Chapter 33.
Not one step back. The first Krieg was a great starting the idea. But we will be them times ten. Our world will see regiments who are dour in duty. But we will be the Emperor's Imperial Guard in all things. Worlds will remember our deeds. We will get the exoneration that comes from knowing we served in the Unification wars on the throne world without fear. We serve now in his armies. The Imperium respects us. The Redemptive Empress and the legions of the Astartes respect what we do. Our service took men and women of evil and became the light like Sol Invictus.
Zanaery Leviathan. Commander of the 121st Krieg siege regiment. M 4.
You hear the mantra of the Emperor protects. It is everywhere. On everything we humans make. It comes in many languages and from all us who share the form of the Father of humanity. You who immigrated here do not understand why. That is ok. We will tell his tale. Be not afraid anymore. Because he protects you too.
New Immigrants usual First Answer upon entering Imperial space. M 3 onwards.
China. M3
The Death Korps fight onwards towards Beijing. They and the new regiments of the Imperial guard have momentum behind them. Their dour disposition is a little off putting for new regiments. But they are winning accolades so fast. The new Leviathan commander of the five original regiments is gruff. But he and his men and women have earned leave ten times over. They will not take it till the war in China is won.
Their artillery barrages are so scary and so intimidating for the Cabal they now actively pull troops from where they see the Death Korps form up on. The Korps do not like that at all. They want exoneration! They want to be happier and feel less shame. The human Death Korps also feel that. The devil ones insist that they be the first in. The humans always join to help them. Their advance continued momentum that the first two offensives in the north started.
The South is in many places fully under control of the Imperium. The Guard there are still making gains. The Cabal has almost collapsed as the population is done with them. They revolt in many places and ad hoc militias are often serving as back up troops. The Flags of Ollanius and his story spread to them. A man who stood against gods. That is powerful. Many ad hoc formations make their own flags. Crude and rough but it is Ollanius.
A young boy and girl see Ollanius on a flag marching through this town. They see his end. The gene inside them activated. They see Horus. As his best and his worst. They are found by Tosca and three new blanks. The kids are orphans. Their parents died because of non war reasons. The boy is scared of the blanks. But the girl is not. She looks at them in wide eyed curiosity.
"You are different from us. Yet you want to help us. Are we in trouble?"
Tosca just ruffled the girl's hair before replying in Chinese.
"You are not in trouble. You both have gifts that can lead to great evil. But I and my brothers and sisters are here to help you. We will get you to people who can help you both. Let us get you two food. You look like you need some."
The twins perked up at food. They would like that. Plus, the strange lady feels better than before. They followed and a blank named Jack tells them of the first psykers. The two children are amazed. Heroes, that is what they can be. The four blanks find two more psykers on the way back. One is an older man who made his way as a cab driver. The last is an old medicine woman who smiled and said she knew already. But will be happy to teach what little she knows to others and would like help with a few control issues.
Ruruko is now a lieutenant. She has five squads under her. Her blades are their sergeants, and the five others are her command staff. The new ones are hesitant about being led by such a young person. But The blades smiled and said Ruruko leads from the front and is a good commander. She is awesome. You will see it. The new still doubt. But they lose that when the next battle sees them up against a tank and several party troop squads.
Ruruko promotes as do her three pawns. The four rip the tank apart with magic. The other squads see the lieutenant do that while waving her power sword. Her legend grows. The new become blades too. They see she knows battle plans. That she won't leave them to die.
Ruruko saved two of her men from being killed by a machine gun. She cooked the gunners alive. Her two men however are hurt. They asked to become her pawns too. Ruruko makes sure before reincarnation takes place. They are better. But their new king tells them that if they ever regret this they can be free again. The Emperor is the Breaker of Chains. The new pawns love their king more. To know that they can leave if they want. They will stay to serve a king like that.
Ruruko is a war hero to the reincarnated in the underworld. She got to be a king through great deeds. They are slowly getting more kings like that. The NKF has passed through so many reforms that the reincarnated know now truly that they had friends too. That mitigation of anger is something. But so many still dream of the day they are free. But the new reincarnated will have something much better than their own. The reincarnated follow Ruruko's story. As they do many others. The wars are always getting better.
In Russia.
