Chapter 541 For the emperor
As the place where Hogg landed after coming to this world, Alicia's strategic location is extremely important. It can be called a real battleground, or a real chaotic place.
The intersection of the three major regions of the Hazy Star Field, the Extreme Star Field, and even the Solar Star Field which is the center of mankind is where Alicia is.
If one wants to break into Holy Terra, then Alicia, as the central barrier of humanity, will definitely be an insurmountable hurdle. It can even unite with Fenris, which is not far away, to become a real bridgehead.
What's even more fucked up is that this place, Alicia, seems to be cursed. Whenever the human empire launches a large-scale military operation, this unfortunate location will always be visited again and again by various rebels, aliens, and even demons.
And next to it are all famous living worlds. Catachan is not to be mentioned. This damn place is extremely close to Alicia. There is Fenris above it, Armageddon on the right, and half of the galaxy is still in the Great Rift.
During the Great Crusade, even if Hogg was slacking off, the Emperor never asked any questions. As long as he did his job as transport captain and protected Alicia, he could do whatever he wanted. If he could find a few of his silly sons, it would be even better.
This is also the reason why during the Heresy, Horus, who was filled with puffs, finally had a decisive battle with Hogg on Catachan. Just because he occupied Alicia, he could drive a nail into the heart of humanity and point his sword at Holy Terra.
Looking at the emerald green planet infected by artillery fire below the orbit, Hogg, who had just arrived here, was hesitating whether to use the extermination order to carry out a comprehensive elimination, especially when the group of Alicia paratroopers were resisting stubbornly.
But this idea was quickly dispelled, because the space navy in the void had already rushed towards them, dragging the Second Empire's Third Legion in place.
Even though they are in two different worlds, the name of the Alicia Airborne Troops is still loud, and alongside it is their powerful internal air fighter group.
In the initial battle, Hogg did not take Alicia seriously and only sent two Astra Militarum legions, but as the Second Empire charged all the way, the group of high lords were really scared, especially after the Second Empire strangled all the corrupt officials and reached its peak after the live broadcast on Kara Network.
The Council of High Lords does not care who the Primarch above them is. They are all the Emperor's descendants after all. As long as it does not affect their acquisition of power, anything is fine. Even rebels can be promoted as loyal people. But these people from the Second Empire are different. They really want to kill!
Angron, Mortarion and their ilk were only fighting against them politically, under rules that were recognized by everyone. Even if they failed, their basic foundation would not collapse, and the power of the Parliament had never changed.
However, the Second Empire led by Guilliman was different. Whenever they captured a planet, the first person they checked was the planetary governor. If there was any violation of the law or discipline, they would execute him on the spot.
God damn, he was shot on the spot. No one who could become a planetary governor was clean. In other words, as long as the planet was conquered by the Second Empire, the only outcome would be death.
In order to prevent themselves from reporting to the Emperor, the High Lords Council mobilized all the forces they could command and sent them all to the Solar Segmental Defense Line to resist this group of real rebels.
However, when the parliament truly realized the seriousness of the situation, they discovered that the Solar Segmentum was poorly defended. The Primarch who had left earlier had already withdrawn all the legions. Even Perturabo, the heroic spirit who was regarded as the high wall of the Empire, had disappeared without a trace.
And the scariest thing is, there is no way to get in touch with them at all.
In order to save his life, the Martian Casting General, who held a seat, took out his family fortune for the first time and sent the Crusaders to Alicia to hold the line and support the Alicia people who had been forgotten by them.
As the two sides fought, the intensity of Alicia's war intensified, from ordinary mortal soldiers bombarding each other to Astartes squad raids, and finally after half a month of fighting, it had become an apocalyptic-level war.
The Second Empire sent out the Legion of the Angels of Bliss and an endless sea of black light insects, but they would then be destroyed in large numbers by the Mechanicus's dusty Titan Legion.
