The Empire has trillions of astral troops fighting for the Emperor in the galaxy, and while their courage and will are commendable, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. But it is difficult for a single Astral Army soldier to compete with the enemies of the Empire, they have neither the advantage of genetic enhancement nor the most powerful personal weapons, only absolute numbers, where their strength lies.

The Empire can do without Astarte, but it must not do without the Astral Army, which is the cornerstone of the Empire. Sivir's attempt to eradicate the corruption of Hyrion would never have been possible without the help of the Astral Army.

However, imperial support was notoriously slow and inefficient due to the size and breadth of the empire and the corruption and inefficiency of the imperial bureaucracy. Orders for support may not be carried out for months, years, or even decades.

So, Sivir had to find a way to raise an army on his own to fight a ground war. And the current Aiden is a world with very good conditions.

Several nest cities stand tall above the land, and their factories provide the weapons and ammunition that soldiers need. And even if it has just experienced a rebellion, the huge population of this nest capital world can still easily provide hundreds of millions of soldiers for Sivel.

Those nest capitals that have just finished fierce battles can even directly provide tens of millions of elite soldiers, and they can go straight to the battlefield without training.

Sivir appointed Priss as Aiden's new planetary governor, allowing him to lead the entire restoration of Aiden, as well as the selection of soldiers.

Some members of the council that once led the Lower Hive to defend against the cultists' attacks did not agree with Pris's leadership.

In their opinion, their own credit is the greatest, whether it is to reorganize the leaderless army of dragons and dragons, or to involve the main force of the cultists, they all did it themselves, how can they be usurped by Pulis, who has been staying in the upper nest, the fruits of victory.

Sivir actually did not treat these council members badly, and after consulting with Pulis, none of those councillors were promoted and rewarded.

Sivir made Priss the Governor of the planet solely because of his abilities, and Aiden needed a leader with strong wrists and outstanding abilities right now.

In order for Pulis to truly lead Aiden, Sivir temporarily handed over the command of the cathar to Pris. In case after he left, Priss suddenly contracted some kind of "evil disease" and died young.

There were also members of the council in the various armies, and in order to prevent them from becoming self-respecting, Sivir drew a large number of men from the cathar army and sent them to the various armies as political commissars to supervise the officers and soldiers.

After doing all this, Sivir still set off first on the Sailing. He's already made contact with Wilmot, and some planets are not in good shape, and he must go to the aid right away.

Although there were no cathars on board the Voyage this time, Sivir was strong enough to be called a one-man army.

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Paist, a knightly world of the Empire.

The knightly worlds were in fact highly technologically advanced feudal worlds, and these knightly worlds relied on their own strict feudal fiefdom system, and each world was ruled by one or more knightly councils/clans.

However, they differ in their attitudes towards the Empire and the Mechanics, with some knight worlds offering their allegiance to Terra's Golden Throne and being friendly to the Mechanics, but only to be able to maintain their knight suits; Other knightly worlds are devoted to the grace of the God of Machines, the Om Messiah, obeying orders from Mars, and fighting for the Empire.

These nobles drove tall bipedal war machines into battle. He is called a knight. These knights can fight alongside any of the Imperial forces, but are more documented to fight alongside the Titans, or as a reserve force, they can be drafted into the Titan Legion if needed.

Paist was also a fertile agricultural world, where the lower serfs supported the knight lords with productive labor, and the knights in turn helped them defend themselves against threats from aliens and infidels. The food produced was sometimes used by these nobles to trade with the Puran Forge World.

In addition, the knightly world has its own red tape between each class, and most nobles are willing to go to war in order to escape these endless rules.

At the same time, the knight world is often mired in civil wars, or knight duels to settle disputes, but these do not affect the knight world to lend a timely helping hand when the empire is in danger.

When the Chaos Faith swept through the Hylyon Star Zone, many Chaos Believers were also found on the planet Paist, but the Knight Council on the planet Paist organized a large number of local human soldiers to serve, and under the leadership of the knights, the soldiers executed all these unarmed Chaos believers.

Paist returned to his former tranquility at all, and when he received a request for help from other worlds, Paist's knight family thought of sending knights to help.

But beneath Paist's apparent calm lies a huge crisis. In the midst of the wilderness, the corpses of the Chaos Cultists stood up again. Many of the inhabitants of Paist were pale and sick.

The end of life is death, but all things are rotten, and all beings are immortal.

Where there is death, there is life. In the corruption of life, countless bacteria, germs, insects, and scavengers flourish, and all life is nourished by other life, and from one plague after another, a new generation is born that is stronger and more fertile than the previous generation.

Because regeneration comes from corruption, hope springs out of despair.

As the disease ravaged the country and the number of deaths grew, thousands of people fled and sought refuge in the emperor to pray for protection from the deadly plague.

At this time, the Knight Council already knew that they had made an irreparable mistake, but they were not capable of solving such trouble. It's too late.

There are already an endless number of Nurgle walking corpses roaming the Paist, and a deadly virus has lurked in everyone's body.

The knights can kill Nurgle's followers, but they will stand up again. No enemy is more feared than Nurgle's Chosen One, whose skin is as flicked open as cotton, but beneath its fragile exterior lies a deadly virus.

When Laurent led the Fire Barrier Warband to Paist, the entire Paist looked like it was covered in a green veil in space.

Before that, there was already a Astral Army rushing to support. But...

Goodbye commissar, I'm going on a long voyage tonight.

Don't worry about me, I have paddles of joy and pestilence.

Laurent receives a signal from the survivors on Paist to lead the warriors of the Fire Barrier to land.

At this time, the survivors were still holding on, but what caught Laurent's attention the most was the number of corpses in front of the survivors' stronghold. The front of the stronghold was littered with corpses, everywhere, varying in the degree of decomposition. It was only after a moment that he realized that some of the corpses were not completely dead and rotting, but still alive, tormented by the terrible plague.