Chapter 926, White Wolf

Chapter 926, White Wolf

Zakaria felt extremely irritated.

For him, this operation was a must-win, and the goods had to be obtained.

But at the same time, he also understood that this so-called alliance was very powerful.

In his past experiences of searching for 'things', he had dealt with and fought against the Alliance.

Generally speaking, the human side has not yet fully grasped the target of the Calamity Fleet, and before the Calamity Fleet takes the initiative to attack, they have no idea how to uncover that so-called 'thing'.

This often gives the Sea Calamity fleet a significant first-strike advantage.

Their modus operandi is to arrive suddenly, act suddenly, grab what they need, and run away, leaving a mess behind.

And it has proven effective time and again.

Without knowing exactly what the Calamity Fleet was up to, the Alliance had no way to deal with it during its Dark Side Expedition.

This is also a key factor that allows the Calamity Fleet to consistently succeed.

Nevertheless, his few experiences venturing deep into the heart of the Alliance and into worlds already under its control left him with a profound impression of the Alliance's military strength and fighting spirit.

What's even more different is the alliance's attitude.

In other imperial worlds, the Calamity Fleet would fire a shot and then run away, leaving behind a mess, but the first reaction of ordinary human imperial rulers would often be relief.

After all, the great enemy is gone. Even though the area is currently devastated and it will take a long time to recover, at least the great enemy is gone, and there's nothing to worry about.

But the league is different.

Behind the intense desire for revenge lies a deep-seated abhorrence of the Calamity Fleet's actions in destroying its own achievements.

If there's really no other way, then so be it. As long as there's an Alliance fleet near the disaster-stricken planet, they will definitely launch a pursuit and try to eliminate the enemy who dared to invade.

Even a small Alliance fleet, which is no match for the Calamity Fleet, will often choose to follow and harass it, especially when the Calamity Fleet tries to jump into the warp to leave, they will often come up and desperately try to stop it.

The purpose was to buy time for the large fleet that was on its way to provide support to arrive.

The calamity fleet, thoroughly annoyed by the constant entanglement, had no choice but to turn back and fight.

But the small human fleet that came chasing after them was as slippery as an eel, giving them no chance and darting around everywhere.

Although they were eventually caught, it was only by the Calamity Fleet's superior numbers and ship performance that they managed to do so.

After defeating their opponents, the Calamity Fleet completed its transition to the warp before the arrival of the Alliance's main fleet, thus avoiding a confrontation with the Alliance's main force.

After several similar confrontations, it's hard not to be impressed by the league.

Despite the fact that within the Chaos Army, there remains a verbal disdain for human armed forces—even towards the Alliance.

However, saying one thing is one thing, but if you don't really take the league seriously, that would be incredibly foolish.

When Zakaria received the mission in Paparil, saying that something was here, he really didn't want to act rashly.

This place is too close to the Alliance's main fleet.

If he had a choice, he would prefer to wait quietly on the sidelines until the league's key players left.

After all, the human side doesn't know what that so-called 'thing' actually is, so they're not worried about them getting there first.

However, the development of events was beyond Zakaria's control.

The chaotic corruption within the planet Papalir has become too severe. A major rebellion instigated by a transformationist sect of Tzeentch has reached a point where it cannot be handled by normal means. The Alliance forces have resolved to carry out the extermination order.

At this point, Zakaria was out of options.

He couldn't just sit idly by and watch the extermination order be issued; otherwise, what if that 'thing' was also destroyed?
At this moment, he deeply resented the Transformation Cult—why didn't you guys work so hard normally? And now, at this crucial time, you've caused me so much trouble!
The Change Cult, which caused trouble on Papalliel, is also a Chaos faction, but it is a Change Cult completely subordinate to the Tzeentch faction and is not the same as them.

Despite both belonging to chaos, the contradictions between them may be even greater than those between chaos and humanity!

If his Calamity Fleet had arrived any earlier, he would have been eager to send troops to turn around and help the native humans on Papalil wipe out those villainous villains of the Change Cult!

Thinking of this, he was suddenly startled again—could this be a conspiracy by the Tzeentch Cult? They've pushed Papalliel's situation to this point at this crucial moment, forcing him to reveal himself and take action prematurely?

It's no wonder he was suspicious; if it were the cunning and treacherous, it would be quite reasonable for them to do something like this.

Often, the followers of Tzeentch, the demons of Tzeentch, don't even concoct schemes for their own benefit. They are a group of people who can create schemes for the sake of schemes; it's in their nature. They derive pleasure from creating chaos through conspiracies, and even draw power from it.

From this perspective, the Tzeentch demon who orchestrated all of this has indeed succeeded.

Regardless of how things ultimately unfold, at the very least, Zakaria can forget about quietly waiting for the Alliance's main force to leave so he can calmly obtain what he wants; and humanity can forget about methodically reclaiming a planet. Both sides are bound to engage in a major war in Papalil over that 'thing' that has surfaced.

Zakaria had no time to consider the possibility of Tzeentch's presence in the mix.

If he wants to settle that matter later, he has to step up his efforts now.

