Hades held the cup, and he leaned forward to see that above the reception table, the entire empire was flickering slightly.

The emperor's hand shook slightly, and a chess piece appeared in his hand, the deep knight holding the sword, and under the helmet, the beastly savage flickered.

Hades muttered quietly,

"I'm a psionic Muggle, don't be too suggestive, Neos."

"I will."

The emperor smiled, he raised his hand slightly, and the layout on the table was divided into four plates.

Due North Hazy Star Field, Due South Storm Star Field, Due East Extreme Star Field, Due West Taiping Star Field.

Among them, the Extreme Star Domain is the largest, the Taiping Star Domain is the smallest, the Hazy Star Field is still an area where the Great Expedition is not deep, and the Storm Star Field is calm and waveless.

The Emperor raised his hand and placed the knight on the northeast edge of the Extreme Star Field.

"First of all, the Extreme Star Field."

"The Dark Angels of the First Legion are on their way to the Ghoul Stars, both for an expedition and for the Awakening."

"Wake up to what?"

Hades spoke, but in an instant he realized, the emperor raised his hand, and the rickety vampire pawn appeared in his hand, and he placed it under the knight's right,

"The Midnight Lord's atoning expedition of the Midnight Lords of the Eighth Legion is over, and the entire Legion is recuperating in the home planet of Conrad Coz—the lions are also there to test whether they are enough to repeat the glory."

Nostramo, the home planet of Conrad Coz, is located at the northern extreme edge of the Extreme Star Field.

"Send the First Legion so far?"

Hades said silently, and the emperor smiled,

"Hades, don't be in a hurry, the knight's position is enough to deter several legions."

The Emperor stroked a piece thoughtfully, a piece larger than the previous two, and the platinum Sagittarius held his scepter aloft and held his head high.

"The Sixteenth Legion's Shadow Moon Wolf is operating in the middle of the Extreme Star Field."

The Emperor placed the Sagittarius seat on the lower side of the knight.

"What is Horus doing there?"

Hades asked,

The emperor raised his eyebrows, a blood-red glow from his fingertips, his wings opened, and the archangel lowered his eyes in contemplation,

"He should have just finished his trip to Baal."

The Emperor's voice was slightly lighter, and Baal, the home planet of St. Giles, was in the middle of the Extreme Star Field.

"The meeting of Nikea seems to have brought something to my son's mind, and after the meeting, St. Giles began to apply to return to his home planet to recuperate, and I let Horus take care of the matter - they always had a good relationship."

The Emperor placed the Angel Pawn in the position of the Bal home planet, and now the constellation Sagittarius looked like it had just left the home planet of the Blood Angels of the Ninth Legion.

Hades pondered for a moment, the upper part of the Extreme Star Field was now crowded, with four legions, two returning to their home planet, and two with a range of activity to be determined.

Dark Angel, Midnight Lord, Shadow Moon Wolf, Holy Blood Angel.

Hades silently remembered in his heart.

"And then?"

Hades asked, and he watched as the emperor suddenly had two more sons in his hand, one shining in royal blue with fine gold inlays, flawless, and the other as if it had been broken and sewn up again with rough black thread, but the dull luster of the crimson revealed a moist jade glow.

The Emperor casually placed the two sons at the bottom of the Extreme Star Field, the royal blue monarch in the remote eastern region at the bottom, and the crimson gladiator in the slightly closer to the Storm Star Field.

"The Thirteenth Legion Ultramarines applied to return to the Five Hundred Worlds of Maculag to recuperate, approved; The Twelfth Legion's World Eater applied to find a conscription planet, approved. ”

Hades suddenly realized that he felt something was wrong,

"Wait—so fast? How do I think Nikaia hasn't been long ago? ”

"You need to calculate the sailing time in subspace, don't you think that our fleet has taken a long time to go to Prospero this time?"

Hades sighed loudly,

"I just- well, I haven't said a word to Angron yet."

The emperor blinked,

"They'll take care of themselves."

The slumped Machado shook as Hades looked at him suspiciously, the Lord of the Silent Order would never know that Machado had asked the Emperor.

Hades stared at the map, although they both belong to the Extreme Star Field, but because the Extreme Star Field is too big, its top and bottom span the entire empire, so he wants the lower end to support the upper end immediately...... It's not very realistic.

Although they were indifferent and allowed the two legions to go to the remote star field, the emperor actually left them with a choice not to participate in the strife.

