Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 297 Warmaster Ryan (Please subscribe)

Just as everyone on Macragge formed a united front against chaos, the great Lion King Llane El'Jonson was now piloting his new flagship, the New Caliban, across the Ultramarine.

This is an ultra-giant battleship with a length of over 110 kilometers. Even three Indomitable Truths stacked together cannot exceed its size.

The surging plasma engine released blue-purple light beams, driving the void fortress to perform regular navigation at an incredible speed.

In order to obtain the technological relics in the Lion King's secret vault, Roxi promised the other party that he would give him a planetary-class battleship [Thundercloud] and a void fortress similar to the [Amatra].

Therefore, when the Hera Space Dockyard completed the construction of the first Thundercloud-class battleship, Ryan, who had just become the Protector of the Second Empire, announced that this would be his new flagship.

As Lord Protector, he has the power to command all military forces of the Second Empire, including most of the Ultramarines and Blood Angels.

In Ryan's opinion, this so-called Duke of Protectorate is, after rounding up, the Empire's [War Marshal].

Yes, Warmaster.

When Ryan thought of this word, ripples began to appear in his calm heart.

The great lion king's breathing quickened, and the focus of his eyes, which were black with a hint of amber green, kept changing, like a real terrifying beast. Then he closed his eyes and calmed himself.

He was just a war marshal of the Second Empire, not an achievement worth boasting about.

Horus once served as the war commander of the entire empire, but he did not know how to cherish the important task bestowed by the Emperor, and he chose despicable betrayal.

Lion, you must remember that loyalty itself is a reward. You do not need any external support. You played house with Guilliman and Sanguinius in Macragge in order to supervise and check the ambitious vassal and prevent him from having any evil intentions.

The lion sat on the brand new black iron throne. Below him was the huge bridge command post that looked like the deck of a ship. Countless mortals and technicians were busy, and his descendants were getting familiar with this new flagship.

His captain, Stannis, was trying to establish communication with the behemoth via a neural interface, which was difficult because the battleship was more than ten times the size of the Indomitable Truth.

It is more complex, and whether it is the complex energy systems or the powerful weapon arrays, it takes a long time to adapt.

Stannis's reluctance to leave the Indomitable Truth had faded. He stroked the brand new machine that had not yet formed a layer of grease, calling for a response from the machine spirit.

The mechanical priests belonging to the Dark Angels Legion burned incense and prayed non-stop, anointing this great creation of the God of All Machines with holy oil.

The air in the empty bridge was filled with the faint scent of incense, making everything seem a little hazy.

The demented robot servant whose brain had been removed chanted prayers of praise endlessly, praying for the stable operation of the machine soul.

Ryan did not trust the battleship's original central cogitator computer. In his opinion, this was a huge hidden danger. Therefore, he did not hesitate to ask Macragge's Mechanicus to help him transfer the Cogitator core of the Indomitable Truth to the New Caliban completely.

The Central Thinker is the brain of the battleship and the core of the Machine Soul's existence. The Machine Soul of the Indomitable Truth is a time-tested loyalist, and Ryan is very confident in it.

Although this will lead to reduced efficiency of the warship's automation system and errors in some areas, in Ryan's opinion, it's all worth it.

The New Caliban will be a more powerful warship than the Indomitable Truth, and will also be his new lair.

Ryan wanted to make this place as comfortable and reassuring as the original nest.

As the Primarch of the First Legion, Llane Jonson, like all Dark Angels, has an extreme distrust of everything. Their plans always include scenarios in which everyone else has betrayed them, but they remain loyal.

What the Lion has to consider is that if everyone betrays, then as the last loyal heir of the Emperor, how should he kill these traitors for the Empire. The traitors here refer to the Ultramarines and the Blood Angels.

"Guilliman's five hundred worlds, after the outbreak of war potential, actually have such a terrifying military force."

"If he chooses to betray, then the empire will really be doomed."

