Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monsters

Chapter 515 Guilliman's Decision, Strategic Deployment

Just over ten days ago, Rhodes had already witnessed some of the movements of the Chaos Fleet. A large number of Plague Fleets, under the leadership of Typhons, stormed into Macragge.

What a tumultuous history! The world of Altera 500 was invaded during the First Terran War and has been frequently visited by the Orks ever since.

Just as Guilliman awoke, Abaddon sent the Chaos Fleet to attack Macragge. Guilliman's territory was truly plagued by misfortune!
"You mean Macragge was attacked by the Chaos Fleet? Rhodes, are you kidding me? I haven't found anything, not even Calgar reported it to me." Guilliman asked in alarm.

“I have no reason to lie to you. The Karl family certainly won’t report this to you, because the Plague Fleet hasn’t even reached Macragge yet; it’s only entered the outer perimeter. By the time they receive the news and report to you, some time should have passed,” Rhodes said.

The Empire's normal communication channels are nowhere near as fast as his, and the Empire's surveillance system is nowhere near as fast as his. In order to deal with the plague war, Rhodes had Tartarus monitor him at all times.

Therefore, Rhodes was fully aware of all the movements of the Chaos Fleet. Tartarus's eyes could observe the entire galaxy without much difficulty; that's how domineering an ultimate life form is.

If the Kingdom of Absolut existed, Tartarus's eyes could observe events happening in countless parallel universes.

“Rhodes! I can’t leave Holy Terra now. I need your help to deal with this incident,” Guilliman said.

Even if he were to travel from Holy Terra to Makula now, it would take him several months, by which time the war would have already begun.

Within Holy Terra, he also manages all the affairs of the empire, large and small; as regent, he has a lot of work to do.

Therefore, if his territory is invaded this time, Rhodes will be the fastest to provide support. Rhodes' territory can even send troops, since the two territories are almost adjacent.

“Now that Prime Minister Macardo has been resurrected, why don’t you just let him handle some work?” Rhodes said.

Reviving Macardo greatly relieved Guilliman's pressure. The old man was also a political talent, and his handling of the Empire's internal affairs was not much worse than Guilliman's! In fact, he was even more experienced than Guilliman.

This man lived for over 6000 years, while Guilliman, though over 1 years old, had been truly lucid for less than 1000 years, or even less than 500 years.

“Prime Minister Macado has a lot of internal affairs to handle, and I also have a lot of work to do. Even Magnus has to get involved. Now that the Council of Elders has been abolished, all the affairs, big and small, in the empire have fallen on our shoulders.”

"You have no idea how enormous this workload is, Rhodes. This is an interstellar empire with over a million imperial worlds, and we have to handle every single problem." Guilliman said.

To be honest, he sometimes really envied his brothers who could fight outside, envied Saint Gilles, envied Vulcan, the Lord of Fire Dragons, and envied Lion King Leon.

These brothers can fight abroad and command a fleet; their workload is much lighter than his.

Upon hearing this, Rhodes rolled his eyes. Guilliman launched the Unyielding Expedition in the original timeline, doing everything himself. Could it be because he didn't want to stay in Holy Terra to deal with the mountain of official documents?
“I understand. I will go to rescue your world. Also, tell your genetic offspring, Calga, about this through the Rain Message so that he can prepare his defenses,” Rhodes said.

“Thank you for your help, Rhodes! How’s the situation on your end? Besides the Chaos army marching towards Macragge, are there any other Chaos armies?” Guilliman asked.

As long as Rhodes is willing to take action, his territory will be virtually safe. Even if the demonic Primarch Mortarion were to go, he would surely die.

"Two Chaos fleets have poured out of the Eye of Fear and are heading towards the Empire. One is heading towards your homeland, and the other is heading towards the First Fleet of the Unyielding Expedition, which is my side."

Apart from that, no other large-scale Chaos fleets were found, but many small fleets were heading towards other Imperial worlds.

"I have already drawn some troops from the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Expeditionary Forces to suppress these Chaos Fleets," Rhodes said.

"What! Rhodes, who commands the main force of the Chaos Fleet that is attacking your side?" Guilliman asked.

He thought that only his Ultramar 500 World might be attacked, but he didn't expect that the First Fleet of the Expeditionary Force led by Rhodes would also be attacked!
In that case, Rhodes can't go to the rescue. This matter will probably have to be handled by Saint Gilles, or Vulcan, or Rogdorn.

