Emperor's Daughter of the Red Sands

Chapter 114 Blood of Khorne
When Elaine once again set foot on the soft red sand of Nuceria, the country presented before her eyes was no longer the fertile land before she left.Famine, poverty, and plague, she can clearly see the scars left by these terrible disasters on this world. The wildness of the past seems to be gradually returning. If she returns later... this red sand The world will be reduced to the lost lands of the old night.

On Nuceria's body riddled with holes, there was an extremely deep scar.

It's called [War].

No one knows when it appeared, and only psykers can witness this terrible scar that tore through reality and subspace dimensions, but it is indeed affecting the [vitality] of this planet——like a bone Necrosis wounds the earth and sky of this planet, and anyone who dares to peer into the depths of this scar will be blinded by the fire of Khorne's realm.

With just one look, the Lord of the Red Sands already knows the source of this curse.

It is not the spying of the blood god, nor is it a precursor to Nuceria's impending fall into the warp... Unlike the loving father who tirelessly spread blessings throughout the galaxy, he never needs to achieve it through such boring means Purpose.

This terrible scar that almost seeped from the warp into reality was caused by only a drop of blood.

Yes, a drop of blood.

It's just a drop of blood.

It dripped down from the blade of the Queen of Glory, which was nearly broken and fell apart, but came back with feathers, and flowed from the eternal and only blood god in the highest sky.

Blood of Khorne.

The traces of its flow alone are enough to melt any soul who dares to peep into its existence, causing a world full of vitality to slowly die.

Undoubtedly, the Queen of Glory, stained with divine blood, will carry this eternal curse—it is always deterring any existence in the real universe who dares to challenge the blood god, and it is also given by the Lord of Skulls to dare to stab himself The 'blessing' of the blade.

Even though this curse will make the world go to death, even if this curse will make her forever tired of endless wars, its essence is still the blessing of the blood god.

Any weird witchcraft can't affect her progress, and any sinister plot will become a hysterical bloody battle in front of her.

Whether Elaine agrees or not, what she does will ultimately please the Blood God.

"After the war ended, I thought that with the many plans I left behind at that time, we could quickly recover our strength."

"...I really don't know what to say."

Facing the almost astronomical number of disaster reports and the shortage of manpower, Elaine felt a little headache.

In this era when the curtain between subspace and reality has not been completely lifted, she thought that there should not be too many ways for subspace to directly interfere with reality, but she did not expect such a complicated situation.

Khorne bestowed upon himself a 'blessing' of such magnitude through the medium of his blood.

Elaine thought that there were only those special abilities that she showed in Comoros, but she didn't expect that Nuceria would also be "blessed" along with it.

Although the blood god never cared about the source of the blood, if it was his own blood...

In the eyes of those bloodthirsty demons who believe in Khorne, there is probably no more noble sacrifice than this.

Therefore, Elaine feels a headache now.

The war launched against Khorne ended up being 'blessed' from Khorne.

Even by mistake, the blood left by him became the medium through which he could bless himself.

She didn't even have any way to deal with this kind of 'blessing' of strong buying and selling.

"Not just Nuceria, mother."

"This has happened to all the worlds that we rule, that is to say, all the planets that were once involved in that war."

Kahn on the side also reminded Elaine that this situation is not unique to Nuceria.

Instead, all the worlds under her command have fallen into endless chaos due to the blessing of the blood god.

Violence, natural disasters, and all kinds of unimaginable crises continue to emerge, but the most critical manpower is extremely scarce at this moment.

"Whether it is the agricultural world or the logistics world, judging from the data...the basic development soil has been lost. It seems that our recovery period will be extended for a long time, Kahn."

"Well... it's not so absolute, mother. If the only advantage is that these worlds will be able to recruit more soldiers than before, just go to the bottom of the hive city to grab a random one, and you can receive a bunch of them Relatively good quality recruits.”

"Do recruits from the hive world often receive unexpected goods? This is indeed good news, so the only thing we need to worry about now is whether there is a problem with the foundry world on Redjac's side. As for the source of these excellent recruits? ...I think I've guessed it, haven't I."

"Yes - your guess is not wrong, it should be the influence of that war, or the influence of the 'blessing' in your mouth. These recruits are even more violent than the previous war dogs. There were more casualties than anticipated, and the recruiting process didn't move forward much until you returned to the Legion."

"...Well, I knew it. However, even if our size is not much different from the No.15 Legion, our mission in the Great Crusade is not as leisurely as theirs, not to mention that the current Legion is severely understaffed—— I need a reason, Kahn."

Elaine frowned slightly.

Facing his mother's questioning, Kahn did not neglect:

"The reason...is you, mother."

"After you left our side, although we veterans are still connected with each other, without you, we can no longer initiate a spiritual connection with recruits...Although we have also tried to study this gift you brought us, but we The Legion's Librarian has been nearly wiped out in that war."

"Without you, even if qualified recruits are recruited into the Legion, the Sons of the Mountains is still incomplete."

"Only if you are here, the No.12 Legion is called the Son of the Mountain—otherwise, it is just another war dog."

Kahn replied solemnly.

Yes, no matter how dilapidated it is, the No.12 Legion is still a Legion Astartes.Although most of the resources have been reduced to ashes in the war, there is absolutely no shortage of gene seeds that can maintain the existence of the legion.

Since the end of that war, although the mortal auxiliaries and mechanical priests have gradually restored to the huge organizational structure that an Astartes legion should have with the help of Terra, the No.12 legion has not recruited any more Astartes, all mortal auxiliaries who survived that war also had a special place in the Legion.

It's not that I can't, I just don't want to.

Each of them knew that if the No. 12 Legion were to return to being a Legion like the War Dogs, they would go back to the old ways of the World Eaters.

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　Speaking of which, it has been updated for a month.

　　And there are double monthly tickets at the end of this month!
　　I'll see if I can restore daily 4k this month!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)