The Dark Angel's belated support has left many officers in the Krenna Defense Force dissatisfied.

When the mortals of the Imperial Guard drowned the Chaos Terminators with a miserable battle loss ratio of thousands to one on the asteroid base, where was the Dark Angel's proud Deathwing?

When the Imperial Navy fought to the death with the Chaos Blade fleet, and the flagship Silesian Wind was sunk by the Pride of the Glorious Queen, where were the Unyielding Truth and the Great Stone Fortress?

Now that the war is over, the Mechists have registered the ships they bought from the Marbles, and the Anglican priests have begun to preach to appease the survivors...... The dark angel who swore an oath to defend Klentarina came in a hurry?

For a while, both the official and the people condemned the Dark Angel Warband.

But soon, the voices fell silent. Because there is an even more heavyweight message, which has been passed along with the dusty Boulder Fortress to the Klentarina system:

- The original has returned.

The Emperor's Son of God, the genetic prototype of the Dark Angel, and the Lion King, who has disappeared for more than 10,000 years: Ryan El Johnson, has once again appeared in front of the vision of the Human Empire.

At the same time, the Dark Angel also shared a battle report with Klentarina, clarifying that they did not kill them this time, but were attacked by the Chaos Warlord Abaddon and the Slaanesh Archdemon. The boulder is paralyzed, and the Indomitable Truth has not returned, and it is difficult for them to protect themselves, let alone support this side.

Of course, no one cared about the reason for the Dark Angel's tardiness at this time.

It's just because the original body has returned! The entire Karenna sector is boiling!

"Oh my God! It doesn't get much more exciting news than this! Not long ago, she was inviting Russell to her room for an in-depth exchange, and her face was full of reverence and excitement.

The vast majority of the people in the empire are followers of the state religion, and even those who don't believe in the of the state religion will most likely worship the emperor, and the generals of the imperial navy are no exception.

Genevia is a soldier, and she is only a soldier, and she has not been involved in anything other than fighting against the emperor's enemies for many years. A pure person like her is mostly in a mood of reverence for the return of the original body, similar to the heroic epic becoming reality, and the mythical characters walking down the curtain to come to their side...... Something like that.

Benhardt Medius's approach to this is a bit more subtle.

It is clear that he has some special relationship with the dark spirits of the Comoros, and the return of the original will also cause some damage to his authority in Klentarina, which is generally not good news.

As for the Mechorder's attitude towards this, it is even more interesting, it has to do with the identity of the Lion King - of all the Space Marine warbands, the Dark Angel is the most distant from Mars, since the time of the Legion 10,000 years ago, and even more so now.

Because, almost all the violent institutions of the Human Empire need to rely on the technical and equipment support of the Mechic Order, from the invincible Queen of Glory to the laser rifle in the hands of the big head soldiers of the Astral Army, all of which are the handiwork of the Mechic Order, and they all need to be maintained by Mekhanite believers.

But the Dark Angels are different.

The Dark Angels are the only Space Marine warband that does not need to rely on the Mechchan for armaments at all, and is able to produce their own equipment for themselves, with an internal closed loop.

The return of Ryan will inevitably mean the rise of the Dark Angels, and a violent organization that does not rely on the Mechanics at all will have a sharp increase in the voice of the Empire...... This is something that the Mechanics would never like to see.

Under the warm atmosphere of the return of the original body, there is a surging and rushing undercurrent.

"Heh... Interesting. Russell watched the reactions of all forces, but did not express any opinion himself.

The course of the history of this universe has completely changed due to his arrival, and the original gene that first returned should be the father of the Ultramarine's genes: Robert Killman, and now the first to return is the lion king Ryan.

Ryan didn't have Killiman's sane mind and management skills, and he couldn't even manage his own Caliban's one-third of an acre. Russell is now curious about how Ryan, who has woken up, will react after learning about the decaying state of the human empire and the hopeless degree of demonism of his own heirs.

…… But that's another story.

