Segmentum Solar
Holy Terra
Central Administratum
Guilliman had just received news from Iax.
The Ork offensive on the Eastern Fringe had been utterly crushed. Only one Ork Planetary Fortress had escaped to parts unknown; almost all their other forces had been wiped out.
The Ork Warboss Steeltoof had been killed by the Men of Iron near the Maelstrom, and they had recovered an Imperial battleship seized by the Orks, along with a handful of survivors.
In addition, the infamous Chaos Space Marine Lucius the Eternal had been killed by the Men of Iron.
No sign of resurrection had been detected. The exact circumstances remained unknown.
Seeing that a tremendous catastrophe had been quelled in time, Guilliman let out a deep breath.
It felt as though an immense burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
Yet he had barely had a moment to relax.
A guard suddenly hurried up to Guilliman.
"Lord Regent, the latest news."
Although the guard did not know the contents of the message he carried, the grave expression on the Inquisition's Inquisitor Lord had told him it was unlikely to be good.
Guilliman regarded the guard with a gaze that soothed and steadied him. Somehow, it made the guard feel that as long as the Primarch was there, the Imperium's situation was not so dire, and everything would get better.
Only after the guard saluted and turned to leave did Guilliman examine the message he had brought.
Bang!
"What in blazes are these damned vermin thinking?!"
"I should have Lion El'Jonson drag them all out and behead them!"
Rage surged through Guilliman, and he smashed the Dataslate to pieces.
The report came from the Inquisition's secret intelligence sources.
Within Segmentum Solar alone, more than a hundred worlds had suddenly come under attack by Slaaneshi daemons.
Most of