Emperor's Daughter of the Red Sands

Chapter 67 The Road to Redemption ([-])

When the illusory veil of reality and the Sea of ​​Souls was torn apart by a giant lavender rift, the Word Bearers' flagship, the Rhythm of Loyalty, sailed out of Mandeville Point and sailed through the warp for several Tara months. In the middle, they left the Obscure Star Field and arrived at the Taiping Star Field in the north of the Milky Way, and this was the starting point of their pilgrimage.

Colchis.

Even after many years, Lorgar still recognizes its appearance: this is his home planet, his infant, the place of enlightenment he once lived on, and the sacred land that respreads the brilliance of faith to the starry sky.

"It's still the same."

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar huge planet in front of him through the side of the ship, Lorgar sighed with emotion.

"Is this Colchis? It's much bigger than I thought it would be."

Elaine's voice came from Lorgar's side.

Obviously, compared to Nuceria, this huge planet is indeed a big guy.

In response, Lorgar nodded slightly.

The strong homesickness in his eyes is self-evident.

"I have conquered countless worlds in my expeditions, and I have seen countless worlds that are more magnificent and rich than it, whether it is Holy Terra or Kur... But their weight in my heart may be far less than that of Colchis—— "

"No matter where I am, Colchis will always be my hometown."

Lorgar sighed.

The huge fleet of the Word Bearers slowly sailed over the planet, casting shadows on this ancient world that still obscured the sky, but were no longer as magnificent as before.

In fact, due to the "Holy Code", the fleet of the Word Bearers was dismantled and reorganized early, and now the fleet of the Mother Fleet of the Word Bearers has left ten of them after leaving the warp space. Jia personally pushed it to all over the galaxy to shine and glow, and only a few sub-groups remained to accompany the mother group of the Word Bearers to continue to serve as escort missions, such as large-scale battle groups such as the Jagged Sun.

As the Rhythm of Loyalty slowly docked at one of the few usable space starports in the world, the full picture of Colchis finally reappeared in Lorgar's eyes.

How long have you been away from this land?

How long has it been since I came back to this original place?

In the long war and conquest, Lorgar can't remember clearly. He never liked to burn those worlds with war like a murderous general. Shine to share with those lost worlds.

Lorgar never changed, and neither did Colchis.

Therefore, Lorgar set this world as the starting point of his new pilgrimage.

Just like when we left this ancient world decades ago and launched a grand expedition towards the stars, this huge planet, which is two or three times larger than the human home planet Terra, still maintains its ancient and dilapidated appearance .

From orbit, its surface is filled with unforgiving mountains and terracotta desert plains, with sparse, rugged rivers.It symbolizes that in this dry and ancient land, the ancestors of human beings once worked on this land, which gradually turned into various large settlements.

Over the course of generations, civilization spread across the barren lands, most of which cling to the resource-rich coast.Every city is connected with other cities through prosperous air trade and sea transportation, which is also the basis for their survival - in this world, few people are stupid enough to cross the deserts that almost traverse most of the world, Barrenness and dryness are synonymous with those deserts, where any indigenous life cannot get out of the forbidden zone of death.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lorgar thought of all the past, the Six Years War, the coming of the Emperor... There are too many memorable things flashing through the Primarch's mind at this moment.

"My lord, we can go."

"The Stormbird is ready."

After the Rhythm of Loyalty had fully docked into the starport, several Word Bearers Astartes came before Lorgar and Elaine.

"It seems that the time for viewing the scenery is coming to an end."

Glancing at Lorgar's expression filled with emotion, Elaine picked up the heavy "Holy Code" and prepared to follow the Astartes to leave the Starport.

Lorgar didn't say much, just closed his unfinished tome, and took the power scepter that Ferrus Manus gave him—the Light of Enlightenment.

On this pilgrimage, there are destined to be surrounded by countless dangerous moments.

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Unlike other emerging Imperial worlds, Colchis has no massive orbital weapons platforms, nor even the Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Worlds on moons.

As the parent planet of the Primarch, Lorgar did not think it would use such a huge space-based weapon defense system.

In other words, this is also some of the obsessions shown by Lorgar.

He didn't want any war to get involved in this ancient and peaceful land. In Lorgar's eyes, only the 'Six Years War' that conquered the entire Colchis was qualified to spread gunpowder on its land. , any war that dares to touch the parent planet of the Primarch will attract the heaviest revenge and destruction of the Word Bearers.

