Warhammer: Just unified the Empire, you said it was 40K

Chapter 287 Is he really an emperor?

During the time when Cardia tore the universe apart.

The storms of the warp never cease.

Even the Emperor's Star Torch was extinguished as a result. The reason for the extinguishing of the Star Torch is unknown, but Macardo ordered the great sage Kaul to repair it. The destruction caused by the extinguishing of the Star Torch was catastrophic.

On a galactic scale, almost all Imperial ships lost their navigational capabilities. Large numbers of ships sank into the sea of ​​stars and were never heard from again. Countless ships lost their ability to travel faster than light in subspace and were trapped in the cold starry sky of the real universe.

Until Macado's return and the relighting of the Star Torch.

Only then did these ships find their way back.

However, many warships still sailed beyond the range that the star torch could illuminate, and a large number of warships completely lost their sense of time and space in the warp, drifting far away from the sacred Terra.

The crisis caused by the Great Rift is too severe.

Because the storms in the warp blocked all communication, and the Star Torch rendered all fleets unable to navigate, the warp turbulence generated by the Great Rift caused the flow of time to become different in different regions, making rescue and being rescued extremely difficult.

Even after the Star Torch regained its brightness, many humans still believed that they were the last survivors after the Great Rift.

Everywhere on the empire's frontiers, chaos demons are wreaking havoc.

And the Empire.

At this moment, the Holy Terra, the administrative center of the human empire, is welcoming Makador's arrival to change the current state of Terra.

Terra had previously fallen into a difficult situation that was hard to understand.

Terra has an unimaginably large population and key institutions, but because it has long lost the ability to grow and produce food, it needs to continuously transport large amounts of supplies from various places to meet its daily needs and maintain its normal operation.

This shipping route was cut off when interstellar travel came to a standstill.

The humans on the home planet, crowded beneath the Empire's densely packed hive cities, soon succumbed to despair due to famine and panic. Despair and death continued to spread to the upper levels of the hive cities.

And those chaotic spreaders and gene thieves who have been lurking in the shadows all along.

They even began to take advantage of the chaos to spread their ideas.

This leads many people who have lost hope of survival to join chaotic cults or religions created by gene stealers.

Because of a lack of supplies.

This kind of lack of resources, this lack of food, cannot be eliminated by willpower alone.

And during the time that Makado returned.

Despite some adjustments made by the Empire, the riots triggered by Chaos and the excessive frequency of violence made it difficult for even the Ministry of Justice, the city's defense forces, and the Sun Lord's army to fully suppress them.

then.

The Empire decided to abandon the protection of certain areas, which in effect meant abandoning all areas outside the Imperial walls, leaving the people of Terra to fend for themselves and find their own way to solve their survival problems.

Meanwhile, the Imperial Guard, the Ministry of Justice, the city defense forces, the Imperial Hundred Regiments, and a whole host of other troops were almost all stationed outside Terra's Royal Palace, providing only limited protection for the Imperial Palace inside.

The aliens and Chaos were indeed unable to break through the high walls and enter Terra.

But at the same time.

Outside the city of Terra, the entire city was also engulfed in riots.

Those chaotic minions thirsted for blood, and the city guards and the legal department also fell into a state of despondency.

The abandonment of the humans outside the city further demoralized these warriors. They didn't know if the human emperor sitting in the palace had improved, if Star Torch could recover, or if humanity had a future. But in the end...

They received support, support they had never imagined.

The regent of the empire from ten thousand years ago has returned from the dead to Terra.

This news came along with the news that the Imperial Star Torch had been repaired.

Good news kept coming from the front lines: Regent Macado was about to arrive in Terra to meet the Emperor.

At first, they thought this kind of news was fake.

But when the Imperial Guard began to act, and the Astartes warriors began to issue orders to block the news, they learned from the other side that the voices they heard were not the confusing voices of chaos, but real voices. The Star Torch had indeed been restored, and the shipping lanes had gradually begun to operate.

Next, supplies needed on Terra will be transported from various regions via interstellar routes, giving them hope of survival. The areas that experienced riots will eventually be quelled. This will continue until Makado returns.

Trajan, the leader of the Jaish-e-Industry, devised various preventative measures.

