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Chapter 316: Crows
Inside the landing bay of the Anthem-class battleship Star Lord, which was parked in the orbit of the planet Aix, an elite force composed of clone soldiers and bipedal walking mechas had already assembled.

Just before Michael was about to enter the airdrop chamber with the soldiers, the voice of Raphael, also an original knight, came from behind the group.

"Michael? Where are you going?" The man had already arrived in front of the landing capsule while speaking. "Our mission has ended. Father once specifically told us not to get too involved in the affairs of those people."

Faced with the reminder from his brother, Michael hesitated for a moment and then looked anxiously at the emerald green planet surrounded by a poisonous atmosphere not far away.

"I got a prophecy. Those disgusting things are developing a vicious plague that can kill gods. If they are not stopped in time, it will become a big trouble one day in the future. This may affect my father's plan."

But his worry only deepened Raphael's doubts. "A prophecy? Did that Eldar woman tell you? Father said that these pointed-ear words are never worth believing. It's better to try to believe those criminal entrepreneurs than to believe them."

However, these words obviously failed to dispel Michael's concerns. After hesitating for a moment with one hand on the hatch of the landing module, he finally made up his mind and turned to Raphael behind him and said.

"I'll be back soon. This won't last long." Seeing that the other party was extremely persistent, Raphael had no choice but to ask to go with him. However, this was rarely rejected. Before he could ask further, Michael had already closed the door of the landing capsule. When the broadcast countdown ended, dozens of large landing capsules large enough to accommodate armor were launched into the surface of Aix one after another, like meteors dragging tails, disappearing in the emerald green atmosphere in the blink of an eye.

As the leader of the Original Knights, such abnormal behavior naturally attracted Raphael's attention. Although he was not clear about Michael's true purpose, his intuition told him that something must have gone wrong.

With doubts in his mind, Raphael looked up at the surveillance camera in the landing capsule, and then spoke to the main control AI that was monitoring the ship's operating status around the clock.

"Contact Haven for me. There is something I need to report to my father in person."

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At the same time, in the drop chamber falling at high speed in orbit, Michael, wearing power armor, was holding a gorgeous pale blue gem tightly, staring down at the transparent stone in his hand that looked like a devil's eye. Michael could feel that some strange power was staring at him through the gem.

Not long ago, this thing had appeared without warning in the corridor of Macragge's Glory, and when Michael picked it up for the first time, it was like a self-playing holographic image, with a total of 9 extremely clear pictures flashing in it.

In the first image shown, he saw countless red blood-letting demons wreaking havoc on the once prosperous land of Haven, and brass towers made of bones pierced through the thick alloy walls surrounding the Ideal City.

The second act is about the appearance of the Nurgle demons who are now spreading the plague, only this time they are spreading the vicious curse on the three hundred worlds where the Alliance is located. It is worth noting that the scene shows that the wily Primarch Robert Guilliman actually stood with the demons of Ben's mortal enemy, and held secret talks with the demon leader called Mortarion.

What really worries Michael is the ninth picture shown by the gem. It shows a giant crucible that can dissolve thousands of people. A swollen and fat demon is stirring the viscous liquid in the corrupt wilderness of Aix. A sharp and hoarse voice once commented in the illusion that it was a terrible poison that could permanently exile the gods.
These contents seemed to be trying to explain that the demons hiding in the Supreme Heaven were planning a vicious plan against the Alliance, and even the Regent of the Human Empire had been involved in it. However, Michael was obviously not stupid enough to easily believe the prophecy in this crystal of unknown origin, and he wanted to find out the truth himself.

Soon the ground proximity alarm sounded in the cabin, along with the activation of the reverse thrust engine and the slight vibration of the cabin. The entire orbital airborne process seemed to be smoother than expected. Perhaps because most of the troops had been transferred to the front line against the Empire, the airdrop capsule launched by the Anthem had successfully landed in the wilderness controlled by demons.

What Michael didn't expect was that soon after the hatch was opened, the roar of a tank's main gun firing unexpectedly came from the distance in the dead silent place that should have been silent.

Following the direction of the sound, I saw flashes of fire in the ruins shrouded in thick fog in the distance. Using the long-range observation device on the helmet, I could even vaguely see the figures of human soldiers holding live ammunition weapons and shooting at the demons.

Michael had never imagined that in this diseased wasteland filled with demons and miasma, there actually existed a sizeable imperial army. Right now, a large number of Leman Russ tanks were charging towards a church occupied by demons.

At first, Michael thought that it was just a defeated army that was trapped in the enemy's hinterland and unable to break out, so it was abandoned. Therefore, he did not intend to meddle in it, until a golden light suddenly burst out from the ruins of the church, dispersing the fog covering the ruins.

As the air gradually became clearer, Michael was surprised to see a familiar swollen figure in the ruins. It was the Nurgle demon Kugath who had appeared in the gem illusion and created the Plague of God. The other party was the primary purpose of his trip.

With almost no hesitation, under Michael's command, this well-equipped and heavily armed landing team immediately began to advance at full speed towards the ruins where the demon was.

However, what he didn't know was that in a ruin not far from the landing point, several pairs of malicious eyes were now paying attention to this alliance team.

Amid the conspiratorial whispers in the room, looking at the ruins where a fierce battle was taking place in the distance, it wasn't long before a hoarse voice was heard saying these words in a tone full of joy.

“The plan is going well.”

"We will use the power of these outsiders to remove all obstacles and help the Lord of Change regain the power he once lost."

Soon after the words fell, the hoarse cries of a flock of crows were heard from the dark ruins shrouded by haze.

(End of this chapter)