Jeanne is with three squads of Sisters and two Guard squads. They are in a hell blasted town here on their front. The Russian government is holding fast here. The Imperials have new enemies here.
The Hero faction is splintering. Cao Cao is in a bad bind. The group has three new factions now. The Redemption Faction will do anything the Emperor wants. They are thinking of ways to surrender to Imperial forces without being shot. The sycophants have one now called the Serpents of True Earth. They deny the Emperor and they continued to use the brands justifying their actions in that they are fighting for an Earth free from the Tyranny of the Emperor who is the largest of liars. Then there are Cao Cao's loyalists. They cannot see a way. They, however, are dwindling as the other two gain strength. But all three new factions know that Ophis is no longer here. Their snakes from her disappeared.
The Serpents have thrown their lot in with the Russians. The Russians take this. Because it is vastly better than working with the OSF. The Serpents are disgusting in their own ways. But their forces now get supernatural powers and support.
Mark 0225-0245.
Jeanne and her troops are held up by an Apc and three branded along with a Russian squad. The Guard are only in flack armor. The Sisters take the center. Jeanne levels her bolter and her second a woman from Africa levels the plasma rocket. The other sisters fire volleys of bolter shots and they keep the Russians pinned. The branded use their gear to boost morale and then began making swords that started flying towards the Guard. Two do die. But Jeanne fires. Her shot kills the blade blacksmith.
The second fired her plasma rocket. The rocket missed only by a few inches, and it does kill a machine gun nest, so it is not a total loss. The Apc backs up and then gets more cover. The Guard are slowly advancing on the flanks as the sisters began to push up. Jeanne let us out a cry for her squads.
"For the Asari waifu! Let us get this bread!"
The sisters cheer at that as do many Guard. The Asari are so popular in the Guard up north. They are so pretty. The Russians just sweat dropped under their helms. But they too want Asari waifu, so they understand. The fight gets worse when a second Apc and another squad of Russians arrive. They are fighting in a town square. The rocket launcher woman simply wants to see her kids and fired a second plasma rocket. This one slammed into the new Apc and it goes up in flames.
The Russians are not fans of the ever increasing sight of those rockets. But they cannot get hands on them easily either. The squad of sisters on the right revs their servo motors. They then charged. The Guard send las volleys in support and keep the new Russians pinned. Jeanne charges too as does her squad. The final squad just fires in support. They do kill a second branded. It was not the support one but rather an annoying water one. He had been freezing joints. Not seriously bad but damn annoying.
The fight descended into close range and the Guard fired two more rockets and finally claim the Apc. They then began trying to pick off the last branded. The man is well protected by the captain here who knows that his men would have broken by now if they did not have the branded. He hates the Serpents. But they are helping the Motherland. And they need all the help they can get at this point. The Germans and the Poles are massing in the west. The East Imperials are pushing up the transSiberian railroad and they are losing there badly. This new front just sucks too.
The sisters used their vastly superior armor and their weapons to greater effect. Jeanne kills the last branded. She had formed chainswords from her own gear and she is whispered thank you by the now dead man. The death broke half the newcomers. The old just sighed and then began surrendering. The captain does too.
The Imperium respected the Geneva conventions on prisoners to the letter. There are talks at The Hague to make new ones for the new weapons. But only for humans. The Gould break everything in them and more. Fuck you parasites. You can die. The conventions need to change too. They are happy the Imperium is peaceful too.
Kuoh Navy Academy.
Rias is enjoying her time with Kenji and her new peerage members. They like the old members still here. To know that Kiba is in China in a mech suit is kick ass! That Akeno works for a man who is her mood kindred is disheartening for those who wanted her. But they are happy. Shirone is popular with the new pawns and with Hanako because she is now the friendliest person many have ever met. She purrs a lot.
Sona was enjoying her day. She was relaxing and enjoying the picture of Roboute. She had duplicated the original and now has one here in her office. It will be gone soon, however. She is graduating in a few days. She wants to be with Issei and Ravel. She has been practicing with her pistol and her sword. Her water magic is refined further. She will not leave her husband to be and her friend in Ravel alone. Saji wants to be there too. But he knows that he will be setting the precedent for their new school.
