Emperor's Bane

Chapter 736 Navy Holiday
[Do you think the Emperor is aware that every action he takes now is most likely a wrong choice made under the influence of the Dark Lord?]

"He must know this."

[So? Is there anything he can do to ensure he stays conscious?]

"That, I certainly don't know."

【? 】

"He didn't tell me."

"Besides, even if he does, he probably won't tell you, Morgan: You can't steal the emperor's skills and then deal with those guys behind you. I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible."

【…】

#Avalon-style swearing#
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Frankly speaking, Morgan and Malcador's meeting did not go smoothly: in the two hours that the Sigillite had quietly squeezed out while the Emperor and Horus were having a rare heart-to-heart talk, they had a broad but superficial conversation on fourteen topics of common concern and nine projects of cooperation that they were both willing to work on.

But unfortunately, in the end, only two things were truly reconciled.

The first was that the Spider Queen chose to continue a private treaty between her and Malcador that had been signed for decades: the Far Eastern Frontier promised not to expand toward the center of the galaxy in exchange for Malcador continuing to help her suppress dissent and opposition from Terra.

The most important point in this treaty revolves around the mysterious Triple Forge World: this powerful force that once rebelled against Morgan was taken by the Spider Queen as her own private territory and production center in a punitive action when the Raven Lord Corax had just returned, and has since disappeared from the galaxy.

Galadia, Far and Thule, three whole forge worlds, were quietly wiped out from Mars' list. Their productivity was so strong that it could fully support a long war across the galaxy. In the half century that they were controlled by the Spider Queen, no one knew how much wealth they had accumulated for her.

At the same time, the Titan Legion, the powerful Victory Legion, which was originally shared by these three worlds, has become the main force of the Queen's Hand Titan Legion under Morgan after several structural reorganizations and redistributions: a name that could have been compared with great worlds such as Riza, Huangquan No. 8 or Shana, but it has quietly dissipated in the endless belly of the Lord of Avalon.

Even the people of Avalon themselves were not very clear about these things: even Morgan's most trusted mortal advisor had only vaguely heard that in addition to her most powerful forging ally, Riza, the Spider Queen also had a mechanical territory that was particularly obedient to her.

But no one would have thought that it was an industrial furnace that was completely comparable to the powerful Ryza, and all their production capacity was exclusively for the Spider Queen.

On this alone, Malcador would have bet his soul on it. Guilliman would never be as threatening as Morgan.

But despite this, he is still willing to sign a peace treaty with the Spider Queen and take the initiative to help her suppress the voices from Mars: The Forge General and his followers always want to know what happened in the Triple Forge World, but unfortunately, in the common silence of Holy Terra and Avalon, the Martian exploration fleet often cannot even break through Riza's defenses, let alone penetrate into the heart of Avalon.

At the same time, General Casting has always wanted to understand why their opponents always get the news in advance about their large-scale sabotage operations against Reza: and since the leakage of these news is one of the terms, the seal holder who signed the peace treaty will naturally always keep his mouth shut.

After all, Holy Terra is happy to see Mars and Ryza coexisting as two heroes: the rebellious mentality of the current Forge General is no secret in the Council of High Lords, and if he did not have too many supporters and the Emperor had already made an appointment with Mars, the Sigillites would have considered replacing him long ago.

Therefore, Terra, Avalon, and Ryza are on the same front when it comes to restraining Mars, an increasingly unruly "ally": and with such comradeship, the Sigillite can take advantage of the opportunity to promote his second proposal.

This one is much more difficult.

According to the agreement, Morgan promised to keep an eye out for traces of the Wolf God in the warp for Malcador in the coming days: this was not a mandatory task. After all, even a powerful psychic like the Spider Queen rarely had the opportunity to carefully identify the abnormalities in the soul of another Primarch.

It’s not like everyone is called Magnus of Prospero and would be stupid enough to open a free visitor center in their soul.

Although the Sigillite paid a painful price for this deal: a large amount of cutting-edge technology that even the High Lords Council of Mars and Terra did not know about, all he got was a vague promise from the Spider Queen and a soul contract signed with the names of both parties.

However, despite this, Malcador did not say much. He was not an outsider who did not understand the Warp. He knew how outrageous the task Morgan had taken on was: to search for clues related to a possible Chaos God in the Warp?
To be honest, if Morgan hadn't been already burdened with debts in this regard, she would never have accepted this suicidal commission.

At the same time, the reward offered by the seal holder is tempting enough.

