The Lord of Steel did not reply to Ahriman's words.
He has made his meaning clear.
Ahriman did not ask any more questions, for he knew Perturabo's character.
Asking too many questions is likely to cause the other party to dislike you.
He watched as Perturabo sat back on the Iron Throne in silence.
Hundreds of screens emitting faint light and flowing with data reappeared in front of the Primarch.
Several iron ring robots next to the throne also entered alert status.
The weapons in their hands were flashing with a faint halo and had been activated. As long as the attack order was given, they would pour out beams of destructive light.
The built-in radar device scans for any suspicious signs.
Perturabo no longer uses the Iron Warriors as his guard.
Being betrayed and fooled so many times made him no longer trust anyone.
Even his own offspring are like this and are not as trustworthy as the iron ring robot.
Every move of the entire planet appeared in front of him through those screens and was firmly under his control.
Looking at Perturabo who was once again immersed in the data.
Ahriman bowed as a gesture of courtesy, then turned and walked out.
The Lord of Steel has been convinced that he can't waste any more time.
Guilliman was getting closer to his destination with every passing second.
The monsters in the webway can't stop him for long.
Those lifeless beings that wander the Webway have no organization, are not very powerful, and are dominated by their own desires and hunger.
It would be a pipe dream to expect to stop Guilliman with them.
Only by uniting the many forces of the Eye of Terror can we hope to defeat the armies of Guilliman.
The failure of his genetic father and the Primarch of the World Eaters, Angron, as well as the disorder of fate and the attention of the Four Gods, all demonstrate Guilliman's power.
Guilliman will obtain complete knowledge of the Webway, and the Empire will gain comprehensive improvement after completing the reform.
It is even possible to have an overwhelming advantage.
This is definitely not a good thing for the Eye of Terror.
The Empire has long been on the defensive against the Eye of Terror.
Rarely will they actively attack the Eye of Terror.
But recently, Guilliman's actions have made Ahriman very worried.
The Thirteen Primarchs were never content to merely control the existing empire's borders.
We will definitely turn our attention to the Great Vortex and the Eye of Terror, places where reality and the subspace overlap.
More importantly, Guilliman really seems to have the ability to conquer these places.
It sounds ridiculous.
But Ahriman was not being unfounded.
Wanting to avenge his genetic father, Ahriman conducted a comprehensive investigation.
He used his own undercover agents within the Empire and various believers of Chaos to collect intelligence about Guilliman.
In the Empire before its reform, even Terra had a large number of Chaos believers active there.
Gathering intelligence on the empire is not easy at all.
Ahriman easily obtained all kinds of information about Guilliman.
The more I investigated, the more frightened I became.
During the time that Guilliman has been in power, humanity has made more progress than in the previous ten thousand years.
After taking control of Terra, he also awakened Lion, the Lord of the First Legion.
God knows whether he will awaken other Primarchs.
We must take action to stop it. We cannot let Guilliman go any further.
The war ten thousand years ago made Guilliman hate the Chaos traitors deeply, and he vowed to hunt them down to the ends of the earth and would not stop until the day they were completely defeated.
Now, the other party is achieving its goals step by step.
When the other party mastered the technology to enter the Eye of Terror, they recalled many Primarchs.
Who can still stand against the human empire
That will be the end of those who surrender to Chaos.
Ahriman, with a heavy heart, walked out of the Lord of Steel's fortress.
Returned to the warship in orbit on the transport boat.
The demon servants welcomed his return with great joy.
Standing on the deck, Ahriman looked down at the Iron Warriors' homeworld once again.
The entire planet is filled with endless manufacturing plants, foundries, and various dark technology creations.
With Perturabo's joining, Ahriman had some confidence in stopping Guilliman.
This is different from the demon primarchs such as Fulgrim and Angron who have been immersed in pleasure and have completely become playthings of other evil gods.
Perturabo has been accumulating strength and studying the technology of the Dark Ages over the years.
He transformed the entire planet into a production base.
The number of his iron ring robots and various intelligent machines reached an unprecedented scale.
He also continuously produced various dark technological creations and used them as his trump cards.
Ahriman withdrew his gaze and steered the warship towards another target.
He needed to find more allies.
Only in this way can Guilliman be defeated.
He is not an arrogant person.
Judging from the various existing battle examples, Guilliman is no longer the Guilliman he was ten thousand years ago.
If you are not careful, you will fail, or even be beaten by Guilliman's counterattack.
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The tranquility on the surface of Ghost Star was broken by the heavy sound of the landing capsule.
