Because at the same time, it was not one Titan, nor three or four, but 32 Titans that opened up plasma destroyers against the armored squad that rushed out of the city. If it weren’t for the formation that prevented the back row from firing, there would be even more.

The giant mechanical army that was tearing through the city at this time was composed of 256 Cyberlux battle bodies. Any soldier with the most basic military knowledge would identify it as the main force of the enemy without hesitation. However, this was only the first batch of landing troops deployed by the 6th Expeditionary Fleet.

To be precise, the 256 Cyberlux warships in the city were actually deployed by just one battleship, the Flame of Repentance. There were five such battleships in the 6th Expeditionary Fleet – including the Valkyrie, the Malice, which carried 5 Titan units, and a large number of small warships equipped with only single-digit warships.

The 6th Expeditionary Fleet can use Titans as Astartes, which is not just a simple joke. The number of Titans they have is indeed more than that of a standard Codex Chapter.

When the Word Bearers’ armored squad rushed out of the Maykr’s Heart, outside the city, the lake that used to be filled with bloody sewage had long been evaporated. Hundreds of humanoid giant machines stood on the cracked lake bottom filled with toxic waste. They had been waiting for a long time and silently launched the plasma destroyers installed in their left hands, and then:

——The blazing light drowned everything.

This scene not only confused Kor Phaeron and the Word Bearers, but also the mortal pilots who were driving the giant war bodies.

In the past, Titan pilots in the Human Empire have always been the most powerful soldiers, and they have received the best treatment imaginable. The Titan Order has even developed into a relatively independent organization.

Because driving a Titan often requires hundreds of people to coordinate operations and an experienced captain to coordinate, these pilots are often from the same family and are connected by blood. Each Titan Corps is often controlled by a large family, and ordinary people from humble backgrounds are not even qualified to oil the lowest-level Warhound Titan.

So when these talented civilians were selected by the Order of Truth to receive training in driving giant war machines, they were extremely excited and proud. Every young pilot fantasized about being able to drive a Titan machine one day, charging into battle on the most dangerous battlefields, turning the tide, making achievements in glorious wars, and leaving an immortal poem in human history…

However, when they actually entered the cockpit and looked around at the battlefield, the young pilots fell into deep thought at the giant mechanical army that looked like a steel forest.

This is not the heroic epic they fantasized about in their youth, or rather, there are too many heroes.

All in all, the occupation of the Maykr Heart ended without any suspense.

The 256 Titans previously observed by Kor Phaeron were actually only the first part of the landing force. The other giant mechanical legions had already been deployed in various directions, completely surrounding the central city of the Maykr Heart.

Demon spires collapsed behind them, and the two Word Bearers that tried to break out from two directions ran right into the arms of the legions from the other directions, each of them receiving a round of seamless mowing from the Plasma Destroyers.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the order the pilots received from the fleet commander was not to annihilate but to capture alive. They deliberately lowered the power of their weapons before firing. Although the power was fierce, the goal was only to paralyze the Word Bearers’ vehicles.

“Damn it…” When Cole Phaeron woke up from his coma, his body was completely stuck in the twisted and deformed wreckage of the vehicle and he could not move.

Even at minimum power, the Plasma Destroyer is still the main gun of the Titan unit. If it is hit head-on, only hardened veterans wearing Terminator armor can barely survive.

Unfortunately, the elite “Anointed” troops, all wearing Terminators, were led by another Chaos Champion, Badar, and almost all of Kor Phaeron’s light armor reconnaissance team were killed.

He tried to restart the life signal detector built into the Terminator armor. Suddenly, an inexplicable chill rose from the depths of Kor Phaeron’s heart, making him almost crazy with disgust and hatred.

At this time, the life signals detected by the detector appeared before our eyes, and there were unexpectedly many of them.

From beyond the darkness came the sound of metal and stone rustling and vibrating. It was the Knights of the Night who had rushed to the scene after receiving the news. With the help of the mortal auxiliary forces, they were digging out the surviving Word Bearers from the wreckage.

“It seems that they are indeed trying to collect information about the ‘Encyclopedia’.” Cole Fallon’s face became more and more gloomy, but no one could see it in the darkness.