The students old and new desperately want to serve on the ships. New naval officers and captains. They attend every lesson with Koriele and her ship adepts. But they cannot slack off in other classes. The attendance rate is it is highest ever. Dropping out is ok. But you give up on ships if you do. Murayama and Katase have done that. As have the kendo club. They are on their way to China and Russia. Katase and Murayama for a new regiment that Ruruko is being prepared to lead. The club for the sisters of battle.
The statue of Sol Invictus is always surrounded by students and adults who dream of the ships and the void. There is a small chapel here for the aspect of the Astronomican. He has his first priest in over a thousand years. A small but humble first year girl who calls herself Hinata Invictus. She was an orphan on a scholarship. She has always loved the sun. She had wept knowing her schooling would be paid for by a new scholarship call the Invictus fund for space. TSB made that fund. The SoSeei club helped by providing people for the beginning of the next Adeptus. The Adeptus Spatial. The Imperial navy will be under them.
The few fan girls left dream of being an Empress. But they know they have absolutely no chance. He is never going to want them. But they do find something better. A new nerd pawn asked one of the few fan girls if she would go out with him. Being a devil has boosted his confidence. The girl is about to be mean to him. But remembered that Issei did not like that sort of thing. She looks over the nerd again. He is actually handsome. But he is not Issei. But she feels something from her sun pendant. A whisper of try. The girl accepted. She and that nerd enjoy a day that is beautiful and better than her dreams. She gets together with him. Because they both had no fear.
The world continued to accept the new normal.
The Senatorum meets again. They have ratified a constitution of Terra and the Imperium. The new empire of humanity is indeed a confederation. They are willing to work on tithes that will change every two years or sooner. Regiments for the Guard. And navel crews for the Imperial navy. The constitution also enshrined the rights of man. Everyone matters on Terra. Your race is nothing compared to the Xenos. Your religious creed is nothing because we are the same. Your choice of partners is fine. Protect one another. That and more. Taxes will come next year. But governments can run their borders and nations however they want as long as they live up to Unification. The fear of being subsumed is gone. The Imperium is forever. The Adeptus Terra receives workers. The Administration began working to eliminate old practices that are ineffective. Tsubasa leads an Ordo of the Inquisition as its first Inquisitor. The Ordo Administration. They will cut down on inefficiency and make sure things are not lost or miscounted. She has three new acolytes. They are former people from police departments and from accounting firms who left because they disliked how things were being done there.
Kangabaru is now finished. Malgun is the first prisoner there. The second is Hevina. She has come to regret everything she has ever done. Her shame makes her consider volunteering for the Death Korps. But Malgun, who was her new companion here simply said she should take the punishment.
"I will serve two hundred years here for my crimes. I asked for more because unlike the rest of the OSF I know I did terrible things. But the Emperor is a fair man. He tried to stop my additional time. I told him I would serve the Inquisition forever. Even after my release. My god has shown my redemption. I will become an Inquisitor one day. We are kin here now. But we will never be slaves."
Hevina embraces the Ecclesiarchy. She drifts from aspect to aspect. But her path is shown to be Sol Invictus. She has watched ships be made. She longs to see the stars like she did when she was young. But she will never be a captain. She will stay a crewwoman. Power was bad for her. So, she will stay at the bottom of the pole. But she shared information with the Inquisition. This time willingly and without the threats.
Carpathians Romania.
Kuroka touched her paw. The smell of him has never left. She is happier than ever before. She had through Ren hit it off incredibly fast with Issei. Now that the lust is gone Kuroka connected to him like a missing puzzle piece. They liked video games. He prefers story based games while she likes shooters. She said dreamily to him she wants to play the next COD. He had just smiled and then his first courting gift arrives.
A preorder for CODs next game. The first copy. Kuroka had yowled in happiness when she got that. Le Fay had simply smiled and then welcomed the cat to their ranks. The team had congratulated Kuroka. Vali knows something now. The Emperor of Mankind is also her rival. He has the red one. But that does not matter much anymore. Albion was pissed. He wanted to beat Ddraig's ass. But Vali had overruled him.
"Life's better gecko. We have our hoplite. We have mom back. I have the fisters and I get battle uncountable against Xenos and eventually gods. I get a mood kindred who is me and also awesome shut up and go back to sleep. He is the red one and we will get our fights. But he has made the world better and protects. I am not losing that. Plus, we cannot kill him. He is that perpetual thing. I am going to beat him. But not kill. He is cool. Now shut up. Watching something."
