Warhammer: Emperor's Ravenbringer

Chapter 157 The Emperor's Expedition (Part )

"I witnessed the birth of the King of the Heavens with my own eyes."

In his twilight years, the legendary narrator, Petronilla Viva, tells stories of the past to his students and future generations.

This sentence is often used as an opening remark.

At this time, the listeners would sit around her quietly.

Wait for the other party to continue speaking and tell them the stories of those gods and heroes.

"That day, He stood up from the Golden Throne, stretched out his hand, and called out to his companions. The supreme and noble Lord of Ravens tore through the void and came to His side, emitting a high-pitched voice, announcing the beginning of the war."

"He raised his sword and called upon his generals and sons. The primarchs, shrouded in a halo, responded to his command and gathered under his banner with their sons."

"He ordered the fleet to go out, and the people standing on the surface saw billions of suns lighting up at the same time, pushing forward warships as big as cities or stars."

"The loyal army marched through the passage across time and space, rushing to the distant battlefield, vowing to fight for humanity and the empire, and to lead civilization to the path of transcendence."

"Countless machines made a deafening roar, playing a piece of music called the end, causing the civilizations of all worlds to cry sadly."

"At that time, I was just a girl who relied on the legacy of my family, was ignorant of worldly affairs, and was full of passion, eager to make a career and become a legendary chronicler. I stood on Terra and witnessed all of this happening."

Raven and Vulkan chatted for a long time on the flagship of the Salamanders, the Flameforge.

They talked about everything from humanity's past to its future, and then discussed the current state of the heavens and the many plans that the empire was going to carry out.

They even talked about the other Primarchs, the Emperor, as well as Valdor and Malcador, allowing Vulkan to get to know them better.

Vulkan was invited by the envoys of the Intres civilization to go to their capital star to sign a peaceful treaty to join the empire.

Raven said goodbye to Vulkan and set off to visit the other Primarchs.

And his next stop is the little phoenix - Fulgrim.

When the raven tore through space and reached Fulgrim, he was fighting the Thorns in the Lar An system.

The Thorns are an alien race with advanced technology, including professions such as engineers and warriors, and they also have advanced genetic technology.

The planet they live on experienced a dramatic climate warming, causing entire continents to sink underwater.

But they used their advanced anti-gravity technology to build a floating platform out of coral crystals, and created a city for themselves to live in the ocean world.

Those cities are like large islands and reefs, with countless narrow streets and spiral spires interlaced among them.

In the center of the island and reef is a group of towering energy columns that provide energy for the entire platform and support the floating of the island and reef city.

In addition, these energy columns are also a weapon that can release flames and strong winds.

The body of the Thorn Tribe has a snake-like structure.

They have silver armor protecting their insect-like abdomens and two pairs of arms on top of their bodies.

It also has insect-like compound eyes and a bulbous, round face.

In order to survive better, they widely use genetic technology to transform the body structure of different stingers into corresponding ones.

The weapons used for stabbing are very advanced.

It can control vehicles through bionic technology, fight underwater, or carry anti-gravity devices to move quickly in cities and high altitudes.

The Thorns also all worship the Chaos God Slaanesh.

Temples are built in the central area of ​​island cities.

The mark of chaos can be seen everywhere.

From time to time, there are gatherings that cannot be described in detail to please Slaanesh and seek blessings.

When the Ravens arrived at the Pride of the Emperor, Fulgrim was discussing with a number of the Legion's senior officers how to take over the Lar An system.

Fabius Bile was also there.

This guy is a well-known figure in the established destiny line.

The Warhammer Dust, as famous as Erebus.

Fabius Bile was born on Earth, and was a descendant of nobility.

It is worth mentioning that most of the Emperor's Children are descendants of nobles, so the culture of this legion tends to be elegant and beautiful, and even war is regarded as an art.

Fabius learned the art of body modification in his childhood. He conducted modification experiments using small animals such as mice and created many monsters.

After being recruited into the Emperor's Children, he became a survivor of the Plague and Blight (an accident that destroyed the gene-seed of the Emperor's Children, making the III Legion the smallest legion).
During the Great Crusade, Fabius became the chief pharmacist.

After defeating Thorn, he extracted Thorn's genes.

