Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

Although Lorgar's purpose was to make a 'pilgrimage' to the Eye of Terror, the worlds conquered by him and the Word Bearers have now become the Empire's solid line of defense against Chaos.

Unlike last time when he was thrown here by Old Man Huang.

This time, Noah honestly took the empire's old subspace route, and it took him half a year to finally arrive in the Skarrus star region.

When the fleet jumped out from Mandeville Point on the edge of the system where the hive world of Eustis Majorus, the capital of the Skarrus Sector, was located, astropathic signals from all over the world began to fly towards them like dense snowflakes.

These astropathic signals were not sent to them, but to the imperial troops and officials in the capital, but were intercepted by the Stars midway.

no doubt.

These astronomical signals are almost all signals for distress.

Noah took the data tablet handed over by White. On it was the astropathic report compiled by the astropathic choir. He shook his head after reading it:

"The Empire News classic reports bad news but not good news."

There were calls for help everywhere, and it was a huge challenge to deal with the numerous requests for help, not to mention sending troops to suppress the rebellion and resist the invasion.

In addition, these astropathic signals themselves have extremely high uncertainty. You cannot even confirm when the astropathic signals were sent or whether they have been modified by chaos or other forces.

Once this happens, it would be a waste of time. There is even a possibility that when the Imperial fleet enters the target galaxy for rescue, it will be ambushed by the Chaos fleet and killed on the spot.

Faced with such a huge mess, the Empire must carefully identify the credibility of the star language and prioritize the more valuable worlds for rescue. As for those marginal worlds that are not of much value, they can only fend for themselves.

But what can the empire do?

It’s very difficult!

White said:

"Captain, we have received an astropathic signal from Eustis Mayorus, and they welcome our arrival. In addition, we have also received an astropathic signal from Admiral Hermann, the admiral of the Calixis Sector Fleet, and he hopes to meet with you."

"Who?" Noah asked.

"Herman Duncan."

Noah's brows relaxed. It would be fine if his name wasn't Hermann Meyer or Hermann Goering.

It took the fleet several days to reach the spaceport of the Hive World from Mandeville Point, and the Stars entered the berth under the guidance of the tower. Before they arrived, a huge fleet had already been docked at the berth.

This is not the Skarrus Battlefleet, because the sector fleet has already been involved in massive counterinsurgency operations and there is no time to slowly assemble here.

From the identification code provided by the fleet, it can be known that this fleet comes from the Calixis Sector, with two battleships and twenty-three cruisers, which is more than 1/3 of the size of the Calixis Sector. Considering that the Calixis Sector itself is also facing the threat of greenskins and chaos, being able to send out such a fleet is already the limit of the Calixis Sector.

But this also shows from the side how bad the current situation in the Skarrus sector is.

"White, you will take over the command position."

"and many more."

Noah stood up from the command seat and was about to leave the bridge when he was stopped by Vivian.

"What do you want to do now?" Cassia stood in front of Noah, staring at the silver-haired judge with a bad face.

You are an Inquisitor of the Order of the Holy Hammer. You have your own Inquisition black ship, but you stay on the flagship of the Rogue Trader every day. You even sneak into the captain's room of the Rogue Trader at any time, and lock the door every time!

What are you doing in there?

Vivian ignored Cassia, looking past her, her blue eyes staring quietly at Noah.

Noah pulled Cassia aside and asked:

"What's wrong? Vivian."

Vivian said softly:

"I have prepared a set of armor for you, you can put it on first. In addition, my identity should not be exposed for the time being, so from now on you will temporarily exercise my duties and rights on my behalf, and I will follow you as your follower."

Noah was not surprised by this and did not object.

Until he saw the power armor that Vivian prepared for him - a set of gleaming holy hammer-shaped power armor.

Just like the Ignatus-pattern power armor, this is also a power armor exclusive to the Inquisition, and it is exclusive to the Order of the Hammer!

