I'm a magnetic field madman

Terra's importance is beyond words, especially after ten thousand years of superstition... In the eyes of the masses, Terra is a sacred place that is closest to heaven!

However, Leon did not see it that way.

Putting aside those sacred factors, he felt that Terra should not be inhabited by too many people.

Terra is the Throne World, but it is also the largest hive city in the galaxy, without a doubt.

Terra's environment also means that it is neither suitable nor should a large population live there.

Terra has no oceans and no rain, because a female warlord from the Old Night completely drained Terra of its last ocean and took away the last bit of life from the planet.

Terra's environment is extremely harsh; if it weren't for the Empire's tireless maintenance and protection, Terra wouldn't even be considered a natural environment.

But more importantly—a huge bomb was buried beneath Terra!

The Starlight and the Golden Throne are merely tools of the Emperor; the former is used to guide humanity in warp travel, while the latter is used to suppress the massive breach beneath Terra's palace!

The Emperor initially attempted to create an artificial network on Terra that would link the legacy of the Elders, but this was thwarted by Magnus's recklessness.

These are all secondary issues; the biggest problem is the huge gap in the net tunnel that Tzeentch, through Magnus, tore open beneath the palace!

The reason why the Royal Guard and the Silent Sisters made almost no significant contributions during the Siege of Terra was that the Ten Thousand Men Corps had been almost entirely wiped out in the battle where the Emperor plugged the breach. Even so, the Emperor was unable to completely block the network and could only barely clear the trouble inside.

If it weren't for the golden throne built in imitation of the prototype "Black Glass" from the Dark Ages, a second Eye of Terror would have long since burst forth from the center of the human empire!

There is no doubt that the Golden Throne tormented and drained the emperor. In the battle against Horus... if he hadn't dragged his body, which was exhausted by the Golden Throne, into battle, he might not have ended up in such a tragic state.

Even Macardo, whose psychic power was second only to the Emperor, had his psychic power drained by the Golden Throne, leaving him without a complete corpse.

Who would want to live on a giant bomb? If the Emperor were alive, he would undoubtedly retain defensive forces like the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Fist, turning Terra into a completely military world, and then expelling all other buildings and people from Terra!

This is good for the people, and even better for himself!

But during the ten thousand years when the emperor could not speak, what did the high lords do and what choices did they make?

Instead of making the Throne World impregnable... they went mad and built a large number of severely overcrowded hive cities on it.

Unaware of what was happening, ordinary citizens flooded into this city that was already beyond its capacity like madmen...

With a population of hundreds of billions, Terra's Gini coefficient has reached an unbelievable level... making Terra the place with the most monsters and monsters in the entire galaxy!

However, this is not even the most absurd thing these idiots have done.

What's the most common thing on Terra?

It's a fucking church.

Excluding the largest palace, which is essential for defense, and its military command centers such as the Lion Gate and the Tower of Hegemony...

Those charlatans of the state religion have been building a large number of structures that should not exist in Terra, a land already in a state of extreme tension.

The Pope of the state religion brazenly built a church palace on the southern continent of Terra, second only in size to the royal palace...

This vast unified city complex, in its scale and the sublime praise of the emperor, far surpasses even the perfect city that Loka originally built.

And the number of churches located within the various hive cities is countless...

These buildings, which serve no purpose other than worship, occupy at least a quarter of Terra's usable space.

But that's not all. If you insist that placing religious sites on Terra helps to enhance the power of the God-Emperor, then what about the vast Navigator District?

The Navigator's Quarter covers a vast area on Terra, comparable in size to the Church Palace.

Each powerful navigator family would own its own clan mansion here, decorating it with their wealth in a magnificent and opulent manner.

The Navigator Palace occupies a quarter of the area, where the Paternova, the head of the Navigator clan, resides and leads the entire Navigator community. The other inhabitants are also from the Paternova's original family until the current Paternova passed away.

These navigators insisted on building their home on Terra, a region with an overpopulated area, and then monopolized a large amount of limited resources to provide for their family members' extravagant lifestyles...

They would even intercept a large portion of the ice comets that Imperial ships brought from space to supply Terra with drinking water.

There's nothing wrong with indulging in pleasures; although the Navigator family lives a life of extravagance, their existence is essential to the empire.

They could easily move their base to another planet, even the moon, or simply live in a giant space fortress.

But they didn't, because they felt safest in Terra and felt they had to compete with the poor for resources in that place.

The same things happen countless times on Terra. The Inquisition, the State Religion, the Ministry of Justice, and the Imperial Guard take turns encroaching on Terra, plundering resources, buying and selling people, and doing all sorts of things you can't even imagine.

Then each of them believed themselves to be indispensable and indispensable on Terra. Meanwhile, the High Lords, representing the forces behind these powers, sat around the table, each harboring their own secrets and distrusting one another.

