After this battle, the Imperium slowed its offensive, but the front continued its steady advance. Imperial crusades routinely lasted hundreds of years.
Of course, Evan knew very little of this news. He was busy putting up decorations to celebrate finally seeing the Sisters off.
Most of the people aboard the Black Ship never even disembarked. A few Sisters of Battle went down and fought the Tree Men, but very few people knew what had actually happened.
The T'au's Three Hundred Worlds continued developing peacefully. The Lamenters had dealt with the enemies attacking their flank and also entered a period of recuperation.
The warriors here only knew that the Imperium had fought the Plague Marines again, and that, with the Space Wolves leading the war, the Imperium had won a great victory.
Naturally, this was thanks to the Dawn Angels broadcasting across the entire galaxy. Even the T'au's Three Hundred Worlds, far beyond the Astronomican's reach, had received the news. It was hard to imagine anywhere their broadcasts could not reach.
Rogier was torn. On the one hand, good fortune should be shared, and now that he had found a fine liquor, he naturally ought to share it with his wolf brothers. On the other, he was thinking about drinking contests with his brothers when he returned home in glory.
When those old fellows brought out their treasured Fenris liquor, he could bring out his own fine Kolan spirits and lead the Forest Wolves in a showdown with the proper sons of the Space Wolves.
Strictly speaking, they were no longer just Forest Wolves. The first batch of wolf brothers had come from Taste's dense forests, but those who came later...
Some came from the Atris Ice Fields, others had been crystal gatherers on Langjuxu, and now they were champions from