Chapter 896: 9th Legion Raven Guard

The Chaos Demons retreated hastily from the planet Ophelia like a tide. Their hideous and twisted figures looked particularly terrifying in the darkness.

At the same time, reinforcements from all corners of the empire were rushing in from all directions of the galaxy like stars.

After a long and arduous battle, Ophelia, the once war-torn planet, was finally recaptured by the powerful Empire.

However, the price paid for this victory was extremely heavy.

In nearly a month, hundreds of millions of brave and fearless Astra Militarum soldiers fell on this battlefield, their blood dyed the earth red; thousands of battle-hardened Space Marines also died heroically in the battle with the enemy, and their souls will eventually return to the side of the Golden Throne.

Hundreds of knight mechas belonging to various knight families were turned into piles of scrap metal and scattered on the scorched earth; even several of the extremely powerful Titans fell down in the fierce artillery fire.

Not only that, several bright stars were ruthlessly destroyed in this catastrophe, and their dazzling light instantly disappeared into the endless darkness.

Entire vast continents, like fragile pieces of paper, were overturned by the violent force into the vast universe and became lonely wanderers.

There were also dozens of satellites orbiting the planet, which had no resistance to the horrific subspace storm and were instantly torn into countless tiny pieces, like a gorgeous yet tragic meteor shower.

Dozens of planets were directly swallowed up by the subspace storm and disappeared without a trace.

Despite the huge losses, everyone in the empire firmly believed that it was all worth it.

Thanks to the careful planning and courageous efforts of several Primarchs, the Chaos Legion led by Monska was finally successfully encircled and wiped out by the Imperial Army.

The Chaos leader Monska, who once plunged the entire galaxy into fear, is now dead and can no longer cause any waves.

As for the capable generals under his command who were known as "God's Chosen", their souls were vulnerable to the powerful force of the Imperial Warrior Yang Cheng. The essence of their souls was wiped out, and they completely dissipated into the nothingness of the subspace, never to be able to turn over.

But Yang Cheng could feel that the power of the Four Gods was growing stronger, and the Word Bearers Legion had become the most powerful legion when facing demons.

Lorgar and his legion's Space Marines are naturally able to resist demons, and their own psychic powers are even greater than those of the Grey Knights.

This is why Yang Cheng wants to devote all his efforts to developing the Word Bearers. At present, the Word Bearers are the legion that faces the most enemies in the Empire, and they are responsible for dealing with chaos enemies.

"My Lord, a planet has dared to rebel."

With hurried footsteps, Malcador walked into the room leisurely. He walked quickly to Yang Cheng and respectfully presented him with an imperial report carefully written on ancient parchment.

Yang Cheng frowned slightly, took the report with some indifference, and asked casually: "It's just a planetary rebellion, why are you telling me? The star district government should be able to handle this."

However, when his eyes swept over the name of the planet mentioned in the report, a trace of doubt arose in his heart.

"The name of this planet is Lycaeus." Malcador looked at Yang Cheng and added.

"What?"

Yang Cheng was shocked when he heard this, and a familiar name flashed through his mind.

Then, as if he remembered something important, he quickly stood up from his seat, grabbed the parchment report, and began to read the details carefully.

As the words came into view line by line, Yang Cheng's expression became more and more serious.

Finally, when he saw the key name, he couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice: "It's him? Corax!"

At this moment, Yang Chengcai suddenly realized why this planet sounded familiar to him. This was the place where Corvos Corax, the Primarch of the 19th Legion - the Raven Guard, was discovered.

"Congratulations host for discovering Corvus Corax, the Primarch of the Nineteenth Legion - the Raven Guard."

"Corax and his Legion were skilled in infiltration warfare, and they suffered the worst blow during the Horus Heresy. Corax himself became taciturn after a series of events, and finally chose to exile himself after the Heresy ended."

“Corax possesses some kind of psychic invisibility ability. When he walks among a crowd, passersby won’t notice that there is a 3-meter-tall man standing next to him.

However, Corax is not actually invisible, he is objectively visible, and normal detection equipment can capture him normally, but the user of the equipment just can't see his figure. His ability is more like being able to erase his existence from the minds of others, making them turn a blind eye to him.

However, Corax concealed this ability even from his own Legionnaires, for he was well aware of the Imperium's attitude towards psykers."

Corax was abducted by Chaos as an infant and cast onto a planet called Lycaeus.

It is dry, dusty, and has no atmosphere. It is just a mining satellite of another planet called Kiaval. Countless slave laborers work day and night under the guns of armed guards to provide raw materials for the giant factories on the main planet Kiaval.

When he grew up, Corax lived up to everyone's expectations and soon became the leader of the local liberation movement.

He quietly organized the workers into combat teams, taught them how to make their own weapons using equipment in the mines and store them in strategic locations, and then began organizing workers to strike, sit-in protests, and riots.

The conflict between the Chiavar guards and the workers began to escalate. As the workers' movement continued to grow, the guard regulations became increasingly stringent, forcing the workers who originally did not support the uprising to the brink of endurance. It was at this time that Corax launched an armed uprising.

The workers' combat teams took out the weapons they had hidden earlier and occupied key positions according to the plan. They quickly disintegrated the guards and quickly armed the masses through guerrilla warfare, raids and seizure of enemy weapons. Not long after, Lycaeus declared independence in a high-profile manner.

To celebrate the victory, the Lycaeans renamed their planet Salvation. The Emperor arrived on Salvation that same day and named Corax the leader of the XIX Legion Raven Guard.

In return, Corax asked the Empire to help restore peace in Chiavar.

The Emperor naturally accepted with pleasure, and Kiavar became one of the Empire's Forge Worlds, while Lycaeus became a recruiting site for the Raven Guard.