The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

"How much did these Huskies eat?!"

Everyone came to the dining area and found that only the Space Wolves were still eating and drinking. The other Astartes had stopped, and the navy soldiers had already fallen down from the drink.

"Hey, aren't these everyone from the Nebula Hammer? Come on, let's have another round of drinks together!" The Wolf Lord shouted to everyone.

We don't want to compete with the Space Wolves in eating and drinking, so let's wait until they have had enough.

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On the flagship of the Gothic Fleet - Sovereign, Ogo and Ravensborg talked many things about the Gothic War. Ravensborg once again thanked Nebula Hammer for his contribution to the Gothic Sector and would not pursue the mysteries of Nebula Hammer, such as the Emperor-class battleships and the Titans flying around on the battlefield. Nebula Hammer's actions have proved its "loyalty" to the Emperor.

Ou Ge also told Ravensburg about the next arrangements for the Nebula Hammer. The warp storm has not yet dissipated. Although there is a passage for entry and exit, they still plan to stay in the Gothic Sector for a while to help the Gothic Fleet clean up the remnants of the traitors.

"Then I'll have to trouble Nebula Hammer for a while longer."

After the conversation, Ou Ge walked out of Ravensburg's office. When he was about to return to the battle barge, a man appeared in front of him.

"Judge Horst, what do you want to talk to me about?" Brother Ou asked the judge in front of him.

"Of course there is something, Captain Uldren." Horst said. This Inquisitor has always been mysterious and has little presence in the Gothic War, but his identity as an Inquisitor means that he will not be ignored.

"Can you talk to me—talk?"

"no problem."

The two walked into the conference room, and Horst spoke first:

"Perhaps General Ravensburg won't delve further into your investigation, but I will, because there are simply too many doubts about the Nebula Hammer."

Brother Ou didn't say anything, but just used simple gestures to show that he was listening.

"I have been watching you since you appeared. From the beginning until now, you have never once allowed anyone outside the Chapter to enter that Emperor-class battleship. The equipment and vehicles you use are very ancient, and there are also those strange Titans, and even alien technology, but these are not the most important."

"What's important is that you know a lot of information about Blackstone Fortress and how to use it. You should know that I was investigating two artifacts related to Blackstone Fortress before this war broke out. And you knew the functions of these two artifacts as soon as you appeared, and knew how to override their permissions. This is incredible. How can I not be suspicious of you?"

Horst stopped talking here. He wanted to hear how Brother Ou would answer his questions. The various evidences in his hands were enough to label the Nebula Hammer Regiment as heretics.

"So, can you give me a reasonable explanation, Chapter Master Uldren?"

Brother Ou had not expected such a situation, because the presence of Inquisitor Horst was too low, but he was not panicked at all. What would be the use of panicking except to expose the opponent's flaws? If the opponent still didn't believe after he explained a lot, then Brother Ou could just run away with everyone, or find a way to invite this Inquisitor to sit in the subspace.

Brother Ou thought about the words and said:

"My answer to this question remains the same, Inquisitor Horst. Nebula Hammer's knowledge of Blackstone Fortress all comes from the remains of an ancient xenos."

"Do you think I believe that, Chapter Master Uldren?"

"It's an Inquisitor's quality to remain skeptical of everything. I understand you, Inquisitor Horst, as we also have an Inquisitor friend."

"Oh? Then may I know the name of this Inquisitor?" Horst did not expect that an Astartes Chapter like the Nebula Hammer, which is full of heretical acts, actually has an Inquisitor friend.

"Eren Grisha, I wonder if Judge Horst has heard of him?" Brother Ou called out Eren's name. After decades, no one knew what Eren was like, but with that kid's strength and talent, he wouldn't die young.

Horst heard an unexpected name and asked Ou Ge:

"Eren Grisha? Are you sure, Chapter Master Uldren?"

"It seems Inquisitor Horst knows him?"

"How could I not know him? The enemy of heresy, the Emperor's favorite - Eren Grisha. He is a legendary figure known to everyone in the Inquisition." Horst really didn't expect that Nebula Hammer would actually know Eren, but could this also be a lie?

"If Inquisitor Horst doesn't believe me, I can show you the token that Allen gave to Nebula Hammer."

Before leaving Isil, Allen handed over several of his tokens to everyone, saying that he might be unknown now, but he would definitely become a big figure known throughout the empire in the future. By then, with these tokens, no other Inquisitor would dare to use the Nebula Hammer without authorization, but the premise was that the Nebula Hammer did not betray humanity and the empire.