As long as you put on this set of armor, wherever you go, others will think you are an inquisitor of the Holy Hammer Order and be afraid of you. Although the Ignatus Power Armor has a similar effect, it is definitely not as good as the Holy Hammer Power Armor.

The former is to stop the crying of children, while the latter is to kill them all!

What's more, in Vivian's eyes, it was because she didn't come before that Noah was forced to act in the name of other judges.

But now that she was here, how could she allow Noah to act in the name of someone else?

She should use her rights when she has them, and she should also take the blame when there is a problem!

In a word, no matter what happens, she will take responsibility for Noah!

Ever since.

When the naval officer who was waiting for Noah on the bridge with an extremely arrogant look and was obviously a little impatient was about to give him a warning, he looked at Noah wearing a golden holy hammer-type power armor, his legs went weak and he almost knelt down to Noah.

He swallowed his saliva and spoke tremblingly:

"Lord von…Lord von Valancius?"

Isn't it agreed that the Rogue Trader can wear the clothes of the Order of the Holy Hammer?

"it's me."

"grown ups……"

He lowered his head in fear, his breathing a little disordered, "Hermann is picking you up... No, no, Admiral Hermann is waiting for you in the conference room. He asked me to pick you up."

"Lead the way."

Although his arrogant and humble appearance was somewhat laughable, Noah did not make things difficult for him. He couldn't kill his entire family over such a small matter, right?

The group soon arrived at the conference room under the leadership of the military officer in a special transport vehicle for the star port.

When I opened the door, I saw the conference room was full of people.

The moment Noah walked into the conference room, the room, which was originally filled with whispers and discussions, immediately fell silent.

Everyone looked at him with fear, including Admiral Hermann who was explaining the situation in the war zone on the stage.

Noah looked at the old man on the stage, smiled and gestured:

"Admiral Hermann, please continue."

He found a seat in the conference room with Nono and the others. Admiral Herman stared at him for a long time before speaking slowly:

“In short, the situation in the Skarrus sector cannot be delayed.

"The Helican sub-sector has completely fallen, and all seventeen planets have declared independence from the Empire's rule. The Scalus Battlefleet is suppressing the rebellion here. In addition, one-third of the planets in the Ophidia sub-sector have also rebelled, and the Agrippina Sector Fleet is mainly responsible for this.

"Our main mission is to recapture the 12 rebellious worlds in the Krak sub-sector. The most important of these worlds is—"

Marshal Hermann pointed at the holographic projection and said in a deep voice:

"Frax!"

"There is evidence that at least three Chaos fleets are active near Vraks. They have been frequently attacking many Imperial worlds on Skarrus. If we cannot retake Vraks, more and more Chaos fleets will pour into the Skarrus sector, and the situation of the Empire on Skarrus will further deteriorate!"

The conference room then fell silent, because everyone understood what kind of world Vraks was and how difficult it was to retake it.

An officer asked hesitantly:

"Can we issue an extermination order against Vraks?"

"no!"

The Minister of Military Affairs rebuked him harshly and warned in a deep voice, "Frax is related to the supply of defense of several surrounding star regions. It must not fall, and the extermination order must not be used against it. We must take it back at all costs!"

The Astra Militarum Marshal said in a deep voice:

"Even if we spare no effort, it will be difficult for us to recapture Flax in such a short time!"

"Then ask for Brother Astartes!"

"Frax is a fortress world. If we can't destroy it, then we can only keep sending people there to fight a war of attrition, trench warfare, and street fighting! In this kind of war, even if the Astartes come, the role they can play will be very limited!"

"Is there no other way?"

"What else can we do? Vraks has a large amount of military supplies stored in it, and the local rebels have a steady supply of logistical supplies without doing anything! We can't win the war until all the rebels are killed! If the fortress world is so easy to conquer, how can Cadia stand firm against the Chaos enemy for thousands of years?"

The Marshal of the Astra Militarum felt that the Minister of Military Affairs was always thinking about unrealistic things. He only knew how to open his mouth and shout loudly about liberating the imperial world, but he did not understand the cruelty of war at all.

