Chapter 565 Magnus Is Calling

"So, why didn't you drop the bomb into the Emperor's Vision?"

[Because you couldn't catch up. ]

"Can't catch up? Isn't the Heracles Fenr quite fast?"

[But the Emperor's Vision is faster: it even overloaded its own engine. ]

[Not to mention, my dear (emphasis) gene father, in order to prevent me from asking him for an explanation, actually blew a warp storm behind his fleet, covering several star regions: I can't easily blow such a strong storm. ]

"Are you sure this is not a coincidence?"

[Coincidence? ! ]

Morgan laughed directly, and she glanced at her eldest daughter meaningfully.

[Then tell me, my Ania: what kind of coincidental warp storm can be golden! ]

[Still shining there! ]

"..."

Virgo stopped talking.

She turned around, leaving Morgan to vent his anger, and walked to the other side of the room to prepare afternoon tea for today. However, when choosing a drink cup, Virgo held a medium cup and an extra large cup, her eyes kept moving, and she hesitated for a moment.

To be fair, even by the standards of the Primarchs, these two cups were not small. Even if it was a medium cup, as long as it was filled with Morgan's favorite drink, it was almost equivalent to the total amount of calories required by an Astarte warrior after a hundred hours of high-intensity combat: and the volume of the extra large cup was more than three times that of the medium cup, and an Astarte warrior could not finish it even if he emptied his stomach.

If it was before, the extra large cup would be the standard for Morgan's afternoon tea, but about a few months ago, the Spider Queen suddenly adjusted her afternoon tea: not only did she reduce the quota of food and drinks, but she also cancelled the time originally spent on eating and drinking, and changed it to handling official business while using her free time to deal with her afternoon tea.

Virgo was curious about why her mother gave up her biggest hobby so abruptly, and Morgan's response was very short and serious, and was even directly engraved in Virgo's memory array.

Originally on that day, Morgan was just enjoying her afternoon tea as usual, but just when she was fully devoted to the joy and satisfaction brought by [Taotie], an indescribable strange feeling suddenly flashed through her heart, like a silver needle piercing Morgan's wonderful fantasy.

At that moment, the Spider Queen suddenly realized something.

She found that the sights and laughter from the Prince of Pleasure that had been lingering around her and had long been ignored by her became much stronger as she enjoyed her meal wantonly: not only did the sight become more substantial, but the sound became clearer. In the vast ocean, these sights and sounds had a misty outline in the distance, instead of being shapeless as at the beginning.

It was unknown whether the Warp Evil God's means of hiding himself were indeed superb, or whether Morgan had been numbed by the Prince of Pleasure's dog-skin plaster-like gaze for decades: in any case, Morgan had not noticed this problem for a long time before.

But this time, perhaps it was the Prince of Pleasure's own mistake that triggered the remaining vigilance in Morgan's mind, or perhaps it was from other energies in the Warp, those kind or malicious reminders: for example, those faint shrill laughs?

But in any case: when Morgan put down the meal in his hand and turned his head to look at the Prince of Pleasure behind him, even if the youngest Evil God withdrew his gaze in time, the Warp fog that could not be completely dissipated still made the Spider Queen's alarm ring.

At that moment, she briefly recalled the content of her earliest version.

So, the next thing was natural: when the Prince of Pleasure was whispering indignantly and stirring up his energy in the warp to retaliate against the laughing Crystal Labyrinth, the Spider Queen in the real universe had already gritted her teeth and denied her greatest hobby and way of enjoyment without hesitation.

That afternoon tea became Morgan's last serious afternoon tea: although the disappearance of this indulgence did have a great impact on the Primarch, and even the number of migraines increased, Morgan still forced herself to suppress her food hobbies, and even changed the drink from a super large cup to a medium cup.

It's not that she is so strong, but Morgan knows very well that since the Emperor is about to leave the Great Crusade and return to Terra, her greatest reliance in the face of the warp will be weakened a lot: the power of the Chaos God may sweep in at any time, and I am afraid that even a small matter like eating must be taken seriously.

Fear turned into motivation, urging the Spider Queen to make changes.

However, today...

Virgo turned around and looked at her mother's figure surrounded by resentment. She couldn't help but think for a moment, and started a rare ideological struggle in her heart, hesitating about which cup to choose.

This was not a problem: Morgan ordered to change to a medium cup, so she should unconditionally obey any order from her mother, but when she witnessed her mother's loss at this time and needed some comfort, Virgo still quietly had an idea in her mind.

Maybe, she could change today's afternoon tea to an extra large cup?

Just once, just let the mother indulge herself temporarily to adjust her mood: this is also for her good, as long as the mother can get out of the distressed mood, then the difference between the medium cup and the extra large cup is not a problem.

Just once... just once.

Virgo comforted herself in her heart. She did not notice that her mental activities today seemed to be particularly many. There seemed to be a voice in her heart encouraging her behavior: Virgo had never remembered this voice, but it seemed to make sense, and it could also find a completely reasonable solution for Virgo's current indulgence.

