Warhammer: Just unified the Empire, you said it was 40K

Chapter 218 The Crisis the Empire Aware Of: The Corrupt Ministry of Military Affairs

The emperor should understand the current crisis facing the empire.

However, this did not prevent the Cardia incident from happening.

Or.

Even he couldn't prevent the Kadia incident from happening.

This is the most desperate place.

The emperor knew what would happen next, and he also knew that he could postpone it for the time being.

However, all delays are just delays; they cannot truly stop the spread of the virus.

This is also the predicament the empire is currently facing.

Enemies are everywhere, and internal strife is rampant. With various interests intertwined, saving the entire empire is more difficult than leading a dynasty to its end. Even a person with strong personal abilities and leadership skills will be hampered by countless hands within the empire, unable to exert their abilities and forced to watch helplessly as the empire declines and perishes in war after war.

This is also one of the reasons why the emperor was powerless.

In the subspace, he was needed to maintain balance.

In the real universe, he is also needed to protect key nodes.

All he could do was delay it all.

However, the outcome that came was not what he had hoped for. The result he wanted might not actually come, and the result that was not what he wanted was approaching.

Cardia.

It is a crucial juncture in the battle between the human empire and the army of chaos.

This planet is more important than anywhere else.

The existence of this planet provides the human empire with a buffer zone in its battle against Chaos. It is also because of the existence of this planet, in the most stable part of the subspace route, that controlling this place means holding Chaos by the throat.

On this planet.

The whole nation is a soldier.

Due to their long-term struggle against Chaos, the Cardians receive military training from childhood and join the Cardian Legion upon reaching adulthood.

On this planet.

The surface is covered with fortresses, anti-aircraft gun arrays, and a network of bunkers.

The Blackrock Fortress and the Imperial Navy fleet are deployed on orbit.

Its Blackstone technology, specifically the Blackstone Obelisk on Cardia, can suppress warp energy and weaken the power of Chaos Demons.

On this planet.

It possesses the empire's most powerful, valiant, and loyal legion.

The Cardia Legion: The most elite infantry in the Imperial Guard, renowned for their discipline and firepower.

The 8th Regiment of the Cardia ("Iron Ring"): Participated in countless battles against Chaos.

On this planet.

There is a shortage of all kinds of supplies.

And what is most abundant is the names engraved on stone tablets.

Hundreds of millions of names were etched on this planet, only to be erased by others. Then new victims were etched upon them. The thick layer of soil has erased countless names, leaving behind wave after wave of new names, seemingly without end.

On this planet.

For couples who don't have romantic moments, the only romantic thing they do is watch the falling stars in their final moments together.

And those children born in Cardia.

Their fate was sealed the moment they were born, and the destiny they would bear thereafter was already predetermined.

Before they were even born and had learned to walk, they were expected to learn to assemble their weapons and fight for the empire and for the future of humanity.

Commander-in-Chief of the 8th Legion of the Cardia Legion, concurrently serving as Governor of the planet Cardia and General Ursakar Creed.

He was, as usual, staring at the Gates of Kadia in the Empire.

it's here.

The world of Cardia within the Gate of Cardia is the first and most important line of defense facing the entire warp. Its existence is the key intersection between the real universe and the realm of chaos, determining whether the Empire's war against chaos can be contained.

As long as Cardia exists.

Therefore, the human empire was not completely defeated; they still had a chance to fight back against Chaos.

And Cardia is about to fall.

This means that the empire is facing the greatest crisis in its history.

The empire was truly on the verge of collapse.

The Blackrock Fortress of Kadia, along with its planetary-level defense system, forms an impregnable fortress for Kadia.

Planetary Governor General Creed is inspecting the conditions across the planet.

Recently, chaos has started to stir again.

He could sense that some impending crisis was subtly looming over the human empire.

General Creed's gaze was fixed on the direction of the Eye of Fear.

It was a cosmic spectacle that could not be fully described. Countless distorted particles of strange colors were ejected from the Eye of Fear into the real universe, and these turbulent particles, wherever they came into contact with the real universe, continuously distorted everything in the real universe, bringing blasphemy and curses, twisting the souls and wills that approached them.

The Kadians, having lived in this turbulent environment for so long, still have eyes that are different from those of normal people, even with planetary-level defenses and the Blackrock Fortress.

