Chapter 417 The Road to Expedition: News from Dante

Vito had a general understanding of the situation of the Blood Angels, how they came to this hellish place, and how many battles they had experienced during the process. Overall, they did a good job in Cadia.

Before the Battle of Cadia began, Castle Lord Creed was attacked in all the fortress worlds on the edge of Cadia. The entire Cadian defense force suffered heavy losses after experiencing a betrayal civil war and an early blocking campaign.

, so the Lord of the Fortress sent a signal for help to all Imperial Space Marine Chapters.

He creatively tied more than a dozen astropaths together, and through the intensity of the hit astrology, he broke through the interference of the subspace storm, and sent out the astrology for help. I have to say, this idea made Vito

Everyone felt impressed, and he planned to try the same thing next time he encountered a subspace storm or a subspace shadow.

But judging from the situation at that time, the call for help was indeed sent out. Although many astrologists were lost in the storm due to the intensity of the subspace storm, there were still a few lucky ones who escaped from the clutches of Chaos and went to

Every corner of the empire.

Many imperial forces responded to the call, the first of which were the Space Wolves and the Black Templars. The former sent three large companies to Cadia for support, and the latter even sent an entire battle group.

The expeditionary force came, and Vito already knew the story.

He and Sven Gorehowl raided the Blackstone Fortress with his Dalai Lama, and witnessed the heroic sacrifice of the entire Dalian Company, as well as the return of their wolf master Sven to the throne, but their sacrifices did seem to have meaning, because the Blackstone Fortress

In his absence, Abaddon took longer to conquer Cadia.

This resulted in more Imperial reinforcements passing through the storm and arriving in the Cadia sector during this period. Although Cadia's home planet had fallen and the entire surface was destroyed in the impact of Abaddon's fatal Blackstone Fortress, the entire planet was still

It exists tenaciously, and the black stone obelisk on it does not seem to have been completely destroyed.

The Cadia Defense Force may have been destroyed along with their homeland, but Cadia is still truly standing. This is not only because the body of Cadia's home planet still exists, but the black stone buried under it still suppresses the power of fear.

Eye, and even more so because the entire Cadia star sector is still built on.

Due to the protracted battle on Cadia's home planet, Abaddon was forced to mobilize more troops to attack the Cadia home planet, causing him to slow down the surrounding star systems or even give up the attack. As a result, several key node worlds,

And dozens of fortress planets were preserved, which provided a rallying point for the Empire's subsequent reinforcements to arrive.

Among the Emperor's armies that came to Cadia to gather in response to the call for help, there were companies of the Blood Angels. Before this, Chapter Commander Dante had received news of Sanguinor from a dream.

, he sent a call from the Emperor himself, calling upon the entire Blood Angels Chapter to answer the call and head north to face the Black Crusade.

When the signal for help from Lord Creed came, Dante without hesitation ordered the three companies of the Chapter to rush to Cadia. They were led by the Holy Blood Priest Owen Orr, and the entire expedition fleet set off from Baal.

After a long voyage, they arrived at the edge star field of Cadia, and immediately fell into fierce battles.

The Blood Angels initially assisted the Cadia Defense Force with the full strength of three companies, protecting the key Mandeville Point system on the southwest side of Cadia, ensuring that subsequent imperial reinforcements could continue to enter, but as

With the fall of Cadia's home planet, the Black Legion began a full-scale attack.

Many of these troops followed Abaddon and attacked Terra, but there were still many Chaos warbands who stayed behind. They refused the unified orders of the Warmaster and started plundering and carnival on their own in the name of their respective evil gods. The entire Chaos warband

The Dia sector fell into chaos, with various Chaos warbands attacking planets that had been neglected and abandoned by Abaddon in previous battles.

As the entire sector fell into chaotic war, the killing and death here also attracted more Chaos Demons and warbands to come here. Before that, the Space Wolves and the Black Templars, the two groups with the largest number of people,

After the two most powerful Chapter Expeditionary Forces left with the retreating troops from Cadia's home planet, the entire sector fell into a serious shortage of available Astartes.