These high lords weren't unaware of Terra's severe overpopulation problem... but not a single one of them ever tried to move the excess population out of Terra.

Because it's a ridiculous fact that dictators like those of Vangelich's era often rose to power after devastating wars...

They can be responsible for the fact that they won't actually face a serious overpopulation problem due to the war in Terra. However, once the dictator steps down and the population explodes rapidly, the high lords simply won't care about such things.

After all, transporting excess population involves not only costs and resettlement issues, but also the idea of ​​throwing the Emperor's faithful followers out of Holy Terra. Wouldn't you be heretic?

The current miserable state of Terra is entirely the result of the evil deeds sown by these high lords themselves.

They didn't care about the excess population, believing they were just a bunch of peasants who could be easily suppressed.

Even though problems like cultists and petty thieves are rampant, they don't take them seriously at all.

Now that the magnetic field has shifted, they should prepare to face the consequences.

The extreme overpopulation of hundreds of billions, the uncontrolled spread of the increasing magnetic field, the ideological decline brought about by the easy infiltration of chaotic evil gods, and so on...

Even without Magnus's actions, Terra would probably have exploded from within not long.

Perhaps the era could even return to the time ten thousand years ago when Terra was divided among warlords.

Magnus's actions actually made the situation less dire. At least it didn't escalate to the point where it would drag on for decades and produce a few hundred thousand lunatics.

However, the situation remains extremely urgent. The direct problem brought about by the chaotic invasion and the numerous enchanted magnetic field demons is—

They began their attack on Terra Palace.

Yes, even demons know more than those high lords and interest groups... The only thing that matters on Terra is that golden toilet in the throne room of the palace!

If you blow that up, the empire will explode on the spot. As for the other places, damn it, what value do they have?

Leon understood this; he knew the enemy's objective; and he decisively made a rebellious, yet ultimately crucial, solution.

Since there are too many lurking chaotic contaminants and magnetic field madmen, we should just clear out all the areas with potential sources of troops.

In other words—orbital bombardment of Terra!!

Leon only wants the palace and to preserve his father's throne; he doesn't care if the rest is destroyed.

To eradicate the spread of chaotic pollution both physically and mentally, while ensuring that no more magnetic field lunatics emerge.

He was also able to eliminate interference and immediately teleport with his men to the vicinity of Terra Palace to protect his father!

Simple and direct, but it gets to the heart of the problem.

Leon knew his orders were rational and correct... but what about the others?

"Lord Leon...that's the Holy Terra!!"

The moment Leon's command was relayed, the entire Dark Angels fell silent. Even Azrael, the most loyal to the Lion King, couldn't help but raise his voice and shout...

Orbital bombardment of Holy Terra? The last person to do that was Horus, and even he wasn't as ruthless as Leon!

Horus's orbital bombardment of Terra at least didn't use weapons that could directly disintegrate the planet... although this was also due to the overwhelming resistance from the loyalists...

However, if Leon wants to launch an orbital bombardment of Terra, the weapons he will need to use are the main guns of these super star destroyers.

Even if they can't compare to the Death Star, these super laser cannons are still capable of easily disintegrating the continental shelf on Terra. With a few more hits, blasting Terra into pieces would be a piece of cake.

Even for the dark angels loyal to Ryan, this was far too provocative and blasphemous.

"My children, tell me, are you loyal to Terra, or to the Emperor of Terra!"

Leon gazed at the most dazzling crown on this golden planet and said in a solemn tone…

"Without the Emperor, without the Golden Throne, without the Star Torch. No matter how dazzling and sacred the rest of this planet may be, it is nothing but ashes! And now, our enemy has placed both on the scales!"

"We have no time to waste. If those Chaos villains succeed in their evil magic, humanity will lose the Golden Throne and the Starlight! We are not here to destroy Terra, but to save it!"

"We will purify Terra with fire, not destroy it! History will remember our actions, but whether they are wicked or righteous, I will bear the consequences!"

"No, Lord Leon, this is a decision we made together!"

Azrael said excitedly, "They have confirmed that this is an act of loyalty... And since it is loyalty that the Primarch led them to practice, what is there to hesitate about?"

No one objected anymore, even though some still held differing opinions... but since they couldn't come up with a better plan than Leon, they had no choice but to obey their Primarch's orders.

The twenty-two super star destroyers readjusted their cannons, and without hesitation... a few seconds after focusing their main guns, they unleashed a torrent of ferocious, emerald-green lasers toward the void shield that enveloped Terra!

The sturdy void shield that protected the entire Holy Terra was subjected to relentless irradiation and attacks from star-destroying weapons, wave after wave.

The planetary defense facilities above Terra's orbit were utterly incapable of destroying those twenty-two terrifying Star Destroyers...