"If you suspect the token is a forgery, I can send someone to contact Allen. Of course, they have to be outside the Gothic Sector. The Nebula Hammer will remain in the Gothic Sector to wipe out the remnants of the traitors during this period. Please rest assured, Inquisitor Horst."

It is difficult to send astropathic communications in the Gothic sector as it is surrounded by a subspace storm, so a ship must be sent outside the Gothic sector. Horst can't just refuse to allow this.

"No need, just pretend I didn't say anything." Horst gave in. Seeing Ou Ge's confidence, he probably thought he really knew Allen. Although Horst was older in terms of seniority, he was no match for Allen in terms of power.

Ever since Allen met the Emperor on Terra in 141 AD and received the Oracle, Allen has become a prominent figure in the Inquisition. Before meeting the Emperor, he had received strong support from the Ecclesiarchy and the Sisters, and had an extraordinary relationship with a living saint of the Sisters. He also established cooperative relationships with many Astartes Chapters, including powerful chapters such as the Black Templars. He could call for support from multiple chapters and companies with just one astropathic communication. Such power is almost unmatched in the Inquisition, and he has already established his own momentum.

Allen's ability is impeccable. Ever since the Isil incident made him famous, the various heresy cases he solved in the past few decades have left other inquisitors far behind. Those deeply hidden heretics were uncovered one by one by him, and countless heretics died at his hands. Demons and Chaos Space Marines are no match for him, and there is a record of even great demons being killed by him. Now heretics will be terrified just by hearing his name.

But Alan is also the Inquisitor who is the least like an Inquisitor. His kindness is unique in the Inquisition, so he has done many things that other Inquisitors cannot understand. As long as he can avoid unnecessary killing, he will try it. As long as he can save more people, he will save them, even if it will put himself in danger.

After becoming famous, Allen has been wooed and targeted countless times. The Inquisition has never been a monolithic entity. Various factions want to use talents for their own purposes, and try to eliminate those who are not capable. However, Allen's position has never changed. He is still a member of the Amalas faction, but in the future he is likely to establish a pure faction headed by himself.

After Allen met the Emperor, no one in the court dared to target him anymore.

Horst no longer wanted to care about the Nebula Hammer. With Allen's power, he could even turn around and label him a heretic.

After a while, Ou Ge and Horst left the meeting room. Although their communication was not very pleasant, Ou Ge still told Horst some things about Blackstone Fortress. It was up to him whether he believed it or not.

On the way back, Brother Ou asked everyone in the channel:

"I've got it all done here, how's it going on your side?" Luochen: "Almost done. I'm exhausted from brainwashing these soldiers. Now they've forgotten what Xianyu said. We can ask the navy to pick them up." Xianyu: "The descendants of Sanguinius have also explained everything clearly, but they may have to notify the Blood Angels later. That shouldn't be a problem." Awei: "I've also agreed with Cambrius that a ship will be sent to send the Titan to the Forge World." "That's no problem. Let's be active again in the next few years."

Chapter 112 Cleaning up the remnants

After the Battle of Sindlgais, the main fleet of the Great Despoiler was defeated, and the 12th Black Crusade was also declared a "failure". Abaddon's wizards used evil rituals to sacrifice a large number of lives in the occupied area to resolve the warp storm in the Gothic Sector in advance, allowing the Great Despoiler's fleet to escape the Gothic Sector.

Although humanity has once again won the war against the Chaos traitors, the war in the Gothic Sector is not over yet. Many Chaos remnants are still burning, killing and looting in the human world, and planet killers are still roaming the sector.

"Master Axwell, how do you think we should break through the traitor's fortress?"

During the Gothic War, the Imperial Fists led by Solarian received a lot of help from Ravensberg, who allowed them to recruit new soldiers on planets that had not fallen. Therefore, after the Battle of Sindlgaeth, the Imperial Fists also stayed to help clean up the remaining Chaos remnants in the Gothic Sector.

During the period of clearing out the remnants, the Imperial Fists fleet led by Solarian arrived at a planet occupied by the Iron Warriors warband. As the saying goes, enemies are jealous of each other, and the two sides started fighting as soon as they met. The space battle ended with a great victory for the Imperial Fists, but the ground battle was in a stalemate.

