Warhammer 40: My Fiancée Fulgrim.

Chapter 251 Chaos guards the nation's gate, Tyrion dies for the country!
So, what is the significance of insect life?
Where do insects come from, and where are they going?
Why do insects need to live?

Licatt's eyes went blank.

For the first time, it truly possessed self-awareness, unaffected by the will of the hive.

Is it possible that the Hive's will is not something it must serve?

Previously, Licarta had been influenced by the Hive Will, and its way of thinking and action logic were completely controlled by the other party—whether it was to infiltrate at absolute risk or to sacrifice itself for the greater interests of the Hive Will.

This was actually not his intention!

Just as a gene stealer suddenly realizes that the Emperor actually only has two arms, the cognitive filter that had been obscuring Licarte's mind was completely shattered at this moment.

The Tyranid swarm itself has a very high biomass consumption efficiency. It only needs a little biomass to devour and evolve carefree in the universe. It can live a very happy life without the Hive Will, instead of living for the Hive Will.

Moreover, even if they wanted to serve the will of the Hive, this devouring was still unsustainable: the swarm itself only plundered and never had the ability to produce resources—unlike the green-skinned orcs, they could not achieve a closed production cycle through photosynthesis or the raising of Skulls.

Why not consider living alone in a secluded place?
With just a little biomass, he can live happily ever after, and with his powerful pincers, preying on small creatures is a piece of cake.

Through countless evolutions over millions of years, the elite units of the swarm have developed such efficient energy utilization that they can live in solitude.

In other words, as long as they don't listen to the Hive Will that has been manipulating them, Likat can live a carefree and happy life.

Instead of risking our lives to open a path for the other party.

"grumble?"

After the unidentified ripples passed over the area, the surrounding squads of Python and Licat cautiously surrounded the creature that had suddenly lost connection to the swarm network.

Why did it suddenly lose signal?

Why can it move even without a signal?
What exactly is going on?

Snapped!
As the next wave of ripples descended, the entire group of Licat and the Digging Python collapsed with a thud.

In their daze, in the last moment before they lost consciousness, these insects seemed to hear the faint chanting of the "Centaur Golden Ring".

They have all fallen into a deep sleep.

The first person to develop self-awareness, Licarte, fell into a state of extreme emptiness.

What should I do now?
Like a solitary sage, it is but a drop in the ocean in the face of trillions of insects. Even if it understands the world, what is the point?
Licat has finally gained a sense of self, but what can it do on this swarm-infested Baal?
What kind of insect life does it want to live?
So, they escaped and, like any unintelligent animal, spent their days eating and sleeping?
What meaning does its life have?

when.

Licat seemed to hear the chorus of the "Centaur Gold Ring" once again, resounding like a great bell from every corner of its body.

It is the most beautiful existence in the world, and also the target that the will of the insect hive tries its best to destroy.

Saint Gilles.

She was so beautiful and gentle, like a real mother—though Licat had never seen Saint Gilles, this emotion, which far exceeded the commands of the cold hive will, was something it had never felt in its short life.

Saint Gilles is a human being who could be my mother!
【Mother!!!】

Likat understood.

Isn't the great mother that it should cherish and needs to save right before its eyes?
Along with the newly awakened Digging Python and other Licater insects, Licater understood everything—it, along with the now-reborn swarm around it, left the newly excavated tunnel and returned the way they came to fight against the minions of the hive's will.

For Mother Saint Gillespie!!!

Centaur, gold ring

Faint, almost invisible rings of light emanated from the chorus members' bodies, spreading in all directions.

Deep beneath Angel Castle, a large number of residents from the Three Stars of Baal who were unable to evacuate are gathering.

Most of the residents were the elderly, women, and children—after all, those who were capable of carrying guns had long been positioned on the front lines as the vanguard of Angel Keep, serving as bait to lure the Zerg swarm into attacking and making them step into the thirsty waters.

An extremely cruel decision.

But this is the best way Dante can think of to deplete the swarm's strength.

If we don't do this, Angel Castle will still fall completely, and everyone will perish from the absolute hunger of the endless swarm of insects.

As for the rest of the guys who couldn't even hold a gun properly.
At the suggestion of Charlotte, the Chapter Master of the Phoenix Sons, these individuals were arranged to take turns singing "The Centaur's Golden Ring" in various corners of Angel Keep without stopping.

Like a mechanical priest praising Omnisaya, the entire Angel Keep was filled with these rising and falling songs the moment the Zerg fleet Leviathan invaded.

The indigenous people living on Baal Star already held a certain faith in the angel Saint Gilles. Rather than becoming filler babies, they would naturally prefer to play "The Centaur's Golden Ring" in the safe Angel Castle. But why?
Why do they need to do this?

Ordinary people don't need to know the reasons.

But it was precisely because of the ripples of the Centaur Ring that no matter how many Ricards and Diggers the Hive Will tried to send to launch a surprise attack on Angel Keep from underground, they always seemed to be going nowhere.

After losing a large number of burrowing vanguard forces, the Hive Will seems to have abandoned this plan altogether.

Saint Gilles is terrifying!

