More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye...
Because a new Warp Storm had risen in the Warp, interstellar communications had once again become extremely difficult. Unexpectedly, however, at this critical juncture, Warmaster Horus received a transmission from Terra in the council chamber of the Vengeful Spirit.
The message read: The Emperor ordered Leman Russ, the Wolf King, to travel to Prospero and capture Magnus, Primarch of the Thousand Sons, then bring him back to Terra.
Judging by when the order had been sent, Leman Russ had surely already assembled his entire legion at Tizca and should now have been on his way to Prospero.
"..."
After silently reading the intelligence, Warmaster Horus did not immediately give his opinion. Instead, he handed it to Erebus, the Chief Chaplain of the Word Bearers, beside him.
"This!"
"The Emperor is sending the Wolf King to capture Magnus?"
After reading the baffling message, Erebus could only feel astonished. He could not understand why the Emperor on Terra had suddenly decided to do such a thing.
"But what exactly is going on?"
"What did Magnus do?"
Unable to figure out the key point or reason behind it, he set the order down and turned to Horus.
It made sense!
They, the followers of Chaos, had not even formally raised the banner of rebellion against the Imperium and the False Emperor, yet the Emperor had already struck at Magnus and the Thousand Sons.
What was he trying to do?
If Erebus remembered correctly, Magnus was not one of their own people of Chaos.
"I don't know either..."
"However..."
After frowning and pondering for a while, the Warmaster explained what he knew:
"Someone on Terra sent me word. Apparently, Magnus used some powerful psychic spell that directly pierced through the underground of the