After the Emperor left the Great Crusade and returned to Terra, Horus was bewitched by Chaos, and Fabius took the opportunity to convince Fulgrim to transform his legionaries so that they could make high-pitched noises.

These legionnaires implanted with the stinging gene were the first generation of noise warriors.

During the Siege of Terra, Fabius also participated in the siege.

At the end of his time, he led many of the Emperor's Children warriors in a horrific massacre and torture of the refugees on Terra.

After the rebellion ended, the Empire fell into a long period of decline, and Fabius hid in the Eye of Terror, conducting horrific genetic experiments.

During this time, he cloned the Primarchs, creating exact replicas of Fulgrim and Horus.

This guy even went to Comoros for further studies, just to learn more cruel skills and pursue immortality.

"There are many advantages to the genetic technology of the thorns. Perhaps we can learn something from it." Fabius expressed his opinion at the meeting. "Knowledge is the most precious asset in this universe. The Emperor's Children should not ignore the loss of these precious assets. We should find a way to get them."

"Mr. Raven, what do you think?" Fulgrim asked, looking at the raven eating French fries.

"Fabius is right, knowledge is the most precious thing in this universe." Raven did not refute.

"So we want to obtain the genetic knowledge of stinging people?" Fulgrim was a little surprised. He thought that Raven would definitely not agree to such a crazy suggestion.

"Of course we have to obtain it, and we have to analyze it carefully to find out its weaknesses. The Empire's genetic technology is very strong, but it is far from reaching its peak." Raven said, "However, the stabbing technology can only be used as a reference and has no practical value. The Empire has obtained the Black Library left by the Ancient Saints, which contains the most advanced genetic technology in the universe."

"Don't take the genetic technology of Ci Ren too seriously. It's best if you can get it. If the price you have to pay is too high, just give up decisively."

Every Primarch is arrogant, and the more they are forbidden to do certain things, the more rebellious they will be.

It’s better to go along with them.

Fulgrim nodded and said, "Mr. Raven is right. The main task of this operation is to annihilate the Thorn Tribe. As for their genetic technology, it would be best if we can obtain it. If we can't, don't worry too much."

Fabius was a little unhappy, but since Raven was here, he didn't dare to lose his temper and could only endure it.

The military discussion meeting ended and the Third Legion launched an offensive against the El An system.

The Stinger fleet had no advantage against the Empire's second-generation warships. Once they engaged in battle, they quickly collapsed and were defeated.

In just a few hours, burning debris could be seen everywhere in the vast void.

These were all left behind after the destruction of the Thorn warships.

The Empire was victorious.

The assassin fleet was completely destroyed. Some ships that tried to escape were caught up and fired at.

The orbital space station also slowly disintegrated under the saturation bombing of the Empire, enveloped by the dazzling light. After the void war ended, the Empire took advantage of the opportunity to launch a ground landing war, preparing to annihilate the Thorn Clan.

As the Imperial warships entered low-Earth orbit, shrill alarms sounded in cities on various islands and reefs.

The people looked up and saw dazzling stars streaking across the sky.

The leader of the Thorn Clan stood in front of the majestic sacrificial temple, gazing at the sky.

Tears of despair fell from the corners of its eyes.

It was well aware that the minions of the God of Destruction were about to descend upon the home where they had lived for generations.

The God of End and Destruction has sent out His minions.

As predicted by the ancient prophets, the universe gave birth to the God of Destruction.

He symbolizes the final destruction and end, and will let the flames of war burn to every world, causing the world to completely return to nothingness.

"Praise the God of Joy and bless us. For our homeland, we will fight to the last moment, until our souls return to your palace."

After saying this, the stabbing leader turned and walked back to the temple.

The leader's will was quickly transmitted to the island and reef cities on the planet.

The people of the world are brave and fearless, and they use all means to resist the invasion of the human empire.

Even the young thorns were armed and fought for their homes.

However, in the face of a powerful empire, their resistance seemed ridiculous.

The descending Astartes warriors burned every island city and slaughtered every alien they saw.

Their swords and armor were stained with blood, and they looked like destroyers from a nightmare.

Fulgrim also joined the battle, with Raven standing on his shoulder, witnessing the destruction of an entire race.

