Chapter 764: The Years When Hogg Disappeared Again

934.M41,

As the Battle of Cadia comes to an end, a massive clearing operation begins. Faced with powerful opponents, different races can abandon their prejudices just to prove their existence.

But when Blackwatch's army of aberrations completely disappeared, the coalition forces, without a common enemy, immediately started a civil war.

In the entire battlefield, only the green-skinned orcs who did not pledge their allegiance became the target of public criticism. Without any announcement, the Second Beast War broke out instantly.

This time, the green orcs will face a comprehensive attack from 19 human legions, together with the Necrons, the Eldar Tau, and even the Black Light Swarm.

935.M41,

The Second Beast War ends.
The green-skinned orcs were driven back into the warp, and Vulkan, the Lord of the Dragon Fruit, and Corax led two legions in pursuit.

Looking at the Cadia sector, which had been completely reduced to rubble and most of its star systems had been lost in the warp, after Malcador sent an urgent telegram and learned that the Emperor had disappeared without a trace, Sanguinius, the first heir to the throne of the Empire, announced:
The area surrounding Cadia and even the area within its subspace are the sacred and inseparable territories of the Empire, and no alien race may enter at will.

At the same time, Acting Emperor Sanguinius, Imperial Warmaster El'Jonson, and Regent Guilliman signed the Fourth Final Compact of the Empire on the battlefield of Cadia, recognizing the Tau as a legal sub-human race in the Empire, and allowing them to enjoy the rights of Imperial citizens along with the Ainokitesvaras, Reiks, and Black Light Eldar.

Each of the 19 legions sent a company to garrison the Cadia sector for post-war reconstruction, striving to restore the main stargate nodes of Cadia.

The entire Legion went to the Nebulous Segmentum to carry out the second xenos purge against the dark side of the Imperium. Malcador took charge of Holy Terra, the Imperial Palace was closed, and the Custodes began to appear throughout the galaxy in search of the Emperor.

938.M41,

The Dark Side Crusade has come to an end, and the Sons of the God-Emperor have gathered on Holy Terra to discuss plans for rebuilding the Empire.

The Imperial Regent Guilliman ordered the Imperial Fists and the Iron Warriors to go to the Obscure Star Region. Under the overall planning of the Ultramarines, they carried out post-disaster reconstruction of the recovered dark side of the Empire, and the White Scars temporarily replaced the Black Watch to perform the Empire's logistics and transportation tasks.

The Khan remained silent, but the Iron Lord publicly refuted Guilliman's appointment, angrily criticizing his ambition, and led all the Iron Warriors to leave Holy Terra.

In the same year, accompanied by the dog-man leader Gotha, the lord of Reik Szalak, the commander of the Burning Legion Saiban, the prophet of the Eldar Jacques, and the commander-in-chief of the evil orcs Malphite, the Lord of Iron Pei Turabo supported Hogg's eldest daughter Gloria and second daughter Jeanna as king.

Blackwatch held a victory parade. Countless tall Space Marines in black armor entered the parade venue and led a group of strange-looking subhuman legions with almost zero human numbers across the square.

Such a luxurious lineup makes the tough Alicia people believe that under the leadership of the two princesses, the entire star region will prosper again, and even the conquest of Holy Terra is just around the corner!

According to gossip, the Black Watch at the parade were tall, not at all like the short descendants of the Lord of Black Light. The real Black Watch had all been killed.

But these rumors soon disappeared in an instant. Many suicide cases occurred around Alicia. Some people claimed that they saw a tall figure wearing a hood, and some people claimed that they saw a four-legged wild wolf that roamed at night. This was a means used by the two princesses to eliminate dissidents.

Leman Russ firmly denied the rumor. The Wolf King said that Gloria also had his blood flowing in her body and was also his daughter. What's wrong with me raising a pet for my eldest son?

But Zhuang Sen did not refute, but stood behind Princess Jeanna, and together with Russ who was standing behind Gloria, he personally helped the two juniors onto the throne.

