"Only after the forces gathered this time are all in place will I give you the weapons and equipment intended as supplies."
Cawl remained utterly unmoved by Tyberos's plea, answering him in the same calm tone.
Cawl naturally had his reasons for backing Bulon. The main reason he had been willing to dispatch one of his avatars this time was to acquire the weapons and equipment used by the Lord of the Stars' soldiers. Those powerful weapons held tremendous appeal for Cawl.
Cawl himself was currently occupied with preparations to revive Roboute Guilliman and create Primaris Space Marines. He had happened to learn that these heretics possessed formidable soldiers, whose power armour had performed exceptionally well.
He wanted to obtain the method of its manufacture, strengthen the Primaris Space Marines, and give Guilliman an enormous surprise.
"Then I will wait a few more days." Faced with the unmoved Cawl, Tyberos suppressed the bloodthirst and urge to slaughter in his heart, waiting to receive this shipment of weapons and equipment.
"General Velov, I believe our forces are insufficient. I need you to go into this system and gather more soldiers."
Seeing that Tyberos had abandoned the notion of heading into battle alone under Sage Cawl's persuasion, Bulon set aside his concerns and instead issued an order to an Astra Militarum general at his side.
Since those heretics had been capable of invading twenty worlds at once, it at least proved that their forces were substantial. The more than twenty million Astra Militarum troops he had brought might not be enough. They needed to recruit more soldiers to secure victory.
"Yes, sir," Velov answered loudly.
"Oh, and gather all the Planetary Defence Force weapons in this system and issue them to the newly recruited soldiers. The weapons and equipment we brought for