That is, unless specifically targeted, these two legions, especially Robert Gilliman's Five Hundred Worlds, would be the most important reserve resources during the Great Rebellion.

Hades was thoughtful, but he didn't know if the Ultramarines would be able to catch up with the decisive battle this time.

"The Extreme Star Field is currently these legions."

The emperor said, he waved his hand, and the due east limit star field immediately dimmed, and with those chess pieces, they disappeared into the darkness together.

"And then there's the Hazy Star Field."

Hades took a deep breath, due north of the Hazy Star Field, it is the most unstable star field in subspace, and it is also the star field that is still being fought in the later stage of the Great Expedition, the just-concluded Battle of Ulanno took place in the Hazy Star Field, and Ran Dan's home star is also in the northernmost part of the Hazy Star Field.

In the emperor's hand, a cold glimmer of steel lit up.

In the palm of his hand were lying two chess pieces that looked so similar, as if they were made of miniature steel bars and twisted iron nails, the only difference was that one of them was a silvery-white severed hand, and the iron-black one was a cable sticking out from the top.

"The Iron Warriors of the Fourth Legion, the Iron Hand of the Tenth Legion, are clearing out the remaining remnants of Ulanor, they should have just finished their cooperation, or they have just just begun."

The Emperor placed the two Iron Generals on the right side of the Hazy Star Field.

“…… Are you not sure about the course of their war? ”

Hades asked hesitantly,

"Very common,"

The emperor said calmly,

"On a map that can travel hundreds of years at the speed of light, you can't expect information to be reported once a day like the weather forecasts in the past, and we could have relied on the Star Court to know their general movements—but as you know, the subspace lanes of the hazy star field are not stable."

“…… Good. ”

Hades waved his hand and motioned for the emperor to continue.

Jewels and incense appeared at the same time, and the delicate purple phoenix spread its wings, and the emperor placed it in the north-east position of the hazy star field.

Hades was silent, because the hazy star field and the upper part of the extreme star field are connected, so the location of the phoenix is also close to the knight, and there are vampires.

I can finally take care of it...... Maybe?

"The son of the Emperor of the Third Legion is marching towards the north of the Hazy Star Domain."

After the perfect phoenix, a raven screamed hoarsely and stood at the fingertips of the God Emperor, and he let the raven fly to the north and west of the hazy star field, which was even more remote than the phoenix.

"The Nineteenth Legion is guarded by the Ravens, and has been transferred to the Far North battlefield by Horus."

“……？”

Hades popped up a question mark,

"Horus?"

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Hades calmly and with a hint of doubt,

"What's wrong?"

Makado coughed,

"Hades, Horus is now the commander of the war, and he is already in charge of the marching order."

Hades shook his head and said slowly.

Horus didn't have a very good relationship with the Raven King...... The Great Astarte wolf god may have been born to look down on his younger worker.

Hades began to have a headache, and he thought about how he would deal with the strong Great Astarte Doctrine in the Legion when he arrived at the Shadow Moon Wolf.

But...... Hades thought again, at least Horus didn't put all the powerful legions in the corner now, but only threw him out unpleasantly, which proves that he has no objection at least now, doesn't it?

Seeing that Hades no longer asked, the emperor lowered his eyes, and the Taiping Star Domain in the west lit up, but the hazy Star Domain did not dim.

Weeping believers were kneeling in the palms of his hands.

"The Seventeenth Legion's Bearers, they have just set off from their home planet of Colchis, preparing to join the Great Expedition in the Obscure Star Domain."

Colchis is in the Taiping Star Field, a little north of which is the junction of the Taiping Star Domain and the Hazy Star Field, where the emperor places believers in the border.

The hazy star field dimmed.

The emperor ran out of a horse in his hand and galloped through the Taiping Star Domain.

"The Fifth Legion is a white scar, and people often ignore it, and the Khan himself intends to go to the remote and deserted battlefield."

The emperor said calmly.

The Taiping Star Domain dimmed, and this was the smallest star field.

The Emperor picks up the sleeping fire dragon, and the dragon sleeps in the Storm Star Domain due south.

Then due south Storm Star Domain dimmed-

"Wait."

Hades raised his hand,

"Only one legion in the Storm Field?"

But Hades suddenly thought about it, it is true that the Storm Star Domain does not seem to be a big deal, and it belongs to a calm Star Field, but ...... Barbarus, the home planet of the Death Guard, is here, in the extreme southern corner of the Stormstorm Field.

