The Space Wolves fleet had begun a death duel.
At extremely close range, they launched space torpedoes and rammed toward the enemy Blackstone Fortress. Almost seconds later, the enemy weapons retaliated.
Purple light almost instantly destroyed the Space Wolves fleet.
The Space Wolves and Cadian raiding force barely had any chance to resist.
They were directly smashed apart by the Blackstone Fortress's powerful weapons.
The power of the Blackstone Fortress exceeded the Imperium's expectations.
Before many of the Space Wolves fleet's warriors could board the enemy vessel, they had already been destroyed.
Those warriors who had boarded only discovered in horror upon reaching the interior of the Blackstone Fortress that their enemies vastly outnumbered anything they had imagined.
A marauder army composed of the Black Legion, Death Guard, and World Eaters was gathered throughout the fortress.
Even more Chaos forces—ragged cultists, Chaos thralls, daemonic Servitors, and Daemon Engines—
filled the corridors marked by the eight-pointed star.
Despite the ancient technology, these Chaos forces had not fully mastered this technological creation from the ancient age of heaven. They were merely forcing the warship onward through brute force, operating it in the crudest way possible.
The Blackstone Fortress was flying toward Cadia.
Under such circumstances,
Cadia had almost no way to stop the Blackstone Fortress from reaching its skies.
Even the Imperium could only delay the inevitable.
But now, there was no way to delay it any longer.
"General Creed, Space Wolves Wolf Lord Sven Bloodhowl's warship has been destroyed. Our Cadian raiding force did not stop the enemy for even a moment."
Creed's voice was low as he struggled to suppress his emotions. "What about the Tech-Priests? Have they repaired Cadia's planetary defenses?"
"Well..."
Hearing his subordinate's hesitation, he knew they had not been repaired.
If the Chaos Blackstone Fortress reached