Even if she's dead, the Centaur Gold Ring alone can make the insect swarm defect. If she could really come back to life, how terrifying would her charm be!

The will of the insect hive: "This woman must not be allowed to live!"

But how can I get in?

Unable to break through the Void Shield and defenses from the front, and unable to launch a surprise attack from the rear to cut off the Void Shield's power supply, what other options do the Zerg swarm have?

Despite the trillions of insect swarms hovering in the sky, these terrifyingly numerous killers seemed utterly helpless when faced with the impregnable Angel Castle.

The battle on the Baal has once again devolved into a protracted war of attrition.
Tomoeichi.

[Understood, thank you for the intelligence report, Chief Think Tank Morpheus]

Kasgar smiled and sent the message in a psionic way towards Angel Keep, the main planet of Baal, which was surrounded by swarms of dark insects.

"Just as I expected."

To the strains of the chorus of "Centaur Golden Ring," the digging team, which was supposed to immediately storm the interior and destroy the Void Shield generators, has fully responded to Sanguis's call.

Compared to the will of the hive, it's clear that Saint Gilles is a much better mother!

Under the cover of the Void Shield, the Zerg swarm's large-scale ranged firepower was unable to penetrate the defenses and cause any damage. Furthermore, with tens of thousands of Space Marines relentlessly bombarding the fortress walls, Angel Keep's defenses remained impregnable.

"When faced with such a situation where a prolonged siege is unsuccessful, Tyron will most likely choose to first redeploy his forces to another direction to launch an attack."

For example, Barr's two satellites.

Outside Baal's fortress where Casca is located, the swarm of Zerg seems to be steadily building up before launching an attack—after realizing that they cannot quickly conquer Baal's main planet and feast on it, these Zerg have chosen to change their target and focus their attack on Baal's two moons.

The Phoenix Child, along with the Blood Angels who guard Victoria, defended the satellite's only fortress—though this fortress was clearly no match for the Angelic Fortress on the main planet. Through this battle, the Phoenix Child had already made a name for himself among the Blood Angels and their brethren.

Strong, too strong.

The difference in combat power between Proto-Forged Space Marines and ordinary Space Marines is real, especially for the Phoenix Spawns, who are part of Melusin's Super Proto-Forged program—each of them will have their combat power increased to another level as a result.

Equipped with the latest Perturabo-manufactured power armor, the Phoenix Children stood out even more on the battlefield than the Chapter Priests painted with black skull masks.

The targets fired from the city walls alone could not fully demonstrate the power of the original Space Marines.

After the fortress was surrounded by the Zerg fleet, in order to prevent the corpses from piling up and giving the Zerg forces a chance to climb the walls, it was necessary to send some warriors down from time to time to clear the pile of Zerg corpses with heat-melting or flamethrowing devices—which seemed to most people like a suicide mission with no chance of return.

However, in Tomoe, the existence of the Phoenix Child completely transformed this mission.

With their strength, skill, and speed far exceeding that of ordinary Space Marines, coupled with their anti-gravity jump packs, these Phoenix Sons moved through the Zerg swarms like dragons on the battlefield.

They're practically superhuman!
"Something's not right," Kasgar thought, looking down at his own lines below the fortress, where cheers erupted as the Phoenix Child once again slew the enemy's chief warrior. "Logically speaking, even if someone is strong, they shouldn't be this strong." He wondered, "Or perhaps Melusin secretly added something again?"

Forget it, there's no point in worrying about this now.

"Continue to hold the position and wait for the opportunity to counterattack."

Kasgar said firmly, the swarm of insects was still endless—even if he used all his strength to fight the grunts, he still couldn't turn the tide of the battle.

He still needs to wait for an opportunity—an opportunity to bring in third-party forces.

The war continues to rage on.

The mountain of insect corpses could not stop the enemy's advance at all.

Just as Bars Samsung was struggling to hold on, bad news first came from Bars Wei 2.

Baal's fortress was recently completely overrun by the Zerg fleet—of the original nearly 10,000 Space Marines, only a few hundred were able to return to Baal's home planet to continue fighting.

As for Bavi, where Kasgar is located, despite the Phoenix Children's steadfast defense, their ammunition and the thickness of their Void Shield are teetering on the brink of collapse.

After all, most of the resources are on the main star. To put it bluntly, the people planted on Victoria I and Victoria II are just cannon fodder to relieve the pressure on the main star.

Even before the battle began, Dante was quite puzzled by Casca's initiative to go to Bartholomew's Island.

Originally, this was supposed to be the destination for the Fleshbreakers, Blood Knights, and other chapters with severe [Mother Thirst] and [Black Wrath] attacks.

Especially the Blood Knights—they have completely succumbed to the thirst for their mothers and the rage of the Black Knights within their genes. In battle, they will not hesitate to show their longing for their mothers and their extreme hatred for Horus.
The specific circumstances are truly unimaginable; all existing documents have been deleted by the judge.

Ultimately, they were regarded as heretics by the Inquisition and were completely regarded as traitors in the Imperial annals.

However, the phoenix children, who did not show any genetic defects, also volunteered to be transferred to Bawei for some reason.