It's just an extra large cup, no big deal: if it doesn't work, just cut down the calorie quota of mother's dinner today. This simple calorie calculation is no difficulty for Virgo, a walking humanoid computer, and she has always been fearless in doing these things.

After all, as long as she holds the banner of [for the sake of mother's health], even Rana will stand on her side: although if Morgan is really angry, Rana will abandon her without hesitation.

But it doesn't matter. If the situation is reversed, Virgo will do the same. After two days, they will unite again and worry about other things of the original gene: the friendship between brothers and sisters is like this, fragile and stubborn.

Like a thread that can't be torn apart.

Virgo muttered in his heart, pushing the afternoon tea and the super-large cup filled with drinks in front of Morgan at the same time, while the Spider Queen leaned on the chair. She didn't sit at her desk, but chose a balcony-style table. While admiring the loneliness among the stars, she crossed her legs on the high stool, swaying casually, and boredly checking what happened in these days.

Morgan certainly knew the difference between a medium cup and a super-large cup. She instinctively wanted to scold Virgo, but after seeing the food and drinks delivered, she silently lowered her head and began to focus on her daughter who was cleaning up the garbage around. Staring at the round little head, Morgan finally licked her lips and swallowed the scolding that came to her teeth again.

[Ania.]

"I'm here, mother."

Virgo raised her head.

[While I was helping the Emperor solve the mess in the Perfect City, was there any important news from the Dawnbreakers and the Far Eastern Frontier? I don't need to mention that Conrad had borrowed part of the fleet.]

"No."

Morgan's eldest daughter shook her head.

"However, before leaving, Lord Conrad asked me to tell you that he planned to take Lord Corax to the star system called Fanaritus to carry out an annihilation operation. Therefore, when he stayed in the Far Eastern Frontier, he hoped to requisition local materials and supplies."

[Let him do it himself.]

Morgan waved his hand, not caring about the news at all.

Because of the close brother-sister relationship with the Lord of Avalon, Midnight Haunter had some privileges in the Far Eastern Frontier: he could mobilize a certain amount of resources and even troops, and he only needed to greet Morgan in advance.

Another Primarch with this privilege is Jonson, whose authority is even higher than Conrad's, but Jonson himself has never had the opportunity to use this authority: Luther, who has been recognized by both Jonson and Morgan, has used this authority hundreds of times when he served in the Far Eastern Frontier.

What is even more valuable is that this old knight of Caliban has not given up his power and connections in the Far Eastern Frontier until today, and will use them: this can be seen from what Virgo will report next.

"In addition, there is a very interesting report in the Far Eastern Frontier."

Virgo tapped his earlobe and opened the memory array in his mind.

"This report was relayed by Forge World Reza through the Far East Frontier: about two months ago, they welcomed a trade delegation claiming to be from Caliban. They held the power documents of Lord Luther, and all their documents were examined."

"Because you have ordered that all positions and powers of Lord Luther in the Far East Frontier should be retained, so these Calibans and their preferential prices ordered a large number of semi-military ships from Reza: they also asked Reza to erase the transaction records and not to disclose the existence of these ships to anyone."

"In addition, they also used Forge World Reza as an intermediary to order a large amount of refined gold from Nostramo, and also asked that the transaction records be completely erased: It is said that although these Calibans did not let Reza take advantage of the bulk of the goods, they provided Reza with two STCs that had never been seen before in the name of gifts."

"So in general, the talks between the two sides were very harmonious."

[It really has a double-layer trading model of the First Legion and Luther. 】

Morgan smiled.

She had no doubt that these Caliban envoys were indeed sent by Luther. After all, the [Caliban Alliance] established by this old knight has indeed developed rapidly in recent years, and it is natural that they lack hard currency such as ships.

The reason why he traveled across half the galaxy to find Reza to order is probably because of the subtle relationship between the First Legion and the Mechanicus, which made Luther reluctant to deal with an orthodox sect like Mars, or other things that were not enough to completely convince him. Trading in a trustworthy forging world: On the contrary, Reza had already had a relationship with Luther decades ago because of Morgan.

As for why we need to order a batch of semi-military ships?

Ha, the Dark Angels are like this: the towels they use to bathe are capable of strangling people.

[If you guessed it right, the Far Eastern Frontier will be welcoming a lot of envoys and trade teams from Caliban: Pass on me, Anyia, tell Marshall and the others that they are communicating with the Calibans. In the process, we should treat them as trustworthy partners. It doesn't matter even if we give in a little benefit, and try to meet their requirements as much as possible. 】

[Luthor is a man who knows how to handle things clearly, and he will not push his limits too far. 】

"clear."

【correct. 】

Morgan opened his eyes.

[The Ministry of Internal Affairs, has any information related to Caliban been handed over recently? 】

"Yes, the intelligence from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is always updated in real time."

Virgo rummaged around.

