Chapter 702 Istvan III

The scene in front of me was fleeting.

Duanmu Huai stood on the bridge. Their fleet passed through the turbulence of subspace and appeared silently not far from the planet Istvan III where the signal was sent. At this moment, the planet had been looked like It was shrouded in poisonous fog, and a fleet was docked in the orbit of the surrounding planet.

The next moment, Duanmuhuai and others saw a sudden flash of fire in front of their eyes, and in the blink of an eye, the entire Istvan III planet turned into a blazing flame planet.

Oh, this is really a reenactment of the Horus Heresy.

Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai whistled. In history, Horus used this trick to purge himself and other Space Marines loyal to the Emperor from his legion, and sent them all to attack the ground on the pretext of countering rebellion. The rebels then backstabbed a wave of virus bombs, turning the entire planet's surface into a terrifying world filled with death gas, and then ignited the poison gas again to completely burn the entire planet dry.

Well, Duanmu Huai also has this kind of weapon, but it's basically not used much.

After all... When you can blow up a planet directly, this kind of surface disinfection work is thankless.

And it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Although this attack did purge some of the Space Marines loyal to the Emperor, most of the Space Marines received warnings before the attack and hid directly in sealed bunkers underground, escaping the disaster. It took Horus some time to clear up the heresy.

So you see, if you just blow the planet into pieces, you won't have so much trouble.

I don’t know who is replicating Horus’s retarded operation this time.

"Report."

Just when Duanmuhuai was curious and planned to pass by to see the excitement, the communications officer in front reported to him.

"We received communication instructions from the opposing fleet."

"Oh? Who are they?"

"They call themselves the Sons of Horus and ask which Primarch fleet we are and why we are here."

"Huh? Son of Horus?"

Hearing the message from the correspondent, Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment. Are all COSs nowadays so professional? Even burning the planet is a replica? Is there another wave of backstabbing Loyalist Space Marines?

Um? etc………

Duanmuhuai looked at the opponent's fleet, and then suddenly narrowed his eyes. Because he saw a very familiar, huge crimson battleship located in the bombing position of the planet's high-altitude orbit, and this battleship was the flagship of Horus - the Vengeful Spirit!

Uh, did I travel through time?

Okay, even though I have traveled through time.

After a careful glance, Duanmu Huai quickly discovered that something was wrong. The battleships in front of him were undoubtedly imperial battleships, but they were all battleships from the early empire and the Great Expedition period. Even if Duanmu Huai's battleship is of the same model, it is still a battleship from the Tribunal period - that was already in the later stages of the empire.

Of course, battleship design has been evolving, but the main difference is that the battleships during the Great Expedition were still purely military weapons and did not have too many complicated designs. But the Inquisition is affiliated with the state religion, because the religious atmosphere of the battleships is particularly obvious. It is said that every battleship is a mobile church, which is basically the characteristics of the Inquisition's fleet.

In other words, did he really travel to Istvan III, when Horus betrayed him?

Could this be a historical copy?

No matter what, Duanmuhuai's eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of this.

Beating Horus is every player's dream. No matter if he is a copy or something else, beat him first. If the history they heard is correct, Horus has been bewitched by the Chaos Evil God and has become their lackey. If this is the case, then as the Tribunal, they have only one thing to do!

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai sneered.

"Put me through the Vengeful Spirit."

Soon, the screen flickered, and then a super bald head appeared in front of Duanmu Huai. He was wearing platinum armor. The one-eyed symbol on his chest was extremely eye-catching. His fair, perfect face revealed an incomparable beauty at this moment. Gloomy and ferocious, he looks like a twisted, violent madman.

Duanmu Huai, on the other hand, held his arms and stared at him.

"Are you Warmaster Horus?"

"Who are you?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Horus' face darkened.

"Are you a subordinate of Luojia?"

.........Considering that Lorgar is a fanatical religious lunatic, the pure church style of the Inquisition fleet is indeed...how to put it...well, you really can't say that it has nothing to do with Lorgar. .

