Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

Before setting off, everyone thought that the Tau Empire would return with a great victory.

But now, only a few years have passed, and the destruction of the Second Expeditionary Fleet has given them a wake-up call, making them clearly aware of a fact:

If they were unfortunate enough to encounter that human fleet, their fate would probably be no different from that of the Second Expeditionary Fleet.

So, what to do now?

Continue to advance deeper into the world of the human empire, or retreat?

No one dared to give an answer.

If we continue to go deeper and encounter that fleet, we will most likely be annihilated.

By then, the Tau Empire would have lost almost all of its space fleet.

Although there are still some defense fleets scattered across many of the Tau Empire's home worlds, these defense fleets are obviously unable to stop the human attack.

What will greet them then?

destroy!

This word flashed through everyone's mind, but in the end no one dared to say it out loud.

So should we retreat?

If they retreat now, at least they can preserve the First Expeditionary Fleet.

As long as we retreat back to the Tau Empire, everything will be fine...right?

No, it doesn't look like much will change.

Because if that fleet continued to hunt down the Tau fleet, if the entire Tau Empire was threatened, where could they run?

If human fleets invade Tau territory again, they will have to defend themselves.

But can they hold on?

This question hit them like a heavy hammer, making it difficult for them to breathe.

The Water Clan representative asked tentatively:

"The humans have taken back their colonies, maybe they'll stop there?"

"Do not."

The Air Clan commander said solemnly, "They did not take back their colony, but destroyed it! Together with the tens of millions of humans and millions of Fire Clan, they were completely destroyed!"

"..."

The Water Clan representative's face slightly changed. He didn't understand why humans were doing this.

You have defeated the enemy fleet and the planet can be recaptured.

Why destroy it?

"Retreat."

Vision said, “We have no choice.”

No one answered, and everyone looked at Ether.

Only he has the right to decide whether the fleet should stay or go.

And whatever the Ether decides, they will follow it.

"Retreat,"

Ether was silent for a long time, and just as he was about to give an order, a warning suddenly sounded in the conference room.

"Commander, the patrol fleet has detected an unknown hostile fleet at the edge of the galaxy!"

"Is it human?"

Yuanjian stood up suddenly and asked in a deep voice.

"No, it's a kind of alien we've never seen before! They, their fleet, are alive!"

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"The star language was cut off."

The fleet stopped at Mandeville Point in the system. Noah said to the Inquisitor, "My navigator can't find the subspace channel to the target system. There is some kind of shadow covering it."

"Tyron?" Klippman asked.

Noah nodded:

"There should be no second possibility."

The Inquisitor frowned and said to himself:

"We still have nine worlds on which we have not yet executed the extermination order."

Noah also admired his persistence. You, old man, are really a born madman!

Noah said:

"I don't think we need to do anything. The Tyranids will solve it for us. Besides, the isolation zone has been established. If the Tyranids want more food, they can only turn to the area of ​​the Tau Empire."

If it is a large-scale hive fleet, the extermination orders of these dozen worlds are far from enough.

But since Hive Fleet Behemoth now only has many smaller branch fleets left, the quarantine zone of a dozen Imperial worlds is enough to keep them at bay.

What's more, the hive mind will also settle accounts.

The danger of going deep into the human empire is too great. Even the main fleet has been defeated in Macragge. The remaining branch fleets will not advance rashly. At most, they will only eat snacks in the border worlds of the empire.

And now this Tyranid branch hive fleet came to the Timbra sub-star sector to eat, and it was obviously driven out.

Since it was impossible to go deeper into the Human Empire, running to the territory of the Tau Empire became the first choice for Terran.

Of course, with the natural barrier of the Damocles Gulf, it would not be easy for Terran to go to the Tau territory to eat.

But isn't this exactly what the Empire wants to achieve?

The longer the Tau and Tyranids fight, the better until the Imperium is ready.

The longer it drags on, the better it is for the empire.

If the Tau Empire were destroyed too quickly by the Tyranids, the Empire would actually suffer a huge headache.

"makes sense."