The Emperor looked at Hades playfully, and on a certain topic Nios and Hades may have found a common language,

"You're going to send the Death Guard back to their home planet, aren't you?"

Hades pondered, in the foreseeable future, there is a high probability that the northern part of the Extreme Star Domain and the Hazy Star Field will be in a big mess, but the Death Guard has indeed been active in the south and southeast of the empire, if it is abruptly going to the north......

The unstable logistics line and the anti-psionic thorn of the Death Guard are likely to be targeted.

"Let the Death Guards guard the Stormstorm Field."

Hades spoke,

It is better to give the Death Guard a little room to react, Hades believes that as long as the initial smoke bomb clears, Motarian can lead the Death Guard to start countering immediately.

In addition, there are two large casting worlds in the Stormstorm Field, which are guarded in the north, and the passage from the Stormwind Domain to Terra is relatively smooth.

The Emperor smiled, and the Grim Reaper, with his cloak torn, appeared directly south of the Stormwind Star Field.

"Motarian has also made an application to lead his army back to his home planet."

He said calmly, Macado interjected inophinously, and the old man said sarcastically,

"It's more like a notice than an application."

The Emperor ignored Motarian's temper and looked at the map, which was centered on Terra in the center.

The Golden Guardian is standing indifferently above Terra, as if it will never collapse.

"Fist of the Seventh Legion, defend Terra with me."

"Of course,"

The emperor raised his hand, and the brutal toothed wolf was biting a heart inlaid with one eye, as if waiting for the master's order,

"The Space Wolves of the Sixth Legion will first watch the sinners of the former Fifteenth Legion return to Terra, and after that, I may let the Wolves return to Fenris."

Fenris is also in the central sector, which is not one of the other four star sectors.

The emperor clapped his hands, and the entire map lit up and was slowly rising.

Hades stared at the pieces in silence, counting each legion, thinking about what might happen...... It is possible for the knight to fight the vampires...... Even with the phoenix, but with the wolf shepherd god in their lower part, when Hades passes, it should be able to hold on-

"But, Neos,"

Hades spoke abruptly,

"What about Alpha and Omega?"

Machado answered Hades' question in place of the emperor,

"They're everywhere."

——————

By the time Hades came out of the chamber dizzily after listening to the emperor's chatter, the dimly lit corridor was already empty.

At first, the emperor was still seriously deducing many possible affairs with Hades, but later they agreed that as long as the network was not broken, the emperors would be able to beat them to their knees and call their father.

So the emperor began to tell Hades about Horus's past, which seemed to be preparing for Hades to contact Horus, and it seemed that only this Neos, named the emperor, wanted to say so.

The tea in Hades' hand cooled again and again, and was reheated by psionic energy.

The Emperor seems to be trying his best to portray Horus well, but through the Emperor's words, Hades has built up a Great Astarte in his heart, with an extreme emphasis on power, arrogance, paternity, a great concern for his ranking with his brothers, and the Emperor's need to treat him best.

If it weren't for the fact that Hades' eyes were getting sharper and sharper, and Macado interrupted the emperor's memories in time, otherwise the positive image that Horus had built for Hades would have been ruined.

Hades sighed, thanking Machado, the emperor finally realized that the few of them had been in the secret room for too long, and it took several days just to state all kinds of information, coupled with the last madness before the darkness, Hades directly complained about all the original bodies except Horus and the archangel in front of the emperor.

Then they spent another half day insulting Chaos and the Four Gods, and Neos pondered for five minutes to find a set of safe pronouns that didn't trigger the subspace.

That's good, but it also makes Hades miss the point in time when the Death Guard fleet leaves.

As he stood in the empty hallway, the sound of disconnected electricity could be heard in the channel that had finally been restored, and the water marks that the last barge of the Death Guard had streaked through in the subspace channel had just disappeared.

Hades heard a message from the Lord of Death.

Don't be afraid of what you must do. 】

In the Barbaroan language, the thing that everyone must do is death.

Hades took a deep breath, and Macado stood silently behind Hades, raising eyebrows intending to watch his performance,

"Old horse—old horse—I forgot to tell Killiman not to blow up that lighthouse!"

Machado struck it with a stick,

"I'm not called Lao Ma, and you can also get out of the way and go to the Extreme Star Domain."

The Great Expedition, over!

The end was in a hurry, because I really couldn't write anymore, in fact, about the war readiness arrangement, what daily speeches, I can water him for another week.

Tomorrow there will be a big rebellion.

(End of chapter)