After all, he was the first proponent of the state religion to write the Book of Sacred Scripture and claim that the Emperor was the true God.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but want to laugh. Luojia was also one of the Primarchs. After the Emperor brought him back, he worshiped the Emperor crazily and desperately as the true god. However, what the Emperor promoted was not The Emperor did not have a good temper towards his son who dared to blatantly defy the truth. He directly sent people to burn down Lorgar's home planet, destroying his gang of crazy missionaries, churches and scriptures. Burned clean.

Lorgar began to hate the Emperor and eventually joined the rebellion.

But in the end, Lorgar was the one who laughed the most. Ten thousand years later, the Holy Words written by Lorgar were known to everyone and even became the state religion of the Empire, and the truth of the Empire had been thrown away somewhere.

If the Emperor knew about this, he would be angry to death again.

I don’t know how it feels to be slapped in the face by his own son. If he could meet the Emperor, Duanmu Huai would definitely ask him what he thought when he saw that the people of the Empire had become Lorgar believers? What did he feel?

It must be very interesting.

“Is Erebus there too?”

Duanmu Huai ignored Horus’s question and asked directly. Seeing his appearance, Horus’ expression became more ferocious and angry. At this moment, a man with runes painted all over his head and face, who looked very twisted, appeared on the screen. He carefully avoided the Warmaster and looked at Duanmu Huai.

"I am Erebus...you are..."

"Very good."

Since the other party admitted it, Duanmu Huai didn't want to waste any more words. His face suddenly darkened and he looked at Horus.

"Warmaster Horus! Your betrayal of the Emperor...I don't care, and I don't care. But you are so bold that you dare to collude with the Chaos God. And Erebus, as a running dog of the evil god, wantonly spread the filth of Chaos. Your crime is unforgivable!"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai clenched his war hammer, raised it suddenly, and pointed it at the two people.

"I, in the name of the Inquisition, declare that you are heretics who have fallen into Chaos. Any heretics who dare to threaten mankind must be completely eliminated. Prepare to accept the purification of the Inquisition! Damn heretic scum!"

At this point, Duanmu Huai cut off the communication and quickly issued an order.

"Everyone open fire, target the Sons of Horus fleet, Night Guard, follow me and prepare to airdrop to the planet Isstvan III! Ecot, take charge of beating these bastards back!"

After realizing that something was wrong, Duanmu Huai went back to pull the entire First Fleet, and specifically called Ecot, which now seems to be the right call.

The reason why Duanmu Huai did this was because he remembered that according to historical records, there was a reason why the rebellion was delayed for so long. Originally, Horus planned to use virus weapons to completely kill the loyal Space Marines, but after the first round of bombing, some World Eaters cursed their Primarch as a traitor, and Angron, the Primarch of the World Eaters Legion, who had fallen into Chaos and started a rebellion with Horus, was originally a little hot-tempered. How could he stand this, so he went down to fight in person.

So Horus could only stare blankly—he couldn't blow up his companions.

What else could he do? He had no choice but to send people up, but the problem that could have been solved in one day was delayed for a long time...

Well, maybe this is Angron's indirect loyalty?

At the same time, the battle began.

Under the command of Ekot, the First Fleet turned around without hesitation and bombarded the Spirit of Vengeance Fleet, and the latter...

"What the hell is going on!"

Warmaster Horus stabilized his position, his face as icy as ice.

When he first saw this mysterious fleet that suddenly appeared, he thought it was Lorgar, after all, the religious style of the fleet was too strong, and in the Empire, only Lorgar dared to believe in religion in front of the Emperor.

As a result...What is the Inquisition?

What made Horus even more furious was that the strange man actually pointed at his nose and cursed, which made Horus almost crazy. Who is he? He is the Warmaster! He is Horus! He is the man of destiny who will defeat the Emperor and retake the entire galaxy, and now, this bastard who came out of nowhere actually calls himself a "heretic bastard"?

"I must kill him and completely destroy this fleet. Fire! I want to turn this fleet into a pile of scrap metal in the universe!"