It has to be said that Kor Phaeron is an extremely outstanding warrior. Putting aside his character, even in such a desperate situation, his will is still not shaken by despair at all. This is really an incredible thing.

Kor Phaeron’s faith in the God of Chaos remained firm, but in the darkness he felt extremely confused: “Logically speaking, the Human Empire should not have any channel to know the existence of the ‘Complete Code’.”

“Who on earth was it? The news leaked…”

He didn’t have much time to think. As the vibration of the excavation outside the vehicle got closer and stronger, Cole Phaeron silently activated the lightning claw on his left arm.

When the first beam of light shone into the car and dispelled the darkness, Kor Phaeron’s left arm suddenly shot up, and he stabbed the fully charged deadly lightning claw at the mechanical angel above who was holding the platinum giant sword in both hands and had just pried open the last layer of armor on the side of the car.

“Go to hell! Heretic!”

The claws flashing with electricity pierced the most vulnerable waist center in the lower abdomen of the mobile armor with the force of thunder. That was the place where the armor of the upper and lower limbs were connected. Relying on the intuition of a warrior, Cole Fallon concluded that it was the weakest point of the entire mecha’s defense.

His judgment was undoubtedly correct. Even if Anti-Entropy, the designer of the mobile armor, was here, he would not be able to help but sincerely admire the sharp judgment of this Astartes veteran.

The Night Knight who was digging did not maintain the fighting posture of holding the shield with one hand. Kor Phaeron’s full-strength attack directly pierced the fatal weakness of the mobile armor. The terrifying lightning claws that could easily tear apart the armored space marines confronted the zero armor head-on and collided violently. The force was so great that even through the thick Terminator armor, Kor Phaeron felt a sharp pain and numbness in his entire left arm.

Then, the blade of the Lightning Claw broke.

The shattered fragments and the angry gaze of the Night Knight fell on Kor Phaeron’s face. Time seemed to slow down at this moment, flashing a hazy light.

At this moment, Cole Phaeron had only one thought in his mind:

“Why do you need a shield when you are wearing this kind of armor…”

Chapter 191 Skull Offering Gold Seat

After destroying several heavy shield machines in the core area of ​​the central city, the ground forces finally drilled through the twisted strata under the Heart of the Maykr where hot brass flowed.

The Cyberlux War Machine Corps on the side not only did not use their destructive heavy firepower to assist the shield machine in digging holes, but instead they were evacuating via beacon transmission.

“There is a highly mutated hollow dome structure under the Heart of the Maykr. The largest demon furnace on the planet Gormek is located inside it. It is a chaos arsenal blessed by the power of the evil god.”

Plumeria and the Forging Sage Macbeth each boarded a carrier-based interceptor and arrived at the city center of the Heart of the Maykr. Below the city, several giant war machines that had not yet evacuated were bending down in the ruins, dragging the paralyzed shield machine out of the gradually cooling sea of ​​brass.

“Gormek has now been completely occupied by us. The planet has lost the symbolic subspace blessing of ‘Chaos’s War Factory’. The hollowed-out strata beneath the hive have become extremely fragile and must be excavated with caution.”

Plumeria instructed the ground troops: “It is very strange that the Word Bearers voluntarily exposed themselves to evacuation. There may be some secrets hidden under the city. Please be careful when constructing and try not to cause geological collapse.”

If that happens, the secret of the Maykr’s Heart may be forever buried in brass.

——That is not ordinary brass metal, but the symbol of power of the master of the brass throne, the Lord of the Skull. God knows what impact this thing will cause if it gets out of control.

After once again stressing the importance of safe operation to the construction team, Plumeria and Macbeth landed on the ground in interceptors. Macbeth went to Chaos Champion Badar, while Dark Bishop Cole Phaeron needed Plumeria to personally review the work.

When she arrived at the dried-up lake outside the city, the psychics of the 6th Expeditionary Fleet were already conducting the first round of interrogations on Kor Phaeron.

But the progress was not very ideal, because there was no progress at all.

“Kor Phaeron’s body is extremely old, and he is relying entirely on the life support system in his Terminator armor and the evil magic of the Warp to maintain his vital signs.” Seeing Plumeria coming, a psychic in a gray robe bowed his head and reported: “His body is too weak, and his soul is also parasitized by a strange chaotic force. If we forcibly use a sacred ritual to remove it, Kor Phaeron will most likely die on the spot.”