The hum of the gunboats echoed across the barren plains, spreading to every area along the poisonous air.
The heavy engine spewed out a powerful exhaust stream, which raised a large amount of dust on the ground.
The gunboats spread out in all directions across the plain, forming a circular cordon around the center.
With the sound of air pressure, the heavy hatch slowly opened.
The Eldar prophet Natas walked down.
The wind and sand from the barren plain swept across his body, and the tiny gravel hit his bone armor, making slight sounds.
Four Eldar guards stood behind Natas, wearing masks and remaining silent.
Natas looked around.
They were in a barren plain. At first glance, there was nothing but sand, gravel and rock formations.
The damage caused by humanity's golden age has not been alleviated even after nearly tens of thousands of years.
Without human interference, this planet would remain in its natural state.
Natas felt that life would never appear again.
War always destroys a lot of things.
No one likes war, but in the galaxy, war is all that remains.
The Primaris Space Marines, commissioned by Guilliman, also stepped down from the transport.
They walked with heavy steps and wore modified heavy armor.
The gravel was crushed into powder under the steel boots.
The servo skull flew out with a whirring sound, and the scanning device made a ticking sound, scanning the surrounding environment.
The automatic machine gun installed on the mechanical arm rotated.
If there are enemies, they will attack immediately.
The Primaris Space Marines activated the battle sharing system, alert to possible crises.
Their equipment has been comprehensively upgraded, making their combat effectiveness even more powerful and terrifying.
Several Grey Knights also walked down from the transport cabin.
If the Eldar prophet wants to open the webway, it will inevitably involve the warp.
It is likely to lead to the appearance of demons.
With the collapse of the Eldar Empire, the Webway is no longer a safe place.
It is filled with all kinds of demons and is extremely dangerous.
Natas is an Eldar prophet and a powerful psyker.
But his skills are not as aggressive as those of the Grey Knights.
When facing demons, the Grey Knights are much more powerful than him, the prophet.
All the training and transformation of the Grey Knights from childhood to adulthood are for only one purpose.
That's hunting demons.
Natas looked around and walked towards a small hill according to the instructions.
The hills are also bare, all gravel and red soil and rock.
Natas walked to the hill and inserted the scepter in his hand into the ground.
He whispered the spell passed down from ancient times.
Carefully took out some small things from his small bag.
They are all amulets with clear edges and corners.
Place the amulets very carefully on your palms and then throw them into the air.
The amulets emitted a faint light and floated with him as the center.
Those amulets have their own trajectories.
These trajectories formed mysterious runes.
Eventually, a silver pattern was formed in the air.
Natus chanted the names of gods who had long since perished in the Fall of the Eldar, as well as the incantation to open the seal of the Webway.
As he chanted, violent lightning appeared and the etheric power in the void was aroused by his will.
The subspace and the real world overlapped, and specks of light rain fell from the sky.
After landing, it dissipated again, forming light dust, which flowed along the barren land.
There was a rumbling sound from the hill, and in full view of everyone, the entire mountain split into two.
What’s even more amazing is that the mountain did not crack.
It looked like it was just unfolded by advanced space technology, creating the illusion that the hill was divided into two.
The Eldar are masters of wielding the power of the Warp.
The achievements made in this regard are extraordinary.
The technology is in no way inferior to that possessed by the space undead who received the gift from the star gods.
This is also the reason why the Silent King chose to sleep after the War in Heaven instead of continuing to fight against the Eldar.
At that time, the Necrons had no chance of winning the war against the rising Eldar.
The hidden closed space is opened again.
An Eldar altar was revealed.
Such is the ingenuity of Eldar technology.
They will hide some valuable things that need to be hidden in the gap space, smooth the gap, and only leave the marks and opening passwords they know.
The key altar that seals the entrance to the webway was hidden by them using this technology.
Ordinary people simply cannot find such a secret altar.
Even after digging up the hill, the altar could not be found.
Only the Eldar prophets who know the mark and password can open the gap space.
Natas walked up the path extending from the altar.
There are various sculptures on the altar.
They are all the ancient gods worshipped by the elves in the past.
Natas cut his palm and smeared the altar with his own prophet's blood.
The seal on the webway entrance was lifted.
As his last spell fell.
The altar shook.
The sculptures were also shaking, as if there was an earthquake on the ghost planet.
A ray of light shot up into the sky, piercing through the atmosphere and stirring in the cold void.
It seems as if there is another space in the void.
The light sank into it and disappeared.
