Calth, located in the Extreme Star Territory, is a booming planet among the five hundred worlds of Ultramar.
There are a large number of factories, shipyards, and workshops here, which are constantly producing a large amount of military and civilian equipment.
If measured according to the standards of the Empire, this should be an industrial world. The rest of the industrial worlds in the Empire are all similar. The entire planet is covered in deadly smoke, leaving only the surface of desert and Gobi. The wind is raging all day long, and no one can survive outside.
Even for a minute.
But it's different here,
There are azure oceans and emerald green fields here. Under the governance of the Ultramarines, forests and gardens can be seen everywhere, and there are also a large number of livable cities.
All this beauty comes from its ruler, the Ultramarines.
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Legion XIII, Primarch of the Ultramarines, Robert Guilliman,
Guilliman was adopted by the planetary governor of Macragge when he was a child. A good education and harmonious family relationships allowed him to grow up in a normal and loving family.
And after he showed the powerful talent of the original body, his parents did not regard him as an alien, but continued to care and nurture him as their own child.
Therefore, after Guilliman grew up in such an environment, his individual combat ability may not be the most outstanding among the Primarchs, but he is the most adept at governance and politics among all Primarchs.
But after the Emperor arrived and Guilliman took over the Ultramarines, he integrated his personal style into the entire Legion.
Under his transformation, the Ultramarines became an all-rounder with strict discipline, suitable for joint operations with multiple arms, and adaptable to various battlefields.
After the Great Crusade began, the Ultramarines did not conquer the largest number of worlds, but the worlds they conquered were the most peaceful and prosperous.
Whenever the Ultramarines conquer a planet, they will establish appropriate government agencies there. The Legion will also leave talents who can help develop the local economy, help the planet quickly establish trade with other planets, and will also establish
Set up a local defense force.
As the Great Crusade progressed, the Ultramarines centered on Macragge, the home planet of Primarch Guilliman, and conquered five hundred habitable planets around them, known as the "Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar".
has become a "mini-empire".
So far, with their strong foundation, the Ultramarines have become the largest of all legions. Their number of Space Marines has even reached a terrifying 250,000, as well as a huge number of battleships and countless mortal auxiliaries.
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And these are just numbers on the surface, there is still terrifying potential for war in the Five Hundred Worlds.
Therefore, Robert and his five hundred worlds became the targets that Horus must eradicate.
The most suitable ones to take action are the Word Bearers of the 17th Legion.
Their Luo Jia is a fanatical believer who doesn't know how to survive without faith.
He has always regarded the Emperor as a god and believed in him with great piety.
However, the emperor never admitted it, firmly pursued the imperial truth, and directly denied Luo Jia's belief several times.
After Luo Jia took over his army, he also instilled this belief into the army.
After the Great Crusade began, every time the Word Bearers conquered a planet, they had to preach locally and force all residents to believe in the Emperor, so progress was slow.
The emperor severely reprimanded him, but Luo Jia intensified his efforts. Not only did he continue to promote his deification of the emperor, he even exhausted manpower and material resources and spent hundreds of years building a "perfect city."
Temples of various sizes are neatly arranged in the city, which house exquisite statues of the Emperor. The residents in the city are the Emperor's most devout believers, and they pray every day.
This "perfect city" is the pride of Luo Jia and the entire Word Bearers.
But not long after the construction of the "Perfect City" was completed, more than fifty years ago,
The fleet of the Ultramarines arrived here while the Word Bearers were on an expedition, and ordered the residents of the city to leave within a time limit.
But the residents here couldn't understand why the God-Emperor would send her "angels" to expel them? They would rather die than quit.
The time limit came and the Ultramarines' orbital bombardment began.
When the Word Bearers got the news and hurried back, the once glorious and sacred "Perfect City" had been reduced to ruins. The books promoting the God-Emperor were reduced to ashes and blown into outer orbit.
Luo Jia couldn't accept all this at all. When he asked Guilliman angrily,
The Emperor has arrived!
He used his vast spiritual power to force all Word Bearers to kneel before Guilliman and his Ultramarines and promise never to do it again.
When Luo Jia and the Word Bearers knelt in humiliation in the ruins of the Perfect City, with desolation everywhere they could see, their faith in the Emperor collapsed.
After the Emperor left, the Word Bearers cleaned up the "Perfect City", but found only one girl survivor.
Her eyes had been destroyed by the bombing.
All the soldiers present knelt down to her and promised to take revenge.
After the "Perfect City" incident, the Word Bearers' conquest efficiency has indeed greatly improved. They conquered planet after planet with brutality and efficiency.
At the same time, their legions are also expanding rapidly. Up to now, the number of Space Marines of the Word Bearers has far exceeded that of other legions, reaching 220,000, second only to the Ultramarines!
The emperor was very satisfied with Luo Jia's changes and believed that he had completely corrected his wrong path.
But in the heart of the Word Bearers, the humiliation of the "Perfect City" has never been forgotten.
Now, Locka and his legions will sail towards Calth with the flames of vengeance.
At this time, 200,000 Ultramarines have been assembled in Calth, and a huge fleet has been docked at the orbital dock.
On the flagship "Macragge's Glory", Guilliman was patiently waiting for Luo Jia's arrival.
In his opinion, the reason why the Warmaster arranged for the two legions to perform the mission together was to ease their relationship.
In order to resolve the previous conflicts, everyone from top to bottom of the Ultramarines is ready to give the Word Bearers the highest respect.
Therefore, when the Word Bearers Chief Priest Erebus led the vanguard to arrive, the Ultramarines warmly welcomed them, and the two sides held various exchanges and meetings.
In busy and sensitive political meetings, the Ultramarines ignored some "small details."
When the Word Bearers' large battleship "Bell Tower" opened its void shield and crashed into the interstellar dock at full speed, the Ultramarines' battleship had not had time to start its engine.
However, Calth's orbital defense system was paralyzed at this time, allowing the "Bell Tower" to crash into the dock.
A large number of expensive warships were smashed into pieces without any resistance and turned into countless "meteors" falling to the surface.
At this time, all the Word Bearers standing behind the Ultramarines quietly took out their guns.