As a Marshal of the Astra Militarum, he had experienced countless wars in his life. Whether a world could be attacked, how to attack, how many people to send, and how long to fight were all things that had to be considered. He could make a rough judgement just by looking at the report.

Although Vraks was far inferior to Cadia, it was also a solid fortress world. Even if one really invested a large number of Astra Militarum troops at all costs, the only way to conquer Vraks was to build a stronghold and fight a stupid battle.

Only by relying on the empire's huge and endless military force and logistical supplies, and by gradually consuming the rebels' manpower in a long tug-of-war, until the last bit of the enemy's manpower is exhausted, will they have a chance of winning!

Since we have to take back Flax at all costs, let’s not talk about the high cost for now, but how long will it take?

"What's the point of yelling at me? I didn't give this order. It's a direct order from the High Lord!"

The Marshal of the Star Army almost roared and denounced the Minister of Military Affairs for his inhumanity, and the Minister of Military Affairs also stiffened his neck and fought back.

If they didn't care about their reputation, these two old men who are over one or two hundred years old would probably start cursing in public.

Noah suddenly knocked on the table, and the noisy conference room instantly quieted down.

The top brass of the empire, who had been arguing as fiercely as the aunties at the vegetable market, now forced themselves to swallow their anger.

Noah asked:

"How did Vraks fall?"

Seeing that everyone else was silent, Marshal Hermann had to come forward to explain himself:

"Five years ago, Cardinal Polya of the Skarrus Sector passed away, and his disciple Savan inherited the position of the Sector Sector Bishop. After becoming the Bishop, Savan began a pilgrimage to various worlds in Skarrus, and during this period he secretly organized a large army of crusaders in the name of holy war.

"A year ago, the pilgrims of Savan arrived in Vraks, and a few months ago they suddenly launched a rebellion and seized control of Vraks. Although it was later proved that there were a large number of cultists hidden in the pilgrims of Savan, and this was a conspiracy planned by Chaos, it is now too late to help."

"Frax..."

Noah tapped the table and thought for a moment.

In the original timeline, the Siege of Vraks would still have taken place, but in 812.M41.

It is only the year 755.M41, nearly sixty years ahead of the original timeline.

Cardinal Polya of the Skarrus sector is nearly a thousand years old. In fact, he should have died four hundred years ago, but with the help of the Mechanicus, his body has survived until now.

Theoretically, it wouldn't be strange if he died at any time, but dying five years ago was too coincidental - because five years ago was exactly the time when Noah came to the Skarrus star region!

He destroyed the conspiracy of the Demon Prince of Tzeentch against the Soul Drinkers, and the Forge World of Corden Tertius was forced to collapse prematurely.

Noah would never believe that these two things are completely unrelated.

Obviously, the butterfly effect has occurred.

Noah couldn't tell whether this was an act of revenge against him or another conspiracy of Tzeentch.

But Noah's experience on Devon told him that if this was a conspiracy of the Four Gods, he would not be able to escape it anyway.

Various coincidences will eventually bring him back to the 'right track'.

Furthermore.

Even if it is really a conspiracy of the Four Gods, at least the old emperor is protecting him!

But even so, Noah once again witnessed the efficiency of the empire's administration.

The rebellion happened several months ago, but they are only discussing it now. It is really sad.

Noah looked up at Marshal Hermann:

"Frax is in my hands, but I need support from all sides."

Seeing someone take the initiative to take over this mess, the empire's high-ranking officials were immediately excited and took the initiative to offer their courtesy:

"No problem! We will definitely support you!"

"Whatever you need, sir, just tell me! The Military Affairs Department will do it!"

"The same goes for the Astra Militarum! I'll transfer any unit you need to you!"

Marshal Hermann said in a deep voice:

"The navy really can't spare any extra troops. The most I can give you is a cruiser squadron."

"enough."

Noah looked at the Astra Militarum Marshal, "Give me twelve million Kriegs and a few Ogryn troops."

"Okay." The Astra Militarum Marshal readily agreed.