Although according to Raphael, the Second Company of the Dark Angels briefly stayed in Cadia for a while, and they were led by Asmodai, when he heard this, Vito felt that something was wrong.

As he expected, the Dark Angels suddenly left without any reason or explanation. The entire Dark Angels company suddenly broke away from the battle and disappeared into the Cadia sector, leaving the remaining Imperial forces to fight alone.

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This almost led to the collapse of the Empire's defense line, but in the end, fortunately, the Blood Angels turned the tide. Captain Aureol was ordered to lead his company and headed for the gap in the battle line aboard the Sword of Baal strike cruiser commanded by Captain Livia.

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Vito has heard about this excellent female captain, mainly because he heard that she is very beautiful. Yes, it is a strange focus, right? But this is Vito, isn't it? Get used to it, my old buddy.

All in all, according to Raphael's description, it was a tragic week. The entire company was reduced by more than half, and the full company of two hundred people only had ninety people left after the war.

Countless battle brothers returned to the throne, but in the end, after paying such a heavy price, the Blood Angels repelled the frenzy of Khorne's army led by Kabanha himself. They held the battle line and refused to retreat until the end, with the Emperor and the

The name of Sanguinius was victorious.

But after that, they also lost contact with the main fleet of the war group. Afterwards, they led a small number of Imperial Navy and Guards to move and fight throughout Cadia, constantly exchanging fire with Chaos war gangs.

And try our best to help wherever there is need.

During this period, they experienced many battles, many of which were quite thrilling. However, due to Captain Livia's excellent command skills and the extraordinary bravery of the Blood Angels, they were still safe in the end.

, and thus created countless glorious battles worthy of being remembered by future generations.

In fact, almost all battles are worthy of being remembered. After the battle of Cadia's home planet, the warriors who continued to defend the northern gate of the empire and delayed the huge army of Chaos. The epic they wrote with their blood and tears deserves to be remembered.

Remember forever.

At first, Vito thought that they had also received Wal-Mart's signal for help, so he led the remaining company members to come for support. However, this was not the case, at least not entirely.

"It is true that we first received a call for help from here and came here to help, but we also received other news on the way." The company chaplain, who can act kindly and has expressive skills far better than his brothers,

Raphael said this.

Almost all the above stories are narrated through his mouth. As mentioned, Raphael has a brilliant literary talent. As a priest, he is very good at his duties. He uses his excellent eloquence and literary accomplishment to inspire morale and preach loyalty.

A great light, as Vito remembered him many years ago, he did a great job.

"But on the way here, we finally received news from Pastor Owen Orr. It was an astrological message transmitted from the chapter's expedition flagship "Tears of Holy Blood". Although the content was distorted by subspace,

It becomes confusing and unclear.”

"To say it's a riddle is a compliment, it's simply a bunch of crazy talk." Kazariel protested from the side. After returning from the Black Templar, he seemed to be separated from his brother.

Several company officers on the side kept a distance, intentionally or unintentionally.

Kazariel stood alone, like a solitary lion, but fortunately, Raphael was still standing with him. The relationship between the two seemed to be close, although Kazariel

Somewhat at a loss what to do, after all, he had left his war group for a hundred years.

But Vito believed that with the help of Raphael, he would eventually integrate back into his own battle group smoothly. Now, Raphael is still by his side, and the priest nodded slightly and smiled in agreement.

Vito knew that Raphael was using his outstanding political skills to match Cazarel's words, so that he would not appear isolated from the other silent warriors, like an outsider.

"Indeed, that part of the astrologer is very twisted and weird, but fortunately we have the Sword of Baal, and with the hard work of Captain Livia's excellent astropath, we were able to decipher its meaning in just a few days.

, at least the roughly correct meaning.”

