038 Departure
If things go according to normal development, the Imperial forces and orcs should still be fighting fiercely in the airspace of the second moon when the swarm arrives.
Boasting countless green-skinned waaagh!! The blessed orc warlord will not be defeated and die in the confrontation with the Great Demon of Nurgle so quickly, and the battle should have tended to be a stalemate, until the final arrival of the swarm, and the three forces will start a complex melee in Falla.
However, a variable broke the deadlock and rewrote the original course of events.
Eighteen Cyberlux husks, which are equivalent to Warlord-level Titans, landed on the moon surface strongly, and their ferocious firepower allowed humanity to win more and more in the landing battle.
The defeat of the orc warlord, weakened by the collapse of the beast's mouth, was accelerated, and Russell used the pioneer relic "Wattaum Reality Perforator" to modify reality and forcibly kill the Lord Nurgle who lodged in Bao, which completely changed the situation of Falla.
For ordinary Imperial Navy captains, they don't know about the battle that took place in the depths of the Battle Moon, let alone the inside story of the "Last Bao". They were told that the Prophet was about to get what the Emperor had asked for, and that he himself had to do whatever it took to keep the swarm out of Falla and buy time.
The battleship Flame of Repentance led the way, and every sailor in the scarred Legion of Martyrs was ready to die for the Blood of the Emperor and the Golden Throne.
But what none of them noticed was that beyond the fleet of insect swarm creatures that covered the sky and the mighty fleet of martyrs, a thin silver streamer suddenly crossed the vast deep sky.
It was a sleek and beautiful small gray Gu fighter plane, carrying a strange humanoid creature with a broken body but full of life.
The Grey Gu Fighter flew away from Falla with Bao at a blistering speed, starting the jump engine and jumping to another distant galaxy. As a result, the human fleet, which was nervously preparing for battle, was soon surprised to find that the hive fleet that the black clouds were overwhelming the city and wanted to destroy it...... Turned.
Milak, the warband leader who hurriedly returned to the command room, was being treated by the pharmacist while paying attention to the star map.
The intelligence transmitted by the forward reconnaissance plane showed that the hive fleet that pressed outside the Falla system suddenly adjusted its direction shortly before entering the galaxy, and they seemed to be pursuing the overall deviation course, leaving Falla behind and leaving directly.
A terminal crisis ends itself before it happens.
The departure of the swarm made everyone in the command room secretly relieved, but at the same time very confused.
Although the Anglican priests in the team had begun to expound the doctrine and try to promote the retreat of the swarm as a miracle for the emperor, it could only fool the low-level soldiers at the level of education.
The true insightful people in the fleet can judge that the process of this hive fleet, whether it is coming or leaving, has an extremely obvious purpose.
What attracted the swarm to Falla was the treasure prophesied by the prophetess.
So what was it that got them out of Falla?
The survivors who survived the battle with the demon Bao already have an answer in their hearts.
After the swarm departed, the Legion of Martyrs stationed most of its forces in an asteroid belt at the edge of the galaxy just in case.
Under the instructions of the warband leader Milak himself, a small reconnaissance team composed of mortal elites, star whisperers, navigators, and several Astarte monks was secretly dispatched to fly away from Falla in a special high-speed strike boat, chasing the departing swarm from a distance and closely observing its movements.
As for the ships and wounded who had been badly damaged in the previous naval battles, they were sent to Falla in droves for repair and treatment.
Yes, this barren planet located on the eastern frontier of the Extreme Star Domain is capable of providing maintenance and supplies for the Starfleet.
When the first Imperial troops landed on Falla, they were actually ready for battle, because in the previous naval battles, many orc speedboats were lucky enough to slip through the net and landed on Falla.
They didn't think that this weak planet was capable of resisting the invasion of the greenskins, so they were all ready to fight again with guns and desperately protect the consciousness of the people of Falla.
However, the truth is not as they thought, the combat effectiveness of Falla's own standing army is unusually high, and although its training level is far less than that of the elite Storm Soldiers in the Martyrs Legion, it is not much inferior in terms of equipment level.
Without the help of outsiders, Falla's army took it upon itself to wipe out the orcs who had broken into their homeland, using flamethrowers to burn all orc spores that could contaminate the land.
As more and more ships landed on the north and south continents of Falla, the martyrs and pilgrims saw a picture of "prosperity".
The two continents are dotted with highly industrialized metropolises, the cities of the northern continent where the governor's palace is located are dominated by civilian replica factories that produce industrial products, and the mines on the southern continent are not very productive, and you can see extremely advanced mineral processing centers and automated metallurgical plants, trying to make the best use of every grain of slag.
The uninhabited suburbs and mountainous areas outside the city have not been thoroughly developed, but they have been well planned by professionals, and local machinery will deign to produce and improve all kinds of agricultural facilities, and mechanized means to ensure that every inch of land is well used and protected, and there is still room to carve out nature reserves to support the world's population.
The scarcity of the planet's resources forced the Fallas to develop a good habit of frugality, and although life was not very rich, it was still peaceful and contentment.
It can be said that the level of civilization development and the standard of living of the people on the Fallas have surpassed that of most of the imperial worlds - and far beyond the home planet of the expeditionary warriors.
At the behest of the planetary governor, each city of Falla welcomed the arrival of the expeditionary force, and the landmarks of each city were hung with the words "Welcome to the heroes who protected Falla", and the starport received a large number of damaged ships, but Falla's manpower and resources were very limited, and he could only say that he did his best, and could not make any guarantees.
Even so, the friendliness and beauty of the planet still deeply touched these weary warriors who had emerged from the green tide.
It is known to almost everyone on the planet that the governor of Falla was given a "Golden Age Heritage Ship" "by the will of the Emperor himself".
It was this generous governor who selflessly shared the ancient technology he could have kept for himself, and it was the rapid development of Fallan society. The people who received his favor all regarded Russell as a hero, a saint, and an envoy of the emperor, and obeyed his will.
This is the result of the vigorous propaganda of the native state religion, which spares no effort to promote the image of the great saint of the planetary governor, and provides more indisputable legitimacy for the spread of their religion.