Chapter 581 An old friend is in trouble
"Ahriman?"
This name is a bit unfamiliar to Soshyan. He seems to have seen it in the files in the archives, but he can't remember it at once. .
Taros wiped his mouth with the silk in the servitor's hand, dispelling Soshyan's doubts.
"Azek Ahriman, former captain of the Thousand Sons, commander of Sekhmet's elite Terminator force, leader of the Crowfeather Cult
Some people claim that he is the chosen one of the evil god Tzeentch, but he is most famous for the 'Scarlet Letter' spell, which directly destroyed the entire Thousand Sons Legion and turned 80% of the Thousand Sons into armored puppets. It was also because of this incident , Magnus, the Thousand Sons Primarch, simply banished Ahriman and his followers. "
"Is this why Khayon hates Ahriman? "
"Of course not"
Talos shook his head.
"I also heard that Khayon once had a serious conflict with Ahriman. Everyone has taken action, but no one knows what the outcome will be. ”
"That's it."
"That Ahriman was not honest after he was exiled. He formed a war gang called the 'Wandering Sons' and built a large fleet through fraud, plunder and other means. , has become very famous, but his goal is not like other war gangs. He only focuses on the museums, libraries, scholastic academies, hermitages, and religious sites in the empire. He only seeks to obtain psychic items, cultural relics, and data. , even ancient books.”
“According to what you said, since Abaddon wants to win over this wizard, he won’t come to trouble us in the short term.”
Soshyan breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned.
"Taros, if I remember correctly, you were involved in Abaddon's Twelfth Black Crusade, right?"
"Yes."
"Can you tell me."
The Twelfth Dark Crusade, also known as the Gothic War, was a war that engulfed the entire Gothic Sector. The battle was launched by the Black Legion led by Chaos Warmaster Abaddon. Its scale was huge, far exceeding the previous eleven times.
The war consisted of hundreds of planetary invasions and fleet operations, ending only when Imperial reinforcements arrived and forced Abaddon back into the void.
During the war, several planets and four-sixths of the Blackstone Fortress were seen destroyed, and hundreds of billions of Imperial citizens died.
On 139.M41, an Imperial Navy reconnaissance frigate received an indecipherable distress message from Site Ax, indicating that it was under attack by unknown attackers.
When reinforcements arrived four months later, the Imperial Guard soldiers stationed on the planet had been wiped out, and their bodies had been gruesomely chopped into pieces.
The Tribunal sent the experienced Judge Horst to Akers to investigate the matter, but there was no evidence for him to understand what happened.
And Just not long after the Ax attack, several reconnaissance teams made a terrible discovery in the Athena sector - many imperial merchants' starships and battleships were found floating around uncontrollably in space.
When the boarding team arrived, it was discovered that all the crew members on these ships were dead. Horrible germs grew on the corpses covering the aisles, and many of them were still at their posts.
A rumor began to circulate among the ships of the Imperial Navy in the Segmentum that these attacks were launched by the Chaos warship Plagueclaw - an ancient ship that dedicated its body and soul to Nurgle.
Inquisitor Horst became convinced that the forces of Chaos were preparing to launch a dark crusade against the Empire. Observation posts around the Gate of Cadian began to be placed on high alert, and Imperial Navy warships throughout the Obscure Sector were mobilized to defend Cadian. Airspace near Dia.
But three years after the attack of Ax, that is, in 142.M41, a huge warp storm engulfed the entire Gothic sector, separating the battleships of the Gothic fleet from those in other parts of the empire. Contact cut off.
This event also marked the official beginning of the 12th Black Crusade.
In the brutal war that followed, the Black Legion dispatched a large number of warships, including their flagship Vengeful Spirit and the powerful Planet Killer, while the Empire was forced to form an alliance with the Eldar to fight against the terrible enemy.
Due to the empire's tenacious resistance, the war gradually turned from one-sided to a stalemate.
When time passed to 151.M41, High Admiral von Ravensberg began to fight back. He organized a force including 17 battleships (including two battleships and two battlecruisers) and The huge ship composed of 20 auxiliary ships went straight to the Kethsemani system, broke out in a decisive battle with the main fleet of Chaos, and finally defeated the opponent.
This battle marked the beginning of the Gothic War. Abaddon, the great plunderer, had achieved his goal and ordered the fleet to begin withdrawing.
But the war did not end, and continued for several years. It was not until 155.M41 that the last wandering Chaos capital ship was eliminated, and the 12th Black Crusade ended with the "victory" of the Human Empire.
Recalling this war, Talos seemed a little sad, because it was also during this war that the war gang he once belonged to began to collapse. "Actually, there is nothing to say. As mercenaries, we only participated in a small battle. But what Khayon said is true. We sold the Great Reaver once, which also caused us to be hunted down by the whole galaxy and turned into a lost dog. .”
After that, he told everything he knew.
Including the true strength of the Black Legion's side, and Abaddon's true intention of such deployment in the Battle of Gethsemani - most of those eliminated this time were actually guys who were regarded as troublesome by Abaddon.
After hearing this, Suo Shi raised his brows to become even more gloomy.
“But if what Khayon said is true, then this Thirteenth Black Crusade will be different from the past. How should we respond.”
Talos sneered and patted Soshyan's chest with the back of his hand.
"Our legion commander, your legion can't even gather five companies now, do you need to worry about this kind of thing? There is an old saying in Gu Terra, if the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up, the empire No matter how weak it is, it is not a soft persimmon. Abaddon's plan is not so easy to succeed. I have seen too many examples of strategies that are perfect on paper but a mess in the final execution."
"Same. , it’s not a problem we should be concerned about right now.”
At this moment, the servitor in charge of the communicator in the courtyard suddenly made a monotonous sound.
"Captain Soshyan, urgent response."
Soshyan walked over immediately.
"Connected."
Soon, Ustad's voice sounded from the other end of the communicator.
"Chapter Commander, a battleship of the Order of the Ebony Holy Grail has arrived at the port."
"Oh? It's them"
Then something suddenly occurred to him.
“Sister Velez is not on board, right?”
“Yes, but her condition——”
Twenty minutes later, the footsteps were hurried Soshyan appeared in the orbital airport that had been mostly repaired. The outline of the cruiser belonging to the Sisters was particularly conspicuous in the void.
A group of nuns were already waiting at the Airport Square. When they saw Soshyan approaching, one of them immediately went to greet him.
"Hello, Captain Soshyan, I am Yanis Bozovich."
She looks very young, even immature, with short black and white hair, and delicate face, but there are two fresh scars on the right side of the face near the ears.
“Where is she?”
Hearing Soshyan’s words, Sister Agnes turned sideways, and then the servitors lifted up a frozen life-saving capsule.
Soshyan stepped forward, bent down hard, wiped away the fog on the glass cover of the survival cabin with his hand, and then saw that familiar face.
Velez closed his eyes, as if he was asleep, but his once beautiful face was as green as a corpse, and the blood vessels under the skin were clearly visible, but they were ominous black.
Soshiyang frowned immediately.
“What’s going on?”
Sister Yanis then told what happened not long ago.
(End of this chapter)