Before the Imperial Fists arrived, the Iron Warriors had already established complete defenses on the planet's surface. Because of the orbital defenses, the fleet could not bomb it, and the planet was still valuable to the Empire, so the Empire could not use the Extermination Order to eliminate the traitors on it.

But the problem was that the Imperial Fists and the Astra Militarum were unable to break through the Iron Warriors' fortress on the ground. After several months of attack and defense, Solarian, who believed he had no way to deal with the traitors, chose to ask for help from the Nebula Hammer.

"Have you tried all the offensive methods you can think of?" Awei asked.

"We've tried everything we could, but we still can't break the enemy's defenses."

After getting the answer, Awei used a telescope to observe the fortress in the distance. It was obviously in the style of Iron Warriors. Just looking at the shell, there was really no flaw.

Ah Wei looked at the drawings on the table, including the exterior structure of the fortress and the topographic structure diagram before the Iron Warriors arrived, and asked:

"Have you ever tried to put yourself in my shoes, Captain Solarian?"

The Imperial Fists and the Iron Warriors have many similarities. Both are good at building fortifications. In addition, the two legions know each other very well, so their thinking will also be in common.

"If you were to build this fort, what design would you use?"

"I've thought about it too. If you let me fix it..." Solarian told Wei the best design he could think of.

“The design is good, but the shortcomings are also obvious.”

Most people couldn't see it, but Wei quickly found the loophole in Solarian's design.

"I know that too. I used my own design to reverse engineer the situation, but I still couldn't find any loopholes in their defense."

"That means the opponent is doing better than you, Captain Solarian, but don't be discouraged, you still have a lot of room for growth." Awei said comfortingly.

"Room to grow..."

Solarian also knew that he was not that strong in architecture, and he was better at space combat.

Awei combined the information from multiple drawings and drew a design drawing himself. He marked several places on it and then handed the drawing to Solarian.

"Try to attack the locations I gave you. If nothing works, it means we've run into a true expert." Ah Wei pointed to a few spots on the map and said, "If everything fails, unless we can mobilize enough troops to overwhelm the enemy, I suggest just issuing the Extermination Order. Delaying it will only lead to greater losses."

After getting the blueprint, Solarian immediately arranged a new attack plan, and several tactical teams began to explore the locations marked by Wei.

A few days later, the Iron Warriors' fortress was breached. When the Warsmith who led this Iron Warriors warband was captured, he couldn't figure out how the enemy entered the fortress. Could there be a traitor in the warband?

The unconvinced Warsmith made a big fuss in the prison, believing that there must be a traitor who betrayed him, otherwise how could the Imperial Fists, who had been helpless in the previous months, break through his almost perfect fortress? He was unconvinced, really unconvinced!

Then the war blacksmith, with his body stripped and his hands chained, was thrown in front of Solarian. Wei had already headed to the next battlefield.

"I see you, the traitor, are having a blast in jail, so let's make sure you lose."

Even though he had relied on Ah Wei's help to break through the fortress, Solarian was still in a very good mood. It was not intimidating to ask the old senior for help, and he could also learn something more.

Solarian showed the War Blacksmith the blueprints drawn by Wei, and made the War Blacksmith realize that his design was a piece of shit.

After looking at the blueprint, the War Blacksmith showed an expression of disbelief. This blueprint completely exposed his underwear, and there were even a few gaps that he didn't know about.

"This can't be a design you could come up with, otherwise what have you been doing for the past few months?" said the War Blacksmith.

"Of course I didn't draw this, but this drawing comes from a true master."

Solarian looked at the Warsmith, remembered Wei's comments, and said:

"That master thought you were a master, but your design only lasted to the second level. Is the quality of war smiths so poor now? As expected, a traitor is a traitor."

Awei divided the possible gaps into four levels on the drawing. The gap level also represents the designer's construction level. The second-level gap shows that the level of the war blacksmith in front of him is really average, and Solarian has more room for improvement.

"With this level of skill, that master couldn't possibly be from the Imperial Fists!" The Warsmith didn't believe that a design of this level could have come from the hands of the Imperial Fists. He would rather believe it was a Space Wolf than an Imperial Fist.

"Why do you think so?"

The war blacksmith kept analyzing every detail on the blueprint in his mind. This style... and this design...

"Ha ha ha ha-"

The Warsmith laughed. He never thought that after ten thousand years, there were still Iron Warriors who betrayed the Legion.

