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

Chapter 282 Welcome
The empire has more important tasks to attend to.

As for the soldiers, they will remain here to handle the Empire's search!
As for the ordinary soldiers, while they were shocked, they were also considering the Empire's reaction.

After all, with so many battle groups arriving all at once, it's estimated that no one in the entire empire will be able to sleep.

Moreover, because of the existence of these people, to the Imperium, or more precisely to the humans, the Astartes are no different from other Xenomorphs; they have already transcended the human realm. In fact, some Astartes do not even consider themselves human. Furthermore, the threat posed by the Astartes during the Horus Rebellion has left the Imperium shrouded in the shadow of the Space Marines.

Therefore, given this conflict, if we were to tell some high lords that at least a dozen Astartes chapters, with their fleets, have entered Terra without any orders or procedures, it would be a serious matter.

So how does the Empire feel about this?

My first thought is that the Empire might be facing a second Horus Rebellion, and that those chapters have already reached the Empire's homeland, with the enemy's next step being to conquer Terra.

As for the human nobles, their reaction at this moment would undoubtedly be to fight against these warbands.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Empire, these warbands are now invisible rebels.

Just as these soldiers had predicted.

The appearance of numerous warbands at the same outpost indicated that the Empire was facing the risk of civil war. Soon, this intelligence was relayed to the higher-ups, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other groups led by the high lords. At this moment, even the unsuspecting high lords' subordinates understood that these people were most likely targeting the nobles.

Those who have participated in the persecution of Space Marines over the years know very well what they have done to those loyal Space Marines, especially those who personally participated in the persecution and were driven out of the center of power and sent to these frontiers of the solar system because they disapproved of certain persecution methods of the Empire. They also know what the gathering of these chapters represents.

These people, even if they tear up the Astartes Codex, still want to enter the world of Terra.

This must be the decision they have made.

"Macado is back!"

Some people who had long been persecuted by this power, those who were expelled, and those who were temporarily spared death due to various interests, seemed to have received the news at the same time.

The reason why the Warband is so united in its return is because of this.

It is because the minister who once served as the advisor to the Lord of Mankind, the eternal regent who once assisted the Lord of Mankind, Macardo, has returned. Due to the current corruption and collapse of the empire, which has led to the empire's current predicament, the emperor needs to resurrect Macardo, who died ten thousand years ago, to restore justice to the empire.

Those who were originally being persecuted by the empire received this news.

Naturally, these people's speculations need to be verified.

Once these speculations are verified, those who were at a disadvantage in the power struggle will immediately and unhesitatingly support Macardo to regain the power of the regency and take control of the empire again.

Because in their eyes, the era of Makado and the Emperor's pilgrimage must be idealized. To them, that empire was the most loyal, the most perfect, and the most powerful era in the empire. The Emperor roamed the earth, the Regent had unlimited power, and countless imperial warriors expanded the empire's territory. Any aliens were suppressed by the empire, and the empire's borders once extended to areas beyond the Milky Way, countless light-years away.

So even if Macardo doesn't actually return in full force, and even if Macardo can't lead the Empire back to the war scenes of the past, they will still continue to follow Macardo and attack for their only hope.

"They've sent a fleet to intercept us! Commander Cohen, should we intercept them?"

Loyal servants of the Imperial High Lords, after exchanging words with the High Lords' gloves, decisively rushed toward the enemy warships to stop them. They had a perfectly legitimate reason to intercept them and make them stop, after all, they had already warned them, but the enemy had not stopped, and they had the capability to open fire.

On the warships of those warbands, the Imperial warband commanders all stared at the people blocking their way.

No one could stop them, not even the soldiers of the empire.

They wanted to purge the remnants of the empire and restore it to its former purity.

In this Cardia War.

The entire Highlord Council did not provide them with any technical assistance, and even hindered their mission. Without the Highlord Council, perhaps Kadia would not have been destroyed, and perhaps the Empire would not be facing this perilous situation now.

It can be said that almost everything Kadia has today is a result of this war, and the Highlord Council bears full responsibility for the defeat in the war.

"Gentlemen, this is Captain Jans from Terra Checkpoint 789. Please state your purpose."

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"No need to explain your purpose. I am Collison, officers. I am now in full charge of Checkpoint 789. I previously served as the Vice Commander of the Terra Solar Force. I need to confirm whether the Regent is indeed on your fleet."

And on the towering mountains of Terra.

The high lords from all over the world gathered together once again.

They were all obviously aware of Macado's arrival.

"Faster than I expected?"

"What did you say?" "."

At this moment, even the smallest sentence, once seized upon, will be magnified infinitely.

At this point, keeping quiet is the best course of action.

Those who become high lords have all learned how to keep quiet and how to let others take the lead while they themselves simply hide in the background and receive offerings from others.

Makado's arrival was something they had anticipated.

Some of them may have sent assassins, or paid a price, to try to assassinate Makado.

But they failed.

And in this process.

They saw other things, and there must be some among them who had betrayed them.

Because they received the message.

The information that they had previously blocked was suddenly leaked out.

They kept Makado's return a closely guarded secret, even monitoring his appearance closely, ensuring that no one knew of his presence.

However, some people still knew about Makado's appearance, and on a large scale at that. This must mean that someone among them betrayed their secret agreement, or even that they were already planning to sell them out when Makado arrived.

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There isn't a single person on the other side that I can trust right now.

Simultaneously.

Among these people, there are also partners with common interests, but none of them know what the others are really thinking, because when the empire established these high lords, it was to make them check and balance each other.

Therefore, at this moment, every High Lord would suspect whether the other party had betrayed them, broken their promises, and secretly contacted Macardo, attempting to use this method to eliminate dissidents and increase their power. The Inquisition and the Assassin's Court, these forces established by Macardo, could all be part of spreading the news. At the same time, those powers that oppose them and those who have crossed paths with them are also very likely to belong to this category.

Thus, their hearts were filled with contradictions.

This is also why almost nothing can be accomplished under the High Lords Council.

Even now, as they face certain death, they still doubt and reject each other, making false promises. Without an environment of absolute trust, there is naturally no possibility of absolute cooperation.

The high lords are like a group of power-hungry, blind men who only use their power to gain more benefits. When their interests are severely damaged, they go mad and will retaliate with all their might, but this retaliation will only happen in the dark.

However, they become weak when something frightens them appears.

When external forces are not strong enough, they will hinder that force.

When this external force becomes powerful enough, due to their own weaknesses, they will attack, fight, and distrust each other.

They need to compete for more resources within a limited circle, and clearly, resources are only a portion of what's available in these limited circles. The Empire has too deep a hold on them, and if the Empire wants to regain control of trade and resources across the entire galaxy, it must cooperate with them.

Cooperating with them would inevitably take away a portion of the profits that originally belonged to them, so when Makado arrived, these high lords already realized that they had lost.

There's no way to take down Macado now, no matter what.

Because they really brought a huge number of warbands and soldiers, and they've already arrived in Terra.

How else can they stop it?

Assassination at the meeting?

Or should we directly instigate a civil war?
These high lords wouldn't dare do that.

Even if they wanted to kill Makado, they dared not risk a war breaking out near them, after all, they didn't want to die, they wanted to live and continue making money.

If they want to continue making money, they must demonstrate their value.

To preserve their current status and power, they must strip the interests of others from the empire.

(End of this chapter)