"Baal is calling all the Blood Angels to return to their home planet urgently." Captain Aureol, who has always been taciturn, said. He rarely participated in conversations, but when he spoke, he was extremely majestic. Although he was just a

Company Commander, but his solemnity and inviolability are enough to make people mistake him for a Chapter Master.

Even though there was indeed a Chapter Commander standing next to him, in front of the solemn and battle-tested Oreo, Malakin looked more like an ordinary company commander under his command. If they hadn't been wearing

Power armor with different coatings, then that's definitely the case.

"It's not just us. Pastor Owen Orr conveyed the order from Chapter Master Dante himself. He ordered all the expeditionary forces of the Blood Angels Chapter to immediately contact and summon all the Blood Angels sub-groups in the entire galaxy.

In the name of the leader of the Holy Blood Brotherhood, all sub-groups are required to urgently concentrate on Baal without any mistakes."

The Holy Blood Brotherhood "does not exist" in a strict sense. After all, according to the Holy Code and the regulations of the Empire, any private alliances and secret societies between Space Marine Chapters are strictly prohibited. This is to avoid the recurrence of the Great Rebellion. After all, the Rebellion began

In the Space Marine association culture.

Therefore, this was strictly prohibited and suppressed in the empire in the future. However, although similar organizations have been banned on the surface, in fact, this kind of Space Marine brotherhood derived from the blood of brothers still exists widely. The Holy Blood Brothers

The Hui is one of them. This kind of organization is usually formed by the founding war group and all the separated sub-groups.

This is almost an open secret in the empire. Everyone knows it, but no one dares to pursue it. Why? Think about it, if you were a judge or a high lord, you would go crazy.

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This kind of fraternity, in addition to daily communication and contact with the feelings and sense of belonging of all child regiments and parent regiments, is also responsible for establishing an emergency headquarters during wartime to coordinate the activities of several or even dozens of battle regiments.

Joint operations, so space warriors from the same bloodline can often act in quick tacit understanding and fight in unison.

And at certain critical moments, when a huge crisis comes, the Brotherhood can also issue an emergency call to its sub-groups across the galaxy and summon all the Sons of the Primarch to gather somewhere to form a temporary legion.

This urgent call has different names within each Chapter, the most representative of which is the Final Wall Protocol during the Beast Wars. Dozens of Sons of Dorn Chapters gathered on Terra to jointly defeat the Beast.

The invasion once again achieved the same glorious feats on Ullanor as during the Great Crusade.

Among the Blood Angels sub-groups, this call is called.

"The Tears of Holy Blood order has been spread from Baal to the entire galaxy. As far as I know, all the sub-regiments that have received the order have begun emergency reconstruction. More than a dozen sub-regiments and their entire forces are gathering towards Baal. By then

There will be tens of thousands of angelic sons gathered on Baal."

Raphael said this, and Vito frowned. He held his chin and thought for a while, "Dante will not issue such a recall order easily. Something must have happened to Baal."

"We don't know. Maybe the star language was distorted and the information was lost, or there was no information in the first place. But in any case, no matter what crisis Baal is about to face, we will rush to the sacred Baal."

"Then let's not waste time here! Baal is calling and all the brothers have set off. Why are we still wasting time here?"

Kazariel stepped forward, raised his fist, and said loudly, "We are here to inform the Weeper brothers. Now that they are with us, why don't we set off?"

He looked around at his brothers. They all looked at each other and said nothing. As Vito expected, Raphael immediately raised a hand to signal him.

"Of course we will return to Baal, Kazariel, but do you think you can explain all this to the Marshal and only return to Baal."

"Do you want to come together? My lord, if you can come to Bar, your morale will be boosted." Malakin said on the side. His words were full of respect. Vito looked at him and shook his head slightly after thinking for a moment.

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"I can't go. I'm sorry for my friends. Terra needs me even more at this moment, but I also promise you that when I arrive on Terra, I will immediately lead my legion to rescue Baal. We will fight side by side in Baal.

This won't change, we'll see each other again soon, I promise."
To be continued...