The Battle for Emperor Bro

Terra.

"Finally--!"

"I am Ruft Hurons!"

"Lord of the Maelstrom, Tyrant of Badab! The guardians and sweepers of the Maelstrom have finally been exonerated today!"

He stepped off the shuttle and landed on the helipad, a place he had never been before, looking at the bustling Hive City before him.

Cool!

The knot in his heart was finally untied today—after hearing that those corrupt and incompetent High Lord had been thoroughly purged by the Hero Kasgar, Ruft Hurons was even happier than when he was personally appointed a hero by Guilliman.

And presumably, now is the time.

The Hero Kasgar summoned him to Terra, surely because he valued Hurons's strength and wisdom, and was preparing to appoint him to an even more important task!

Finally

Since serving in the Star Phantoms, Lufgt Huron was appointed to take over as the Chapter Master in a time of crisis, transforming the once under-resourced, resource-scarce, and surrounded-by-enemies Badab System into what it is today.

Although some damned High Lord and the Inquisition hampered his plans along the way, and he was almost subjected to an unjust trial because the Tiger Claws Chapter left by the former Chapter Master was exposed, which led those corrupt guys to regard him as a heretic, he was almost forced into a desperate situation.

By then, he was even somewhat resigned to his fate—under this corrupt bureaucratic system, the Imperium of Man was destined to be played to death by these guys.

Rather than die a humiliating death as a traitor, it's better to...

Fortunately, the Hero Kasgar appeared out of nowhere, clearing away the Inquisition of Fools and the Space Marine Chapter of the High Lords of Terra, helping him successfully stabilize the situation in the Maelstrom.

Finally, as it stands today!

He was granted a glorious and great new position by Imperium Warmaster Fulgrim and Hero Kasgar!

Now that those pretentious and corrupt High Lord have been driven out, at the command of the Hero Kasgar, as the guardian of Badab, he continues to fight for this new Imperium of Man and for the Emperor, relying on his powerful strategic abilities and outstanding combat skills!

"Sir, summon your superior officer; he's up here."

But for some reason, when Ruft Hurons was summoned, he was only told to come in person, and the positions of Chapter Master of the Star Phantoms and Guardian of the Maelstrom were given to other people.

He himself will be given a more sacred but equally arduous task.

Sacred and arduous?

Yes, this is exactly what I, Ruft Hurons, want!

As an ambitious heir of Guilliman (unconfirmed), Hurons naturally hoped to obtain a more crucial and important appointment to demonstrate his extraordinary talents!

The fact that Hero Kasgar and Lord Fulgrim summoned me privately must be because they recognize my outstanding talent!

That's right, that's exactly it!

"But—why has the expeditionary fleet to the Ork Empire already sailed there?"

Looking out from the ornately decorated stained-glass windows, one can see ships constantly disappearing into the distance.

Ruft Hurons sensed something was amiss.

Something feels off about this...

The expeditionary fleet that invaded the Orks has already sailed far away. Hero Kasgar and Imperium Warmaster Fulgrim are both on board. So why did they summon me here?

And now that they've all set off, who will I be facing next?

Despair.

As he stepped onto the last step in his power boots, the opulent, gilded wooden door before him filled Hurons with an intense sense of dread.

That's a suppressive force that comes from the soul, from the depths of the genes!

What exactly is hidden behind this door?

Whether it was Hurons's imagination or intuition, he seemed to hear a very faint, sobbing female voice, and the voice emanating from her carried an unimaginable sense of oppression.

It was as if a vengeful ghost, who had never had a moment's rest, was howling in agony behind this door!

Etc!

Something's not right here!

Wang Xiulun looked around, but he still couldn't find the official who had brought him here.

Why did the Hero Kasgar send him alone to Terra to report back?

Hurons felt a chill run down his spine.

In his memory, the Tiger Claws Chapter's return was due to its long absence from the Chapter Master, which led to its being classified as a traitorous Chapter. He had experienced this firsthand!

"Leaving now is suicide. Hold on, Hurons."

The Star Phantoms Chapter is still in the Maelstrom; Kasgar shouldn't be so foolish as to discard them after they've served their purpose.

He wanted to see what kind of terrifying horror awaited him inside this room!

"This is.!"

As he gently pushed open the bedroom door, Hurons saw a sight he had never expected!

"Waaaaah"

"Why do I still have to do homework? Waaaaah!"

--Documents speak for themselves!

Oh, no, that's not right.

The one speaking was the blonde girl sitting at the desk.

Although Hurons was confident that he had never met the other person, he could always feel an extremely familiar feeling from them that he could not erase.

"Huh? You are--"

The blonde little girl, Sue, looked up as the door opened. When she saw that the visitor was Ruft Hurons, the guardian of the Maelstrom, her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had found a lifeline.

"Hurons!!!"

"You're finally here! I've been waiting for you for so long! You've finally arrived, sob sob."

"Child, who are you, and why are you sitting here? Do you know anyone—"

"Who am I? I'm your father! Hurons, come save me!!!"

"Ah?"

"Waaaaah"

"Why do we all have to do homework? Waaah!"

