Abaddon: I've Got the Advantage This Time!

The following day, Marius Calgar announced the reorganization of the Alert Star Council and killed the fourth-generation spy who had been genetically infected and was hiding within the council.

The three major factions on Alert Star were reintegrated into one entity through Calgar's extremely forceful and decisive methods. Administrative efficiency was no longer sluggish, and the orders and cooperation between the various parties became much smoother.

Meanwhile, Harken, who was hiding on Alert Star awaiting support, also received news that Marius Calgar, the Ultramarines Chapter, had arrived on Alert Star.

Almost simultaneously, Calgar announced a day's worth of orders in a very high-profile manner.

The Imperium will wage war to reclaim Alert Star Companion!

Originally, the companion star had a huge communications array satellite, but it was destroyed by Harken's vanguard, causing communications on the entire Alert Star to be frequently blocked by Warp Storm, making it impossible to transmit orders in a timely manner.

In an instant, a large number of Imperial Navy fleets, including flagships of Space Marine, gathered in the orbit above the Alert Star. And for this battle, Calgar actually chose to personally command it!

Despite many people's attempts to dissuade him, Calgar stubbornly insisted on his own way and displayed overwhelming force. Under the pretext that he had to regain the Alert Star's communications before the Chaos Fleet arrived, he piloted his flagship "Victory Laurel" to the front line of the battle!

It must be said that the commander-in-chief's presence at the front lines was almost like the ancient "imperial expedition," which immediately inspired the Imperial Navy, some of the conscripted Rogue Trader, and even the Astra Militarum and Space Marine.

Those were the three great legends of the Imperium, the perfect warriors who, for over a thousand years, stood like pillars supporting the heavens of the Imperium —Marius Calgar!

On the side of the Imperium of Man, morale soared!

However, Calgar, sitting in the flagship, had an unprecedentedly solemn expression, his eyes fixed on the star map, as if waiting for something.

An Astropathic Communication arrived; it was from Alvin.

"Lord Calgar, this isn't quite what we planned..." Alvin stared at the Imperial Fleet assembled in the target area on the star map, feeling his throat dry. "You've assembled too many fleets; it'll be difficult to evacuate later!"

"Alvin, your plan is indeed brilliant and perfect, but..." Calgar's gaze fell on a certain spot on the star map, and he said softly, "You've ultimately overlooked one thing. Abaddon is not stupid. To trick him, you have to place a sufficiently large 'stake'."

"Enough... stakes?"

Alvin froze, then stared at the star map, his pupils suddenly contracting sharply. "You, you're going to..."

"That's right, more than half of the Imperial Fleet's strength has been mobilized and concentrated in this area." Calgar looked at the dense array of signals on the star map, his tone unusually low, tinged with sadness. "If I were just a decoy, given Abaddon's cunning, there's no way he would have let the fleet obediently walk into his trap."

"Therefore, I've committed the Alert Star, more than half of the Imperial Fleet!" At this moment, Calgar's face was cold and ruthless, like Butcher holding the power of countless lives in his hands. He said in a chilling voice, "This is the first lesson I'm going to teach you, Alvin... Never underestimate any enemy in war, and never have the slightest pity."

More than half of the Imperial Fleet's strength... Alvin felt a chill run down his spine. He never expected that Calgar would throw out billions of people as bait in one go!

"Only a lure of this size... would be enough to entice Abaddon to crawl in willingly."

Calgar's voice was icy, like a cold wind in the dead of winter. "Don't think I'm heartless. You will face situations in the future that are even more difficult to choose from than this, perhaps involving the lives of hundreds of billions, trillions, or even several star systems. But I want to tell you this: war... doesn't care about sacrifices, as long as their sacrifices are valuable to the Imperium and to humanity!"

Alvin opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

To criticize Calgar for having no right to decide the life and death of billions of people? But... Calgar also has no right to decide the life and death of the entire Imperium!

It was he who proposed this plan.

Is sacrificing billions of lives to destroy Abaddon's Chaos Fleet a worthwhile trade?

No... putting life on the scales is not the right thing to do, but what else can we do?

If we give up this opportunity, Alert Star might lose even more people. No... not maybe, it's inevitable. In the war that has lasted for more than a decade, the population of Alert Star has plummeted from hundreds of billions to tens of billions!

"I understand, Your Excellency Calgar."

Alvin took a deep breath, clenched his fist, and said in a low voice, "I will not shirk responsibility for this, nor will I hesitate. I will remember this moment. It was I who took... the lives of billions of soldiers of the Imperium of Man!"

Looking at Alvin in the projection, Calgar smiled slightly, "Very good, you now... bear a resemblance to him back then."

Suddenly, the Warp trembled violently.

With communications blocked, Calgar, sitting in the driver's seat, suddenly narrowed his eyes, a ferocious look appearing on his face. "They've finally come, you Chaos scum!"

In space, the space behind the human fleet that was originally surrounding the companion star suddenly trembled, like a stone falling into water, creating violent ripples.

Immediately afterwards, from those ripples, the Chaos flagship, like raindrops, sailed out of Warp and descended into the Materium!

That was Abaddon's Pale Fleet, centered around the Omen Ark, with thousands of interstellar warships, like ferocious beasts, blocking the human fleet's retreat with greedy and bloodthirsty eyes!

The Imperium of Man's fleet is surrounded by Chaos!

Are they about to witness another tragedy unfold in the world of Fortress of Cadia?!

Just as the Imperial Fleet was gripped by panic, Marius Calgar's voice rang out. "All fleets, converge on the 'Victory Laureate'! I... Ultramarines Chapter, Marius Calgar, swear to you, humanity... will surely triumph!"

"Fleet, fire!!"

Humanity will prevail!!!

At this moment, under the personal prestige of Marius Calgar, the billions of Imperial Fleet actually abandoned their fear and began to meet the attack in an orderly manner!

The pitch-black space was filled with countless dazzling lights, and the ship's cannons, like meteors, mixed with Light Lance, instantly ripped through the sea of stars!

"Fire! One round, load, fire!!"

"Don't stop! Get everyone who can move to the deck and unload the shells!"

"Fire! Fire!"

"By the Emperor, this cannonball must at least hit me!!!"

The voices of countless people have converged into a mighty wave!

Although each human being is insignificant, when their beliefs and wills come together, even the most dazzling sun cannot obscure the radiance they exude!

Aboard the flagship of Chaos, the Warmaster Abaddon, who was directing this operation, grinned savagely. "Marius Calgar, you're dead this time! Even the Corpse Emperor's rotting flesh can't save you! I, Abaddon, say it!"

This is a sure win!

With such a huge advantage, Chaos has already surrounded the Imperial Fleet. How could they possibly lose? It's impossible for them to lose. If they did lose, Abaddon would just turn around and cut off his braid with one stroke!

"Our troop strength in this battle is superior!"

Abaddon was brimming with confidence. The Chaos Fleet he brought this time completely overwhelmed the Imperium of Man in terms of both numbers and quality, and there was absolutely no way they could lose!

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