"The top priority is to repair the star gate of Pluto first, and make a business first." Russell let out a long sigh and said goodbye to Genevia, who wanted to leave him overnight, and returned to the Kettle of Greed.

The subspace storm had dissipated, and Russell had no intention of meeting Ryan here.

Start the jump engine and target Pluto.

The Kettle of Greed's cabin is loaded with a large number of finished parts produced by Grey Wind, and with the help of these finished parts, Russell can help the oil guys who are working on Pluto to assemble the stargate as quickly as possible.

And when Russell traveled to Pluto, and Ryan came to Klentarina to attend the Victory Parade, everything was at peace...... A violent crack in the subspace quietly tore open in a wide starry sky northeast of the Klenna sector.

The subspace rift was not maintained by the cultist's blasphemy rituals, but was torn open by the ship's subspace engine, so the chaos didn't last long before it disappeared. From the brief opening of the crack in the subspace, a bruised human vessel stumbled out.

It was a very famous warship, and she was draped in broken wings and embossed, and the bow was inlaid with a broken blood ruby.

The heirs of St. Giles once rode her through the stars to save one human colony after another from the Emperor's enemies. She had also carried the death-defying Angel Death Company into the body of the Void Whale dominated by the forces of chaos, killing the army of sadists with no end in sight.

She is the Son of the Holy Blood Angels, the former flagship of the Crimson Upstart Warband, the "Blood Drinking Sword" strike cruiser.

After the Crimson Upstarts were called up to the 9th Expeditionary Fleet, the highly decorated Bloodthirsty Sword ceased to serve as the flagship and was refurbished in the dockyard and incorporated into the Terra Expedition. In addition to the subspace engine that was already installed, the Bloodthirsty Sword also had an additional biological warp engine installed in its body, which was extremely rare for a ship to hold two faster-than-light means of travel at the same time.

It is precisely for this reason that she was able to escape from the terrible catastrophe with the remnants of the crimson nouveau riche, sheltering the last hope and all the ideals of the angelic heir, and barely survived.

"Calibrating the space-time coordinates, where exactly did we drift on the aetheric turbulence?" In the cabin of the Blood-Drinking Sword, a blonde man with vicissitudes on his face and scars on his power armor asked in a deep voice.

"It's the 40th year of the 015th millennium, and we're in ...... Eye of Fear Field, near the Klenna sector. A Space Marine, dressed in bright red power armor with four mechanical arms hanging down behind him, replied, "It's just the two of us, Captain Salaphim, what's next?" ”

There are very few examples of Space Marines attaching robotic arms to themselves, but he is an exception, as he is a technical sergeant who believes in the Om Messiah rather than worshipping the Emperor or St. Giles directly.

Warlord Salaphor, Techno Sergeant Olitos, this is the entire Crimson Upstart Warband...... No, all the survivors of the entire 9th Expeditionary Fleet.

“…… Even if we have only one last breath left, the last drop of blood drained, our duty must be carried out. Commander Salap gasped and put a hand on his chest as he gazed back at the great relic, which had been placed in the cabin behind him.

"Yes, Captain, I swear by the blood of St. Giles." Technical Sergeant Olitos said, staring in the same direction as the regimental commander. It's just that there is less fanaticism in his eyes and more piety.

In the cabin of the Bloodthirsty Sword, on a metal round platform surrounded by the corpses of dozens of Scarlet Upstart Warband Space Marines, a crystal coffin shrouded in stasis rests quietly.

Lying in the coffin was a tall corpse as beautiful as an angel: a pair of wings that were more holy and white than the holy light were gathered beneath it, and the exquisite golden armor on its body shone as brightly as it had been ten thousand years ago. His appearance is stunningly beautiful, and everyone can see on his face the peerless face that best matches their own aesthetics. His brow furrowed slightly, and even after 10,000 years of death, he still seemed to be worried about something.

…… No, it's not like, he's an angel.

The remains of St. Giles, the angel of the emperor.

(End of chapter)