself, and aboard the Adeptus Custodes's troop carrier, he seemed to be able to see the Radiance future of human victory.

They were so valiant that even the great the God-Emperor of Mankind marveled at the great feat they had accomplished—the demons were officially banished from the Webway. As the restoration work progressed and was finally completed, the great the God-Emperor of Mankind stepped down from the Golden Throne and embraced the Adeptus Custodes who had dedicated themselves to it for decades, hundreds, and even thousands of years, discussing philosophy and ideals.

Just like before.

This is the dream of the Adeptus Custodes, and also the dream designed by the Master of Mankind at the beginning of the Webway Project.

But that still seems out of reach.

Just as he was about to arrive at the front line of the Webway with a new batch of supplies, La saw something that he feared most at that moment.

A vast horde of Tzeentch Daemon, accompanied by their shrieks and burning Psychic Flame, arrived, carrying with them evil sorcery.

What made it even more despairing was that familiar figure standing behind all the Tzeentch Daemon.

Red Demon, the Magnus.

"Number 15! What are you doing here?!"

"Why did you betray humanity, betray the Emperor!"

In the end, Tzeentch succeeded in carrying out his plan.

Despite paying a heavy price with the minions of Chaos, reducing the number of pieces He could manipulate in the threads of His future and destiny by a significant amount, enough to cause Him heartache.

But that's alright, the gains from this trip are equally worth celebrating—

Persuaded by the traitorous Thousand Sons Legion and the Imperial Two-Headed Eagle, and considering the overall interests.

After countless days and nights of contemplation within the tower of the other's Crystal Labyrinth, Magnus, ultimately drawn by the boundless knowledge, chose the other.

(Don't ask why there's only knowledge and no wisdom, because Tzeentch couldn't give Magnus wisdom.)

Magnus has chosen to join the cause of the Lord of Change, and in retaliation for the False Emperor's imprisonment, dismantling, and prohibition of Psychic Power research, he will lead the Thousand Sons, Space Marine who have escaped from various Legions, and countless Tzeentch Daemons to launch an attack on the Emperor's Webway.

Perhaps he felt a long time had passed, but in order to bring the Magic Pony to fight in the War of the Webway, in the Warp where there is no concept of time, under the control of the Lord of Change, all his transformations and advancements would be completed at this moment.

There's no other way; if we don't hurry, royal elves might really emerge from under the Bronze Throne!

Even though Tzeentch disliked Khorne, there wasn't much room for infighting at this point.

Now, with Magnus possessing Psychic Power, the tide of battle will turn back in favor of the demonic alliance, especially against the Adeptus Custodes, who are completely devoid of Psychic Power.

Just as He had predicted, after Magnus joined the battle, the Adeptus Custodes's original advantage of long reach was once again shattered by the enemy's Psychic Power magic.

When confronted with Ra's questioning, Magnus did not answer, but instead continued to fire a barrage of Psychic Power arrows.

On this vast battlefield of the Webway, every time Magnus unleashed a powerful spell, swathes of the Adeptus Custodes would fall or be reduced to dust before his near-infinite power.

The terrifying power of an Ascended Primarch is far beyond Adeptus Custodes stationed here can withstand.

Even with the Sisters of Silence helping to weaken the opponent's Psychic Power attacks, the Blank' ability to suppress Psychic Power energy is never absolute.

Each shot of the Daemon Primarch's abundant Psychic Power claimed the lives of more Sisters of Silence.

Although the final damage was indeed reduced, it was only a difference in the number of kills.

They couldn't stop Magnus.

As Magnus watched his father's loyal servants fall before his power, a surge of vengeful pleasure welled up within him.

To guard against him, the Emperor initially restricted his research and controlled his power based on the assumption that only he would break through the Webway in the future.

Because of this Webway Project, Prospero was reduced to ashes and the Thousand Sons Legion was completely disbanded!

And what was the result?

Didn't they all get wiped out by Lorgar in one fell swoop?

He himself could only remain motionless on the Golden Throne in agony, never able to step down.

Ha ha!

So you've finally met your match!

However, there is one thing he will never know.

In fact, part of the reason Tzeentch arranged for him to be involved in the War of the Webway in advance was to see how the two sides would meet again when the Emperor came down in person.

