Warhammer: This Galen's Heart of Steel

Chapter 88: The Collapse of Mortal Society

The Space Wolves led by Bjorn were the first to reach the planet Vigilance on the outer edge of the Denor system due to their regional advantage and joined the Dreadnought Vanguard Fleet led by Sanguinius.

Sanguinius came out to meet with his old acquaintance Bjorn, and in front of the important backbones of the two legions, the Archangel praised Bjorn and the Space Wolves for their loyalty to the Empire, as well as the unbreakable friendship between the two legions.

Afterwards, the two legions, which had several years of joint combat experience, joined together at the fastest speed. They were so familiar with each other that in the eyes of outsiders, they were just the same legion wearing different power armors.

The two legions wiped out Cosette's plague minions at lightning speed, and using the lost forge world as an outpost, began the mission of clearing out the Nurgle fleet in the Denor system.

The two legions first arrived at a planet called Agria, located on the edge of the galaxy.

The side of this planet is covered with potholes and gullies, like the disgusting scars of a person with eczema. In fact, these potholes and gullies are metal-cast fortresses. Various powerful weapons are hidden in these bunkers. Any enemy who dares to approach the defense line of this planet will be immediately hit by the most violent artillery fire.

When the combined fleet of the Space Wolves' Hercules and the Dreadnought Vanguard arrived at the outermost asteroid orbit, the highest commander of the Imperial base immediately came to meet the Primarch.

"Haktis has met the primarch."

The fleet commander respectfully saluted Sanguinius with the Eagle Salute.

Sanguinius nodded slightly, responding to Hakitis' salute.

Then, Sanguinius slowly spoke: "Haktis, are you still loyal to the Empire?"

The angel's words frightened Hakitis so much that cold sweat broke out on his back. He described his loyalty to the archangel in the most humble and sincere manner.

Immediately afterwards, Sanguinius asked his second question.

"Are you aware of the Plague Fleet that is wreaking havoc in the Denor Galaxy?"

Hakitis nodded quickly: "Master Primarch, the first area attacked by the Plague Fleet was the defense zone where we were stationed."

After asking the second question, Sanguinius drew out the flaming blade from his waist and pressed the burning blade against Captain Hakitis's jaw. The skin on the left half of his face was burned by the flames from the blade, and red blisters appeared on it, but he did not dare to dodge at all.

"Why are you hiding in Agria? Do you know how many innocent lives are being harmed by demons in the dozens of worlds around you? Yet you are hiding in Agria with your troops and refusing to send out troops?"

"Are you afraid of death?"

At this moment, Sanguinius was extremely majestic, his beautiful face stood upside down, anger was revealed on his face, and the flames of light representing anger burst out from his wings.

Behind Haktis, all the soldiers of the Imperial fleet knelt on the ground and trembled. Just a glance from an angry Primarch was enough to scare these mortals.

If Garen were here at this moment, he would definitely not be able to connect this holy and majestic archangel with the useless fruit angel in his memory who only knew how to eat fruits and sell his body.

It feels like they are twins with the same appearance, one is a useless fruit angel, the other is the Emperor's god of war who conquers the galaxy, but they also seem like they have different personalities.

Hakitis quickly explained to the archangel why the fleet stayed indoors.

It turns out that as the power of Nurgle spreads, there is also countless panic and chaos.

More and more doomsday cults are appearing on those tortured planets, and the preachers of these fanatical cults are constantly spreading propaganda to destroy human society.

This upheaval was known as the Plague of Unbelief, not an actual disease, but a general term for a destructive phenomenon in society at the time, with fanatical cultists preaching that the Emperor's wrath was upon mankind because of their evil deeds.

Only those who are truly devoted to the Emperor will be spared.

After investigation, the Imperial Fleet discovered that during this turmoil, these fanatics were actually able to stay healthy while whipping themselves and walking through the plague-filled streets to preach radical doctrines.

As a result, more and more people became believers.

The Imperial authorities on the planet, as well as the various conquering military structures, came under attack from these fanatics.

Even though the enemy's army has not actually arrived, under the dual impact of the zombie plague and the "plague of unbelief", the social order of dozens of imperial worlds around Agria has already been crumbling.

The imperial army, deeply involved in the battle against plague zombies, finds it difficult to respond promptly to the current situation.

Agria's Imperial Fleet was forced to abandon larger-scale combat cruises and could only withdraw to its base to defend in the hope of at least preserving some important empire locations.

After listening to Haktis's report, Sanguinius finally understood the situation in the Denor system at this moment. Although the Imperial Army's defensive behavior seemed to be abandoning the people, they retained the most complete combat organization for the subsequent counterattack against the Nurgle Plague Fleet.

Sanguinius could not judge whether this practice of using civilians as bait to preserve combat troops was good or bad, because this was the current situation of the vast majority of soldiers in the Imperial Army.

The question is, can an army separated from the people of the empire really save this broken world?

These soldiers of the imperial army in front of him clearly came from an ordinary family, but under the influence of some strange military atmosphere, they became strangers.

Shaking his head, Sanguinius stopped thinking about it. The current priority was to summon all the imperial troops in the Denor galaxy who chose to defend like Haktis, and expand the combat effectiveness of the two legions.

The Fearless Vanguard Supreme Command issued an order from the Primarch, asking all the legions in the Denor system to return to defend Demacia.

At the assembly point of the Fortress of Solitude, regiments of the Imperial Army report for duty every day.

The Nurgle Herald Typhas naturally also caught the order to send light waves to the entire Denor system. It grinned excitedly and ordered the fleet to turn around.

At the same time, a call to action was sent to all the fallen imperial worlds, and countless plague zombies, led by human traitors, headed towards Demacia.

A space war that spreads across the entire galaxy will begin with Demacia as its center.

the other side.

Fulgrim was operating with a company of the Luna Wolves, standing narcissistically in front of a floor-length mirror that framed his entire body, admiring his own beauty.

There are two things to do on this trip to Demacia.

One is to make Garen cry.

The second was to see how he compared with Sanguinius, whom Horus praised generously.

(End of this chapter)