The Emperor's mighty power-amazing, isn't it?

"Those who lose this battle today shall change their Sons of Horus."

Dante turned and led the Blood Angels out of the bridge, striding quickly towards the hangar.

There was a half-second silence in the channel, and then even the Flesh Tearers, the Lamenters, and the Blood Knights started to erupt in chaos.

For the Blood Angels, the punishment of being renamed Sons of Horus was worse than death.

They would even prefer to be called "Gretchin".

Even in the Solar Fleet's Mortals naval channel, people were muttering that this was too ruthless.

The Blood Angels have a natural buff when fighting the Sons of Horus.

Lin En continued watching the screen.

The Vengeful Spirit has completely left the Warp.

After the Vengeful Spirit came out.

Then there was the second crack.

The third one.

The fourth one.

Countless Chaos Warship emerged from the Warp, some still carrying lingering Warp flames.

The reconnaissance officer urgently reported, "The number of enemy ships is one hundred, one hundred and fifty, two hundred... and it's still increasing!"

Lin En: "Continue reporting."

"Two hundred and fifty, three hundred... three hundred and twenty, stop increasing at three hundred and twenty! Three hundred and twenty enemy ships! Capital ships account for more than 60%!"

Lin En stared at the patch of red dots on the star map, quickly counting them in his mind.

Brother Dun, quite the grand entrance!

320.

Twenty more than they estimated.

The extra twenty ships wouldn't be a big deal under normal circumstances, but on the outer defense line of the Solar System, twenty Chaos Cruisers make the already huge disparity in numbers even greater.

The fact that capital ships account for more than 60% means that more than 60% of his 320 ships are Astartes warships.

The Chaos Astartes with nearly two hundred ships.

They only have 170 ships in total, and 120 of them are occupied by Mortals.

Okay, Brother Dun, you forced me to do this.

Hang it up on the Thirty Days!

[Thirty Days] Activated, the colored entry lit up in the system panel, the Immortality buff sank into the card slot, stacked together with the aura.

An indescribable, hazy halo appeared within the Golden Light.

It's just a battle of attrition, isn't it? Let's go for it!

Lin En strode to the center of the bridge and waved his hand forward:

"Combined Fleet, advance! Spread out, guns aimed at the Vengeful Spirit! Let's go say hello to these demons and traitors!!!"

The Engine roared.

The Night Goddess shuddered slightly and moved forward.

The entire combined fleet began to advance.

The flagship's cannons were ready for firing, and thirty Blood Angels warships slid out from the flanks, with Dante's flagship at the very front charging forward!

The Battle Barge of the Lamenters, the Flesh Tearers, and the Blood Knights advanced alongside the Night Goddess!

The engine nozzles were completely illuminated.

The twelve outermost Hive Ship received the order, their Purple Carapace spikes stood up, and they released swarms of Zerg that began to spread out to both sides.

Although they don't like eating demons, since it's the Mothership's order, well... they'll just have to make do.

"All fleets, prepare fire for the first line of defense."

"All naval guns will be loaded simultaneously, awaiting my order to fire in unison."

"Blood Angels, take note. Mothership in the center, Successor Chapter on the flanks, target the Vengeful Spirit, suppress its escort fleet with the first wave of fire."

After giving the order, Lin En glanced out the front window.

Red dots of light had spread out in the void, with the Vengeful Spirit at the center, and more than three hundred Chaos Warship scattered around it in an attack formation.

The Chaos army isn't just composed of Chaos Astartes; an endless army of demons will also emerge soon.

The opposing side was also moving; the bow of the Vengeful Spirit turned slightly, and its dense, porcupine-hair-like gun barrels began to adjust their angles, each one aimed at the Combined Fleet.

"Distance?" Lin En asked the scout, looking down at him.

"The enemy's vanguard is approximately 150,000 kilometers from our forward position and is rapidly approaching at a relative speed of 400 kilometers per second. It is expected to enter the main gun's firing range in six minutes."

Six minutes.

Lin En took a deep breath and stimulated the Psychic Pool in his chest.

If he hadn't been suspended for Thirty Days, this battle, in which the numbers were vastly different, would have been a meat grinder that resulted in almost total annihilation.

He never understood what was so interesting about dead people.

Seeing a tragedy and instead of thinking about how to prevent it, you applaud and praise it—isn't that insane?

If one must experience suffering to see the brilliance of humanity, then he would rather there be no suffering in the world.

He will do everything in his power to prevent suffering from happening.

A demonic figure appeared in the distance.

Khorne's Khorne Bloodthirster Lord brandished his axe, Nurgle's Plaguebearer trailed a green mist of poison, Tzeentch's Lord of Change, Blue Ravenwing, danced in the void, and Slaanesh's army of Slaanesh Daemonette let out a silent shriek.

Gears and chains hung on the forge ships of the Dark Mechanicum, and dark priests chanted binary prayers as they unleashed one twisted Daemon Engine after another.

Lin En broadcast a message across all channels. "Attention all ships, the enemy is within firing range! All weapons disengaged! Geller Geller Field full power! Shield fully activated! Emperor's Blessing activated! Don't be afraid of being wounded! Just keep fighting! For the Emperor! For humanity! Charge!"

A chaotic, ocean-like roar echoed from the other ships in response.

"For Sanguinius! For the Emperor --!!!"

"For the Emperor and my lord--!!!!"

"Tear them apart!!!"

"Blood Knights, attack!!"

"Solar Fleet, fire--!!!!"

The first volley of Lance shot out from the Solar Fleet's lines, streaking through the void and striking the Shield of the Chaos Vanguard Ship.

The main cannons of 120 Mortals warships lit up simultaneously.

The Lance struck the Shield of the Chaos Vanguard Ship, Shield ripples to spread across its surface.

Some shattered completely, the Lance piercing into the ship's hull and exploding into orange-red fireballs.

A burst of light erupted.

The remaining Chaos Fleet accelerated and charged forward.

The demons began their charge.

The Chaos Legion is attacking.

System notification: [The outer defense battle of the Solar System begins now!]

The Chaos Vanguard, consisting of approximately fifty Chaos Cruisers and Strike Cruiser, charged toward the Imperial Navy's first arc-shaped defensive line amidst the howls of the Khorne Daemons.

Lin En calmly gave the order, "All ships, open fire freely, target the bridge directly, hold back."

The fleet's Macro Cannon fired in unison, inflicting damage at close range.

The Chaos Cruiser charged forward under heavy fire, its bow torpedo tubes opening and torpedoes raining down like beans.

The Vengeful Spirit held the central position, its main guns beginning to return fire, the dark red beams sweeping across the edge of the Imperial Navy's first line of defense.

A Escort Frigate was grazed by Gloriana's torpedo, its hull breaking apart instantly, with debris flying and rolling to the side.

The nearby boat immediately filled the gap.

Lin En frowned.

Losing a ship right at the start of the game, that's a huge cost advantage.

Damn, the Flying Cathedral is still too supermodel-like.

Lin En pulled the communicator over to the nearby warship. "Quickly, quickly, bring everyone back from that Escort Frigate. Although it was hit by a torpedo and exploded, everyone inside should still be alive."

The warship's aircrew, grieving over witnessing their comrades' deaths, exclaimed, "Huh?!?!?!"

"Um?!"

"Um?!?!"

"Uh-huh?!?!?!"