The two fleets fought in an instant with flames. Under the command of Ekot, the Inquisition fleet turned into a sharp blade and pierced the center, while the reaction of the Horus fleet was obviously a beat slower. As soon as their first wave of attacks was launched, the light spears and macro cannons from the Inquisition whizzed and exploded on the void shield, completely destroying the void shield in the blink of an eye.

"They use the same technology as us!"

The gunner shouted loudly.

"But their firepower is stronger than ours, and their void shield is also stronger. We are no match!"

"Damn it, damn it...!!!"

Watching the battleship in front of him explode in the raging fire, Horus's face was ashen. Looking at the fleet that suddenly appeared in front of him, he already had an idea. After all, those beings in the void had told Horus that the Emperor was eager to become a god. Could it be that this fleet was the fleet of the Church that belonged to the Emperor?

Thinking of this, Horus was even more furious. Sure enough, everything was a lie, the Imperial Truth was a lie, and the Great Crusade was also a lie! The Emperor just wanted to become a god, abandon us and the Empire, and become a god by himself! And he never trusted himself. Maybe this fleet was just under the Emperor's order to monitor himself! Otherwise, how could it appear so coincidentally!

Everything is the Emperor's fault!

No, everything is the fault of the false emperor!

"We must retreat temporarily!"

Erebus didn't know if he thought of the same thing. At this moment, his face changed drastically and he looked at Horus hurriedly.

"The enemy's firepower is fierce, and our strength alone is not enough to fight! We must gather other fleets and completely blockade the Istvan system!"

"I know, get out of the way, Word Bearer!"

Horus pushed Erebas away and stared at the star map in front of him with gritted teeth. He knew that Erebas' words made sense. Although Horus gathered four rebellious Primarchs including him, Angron, Mortarion and Fulgrim here, the fleets of the other three did not meet here. The enemy's firepower was fierce, and relying on his own fleet alone was probably not a match.

But...

"Father!"

Horus clenched his fists, his eyes were painful, and he slammed the table in front of him.

"You have never trusted me! Never!!"

No one spoke, everyone looked at the extremely angry Warmaster, silent, and Horus raised his head after a moment and gave a cold order.

"Bring Angron back! Prepare to evacuate immediately. We will gather other fleets to block the jump point of the Isstvan system! Stop them from spreading the information!"

At the same time, on the surface of Isstvan III, the battle was still extremely fierce.

The poisonous gas and fire killed all the creatures on the surface. Now there were only the wreckage of the buildings. The Space Marines who were loyal to the Emperor and betrayed by their own Primarch united together and began to resist. Of course, they knew that this resistance might be futile. After all, they had nothing, no war preparations, no warships. The iron warships they originally relied on had now become a death warrant hanging over their heads.

If it weren't for Angron, the Primarch with a problem in his brain, leading his army to rush down, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

But now... at least they have a glimmer of hope for life.

Or just postpone death a little.

Only a little.

Angron, the Primarch who was like a god descending from heaven, held a chain saw axe in his hand and led his World Eaters to rush forward like a violent wave. His battle axe swung down suddenly, chopping down the loyalist World Eater warrior who was blocking him. The latter was as violent, angry, and unstoppable as he was.

Until they met Angron.

The two sides fought in a mess, but the loyalist Space Marines were obviously no match for the Primarch, and they were almost slaughtered.

Until the dark landing capsule fell from the sky like a cannonball and hit the battlefield heavily.

"Boom---!!!"

The landing capsule smashed down hard, directly smashing a World Eater into a meat paste, and then with a "bang", the twisted and deformed hatch was kicked open, and Duanmu Huai, holding a war hammer, strode out of it.

"Angron!!!"

His roar echoed on the battlefield, naturally attracting the attention of the crazy and furious Primarch who was killing people.

"You betrayed humanity and joined Chaos. Your crime is unforgivable. In the name of the Inquisition, I will kill you here! Heretics must die!!"

"Roar!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's roar, Angron also roared to the sky, then he suddenly turned around and rushed towards Duanmu Huai like an angry bull. Duanmu Huai also raised his warhammer and strode forward to meet him.

Then, the chainsaw axe and the thunder hammer smashed together heavily!