"The General Bureau of Investigation has always maintained a certain amount of manpower in the Caliban Star Territory. The latest regular report was thirteen days ago: According to the information provided by the General Bureau of Investigation, the Caliban Alliance led by Lord Luther now has a total of It has forty core worlds, with hundreds of resource worlds and semi-barbaric worlds radiating from it.”

"And in the same intelligence, it also recorded an act of the Caliban Alliance to expand its own power: Lord Luther personally assigned a colonial team to colonize a wild world next to the Eye of Terror and designated it The fortieth core world of the Alliance."

[...Next to the Eye of Fear? 】

"That's right"

【...What is this world called? 】

"Cardia, mother."

"It's called Cardia."

【Cardia...】

"In fact, this world is very close to the Eye of Terror, and it is not suitable for humans to survive there for a long time, let alone colonization: Lord Luther's behavior has even caused discussion within the Caliban Alliance, but his The attitude is very firm, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs analyzes that he may have received hints from some big figures on Terra.”

【I also want to know. 】

[…Let’s do this, Anya. 】

[Remind me then: When I pass by the Caliban Alliance area in the future, or walk with Mr. Luther again, you must remind me to help him build a batch of equipment and place it specifically on Cadia to help that The world is resistant to the effects of the Warp. 】

[Write down the keywords: Eye of Fear, psionic energy and black stone. 】

"clear."

【So be it……】

Morgan rubbed his temples in distress: the shortened afternoon tea was placed next to him. The Spider Queen did not want to discuss anything related to subspace in a short period of time, and her eldest daughter had already understood this thought.

【Is there anything else? 】

"Your Excellency Marshall sent you a private report, which mentioned the latest round of recruitment activities conducted by the Dawnbreaker Legion in the Far Eastern Frontier: The number of recruits recruited this time was slightly larger than before, and the total strength of the Legion has now reached More than 60,000 people.”

【good. 】

Morgan nodded: This is the greatest good news for her.

"And there is another interesting point: these 60,000 warriors happen to be the recruits brought by Lord Dantioch from the Salamas sector, that is, the latest batch of [Blood Tax], and together with him there are Fifty-seven Salamas recruits have been incorporated into the Dawnbreaker company."

[Blood tax. 】

Morgan whispered the word.

[I have always found this title to be very funny, but it is also very appropriate: since decades ago, I have allowed the Iron Warriors of Dantioch to freely recruit soldiers in Salamas, on the condition that they must regularly turn in what they can recruit. After getting the best recruits, this model has been running steadily until now? 】

"Your Excellency Dantioch has been faithfully fulfilling the agreement with you, mother. According to recent intelligence, the number of recruits provided by the Salamas sector has even shown a stable increasing trend: in the Far East Within the border, there are already mortals who call Lord Dantioch your [Grand Duke of Salamas], and believe that the entire Salamas sector is a private fief that you have entrusted to him."

[I wish I had twenty more archdukes like this. 】

Morgan chuckled.

[But even I know that this is just a wishful thinking: Bring in all the other information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aniya, and check by the way. Since the number of the Dawnbreaker Legion has exceeded 60,000, can it be considered medium? A large-scale legion? 】

"Actually... uh..."

"Mother, your current legion's strength ranks third from the bottom among all the Astartes legions."

【……ha? 】

Morgan was in a daze for a moment.

[Wasn’t it still fifth from the bottom before? 】

"Under the operation of Lord Conrad, the number of the Midnight Lords Legion has increased, and the World Eaters Legion is in the same situation. As for the Death Guard and Salamanders, which were originally small legions, because they know that the Emperor The emperor plans to seal the news of each original body, and is currently expanding its manpower. "

"Now the only ones with fewer numbers than the Dawnbreakers are the 15th and 19th legions, that is, the legions of Lord Magnus and Lord Corax. Among them, the Thousand Sons Legion ranks last in terms of strength."

【Twenty thousand? 】

"Nine thousand."

【Nine thousand? ! 】

"Yes, the Thousand Sons Legion has suffered very serious losses in the two years of fighting against the greenskins. They have sacrificed at least 900 warriors, and one of the societies has been completely wiped out: the Thousand Sons. The legion itself only has ten societies.”

"So, Lord Magnus simply left only nine societies."

[Nine thousand people...nine societies...]

[What an unlucky number...]

[Speaking of which: Where is Magnus now? 】

"Hmm...Agouluxing."

【Agoulu...】

[What is he doing there, fighting? 】

"No, archeology."

【……】

[Did I remember that Leman Russ had already issued a summons to him? 】

"Yes, but Lord Magnus insists that the work at hand is more important."

[What did he find again? 】

"According to the intelligence sent back by the Ministry of Internal Affairs' spies within the Thousand Sons Legion: Magnus announced to his descendants that he had discovered a completely independent entity that exists outside the physical universe and subspace..."

"The third world?"

【……】

"He named it the Webway."

【……ha? ! 】