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Hearing this, the leader of the remnant soldiers of the Son of Change smiled and said, "We will not make mistakes, and we will not be defeated. Everything is under the control of the Lord of Change..."

Chapter 61 Painless Death

In the end, Miraak still didn't learn the name of the Chaos leader who led the Sons of Change to attack his own flagship, and he couldn't even find out the identity of the insider who hid them aboard the Flame of Repentance. He only got the nickname "Eternal Servant".

The Sons of Change, who were trapped in a desperate situation, still looked smug as if everything was under control. This self-confidence that came from nowhere disgusted Dimitri and his Grey Knights, who just wanted to string these traitors through with their spears as quickly as possible.

But in fact, the last of the Sons of Change have begun to panic.

Because the time is not right.

The leader of the Sons of Change warband, nicknamed "The Eternal Servant", saw Dimitri approaching him with a spear, and even he couldn't help but feel shaken in his heart.

Now, no, as early as nearly twenty minutes ago, the infiltration commando led by the Unchanging God should have taken over the Seekers' Base which was still under construction, and used the powerful weapons on board to launch a general attack on the Fire of Repentance to support their own actions.

Based on the intelligence provided by the insider and the offerings to the Lord of Change, the Sons of Change learned that the Fire of Repentance Regiment had just suffered heavy losses in a series of battles and was unable to allocate troops to garrison the Seekers' Base.

During the crucial moment of assembling the L-Gate, almost all high-level technical priests tried their best to go to the site to observe and make a pilgrimage. Only some grassroots technicians and servitors stayed behind, and the defense of the star base was extremely weak.

What on earth was the Unchanging God doing? Why did he bring a force second only to his own to invade such an empty star base, but there was no victory report or support?

The Eternal Servant didn't know the reason, but he knew that if he continued to be stubborn, he would die.

The power spear in Dimitri's hand hummed with powerful psychic energy, blood slid down the golden skull on Miraak's armor and dripped. At the top of the core cabin, the index fingers of the mortal auxiliary soldiers were tightly gripping the triggers, and countless ray rifles were aimed at the chest of the eternal servant.

"Die! Heretic!"

Mirak charged forward with his sword raised. Countless guns opened fire at the same time, but the overwhelming firepower only left large charred marks on the floor of the cabin.

Because the enemy disappeared.

Accompanied by a wave of psychic energy that distorted reality, the last remnants of the Son of Change disappeared in front of everyone.

"It's a teleportation spell, but they didn't cast it themselves. They didn't make any movements to cast the spell. Someone was helping them from behind." Dimitri used his extensive knowledge of psychic powers to quickly see through the secret of the disappearance of the Sons of Change, and immediately provided a solution:

"That person's psychic power is very strong, but he can't go very far with such a hasty teleportation. They are still inside the battleship. Pass the order and conduct a full ship inspection!"

Mirak, of course, chose to trust the professionals: "Inspect the entire ship!"

After the order was issued, all the forces of the battleship were mobilized and all external exits were closed. Mirak also wanted to lead the team to find the hidden traitors personally, but was stopped by Dimitri.

"The one who used teleportation to rescue them must be a traitor in your warship, the one who helped them sneak into the warship." Dimitri said, "Who on your warship has such a strong psychic power and superb teleportation skills?"

The answer is ready to come out.

Miraak nodded slightly: "I understand."

Next, Dimitri sent out all the Grey Knights in his squad to cooperate with the warriors of the Fire of Repentance to carry out a cleanup operation in the battleship, while he personally followed Miraak and his Glory Guard to the Cathedral of Glory on the Fire of Repentance, which was also the location of the battleship's highest command room.

This sacred room located at the foot of the Emperor's statue is responsible for the external communications and warp navigation of the entire chapter. Every astropathic message and every warp jump depends on the hard work of the navigators and astropaths here.

During the expedition of the Martyrs Legion, the prophetess Alexi once sat here in person, temporarily serving as the chief navigator of the Flame of Repentance, using her eyes that shone with the Holy Light of the Emperor to guide the expeditionary legion forward.

When Alexi left Faya with the drawings of the L-Gate and returned to the core galaxy Nirvana, the original chief navigator of the Fire of Repentance Regiment took over this responsibility from the prophetess.

