Chapter 976, Sister of Silence
If we say that the main purpose of the arrival of the Imperial Guards is to express the attitude of this political force, although the two hundred or so Imperial Guards are a formidable fighting force, their symbolic significance is greater than their practical significance.
After all, if we can win this battle, we can win even without the Imperial Guards; if we lose... the Imperial Guards can only serve as a backup.
This safety net still exists.
The leading tribune of the Imperial Guards likely possessed the strength of a God-Chosen Champion. Among the two hundred or so Imperial Guards, there was only one who possessed the strength of a God-Chosen Champion, and the number of Chapter Champions reached over thirty, with the rest all at the level of Company Champions.
The levels mentioned here correspond to Space Marines of the corresponding levels.
In reality, the percentage of the Emperor's Guards who are chosen champions is quite high, reaching approximately 2 to 3 thousandths, while the number of Chapter Champions is around 5 to 10 percent. Almost all of the remaining members are Company Champions.
This ratio is much more terrifying than that of Space Marines.
It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that the Custodians can defeat a hundred times the number of Space Marines; but it is more than enough to defeat ten times the number of Space Marines.
This group of imperial guards alone can deal with about four or five gods and demons?
Add Robert and Gu Jing to deal with Magnus and the Fateweaver. Furthermore, within the Infinite Chapter and its many sub-companies, there are also some Chapter Champions and even God-Chosen Champions. The latter, such as Nero, the Grand Master of the Infinite Chapter, or Theriault, the Chief Think Tank Director, can also deal with some God-honored Demons...
At this moment, Gu Jing's mind was already turning around. If things really developed into the dire situation that he least wanted to see, after the nine gods led by the Weaver of Destiny and the Ever-changing Demon Lord arrived at the scene, the human side would not be completely without the strength to resist.
However, if it really comes to that, no one knows how much sacrifice will be made, and no one knows who will win or lose in the end.
More importantly, the cost of losing is extremely heavy.
It wasn't just the loss of troops, manpower, and top experts. More crucially, if the demons were allowed to occupy the moon, they could potentially drag it entirely into the warp. Or, as the Imperium used to say, "hellishize" it.
After the desecration ritual, the "hell-like" moon will possess the dual nature of the warp and the real universe. Endless demons will truly swarm out from here.
Using the moon as a springboard and base, they can directly attack Holy Terra.
What is the current situation on Holy Terra?
It's obviously in a mess.
Otherwise, the Moon, Holy Terra's most important satellite fortress, would not have been in such a state of decay.
There must be a vast infestation of Chaos corruption on Holy Terra. The current riots and wars erupting on Terra are likely linked to this Chaos corruption. Even those in power on Terra might have secretly succumbed to Chaos. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why the Solar Legion, clearly corrupted by Khorne, turned traitor en masse during the previous Lunar Unrest. Surviving orders from the Marines also show evidence of them accepting orders from the Munitions' Ministry.
By then, the Chaos Demon Army that will take the initiative to attack from the Moon, together with the high-ranking traitors on Holy Terra, will destroy the fortress from within… Even if Terra still has complete defense measures by then, as well as the Golden Knights of the Founding Order, the Emperor's Guards of the Ten Thousand, and many elite troops and trump cards, I am afraid that under the long siege in the future, the outcome will not be much better.
Even if Robert and Gu Jing could escape this time, and even if the alliance could form a large army and attack again, no one knew whether it would be too late.
Even if it is still possible, the cost of war will be extremely high.
Therefore, in order to avoid this chain reaction of deterioration, they had no choice - either, to stop the demons from entering and expel Magnus; if they were released, they would do their best to defeat them here.
There is no time to retreat.
It is for this reason that the Imperial Guards are said to be the safety net.
Of course a backup is necessary, but before that, the Silent Sisters brought by the Imperial Guards and the Alliance Lawbreakers coming out of the newly built miniature curtain spirit gate will have to play a key role.
As these 'Unleaked' who could suppress the Warp continued to move forward, the strength of every Warp demon that approached them was greatly suppressed - if it were not for Magnus, these demons would not be able to maintain their own existence and would be directly expelled back to their Warp lairs by the Unleaked and the Sisters of Silence.
But Magnus was not feeling well either. In addition to facing Robert and resisting Gu Jing's continuous breakthrough of his psychic power to close the subspace rift, he also had to be suppressed by nearly a hundred Silent Sisters and Unleaked Ones. His psychic energy operation was obviously affected.
There's hope!
And Magnus obviously realized the seriousness of the problem.
He roared angrily, and his vicious words urged a large number of demons to rush towards those who were not spared.
Even though each of them would suffer severe damage and suppression when approaching, as if they were dying in vain, they still had to do it; those surviving followers of Tzeentch, and even the Solar Army Khorne puppets whose minds were stolen by Magnus after his appearance, were also used.
They are not demons from the Warp, and they will not be suppressed by the Unleaked if they get close.
However, at this time, the two hundred or so imperial guards, led by the tribunes, were like an insurmountable golden line of defense, withstanding all attacks.
Even when the first God-Lord, the Myriad Demon Lord, emerged from the rift in the subspace and attacked them, he was unable to harm the Unleaked and the Silent Sisters.
Instead, when his ability to mobilize the energy of the Warp was restricted, he was expelled by the combined efforts of two powerful Custodes Champions.
And after this round of attack, the Imperial Guards even escorted the Unleaked and the Sisters of Silence to a place very close to those subspace rifts.
Every time they got closer, a rift would be closed; every time a rift was closed, the time for the God and the Great Demon to be summoned would be delayed.
And when they finally seized an opportunity and, under the protection of the Imperial Guards, suddenly came very close to Magnus, even this 'evil god' with the strongest psychic power was suppressed to a certain extent.
(End of this chapter)
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