Team Vali sweat dropped as Vali watched Percy in a certain place. Ren just sees the funny.
"He is not the Breast Dragon Emperor. But you are the Butt Dragon Empress. That is funny to me."
Vali growled. But she did not deny it. Percy is simply happy. Everyone but Le Fay sweat dropped. Le Fay just patted Vali.
"To each their own Vali-sama. Let us finish this. I want to see my Knight again. I want my leave."
Kuroka had yowled happy at that. Arthur does too. He has thought long and hard on Irina. She is definitely not his type. But the letters and calls between them have shown that they can work. Anna is always going to be there. But so will he and Irina. He will try for her.
Mark 000
The OSF has prepared for this operation for a while. They need more firepower now that the veil has fallen. They lose bases less often than the first few weeks and pre fall. But the Imperium is solidified now. Its armies have bigger problems at the moment. But should even China end the OSF faced battle harden troops who are not scared of the supernatural. They get new weapons. They get tanks and armored vehicles. They have spaceships eventually. The operation needs to be launched now. They need the Grail.
The Vampires have been feeling the effects of the wars too. They fear the Emperor. They hate Sol Invictus who now makes them hurt more. But they have splintered too. A faction of the most liberal of their kind have taken up the standard of a possible new path. They are mostly Carmillas. But they see they have to change to meet the new world they live in. They are forming a new aspect. The Blood Queen. She is their answer to the changes.
Her formation made the peace branch to Neoth and the high three. The Blood Queen is pale and brooding. But she opens her offer.
"I represent the vampires who wish for a place at the table of man. I know I am not a great person. Nor are my followers. But we feel remorse. We will commit ourselves to the Emperor beloved by all. But we want the acknowledgment that we have the right to exist. We will help the Inquisition kill another person who is evil. Two if you give us the acknowledgment now."
The deal is made. Thus, why the Inquisition has help.
Elmemhilde Karnstein is nervous. So are the four blood mages with her. They had been watching the prison in secret. The Tempes are heavily anti Unification. They have reinforced every single stronghold they had. They do not believe the news. There are no such things as laser guns. Or spaceships. But better safe then sorry. The OSF had bad information. Thus, why when they started the smash and grab they instantly got put under heavy pressure by vampires.
Seven storm birds land. Kiryuu and her stormtroopers exit and begin to form up. The pervert is in power armor with the rosette. Her second is her wacky sword loving nature spirit. He gingerly pets his evisceration two handed chainsword. Team Vali form up with them.
The Patrick Stars now at eight squads are ready to fight. The single welsh man and his cyborg arm twist happily. The other squads are Québécois, and they are only regular. One does like to drink. The other three just make quick oaths of moment. Kiryuu giggles perversely at Elmemhilde. Pretty lady. But Turian are where it's at. Sorry vampire.
Elmemhidle sweat drops because of the look. And the hell guns. But she lives up to her new aspect.
"They started already. Our people inside leaked that they were coming. Please do not kill them. The Grail is in the basement medical wing unconscious. Two of our people are nearby. We will help. We have the armbands. Did she make the deal?"
Kiryuu grew serious.
"Deal is made. I in my position as acolyte of the Emperor's Inquisition have the signatures of three different Inquisitors and we agree to grant amnesty to those who kneel to the Imperium. We move in five. Lads I hear you like drinks. Triple the drinks for every OSF bastard killed and double the bounty on the head here! I want my bird men and I will not be denied! Forward! Glory to the Emperor beloved by all!"
The Stars cheered. The Québécois Stars are just sighing. They need money and that is always good. Plus, many of them want to form a state on Venus. They have tickets there on the first ship colony there.
Mark 001-035
The OSF pushed the war golems, and the enslaved magicians forward they had learned a bit from the imperials. Artillery is good. They send familiars in behind the enslaved. They, however, are worried. They have been fighting here for twenty minutes and they have barely even reached the gates of this old castle. The veil falling means they can move faster. Bring more troops.