This old and reliable veteran navigator is called "Old Geller with the Wise Eye" by the Astartes of the Flame of Penance Chapter. Old Geller himself likes this title very much, as it represents the warriors' recognition and praise for his superb navigation skills.

If Miraak had not been awakened by his good friend Dimitri, he would never have thought that this old man who had fought with the regiment for nearly a hundred years would fall into Chaos... He subconsciously rejected and denied the existence of such a possibility.

Even with the pervasive temptation of chaos, it is definitely not easy to shake a loyal person like Old Geller.

In Mirak's impression, this respectable old man never coveted money and other material enjoyments, nor did he pursue glory and fame. He always lived a pious life like an ascetic, dressed simply, ate plainly, and regarded assisting the expedition of the war group as his lifelong mission. Even though with his qualifications and contributions, he could have found a beautiful garden world to retire and enjoy his old age, he always insisted on being active on the front line.

Why would such an old man like Geller betray the Emperor and the Empire he had served his entire life?

With such doubts, Mirak opened the door of the command room.

The walls of the command room still bore traces of the battle and blood he had used to fight off the first wave of the Son of Change's sneak attack, but the room was now empty. The astropaths, clerks, and navigator apprentices that Old Geller had taught were all gone, leaving only a white-haired, hunched figure kneeling on the cold ground in the center of the command room.

Even before he got close, the Astartes' keen hearing enabled Miraak to hear the low cry that overflowed from the old man's throat.

"I betrayed the Empire, and the Empire betrayed me. I betrayed the Empire, and the Empire betrayed me..."

Old Geller repeated these two sentences nervously, his aged body supported by various life-support prostheses trembling slightly as he cried.

Miraak silently took off his helmet, and the guards behind him did the same. Only Dimitri stood there indifferently holding his spear, with no expression on his steel-covered face.

"Even Chaos cannot corrupt a heart of perfect loyalty." Miraak said in a sad voice, "Old Geller, what caused the flaw in your loyalty?"

He knew the answer, he knew it in his heart, but Mirak still hoped that he could hear old Geller confess his sins in person.

Only in this way could he protect this old man who had served the Empire all his life from the cruel torture of the Inquisition and give him a merciful and painless death.

Chapter 62: Terror of Darkness

Miraak patiently tried to learn from old Geller the reasons for his betrayal, but it was in vain.

Strong emotional fluctuations and some unpredictable chaotic influences made Old Geller seem to enter a state of mental disorder. He was unable to respond to Miraak's questions at all. He just knelt on the ground facing the Emperor's statue and kept repeating: "The Empire betrayed me... I betrayed the Empire..."

"I need to read his memory." Dimitri came to Miraak and said, "It's my duty. Sorry."

Miraak shook his head and said nothing more.

Dimitri was not asking for his opinion, he was just announcing his next action in advance. No matter what personal feelings the warriors of the Fire of Repentance had towards old Geller, they would not be shaken in such a tense battle situation, and Miraak was not shaken by this selfish motive.

Powerful psychics can directly read the psychological activities and subconscious thoughts of ordinary mortals, and in the case that Old Geller is also a psychic, Dimitri's method of reading his memory will be more crude. To put it bluntly: Old Geller's brain will collapse due to Dimitri's forced access, and the information he wants to obtain will become fragmented, but this is already the most efficient method, and he must do so.

Under Miraak's silent gaze, Dimitri held old Geller's head in his hands.

After a moment, he raised his hand, and old Geller's body fell to the ground.

"Someone leaked the existence of the L-Gate and its true purpose, but the identity of that person is unknown."

Dimitri's voice rang out directly from Miraak's mind through psychic energy: "The navigators who knew about the L-Gate Project were all worried. They were afraid that they would not be able to keep a place in the Empire after getting rid of the constraints of the warp. This twisted mentality of worrying about gains and losses eventually gave Chaos an opportunity to take advantage of it."

As he spoke, Dimitri glanced at old Geller, who was lying on the ground, twitching slightly. He was deceived by the slander of the Tzeentch demons and naively thought that as long as he indulged Chaos a little and let them destroy the Stargate, he could keep his previous position.

He even believed that he had not betrayed the Empire, that he was still a loyal servant of the Emperor, and that he was still willing to burn his entire life to assist the Chapter in its expedition against the enemies of the Empire. That was his lifelong wish...

