Chapter 263: Loyal Horus

Baal, located in the central part of the Ultramarine, can be said to be a strategic location of the empire.

As the home planet of the Blood Angels, it is connected to the Nebulous Star Region above, the Ghoul Star Region to the west, and the Great Rift below, just stuck at the junction of the Empire's territory.

Although it is not a gateway to the rear area like Alicia and Fenris, Baal is like Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period. If you want to enter the empire from the outside, you must pass through this strategic location.

Therefore, even though Horus was constantly disturbed by the whispers, his tactical qualities still made Horus choose to attack Baal first.

Moreover, for Horus, his brother Sanguinius was not like those traitors who established some empire. Instead, he stayed in Baal honestly.

Horus felt inexplicably excited at the thought that he would be reunited with his brother soon. He urgently needed a strong brother to support him.

Besides, compared to Zhuang Sen, Archangel Sanguinius is the golden sign among their brothers. After all, who doesn’t like archangels?

Looking at the coordinates of the planet detected by the auspicious instrument in front of him, Horus, who was sitting on the throne, felt refreshed and murmured:
"It's Sanguinius who is not like those useless brothers who dared to rebel against the Empire. As long as we get the support of the Archangels, I'm sure the other legions will come and join us.

By that time, even if my ignorant brothers made mistakes, as long as I pleaded with my father, I could definitely save their lives.

Isn't that right, Cyganus?"

However, Horus's question received no response. In this empty bridge, only his voice echoed.

This made the War Marshal feel stunned. Logically, as his personal aides, the members of the Council of Four Kings should always be by his side.

Looking at the empty bridge, the voice that scolded him before appeared in Horus' mind again, as if he wanted to say something to him this time, but was quickly suppressed by the other four voices.

During this trance, Horus suddenly woke up. The originally clean deck in his eyes suddenly became dirty, and the ground was full of corpses, including his own offspring.

This scene made Horus' eyes bulge. He seemed to recall some bad memories. He curled up in the cold throne and shouted with a trembling mouth:

"No, what have I done? Seganus is gone."

"Damn it! You bunch of demons, get out of my mind right now! I, Lupercal, will never allow you to control my body."

Thinking of what he had done, Horus struggled to roll off the throne. Even though his body was out of control, he still tried his best to crawl to the control console of the bridge.

As Horus squirmed on the deck, he overturned corpses painted with different legions' liveries. When he saw a familiar face, Horus felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

At this moment, it seemed as if the entire space was frozen. Horus was the actor performing a drama on the stage, and the ghosts and monsters in the audience were watching this scene crazily.

As he watched himself getting closer and closer to the control console, Horus suddenly felt a surge of hope. He knew that his crime was unforgivable, but the switch to overload the power reactor of the Spirit of Vengeance was on the console.

"As long as I can reach that place, I can put an end to all this."

Thinking that he would be free soon, Horus desperately squeezed the strength of this body and struggled to get up from the ground. But when Horus was ready to end everything, he suddenly found that this damn overload command actually required 114514 codes, even at the fastest speed, it would take nearly 20 minutes to decode.

Unexpectedly, his last hope would be blocked by this damn stinking code. Horus was immediately filled with anger and passed out. Before he fainted, he yelled:
"Abaddon, you son of a bitch! I shouldn't have let you touch the console."

Such an absurd scene naturally made the gods happy. Just like the top brother who saw the female anchor leaking, they all gave large sums of money as rewards.

The unconscious Horus was seen being poured into by four balls of light like a roast goose. His whole body was floating up, and saliva, a symbol of stupidity, flowed from the corners of his mouth.

In a trance, I seemed to still hear Horus's sad cry:
"Ah, ah, ah, it's almost overflowing, don't pour it in anymore! Quack! - Father, save me."

However, just like Bai Ci'nan deep in the cave, Horus could only endure it all silently. He was soon filled with the power of the evil god and turned back into the foolish war commander.

When Horus opened his eyes again, he no longer had any mercy. He felt that he had never felt so good. Feeling the power surging in his body, Horus expanded instantly.

However, when Horus thought he could destroy the entire world on his own, a communication request suddenly came to the Spirit of Vengeance.

After seeing that this was a communication signal from the Word Bearers, Horus did not understand why Lorgar came to find him, so he immediately answered the communication request. Then he saw Lorgar's arrogant face.

"You bastard, I didn't expect you to be so fast. I'm going to Bal soon. You wait there and see if I can beat you to death."

No matter how Horus thought about it, he never expected that Lorgar, who seemed the most cowardly among the brothers, would be so rampant now. But before he could say a few harsh words, the ship's alarm sounded.

Then he heard the captain report:
"Lord Horus, our allies are fighting the Blood Angels, and the surrounding airspace has been surrounded by the Ninth Legion."

Feeling the urgency of the war, Horus no longer paid attention to the foul-mouthed Lorgar and directly ordered the entire fleet to raid. He wanted to capture the traitor Angel himself.

Although the Blood Angels had the upper hand, the number of their fleets was clearly not comparable to that of the Luna Wolves. As the two were in a balance of power, a fierce space positional battle unfolded in the Baal star field.

For a moment, the entire star field was filled with chaotic barrages of bullets. If you were not careful, you would be blown up by the light spears. The number of casualties on both sides increased instantly.

During this period, there were countless small landing craft boarding each other, and the number of people that could reach the opposing ships was very small, and they were directly stuck in a stalemate of long-range bombardment.

For this kind of space warfare, personal power is reduced to the lowest level. Unless a qualitative change can be achieved, the direction of the war can never be determined by one person.

Looking at the tragic battlefield in front of him, Sanguinius, who was in charge of the Red Tear, did not hesitate. Even though he knew that he could not wipe out this group of rebels, as long as he could delay them, Lorgar would be able to arrive on time.

As expected by the angels, when the two sides were shooting at each other, a violent subspace fluctuation suddenly appeared behind the Blood Angels' position, and a lavender portal opened, followed by Lorgar's rampant roar:

"Hey, hey, here I come!"

(End of this chapter)