Chapter 295: Invincible Karga in front of the tomb
In this dark and deep galaxy, only war is eternal.
As the most complete legion in the current Imperium, the Ultramarines did not completely abide by the Codex Astartes written by the Primarch Guilliman. Instead, they circumvented the rules in a pleasing way.
Although the Ultramarines were split into several chapters during the Second Founding, due to the complete breakup between Guilliman and the Council of High Lords, the world of Ultramar 500 directly became a principality, which is a typical example of obeying orders but not declarations.
The Council of High Lords would certainly not agree to the existence of such a country within a country, but the split Ultramarines chapters were all gathered together, making it impossible for the Council to interfere in any aspect.
But with the invasion of the Tyranids, the original peaceful balance was broken. As for these rebels, the High Lords' Council just looked like a spectator watching the show.
Only out of principle did the Inquisition send Inquisitor Sigma and the Blacklight Regiment to provide support.
On the other hand, the Space Marines of other chapters, although Guilliman broke the hearts of the Primarchs during his reign, still sent their own support troops to Macragge for various reasons.
But distant water cannot quench nearby fire. With the wave after wave of attacks from the Tyranids, the Ultramarines' defense line has been shrinking again and again, and now they have retreated to their home planet Macragge.
Although the battlefield had become critical to this point, the Ultramarines still stubbornly launched a ground battle and did not lose hope in the situation, only because their leader was the Ultramarine Comet - Calga with Blue Eyes.
Watching the Tyranids in the sky being shot down by anti-aircraft artillery fire, Calgar, then commander of the Ultramarines, understood that the legion, which had been passed down for nearly ten thousand years, had reached a critical moment of life and death.
Moreover, due to the decapitation attack launched by the Tyranids on him before, although he returned to his post with his strong physique and tenacious will, a feeling of weakness still lingered in Calgar.
After learning the latest battle report, Calga immediately organized the remaining ships and launched a counterattack against the alien ships floating around the planet, in order to provide necessary fire cover for the two polar fortress war zones where the fighting situation was becoming increasingly fierce.
But when the remaining ships provided fire cover, the originally corrupted ground battlefield fell into crisis again. Faced with the endless sea of chitinous insects, without firepower strikes from space orbit, the only way to fill the gap was to use human lives.
Calgar knew that the two polar fortresses must not be lost, as they were the key to holding off the extraterrestrial fleet. As long as the polar fortresses were still there, they would be able to delay time and wait for support from the rest of the troops.
The battlefield in front of them cannot be lost either. They must lead the troops to stop the encirclement of the ground forces and prevent the insect tide from encircling the rest of the war zone.
Thinking of this, Calgar regrouped and led the remaining troops into the battlefield amid the roar of artillery fire:
"For the glory of Macragge! Kill these xenos!"
"For the Glory of Macragge!"
As the war cry resounded through the sky, the ground troops once again erupted with fierce firepower. A small general cannon hit the Titan units of the Zerg nest one after another, greatly alleviating the pressure on the front line.
This new force specifically targets node creatures and decapitates them, relying on their own high mobility to use explosive bombs and thermal melts to disrupt the Zerg's command system.
In the mobile offensive and defensive battles, Calgar showed his talent as a commander. He led a group of old, weak and sick people, constantly used the terrain advantages to deal with the endless sea of insects, and won one local battle after another.
But even if the Ultramarines led by Calgar rushed into the battlefield, the situation on the front line was still difficult. A large number of Astra Militarum troops belonging to Macragge were killed and would be taken away and absorbed by the Tyranids.
After using the full power set to smash the skull of a warrior bug, Calgar's troops had no room to maneuver and had to retreat into an industrial area.
At this time, a Hive Lord took a fancy to Calgar. Looking at the little flesh man wrapped in iron sheet in front of him, the Hive Lord, as a node creature, did not rush forward like other Tyranid creatures, but instead began to test Calgar.
But Calgar, the number one Ultramarines, didn't care about that. Perhaps because he was already crazy with killing, this extreme tough guy was extremely inflated inside, and without waiting for the support of the guards, he attacked with two Ultramar gloves.
The Hive Lord didn't expect the little meat man in front of him to be so brainless. He thought it was a trick, so he blocked the attack with his bone blade and chopped at Calgar's body with his secondary limbs.
"His!"
With a teeth-grinding tearing sound, the arrogant Karga was killed instantly, and his two big thick legs were chopped off at the roots.
Calgar, who lost both his legs, didn't understand why he, who was invincible, couldn't beat a bug. Was Sicarius's boasting about himself a lie? But then, he would face the first ultimate darkness in his life.
After discovering that his opponent was actually a weakling, the Hive Lord became even more unscrupulous. He chopped off Calgar's arms with a swing of his claws, turning him into a real stick boy.
But just when Calgar felt that his life was in danger, a blue psychic javelin suddenly attacked and pierced through the head of the Hive Lord who was so arrogant just now.
Moreover, the remaining force of the javelin was still there. After piercing through the lord, it flew directly into the vast sea of insects behind it. Accompanied by a shocking explosion, the 16-kilometer-long sea of insects instantly turned into ashes.
Unexpectedly, there is actually a master. Karga, who fell to the ground, twisted his waist and hips, turned over on the ground like a maggot, and finally saw this strong man.
But when he saw the appearance of the person who came, Karga was stunned for a moment, and shouted with trembling mouth:
“Daddy!!!”
This reinforcement was none other than the long-lost Primarch Robert Kiloman.
Looking at his offspring who had grown into strong boys, Guilliman simply waved his hand and used his psychic power to pull all the Calgar to his side. Then, 20 psychic energies were mobilized and he performed a molecular reconstruction technique.
Along with the azure psychic light, Calgar, who had lost his wife and brother, instantly recovered as before. The good boy once again turned into the invincible blue-eyed Calgar.
But even the physical recovery was not as great as the joy of seeing his father. Seeing that his guards had not arrived yet, Calgar threw himself into Guilliman's arms and cried like a 1,400-pound child:
"Woo, woo, woo! Is that you, father? I knew you weren't dead."
Looking at this offspring who had been carrying a heavy burden for hundreds of years, Guilliman first comforted him, then pointed to the sky in the distance and said:
"Listen, my brothers are back!"
Calgar, who was confused, looked into the distance following Guilliman's finger, and then saw a ferocious beast a hundred meters tall falling from the sky, and heard the arrogant roar of this four-handed Titan:
"Hey, hey, hey! Guilliman the idiot, here I come!"
With his brain overloaded, Karga turned his head to look at his father who was smiling. After making sure that what he saw was not an illusion, he asked seriously:
"Father, please tell me, how many hands does the Emperor have?"
(End of this chapter)