But they are close. Maybe ten more minutes and then they will be in. Then they hear a noise. Oh no. It is a roar. An incredibly angry and very pissed off roar. Several devils look to the tree line to their left. Out comes a grinning Kiryuu and her buddy. The massive chainsword is longer then the spirit holding it. And more stormtroopers charge forward and several have regular sized chainswords. The imperials are grinning.
Team Vali and the blood mages are with them. The vampires wearing the armbands of the Aquilla are in total shock of being out in daylight and not hurting.
Kiryuu blows a kiss and fired her melta gun. The shot killed the first devil. The stormtroopers began the charge. The vampires on the castle walls are looking on in horror. And shock at seeing six of their kin wearing the bands and being in the sun and not burning. They are hiding under the shade.
The volley kills many magicians and several devils. The battle ended between two and began between the three.
Vali and her team were on the left and they and two Québécois squads moved towards the castle with a blood mage. He is happy to be out in the sun for the first time. The warmth is nice. He throws a blood bolt at a vampire gaping at the still advancing imperials from a wall. The bolt kills the man.
The Imperials moved on. Kiryuu loves Mr Burny. He is great! She and her fellow acolyte take command.
"Double drinks lads!"
The lads cheered. Some of the devils here are survivors of the last few battles. They still hear the cheers in their nightmares. They are smart. They run and abandon their comrades here who are mostly from Asmodeus the True. They are scared badly.
Creuserey Asmodeus is not too cowed. But does not like the massive chainsword. Nor the new gun. But gets his battle line adjusted.
"Form up and show these imperial dogs we are the pure! Damn them to hell fire and then let their coward Emperor feel the wrath of the True Satans!"
His levies had only faced the imperials once. They had tanks there. And the bolters. These imperials do not. They pivoted and began a new battle. But Vampires see their own opening. They throw new blood bolts at the devils and the imperials depending on which walls they are on. The devils have to reform again to keep the blood suckers pinned. They lose several hundred to that task.
The imperials have more new weapons. Thunder hammers for those who are going to kill war golems. New las machine guns who start to open up on the devils. And two long las sniper teams. Those had just arrived by portals. They are Romanians. They want pay back on blood suckers and the bastard devils. They split and they begin to take pot shots at both foes. A vampire loses his head to a las shot. He melted into dust. The others near him gulped. Laser guns are real. Yikes.
Vali gets to their wall entrance point she and Agamemnon power up their fists and hammer. They punch and slammed the wall. It cracked then the cracks went up and the wall crumbled taking ten vampires out as they hit the sun and burn to ash. The Québécois let the wall fall before they charged. They have thunder hammers on their vets. The Vampires gape further. What the fuck! They then pale more. That means the ships are real. They look up and imagine fleets of them above Earth. Oh no. They are screwed.
The devils hear the wall crumble. But they cannot exploit that. They are being pinned by the imperials who they vastly outnumber. The las machine gun has a battery cell that is good for three hundred thousand shots. There are five cells each for the three gun teams. The gunners are from the United States. They are the first Lincolns. They were gun nuts already having come from the United States marines. Now they giggle perversely for their new toys. The Imperium pays better, and they get free mental help from the never-ending stream of mentalists that are flooding the Imperium. Art of the deal.
The stormtroopers are forming a wedge around Kiryuu and her buddy calling himself Aegon. The spirit loves this job. Swords galore and he gets to go to Japan and weeb out! He pets his still angry chainsword.
"It is ok Growlith. You will get your blood. Daddy loves you so much my big strong girl!"
Several troopers sweat dropped. But are glad the nut is on their side. Kiryuu loves her mood kindred here in battle.
"Mr Burny will get more kills! I will give you my One Piece Japanese edition for season 1-3 if you beat me!"
Aegon smirks. That is a good bet. He is also in power armor. Blood for Growlith!
"Bet. I am getting this Bread!"
He charged and his servo motors are on full power. He smashed into the enslaved magicians and began the melee. His chainsword never not roaring. Kiryuu has a true mood kindred now. She fantasizes about her birds. Her harem of them. Mr Burny opened up again.
The stormtroopers sweat dropped further. They were Irish and like drinking, but this is beyond them. But that spirit is kick ass dude! He is breaking the central front!