"How stupid." Dimitri spit on the betrayal of Old Geller and the other navigators with disdain.

Just because of such a ridiculous reason, the Navigators hid the traitors who had fallen into Chaos in the Imperial Fleet, causing the internal chaos that was enough to severely damage the vitality of Falla's Imperial Navy and destroy the lives of countless loyal people.

Even the Emperor's holy image was nearly destroyed.

They did all this without even knowing the true function of the L-Gate, nor did they know that the Council led by the Prophetess had no intention of completely abandoning traditional subspace navigation...

"The person who leaked the news to them deliberately concealed the Council's decision to reserve traditional warp navigation, and only gave the navigators incomplete information, making them mistakenly believe that they were about to be completely abandoned... This deception did not use a single lie, but only an incomplete truth. Is this also the work of Tzeentch's followers?"

Dimitri did not think much about this issue. He directly showed all the memory fragments he had read to Miraak, and then said, "You decide whether to let your soldiers know this." Then he quickly left the door of the command room.

Time is running out, and he must now meet up with his team members to wipe out the remnants of the Son of Change hiding in the ship.

Mirak was stunned for a few seconds, then put the helmet back on his head without saying a word, turned around and left with the power sword in one hand: "Let's go, there is still a tough battle to fight next."

In old Geller's memory, he saw a terrible future: a massive Chaos fleet was about to arrive. They emerged from the turbulent warp and intended to deal a heavy blow to the Imperial Navy, which had not yet recovered from the civil strife.

In the face of Chaos' overwhelming military might, Faya will fall, and the Empire will completely lose this barren world on the border.

The warriors of the Fire of Repentance were worried and on high alert, but what they didn't know was that the current situation was much more optimistic than what old Geller thought.

Because according to the original plan of the Sons of Change, with the powerful firepower support of the Seekers Star Base, the Fire of Repentance has now either been sunk or fallen into their hands.

After losing the two core combat units, the star base and the fleet flagship, as well as the entire Fire of Repentance Chapter, the Imperial fleet, with its morale completely collapsed and its command system completely messed up, will truly become the prey of Chaos.

Now it is obviously not.

Although it is not known how the Servants and Skitarii who remained on the star base managed to defend the Seekers from the attack of the Chaos Astartes led by the Immutable Priests, they did manage to hold on after all, and this is the biggest variable in this war.

Inside the ship, the Grey Knights used their keen psychic perception to once again lock onto the remnants of the Son of Change.

This time there was no insider to help them cast the teleportation spell. Dimitri personally chopped off the head of the "Eternal Servant" with a power spear and raised it above his head, declaring his victory amid the enthusiastic war cries of countless mortal auxiliary troops.

After clearing the hull with extremely high efficiency, the Fire of Repentance did its utmost to restore communications with the ships under its command.

Miraak personally ordered the Flame of Repentance to use its powerful firepower to completely destroy several large ships that were too deeply corrupted by the Son of Change and could not be saved. At this time, they could no longer care about the losses. They had to use any method at all costs to stabilize the situation with the highest efficiency and gather strength to face the next Chaos main offensive.

But it turns out that chaos never gives people enough time to breathe and prepare.

Before Mirak could gather the remaining warships that were badly damaged after the civil strife and deploy defenses at Mandeville Point in the Faya galaxy, the psychic detectors on the warships had already sensed the subspace fluctuations coming from the outer reaches of the galaxy.

The chaos spreading across the starry sky tore the curtain between reality and illusion. Warships entangled with evil power and growing blasphemous flesh and blood emerged from the turbulence of the subspace. Chaos beasts that grew together with the warships struggled to crawl out of the world. The hungry beasts roared and grinned in the outer airspace of the Faya system, making evil sounds that struck the soul, and roared towards the L-Stargate that was in the hands of the Emperor's Holy Statue and was being repaired at the last moment.

Chapter 63: The Perfect Man

This was a war that no one expected.

The Imperial Fleet had not expected the enemy's offensive to be so swift and so closely connected, nor did they understand why Chaos would send so many troops to a marginal star system like Faya, which had almost no strategic significance. After all, the existence of the L-Gate was a top secret even among the high-ranking officials of Espiones.