The Primarch was like a god of destruction. Wherever he went, the Assassins encountered desperate destruction and massacre.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned fire from the sky, burning an island city to ashes.

With a simple snap of his fingers, countless stabbing warriors were turned into powder and exploded into bloody mist.

Any attempt to resist the Primarch failed.

The Assassins mustered their most powerful warriors, weapons, and wizards, but were unable to stop the Primarch's advance.

In the end, they all became corpses at the feet of the Primarch, becoming stepping stones to victory.

Finally, the Primarch and his guards arrived at the Temple of the Thorns.

The assassin leader has been waiting here for a long time.

When the Primarch arrived, it led its guards to attack him.

The assassin leader holds the magic sword - Raal's Blade.

This magic sword is very exquisite and is inlaid with an amethyst gem.

A high-level demon resides inside.

In the predetermined destiny, this demon once occupied Fulgrim's body.

During the Landing Site Massacre, he persuaded Fulgrim to cut off the head of the Iron Hands Primarch, Ferrus.

The assassin leader intends to use the Raal Blade to fight the original host.

It’s a pity that the power gap between the two sides is too big.

Fulgrim simply waved his hand and used gravity to crush the stabbing leader who wanted to perish together with him into a pulp.

He didn't even have time to scream before his tragic life ended.

Under the supervision of Raven, the sword was taken away and sealed by the demon hunting team accompanying the army.

After the Battle of Lar An, Raven spent some time alone with Fulgrim.

The Raven advised Fulgrim to put away his arrogant pursuit of perfection, and asked him to discuss everything with him or tell him.

After the Battle of Elran ended, Raven confirmed several times that Fulgrim would not be corrupted before leaving.

He had wanted to visit the last of the Primarchs.

But he unexpectedly received a message from the Emperor, asking him to return to Terra first.

Raven did not hesitate. After all, with his abilities, returning to Terra was just a matter of thought.

After arriving on Terra, Raven learned that the reason the Emperor summoned him back was because the Eleventh Primarch had returned.

After the eleventh Primarch was stolen from the laboratory by the Chaos Gods, he ended up on a mechanical planet called Tenambam.

The humans of this planet have given up their physical bodies.

He chose to upload his self-consciousness to the Internet and merged into a new conscious individual - Tenambam.

By the time the Imperial Guards arrived, Primarch No. 11 had already uploaded his consciousness and his body had been sealed away.

After the Imperial Guards made their intentions known, Tenanbaum took control of the body of Primarch XI and followed the Imperial Guards back to Terra.

In other words, the eleventh Primarch who returned to the Empire was not just a simple Primarch, but the collective consciousness of the entire planet - a body controlled by Tenenbaum.

The Emperor, who had just finished testing the Golden Throne, learned about the situation of No. 11 from the Imperial Guards. After checking it again, he didn't know what to do.

After careful consideration, he called Raven back to hear his opinion.

After learning the whole story, Raven also frowned.

The situation of Primarch No. 11 is much more serious than that of Primarch No. 2.

The soul and self-awareness of the Second Primitive were distorted and damaged due to the influence of the brainwashing machine for many years.

At least the soul and self-awareness are still number two, so we just need to find a way to complete them.

This is also the reason why he and Big Guy went to Zhetian, wanting to complete No. 2's soul and self through mysterious means.

But Raven didn't know what to do with the situation of Primarch No. 11.

His consciousness merged with the human consciousness of the entire planet and became part of the Gestalt consciousness.

It is worth mentioning that the two ideologies, Gestalt and Swarm, are different.

Beehive: One is all, one main will controls all sub-consciousnesses, a superior-subordinate relationship
Gestalt: All is one, there is no real superior or subordinate, each sub-consciousness is a part of the main consciousness and is equal.

"This is indeed a troublesome matter! The current No. 11 is not No. 11 at all, but a fusion of consciousness - Tynams." Raven said: "This is the first time I have encountered such a situation."

"We must first find a way to separate No. 11's consciousness." The Emperor said, "As for other matters, we will talk about them later."

"I can't do that. If someone says that part of your consciousness belongs to someone else, would you be willing to cut it out?" Raven said, "Let me talk to No. 11 first."

(End of this chapter)