When Elaine stepped on the soft red sands of Nukeria once more, the kingdom before her eyes was no longer the rich land it had been. Famine, poverty, pestilence, she could clearly see the scars that these terrible disasters had left on the world, and the barbarism of the past seemed to show signs of gradually returning, if she had come back later... This world of red sand will be reduced to a lost land like the old night.

On top of Nukeria's battered body, there was a deep scar.

It's called War.

No one knows when it appeared, and only psionics can witness this terrible scar that has torn apart the dimensions of reality and subspace, but it does affect the life of this planet - it wraps around the earth and sky of this planet like an appendage, and if anyone dares to peek into the depths of this scar, his eyes will be blinded by the flames of the sadistic realm.

With just one glance, the Lord of the Red Sands already knows the source of this curse.

It's not a peep from the Blood God, nor is it a precursor to Nukeria's imminent fall into subspace... Unlike the Father, who worked tirelessly to spread blessings throughout the galaxy, He never needed such a boring means to achieve his goals.

This terrible scar, which almost seeped into reality from subspace, was the result of a drop of blood.

Yes, a drop of blood.

And just a drop of blood.

From the blade of the Glorious Queen, who was nearly shattered and crumbled, but had returned, flowed from the eternal and only blood god in the highest heavens.

Bloodshed of Fear.

The mere traces of its flow are enough to evaporate any soul that dares to peep into its existence, sending a world full of life slowly to its death.

There is no doubt that the Glorious Queen stained with the blood of the gods will carry this eternal curse - it is the 'blessing' that will always deter any existence in the real universe who dares to challenge the blood god, and it is also the 'blessing' that the Lord of Skulls bestows on this blade that dares to stab at him.

Even though this curse will bring the world to death, even if this curse will keep her tired of endless war, its essence is still the blessing of the blood god.

No amount of strange sorcery could affect her progress, and any insidious scheme would turn into a hysterical battle in front of her.

Whether Elaine agrees or not, what she does will ultimately please the Blood God.

"After the war ended, I thought that with the many plans I left behind at that time, we could quickly recover our strength."

“… I really don't know what to say. ”

Faced with near-astronomical disaster reports and a shortage of manpower, Elaine was a bit of a headache.

In this era when the curtain between subspace and reality has not yet been completely lifted, she thought that there should not be too many means for subspace to directly interfere with reality, but she did not expect that there would be such a complex situation as it is now.

Fear uses His blood as a medium to give Himself a 'blessing' of this magnitude.

Elaine thought that he only had the special abilities he showed when he was in Comoros, but he didn't expect that Nukeria would also be 'blessed'.

Although the Blood God never cared about the source of his blood, if it was his own blood......

In the eyes of those bloodthirsty demons who believe in sadomasochism, I am afraid that there is no more noble sacrifice than this.

So, Elaine is now feeling a huge headache.

The war against terrorism was eventually blessed by terrorism.

Even by mistake, the blood he left behind became a medium through which he could bless himself.

She doesn't even have any way to deal with this kind of 'blessing' of forced buying and selling.

"It's not just Nukeria, Mother."

"This is the case in all the worlds that we rule, that is to say, all the planets that participated in that war in the past."

Karn also reminded Elaine that this is not the only case for Nukeria.

Rather, all the worlds under her command have been plunged into endless chaos by the blessing of the Blood God.

Violence, natural disasters, unimaginable crises are constantly emerging, and the most critical manpower is extremely scarce at this moment.

"Whether it's the agricultural world, or the logistics world, from the data... have lost the basic soil for development. It looks like we're going to have a long time to recover, Karn. ”

"Hmm... Not so absolutely, Mother. If the only benefit is that these worlds will be able to recruit more troops than before, just by going to the bottom of the nest to grab a handful, you can receive a bunch of relatively good quality recruits. ”

"Do recruits in the world of the nest often have unexpected receipts? This is good news, but the only thing to worry about now is whether there is a problem with the Foundry World on Redjak's side. As for the source of these excellent recruits... I guess I guessed it, didn't I. ”

"Yes - your guess is right, it should be the aftermath of that war, or the effect of what you call 'blessing'. These recruits are even more violent than the dogs of war, and there are more casualties in the duel pits than expected, so much so that the process of recruiting recruits hasn't advanced much before you return to the Legion. ”

“… Alas, I knew. Still, even though we're not much smaller than the Fifteenth Legion, our mission on the Great Expedition isn't as laid-back as theirs, and the Legion is woefully understaffed right now—I need a reason, Karn. ”

Elaine frowned slightly.

In the face of his mother's questioning, Karn did not slack off:

"The reason... It's you, Mother. ”

"After you left us, we veterans still have a heart-to-heart connection with each other, but without you, we can no longer initiate a heart-to-heart connection with new recruits... While we've tried to study the gift you've given us, our Legion's think tank has been nearly wiped out in that war. ”

"Without you, even if those eligible recruits are recruited into the Legion, the Children of the Mountains will still not be complete."

"Only you're here, the Twelfth Legion is called the Children of the Mountains—otherwise, it's just another war dog."

Karn replied solemnly.

Yes, no matter how dilapidated the Twelfth Legion is, it is still an Astarte Legion. Although the vast majority of resources have been reduced to ashes in the war, there is no shortage of genetic seeds that can sustain the legion.

Since the end of that war, although the mortal auxiliaries and mechanical priests have slowly recovered to the large structure that the Astarte Legion should have with the help of Terra, the Twelfth Legion has not recruited any Astartes, and all the mortal auxiliaries who survived the war also have a special status in the legion.

It's not that I can't, I just don't want to.

Each and every one of them knew that if the Twelfth Legion reverted to being a war dog, it would be a return to the path of the World Eater.

……

……

Speaking of which, it's been a month since it was reinstated

And there will be a double monthly pass at the end of the month!

I'll see if I can get back to 4k this month!

(End of chapter)