A moment later, ray of light appeared in the cold and dark space.
The light spread rapidly like a crack in the void.
After reaching a certain range, the darkness of the void began to break apart.
A huge hole of light was formed, emitting pure and flawless white light.
As the webway opened, strange phenomena began to appear on the surface.
The Eldar sealed the Webway in the first place because they were unable to guarantee its safety and were afraid that the demons within would escape through it.
Roaring sounds rang out one after another, like the low roars of ancient wild beasts.
The Grey Knights activated their weapons.
The plasma roared violently and blue arcs crackled.
They could feel the veil of reality rapidly weakening, as if reality was being torn apart by an unknown force like gauze.
The Primaris Space Marines also showed a vigilant look and raised their bolters.
A monster with a horned crown and a thin body, as if made of gray, appeared in the air.
It wanders in the abandoned webway of the Eldar, and has no way to break through into the real world.
The feeling of fresh flesh and soul made it howl with excitement.
The Eldar prophet Natas, who was standing closest and whose soul was glowing, became its primary target.
The demon pounced on Natas, trying to devour him.
An Eldar warrior leaped out and slashed at the opponent with the spirit bone sword in his hand.
The speed was incredibly fast and it split it in an instant.
The demon died howling in pain.
However, this is not the end.
All these strange phenomena did not disappear with the death of the demon.
Accompanied by strange crackling lightning, gusts of wind containing the screams of the dead blew up from the ground.
The air was twisted and distorted in rootless flames.
The demons, who had been wandering for who knows how long, poured out from the webway.
He let out a sharp howl towards the sky, filled with a desire for flesh and soul.
The sheer number of them was so huge that even Natas, who was mentally prepared, was shocked.
The Grey Knights and Primaris warriors calmly stepped forward, roaring and meeting the demons.
Flashes of light appeared, and organized armies walked out of them.
Various heavy vehicles and heavy-duty machine slaves also stepped out.
The fight between humans and demons began near the altar.
The battle instantly became intense.
Wielding the power of the warp, demons composed of desire and nightmares continue to emerge.
Humans quickly built a defense line with various high-tech equipment and extraordinary warriors such as the Grey Knights and Primaris Space Marines.
Large numbers of artillery and combat vehicles were sent to the ground.
The rumble of heavy artillery echoed across the wasteland.
The earth shook.
The dark clouds in the sky were occasionally lit up by spears of light.
When those light spears landed on the ground, they vaporized all living things within a radius of hundreds of meters.
Even a demon would find it difficult to survive such an attack.
Natas and his Eldar guards were escorted back to the fleet by a formation of fighter planes.
Their mission on the ground has been completed, and staying will not help the battle situation much.
In the face of an organized army, the power of an individual is very small.
Guilliman stood on the bridge of Macragge's Glory, silent as a statue.
The floating screen in front displays information about the ground battlefield.
The demon and human forces are in a stalemate.
The demons could not gain the upper hand, and human forces could not completely wipe them out.
After a group of demons were killed, there would still be a steady stream of demons crawling out of the webway and launching attacks on human forces.
Unless the webway is completely shut down, those demons will never be completely wiped out.
Captain Brahe sat in his command seat, and many crew members were busy coming and going, checking the battleship's data.
"Are we going to wipe out the demons on the surface?" Captain Brech turned his head and asked Guilliman respectfully.
Guilliman shook his head and slid his finger across the screen. "No need. Just leave a force here to suppress them."
Speed is of the essence in war.
Guilliman knew that he had entered the Eye of Terror and he would not be able to hide it from his enemies.
The other party's ability to collect intelligence in the subspace is much stronger than his.
The longer it takes, the higher the possibility of being surrounded and attacked by the enemy.
In addition, this time he entered the Warp to search for the Eldar's treasure trove of knowledge and obtain relevant technologies of the Webway.
It's not about going in to capture the city.
His plan was to fight his way in, take the stuff and run.
What matters is the word speed.
Only by fully utilizing mobility can we seize the initiative.
Only then can you lead the enemy by the nose.
News came that the transport boat on which Natas was travelling had entered the deck.
Guilliman turned his head and looked at the hole of light formed by the entrance to the Webway.
"Take us in."
"Understood, my lord." Bleher did not question the Primarch's decision.
After receiving Guilliman's order, he ordered the fleet to speed up and enter the webway.
Five strike cruisers and a portion of the military were left behind on Ghost.
Firstly, to suppress the enemy, and secondly, to leave a way out.
The seals to the entrances to the Webway are not held solely by the Eldar.
