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

Chapter 219 Death Duel: A Death Charge Towards Blackrock Fortress
"Cardia"

Through their battle with Chaos, the Steel Hand obtained extremely important intelligence.

They learned of the movements of one of the Chaos factions, which was heading towards Kadia.

If it were a chaotic war under normal circumstances.

Although those chaotic entities are targeting the real universe, they do not directly target Kadia.

It's true that Kadia is a node connecting to the real universe, and it's also a stable passage to the real universe, but Chaos clearly has other better targets to choose from.

After all, the Eye of Fear is too big.

They have more options. Chaos can choose to launch an attack with the Iron Hand as its home planet or other star systems as its entry point. With Medusa, the Iron Hand's home planet, as the entry point, the impact on the Empire will be even greater.

Moreover, the Steel Hand had just suffered a crushing defeat on Planet Iss 3.

A large number of Iron Hand Chapter members were purged due to the influence of Chaos. In the process of purging, some Iron Hand members even defected. In addition, the clans that followed the Iron Leader were also purged, which caused the conflicts between various clans to reach their peak again. The distrust of the Iron Leader also reached its limit, and the original Iron Council gradually became an empty shell.

In this situation, the steel leader's choice was to try to mediate between the various forces and balance their discontent.

This intense dissatisfaction will gradually increase over time.

At this point, Chaos can take advantage of the situation, incite the clan to rebel, and thus incite a rebellion within the Iron Clan.

To create opportunities for them to break out of the subspace.

This approach is clearly more advantageous for them.

However, instead of targeting the Steel Hand Chapter, they moved towards the edge of the Eye of Fear, specifically to Kadia.

What exactly do they need over there?

Iron Leader Stronus knew that Chaos was definitely preparing some kind of plan, but he didn't know what that plan was.

"Please give me some guidance."

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The emperor did not give him any guidance, or rather, even if the emperor heard his voice and gave him some guidance, it was only to guide him to follow the route the emperor had envisioned.

The Steel Hand Chapter is an excellent chapter, and the Empire does indeed need some chapters to maintain its existence. Clearly, the Steel Hand Chapter cannot be touched at present.

The crisis facing Kadia is the result of behind-the-scenes power struggles.

You can't have it all.

perhaps.

To put it cruelly.

Some warbands are destined to be sacrificed on the battlefield by the Empire.

Although they were loyal bands, it was somewhat undeserved that they sacrificed themselves on battlefields where they shouldn't have been; they could have played a much greater role.

However, their sacrifice is necessary compared to the future of humanity.

The only thing we can do is to let them return to the Golden Throne, and before that, they must play a greater role.

"Master, an arms factory in our northern sector has been looted, and they have sent out a distress call."

Is it chaos?

"No, they are space necromancers."

"Leader, news has arrived: Chaos has destroyed a star system using a terrifying weapon, and they have vanished without a trace, taking the weapon with them."

"What!?"

In the ensuing chaos, even space necromancers got involved.

Yes, under increasing pressure, the empire will inevitably face extremely serious situations in all aspects. The rebels will become even more unscrupulous, the aliens will appear in places that the empire cannot reach, and the chaotic forces will further oppress the human empire's living space.

They were caught in the uncertainty of the chaotic situation and the orders of the Empire.

They could only remain stationed in place, at most sending some soldiers to provide support to Kadia.

Even if Chaos seizes Cadia, it won't make much of a difference.

After all, before the Eye of Fear, there was a Primarch of the homeworld, like Medusa, suppressing them on the front lines.

Even if Cardia is captured, they can still send dozens of times more troops to take it back, but if a homeworld like Medusa is captured, the loss to the Empire would be much greater.

The Steel Hand has done its best to send some people to provide support, and has even contacted surrounding forces to send reinforcements to Cardia.

These people are generally strong enough to handle a Chaos attack.

However, everyone underestimated the power of this chaotic attack.

Even Cardia himself underestimated the intensity of the attack.

After all, Abaddon had launched previous expeditions, each one more brutal and devastating than the one before. Yet, with the help of their loyal Cardia Legion and other guard forces, they successfully resisted and kept their expeditions far beyond the Eye of Terror.

just.