In the [Technology Patent Sharing Catalog] that is large enough to fill a whole sheet of paper, what interests the Spider Queen the most is the technological blueprints and data information left behind when the Lord of Mankind built the Emperor's Dream. Although most of them are outdated, they are still priceless treasures that are enough to drive people crazy.

With these data and experience, Morgan was confident that she could carry out a comprehensive renovation and improvement of the three Queen of Glory-class battleships in her hands: including the Dawn Goddess originally owned by the Dawnbreaker Legion; the Star's Wail, which was captured in the Third Randan War and originally belonged to the 11th Legion; and the Glory of Humanity, which was [fortunately] named by the Lord of Mankind himself.

Putting aside other things, the Aurora, as the de facto capital of the Far Eastern Frontier, is already very large in size: its length of 33 kilometers ranks first among its sister ships, and is even nearly a quarter longer than the second-ranked Glory of Macragge, which is 26 kilometers long.

However, when it needed to take on the administrative work of the entire huge country, such a huge size was no longer enough, and Morgan was unwilling to reduce the quality of life of those who lived on the Aurora, her most loyal group of followers: then the only option was to expand the size of the Queen of Glory again.

But this time, even Ryza, who was always obedient to the Spider Queen, had to painfully express his powerlessness: the size of a naval warship had its limits, and the existing technology of the Primarch and the Forge World could no longer allow the Aurora to maintain a larger size.

But it doesn't matter. Now she has the technology from the Emperor. You know, the Emperor's Dream, which belongs to the Lord of Mankind, is clearly claimed to have the size of a continental plate. This is much more exaggerated than the Queen of Glory, and is not inferior to the legendary Mountain Phalanx.

As for using these technologies, would it draw the Emperor's wrath...

What are you afraid of?
Anyway, the person who is primarily responsible is Machado.

Moreover, without the Emperor's tacit approval, the seal holder would never dare to take out these things.

(Yes, there is very little information about the Emperor's Vision, but there is no doubt that it is a very large warship, and even just approaching the planet's low-Earth orbit is enough to cause global geological disasters: this is a complete description of the planet.)
With some of the technology used by the Emperor when he built the Emperor's Vision, Morgan has the confidence to extend the length of the Aurora to at least forty kilometers, or even more. As for the other two Glory Queens in her hands, they can naturally become behemoths of more than thirty kilometers.

It looked like Riza's shipyards were going to start working day and night again: As for the reward this time? Picking some less critical technology from the Omnissiah should be enough to satisfy Riza's not-so-large appetite.

At worst, Morgan can go find Omnissiah himself, have him sign his name on these technical blueprints, and write a few more words of affirmation and encouragement to Riza: It is said that the current Riza Forging General, who has a close personal relationship with the Spider Queen, is currently facing the problem of replacing the old power system internally. These gifts should help her to keep her position secure.

The renovation work of the three Glorious Queens?
So far, it’s just a small matter.

That's right, now the Spider Queen already has three Glorious Queens and a huge fleet to match them: the void force of the Dawnbreaker Legion is completely comparable to the Dark Angel Legion at its peak. The [Naval Battle] of the Sons of Morgan is their most overwhelming advantage that is least known to outsiders.

As for the Star's Wail and the Glory of Mankind, although their appearance rates in foreign wars were very low, these two warships were not secret decisive weapons: at least the Emperor and Malcador had long been aware of their existence.

The predecessor of the Star's Cry was the Beast Command, the flagship of the 11th Legion. After that forgotten war, it became a trophy of Morgan and the Dawnbreakers. Although the Primarch liked its previous name very much, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it was modified and renamed at the suggestion of Riza.

The name Cry of the Stars comes from the collective petition of the Dawnbreakers: although it is never mentioned in the merit book, every generation of Morgan's sons will know through word of mouth from their predecessors and superiors that they have experienced several bloody great wars in the darkness in the northwest of the galaxy, and countless brave fighting brothers died there silently, and their achievements and bravery are destined not to be recognized.

From then on, the name "Star Cry" represented the remembrance of these unsung heroes.

As for the Glory of Humanity, it was the product of a large-scale construction plan: in order to prove the unbreakable nature of their alliance, the three kingdoms of the Far East once had a dream alliance, namely, jointly building three more Queen of Glory-class battleships, and then each participating legion would receive one.

Nostramo provided the raw materials, Macragge provided the start-up capital, and Morgan was responsible for contacting all parties and providing the necessary shipyards: the three Queen of Glory-class battleships soon joined the combat sequences of various legions, and Morgan was soon named by the Emperor himself.

