Nearly a month has passed.

At this time, the Wolf King Leman Russ, known as the Emperor's executioner, and his fleet of the Sixth Legion had arrived at the home planet of the Thousand Sons Legion, which was above the orbit of the planet Prospero.

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What surprised the Sixth Legion's fleet was that, for some unknown reason, the Fifteenth Legion's fleet originally stationed in the orbit of the planet disappeared, so the originally planned space battle did not happen.

Although he didn't know why the fleet disappeared, as soon as he arrived, the Wolf King Leman Russ sent an ultimatum to his brother Magnus on the planet Prospero, asking him to

After disarming, evacuating civilians and unconditionally accepting the custody of the Sixth Legion, Leman Russ could not immediately execute the obliteration order, but instead escort Magnus and his Legion soldiers back to Terra?

Because, as the original body, the Wolf King felt that his brother, Magnus, did not have the will to fight, nor did he flee with the opponent's fleet in fear of crime, but stayed on the planet waiting for him, so,

Feeling that there might be some hidden secret, he decided to catch the person first and ask questions before talking about it.

Furthermore, he really didn't want to do that kind of fratricidal thing. If the Emperor was really determined to execute Magnus, then he could capture him first, and then kill him on Terra.

Execution is also possible.

But unfortunately, and I don’t know why, Wolf King Leman Russ never received any response from his brother.

Yes, not only did Magnus not respond to him, but even the planet Prospero did not give him any response!

After waiting for a few days, seeing Lord Prospero refusing to cooperate and seeing the entire planet in an uncooperative state, Wolf King Leman Russ, who had exhausted his last bit of patience, had to grit his teeth.

Made up my mind.

then!

Wolf King Leman Russ quickly ordered the fleet to launch a saturation bombing in low-Earth orbit on the surface of Prospero, which had lost the protection of the fleet and refused to respond to his request to surrender.

In an instant!

As the order was issued, the fleet that had been silent for several days in the silent space seemed to be instantly awakened by an invisible force. Then thousands of guns fired, and thousands of battleships, from cruisers to the huge glory

Queen-class battleships, the weapon systems they carried and had been prepared for a long time were instantly activated and began to release the kind of terrifying power that could almost tear the starry sky apart.

First, there are the heavy rail guns and macro cannons. After the shells they fire enter the atmosphere, each one is as bright and dazzling as a small star. Finally, it drags a long and terrifying tail flame across the sky, heading straight for Prospero.

And go.

Soon, each of those artillery shells with the power of tactical or even strategic nuclear bombs hit the target in the planet's atmosphere and exploded. The shock waves caused by one after another instantly caused countless mountains to collapse at the same time, and the fire of the explosion almost dyed the sky.

Orange-red, like a large blazing sunset.

However, it is completely incomparable with the beautiful sunset, it is a piece of deadly flames and shock waves!

The mountain ranges, the natural backbones that had witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations, seemed so fragile in front of that force at this moment. They were instantly flattened and turned into billowing smoke, directly covering the entire sky.

Along with the large and small macro cannons, there are also the fleet's plasma laser arrays, which almost simultaneously lock onto key areas on the planet's surface, such as cities, military bases, energy centers, etc.

Then, the terrifying plasma beams of various colors that were as terrifying as the death scythe continued to bombard, and the silent but extremely deadly energy began to cut and burn everything, easily melting steel and concrete buildings and even evaporating them into steam, just one by one.

The bombardment left behind scorched marks and twisted metal frames.

Not long after, the lights that marked the once glorious and civilized city were extinguished one by one, replaced by blazing flames and a glass-like surface, as well as the flames that covered the sky and almost made the night sky look like daylight!

And the most terrifying thing is those Queen of Glory flagships equipped with ‘heavy macro artillery’ weapons!

As they slowly adjusted their posture on the track, as the energy core of the huge gun group began to fluctuate violently, and as the deafening roar that everyone in the battleship could hear sounded, those weapons seemed to be able to tear apart.

The space structure caused a local gravitational collapse, and the terrifying cannonball flew out.

And when they touched the ground in Prospero, the entire planet seemed to be trembling, and huge energy vortices appeared on the surface and quickly swallowed up everything around it.

The ocean evaporated almost instantly, forming a huge steam cloud, which was then pulled by the ruthless gravity and severe cold at high altitudes, turning into an apocalyptic rainstorm.

But the fleet's bombing continued, and the heavy rain that was like the birth of a planet in the early stages of its life could not extinguish those terrible bombing flames. On the contrary, it continued to intensify under the continuous and continuous bombing.

At the same time, if anyone is on the planet, it will not be difficult to find that the air of the planet is beginning to be filled with the pungent smell of burning and the stench of radiation!

During the heat wave, all the breath of life was ruthlessly deprived...

Dust and debris obscured the sky, and even the light of stars could no longer penetrate the increasingly thick barrier. At this moment, Prospero fell into almost eternal darkness and silence.

The once prosperous cities, peaceful villages, and dense forests have all turned into dust that only exists in history at this moment!

Countless lives, whether human or otherwise, have come to an abrupt end in gunfire...

The originally beautiful, rich and prosperous planet was instantly turned into a scorched earth under the ruthless orbital bombardment, and countless cities and billions of civilians were instantly reduced to ashes.

However, even then, there was still one city that survived by chance, and that was Prospero's capital, Tizca, the City of Light!

It turns out that this is because most of the 'Thousand Sons' troops of the Fifteenth Legion on the planet Prospero are stationed there, and then the Falcon School psykers gathered all their strength to rise there.