Mark 036-055
The Imperials have finally established a gun line. They had made it with the corpses of the magicians. They take shots at the devils and two teams of machine guns have moved closer. A flag summoned from a stormtrooper magician is planted and the imperial right rally around it. It is a star fish with a Krusty Krab hat.
The devils hate that flag. And the machine guns that never seem to run out of lasers. They are not having fun. The spirit is the worst thing they have seen since the Red Angel. But he has a title of his own now. Aegon the Star made Knight!
A Bethesda fan among the stars called him Pelenial come anew. But this time he is not a dreamer.
In a far off tree the first Star Made Knight is busy like always killing elves. But he in his Crusader armor freezes. Then he laughs a new laugh of evil for mer. He shouts anew and like Reman before it will be questioned what the shouting will mean.
"Aegon!"
The new Star Made Knight feels the other him. He shouted and his roaring plus the chainsword makes many devils run. The Bethesda fan cried happily.
"Pelenial!"
Across two different trees the mood kindred kill for man. United in purposeful action.
The devils are falling back very slowly. They cannot run because of a sniper team. They cannot portal out easily because they are in the ward scheme for the castle. They are being backed up to the mountainside. This castle was in a hidden valley in the mountains.
Creuserey is now regretting not retreating. They have scored a few kills. But it is a six to one ratio and the machine guns are now ripping through cover and his levies are suffering badly. He is difficult but he genuinely loves his men and is not the other Satans. They could give a rats ass about their levies. Especially Beelzebub. Lucifer has the blind devotion. Leviathan had the weakest connection, but Asmodeus is now very worried about his troops.
His devils resent him for this fight. But they know the Pure had not done this intentionally. They do hold fast and then tried something new. Imperial tactics. Asmodeus was the warlord on both sides of the divide. He had studied the after action reports and had interviewed several survivors. He is the most liberal of the old Satans. He had been training them for this situation and others.
The devils began squad based tactics. They formed up and while this is new they see the strengths. They scored two more kills. The Imperials noticed immediately. They target the ad hoc squad commanders, and they keep the devils from doing more. But the situation is slightly better now for the devils.
Mark 036-55 inside the castle.
The imperials in the castle are making excellent progress. Vampires are not used to the hell gun. Nor the roars. They run openly even though they have supremacy here in the shade. The blood mage vampire feels no regrets joining the Blood Queen cult. He was a Tepes, but the mostly female cult had welcomed him and several other men. He is thankful to never piss off the Imperium. Their warriors scare him. But Le Fay has been speaking to him over the vox on a private channel.
"He really is not bad. He is wonderful and I am sure we can find ways for your cult to get blood without having to kill people. Your people can probably get worlds of your own too."
That is a good deal. Falcus likes good deals.
"I am starting to believe. We do need to change. But how can you speak for him? He only has three ladies?"
Le Fay smiled further.
"I am the fourth. I have his support in anything I do. If you do not betray us and keep your oath he does not care what you do with your lives. But humans must be your kin too. You need them. In more ways than you know. The relationship must be symbiotic not parasitic. Do not be the Gould. They are real. Aliens are real and the Gould will try and enslave us all."
The Blood Queen shows her cult on mass the Gould. To be trapped in your own body and watch on as it commits evil. That is a nightmare. And you cannot break free easily. It stays inside you like a virus. Even when it is all but gone. Falcus shivers. He is not a good person. None of the Cult are. But that is hell. He and the rest of the Cult committed to the cause and to the Emperor who despite hating what they are doing and are they get his protections too.
"I am his. You Imperials like that whole Emperor protects thing yes? Well, that is now understandable. But the Asari makes me feel things. Not sure what yet."
Le Fay chuckled.
"They do that. They have a vampire gene of their own. They are called Ardat-Yakshi. Demons of the midnight wind. He is protecting them too. Let us get this done fast. I miss him."
Falcus will return to his blood court. Show them there is hope. Show them the Gould. The vampires would be targeted by the parasites for eternal life. The imperials are reaching the dungeons beneath the keep. The vampires near Valerie now must move. They kill three of the guards. They then barricade the cell and draw blood swords to protect the grail. This does something to them.
