This name was a bit unfamiliar to Soshyan. He seemed to have seen it in the files in the archives, but he couldn't remember it at once.
Talos wiped his mouth with the silk in the servitor's hand, dispelling Soshyan's doubts.
"Azek Ahriman, former captain of the Thousand Sons, commander of Sekhmet's elite Terminator force, leader of the Crowfeather Cult
...Some people claim that he is the chosen one of the evil god Tzeentch, but he is most famous for the 'Scarlet Letter' spell, which directly destroyed the entire Thousand Sons Legion and turned 80% of the Thousand Sons into armor
Puppet, because of this, the Thousand Sons Primarch Magnus directly banished Ahriman and his followers."
"Is this why Khayon hates Ahriman?"
"of course not"
Talos shook his head.
"I also heard that Khayon once had a serious conflict with Ahriman, and both of them took action, but no one knows the outcome."
"I see."
"Ahriman was not honest after he was exiled. He formed a war gang called the Wandering Sons, and built a large fleet through fraud, plunder and other means, and gained a lot of fame. But he
Unlike other war gangs, his goal is only to focus on the empire's museums, libraries, scholastic academies, hermitages, and religious sites, and only seeks to obtain psychic items, cultural relics, data, and even ancient books."
"According to what you said, since Abaddon wants to win over this wizard in the short term, he shouldn't cause trouble to us in the short term."
Soshyan breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned.
"Talos, if I remember correctly, you were involved in Abaddon's Twelfth Black Crusade, right?"
"Yes."
"Can you tell me something?"
The Twelfth Dark Crusade, also known as the Gothic War, was a battle that engulfed the entire Gothic Sector. It was launched by the Black Legion led by Chaos Warmaster Abaddon. Its scale was far larger than the previous eleven.
The war consisted of hundreds of planetary invasions and fleet operations, ending only when Imperial reinforcements arrived and forced Abaddon back into the void.
During the war, several planets and four-sixths of the Blackstone Fortress were seen destroyed, and hundreds of billions of Imperial citizens died.
On 139.M41, an Imperial Navy reconnaissance frigate received an indecipherable distress message from Site Ax, indicating that it was under attack by unknown attackers.
When reinforcements arrived four months later, the Imperial Guard soldiers stationed on the planet had been wiped out, and their bodies had been gruesomely chopped into pieces.
The Tribunal sent the experienced Judge Horst to Akers to investigate the matter, but there was no evidence for him to understand what happened.
And just not long after the Ax attack, several reconnaissance teams made a terrifying discovery in the Athena sector - many imperial merchants' starships and battleships were found floating around in space without control.
When the boarding team arrived, it was discovered that all the crew members on these ships were dead. Horrible germs grew on the corpses covering the aisles, and many of them were still at their posts.
A rumor began to circulate among the Imperial Navy ships in the Segmentum that these attacks were launched by the Chaos warship Plagueclaw - an ancient ship that dedicated its body and soul to Nurgle.
Inquisitor Horst became convinced that the forces of Chaos were preparing to launch a dark crusade against the Empire. Observation posts around the Gates of Cadian began to be placed on high alert, and Imperial Navy warships from across the Obscura were mobilized to defend the airspace near Cadia.
But three years after the attack of Ax, that is, in 142.M41, a huge warp storm engulfed the entire Gothic sector, cutting off the battleships of the Gothic fleet from the rest of the empire.
This event also marked the official beginning of the Twelfth Black Crusade.
In the brutal war that followed, the Black Legion dispatched a large number of warships, including their flagship Vengeful Spirit and the powerful Planet Killer, while the Empire was forced to form an alliance with the Eldar to fight against the terrible enemy.
Due to the empire's tenacious resistance, the war gradually turned from one-sided at first to a stalemate.
When time passed to 151.M41, High Admiral von Ravensberg began to fight back. He organized a force consisting of 17 battleships (including two battleships and two battlecruisers) and 20 auxiliary ships.
The huge ship went straight to the Kethsemani system, fought a decisive battle with the main fleet of Chaos, and finally defeated its opponent.
This battle marked the beginning of the Gothic War. Abaddon, the great plunderer, had achieved his goal and ordered the fleet to begin withdrawing.
But the war was not over, and continued for several years. It was not until 155.M41 that the last wandering Chaos capital ship was eliminated, and the 12th Black Crusade ended with the "victory" of the Human Empire.
Recalling this war, Talos seemed a little sad, because it was also during this war that the war gang he once belonged to began to collapse.
"Actually, there is nothing to say. As mercenaries, we only participated in a small battle... But what Khayon said is true. We sold the Predator once, which also led to us being chased by the whole galaxy.
Kill it and turn it into a lost dog."
Afterwards, he told everything he knew.
Including the true strength of the Black Legion, as well as Abaddon's true intention of deploying in this way in the Battle of Gethsemane - most of those eliminated this time were actually guys who were regarded as troublesome by Abaddon.
After hearing this, Suo Shi raised his brows and became even more gloomy.
"But if what Khayon said is true, then this Thirteenth Black Crusade will be different from the past. How should we deal with it."
Talos sneered and patted Soshyan's chest with the back of his hand.
"Our legion commander, your legion can't even gather five companies now, do you need to worry about this kind of thing? There is an old saying in Gu Terra, if the sky falls, tall people will hold it up. No matter how weak the empire is, it will not
Abaddon's plan is not so easy to succeed because of random persimmons. I have seen too many examples of strategies that were perfect on paper but a complete mess in the final execution."
"That's right, it's not an issue we should be concerned about right now."
At this moment, the servitor in charge of the communicator in the courtyard suddenly made a monotonous sound.
"Captain Soshyan, urgent response."
Soshyan walked over immediately.
"Connected."
Soon, Ustad's voice sounded on the other end of the communicator.
"Chapter Commander, a warship from the Order of the Ebony Holy Grail has arrived at the port."
"Oh? It's them..."
Then he suddenly thought of something.
"Isn't Sister Velez also on board?"
"Yes, but her condition -"
Twenty minutes later, Soshyan, who was in a hurry, appeared in the orbital airport that had been mostly repaired. The outline of the cruiser belonging to the Sisters was particularly conspicuous in the void.
A group of nuns were already waiting at the airport square. When they saw Soshyan approaching, one of them immediately went to greet him.
"Hello, Chapter Commander Soshyan, I am Yanis Bozovich."
She looks very young, even childish, with short black and white hair and a delicate face, but there are two fresh scars on the right side of her face near the base of her ears.
"Where is she?"
Hearing Soshyan's words, Sister Agnes turned sideways, and then the servitors lifted up a frozen life-saving capsule.
Soshyan stepped forward, bent down hard, wiped away the fog on the glass cover of the survival cabin with his hand, and then saw that familiar face.
Velez closed his eyes, as if he was asleep, but his once beautiful face was as green as a corpse, and the blood vessels under the skin were clearly visible, but they were ominous black.
Soshyan immediately frowned.
"what happened?"
Afterwards, Sister Agnis recounted what happened not long ago.