On the other hand, Magnus's arrangement was also to lure the Emperor into fighting personally, so that while completing the withdrawal from the Webway, he could also admit the ultimate failure of his Webway Project.

As long as the Emperor's Webway Project remains unresolved, the Dark Gods will never be truly at ease.

Especially with the sudden changes, humanity actually seems to have a tendency to overshadow His plans and complete this project under the intertwining of countless threads of fate!

That's right!

At this very moment, at this the Accursed are about to arrive!

That is

Deep green ships, warships from humanity, appeared beyond these ancient, Xenos creations.

"That is..." Finally, someone recognized the shape of the warship that was beyond the reach of spatial perception in the distance, and the legion it belonged to. "That's Salamanders, it's the Vulkan, warship number eighteen!"

He brought with him an unharmed, fully armed army of over 100,000 Salamanders, along with the Burning Hand and the Seven Hammers Charm.

The Lord of the Fire Dragons has returned from the depths of the Webway.

The plan for the Horus Heresy was too hasty.

Or rather, this was a forced rebellion that had to be carried out after the potential influence of the Chaos Gods in their legions was eliminated.

There's no time left for them to plan and operate.

Despite the ugly outcome, the Dark Gods had to at this point either elevate the Emperor to the Dark King or imprison him forever on the Golden Throne.

Otherwise, the entire Milky Way galaxy would fall under human domination.

This is their last chance.

In other words, if Horus Heresy doesn't break out now, the Warhammer World could truly transform from a cesspool into a beautiful, harmonious, and loving world.

Therefore, even if the rebellion is somewhat forced, they still have to carry out their pre-arranged rebellion plan within this short period of time.

Time is tight and the task is heavy.

With the War of the Webway and the legion civil war taking place simultaneously, it's inevitable that some areas will be overlooked.

The Dark Gods did not fail in their scheme.

But even if they buried themselves deep enough, they couldn't stop Kasgar from revealing the secrets from his mysterious power of revealing plot points from a higher dimension, since he had seen the script.

The only one who can rival him is the God of Deception.

The latter can use the vast and boundless spacetime dimensions of the Warp to force a portion of the Primarch within it to serve its purposes, even if the other party is a mortal (as it is at this time).

But what about all those Loyalist Primarch, and the Primarch who, while having some doubts about the Great Crusade, were only slightly shaken?

No solution.

They had no choice but to resort to the crudest and most foolish method, demanding that Lorgar immediately use the souls sacrificed on Calth to summon a raging Warp Storm, separating the legions of several loyalists so that they could not support each other.

And that is why the tragedy on Istvaan V was not repeated. Salamanders and Raven Guard were able to lead fully-organized legions to aid other regions under attack by traitors when the Warp Storm subsided.

As for Vulkan

He also received a direct invitation from Eldrad Aeldari Farseer —who, through the Webway device on Nocturne, instructed his legions to return to Terra via the Webway.

"Block the Webway, come on!" (X)

Calth.

The final showdown for Calth did not turn out as everyone expected, with Guilliman and Lorgar facing off in a battle between their brothers.

In the end, one Primarch lost the duel in disgrace, while the other, after seeing Alpha leave, slunk away with the Legion, showing absolutely no demeanor befitting Legion Primarch.

After all, Alpha left and the Emperor's Children came. The previous situation of two against one between them has now become two against one between the Emperor's Children Ultramarines!

Can we fight this? No way!

Let's get out of here!

Clown.

It's quite rare for two Primarch to be able to embarrass themselves simultaneously during the battle between Guilliman and Lorgar, two such disgraceful individuals.

The Battle of the Kaus ended with Primarch losing face.

Most of the Word Bearers still on Calth were crushed by the Ultramarines, who were in a state of extreme rage. The remaining few Word Bearers, seeing the situation was not good, fled with Lorgar into the distant void. Many of them were also shot down by the Ultramarines and the Sons of the Emperor's fleet.

After this one battle, the Ultramarines were indeed severely weakened, but the Word Bearers were not much better off.

Many of the Word Bearers' Space Marine followed the true Legion Commander Angell Tai and chose loyalty, and even fewer of the few Word Bearers under the Lorgar's command were able to escape in this battle.

Originally one of the largest legions, the Word Bearers will be unable to fight again during the Horus Heresy after this one battle.

And the flagship that the Word Bearers used to escape.