The psychic shield enveloped the entire city, allowing Tizca, the City of Light, to barely survive the orbital bombardment of the 'Space Wolves'.

After the orbital saturation bombing finally ended, when the ships in the fleet stopped firing and began to overhaul the bombardment deck and maintain the macro guns, seeing the current situation of Tizca, the City of Light, Wolf knew that continuing the bombing might not make much sense.

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He landed on the ground with his landing force, that is, a powerful force composed of Astartes Space Marines, Mortal Auxiliary Army, Custodes and Sisters of Silence, and immediately planned to hide in the city.

The stubbornly resisting "Thousand Sons" launched the final general attack.

As the battle began, the two sides soon started fighting in the city.

In a few days and nights, missiles, lasers, melt weapons, plasma weapons, etc. almost turned the originally magnificent city of light, Tizka, into a sea of ​​fire and ruins, with countless troops from both sides and civilians

Lost their lives in the flames of war, and the streets were filled with the roars of wild wolves and the cries of defenders and innocents.

But even after fighting for days and nights, the fighting still continued...

Although we are outnumbered, in street battles, the Thousand Sons' powerful psychic power often allows them to easily defeat the Space Wolves' Astartes Space Marines with one against a hundred, and even easily defeat a single enemy.

A powerful Space Wolf warrior was thrown into the air and torn into pieces with psychic powers, or burned into ashes with lightning and fire, turning every street and square in the city into a purgatory for the attackers.

and flesh and blood Shura field.

However, that is of no use!

When the Emperor's Custodians and anti-psionic forces like the Sisters of Silence, which specialize in restraining psykers, entered the battlefield, the advantage of the Thousand Sons was completely lost. Then, coupled with the powerful Custodes, under a double blow,

The front they could still maintain soon began to collapse on a large scale.

At this time, Magnus, the original body of the Fifteenth Legion's Thousand Sons, still did not show up. He was still hiding in the library, hiding in the great library of the Pyramid of Fetep, no matter how hard his descendants were.

He begged, but it was as if he didn't see the tragedy in the city and didn't hear the voices of his heirs.

The reason why Magnus was indifferent to the attack of Wolf King Leman Russ and the pleading of his descendants was naturally because he knew:

Not only did he violate the psionic ban imposed by the Council of Nikaea on the Astartes warriors never to use psychic powers again, but he also accidentally sabotaged an important plan of the Emperor on Terra. Therefore, he knew that he was guilty.

Unforgivable, he just wanted to wait silently on Prospero for the arrival of the Wolf King.

He even ordered in advance to divide the legion's fleet originally stationed over the planet Prospero into four battle groups and send them to different directions in the galaxy, in order to avoid them from engaging in firefights with the incoming imperial fleet, and at the same time, he also hoped that

Your descendants should not make any resistance to the Emperor's order that the Space Wolves Legion will carry out next, and accept any punishment that the Emperor sends down calmly?

Then, he himself hid in the large library of the capital, while searching for relevant measures that might remedy the evil deeds he had committed, while at the same time carefully teaching the person he unexpectedly found with extraordinary psychic talent.

students.

Just like now, even if the people of Wolf King Leman Russ have attacked his city, even if his descendants who don't want to sit still and die are eliminated in the chief wizard and commander of the first company, that is, the Thousand Sons Legion.

Under the leadership of Azek Ahriman, the most powerful wizard besides Magnus, they were resisting bravely, and when their number might only be a little over a thousand, he was still fighting against those who were resisting and begging him.

The heirs ignored him and just hid in the big library, even pretending as if nothing had happened and continued to connect to Ali who didn't know how many light years away through subspace spells and taught seriously.

"Ally..."

"Today, I will tell you about the differences in the application of psionic energy between different psionic schools. Since the content is too complicated, I will not go into details. You only need to know a general idea."

"To be specific, you can come to Prospero's library in the future, if you have another chance..."

Having said this, Magnus sighed, and then he didn't know what he was thinking of, and he was silent for a long time.

"..."

And Ali didn't think much about it, she just waited patiently.

She knew each other's situation and situation, and thought that the other party was worried about the other's own fate and the fate of her Ally, so she had that reaction. She did not think about the fact that Prospero's heart was said to be surrounded by a large group of people.

Psykers and scholars who are ostracized from the human world and focus on studying the warp and what is happening to places with psionics.

She had only heard Magnus say that it was a wild place far away from Terra with a long journey, and the distance was far enough to cut off the connection with the human world.

However, there is a place called the "City of Light", which is beyond words, and is filled with dazzling silver towers, towering obelisks, and solemn pyramids. Then the group of exiled human souls

Psionics devote themselves wholeheartedly to the pursuit of knowledge and the control of psychic powers. Is it a paradise for psychics?

Anyway, if there is a chance in the future, Ali will definitely go there and have a good look.

"Let's continue the topic just now..."

Magnus did not continue to remain silent, but sighed sadly again and continued to slowly explain to Ali:

"The Tianxiao school specializes in mind reading and telepathy."

"I have taught you the technique before. As the name suggests, after practicing, you can directly learn and even read other people's true inner thoughts through spiritual energy without relying on language. That is mind reading!"

"For example, our conversations here in subspace actually have some applications of mind reading and telepathy. Otherwise, normal communication would not be possible in this subspace without any physical rules."

"And this is the reason why some powerful subspace demons and evil gods are the most terrifying and difficult to guard against. Their whispers are pervasive, and the same is true for me. They have never stopped tempting me for a moment. If you hadn't If you have a strong enough spirit and will, once you are targeted, you will become their puppet sooner or later!"
To be continued...