After serving as Lord Protector of the Realm, Lion finally had the power to review the military forces under Guilliman. One would not know until he saw it. Even the knowledgeable Lion was shocked by the power Guilliman possessed.

Prior to the start of the Horus Heresy, the Ultramarines Legion revealed a force strength of 250,000 Ultramarines, the largest of all the Astartes Legions.

In addition, the Ultramarines also have the largest number of mortal auxiliary troops. The number of these elite soldiers called the Ultramar Auxilia has always been an unknown, but the Ultramarines have never been seen to lack the help of the auxiliary troops.

But now, as far as the Lion knew, after the backstabbing of the Word Bearers in the Battle of Calth, and the devastation caused by the Shadow Crusade launched by the World Eaters and the Word Bearers, the number of Ultramarines had been reduced to nearly half.

In other words, after the Battle of Nuceria completely expelled the two traitor legions, the Ultramarines had been devastated, and the remaining military force should not exceed 130,000.

However, the number of Ultramarines under Ryan's command alone now exceeds 250,000.

This does not include the Ultramarines stationed in remote areas to consolidate and maintain sovereignty, and the Second Empire version of the "Ten Thousand" around Guilliman.

Before the war, Guilliman reached a cooperation with the eight Forge Worlds. After the war, the Five Hundred World Lords, who were surrounded by the fear of insufficient firepower, already had as many as fourteen medium-sized Titan Legions and the most powerful Sun Titan Legion.

Not to mention the hundreds of millions of mortal auxiliary troops, the Crusaders of the Mechanicus, and the countless knight families serving them. Guilliman's fleet has already exploded in size, and many planets have been transformed into a state of war to provide material supplies.

"Guilliman, what the hell have you done? It's only been a few years since the Shadow Crusade and you've already restored your full strength? What else do you have that I don't know?"

The lion looked at his 20,000 pitiful Astartes veterans. Although these were elite soldiers who had fought with him all the way, and some of them were even Inner Circle Supermen who had fought in the Randan War, Ryan still felt desperate due to such a huge gap in numbers.

No matter how strong the Dark Angels are, they can't fight ten enemies alone and defeat the Extreme Marines who have completed the equipment update.

Guilliman allowed all the legions that came to Macragge to recruit young men of appropriate age locally, implanting their gene seeds into them to become the new blood of their respective legions, but the Dark Angels only recruited a very small number of soldiers.

On the one hand, their stock of gene seeds is indeed small in quantity, and on the other hand, it is to maintain the purity of the Legion.

The First Legion was the first Astartes Legion founded by the Lord of Mankind. As early as the Terra Unification War, the Six-Winged Heavenly Army of the First Legion was a powerful force, so there were a large number of Terran veterans in the legion.

After the two Randan Wars, the number of Terran veterans in the Legion has become increasingly smaller, with the vast majority being soldiers from their home planet Caliban. For the Dark Angels, who attach great importance to confidentiality and purity, the influx of a large number of Macragge new blood is undoubtedly another shock to the Legion.

"I have a total of twenty-five Ultramarines at my disposal, but this number does not include the so-called [reserve] and the mortal officer corps suitable for transformation."

"And those so-called reservists by Guilliman, all they need to do is put on power armor and they will be Ultramarines recruits who can go to the battlefield and wreak havoc."

In Lion's heart, his brother Guilliman has completely turned into a blue chinchilla with many offspring. As long as he wants, he can take out more Ultramarines from his pocket and join the war at any time.

The extreme army of Lianshan and Filling the Sea will destroy any enemy with absolute numbers. This is the most simple and unpretentious tactic, winning entirely by frontal strength.

As the saying goes, a heavy sword has no edge, and great skill is not skillful. No matter how Lion Johnson commands the super gods, with such an absolute gap in numbers, he can only be thankful that Guilliman remained loyal, and this huge force is now under his control.

(End of this chapter)