The Pride of the Emperor

The Gloriana-class Battleship, the flagship of the Legion, which was intercepted by the Kasgar during its voyage, is now soaring through the vast and boundless sea of stars as the flagship of the expeditionary fleet to the Ork Empire.

Although the moon has gone as promised during the Beast's Battle Moon, at this very moment in the Milky Way, countless Orks are still roaming around in their bizarre warships, plundering and clashing with the defending forces.

With the support of the Beast's Waaaaagh! force field, the already warlike Orks became even stronger and more powerful. Their invasions seemed to have expanded beyond the vicinity of Ullanor, with reports of active Orks tribal invasions coming from almost the entire Imperium.

The already battered Imperium of Man is struggling to cope with further losses. Now that Kasgar has just returned to the Imperium of Man with Imperium Warmaster Fulgrim, he must act immediately and eliminate the Beast completely as soon as possible through a decapitation strike.

Therefore, the Codex Astartes, which had been stagnant for three thousand years, needed a major overhaul.

The new Codex Astartes (also written by Guilliman) not only stipulated the large-scale modification of the new Primaris Space Marine, but the Adeptus Mechanicus also gradually deployed Sages to all Imperium Space Marine Chapter to assist them in completing the Primaris of their existing Marines.

In addition, the new holy book adds 40K new cosmic threats, including Necron, Tyranid swarm, and Genestealer, along with corresponding countermeasures.

The new holy code also emphasizes the need for coordinated operations among the various departments of the Space Marine Chapter in the face of large-scale warfare.

The most important thing is to abandon the original Grand Astartes doctrine and fight alongside ordinary troops to give full play to the greatest advantages of being a special operations unit.

Individual heroism could barely hold on when the Xenos and Chaos were not yet powerful, but now that they are even stronger than the troubled Imperium of Man, it's time to abandon those pathetic little pride and truly begin as an Adeptus Astartes.

In order to unite the various forces to advance together when the Imperium of Man is in peril, the previously loose Space Marine Chapter will be able to reorganize into [temporary legions] and temporarily restore their former legion size in an emergency, subject to unanimous approval from High Lords of Terra Highlord Council or the Lord Regent's order.

In fact, everyone had already anticipated this new addition to the Codex Astartes.

Ultimately, the High Wall, the Inner Circle, the Blood Angels' Summoning Order, and these so-called sub-groups that are actually Ultramarines —were all involved. Even the Space Wolves weren't actually split up; when they were, everyone had their own agendas. Let's stop pretending that the Integration Chapter's actions as a legion were a rebellious act—that's just nonsense.

This Expeditionary Fleet against the Orks involved the deployment of three temporary Astartes legions.

One is the Sons of the Phoenix, led by Fulgrim —after kicking out the corrupt and decadent Emperor's Children, the new Sons of the Phoenix Chapter has demonstrated their formidable fighting power as First Founding under the Warmaster.

With the addition of numerous perfectly formed sub-units, the Sons of the Phoenix provisional legion has now been reborn.

Also included were the Imperial Fists, formed by the Last Wall Protocol, and a number of Ultramarines who came to support them (still 200,000!). Under the integration of Imperium Warmaster Fulgrim and Hero Kasgar, this combined Expeditionary Fleet, consisting of hundreds of thousands of Space Marine, continued its march toward the former Ullanor.

As for the remaining First Founding, they were all fighting against the massive invading Orks Green Tide in other parts of the Imperium of Man's territory.

Thanks to the reforms of Hero Kasgar and Fulgrim, the Space Marine Chapter, under the guidance of the Primaris and the new Codex Astartes, are gradually improving their combat capabilities after shedding their past rigid patterns.

Although time was somewhat tight, completing part of the training and Primaris modifications for the entire Astartes Provisional Legion during the expedition was not a problem.

At the same time, Kasgar also made good use of Belisarius Cawl, the Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

--Although Cawl was not appointed as the Martian Forge Master, the resources, technology, and Forge World Cawl now possesses are in no way inferior to his opponent's.

Dora Cawl also began to unleash his extraordinary creativity—a large number of previously unheard-of firearms and weapons were modified and distributed to Legion warriors, and based on feedback from training tests and small-scale exercises, many of them could be re-equipped to the current Space Marine.

"Very good!"

"You have improved dramatically since my return—you possess the physique and weapons that even Space Marine once dreamed of. But our enemies still lurk in every corner of the world."

"But all of this should end today!"

"Whether it's the thirtieth or fortieth millennium, our progress will never cease! Just as we did ten thousand years ago, we will carve out our homeland for the Ork Empire of Ullanor!"

"We are humanity's last line of defense! All warriors, follow me, let's go to war!"

Having completed the final review phase of training, standing on the high platform facing the disciplined Space Marine, Astra Militarum, and Missionaries forces below, Fulgrim delivered his impassioned speech.

At this point, excluding the central teams that received training,

Also accompanying the ship were naval and high-ranking Imperium officials, as well as frontline journalists—as this was the first and most difficult battle, their reports would greatly encourage the many human worlds struggling to persevere in their predicament.

The narrator reappeared on the expedition in the fortieth millennium.