"What are you laughing at?" Solarian asked.

"Can't you see? The people who helped you are traitors among the Iron Warriors. Have the Imperial Fists fallen to the point where they need our help?"

"Your people? Traitors?"

Solarian was not surprised. Even he had guessed Ah Wei's "identity", so how could the other party not guess it? Even if his level was a little low, he was still a war blacksmith and must be familiar with the style of the Iron Warriors.

"How funny! That Grand Master never betrayed anyone. Your weak Primarch and Legion were never worthy of him."

Given Wei's relationship with Mallorian, if Wei had that idea, the Imperial Fists would declare him an Imperial Fists member on the spot. Just look at the level of this construction. If it's called the Imperial Fists, then it's the Imperial Fists! No rebuttal allowed!

"Now you know how you lost. You can go and cry to your wimpy Primarch in your next life."

"I don't accept it, you are... I don't accept it!"

The Warsmith was suppressed. If the people from the Inquisition had not said that they should leave him alive, Solarian would have inspected the Warsmith long ago, but he would not have been able to get anything out of him even with his foul mouth.

However, Solarian still enjoyed the Warsmith's expression of impotence and rage, and felt that there would be few such opportunities in the future.

A year after the Great Plunderer retreated, a small Chaos fleet with the Planet Killer as its flagship was discovered in a galaxy. The Gothic Fleet had long hated the Planet Killer, and the Navy Headquarters immediately organized a fleet to encircle and suppress it after hearing the news.

The Cloud Hammer Fleet also joined the encirclement and suppression team. Everyone was already quite familiar with the Gothic Fleet, and Ravensburg gave them a lot of authority to act.

"This is quite a big deal. Can we really get the Gun of Doom?"

Everyone looked at the surrounding naval warships, not sure if they could find an opportunity for Gloria to absorb the planet killer, but they just wanted to collect the planet killer, not necessarily get it.

Xianyu: "Apu, do you know what the ending of this ship is?"

Apu: "I remember it was destroyed, but it reappeared in the Thirteenth Black Crusade. I don't know if it was newly built."

Brother Ou: "If we can get it, we'll take it. If we can't, forget it. We don't need this one thing."

After arriving at the battlefield, everyone saw that the Gothic Fleet had blocked the Planet Killer's fleet. With the vastly greater number of warships, the Planet Killer had no way to escape this time.

Eryu: "Do we still have a chance to board the ship?"

Ah Wei: "Probably no chance~"

During the battle, everyone was looking for an opportunity to board the planet killer, and if they couldn't seize the ship, they would try to retrieve the data on it. However, the firepower of the Imperial Navy was too strong, and everyone had no chance to board the ship. Moreover, the Imperial fleet was aiming to destroy the planet killer, so there was no need to board the ship and seize it.

So everyone could only watch as the Planet Killer and its fleet were destroyed by the Imperial Navy, and the wreckage was temporarily left in the galaxy waiting to be recovered by the Mechanicus fleet.

Xianyu: "This is too lax. Aren't you afraid that the Chaos traitors will take the wreckage back and rebuild it?"

Luochen: "Doesn't this give us a chance? Go ahead!"

After the battle, everyone left the system first, then returned in stealth mode, and took away the wreckage of the planet killer without being discovered by the Imperial Navy. In this way, the Gun of Doom was obtained by everyone.

Another half a year passed, and everyone continued to wipe out the remnants of Chaos. A year later, they were still doing so. After killing one batch, another batch would appear. It was an endless process.

"Why are these Chaos remnants just as endless as the Zeon remnants?"

During the past two years, everyone was either wiping out the remnants of the party or on their way to wipe out the remnants. From time to time, they also had to support friendly forces in trouble. They were really exhausted.

As luck would have it, everyone received a distress signal from an Imperial Navy fleet, whose destination was a galaxy on the edge of the Gothic sector. When everyone arrived, the Imperial fleet was fighting with a part of the Chaos fleet, and the Chaos fleet's flagship was still watching the battle from a distance.

The Cloud Hammer Fleet immediately joined the battle and questioned the Imperial Fleet about the origins of the Chaos Fleet facing them.

"The Imperial Navy said that the Chaos Fleet's flagship is called the Blasphemous Sword, a documented Plunderer-class battleship." Gloria told everyone the sorted information.

"Sword of Blasphemy? Why does it sound familiar..."

"Are you guys involved with that Blasphemous Blade?"