As for Perturabo, he was more approachable. He immediately marked down all the traitors who spoke inappropriately, and killed them ten by ten with one hand.

The people of Alicia are blessed to have these three demigods who “love the people like their own children” in charge!

917. M41,

The Return of the God-Emperor: The Comoro delegation travels to Holy Terra, bringing with them a giant, sealed containment box, hoping to meet with the Imperial Emperor Sanguinius to sign the Fifth Eternal Contract.

When the containment box was opened, the Solar Segmentum was placed under martial law in less than 30 minutes. A communication was sent from Holy Terra, and all the Primarchs who received the news returned quickly.

At the same time, four dilapidated subspace entities awakened from their slumber and returned to their respective territories.

In the same year, the Great Sage Candis was ordered to return from the Dark Portal and entered the Terra Palace with Sera brought by the leader of the Guards, Valdor.

Looking at the half-emperor who was shining with five-colored light, the two invited scientific research experts remained silent. After a month of careful inspection, Sera proposed her own governance plan.

"Amputation, it must be amputated. This is no longer an ordinary injury. Strong medicine must be used. Only amputation can allow the emperor to remove the pollution."

"That's right. Amputation therapy has a long history in our Blackwatch. We cut off whatever is broken. Everyone who has used it says it's good. Don't worry!"

Although the yellow-skinned man was not a human being, he was still the father of the Primarchs. When they heard that he had to have his limbs amputated, everyone felt distressed. The Archangel even asked:
“How much do you want to intercept?”

"Down to the neck."

"..."

The following year, the Imperial Palace was reopened, and the Lord of Mankind, who had disappeared for 14 years, returned to his loyal Holy Terra. However, compared to the Lord of Mankind 13 years ago, this time the Emperor had his limbs amputated below the neck and could only recover slowly among the Emperor's Knights.

In order to show their filial piety, all the Primarchs gathered in the palace to visit the Emperor. For a moment, all the people of the Empire were moved by the Primarchs' filial piety.

The God-Emperor was also very pleased, and at the strong request of the Primarchs, he once again took on the grand task of ruling the Empire regardless of his own safety.

Perhaps due to the busy schedule of official duties, the Emperor was focused on handling government affairs. His Majesty Mara appeared again and, together with the Emperor's son, held a victory parade on Holy Terra and personally awarded medals to those who had made contributions in the Dark Side Expedition and the Battle of Cadia. This event was briefly recorded in the Imperial Chronicles.

However, after the parade, Rogal Dorn stayed in Holy Terra to rebuild the ruins of the royal palace.

999. M41,

Big development:
After 65 years, the Cadia sector has been completely renewed thanks to crazy infrastructure construction at all costs. Although the Eye of Terror still hangs in the sky, the Cadian people have a new home.

Perhaps because of the great Lord of Black Light, the tides of the Warp began to weaken, and more and more people began to believe in the Black Light Sect. In order to commemorate this powerful god, April 4st of every standard Terra year is called the Black Light Ascension Festival.

The Empire did not miss this rare window of opportunity. During these 65 years, more and more Ricks joined the Mechanicus, and many incredible scientific research results emerged in a very short period of time.

These scientific research results cover various fields and appear in an instant as if they were created out of thin air.

In order to dispel the doubts of the people of the Empire about these technological creations emitting green light, the great sage who was then the Mars Forge General, the former captain of the 10th Company of the Black Watch, the only person in charge of the Dark Tide Company, and the forever loyal adopted son of His Highness Hogg, Lord Maokai, declared:
"This must be the mighty power of the Lord of Black Light! His spirit in heaven is watching over us."

At the same time, the Pope of the State Religion, Lorgar, also spoke generously, saying that technology is not such an inconvenient thing. This miracle is not only the power of the Lord of Black Light, but also a strong proof that the people of our empire are united as one. Anyone who dares to doubt it is disloyal!
As soon as these words were spoken, any doubts instantly dissipated. After all, those strange creatures were indeed useful, and there was no need to commit a capital crime just for a verbal dispute.

