For Horus, it was a successful rebellion.

That's how it should be.

He purged his legion of loyalists loyal to the Emperor on the planet István III, but to Horus's surprise, the loyalists withdrew under the cover of the Inquisition, which suddenly came out, and disappeared. After this, Terra, who learned of Horus's rebellion, immediately ordered the Iron Warriors, the Midnight Lord, the Whisperers, the Iron Hand, the Salamanders, the Raven Guards, and the Alpha Legion to go to Eastfan to suppress the rebellion.

But in fact, the other four legions except the Raven Guard, the Iron Hand, and the Salamanders had already rebelled, so when the three legions loyal to the Emperor landed on the planet Istefan V, they were greeted by a double attack of betrayal from their allies behind them and attacks from the enemies in front of them.

As a result, the Iron Hand and Salamander's genetic protogens were killed, the Raven Guards were missing, and the loyal Astarte Legion was devastated.

Horus was pleased with the result, and now he had the Sons of Horus, the Emperor's Son, the Whisperer, the Whisperer, the Iron Warrior, the Midnight Lord, the Death Guard, and the Alpha Legion's followers.

On the Imperial side, most of Astarte's main forces were transferred out of Terra under the orders of the war commander, according to Horus's plan, the Ultramarines went to the Cowes system to be backstabbed by the Bearers, the Holy Blood Angel went to Signus to be degraded by the Obsessed Sin, the Space Wolf and the Thousand Sons killed each other, and the inside of the white scar has been turned into a pot of porridge because of whether to join Horus, so that only the Imperial Fist Rogdorn is left guarding Terra.

Coupled with the rebellion of the Martian Cult of the Mechanics, the real people that Terra can dispatch are the Imperial Fist and the Forbidden Army, and at most plus the Silent Sisters, Horus pondered that Lao Tzu was fighting one, and it was a sure win situation.

As a result, as soon as the front foot finished speaking, the back foot Luo Jia came back with a sad face.

Then Horus was stunned.

"You say it again?"

Horus stared at Loga, his two eyes were almost about to eat people——— the Whisperer and the Whisperer were almost completely wiped out, the three Abyss-class battleships were completely scrapped——— Horus originally planned to compare this with Dorne's Mountain Formation when he went to the solar system, but you just didn't play with me?

You're kidding!

Luo Jia is also very depressed, who told you to let the world-eaters join us, if there were no world-eaters, Lao Tzu would not be so miserable, so you can bite the Ultramarine, right?

Now it's okay, I didn't eat the meat but caused a commotion, who should I talk to?

"But it's weird."

Seeing that the atmosphere on the field was a little cold, Fogham also spoke.

"The transfer of the Abyss-class battleship is a military secret, and logically nothing is known to anyone except a limited number of people. But don't you think it's strange to look at the Ultramarines and the Inquisition's response, as if they already knew that we were going to send three Abyss-class ships? ”

Speaking of this, several other people also reacted, indeed, there were three abyss-class battleships on their side, and they hadn't fired yet, and the other party didn't say a word and three battleships collided directly, and they didn't even try to play a round of attacks to test the meaning of temptation, just like the other party decided that you only have these three trump cards, so as soon as you shot the cards, he directly aimed at pressing them.

That's weird.

"Is that an Ultramarine's battleship?"

"It doesn't look like it."

Motarian shook his head.

"It's not the style of an Ultramarine, it's not like the style of an Imperial, it's more like an alien battleship."

"Now the question is how do they know about our military deployment."

Luo Jia was also very unhappy.

"Erebus is dead, so it's no surprise that the Ultramarines knew about our plans from the start, given that the Inquisition was there. Kiliman must have learned of the situation from the remnants of the loyalist's defeated generals, and it was not incomprehensible that he was wary of those who spoke of it. But the question is, how did they know that the Abyss-class ships would be used by the Bearers to attack the Coos system? ”

"Is there an inner ghost among us?"

As soon as Vogrim said this, everyone's expressions became somewhat subtle. In general, this situation and possibility are not non-existent. After all, the loyal Astartes were all purged, and the rest were rebels.

So will there be people in Cao Ying, and their hearts in Han?

What are you kidding, the rebel Astarte left behind is all tainted by the power of chaos, how can anyone still betray it?

"Don't get cranky."

Seeing that the eyes of the brothers were already a little wrong, Horus forcibly interrupted this thought, if it continued like this, it would be better to wait for the counterattack on Terra, and their rebel army itself would be scattered, and this would be a hammer.

"I think it's likely that the Inquisition has infiltrated our legions, and they've been watching our every move through the loyalist Astartes as eyes and ears."

Speaking of this, Horus also had a gloomy expression, and he still insists that this suddenly appeared court is actually equivalent to Astarte's monitor, which is very reasonable, because the emperor, an old shameless bastard, likes to play this kind of trick of checking and balancing each other, and it is a natural thing for him to get a court to come out and secretly check and balance Astarte.

In fact, there were quite a few high-ranking Astartes among the loyalists, such as the commander of the 10th Company, Loken, who was the commander of the 10th Company, but was also a member of the mourners——— a small group similar to the staff of the Horus Legion, who was able to speak directly to Horus, make suggestions and opinions, and even openly oppose Horus's plans.

