On their last expedition, they had fought vicious xenos and the twisted, unspeakable Lost Empire. Now, they might have begun another new expedition, except the enemies they faced had become these deep, filthy abominations from the Warp.
"Heh... the Second Empire... Then this counts as the second Great Crusade. We are the ones at the beginning of this second Great Crusade." Jaghatai smiled. This time, he was finally willing to fight with his helmet on rather than letting the stench assault his nose. Looking at Lin Fan's back at the front lines, he sighed with emotion. Lin Fan seemed like a second Emperor, gathering the scattered brothers back together across the galaxy and forging an age of peace and beauty anew.
If The Emperor had possessed so much knowledge back then, many things would never have happened. Of course, it would have been even better without those xenos meddling... So Jaghatai thought, shaking his head as he tried to cast aside the worries the Necrontyr and Tyranids had brought him.
There was nothing to fear. He would avenge us.
Footsteps sounded behind him. Jaghatai knew they belonged to Fulgrim, clad in his plain armor.
"You should wear some sacred relics of the Ecclesiarchy. Those things really work," Jaghatai reminded him.
"Thanks, but I don't think my children need such relics." Fulgrim looked back at the Emperor's Children, guilt in his eyes. "I have wronged you."
The Emperor's Children knelt before Fulgrim, but Fulgrim did not believe he was worthy of having his children humble themselves so before him. They had once been the Emperor's Children, but now they were Eternal Sinners. The entire warband, along with Fulgrim as their primarch, were sinners beyond forgiveness. They had to redeem themselves through repentance.
He had no right to ask forgiveness from the