But without removing the pollution of Chaos, they would not be able to learn the important memories hidden in Kor Phaeron’s soul.

“It’s indeed a bit tricky.” Plumeria said. This was largely the reason why the Human Empire had found it difficult to obtain intelligence from the minds of Chaos believers who had fallen too deeply.

Because the sacred rituals of the state religion sound like they are guiding the Emperor’s holy light to cleanse the tainted souls contaminated by Chaos, but in essence, they are actually guiding the power of the evil god named the Emperor to secondary pollute souls that have already been polluted by another Chaos evil god.

It’s like using black ink to dye blue ink.

This was the view within the Order of Truth, and Plumeria certainly couldn’t be so unemotional as to say such things in front of the Emperor’s followers. She sighed and looked at Kor Phaeron, who was not far away.

Cole Phaeron was still wearing a full set of Terminator armor. Due to special circumstances, the interrogators did not remove his armor. They only removed all the weapons installed on the Terminator, paralyzed the armor’s energy system, and only maintained the energy supply of the life support system.

There was a bleeding wound on the Dark Bishop’s forehead, which looked like it was not caused by a sharp weapon, but by a blunt weapon. To be more precise, it was a blow. The Night Knight who was ambushed was so angry that he turned the platinum giant sword horizontally and used it as a board, hitting Cole Phaeron’s forehead with a solid board.

It was his father’s blessing that he didn’t die.

After sending away the Inquisitors on both sides who still wanted to try again, Plumeria came before Kor Phaeron in person.

“Judging from their reactions, you should be a high-ranking official in the Imperial Army?” Kor Phaeron raised his head tiredly, blood flowing through his face, revealing a deep smile.

“You guessed wrong. I am not loyal to the Human Empire.” Plumeria responded casually and began to unbutton her chest in front of Kor Phaeron.

“I admit that you are quite beautiful, but the beauty trap is ineffective on me. Nothing can shake my devotion to the true God, at least not you.” Kor Phaeron said with a smile, his eyes constantly glancing at Plumeria.

Of course, he had no desire for that, he just didn’t miss any opportunity to provoke and insult the other party. Cole Phaeron already knew that he couldn’t escape, so he could only try to provoke the other party to give him a quick death in an impulsive manner.

But this is destined to be wishful thinking.

When Plumeria pinched the thin chain and pulled a crystal fragment with body temperature out of her collar, Kor Phaeron’s face changed.

He didn’t know what the pendant was, but as a Chaos wizard, his instincts were alerting him like crazy, and an unprecedented fear enveloped his heart. The fragment, which was only half the size of a finger joint, was filled with thin mist like an abyss, which locked Kor Phaeron’s eyes on Plumeria’s chest.

“The fragments of the Zelo Soulstone can record specific psychic wavelengths, making specific objects immune to the interference of the warp.” Plumeria said, holding the pendant and approaching Kor Phaeron. “Feel honored, Kor Phaeron. I will share the leader’s grace with you. The Return to the Void will cleanse your soul and resurrect you from chaos.”

But it won’t be a comfortable process…

She did not say the second half of the sentence, but silently placed the soul stone fragment between Kor Phaeron’s eyebrows.

Instantly, heart-wrenching screams rang out from the bottom of the dried-up lake, and even the pilot in the cockpit of the Cyberlux battle body could hear it.

The Dark Bishop had been in Chaos for too long, and the taint had seeped into every inch of his soul, which was why directly inflicting the Ecclesiarchy’s purification ritual would kill Kor Phaeron.

Listening to the agony of the old Astartes in front of her, even a strong-willed person like Plumeria could not help but tremble in her soul. For an old Astartes soldier who had fought for thousands of years to let out such a miserable howl, one could imagine how extreme the pain he was enduring was.

Using the Zelo Soul Stone connected to the Void Hole to remove the chaotic pollution in the soul, it might be an understatement to say that it was using sulfuric acid to clean the tattoo. This was destroying the basic structure of an organic life individual at the cellular level. No matter what the final result was, Kor Phaeron was doomed to die.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Plumeria’s keen perception soon noticed that the part of Kor Phaeron’s soul essence that had been stripped of the chaotic influence of the Zero Soul Stone was collapsing. Without much hesitation, she directly invaded his consciousness.