In Alicia today, the once lush forests have completely disappeared, the terrain has been completely changed, and frontline soldiers cannot even finish a standard 30-round laser magazine before becoming a cold death number. As long as you can survive for five minutes, you can become a true battlefield veteran.
Orbital bombardment is meaningless at this moment. Compared with the ground battlefield, space naval battles are more brutal. The continuous falling of steel warships from the sky has caused the mass of Alicia's planet to increase rapidly and has caused gravity changes.
Looking at the void shield in front of him that was flashing with orchid waves because of resisting the glowing spear, Hogg knew that he had to take action himself. If he couldn't destroy the anti-aircraft fortress on the ground and those damn Titan clusters, it would be meaningless no matter how many troops he sent.
The Fourth Legion where Blackwatch is located is attacking Nikea, the First Legion with the largest number of troops is attacking Ryza, and the Second Legion has already advanced to the orbit of Fenris. They must capture Alicia as soon as possible, otherwise the Second Legion will be defenseless.
The overall style of the Second Empire was quick attack and quick strike, using blitzkrieg to attack Terra. The Taiping Star Region and the Storm Star Region did not send any troops at all. This was a one-time deal.
Hogg knew very well that his command skills were poor, and the entire battlefield depended entirely on Guilliman's real-time micro-management. Now was the time for him to come out.
"Guilliman, you stay on the Macragge's Glory to command the battle. That ground fortress must be captured. We don't have much time. Remember to provide me with fire cover."
Before Guilliman could react, Hogg teleported without inertia and flew above Alicia's orbit. He then transformed into a hundred-meter-tall giant star beast and fell to the ground.
"What? No, can you wait for me? Go! All fleets recharge and launch everything that can be thrown out."
"Karga, tell the ground troops that the thing that fell from the sky is a friendly force. Don't let them open fire."
The sky above Alicia's orbit was filled with warship wreckage, and this gave Hogg a perfect opportunity to replenish raw materials. He found a huge piece of wreckage and floated over, fixed his body with his claws, and activated his unique power of the Star God.
Under the shining scarlet light, the piece of metal wreckage began to twist and grew a lot of flesh and blood tissue that was fused into the metal, and used this to connect and capture more wreckage and pull it towards Hogg's body.
Each Star God has its own unique power. They are the embodiment of the laws of physics. The Burners have blazing flames that surpass those of stars, the Countless have quantum entities that are integrated into the spiritual will, and the Void Dragons have dimensional lightning that can inspire mechanical souls. Each Star God has their own special skills, and their fighting spirit and endurance are amazing.
Hogg's power is the true godhood that the will of the warp wanted to give him - erosion and distortion. It's just that Hogg was unwilling to change his allegiance and took the seat at the cost of sacrificing the Black Watch. But not becoming a god of the warp doesn't mean Hogg doesn't have this ability. The Star God is no worse than the evil god of the warp. He is still a father in the physical world.
Under continuous traction, half of the wreckage of warships in the starry sky was captured by Hogg and finally merged into one, and the power engines carried by the wreckage were reassembled to become the power device of this new body.
Although Guilliman is a weakling and often impulsive, he is usually very reliable. Seeing that Hogg was preparing for a big move, he immediately ordered the warships to rush over, using his flagship as a barrier to buy time for his good brother.
Exactly 11 minutes and 11 seconds later, a roar that pierced the starry sky sounded in Alicia, heralding the birth of a true monster, and his first target was the mother planet that had raised him.
Waving his iconic four claws, the plasma engine that powers the warship rumbled inside his body. Feeling the surging power, Hogg, who had transformed into an 800-meter fusion beast, felt so powerful for the first time, as if he could tear open the yellow-skinned beast's face with one claw.
However, this was not enough. Hogg decided to go big and shouted to the sky:
"Hurry up and move, you useless bastards. Can't you see I'm going to beat up the yellow-skinned guy? Here's my blessing! Do you still want to play?"
Hearing Hogg calling them, the four vendors who were watching in real time on the side of the curtain cheered and contributed their own efforts. Even the fat Nurgle who had been tricked before threw a shit-green ball of light at Hogg.
