Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 891 The Shadow of Order: Three battle groups, already legion-level forces.

The official number of the murder star in the Imperial Archives is 140-20, which is the 20th world to which the 140th Expeditionary Fleet surrendered.

However, the planet has not yet submitted, and all three "Blood Angels" companies of the expeditionary fleet were wiped out after landing on the ground.

Following the orders of Warmaster Horus Lupecal, Nimrod arrived in the system with Howard Finder, Chapter Master of the First Chapter; Szesny, Chapter Master of the Ninth Chapter; Ramsay, Chapter Master of the Tenth Chapter; and Patriarch.

Although the think tank director Thomas came with the team, he still had to pretend to be following Old Man Huang's orders during the last joint operation before the other legions, so he did not accompany them as a senior commander.

As Ninglu approached the door of the strategy room, Horus came out to greet him.

“Ninglu, my brother, welcome.” He greeted him warmly with a smile.

"War General," Ning Lu said calmly, avoiding Horus's embrace.

Horus's arm stiffened for a moment; he knew that repairing the rift caused by the Battle of Gate 42 would be no easy task.

He reacted quickly, naturally withdrawing his arms and saying with a smile.

"Before receiving the message from Expeditionary Fleet 140, Saint Gilles had already dispatched the main force of his legion to the Kevas Star Belt to destroy the rising Ork Empire."

“I have no choice but to ask you for help, after all, only your legion can get there quickly through the Caligum Gate.”

Saint Gilles's pure white wings folded like a giant eagle's, the silver chains and beads hanging on them appearing slightly dim in the shadows of the lumens.

“We all need to adapt to the new era.” He has recovered from the blow from Ulano.

Nimrod glanced at Saint Gilles' hands but didn't see the gold ring.

Old Huang did not comfort Saint Gilles.

Well, my achievements are close to those of Horus.

With the support of two Terran council lords and numerous noble council members, I certainly needed to be appeased; hence, the Divine Ship was commissioned.
As he pondered, he walked into the strategy room with the two men.

"Lord Ninglu." The lord commander, Edron, who was wearing purple armor with a golden Paratine eagle engraved on his chest, bowed.

"After heading to the Saturnans star belt and submitting to the newly discovered world, they were originally scheduled to go to Carolis to join forces with the main force of the Legion led by Fogrim, in preparation for launching an attack on the secondary twin star cluster."

Horus stood beside Edoren and patted him on the shoulder.

The emperor's son proudly puffed out his chest, and the Paratine Eagle gleamed under the lights.

"But when he received a distress signal en route, Edoron promptly asked Forgrim for permission and came to his aid immediately. He even arrived before I did."

Lucius, the "Master of Weapons" standing behind him, also bowed.

Akulduna and Lucius are currently only "Weapon Masters," and they are already qualified to advance to "Dawn Knights," but they have not yet advanced to Sequence 6.

During the promotion process, the sequence 6 "Dawn Knight" undergoes a qualitative change, resulting in a significant change in body size.

Furthermore, unlike Loka Aurelion, Forgrim wouldn't regard Zadkiel's transformation as a miracle. The "Son of the Emperor" had also suffered from genetic mutations, and Chief Apothecary Fabius Bayer would have noticed their changes.

Most importantly, in his plan, both of them had their own responsibilities to bear during the grand birthday celebration.

Horus looked at his servant, the Twisted One, Marrogst.

As Marrogst raised his cane, Ninglu glanced behind him.

Standing in the front row of the shadows were the other three members of the Council of Four Kings: Second Company Commander Tarek Togarden, Fourth Company Commander Hastel Cyyanus, and Fifth Company Commander Horus Asimand. They could not stand in the center like Chief Company Commander Abaddon.

Behind the three were several company commanders, including the third company commander Cruz, the seventh company commander Tagousta, and the tenth company commander Gavial Locken.

"The aliens on Murder Planet have the ability to control the planet's climate system, and they have created thick thunderclouds that they call 'Shield Storms'."