The Chaos fleet was even more shocked. They thought that after arriving at Faya, the opponents they would face would be the remnants of the Empire that had suffered heavy losses and had lost all their combat power. But when they actually jumped out of the warp, they saw a completely different scene: the huge star base was still standing intact at the core of the galaxy, and the ultra-long-range strike turrets had already been aimed at the direction of the Chaos fleet's attack. Although the flagship, the Fire of Repentance, was damaged, it still retained a considerable degree of combat power.

The Imperial Fleet had lost a number of large cruisers and battle barges in the previous chaos, and countless small warships had crashed. But if one were to ask whether these remnants still had the strength to fight, the answer was yes - and they were quite strong.

No one knows why the human army can still maintain high morale and high organization after such internal strife. Maybe it is really the appearance of the Emperor? In short, this is beyond the reach of Chaos.

The Chaos Alliance, which was made up of various Chaos Astartes warbands and interstellar pirates and rangers who believed in evil gods, had almost zero unity or organization. After seeing that the Empire still had enough power to severely damage them, this group of selfish people with their own ulterior motives immediately planned to sell out their teammates. Each small leader was ready to put others in the front to bear the wrath of the Empire in the next battle, while he himself would preserve his strength and hide in the back waiting for an opportunity to gain benefits.

This is the consistent style of the Chaos forces. Factions with different beliefs and faiths in different gods will never regard each other as their own. Even Abaddon, who is respected as the Warmaster of Chaos, can only use benefits and promises to make the various Chaos warbands with many conflicts temporarily put aside their grudges and unite under his banner to launch the Shadow Crusade.

Not to mention that the Chaos Alliance that is now invading Faya doesn't even have a Warmaster.

With various little thoughts in mind, the Chaos Alliance, entangled with an ominous aura, and the Imperial soldiers, filled with guilt and anger, the two armies advanced forward from different directions, deploying their forces according to the original celestial environment, and gradually turning half of the Faya galaxy into a battlefield.

Despite being at a clear disadvantage in military strength, Miraak was still confident because he knew that in the rear of his defense line, the assembly of the L-Gate had been completed and the Techno-Sages were conducting the final debugging of it. As long as he could withstand the first wave of Chaos' offensive, once the L-Gate was open to navigation, the support army from the core galaxy Nirvana would arrive.

In order to avenge their shame and atone for their sins, the Fire of Repentance had prepared for the death of all its members and the crash of its flagship. They even moved the core command structure of the entire fleet to the star base at the core of the galaxy in advance. With its construction not yet completed and its void shield system not yet fully operational, the Seeker was not suitable for direct combat missions.

So Mirak placed it behind the front line, taking on the heavy responsibility of command while also allowing the Seekers to use the fleet's cover to fully utilize their greatest advantages: firepower and range.

The three ultra-long-range strike ion cannons on the star base can each provide powerful dominance comparable to the main guns of the battleship Fire of Repentance. In addition, there are a large number of carrier-based aircraft and roaming autonomous weapon platforms on standby in the hangar... Mirak believes that as long as he can make good use of this powerful weapon, he can firmly grasp the battle situation in Faya.

This is true.

Before the Empire could make battle deployments, the Chaos fleet's offensive had already begun. The large warships entangled with the power of the Warp served as the main force and took the lead in breaking into Miraak's hastily arranged defense line in the asteroid belt outside Faya.

After more than a decade of mining by the Mechanicus, and the collection of materials for the construction of the "Guide" statue, this asteroid belt has become thin and open, no longer able to provide celestial cover for large fleets. Only smaller pirate raiders shuttle among the rubble, carrying out harassment missions, and constantly fighting and dealing with the autonomous machines deployed by the Mechanicus in various locations.

Through the torture and interrogation of the Sons of Change warriors captured by the Inquisitor, Miraak obtained some information about this Chaos Combined Fleet:

The Sons of Change are the vanguard harassment force of this invasion, led by the Chaos warband "The Perfected", who ultimately fell into the arms of Slaanesh due to their excessive pursuit of perfection in battle.

Their flagship, the battlecruiser "Ark of Bliss", and the flagship of the Sons of Change, the strike cruiser "Oracle of Truth", are the absolute main force of the Chaos Combined Fleet. In fact, in addition to them, there are some small warbands with less powerful forces, but they can only become the foil of the Sons of Change and the Perfect One together with the space pirates.