"Gone, gone."
Of the three legions, except for the one that Guilliman said he needed to recruit soldiers for a short period of time, the remaining two legions have now set out for Cadia.
The old man was hunched over and talking to himself. The blue Macragge was reflected in his cloudy eyes.
"Nothing more, nothing more."
Malcador rambled on and on, then he paused and burst into laughter.
"… casual."
He put on his hood and stopped looking out the porthole at the beautiful planet.
———
Khan looked towards the porthole. The chaotic clouds above Khadia reflected flowing lines in his eyes. The thick clouds surging with arcs of electricity blocked all eyes that tried to explore the truth underneath.
Chagatai pondered, he always felt that the looming voice was calling him - above Khadia, something familiar was calling him.
The Primarch was now pondering his next step. He weighed the risks of heading to Cadia. So far, the reconnaissance matrix had not detected any enemy, but according to the words of the Archmagos Trazyn, their enemy was hiding under the clouds.
That is the existence in Changshengtian.
The Khan was silent. The Eagle from Chogoris did not believe in the Imperial Truth. He had known it was a lie long ago, and now the Empire had to pay the price for this lie.
Fortunately, the children of Chogolis have all learned how to fight the wolves from Changshengtian.
[The balance is broken.]
The Khan said, his words silenced Corax for a moment, his brother seemed not to understand what he said.
Khan explained simply,
[The world we live in, and Changshengtian - should have been a balanced cycle, but now, this balance has been broken, and two opposite forces collide here, which is why you and I feel uncomfortable. ]
Corax spoke hoarsely,
[This doesn't sound like something that should be in Imperial Truth.]
The Khan raised his eyes, and the Khan's eyes and the raven's pure black eyes briefly fought in the air for a moment. The Khan laughed, and he straightened his body, and the fur draped over the Khan's body made a rustling sound.
[Do you believe in the Imperial Truth? ]
Corax's pure black eyes lowered, but soon raised up.
[They said I needed a letter.]
[But—no one cares whether I believe it or not.]
Corax gave a slightly tired smile.
[I think this will not affect our next battle. I know what you want me to realize, brother. I can feel their blasphemous breath. My legion and I are ready.]
The Khan stared at Corax. Corax stared back at him.
The two Primarchs' relationship was little more than a nodding acquaintance, but in reality, Jaghatai Khan and Horus were close friends - and Corax loathed Horus.
Especially after the Battle of Gate 42, which almost brought Horus and Corax to a state of breakdown.
If it were a primarch with a violent temper, the disagreement would probably lead to a quarrel, but at this moment, one of the people present was the Khan and the other was Corax.
They are the few remaining "normal people" in this chaotic world.
The Khan nodded, and he stared at Khadia, its wasteland, covered by thick clouds like an ugly scar.
[…Only those who have experienced the storm know the color of the storm. ]
Now both fleets were stranded on Cadia, without orders or reinforcements, and the mortal crews of the fleets were being worn out at an alarming rate.
They can't just sit there and wait for death.
Let's try a quick fix.
[Please ask the Silent Society to tell us the taboos here. ]
The Khan spoke briefly, handing the floor to the Order of Silence, who would know more about Tengri than the Chogorians, with their blasphemous attitude toward them.
—————
The ivory-white gunboat descended from the slowly rolling thick clouds, with turbid mist clinging to its wings and tail. The airship sank and sank, sinking in the seemingly endless clouds.
It seemed as if something was screaming, cursing, and crying in the clouds. The ghost-like mist slammed into the gunboat violently, leaving claw marks on one side of the porthole, scratching the entire porthole hideously.
Khan once again sorted out the information he had obtained.
The last order the White Scars and the Dark Ravens received was to head to Cygnus-X1 and prepare to fight alongside the Order of Silence.
The Khan of the Order of Silence thought that they would only appear in one situation, when there was disharmony, to act as a strong medicine to reconcile heaven and earth.
This raid is bound to involve a battle with the psychic species.
The Khan mused that there were a considerable number of Stormseers among the White Scars, and that his warriors from Chogoris would not be of much concern to him in this regard.
The customs of Chogoria taught them well.
Therefore, in this assault, Khan brought mostly elite Chogoris and Storm Prophets.
The Khan did not expect a raid to change anything—they descended, gathered what they needed, and then left immediately.
The strange electromagnetic field on Cadia and the thick dark clouds completely blocked any view of them, so they had to go down and check it out themselves.
The sound of broken radio waves came intermittently from the Khan's ears. The Khan was not surprised at all. They were prepared for the possibility of not being able to contact the orbital fleet.
But what would he see above Cadia
The Khan seemed to be taking a nap, thinking about the ships that the White Scars had encountered before, those ships of the Iron Warriors or the Word Bearers, and he was not very surprised by this.
Things within the Empire were complicated. He did not understand the Emperor, nor did he understand most of his brothers. There was no need to get entangled with them.
Except for Horus, but Horus’ situation is probably not good now.
The harsh sound of electricity rang in his ears again, accompanied by the roar of the engine.
"Like... Ming... Collect..."
"... the king... replied..."
Sizzle, sizzle,
"Received, please reply,"
The voice of the Great Sage Tarasim came through the channel clearly. The Khan frowned slightly. Now the White Scars' own communication methods were almost ineffective - but the communication channel of this Great Sage was still intact.
[It can be heard.]
"Very good,"
The sage's slightly joyful voice sounded,
For some reason, Khan led a group of White Scars and Dark Crows to land on Cadia for reconnaissance.
Corax and the Order of Silence remained in the fleet above Cadia's orbit, including Archmagos Trazyn.
Khan has always disliked those who transformed their bodies into bloated machines. He hummed indifferently in response.
"Sir, to make it short,
Trazyn stared at the screen of his Imperial Auspicious Spectrum disguised as a radar. The detection beam swept across, and with each sweep, the number of green dots marked "friendly forces" almost doubled.
Trazyn said,
"I suppose you didn't take that many troops with you? They use exactly the same mechanical keys as you do—but the numbers are wrong."
In the dim cabin, Khan suddenly opened his eyes, with a gleam of light in them.
[You mean, someone is pretending to be my army? ]
The only answer he got was the roar of missiles whizzing past outside the cabin.
As for A Deng, I finally didn’t die. I almost went to Ci Fu Garden to drink soup.
I haven't fully recovered yet, so I'll keep updating daily - but I can't guarantee it will be twice a day, so don't wait any longer, I'm so upset.
Today no...
And, take care of your body...
(End of this chapter)