No matter what, as long as that witch bacon can be beaten, the loyal four gods of the warp must help.
Four rays of divine light shattered the void and hit Hogg one after another, offering their sincere blessings:
"Come on, Hogg, don't lose face! The world has suffered from witchcraft bacon for a long time, get him."
The appearance of the four gods caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth, which were then seen by the entire battlefield. If all the divine power had not been absorbed by Hogg, any living being that saw this scene would have been contaminated by chaos.
But at this time Hogg no longer cared about so much. He was so high after being filled with the stuff that he looked almost crazy. Ideas popped up in his mind one after another, as if he had eaten poisonous mushrooms.
"Hahaha, with such a powerful force, I am invincible! Unstoppable, irresistible, I am the Great..."
"Stop screaming there, didn't you say you wanted to take back the turret? Hurry up and get down! The void shield can't hold up anymore."
Guilliman's voice brought Hogra back to reality. After being confused for a few seconds, he kicked the Macragge's Glory next to him and rushed downwards with the help of the reverse thrust, which caused Guilliman to curse him.
This time, Hogg no longer needs to spit fire from his indecent butt. The multiple plasma thruster nozzles that grow after the fusion with the battleship allow him to turn flexibly, making him a Warhammer version of the Freedom Gundam.
Looking at the hideous monster sliding down from the sky, an officer of the Second Empire waved his hand to signal his men not to act rashly, and told the soldiers that this monster was their own transport captain.
The soldiers who received the order would naturally not risk this, but the Human Empire Defense Force on the opposite side didn't care about that. They turned their guns and fired fiercely at Hogg, and even two volcanic cannons turned over.
But Hogg was too fast. After free falling from orbit, he was propelled a second time and swayed up and down in a mind-blowing trajectory comparable to Brownian motion, making it impossible for ground troops to lock on and aim at him.
However, when the Astra Militarum changed its strategy and planned to use the Death Strike Missile to shoot down this strange life form, something even more devastating happened. Accompanied by a burst of intense fire, the monster suddenly accelerated and shook off the missile following behind it.
"Caesar, quod genus hoc monstri est?"
A classic Chinese curse came out of his mouth. Karamazov, the battlefield commander, was stunned. In his nearly thousand years of career as an inquisitor, he had never seen such a heretical and weird creature. He immediately shouted:
"Let the Titan cluster attack me. This is no longer just a heresy. We must strike hard!"
Karamazov, sitting in the old man's chair, was furious. Originally, he didn't want to get involved in such nonsense as the Lords' Council. But now, basically all smart people know that this was a setup by several Primarchs, and the goal was to destroy the Lords' Council.
Being sent to the front line was already unpleasant, and whether he could survive on such a battlefield was still a question. However, after seeing this extremely blasphemous and weird monster, Karamazov realized:
“God Emperor, you must want me to get rid of this heretic. I understand everything.
For the Emperor, charge!"
The hot-blooded old man was passionate, but the Martian Titan family who received the order had no words to complain about. Looking at the giant monster that cleared a battlefield with just the impact of landing, compared with the monster that was more than 800 meters tall, their own 80-meter-tall Warrior-class Titan was just like a toy.
But just as the Titan pilot showed an expression of doubt about his life, there was a roar from the sky, and three Alicia fighter planes crossed the battlefield and dropped the brave and fearless Alicia paratroopers towards the giant monster.
"For the emperor!"
Such an act of loyalty inspired the fighting spirit of all the soldiers. They shouted slogans of loyalty to the God-Emperor and launched a desperate charge towards the giant monster in the distance that they could not defeat at all.
But the reality is cruel. No matter what, everything is meaningless in the face of the huge gap in strength. They were not even allowed to fall behind. The plasma cannon muzzle growing from Hogg's body blew these soldiers up in mid-air.
As the scarlet blood rained down from the sky, Hogg let out his first roar:
"You are not my people. Surrender or die. These are your only two choices."
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(End of this chapter)