At the same time, her two brothers encountered similar problems: Konrad eventually named his warship the Dawn, while Guilliman's case was a little more complicated, and the naming process of his warship took decades.

According to Lord Macragge's own selfish desires, he actually wanted to name the battleship Lady Euton, or to commemorate his adoptive father Connor, but his superb political qualities ultimately suppressed such personal feelings.

So, he planned to use this battleship to praise the unity of the Five Hundred Worlds, in contrast to the Macragge's Glory: for example, the Glory of Five Hundred Worlds, or simply the Unbreakable Union?

It is said that the latter name made Midnight Haunter burst out laughing on the spot. After decades of twists and turns, after a wide range of opinions were adopted, the warship, whose keel was laid at the Calth shipyard, finally got its own name: the Primarch named it the Dreadnaught, while others preferred its abbreviation, the Dreadnaught.

At this point, the Dreadnought became the seventh Queen of Glory-class battleship in service under the command of the behemoth Far Eastern Three Kings Territory: and as of the Nikea Conference, the total number of Queen of Glory-class battleships active in the entire galaxy was only twenty-four.

(Except for the sixteen Astartes Legions in the three Far Eastern countries, each of them only had one Queen of Glory-class battleship. The First Legion originally had three, but two were destroyed by Randan. In addition, the Imperial Navy had an additional Amphion)
A proportion of nearly one-third is already an exaggerated number: in fact, in many cases, the seal holder has to believe in the so-called Far East threat theory, because no matter from which angle, the military power held by this alliance of three siblings is really too outrageous and far exceeds their basic needs.

There seems to be no reason to explain all this other than preparations for a galaxy-wide rebellion.

After all, don't forget that in addition to the Queen of Glory, which accounts for one third of the total, the Ultramarines and the Dawnbreakers also have the first and second largest naval fleets among all the Astartes Legions respectively: the title of the Imperial Fists' strongest fleet is more supported by the omnipotent Phalanx. The size of Dorn's fleet is actually far smaller than that of the two kings of the Far East.

This does not even take into account the six Blackstone Fortresses in Morgan's hands, which are unable to take the initiative and are too slow to be used as an offensive force, but if they want to defend key locations, they can be almost unshakable.

No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel uneasy.

Thus, at the end of this not-so-long private negotiation, an ancient new word slipped out of the mouth of the seal holder.

[Navy holiday?]

Morgan's brow twitched.

[I seem to have heard Conrad say: a historical term on Terra?]

"It suits you very well now."

Malcador sat there like an old monk in meditation, his voice very soft.

"From what I understand: Nostramo's navy has reached its peak, right?"

【…】

"At the same time, Guilliman also intends to partially dismantle the war system of the Five Hundred Worlds and switch to a mode of peace-building. He will disband some of his redundant troops and old warships, reasonably control military expenditures, and sign a series of military-to-civilian bills to shift funds to the civilian sector, right?"

【…】

"Same to you, Morgan: Has the pace of Avalon's naval construction slowed down as well?"

【…】

[Sometimes I'm really curious, where are all your agents hiding? ]

"It does not matter."

The palmer smiled.

"The important thing is, maybe we can really take a break, stop the endless expansion of our navy, stop launching so many ships, and give our military expansion a break. This is also in line with the theme of the new era of peaceful development after the Great Crusade."

【Do you believe this yourself? 】

"It doesn't matter: go back and have a good chat with your Macragge brothers, Morgan."

"He'll agree with me."

【……snort……】

The primarch snorted.

【But you have to sign the treaty yourself. 】

"no problem."

Malcador nodded.

"Likewise: you will also have to meet your genetic father later."

[He has trouble for me again? ]

"Come on, Morgan: this is the last you will see of him before he leaves for the Great Crusade."

【Thank you, Machado, for telling me this good news. 】

The Primarch grinned.

[So: a new mission?]

"Do not."

The seal bearer fell into strange silence.

"how to say……"

"Morgan."

"What do you think about adopting a biological daughter who is not related to you by blood?"

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what……

Brothers got hit.

I held on for two days, but was finally taken away by Nurgle today: after I walked against the wind for half an hour to apply for a residence permit, my kind father finally accepted this life-threatening behavior with a smile.

send.

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But don’t worry, tomorrow will be the last chapter of Nikaea, and then I’ll seamlessly transition into the next storyline, and try to give you another big one before the new year.

(End of this chapter)