Marneus Calgar, You Bastard, You Played Me!

It seemed they sensed Calgar's thoughts.

Abaddon's face hardened with a fierce expression as he commanded his flagship to press forward with all its might, "Calgar is right here, you—you can't escape!"

Immediately, he personally led his guards onto the boarding ship, along with hundreds of elite Chaos warriors, and headed straight for Calgar's main warship, the Victory Laurel!

Despite having many escort ships alongside the Victory Laurel, the retreat order given by Calgar caused the formation to break apart, giving Abaddon an opportunity to seize the opportunity!

In an instant, hundreds of landing craft, like nails, were driven into the hull of the Victory Laurel!

The Chaos boarding maneuver was surprisingly easy; it broke through with almost no decent resistance, and everything went so smoothly!

Abaddon grinned maliciously as he personally led his personal guard into the deepest command room. He couldn't wait to cut off Calgar's head and claim credit with the Chaos Gods!

Soon, Abaddon saw Calgar sitting alone in the command room, a sinister grin on his face.

The intensification grew. "Marius Calgar, you've lost!"

However, a hint of sarcasm lurked beneath Calgar's calm expression, making the Chaos Marshal had burst into the command room, feel uneasy.

"Where are your personal guards?" At this moment, Abaddon suddenly realized something was wrong. His personal guards, including those who had fought their way through the battlefield, had encountered almost no effective resistance!

That shouldn't be the case. The other side is a commander-in-chief; how could he not have any guards?

"Heh, so you finally noticed?" Calgar sneered, "Isn't it strange that there's no one here?"

"You think I don't know you're deliberately trying to lure me in?!" Abaddon sneered, looking at him with disdain. "But unfortunately, no matter what your schemes are, you can't change the current situation!"

"Yes, you knew there was something wrong, but you still took the bait. There's only one reason—"

Calgar showed no sign of panic at being surrounded, and calmly said, "You, Abaddon —you're too greedy. You're too eager to kill me."

"You've come to prove yourself to Chaos, haven't you?"

Abaddon, whose thoughts had been exposed, showed no worry whatsoever. Instead, he wore a confident expression. "Calgar, even if you have some kind of trap, so what? The Warp here has been blocked by me. Even if you try to use Teleportation Beacon, you won't escape my grasp!"

He's not stupid; how could he not see through the trap Calgar set?

However, since Abaddon dared to come, he wasn't afraid of any traps. As long as he could behead Calgar, even if the Chaos Fleet suffered heavy losses, it would be worth it!

A Calgar is just as important as an Alert Star!

This is why Abaddon was willing to risk stepping into a trap to personally lead the fleet to behead this legendary Chapter Master!

"Greed comes at a price— Abaddon." Calgar's sarcasm deepened as he calmly pressed a button. "The Imperial Fleet has almost completely withdrawn. Now—launch."

This is the moment he's been waiting for!

Feigning defeat to force the Imperial Navy to withdraw from the strike zone, then using himself as bait to lure Abaddon's Chaos Fleet into gathering in that area.

And the time was ripe!

Launch? Launch what?!

Abaddon froze, a bad feeling creeping over him.

"Well then, goodbye."

In the blink of an eye, he saw Calgar wave as if bidding them farewell, his entire body enveloped by the power of spacetime, and then—right before his eyes, he vanished.

Teleportation Beacon?

No, that's impossible. He's already blocked out the Warp. How could Calgar have disappeared?!

But soon, Abaddon felt the entire ship shaking violently, like a lone boat in a tsunami.

It looked like it could collapse at any moment!

"???

Abaddon froze for a few seconds, a strong sense of foreboding washing over him.

Oh no, we've been tricked!

"You insidious Calgar!!!"

At this moment, Abaddon, his hair sticking straight up, eyes blazing with fury, nearly smashed the command platform to pieces. Veins bulged on his forehead as he roared angrily, "Retreat! Have all fleets evacuate at an accelerated pace!!!"

But it was too late!

Suddenly, the spatial coordinates marked by the "Void Claw" were felt to cause violent fluctuations in spacetime, spreading out in concentric circles!

The Chaos Fleet, located within the coordinate range, is being pulled by an invisible gravitational force, and no matter how hard the Warp Engine work, it is unable to escape the area!

A faint, tiny beam of light pierced the darkness of space and silently landed in the central area of Chaos Fleet, where the Victory Laurel was located.

Void Claw!

From humanity's darkest age, the greatest and most terrifying weapon has finally revealed its healing power for the first time after tens of thousands of years of silence!

The Chaos Fleet, located at the center of the coordinates, naturally became prey for the Void Claw and Healing Fangs, and a sacrifice for them to display their power!

In an instant, the "singularity" that had been projected to the coordinates expanded with lightning speed. The Chaos Fleet within the strike coordinates was pulled by the powerful gravity and was unable to escape the area!

Buzz!!!

Soon, an inconspicuous black dot, almost blending into the darkness of space and difficult to detect, appeared at the coordinates!

That jet-black point of light suddenly erupted with astonishing energy, distorting and tearing spacetime apart, thus transforming into a... black hole!

A gigantic vortex, tearing at the light!

A roulette-like beam of light surrounded the black hole, forming the famous Schwarzschild radius. The Chaos Fleet, located within this radius, frantically tried to escape the black hole's radiation field.

But how could Calgar, who was well-prepared, possibly let those bastards escape?

Because they were ordered to evacuate in advance, the vast majority of the Imperial Navy withdrew from the Void Claw's target range, thus preserving their manpower.

Of course, just minutes before, this scene was considered a major strategic collapse by the Chaos Fleet and even their own forces. Instead, it became the final blow that destroyed the Chaos flagship!

"Order: All Imperial Navy Fleets."

Calgar sat in the Hive City, his eyes cold and sinister. "Unleash all firepower on the Chaos Fleet in the black hole energy gathering zone, and let them—die!"

The Imperial Navy understood the principle of kicking a man when he's down, especially since—it was being pulled in by the gravity of a black hole.

The Imperial Fleet is immobilized, which makes things even simpler!

"Give me a good beating!!!"

In an instant, Light Lance and Macrocannon rained down on the Chaos Fleet under the pull of the black hole's gravity, exploding into dazzling fireworks!

"Marius Calgar!!!"

Enraged, Abaddon, his topknot askew, glared with bloodshot eyes and roared furiously, "I'll remember you, you despicable, shameless Calgar!!!"