Among the stars, he summoned the Silent Sisters who had fought for the Empire and ultimately vanished into the sea of ​​stars. These Silent Sisters, who could block and shield psychic energy, were always the nemesis of chaos on the battlefield. However, they could not be replicated on a large scale. In the Empire, only one in hundreds of billions of people could be found. Most soulless beings had no chance of becoming Silent Sisters.

These nun orders that once fought for the empire have long since fallen into decline and have been forgotten.

Especially in this era, apart from a few who have been incorporated into the Star Language Court, the only places where these Silent Sisters can be found are on some psionic ships that collect taxes for the Empire.

He knew it clearly.

These encouraged nuns, abandoned around the galaxy, will make a crucial contribution to the battles to come.

At the same time, the Imperial Guard also made a deal with the Inquisition, requesting that the Inquisition summon the nearby Grey Knights, combat experts against demons.

The Imperial Guard always harbored a sliver of distrust towards Space Marines, weapons that knew only how to kill.

As for the Grey Knights, the last legacy left by the Emperor, their feelings were more complex. Although they believed themselves to be perfect creators forged from the Emperor's genes, and that they were superior to Astartes in military, combat power, economy, culture, knowledge and wisdom, they were still very much in a position to achieve this.

However, for psionicists, they are far inferior to the Grey Knights, who were specifically created for Chaos by the Emperor.

If the Empire hadn't faced its most perilous moment, the Imperial Guard, with its inherent pride, would never have allowed itself to ask the Grey Knights for help. However, the Imperial Guard commander, through the Inquisition, temporarily set aside his pride as the Emperor's perfect creation and sought the Grey Knights' assistance. This demonstrates their concern for the Empire's current state and their contemplation of its future.

Fortunately.

Macado is back.

Compared to Space Marines from 10,000 years ago.

They believed more strongly that the former regent of the empire had sacrificed his own psychic powers to completely burn himself out and take the throne in place of the emperor.

If anyone could continue to sit on the golden throne in place of the emperor, they believed that perhaps Macado could.

When Makado returns.

The empire also saw Macado's return as a source of hope.

The relighting of the Star Torch and the return of Macado seem to have brought some temporary peace to the previously chaotic Terra.

The riots outside the city continued.

But it's inside the city.

The devout believers wept bitterly and continually prostrated themselves before the dark sky of Terra, but Makado did not appear directly before them.

In fact, after entering Terra, Macardo quickly entered the High Walls through a small passage in the Imperial city walls. Escorted by numerous Space Marines, as well as the Imperial Guard, the Hundred Legions, and other troops, he moved away from the rioting areas and entered the interior of the Empire in the safest way.

When Macardo stepped into the Imperial Palace, the first people he met were members of various important departments of the Empire, including the Casting General of the Martian Mechanical Church and the administrative officials in charge of various regions.

All of them looked at the regent, who had died ten thousand years ago, with astonishment and shock as he reappeared before them.

They nervously and fearfully reported the current situation to Makado.

But Makado didn't have time to ponder the ulterior motives in their reports. He simply skimmed through them and then handed them over to others, saying, "I need you to compile these statistics when I return."

On the ship, Makado had already prepared all the necessary statistics on resources and content. There were too many things to do in the Empire, and it was impossible for him to go through everything by himself. What he needed was to formulate new regulations at a higher level and set a general direction. Then, based on that direction, orders would be executed, and tasks would be completed level by level.

He, on the other hand, was to enter Terra's palace and meet the real emperor.

Under the leadership of Trajan, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Macardo was actually more familiar with this road than Trajan himself.

He had walked this road countless times in his memory, and even sat on the ground with the emperor on this road, listening to the emperor's boasts and drinking wine together. It was as if the experiences from ten thousand years ago were vivid in his mind, constantly flashing before his eyes.

The corners that should have been filled with lamps and flames were now covered in ashes, as if the empire had been so busy that it had even forgotten to clean the palace.

The most sacred emperor in that empire, the one who was full of hope for the future, whose eyes were always filled with grand ambitions for the future and unwavering confidence in the future of humanity.

The instant he opened the door.

The harsh reality.

That's what brought him back to reality.

Is the person standing in front of me really the emperor from that time?
(End of this chapter)