In short, during these 65 years, the empire, which had eliminated internal troubles, ushered in a technological explosion, and Mortarion finally realized his original dream. The number of imperial people dying from hunger and disease decreased.

But just when the empire was thriving and full of vitality, as if all things were flourishing, the demigods at the top of the empire were all frowning.

As the 41st Millennium came to an end and the Imperium was about to enter its 42nd Millennium, the Primarchs gathered once again on Holy Terra.

Inside the palace, 22 big guys stood in a circle, with 20 metal cans containing Hogg's blood samples neatly stacked in the middle. The one leading the group was the emperor who had recovered from his injuries.

"Tell me, what do you think?"

"What can I say? It's been 66 years. Big Brother wouldn't run away, right?"

The first one to disrupt the morale of the army was Curze. Before he could finish his words, he was hit on the head by the Emperor and Mara. The force was so great that Curze even saw his good brother who had died many years ago.

"I'm kidding. Big Brother is the most protective of his children. Since the blood cans in our hands are necessary for reviving Blackwatch, he will definitely not abandon us. But why hasn't he come back yet?"

Curze's doubts were also everyone's doubts. No one understood why this happened. The Emperor even pulled out a big sword from behind, which was the magic sword Draconian that Hogg had handed to him personally.

"Hogg will not run away. This sword contains the soul backups of all Blackwatch. He handed it to me personally. There are a total of 233126 souls in it. His current situation is that there is no trace of his body left, just like the time ten thousand years ago, so..."

"So if Hogg wants to revive and resurrect Blackwatch, he must obtain the Draconicon that contains all the souls of Blackwatch, and these blood samples in front of us."

The Emperor nodded, acknowledging what Magnus said. One was the blood sample representing the physical body, and the other was the soul entity representing the spiritual core. With these two things, Blackwatch could be resurrected, but where was Hogg?

Looking at the neatly stacked Holy Blood Jars in front of him, Leman Russ, who was thinking, suddenly had an idea, and then his face turned black in an instant. He remembered an event from decades ago and couldn't help but say:
"No! Hogg's body is not completely gone, remember? Every time Hogg self-destructs, he will be resurrected from the largest piece of wreckage. If there is no wreckage at all, he will slowly resurrect at the place where he self-destructed.

Is there a possibility that Hogg has already been resurrected, but the volume of the few cans of blood in front of us is too small, and his resurrection point is somewhere else, a large piece of wreckage that has been ignored by all of us? "

"Another place? Where could that be?"

Perhaps Rus's words reminded them. Guilliman and Dorn looked at each other and both thought of a very shitty result. Like Rus, their faces instantly darkened.

"What are you guys talking about? You just keep your face dark and don't say anything, right? You keep talking like brothers, but now none of you are talking. I despise you."

"Stop talking, Xiao Ma. The three of us just figured it out. Don't you know psionic magic? Use it and you'll understand."

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Magnus who was standing there in a daze, and the red one-eyed Sunburned Ogryn was not at all nervous. He immediately stretched out his hand and performed the simplest psionic trick - illumination!

This skill was very simple. Magnus still remembered Hogg's evaluation when he was developing these wonderful spells. He said that this was the real spell. As a noble wizard, he could be a master just by knowing illumination. The rest of the points should be put into strength and agility. A charge would create a whirlwind and a fatal blow.

Magnus couldn't understand this, but that didn't mean he wouldn't use psionic energy to illuminate the scarlet glow.

As the extremely simple spell circuit was infused with psionic energy, the psionic trick called illumination began to take effect. Everyone who was illuminated by the light had the same fucked-up expression on their face as Leman Russ.

"Oh! Why don't we just kill Hogg?"

"Yes, yes. After all, family disgrace should not be made public. This is not the first time."

Looking at the black faces around him that were reflected in purple light, the emperor almost opened his mouth, his expression became gloomy as the purple light shone on him, but in the end the emperor still spoke:
"Gather the troops and bring that bastard back. Oh, don't let Gloria and Jeanne know. I'm afraid they won't be able to accept it."

"..."

"It should!"

(End of this chapter)