"The thunderclouds not only interfered with communication signals, forcing the Blood Angels who had landed earlier to fight individually, and interfered with scanning, preventing the 140th Expeditionary Fleet from conducting orbital bombardment, but also caused the landing craft to encounter thunderstorms the moment they entered the atmosphere and be instantly swallowed up."

"Our only effective way to land is through airdrop pods, which can quickly drop us to the landing zone, but we expect to be fighting independently after landing." "The Emperor forbids us from using psionic communications," Ninglu stated calmly.

Saint Jeremy's eyes dimmed slightly. The abolition of the think tank project rendered many previously effective tactics useless, forcing his legions to wage war using unfamiliar methods, resulting in the sacrifice of hundreds of his offspring.

Horus saw the distress in his close friend's eyes. "We can travel with the Star Speakers and use their power to resist the interference of the giant spider monster's weather control on communication signals."

He turned to look at Ning Lu, "I'd like to hear your plan."

Ning Lu was taken aback, suddenly feeling a sense of unfamiliarity.

The image of the warlord who forced him and Corax to obey orders a year ago was still etched in his mind.

“Star Speakers rarely step into the battlefield, so we cannot place our hopes on them, at least not entirely.”

"We will simultaneously airdrop into the murder planet, forcing the enemy to engage in combat at the same time, rather than using their advantages to concentrate and annihilate us."

Nimrod proposed this plan not only to force the giant spider monsters to fight individually, but also to avoid joint operations that would prevent the Shadow of Order from using its extraordinary abilities.

Horus nodded with pleasure, and he smiled as he pointed to the holographic image projected by Marrogst.

"I agree."

How big do you want?

The Auger matrix scan could not delineate the giant spider monsters' habitat, and it was unknown whether they had a leader.

Since a decapitation strike was not an option, he decided to let Ninglu make the selection himself.

Even if he only targets a small number of people to avoid casualties from the Shadow of Order, Shadowmoon Wolf can still shoulder the main responsibility.

Horus watched as Ninglu raised his hand, his slender fingers drawing a circle in the center of the green image.

He asked in surprise, "You want the Northern Hemisphere?"

“That’s right.” Ninglu nodded. The giant spider monster was powerful and had fought against almost the entire “Shadowmoon Wolves” and the “Sons of the Emperor” led by Aidoren, as well as some of the “Holy Blood Angels” for six months.

However, the giant spider monster is an essential main material for the "Witch of Pain" and its only source; the amount obtained determines how many can be cultivated.

He was willing to take on the main offensive, leaving the other half to the other three legions.

Although Ninglu only brought three battle regiments, the tenth battle regiment, which had the largest force, was among them, as was the main force of the first battle regiment.

The total troop strength is at least... sixty to seventy thousand.

It was already a legion-level force, only slightly less than the entire legions of the "Dark Raven Guard" and the "Thousand Sons" by a little over ten thousand...
"I agree."

"As preparations for war progress, would you be interested in watching the warriors clash?"

He said with a smile, "Before you arrived, Eribas defeated the powerful Shadowmoon Wolf Warriors, Togardon and Asimand, and also defeated the excellent swordsman Taviz, the 'Son of the Emperor'."

“Tavitz brought in his brother Lucius.”

“I’ve heard that he is the best among the ‘Sons of the Emperor,’ perhaps only Akulduna surpasses him.”

Nimrod's gaze swept over Lucius and Thor Taviz, who stood on either side of Edoron, before finally settling on Eribas, the chief priest of the Word Bearers, who held a scepter.

He stood beside Abaddon, representing Loka Aurelion, who had provided crucial assistance to Macardo, serving as the Warmaster's advisor and Loka's mouthpiece.

Horus considered Saint Gilles, Phorgrim, and Logar as close brothers, and the Council of the Four Kings included Edoron and Eribas in the inner ring.

Abbotton, Asimand, and Togarton were all old acquaintances of Irebus and spoke highly of him.

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)