Once the hollow siphon begins, it will not stop. The pollution from the evil god is being rapidly peeled off, and Kor Phaeron’s soul is quickly dissipating in the extreme pain from the essence of life.

Plumeria quickly browsed through the memories in the Dark Bishop’s mind, as if she was flipping through a burning book, until the blasphemous book was completely reduced to ashes.

The screams of fear and pain that echoed through the bottom of the lake finally subsided. Plumeria hung the blood-stained soul stone fragment back around her neck, and the old man in front of her lowered his head silently.

Captain of the Word Bearers, one of the first Chaos Aesir, and Dark Bishop, Kor Phaeron’s life came to an end in the cruel torture of stripping away the essence of his soul.

“Destroy his body and take his skull back to present it to the Golden Throne.” Plumeria said to the Inquisitor who came forward.

“Yes.” The judge nodded his head and watched her leave quickly, feeling very excited.

This new inquisitor, who had only just received the Rosette from the Inquisition, was still a rookie following an experienced inquisitor on a mission. He was so excited to receive such an honor on his first solo mission that he could not express it in words.

How he would reflect on his actions today after learning of Kor Phaeron’s true identity and the crimes committed by the Dark Archon of the Word Bearers during the Horus Heresy was another matter.

…probably regretted not chopping Kor Phaeron into small pieces before setting his body on fire.

In the dried-up lake where highly toxic waste was deposited, the interceptor quickly took off at Plumeria’s urging and returned to the hangar of the Malice.

“Except for the construction team, all combatants will return to the fleet immediately and stand by. I repeat, abandon all spoils and return to the fleet immediately. Get ready for battle.”

Plumeria stood in the Valkyrie’s control room and said to the radio channel in a serious tone: “We have found our target.”

To be precise, it will be delivered to your door.

Chapter 192 Losing everything

Under Plumeria’s strong command, the ground troops scattered around the Heart of Maykr gave up the work of clearing the spoils and began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

Gormek is an important military base of the Word Bearers and a Chaos arsenal supporting the Black Crusade of the Maelstrom Segmentum. Even after the double blow of the expeditionary fleet’s orbital bombardment and atmospheric incineration, there are still a large amount of war materials stored in the building structures hidden under the strata. These are the spoils of honor of the 6th Expeditionary Fleet, but there is no time to count them now.

Because the Word Bearers’ large army is about to return.

The 6th Expeditionary Fleet was quickly organizing its formation and occupying advantageous areas to prepare for the enemy. Plumeria took advantage of this gap on the Evil-mouthed Woman to reorganize the fragmented memories she had obtained there.

Several high-ranking officers of the fleet were sitting in the control room, and two clerks were recording her narration with quills and parchment. Such confidential information involving Chaos had to be recorded on sanctified parchment, and even the scribes themselves had to be certified by the purity ritual of the state religion to prevent the information carrier from being corrupted.

“There are only two teams of Word Bearers left on Gormek, less than 2 people, so it was so easy for us to capture this planet. The main force of the Word Bearers has also received Kor Phaeron’s distress signal, and their main fleet is about to return.”

Plumeria paused for a moment, then continued:

“About years ago, around the year of the 39th millennium, a Chaos traitor named Fabius Bile appeared in the Maelstrom. He claimed to have obtained an ancient artifact that contained the ultimate secrets of genetic engineering.”

“Fabius Bile brought the artifact to Gormek, hoping to get assistance from the Word Bearers. He claimed that with enough time and research resources, he could use the genetic data recorded in the artifact to create an ultimate warrior that surpassed the Primarch. After being beaten up by the Word Bearers, he changed his words and said that he was surpassing the Custodians.”

“There were many objections to this in the Word Bearers Legion. In the end, the Primarch of the 17th Legion, Lorgar, made the final decision and accepted the deal in the name of the Chaos God: Fabius Bile could get all the research support he needed on Gormek, and the Word Bearers Legion could get the final research results – super soldiers who surpassed the Custodians – as slaves.”

Having said that, Plumeria paused in her narration. The rustling sound of the quill rubbing against the parchment could still be heard in the conference room, but she did not stop narrating because of the clerk’s hand speed.