In her view, the Phoenix Children are now perfect—not only are there no members in the chapter who have fallen into the trap of "Mommy Thirst" or "Black Wrath," but their combat strength is in no way inferior to that of the Blood Angels.

Hiss. If it weren't for the fact that they all could chant the ancient "Centaur Gold Ring," Dante would most likely have considered them descendants of the Third Legion.

(Since the ban was implemented thousands of years ago, the specific origin of the play "The Centaur's Golden Ring" has long been unknown.)
We must achieve victory through unconventional means.

In the original timeline, the main reason why the Blood Angels were able to achieve a Pyrrhic victory in the Battle of Baal was due to the seemingly treacherous Chaos Warmaster, Abaddon.

He tore a rift in the galaxy by smashing the Blackrock Fortress directly into the galaxy.

Under the influence of the vast and powerful warp forces, the Hive Fleet was not only torn into several parts, but even the Hive Will became unstable due to the surge in warp power—the chaotic and uncoordinated swarm gave the Blood Angels an opportunity to exploit the situation.

But it's clear that Kasgar doesn't have the luxury of waiting for Abaddon to tear the galaxy apart—he himself recently used a borrowed knife to kill the Black Legion and sent them back to the Eye of Terror.

"So, you really aren't coming with us out of here?"

After a long battle, the warriors in Bastion have fulfilled their role of delaying the Zerg swarm's attack and sharing the firepower of the primary star.

With the help of the Blood Knights and Flesh-Tearers who shouted "Mommy!!!" and fought their way out of the encirclement, the remaining thousands of troops were able to return to Baal's main planet in fighter jets to continue the fight.

Staying here any longer would only be a futile effort.

But Casca still insisted that they would fight to the last moment on Bawe.

This was extremely illogical in the eyes of Seth, the leader of the Flesh Rippers.

The battle is not over yet, and there is no need for him to persist in a fortress that is bound to fall.

Seth felt a pang of heartache, especially seeing these Phoenix Warriors perish in Baal.

"Alright, since you insist."

But in the end, they still couldn't persuade Casgar.

With hundreds of fighter jets breaking through the swarm's blockade and flying into the distance under the protection of anti-aircraft fire, Casca finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, everyone was able to leave.

Now, only the Phoenix Clan is left fighting alone in the entire Bastion.

Kasgar scanned Baal with some excitement, as if, apart from the sea of ​​insects, there wouldn't be any witnesses here other than the Phoenix Son who would see his next move.

Now, it's time to take action!
However, what appeared was not the psionic flame that Casca commonly uses.

Instead, his hands, amidst the blooming frost, were drawing upon the power of the subspace, tearing open a portal from the real universe for some being to this place.

Could it be that.
Is this summoning some mysterious and powerful being to descend upon Tomoe?

It is indeed powerful, but not mysterious.

Anyone could guess which demon would answer Kasgar's call and come to Baveo.

Click.

As the subspace energy in Kasgar's hands vanished, a crimson meteor tore through the sky composed of Tyrannosaurus Rex and crashed to the ground.

Long ago, in the prophecy of Mephisto, the chief think tank of the Holy Blood Angels, he already knew of the arrival of that bloodthirsty madman, Khorne.

As the nemesis of the Blood Angels, Kabanha never misses a single major battle involving the Blood Angels.

Whether it's Baal, Signas, or Holy Terra.

Where there are angels, there will be Caban!

The bloodthirsty madman strode hastily, leading his army of Khorneas through the rift in the warp into this land of angels—

and many more!

Why are they all disgusting bugs?!
The sight before him caused him to let out a terrifying roar that would terrify any living being.

"Do not!!!"

In his heart, there was only him, only he could hunt down the offspring of angels, and only he could resurrect Saint Gilles and kill her again.

He knew that although the angel was dead, her soul was preserved intact!
On the Soul of Vengeance, just as the four gods were about to fight over the angel's soul as she died, an unexpected centaur successfully protected her soul!
Saint Gilles is not completely dead yet!
Even if she were truly dead, Cabanha would not allow these lowly insects, devoid of any honor, to defile his angel!
The thought that the remaining bucket of angels would be completely absorbed by the swarm and turned into biomass unleashed an uncontrollable rage from the heart of this bloodthirsty madman.

Let's chop it up first!
cut!
With the whooshing sound of its axe, Kabanhar and its Khorne began to spread fear among the swarm.

The lowly insect swarm doesn't have this feeling, but it doesn't matter to them!

Cut it down first!

Wait!
Kabanha's powerful radar sensed the Phoenix Sage warriors attempting to surround it.

"Offer your skulls!"

With his next axe strike, he swung it toward the neck with a speed unimaginable to the sons of the phoenix.

when!
Just as Kabanha's bloodthirsty giant axe was about to strike the Phoenix Child, a figure flashing with intense golden light appeared in front of everyone!
That is
Yes, that was exactly the person Casca had been waiting for, the one Casca hoped would be present in the Battle of Baal.

I've finally waited for you—

San Giuliano!

"is it you?"

Gazing at the golden light and shadow before him, Kasgar excitedly shouted the name from his memory.

"—Horus?!"

(End of this chapter)