When he was forced to take action, he could only seize half of the planet's orbit as quickly as possible while the Alliance only had a portion of its forces in Paparil, and then do his utmost to deploy troops in the shortest possible time to try to take the target by force.

Taking advantage of the time gap while the Alliance's main force only had about a hundred warships present and the other fleets needed to come from other planets in the same star sector to provide support, the priority was to take the target and leave quickly. However, due to the all-out defense of the garrison at the church and Martins' overly rapid reinforcements, Zakaria's primary objective was thus thwarted.

Zakaria even fell into deep regret.

He regretted his arrogance, wondering why he hadn't truly committed himself fully in the first wave.

Why didn't he go down to fight himself? If he and his White Wolf Guards had joined the attack on the church immediately, they probably would have won the battle much earlier.
It's not his fault.

This has always been the nature of the Chaos forces.

It wasn't just him; the usual practice of all the other Chaos Lords and the rulers of the Calamity Fleet was to preserve their core forces and send others to their deaths.

From the leaders of the small war gangs to the Chaos Warmaster Alchaton himself, they all did the same thing.

After all, in the chaotic power struggles, strength is the most crucial element. If you complete a mission but exhaust your strength, no one will remember you well; instead, another ambitious individual who has preserved their strength will seize the opportunity to take your place.

He simply made the mistake that all Chaos Lords make.

He had realized this and was determined to end the mistake himself.

He rose from his throne; he was fully armed.

Beside him, the White Wolf Guards, clad in Terminator power armor, were already fully prepared and ready to go.

These warriors almost all had experience in at least a thousand battles. Their most distinctive feature, apart from the gray and white paint with black spots typical of the White Wolf lineage, was the real white wolf pelt hanging on their necks. It looked like a scarf, but in reality, it provided them with some kind of powerful force from the depths of the warp.

This blessing—or rather, curse—made the White Wolf Guards much stronger than normal.

When necessary, the wolf spirit hidden inside the White Wolf Cloak can completely replace the Space Marine's soul, turning them into a wolf.

A Space Marine who has completely transformed into a 'werewolf' has their personality and memories completely erased, and in a sense, they could even be considered dead. However, the power they gain in return is very real.

They will be completely transformed into werewolves, and werewolves clad in the most elite Terminator power armor and blessed by the warp, with strength approaching that of a high-ranking demon!
There were a total of seven hundred White Wolf Guards around Zakaria.

This was his core, hardcore fighting force, along with more than two thousand warriors from the White Wolf Gang, forming the main force that dominated the entire Calamity Fleet.

Attached to these two to three thousand core combatants are approximately four thousand Chaos warriors from hundreds of different warbands of varying sizes, a large number of recruited and enslaved Chaos servants, support forces from the Dark Mechanicus dispatched by the Chaos Warmasters, and an army composed of demonic engines obtained from Bassor.

Of the thousands of Chaos Space Marines sent to fight, only a little over a hundred were White Wolf cubs from Zakaria; the rest were Chaos Warriors from other warbands.

As a result, almost none of them were left.

Now that things have come to this point, since he has decided to go down himself, he will not hold back any effort.

Even with limited deployment capabilities, he had to bring all his most elite troops down with him as soon as possible.

This is not only about devoting all his efforts to carrying out the mission and ensuring its success, but more importantly, it is about bringing all potential threats with him.

To put it bluntly, even if he dies down there, he wants to make sure everyone who's supposed to die dies with him. He absolutely will not leave anyone on the ship who could take over the entire fleet if something happens to him down there.

……

The church in Papallier was not particularly well-known in the past.

This world itself isn't exactly famous, and this church isn't even well-known in the world, let alone outside of it.

However, from this day forward, the name 'Saviniel Cathedral' will leave a very significant mark in many historical records of humankind.

A battle with a huge impact on the cosmic situation unfolded here with almost no build-up.

When Zakaria led over six thousand Chaos Space Marines of varying attire and origins, accompanied by a vast array of dark mechanical constructs and daemon engines, forming a terrifying army, even Mattins felt a chill run down his spine.

There are just too many enemies!

At this moment, Mattins only had a thousand Space Marines by his side!

Not to mention the gap in conventional forces.

Such a large-scale, direct war could be resolved simply by watching the Space Marines.

Those dark mechanical creations among the enemy, those corrupted knight mechs and corrupted titans, are all terrifying things.

How many Space Marines would it take to take down a Corrupted Titan? That's really hard to say!
However, it can be estimated that if such a corrupted Titan were left unattended, it could easily blast several Space Marines to pieces with a single shot. No matter what kind of company champion or Nirvana Sentinel you are, if you take a hit from a Titan's main cannon, you will be instantly pulverized and killed without question, the Caul Furnace cannot save you.

Even if you observe it in advance, it's very difficult to dodge—the bombardment range of the Titan's main cannon is enormous.

The Knight Mech is slightly inferior, but not by much.

The same applies to those bizarre demonic engines. Whether they're shaped like bulls, dragons, or some other indistinguishable form, they're not something an ordinary Space Marine can easily contend with.

Martins took a deep breath, the disgusting stench of the Chaotic Enemy wafting into his nostrils from afar.

When he opened his eyes again, he had made up his mind and come up with a plan.

(End of this chapter)