The Inquisitor thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. "In that case, let's retreat. We have achieved enough. Let the Tau take care of the rest."

Kliptman actually understands this.

Be it the main force of the Tau people or the main force of the Tyranid branch hive fleet, they are not someone they can mess with.

In the previous galaxy, they had already encountered the Tau patrol fleet.

Fortunately, the enemy was not numerous and was eventually repelled by Noah's skillful command.

Although the Inquisitor did not personally join the battle, one can imagine that it must have been an exciting battle.

But if they encounter the main force of the Titans, they will have no choice but to retreat.

Therefore, there is no need to go deeper.

Let the Tau and the Tyranids fight each other.

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"They're coming!"

The fleet's communications carried the cries of the patrol fleet, "Be careful! There are a lot of them!"

The First Expeditionary Fleet was on high alert, and the Air Caste commander stared at the holographic projector, waiting for the enemy to appear in their detection range.

A question was pondering in his mind: How much is a lot?

The commander of the patrol fleet is no novice, and he should understand how important accurate intelligence is in combat.

No matter how many enemies there are, as a patrol fleet, he should report the number of enemies as detailed as possible. Even if the communication between the two sides is blocked and effective communication cannot be established in time, even if there is occasional communication, it is intermittent, but it should not be vaguely described as "a lot"!

He wanted to reprimand the commander of the patrol fleet until the fleet appeared on the starship's holographic projection—

Just like the patrol fleet said, there are a lot of them.

They are overwhelming and countless.

"Titanium-wafer, what is that?"

The Air Caste commander held his breath and muttered to himself.

How could there be such a large fleet in this world?

The expeditionary fleet of the Tau Empire, which mobilized the entire country's strength, consisted of only a few hundred starships.

But now, the fleet in front of them is more than thousands, the number is at least tens of thousands!

What kind of monster is this?

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Noah did not see how the Tau Empire fought the Tyranids, but he felt that the Tau Empire would not like the Tyranids too much. He prayed silently:

"I hope people are okay."

"Captain, we have received an astropathic signal."

White stepped forward and whispered.

The fleet had just jumped out of Mandeville Point and returned to Macragge when the astropathic signal came to them. This was probably not a coincidence.

Noah asked, “What’s the content?”

White said:

"The Inquisitor sent by Terra has arrived in Macragge and is now in Hera Fortress."

"What's supposed to come has finally come."

Noah wasn't too surprised by this.

Even though he had made great contributions to the empire, he still could not escape the necessary scrutiny.

After all, those crazy people in the Inquisition are eager to investigate even Guilliman. If the Emperor could not get off the Golden Throne and was protected by the Custodians, they would probably investigate even the Emperor.

Compared with the Primarch, the Inquisition sending people to investigate him, a Rogue Trader, was at most a minor incident and nothing at all.

Chapter 122: The Inquisitor? The Inquisitor’s Wife!

At the Heroku Starport, the fleet slowly entered the berth.

Kliptman said in the audio array channel:

"Noah, remember what I taught you."

"Sure, wish me good luck," Noah replied.

Kliptman would not accompany him to meet the Inquisitor from Terra, because he was a member of the Order of the Exiles, and the examination of Noah was not within his scope of business.

In addition, Noah is still his interrogator, so if he follows Noah, it will have the opposite effect.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Klippman is planning to cut off contact with him at the speed of light at any time.

Although they had been working together very happily before, Kliptman had indeed been helping him sincerely before.

But changing face is also one of the professional skills of the Inquisitor, which is normal.

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When the light inside the cabin changed from red to green, Noah could clearly feel that the Thunderhawk was slowing down.

Finally, the Thunderhawk gunship slammed heavily onto the tarmac and the assault ramp was lowered.

Noah led Nono and Cassia out of the cabin, with Ajetta following on both sides with a whole team of combat nuns.

An Ultramarines came to greet them and led them to the sanctuary deep within Hera's fortress.

Calgar's honor guard was standing outside the sanctuary, and when Noah arrived, they did not stop him but made way for him.