Those Chaos Wizards also mastered it.
The entrance was sealed, and Natas might not be able to open it from inside.
After all, the fact that so many demons were blocked in the webway by the Eldar using seals was not simply due to the Eldar’s superb skills.
It is also related to the characteristics of the network.
Once closed, it is difficult to open from the inside.
By controlling the entrance to the webway, even if you are in danger, you can call for rescue from other troops.
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Ahriman left the Iron Warriors' homeworld.
But he did not immediately look for Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion.
It is said that the genetic father of the Raven Guard has been hunting this follower of the Four Gods for the past ten thousand years.
Inviting someone takes the most time and effort.
He wanted to invite others to join the alliance to kill Guilliman, which would be much more efficient.
His next target was Fabius, a former pharmacist of the Emperor's Children Legion and a madman obsessed with genetic modification.
Fabius is a complete madman and someone on the Empire's kill list.
Compared to other Chaos Lords, Fabius is more active in the galaxy.
He received many horrific titles from the unfortunate people who were poisoned by horrific experiments.
Master of medicine.
Skinning criminal.
Flesh and Blood Blasphemer and so on.
He claimed that everything he did was to uncover the secret of how the Emperor created the Primarchs.
Judging from some existing information, this madman was almost successful several times.
He once cloned several Primarchs.
He even created a copy of his genetic father, Fulgrim.
Wherever this guy goes, he leaves behind chaotic and twisted flesh and blood creatures.
Both the Assassins' Court and the Inquisition considered him a priority target.
What Fabius did has polluted the human gene pool.
If he is allowed to continue, it will cause unimaginable terrible consequences for humanity.
Even in the Chaos camp, Fabius was not liked.
The reason why Ahriman invited him was entirely because Fabius's biotechnology would be an important support for them to defeat Guilliman.
Fabius can transform ordinary defense forces into violent super soldiers, or clone countless powerful cannon fodder and slaves in a short period of time.
He was sailing very fast, and every ether current was helping his ship move forward quickly.
It took him no time to reach the planet where Fabius was.
Perhaps, behind Ahriman, the gods were also considering how to deal with Guilliman, so as to help him form an alliance faster.
Guilliman's arrogant declarations on the Warp Road made the gods extremely angry.
No one has ever dared to declare his intention to kill a god in front of the gods.
Even the emperor didn't dare to make such a big statement.
A Primarch who had been sleeping for ten thousand years actually dared to be so provocative.
They would certainly inflict a heavy price on Guilliman.
Let them know that gods are existences that cannot be challenged by mortals.
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Park the battleship in low Earth orbit around the planet.
Ahriman boarded a transport craft and entered the atmosphere.
What came into view was a city that looked abandoned.
Everywhere there were traces of flesh and blood contaminated by Chaos and all kinds of weird and twisted growths.
This place is called the planet Urum, and it was once a prosperous Eldar world.
Unfortunately, after the fall of the Eldar, this place became a demon world.
Those exquisite buildings have slowly decayed under the erosion of time and chaos.
From the remaining pedestals, we can see that this world was once very beautiful.
But now it has turned into a weird world covered with disgusting flesh and blood.
Those strange plants grew among the ruins, carrying malice and hatred.
Their mouths scream out the terrified screams of their former inhabitants as they died.
The imitation is so lifelike that one can't help but wonder whether these plants have devoured the souls of those poor people to be able to imitate them so realistically.
Black structures of various geometric shapes stand everywhere in the ruins.
They dominate the streets, their sharp corners reaching toward the sky.
Those strange creatures with twisted appearances, as if they had crawled out of a nightmare, were lurking next to those black structures.
The Emperor's Children warriors recruited by Fabius wandered around the ruined city, centered around an exquisite building in the center of the ruined city.
The building is so out of place with everything around it.
The exquisite sequence of buildings is elegantly arranged like petals with the laboratory as the center.
The large blocks of stone that make up the building are intricately carved with images, and contain numerous defensive measures, ventilation holes, and weapons that are strategically placed.
The laboratory's shape resembles a petal, covered with a hard fungus-like biological shell.
The Emperor's Children Army's pursuit of perfection has reached a very obsessive level.
Even in the ruins, they did not hesitate to build such a beautiful building.
Ahriman looked down on those who bowed down to the evil gods for power.
But he also knew that if he wanted to deal with Guilliman.
These people are indispensable.
With the Prodigal Sons warband under his control, it is impossible to fight against Guilliman's army.
Only by winning those guys over will we have a chance of winning.