"It's Mortarion who attacked me, leading a Plague Chaos fleet. He's just a nobody. I can handle him. You don't need to worry," Rhodes said nonchalantly.

His plan to switch the beams and pillars had succeeded. Now the Chaos forces believed that the ones on the First Expeditionary Fleet side were his and Elena's original bodies.

“Don’t be careless, Rhodes. The Chaos forces may have gained the ability to grow to gigantic size during the last attack. If the Mortalians have also acquired this power, then you need to be careful. If things get really bad, you don’t need to go to rescue Macragge. I will notify either Saint Gilles or Rogdorn to send someone,” Guilliman said.

“No need, no need, leave this to me. They will lead the remaining fleet to continue the expedition,” Rhodes said.

These two Chaos Fleets, with their huge amounts of system gold coins, cannot be wasted; Rhodes intends to annihilate both of these main fleets.

With the Babar aliens on the First Fleet's side, and the Zalab aliens impersonating herself, Elena shouldn't have too much trouble defeating a Motalian.

Even when things get too tough, he can remotely send Zog, the Angel of Destruction, to provide support.

This time, the plague war won't be fought by just the benevolent father, Nagle; other Chaos forces are also eager to make their move.

First, Rhodes is certain of one thing: Khorne will definitely make a move. Now that Sangilius has been resurrected, Khorne's obsession with this archangel is no less than that of Cairne, the Eldar's god of war.

Even more so, the entire Blood Angels are Khorne's target. He can deal with Saint Gilles on his own, and when he really can't hold on any longer, the archangel will naturally ask the Empire for help.

When the time comes, if the two Primarchs, Rogue and his lover, join forces, Khorne will be unable to enter the real universe. With only his Archdemons and the Demon Prince, the Chosen Chaos Champion will not be able to defeat Baal.

As for the other Tzeentch, Rhodes couldn't figure out what he was thinking or what he wanted to do!
Magnus returned to the Empire, having been thoroughly outmaneuvered by the Emperor and Rhodes. Given his vengeful nature, he would certainly not let the matter rest.

“Are you planning to split up with Elena? If so, I’ll head over to Macurag now,” Guilliman said.

This war cannot place all the pressure on Rhodes alone; these Primarchs are not to be trifled with.

"Don't worry, just stay here and oversee Holy Terra. I'll divide the forces here. Leave everything to me. You can rest assured!"
Both of these plague fleets are mine. If I discover any other Chaos fleets, I will notify you immediately.” Rhodes then cut off the communication.

After ending his communication with Rodor, Guilliman sighed and immediately went into the Yaping Room to contact his legion's strategist, Digris, informing him that the Plague Fleet was about to attack Macragge.

"Don't worry, great Father of Genesis, we will prepare for battle immediately. We already have several fearless giant warriors on our side, plus Calgar who can also grow to giant size. Even if the corrupted Primarch comes, we are confident that we can defeat them," Digglis assured Guilliman.

"Don't be careless. Last time, one of Khorne's chosen ones made Calgar unable to take care of himself. Now we can confirm that the Chaos forces have mastered the ability to grow to gigantic size."

"I've already informed Rhodes, and he'll be coming to your aid," Guilliman said.

"I understand, Father of Genes. You stay here and guard Holy Terra. We will fight to the death to protect Macragge for you."

Guilliman nodded, ending his conversation with his genetic offspring. Sanguis was likely to be targeted by Khorne, so the only ones who could spare the time to act were Vulcan and Rogdo.

He didn't intend to let Rhodes bear all the pressure of this war alone.

Rogdoryn is currently on an expedition, and their relationship isn't good. Guilliman doesn't want to ask him for help, so he has no choice but to turn to the Lord of the Dragons.

Moreover, given the Fire Dragon Lord's personality, as long as he knows about this, he will not hesitate to lead his legion to the rescue.

And as Guilliman had predicted, after receiving Guilliman's communication and distress call...

Without a word, Vulcan, the Lord of Fire Dragons, patted his chest and assured Guilliman that as long as he was alive, Macragge would not fall.

As long as one of his Legion's offspring is alive, the people of Makulag will not suffer the ravages of the Chaos fiends.

The Lord of Fire Dragons' third fleet, under Vulcan's command, turned its ships around and headed towards Macragge.

After ending his communication with Guilliman, Rhodes also began to make strategic deployments for the two battlefields.

(End of this chapter)