Warhammer 40k: Terra Collector

But for the empire, the victory of this war was not worth rejoicing or remembering.

The Chaos Warmaster did lose the victory of the Gothic War, but at the same time, a conspiracy that could subvert the entire galaxy was brewing.

Abaddon has already obtained what he wanted most during the Gothic War - the ancient alien creation "Blackstone Fortress".

From the moment Blackstone Fortress fell into Abaddon's hands, the countdown to the empire's ten thousand years of glory had begun.

Hundreds of years later, when Abaddon led the Chaos Legion to launch the Thirteenth Black Crusade, the Blackstone Fortress lost in the Gothic War would become the culprit for the fall of Cadia.

The black stone obelisk on Cadia holds the power to suppress the Eye of Terror.

The moment the fortress world was destroyed, endless chaos power surged out from the Eye of Terror! This powerful chaos power tore the galaxy apart, completely dividing the empire into two parts.

Tens of thousands of imperial worlds fell in blood and wailing, and more than a trillion imperial citizens became sacrifices to evil gods and food for demons. The fear and pain of mankind before death tore apart the curtain between reality and illusion, and the intense emotions like the tide aroused an eternal echo in the subspace...

That is an extremely dark and desperate future! Even if the Ultramarines' Primarch Roboutte Guilliman wakes up from his 10,000-year slumber, he cannot stop the malice from the Chaos Gods.

From the moment Cadia fell, the empire's fall was doomed.

In order to prevent the fall of Cadia, the best solution is to find the two alien creations that can control the Blackstone Fortress before Chaos Warmaster Abaddon.

[Hand of Darkness] and [Eye of Night].

The current empire knows nothing about these two alien creations, but as a time traveler, Gawain knows very well the whereabouts of these two alien creations.

The Eye of Night is located in the hive world of Onswold in the Gothic Sector, while the Hand of Darkness is located on a death world called "Purgatory" in the Pacific Sector.

Coincidentally, the Salamanders' battle barge was currently located not far from Purgatory.

With the warp engine activated, the battle barge only needs a few hours of warp travel to reach the space area near Purgatory.

For an empire with a vast territory, this distance is almost negligible.

Under the will of the Primarch, the battle barge and the Sons of Fire Dragon aboard began to operate in full swing.

The battle barge's engine made a deafening roar, and the high concentration of liquid promethium was converted into a steady stream of energy, which flowed into the subspace engine and the Geller field generator under the guidance of pipelines.

Supported by massive amounts of energy, the Warp Engine briefly tore apart the veil between reality and illusion, opening a crack into the Warp for the battle barge.

"Open the Geller stand, lower the porthole protection panels, and everyone, pay attention. The battleship is about to enter the subspace!" The captain's slightly bland voice reached everyone's ears.

The lavender Geller Field slowly unfolded, and the protective panels installed on the sides of the string window slowly closed, separating the people in the cabin from the subspace filled with madness.

With a flash of light, the battleship officially entered the state of subspace navigation.

As expected, this was not a very long journey through the warp space. After several hours, the battle barge arrived at the designated location.

Gawain stood up from the throne and came to the porthole of the warship surrounded by the sons of the fire dragon.

What came into view was an extremely huge black celestial body! The surface of the planet was covered with ashes from burning, and the poisonous gas floating in the breeze covered the sky...

This is Purgatory, a death world that once betrayed the empire and was subsequently completely burned to ashes by the fire of destruction.

The alien creation "Hand of Darkness", which is powerful enough to affect the future of the entire empire, is sleeping quietly in a corner of this planet.

Just as the Primarch was about to order a scan of the planet, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded from the auspicious instrument responsible for detecting the enemy situation.

According to the data displayed on the auspicious instrument, two Chaos warships are hovering in the orbit of Purgatory.

The purpose of the Chaos battleship appearing on Purgatory at this point in time is naturally self-evident.

"It seems that I am still a step too slow." A cold light flashed in Gawain's pupils.

The current situation is very unfavorable for the empire.

The two Chaos warships had an absolute power advantage. Compared with the warships blessed by the Chaos Gods, the Salamanders' battle barges were as fragile as cookies.

A head-on attack would definitely not work, and reaching the planet's surface via orbital parachuting... this is also a very risky option.

If their whereabouts were ever exposed, what would await the Primarch and the Sons of Fire Dragon would be orbital bombardment from Chaos warships.

Even the powerful Astartes were no more powerful than the mortals of the Astra Militarum against orbital bombardment.

After much deliberation, Gawain decided to take the risk.

[Hand of Darkness] is so important to the Empire! In order to avoid the dark and crazy future, all the risks and sacrifices are worth it.

The Sons of the Fire Dragon expressed their high approval of the Primarch's decision.

As the Emperor's Angels of Death, the Astartes never fear death! For an Astartes, being able to die on the battlefield is a great honor.

"For the Great Emperor!" the Astartes chanted the ancient oath in unison.

This is the final preparation before the expedition.

The technical sergeants were busy making the final adjustments to the power armor, while the Salamanders took out a set of brand new armor from the forge and put it on the Primarch with solemn faces.

As descendants of Vulcan, every salamander is a natural blacksmith. Thanks to the powerful forging skills of the salamanders, Gawain finally got rid of the dilemma of walking his bird.

Although this set of power armor hastily built using spare parts still lacks in performance, it is enough for Gawain.

The traitors on Purgatory had better pray that they don't have to face Gawain head-on! Without the same level of combat power, no one can contend with a Primarch.

Except for a few tough guys without helmets, all those who dared to attack the original body now have grass dozens of meters high on their graves.

The Sons of the Fire Dragon surrounded the Primarch and stepped into the drop capsule. Under the calculations of the technical sergeants, the dark green-painted orbital drop capsule was thrown out by the battle barge.

The drop capsule carrying the Angel of Death cut through the planet's thin atmosphere and, like a dazzling meteor shower, slammed heavily onto the planet's charred plains.