MTLNOVEL Chapter 136: 248
Chapter 248 I'm still a little worried about you, Guilliman
On the Phalanx, Galadon also discovered the arrival of Gao Yi and others. The arrival of reinforcements seemed to give the soldiers who were on the verge of collapse a breath of life.
He immediately sent the news back to Cardia.
At this time, Creed, who was in the Krave Bastion, couldn't help but cheer.
They had done everything they could, and they finally held on until reinforcements arrived.
However, Galadon brought not only good news, but also bad news that no one wanted to hear.
The Chaos fleet begins to move.
Chaos' original 24-hour non-stop harassment completely turned into a general offensive.
They could have clearly relied on consumption to bring down Cadia, but they chose the way that would incur the greatest losses. Creed knew that the arrival of the Primarch also put unimaginable pressure on Chaos.
The holographic projection in the fortress's operations room clearly showed a densely packed fleet heading towards Cadia without regard for losses.
Wave after wave of orbital landings began again, and the Phalanx was also pinned down by a large number of Chaos fleets.
Lacking ammunition, the Phalanx could only rely on its size to withstand the attack.
"Lord Creed, prepare for ground combat. The Phalanx and other warships cannot stop them all. This may be a decisive battle."
And while Creed continued to issue orders to mobilize troops.
The priests of the Order of the Holy Mechanicus who came to Cadia also began to open the large metal sealed boxes inside the Gorgon.
In previous battles, even though the Cadian soldiers suffered heavy losses, these boxes had not been opened.
Priests were only allowed to open it after obtaining authorization from Gao Yi.
The densely packed tunnel worms stuck to the metal floor, squirming and roaring together, made the priests' scalps tingle.
These tunnel worms began to continuously swallow up and spit out the Zerg army and come to Cadia, while several probes began to build crystal towers in the headquarters of the Holy Mechanic Order.
From the very beginning, Gao Yi was thinking not only about defending Cadia, but also about killing as many Chaos traitors as possible.
Even Gao Yi himself didn't know how many alien insects there were, but Char was densely populated with countless alien insect hatching nests.
If all these alien insects were really brought to Cadia, Gao Yi felt that Abaddon might give up the attack, which was not what Gao Yi wanted to see. However, Gao Yi, who knew the future, knew that Trazyn, the collector, must be on Cadia at this time.
If the advantage is too great, Trazyn might give up telling Caul how to activate the Blackstone Obelisk. This technology is still too important for humans at this stage.
The Blackstone Fortress began to move, and once the Chaos Sorcerers reached the surface they would teleport Abaddon and his Black Legion above Cadia.
At this time, he didn't know that the seemingly disadvantaged Cadia was actually a trap waiting for him. Not to mention Abaddon, even Creed didn't know Gao Yi's plan.
This is also to prevent intelligence leaks.
There was no guarantee that there wouldn't be traitors among the mortal troops, and even Cadia's soldiers could collapse.
The things that Abaddon had once unimagined made him increasingly aware of the uncertainty that Gao Yi's existence brought to the entire invasion.
Guilliman's sudden resurrection... Even though he belittled and cursed him, Abaddon was still extremely wary of him.
After all, he is an existence that even his genetic father Horus is troubled by.
The death of Vashtor also caused chaos in the Black Legion. When Gao Yi completed the manufacture of his Soul Forge, some of the Demon Engines even went berserk, and some of Vashtor's direct black engine guys lost the ability to forge Demon Engines.
In addition to the warp storm formed by Cadia, the fleet mobilized by the High Lords has also been assembled, and the Minotaur Regiment has also been dispatched under the orders of the High Lords.
Ten strike cruisers and battle barges showed how much help the High Lord provided them.
The number of Minotaur warbands dispatched also exceeded the number allowed by the Temple of Astartes, and 1,500 Astartes accompanied the fleet.
And this is obviously not all the Minotaur Regiment has. The High Lords use their power to provide them with not only warships, weapons and equipment, but also a sufficient number of gene seeds.
Even Trajan himself led his team out of the palace.
Teams of Custodians and Sisters of Silence began raiding worlds in the outer systems of Cadia where the Word Bearers had performed sacrificial rituals.
Once the Custodians and the Sisters of Silence had eliminated the planet's main enemy, the Extermination Order was delivered.
No one dared to review these extermination orders issued by Trajan.
Planets where rituals took place were destroyed one after another, causing the warp storms caused by the sacrifices to begin to weaken.
The fleet that had already gathered was waiting for the moment when the warp storm was weakened enough to pass.
Abaddon hadn't heard good news for a long time, which made him feel irritated.
He always had a bad feeling that if he delayed any further, he might really fail.
As the order was given, most of the Black Legion's fleets headed straight for Cadia, and Abaddon only left one-fifth of the fleet to block Gao Yi and Guilliman's fleets.
Even this one-fifth of the number is already comparable to the size of Gao Yi's fleet.
Abaddon even had an advantage in the number of battleship-class warships. He did not expect to completely annihilate the Imperial fleet. All he needed was to delay it.
And within this one-fifth of the fleet, several special warships were loaded with millions of slaves and captives, all of whom were materials for the ritual sacrifices required by the four gods.
Their role is to summon the demon primarchs into the real universe.
The demon primarchs gained even greater power after being promoted to demons, but at the same time they also had limitations, that is, as demons they could not bypass the most basic conditions.
That is, they cannot reach the real universe at will. They can only be summoned into reality with sufficient subspace energy and through certain specific sacrificial rituals.
Among the fleets that remained were wizards who believed in the four gods. They had already prepared the ceremony, and when millions of souls loyal to the God-Emperor were sacrificed, the Chaos Demon Primarchs would also have the opportunity to return to the real universe.
Once the fleets of both sides begin to engage, they will summon the arrival of the Daemon Primarch.
Seeing the Chaos fleet begin to mobilize, Guilliman no longer waited. The Spear of Adun, the Glory of Macragge, and the Herald of the Sky rushed towards the enemy in front of him as the spearhead.
With his superhuman brain working at a swift pace, Guilliman alone issued a large number of orders to the entire fleet.
"If only my legion was still here"
Ferrus murmured. Without his offspring's assistance, he could only watch his brother command the battle.
He turned to look at Gao Yi and found that Gao Yi didn't seem too nervous.
"Lord Gao Yi, I know your fleet has the ability to teleport. I will command the fleet to hold back these Chaos. I hope you can lead your troops directly to Cadia to support the ground battle. Your troops can be more useful on the ground.
You mentioned the importance of Blackstone, and you must not let the Blackstone Obelisk be destroyed."
Guilliman hopes Gao Yi can cooperate with his strategic arrangements.
"I'd better stay here. I'm still a little worried about you. Once I go to Cadia, I think Cadia will be under even greater pressure. I have long been a thorn in the eyes of the Four Gods. You don't need to worry about Cadia's ground defense. Kerrigan and Artanis have already made their own arrangements. I will stay here and deal with the battle in the void with you.
If Magnus had targeted you, you might not have been able to withstand it. You managed to save me, but something unexpected happened."
"Not so reassured?!" It was the first time that Guilliman heard someone say this to him