This time.

Abaddon's determination has exceeded their expectations.

The current Warmaster Abaddon has acquired the Blackrock Fortress, a dark creation of the ancient Elders. He has gathered all six powerful weapons capable of tearing apart the physical universe and the warp. These terrifying weapons, capable of completely shattering the barrier between the warp and the physical universe, may unleash a terrifying force that even the Empire cannot imagine in the face of them.

Of these six Blackrock fortresses, three are heading towards Kadia.

Even though the Empire was aware of the crisis, it was unable to organize effective support due to the onslaught of the warp storm.

Because the Chaos were protected by the warp storms, their actions became even more elusive and unpredictable. The Chaos seemed to disappear into the warp storms, while the Empire was an obvious target.

On the space fleet of Cadia, ships were sailing in and out of the port, constantly transporting goods from the Empire. These were supplies from nearby areas to support Cadia or were being transported to Cadia in advance.

The subspace storm has made the transportation of supplies extremely difficult.

Soldiers on the battlefield cannot do without supplies.

Everyone knows the principle that supplies must come first for an army.

The watchtowers built at the ports of transport can see light-years away.

The scanning radar continuously captures signals from space.

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The radar, which was originally calm, was now in operation.

Suddenly, an alarm sounded.

An unregistered vessel appeared in their radar scan.

As soon as the radar scan began, a second one appeared.

The area near the Gate of Kadia.

A gap appeared in the subspace.

Like an icebreaker, the vanguard warship, roaring with its demonic engines, tore open the barrier between the warp and the real universe, temporarily connecting the two.

Once connected, terrifying warp storms blew out from the gaps.

Following the vanguard warship, a bio-warship covered in chaotic, twisted tentacles was approaching them.

And behind him.

There was also a terrifyingly large fortress, a colossal fortress, almost indistinguishable from the Empire's Mountain Array.

And it was completely different from the Empire's warships. They had never seen a warship like this before. The warship's strange appearance even made people seriously doubt that it was a warship at all, but some kind of bizarre object strung together with a nail.

And the worst part is...

Due to the recent war, Cardia...

Cardia's planetary array shields were now disabled.

Under normal circumstances, with the protection of a shield.

This force field shield might still protect Cardia from the devastating impact of such powerful weapons, but for now...

Perhaps things won't turn out that way.

Before the enemy even arrived, General Creed had already ordered his church's mechanical priests to do everything in their power to repair the array shield outposts on the planet Cadia. The goal was to restore the paralyzed planetary shields as quickly as possible, even though it was a difficult task. This was the key to getting reinforcements.

Simultaneously.

They dispatched a Space Wolves Chapter and a Cardia Raider Corps to guard the Cardia Gate, the path where chaos was bound to appear.

As long as chaos exists.

Then they immediately launched a death duel against each other.

This decision was made by Creed based on his study of chaotic habits and the habits of his opponents.

His decision was correct.

He also learned from other sources what Chaos was up to.

Not long ago, Creed received a message that Chaos had acquired some kind of terrifying weapon that could shatter and destroy any planet at will, including Cadia.

After learning that the enemy might be heading towards Kadia, he realized that they might use this weapon to destroy Kadia.

The world of Qardia is a vital fortress world for the human empire to defend the edge of chaos, and the most important world supporting the human empire's war against chaos.

Not to mention, recently, the Cult of Machines discovered something significant.

That is the exposed black stone on the surface of Cardia, which can suppress the power of the warp. Even demons will be severely weakened if they stay in Cardia.

This means they have the opportunity to acquire the power to defend against chaos.

Therefore, from any perspective, Cardia is a place that absolutely cannot be abandoned.

The Space Wolves Legion's mothership and the Cardia Raiders felt a chill run down their spines upon seeing the massive Black Rock Fortress of Chaos.

Those terrifying weapons were much larger than those warships.

Their warships were like a little finger compared to the enemy's Blackrock Fortress.

They were quickly locked onto by several light cannons from Blackrock Fortress.

The light emitted by the mothership of the Space Wolves Legion was like a faint firefly, quickly overshadowed by the purple light emanating from the Blackrock Fortress.

(End of this chapter)