The eyes of the Cardians are purple.

Their legion wore green armor, and one could distinguish whether someone was a Cardian simply by looking at the color of their eyes.

"General Creed, this is a message from the Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs."

"General Creed, the Empire has received your request. However, the Empire still has other enemies to contend with and cannot send more troops. The Empire will draw upon any warbands it is willing to assist in the future."

General Creed only read a portion of the contents.

I simply turned off the virtual projector in my hand.

Taking a deep breath to suppress his anger, he pierced deep into the chaotic lair.

The warp storm nearly severed the Empire's ties with other powers, including those in Cardia. Under these circumstances, Cardia was the place most in dire need of Imperial support.

How many people did they, in Qadi, sacrifice to send a message hoping for troop support?
The ten members of the Navigator Family sent out the message.

Only one Star Speaker managed to get through the warp storm and send the message out.

result.

What message did you receive?
The message they received was merely an order from the empire to wait for reinforcements.

True.

To prevent a recurrence of Imperial rebellions, the Ministry of Military Affairs needs to redeploy the forces of the various chapters to different star systems to carry out missions. This is to prevent them from returning to their parent chapters, banding together for mutual support, and becoming powerful legions that the Empire cannot control, just like the Steel Chapter, which is not bound by the Imperial Astartes Codex.

But this is the most important part of the empire's territory.

Subspace storms are coming.

Clearly, the chaos has begun to stir again.

If Chaos were to take action, from where would it first travel through subspace?
It must be near Cardia.

Therefore, even if the enemy hasn't arrived yet, it's necessary for them to send reinforcements in advance, not to mention that he has already keenly sensed the enemy's movements. The chaotic power in the nearby Cadia region has obviously increased and its activity level has increased. Their direction of attack must be Cadia.

However, due to power struggles and the Imperials' wariness of the Astartes Chapters' unity, it is temporarily impossible to send any chapters to assemble in Cadia; they must wait for their arrangements.

Let them make the arrangements, let them make the arrangements.

Just waiting for their arrangements, how long will that take?
By the time you've arranged for the different opposing warbands to fight and coordinated which warbands to send out, Cardia will be on the verge of falling.

Creed did not misunderstand the actions of the Imperial Military and Political Department.

After all, there was the Horus Rebellion.

We gathered here.

The reason why so many rebel chapters were able to carry out the Horus Rebellion so smoothly was because the Empire loosened its control, allowing a large number of rebel chapters to successfully converge there. In addition, the warp storms disrupted communication between Empires, allowing those chapters that had formed alliances to gather a large number of soldiers. After cutting off the communication between the Empire's defenders, they successfully annihilated the other chapters one by one.

It's perfectly normal for the Empire to not want chapters with good relations, or chapters belonging to the same Primarch, to fight in the same sector.

But it depends on when.

Now that we've reached an extremely dangerous point, are they still worrying about those things?
We're not sending troops now.

When Chaos actually attacks...

Even if you send more troops, can you still stop them?

The tax ships that Kadia had expected to arrive failed to do so, and they were also short of supplies and soldiers.
At the current location of the Gate of Kadia.

General Chris, I wonder how long they can hold out when chaos appears.

I just hope that the number of enemies will be less.

This will reduce their stress.

"Hopefully this subspace storm won't last too long."

"General, Kadia stands firm, and we will stand with Kadia!"

The people of Kadia are born to protect Kadia and ensure that Kadia stands firm in this universe.

Although they were ordinary people, not soldiers of the Astartes Legion of the Empire, nor as skilled in martial arts as the Imperial Guard.

However, their loyalty is as unwavering as that of Kadia, who stands before the Eye of Fear. Kadia has existed alongside them since the time of the Emperors, and has always faced the Eye of Fear without ever flinching.

Although the enemy was powerful, they were not afraid.

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"The Star Speakers sent out have made contact with the Iron Hand's Iron Leader. We need to closely monitor all of Chaos's movements."

As Creed prepared to contact the Iron Hand.

In fact, the Steel Hand was already engaged in battle with the army of Chaos at this time.

They are located on Medusa, the planet that stands in front of the Eye of Fear, and are also the main combat force intercepting Chaos.

This steel hand has learned of the target through a series of methods.

"Leader, their target is Kadia!"

(End of this chapter)