The Law of Faith was severely damaged by the Ultramarines' frenzied counterattack. Judging from the extent of the damage to the hull, it was no less severe than the Glory of Macragge, whose main bridge was blown off.

Without several years of repairs, it probably won't be able to be deployed in actual combat.

As for the other Gloriana-class Battleship, it was under the command of the Sons of the Emperor in Fulgrim, who, together with the Ultramarines, boarded and ultimately captured the warship named History of Ashes.

"Thank you for your support, Great Imperium Warmaster Fulgrim."

"Without your help and the help of your loyal Sons of the Emperor, I cannot even imagine the final outcome of this battle."

"Alpha's actions are too bizarre and unpredictable. I did not expect that he would also stand with the forces of destruction."

After receiving treatment and rehabilitation from the Apothecary and the sage of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Guilliman struggled to his feet and bowed slowly to Fulgrim in front of the airfield that Calth had just finished repairing.

Guilliman's complexion was still somewhat poor.

It's unclear whether it was because the losses suffered by the Ultramarines exceeded his expectations.

The Ultramarines suffered unpredictable losses; not only were numerous planets attacked by the Word Bearers, but civilian populations were also sacrificed through blasphemous rituals. In terms of war resources, the Macragge's Honour suffered the most severe damage.

The casualties at Astartes numbered around 100,000.

Nevertheless, their current Legiones Astartes will soon be able to replenish its numbers to over 200,000.

Although I don't know why, it's still 200,000.

"It's a pleasure to see my brother during this storm that's sweeping the world," Fulgrim exclaimed. "Guilliman, do you have any news of the others? Did they come here today?"

As for the Primarch, there isn't one.

However, because the Pharos Beacon will emit a light similar to Astronomican in the Warp, a large number of transport ships and caravans will be attracted to Macragge during the storm, including some people who know the current situation of the various legions.

"When the Warp Storm occurred, each legion was on its own expeditionary mission, and thus may have been divided into several small areas that could not communicate with each other."

"Especially people like Angron."

As the Great Crusade was nearing its end, the remaining unrecovered territories were located in extremely remote parts of the Imperium.

Like the Damocles Gulf, those places are already difficult to reach, and the influence of Warp Storm will further exacerbate the Imperium 'Primarch split-off mentality.

"It is very likely that many Primarch already harbored resentment towards the Imperium will break away from Imperium and choose to establish their own independent entities."

Very few were mixed in.

But there are many [Second Imperium].

"Furthermore, according to news from merchant ships, Sanguinius Cygnus System— "

"The Cygnus System? We never asked her to go there!"

The game Kasgar in a state of anxiety.

How could we possibly send Sanguinius to a place like that!

That's where the infamous pervert Kabanhah was, waiting to lure the Angel into his trap!

"Astropathic Communication. Something has tampered with our Astropathic Communication, guiding the Blood Angels to a location far from the core territory of the Imperium, making it easier for them to strike and defeat them one by one."

Especially Angel.

Given the scarcity of Primarch, this SSR will definitely attract the attention of the Dark Gods.

"We must go immediately and rescue the Angel!"

At this point, Fulgrim was the Imperium Warmaster, and her words carried more weight than Kasgar's.

"That's right, but our Ultramarines army suffered heavy losses in this battle."

"Moreover, at this time, the Eastern Theater Command of the Galactic Empire is in turmoil, and perhaps salvation is possible."

"But to be on the safe side, I suggest you all stay in Macragge and wait for the other Primarch Legions."

"No, the situation is urgent, we can't delay any longer!"

"Saving more Primarch is the priority; now is not the time to be thinking about the Second Imperium!"

Kasgar was in a panic.

"Fulgrim, let's go!"

What time is it? You're still thinking about your Second Imperium!

"The throne is above."

Guilliman hesitated as he watched the Sons of the Emperor hastily reorganize the fleet and leave Calth.

"I never said anything about Second Imperium."

Innocent!

This is an absolute injustice.

Even though he might be willing at this moment, he maintained an extremely cautious attitude towards this matter.

But as the Legion Primarch, he dared not condone such a rebellious act.

If word gets out and it gives rise to a pretext for those Primarch who are already wary of him to think even more that he is an ambitious guy, then things will get complicated.

Is Guilliman a really, really bad person?

However, this idea struck a chord with him.

Fortunately, someone was able to say those words for Guilliman today.