Even the TIE fighters deployed to protect the Star Destroyers were a line of defense they found difficult to breach.

Moreover, the Imperial Guard, lacking effective resistance to hypergravity weapons and equipment, couldn't even get close to the terrifying gravity wells surrounding the Eclipse-class ships.

After several rounds of terrifying illumination, and with the bursting of the bubble that enveloped the entire planet, Terra... was now laid bare before his conquerors!

138. Question: What would happen if an extermination order were issued against Terra?

The Battle of Terra was the largest war fought by the Imperium of Man from the 30K era to the present day, involving the vast majority of the Astartes Legion, a huge number of Imperial troops, the Martian Mechanicus, and even the Emperor's Custodian Army.

The number of people who perished in that battle was in the trillions, and the wreckage shook the heavens... The fragments of the annihilation can even be found in the present-day solar system.

However, this does not mean that Terra has always possessed the military strength to participate in battles of this scale since then.

From the perspective of Astartes, thanks to the toilet paper Guilliman wrote before bed, coupled with the High Lords Council's relentless suppression of Astartes...

Currently, only the Imperial Fist Chapter is able to remain in Terra and participate in the defense of the Throne World.

Although they are also "legally overpopulated" chapters, even if they activate the Final Wall Protocol and bring in all the Imperial Fist chapters... it will be difficult to reproduce even one-tenth of the Astartes' power from the War of Terra.

This is even more true from the perspective of ordinary people.

The former Sun Auxiliary Army possessed the Empire's most advanced weaponry and was equipped with its most elite warriors.

On the main battlefield, these ordinary human armies could generally achieve a five-for-one or even three-for-one exchange against Astartes.

In addition, there were elite units such as Lucifer's Blackguard. The protagonists of the ancient Terra Wars were never the Astartes, but these powerful mortal forces.

As for the war machine—does the technology of the Empire, which has regressed over the past ten thousand years, need I say more?

The superorbital defense system originally built on the moon was razed to the ground by the Warmaster after destroying a quarter of Horus's forces, and was subsequently destroyed time and time again due to issues such as the Beast Wars.

The mountain array protecting Terra has damaged countless areas over the millennia, and due to the Martian Mechanicus's secrecy and genuine ignorance, it's hard to say whether even half of the mountain array's power has been preserved.

The same applies to the Solar Navy. The biggest culprit in this regard was actually Marshal Macarius. His expedition brought the Empire a thousand worlds of territory, but it also made the Empire's power more dispersed... and further weakened the already severely damaged Solar Navy.

His death even triggered the Successor War, which turned most of the Sun Navy's ancient flagships into scrap.

As is widely known, the human empire's technology is largely based on archaeology, including some high-end warships such as the Glory Queen-class. They're said to be rebuilding another one, but even the blueprints and STCs (Special Treatment Units) are nowhere to be found.

With the combined efforts of Magnus and Tzeentch, the High Lords' abominable acts, and the Star Destroyer connections brought by Leon, the rapid collapse of Terra's defenses was only to be expected.

However, even so, the high lords would certainly not accept it.

They felt a strong sense of familiarity after learning that Terra's communications with the outside world had been cut off.

After seeing the chaos spread across Terra, the sense of déjà vu, as if it were ingrained in their DNA, became even stronger.

But when he later received news that Terra was now filled with a huge number of magnetic field demons from top to bottom, his confusion instantly turned into intense anger and fear!

However, the High Lord was not truly an incompetent fool.

You can call them corrupt, bureaucratic, or even stupid, but you can't say the High Lords are inactive.

The fact that they managed to keep the Imperial Empire, a disorganized entity, from falling apart is a testament to the abilities of these bureaucrats... Of course, their very competence has led to the Empire's current, baffling state.

However, as the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court and the Marshal of the Imperial Guard withdrew from the Council to protect things of value, the High Lords also quickly mobilized their forces.

They were almost without hesitation the first to sacrifice the lives of all the high-ranking officials and nobles on Terra.

Drain all the resources meant to protect those nobles and use them to protect more valuable places on Terra, such as Lion Airport and Naval Headquarters.

Even the High Lord of the Navigator Clan, representing the Star Language Court, relinquished his protection of the various Navigator Clans he represented—Navigators are important, but at this moment, they are not the most important.

Faced with a formidable enemy, the Terra Highlords displayed an unusually high level of efficiency, setting aside past grievances and mobilizing all available resources, activating various secret weapons, all in an effort to annihilate the pervasive Chaos pollution on Terra!

They did indeed achieve excellent results, effectively curbing the invasion of the chaotic tide in the key protected areas, and even killing many magnetic field demons.

However, the situation has not improved at all.

They are facing hundreds of billions, or even nearly trillions, of Terran people... who are usually a burden to them, but to Chaos, they are all potential resources!