Ghosts on the Battlefield!

Deep in the Warp, a formation of over a hundred people sped through the silent, mysterious forest. Their black Power Armor and equipment designed specifically for stealth and ambush made them seem like a nonexistent army—ghosts on the battlefield that struck fear into the enemy.

The one leading this Chapter was none other than the Grand Master of the Sons of the Forest, the First Watch Knight, Alvin!

As for how things had come to this...

That had to be traced back to several days earlier.

According to the original strategic plan, the Imperial Navy, Mechanicus, and Astra Militarum had all withdrawn and sent out a Warp communication. After destroying the Hive Cities on the planetary surface and evacuating the entire population, they had deliberately created the illusion that Avalon had already been occupied by Chaos.

What happened next proceeded exactly as Alvin had predicted. Disguised as "Zane," he won the trust of the Chaos Black Legion and assigned them a new mission: leave a small force behind on Avalon, then gather the fleet and head for Dragon Forest Star. Everything went smoothly.

However, once this Chaos Battleship fleet had assembled and set course for the Idolater System, Alvin found himself in a difficult position.

There was only one reason.

The actual battlefield situation was far worse than he had imagined. It could even be said that the Dark Angels Legion was already at a complete disadvantage!

Two-thirds of its strength was trapped on Dragon Forest Star!

The remaining third—the defending fleet—had been completely split apart, surrounded, and driven back step by step by the enormous Black Legion and the Chaos renegade Chapters that had suddenly emerged from the stars behind them!

Meanwhile, the "Stone Fortress," protected in the center by numerous escort ships, cruisers, and Chapter mother ships, had