The "Expedition of Tears", or, as the Federation parlance, the Arkalo Incident, was the largest armed conflict since the Empire came into contact with the Federation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Imperial Far East Command and the Black Templar have assembled five crusaders, together with the Imperial Navy and Imperial Guard, to launch an expedition against the Far Eastern Frontier, a world that originally belonged to the Empire but was redeveloped and recreated by the Federation after being swallowed by Tyran, in order to restore the Emperor's territory. The empire had not previously made a declaration of sovereignty or a diplomatic warning.

"Wherever and under all circumstances those aliens, heretics, and filth of the subspace are discovered, kill them! As long as the great emperor is still bothered by their existence, he must not show the slightest tolerance for them! ”

As it turned out, the High Marshal of the Black Temple thought too simply, not only did such a fleet not hide its tracks, but also blindly attacked the federal transport ships transporting refugees on the way, and after arriving at the destination, it recklessly carried out a clean-up operation against the refugee gathering area in the same way as the Black Temple, which was later called the Alkalus Massacre by the Federation.

This kind of behavior seriously violates the bottom line of the Federation, and even if it is wary of going to war with the Empire, the Federation has decided not to tolerate such a barbaric and cruel extermination operation.

Considering the special nature of the hunting fleet, it was the 98th Task Force that was directly dispatched from the mainland to annihilate this invading force.

The huge fleet equipped with dreadnoughts and dozens of battleships and aircraft carriers jumped directly into the far end of the battlefield in a phase jump, and the devastating firepower shredded the battleships and transports of the Imperial Navy almost instantly, the battleships of the Black Temple were slightly stronger, but they only lasted a few minutes, and with an electric virus paralyzing the power of the Eternal Holy War, the battle ended in a very short time.

After destroying the Empire's cosmic forces, the Federation fleet destroyed the Empire's ground forces deployed on various planets step by step, and then picked up all the inhabitants onto the transport ship.

At the same time, nearly 100,000 combat robots jumped to the Eternal Holy War.

After believing that the Empire would engage in a tug-of-war with the Federation over the system, the Federation fleet completed the evacuation in the shortest possible time, and then used the Unstable Gravity Field Spawn Core to destroy the entire system to prevent the Empire from gaining even the slightest hint from the battlefield.

In the aftermath of the Black Temple's "Crusade of Tears" against the Federation, the otherwise powerful Black Templar warband lost countless warships, including the Warband's mothership, the Eternal Holy War, five powerful Black Templar crusaders were destroyed, and a considerable number of relics inherited from the Great Expedition were unfortunately - at least for the Empire - fell into the hands of the Federation.

The relevant societies of the Federal Academy of Sciences have carried out detailed analyses of these rare gains, and many of the techniques have been considered useless, and some have been analyzed for value and entered the experimental process.

But there are also some that are even rarer and puzzling even the scientists of the Federation.

The Armor of Faith and the Black Sword, the legacy of the Warband, treasured by the Black Temple, are so exquisite that even with a quantum scan you can't see the whole picture.

Just as the Federation could not explain the subspace phenomenon, the power of the Imperial Champion came from the will of the Emperor, not the universal laws of the physical world, and the scientists were helpless against it, and eventually, at the request of Luko, the commander of the first company of the Soul Drinker Legion[Note 1], a total of two sets of Faith Armor and Black Sword were handed over to the Soul Drinker Legion, which shares a common origin with the Black Temple, to explain the mystery.

And the Soul Drinker eventually did just that.

Just as the power of worshipping the emperor as a god can be gained, the Black Sanctuary forges an immortal bond with the emperor through devout faith, meditation, and sacrifice, and the soul drinker chooses to place his faith on the other side of the emperor's divinity.

The mission of guarding humanity, defending the faith of reason, the original ideal of the emperor, and the glorious future of the empire...... As the last three survivors of the Soul Drinker Warband and one of the original founders of the Soul Drinker Legion, Luko threw his mind into a long meditation and finally got up one day, put on the black armor in front of him, and held the black sword.

At this point, the Soul Eater has its own Imperial Champion, and the entire Legion regards this as a new oath for the Emperor, the Soul Eater, and all the Federation Legions.

They will surely bring new life to the empire and give the emperor's dream a new future in the empire.

"I have witnessed the Emperor's gift, and his strength and will are now flowing through me, a new contract between the Emperor and the Sons of Dorne...... I can feel his will to destroy chaos and protect humanity. ”

A warrior in black armor and a black sword knelt on the ground, and the ancient armor on his body was inscribed with precious inscriptions, symbolizing the emperor's holy will and wrath.

This body is the armor of faith, this sword is the black sword, this person is the reality of the emperor's will, in the black temple warband, the monks call him the emperor's champion, his supreme divine power comes from the emperor, and he will be the emperor's ultimate weapon to carry out punishment and save the situation.

However, the Imperial Champion in front of him is not from the Black Temple, wearing black armor and holding a black sword, but the Imperial Champion of the Soul Drinker, the sword bearer of the Emperor's New Testament.

Although they are both descendants of Dorne, the difference between the Soul Drinker and the Black Sanctuary is clear.

"Even now, don't you know why Black Armor and Black Sword chose you?" Another voice rang out in front of the warrior who was kneeling on the ground. "Because he has never only shown his power in the Black Temple, or are you confused about whether your faith is strong, or whether the Emperor has chosen you to exercise justice?"

"No, Saint, I'm never confused. Thinking about the past will make me know my shortcomings, but it won't make me improve...... And I'm going to keep going, not stop there. I believe that the will of the Emperor will not be biased in favor of one side or the other, then, since the Emperor has chosen me, then this is a sign of our divine connection with the Emperor, let the Empire guess and worry about these things, we are doing the right thing, and I will take this responsibility. ”

"Good." A giant also dressed in black armor with a smooth, opaque mask on his face walked up to the Imperial Champion, holding a scepter that glowed with golden light in his hand:

"Stretch out your hand, Meka, Imperial Champion of the Soul Drinker, we are about to head to a new battlefield...... In the name of the Emperor, eliminate chaos. ”

[Note 1] Luko, one of the three survivors of the Soul Drinker. (To be continued.) )