And also because of Lorgar's monopolistic attitude towards Colchis, during the Great Crusade, Colchis also refused to provide food and fuel for the various fleets of the Great Crusade.

Its original intention is that Lorgar does not want to involve the flames of war in the world he controls, but in fact, due to the few stable Mandeville points in the Taiping Starfield, this selfishness from Lorgar is also in the direction of the Taiping Starfield. One of the reasons why the progress of the Great Crusade is not as good as the progress of the Great Crusade in the direction of the Limit Starfield.

This is part of the reason for the Emperor's wrath towards the Word Bearers.

Under the influence of Lorgar's will, the No.17 Legion in the past was just a group of missionaries holding firecrackers—this was intolerable to the Emperor. All he needed were warriors, and enough to conquer the enemies in the stars. General.

Therefore, the Perfect City was personally destroyed by the Word Bearers under his rage, and the burning of Kul also seemed to indicate that Colchis, a world deeply affected by Lorgar's weak will, would be destroyed if not in time. If Lorgar himself made a radical change, what would happen.

When the Stormbird, which symbolized the Primarch's car, slowly entered the atmosphere, several huge but ancient cities appeared on the horizon, their shadows were like the dark red and dim sun of Colchis, Old and decayed.

"It seems that you don't like industrialization very much, my brother."

Elaine said.

She was checking the industrialization levels of several cities in Colchis on the data board. Obviously, compared with the huge forging worlds on the Nuceria satellite, this planet is really too 'old'.

"Uh…"

Lorgar's gaze was a little erratic, trying not to look directly at the sister who was 'monitoring' him.

In this regard, Lorgar's mood was like a storm bird that kept shaking with the disturbance of the airflow.

——I don't know what to say, but my mood is extremely complicated.

After all, these 'backwards' are all his own 'masterpieces'.

To this day, Colchis still maintains its ancient and dilapidated appearance. The advanced industrialization and aid from the empire have been declined by Lorgar one after another. Apart from the ancient cities on the entire planet, there is only the long-forgotten dark age of various relics.

These ancient ruins show that a machine-driven empire once ruled Colches. Although there is little evidence of its destruction, the boundless darkness that spanned the entire era of strife can indeed tear any world apart. Reason The religious seed that sprouted from Colchis's corpse after the shattering is proof of this.

And the legacy of this now utterly lost kingdom is evident even in the orbits, where the floating hulks are locked one by one, and the pale green glow of radioactive dust wafting freely in it symbolizes that it is not safe inside, Perhaps it will take thousands of years for that terrifying lethality to disappear completely under the power of time—undoubtedly, this was once the wreckage of a huge interstellar shipyard.

As a Primarch homeworld completely poisoned by religion, Colchis seems to be a world focused on looking inwards, even backwards, refusing to clear the skies under the deliberate influence of Lorgar Amid the wreckage from the Dark Age of Technology, and resist all Imperial edicts to build new orbital space stations.

And the only concession of this planet is to allow the Mechanicum of Mars to get close to those peaceful behemoths, and let the tech monks plunder whatever they want, whether it is the long-lost STC, or some unknown darkness Technology, as one of the two-headed eagles of the empire, the desire of the Mechanic God, even the Primarch needs to pay attention.

Of course, the price is a steady stream of supplies and cutting-edge life technologies. In fact, the home planet of each Primarch enjoys special tax-free powers, and under the barren and backward surface of Colches, It contains a rich accumulation that can support religion and reason to bloom in it.

It enjoys the benefits of Imperial life and culture, despite its master's reluctance to provide supplies for the Emperor's wars.

Lorgar's influence on this planet is almost everywhere. In fact, although the people's lives are extremely good and happy, the traffic on Colchis is actually not developed and is limited to a very low limit. The traffic blocked each city's economic development and burst of desire, until they were all shaped into Lorgar's utopia, heaven on earth.

It seems to be resisting the war economy system of the Great Crusade.

Of course, in the not-too-distant future, it can no longer hold back.

Because under Elaine's watchful eye, Lorgar had to make certain 'changes' in order to report to the Emperor his attitude of 'taking the Great Crusade back seriously'.

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　Monday is so busy!
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(End of this chapter)