In this case, although Horus was very cautious, he was not sure if the loyal Astarte would leak his affairs to the Inquisition, so that the Inquisition would know of his plans and even plans.

Maybe when he first chose to rebel, someone below sold himself with a whistle and applause.

"In any case, the plan must go ahead."

Horus took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger within himself. In Horus's plan, he could rely on his status as a war commander to disperse the forces of the loyalist legions without the knowledge of the other legions, and then use the ritual to set off a subspace storm, block the subspace shipping lanes, and block all of these loyalist legions, and then they will be defeated by each one without knowing it.

In fact, finding a planet to sacrifice and set off a subspace storm can be done anywhere, and it doesn't have to be to fight to the death with the Ultramarines, but the Whisperer and the Ultramarines have a grudge, and Horus feels that it is impossible for Killiman to know about the betrayal of Horus and others, plus the Ultramarines are indeed the biggest threat faced in the Horus Rebellion, and they must be guarded against, so he finally agreed to Luojia's request and let the Whisperers deal with the Ultramarines.

It turned out to be a good thing, and it completely overturned.

Not only did the Bearer suffer heavy losses, but even the three Abyss-class warships that Horus had acquired from the Mechanicus rebels had been turned into scrap metal. At the moment, Mars is still in the midst of a rebellion, and Rogdorn has sent his legion to support the Mechanics to quell the rebellion, at least for a short time, Horus does not expect to be able to obtain another Abyss-class battleship.

At the moment, Horus himself is actually not comfortable, when the 62nd Expeditionary Fleet attacked the Inquisition, most of the battleships were swallowed by a miniature black hole in Duanmu Huai's backhand, and the son of Horus, the son of the emperor and the death guard all suffered a lot of losses. Although they later designed to destroy the three Loyalist Legions on the Istfan V, the counterattack before the death of the other side also caused some losses to the rebel legions.

This is also the reason why Horus is extremely jealous of Killiman and allows the Whisperer to clean up the Ultramarines, the number of Ultramarines is completely the first in the world in the Empire, if Killiman really wants to raise troops to quell the rebellion, his Ultramarines alone will be worthy of the power of the entire rebel army.

Add to that the Dark Angel and the Blood Angel, as well as the Imperial Fist stationed in Terra and the white scar that dangles nowhere, and Horus has a premonition that he is going to finish the calf.

But this premonition was only fleeting, and it was quickly suppressed by Horus.

"The plan must go ahead, summon a subspace storm, we're going to block the shipping lanes, cut off communications, and ......... Take Tyra straight! ”

As long as you can kill the Puppet Emperor, then it's all worth it!

The fiasco of one side is naturally set against the backdrop of the triumph of the other.

Once again, the Ultramarines defeated the enemy and won the victory, and Kiliman made a special trip to Duanmu Huai to thank him. Although the Inquisition fleet was out of the field at the beginning of the battle, the Ultramarines knew that if it weren't for the three alien warships of the Inquisition that destroyed the opponent's trump card, they would probably be facing a different situation.

In a way, no one has sacrificed more in this war than the Inquisition.

Of course, for Duanmu Huai, this is not a sacrifice at all, but ......... Well, there's no need to say it.

A grand victory feast is of course essential, and of course, for the Astartes, they don't need to waste time eating and drinking, but many times they also need to make an attitude.

For now, at least, the Inquisition is indeed an ally.

And Duanmu Huai and Kiliman were also holding a cup on the side of the chief, chatting.

"What are you going to do next?"

"No matter what, I'm going to guard the emperor and protect Terra."

Kiliman also gave an answer without hesitation.

"The Ultramarines will immediately start recruiting troops, maximizing the number of troops and building warships, and we will leave a part of the fleet to guard the five hundred worlds, and the rest will go to Terra."

"I can give you a ride, and when we get to Terra we should be separated."

"Why?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Kiliman was a little surprised.

"The Inquisition has done enough to go down in history, and it is thanks to your help that we are able to stop the betrayal of the Bearers and protect the ......... of the Five Hundred Worlds."

"I can't get along with your father, I'm afraid we're going to fight when we meet."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand, interrupting Killiman's speech.

"To be honest, if I really want to go to Terra, I can't help but end up throwing an extermination order at Terra, after all, the Council of Terra and the Emperor are not good things........."

"Uh..............."

In the face of Duanmu Huai's confession, Kiliman had nothing to say for a while, although the emperor was not good at talking about it, but the Terra Council ......... Well, Kiliman still quite agrees with Duanmu Huai, and he doesn't have a good impression of the corpse vegetarian guys in the Terra Council.

Duanmu Huai held the wine glass and stared at the banquet hall in front of him, he had almost guessed why he was here. Players have previously spoken about the birth of the four gods of Chaos, and when they are born, they exist in the past, present, and future at the same time——— because subspace does not have the concept of time.

And Duanmu Huai is now a god, and he is also the god of destruction, the god of pleasure and the old god.

So, does he exist in the past, present, and future at the same time?

That may or may not be a problem.

But Duanmu Huai could feel that he might not be able to stay here for a long time.

The past can be changed, but the past cannot be subverted.

Just like a house, when you lay the foundation, you can think about building a tall building or a villa, but you can't always make a park.

And what he can change......... Maybe that's all there is to it.

(End of chapter)