For some reason, the Hero Kasgar did not appear in the public eye today.

Having assembled a group of Sons of the Emperor sons who still possessed fighting strength, Fulgrim seemed more satisfied with these collateral Emperor's Children.

As the [Sun Lord] recently appointed by the Imperium Warmaster himself, Kasgar should attend this ceremony.

"Warp is in progress. Passengers, please be aware of safety."

With the closure of the Warp Rift, the fleet led by Ethereal, Hero Kasgar, and Imperium Warmaster Fulgrim successfully assembled a large and powerful force (mainly Ultramarines) and set off towards the former Ullanor.

This fleet not only possesses a massive army force, but also boasts the former Legion flagship, the Pride of the Emperor, as well as a large fleet of Strike Cruiser, Strike Cruiser, and an almost innumerable Escort fleet.

Even in order to provide support, the Imperial Fists Legion, which activated the Last Wall Protocol, was piloting the ancient giant Star Fortress [Mount Array] to join the Expeditionary Fleet.

With such a terrifying concentration of fighting power, even the Ork Empire with its dozens of Battle Moon might not be able to suppress the human fleet in terms of firepower.

The decisive battle is about to begin again on the very spot where the Imperium Warmaster was once appointed.

"However, something does seem to be missing from this ship."

Kasgar's absence from the public eye is not solely due to his comminuted pelvic fracture.

After the restoration of the Psychic Flame, the fatigue and damage that Kasgar experienced each time, as if he had used the Renewing Wind, never happened again.

Kasgar is currently searching for something.

Or more accurately, to ponder the whereabouts of something.

He boarded the ship to check on the situation when Kasgar destroyed the Omen Ark during his Warp travels and reconstituted it into the Pride of the Emperor using Psychic Flame.

Despite the repairs made to this flagship of the legion by the Emperor's Children over the millennia, and the various passengers it welcomed after becoming Space Hulk, the things hidden deep within the snow-covered storage area remained unchanged.

Remove something.

That letter, bearing a drop of blood from the God-Emperor of Mankind, appointed Kasgar as Rogue Trader.

They've disappeared.

His original plan was that even if he couldn't change the reality of the Horus Heresy and had to remain dormant until the 40K era, he could still continue to develop as Rogue Trader and slowly grow stronger.

But who knew!

In the end, when he woke up, he found himself in a desolate, Hive City lower-level Hive City, and even the Emperor's Children Chapter had completely abandoned their flagship!

The lack of a letter of appointment is a minor matter. What Kasgar is currently afraid of is that Vashtorr will take the letter of appointment.

Given its methods, it might use that drop of Emperor's Blood to cause trouble.

"Tsk"

With the Ork Empire facing a formidable enemy, even if he wanted to resolve this hidden danger, he would have to wait until the War of the Beast was completely over.

"But our current Primarch-level combat power is not enough."

He, Fulgrim, and Mortarion.

The three Primarch, and even Kasgar's current combat power is higher than that of the Primarch.

However, the Orks had five leaders who were as terrifying as the Beast.

Although the humans were unaware of this, they remained confident in the prestige of the Imperium Warmaster and the power of the Hero Kasgar.

But only he knows that there is still a gap in high-end combat capabilities.

Three against five.

This battle might not be easy in the end.

Should we wait for Vulkan to return?

No, there is no time to wait any longer— Vulkan's whereabouts remain unknown within the Imperium of Man.

The human world, now ravaged by a massive invasion, can no longer afford the losses from the Orks invasion—they must complete the decapitation of the Beast as soon as possible.

Even if only one is killed this time, it will be a significant improvement for future encirclement and suppression operations.

Time is of the essence, and with enemies surrounding us, we must resolve the Orks problem as soon as possible.

[Fulgrim, let's head straight for Ullanor]

Ullanor Galaxy.

This once pristine star system has now been transformed by the Orks into a tool for them to build and construct at will.

It's hard to imagine that "illegal buildings" visible even from space are everywhere on Ullanor, resembling an abandoned metal junkyard magnified countless times.

In the near-Earth orbit of that junkyard, countless massive Orks space warships circulate around the planet's outer perimeter.

Despite their crude appearance, they outnumbered even the mosquitoes and flies on the Nurgle Daemon, densely filling the cosmic space of this galaxy.

No one knows how these junk creations manage to fly, but the Orks just can't believe they can.

Even more terrifying is the size and number of the Battle Moon orbiting the planet.

Just as the [Lunar Wolves] is the moon wolf of Terra, the Battle Moon of these Orks revolves ceaselessly around the Emperor in their hearts.

A rare moment of peace for the Orks.

To ensure their strength didn't wane from a lack of fights, they would silently praise the Emperor's great achievements during their leisure time.

"Waaaaagh! Brother Di! Brother Di! Brother Di!"

"Brother Di! We are your Half-Beast Skugg, and we all wear the cheat codes you taught us—these things are incredibly effective!"

"Gold!!!"

But at this very moment, as Warp Rift unfolds near the Mandeville Point in the galaxy, this peaceful Orks life seems finally about to be shattered by intruders.

"Waaaaagh!!!"

"Brother Di! Brother Di is ours!!!"