Vampires run down a hallway as Vali chased after them with her wings. Albion is now less pissed about Ddraig. But he still wanted to hurt his rival. But seeing Vampires die is always a good thing. He might not remember much from before the sealing by Galen, but he did remember an incident where vampires had tortured his then host while they were a kid. Fuck them. The memory makes Vali faster. Percy is chasing after his future wife! She is so kick ass!
Kuroka is happy in purring up a song and Arthur just watched the flanks with Agamemnon. Ren is in the back with Le Fay and Falcus. Ren does not trust the vampire. And Le Fay is cool. Not like cat. He found her chasing a bird in cat form earlier today. He wondered why senpai likes the cat. But he is a good scion of the Psycana. He has a teaching position lined up for him at the new school on Malta. It was being called Tizaca Academy.
He was not yet ready to retire from the front line. But he will never stop thanking senpai for helping him. He saw several lines where he hurt people because he did not understand his emotions and his powers. He killed his family and then fifty other people in his warp fueled rampage. Senpai stopped that by giving him the mantras and the extra control slates.
His senpai kept the first four together via a group text. The chat was now mostly memes about other versions of themselves. Ren had a female counterpart who was a magic girl. Asia had a female counter part that was a very battle hungry woman, and she was brutally aggressive. Issei shared Oppai Dragon episodes. Momo had one where she was this thing called a Gamer. She had a male harem there. All of them were exceptionally good friends.
Ren felt Senpai touched him, and he whispered something in his ear. Oh no! That is bad. Ren opened his vox.
"Boss lady we need to secure the objective now! She is a psyker and she could explode and take us with her! Move now!"
The stormtroopers knew what that meant. An X class threat. They began to kill vampires faster. Team Vali had their eyes wide open now. Fuck. Falcus is simply confused. What is a psyker?
Vali split the team.
"Bird go get to her now. Fay you and Agg go now and help. Percy hunt them faster and extra rewards tonight. Arthur help the French. Now."
Percy fought for his rewards! Extra cuddles! Agg sweat drops but followed after Ren and Le Fay who is dragging Falcus. Vali goes into balance break. Albion is scared. Psykers frightened him badly. Ren was fine. But he remembered the Emperor was one too.
Ren pours the warp into his muscles and runs. Agg helps kills several enemies along the way. Le Fay pulled her broom out and she and Falcus fly down the hall. They reach the door Ren stops them there.
"Guard only. Do not enter unless it comes out. Kill it if it does come out without me. Do not argue."
Falcus is incredibly frightened and scared. But the other two nodded. Ren opens the door and phased through.
Inside are the two vampires. And a nineteen year old young woman. She is on the bed strapped down. But there is a presence here. The spirit of the the young woman exits the body. She is rage incarnate. She is fury. A Longinus awakened. Ren feels senpai shield his soul. But the bird is not afraid. He sees something well hidden. His potential other.
Valeria sees nothing but hate and rage. She had been here for so long. Little good and tons of bad. But through this new being she cannot control she sees a star. That calms some of the rage. Now it is a battle of wills. She will never break again.
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The blood mages on the right fight with fury now. Elmemhidle sees she will be hunted by the Gould. She has what they want. Immortality. Humans could be reasonable. The Citadel races and the Race could be too. But the Gould will never stop hunting the supernatural for hosts. Death and complete destruction of everything you are is better than being their slave.
They must stand with the Emperor they must never surrender or compromise they must destroy the Gould and destroy them down to the last larva. Every queen of theirs must die! They are one of the darkness of the stars. The Emperor protects them all!
The new vampire race shows their fury. The devils have been slowly gaining ground and were about to push. The Imperial tactics were helping immensely in countering some of the imperials. But now blood magic shows why it is a deadly and dangerous weapon.
Several Devil captains have their blood cook inside their bodies. Others have strokes and collapsed. The devils lose momentum with that. The machine gun third crew has made hops to the trench and had set up covering the other two crews. The long las team for devils has killed multiple commanders. But the Pure remains elusive.
Aegon Star made Knight continues his slaughtering of the levies. He sees the other him with elves. The other him sees the OSF and eventually the Gould. They each kill for man. They are half of the others soul. It was jarring for each to see the other. They should have switched places. Pelenial was the future. Aegon was the past. Yet they saw their lines. Aegon has a long life. But Pelenial does not. Still, they will inspire others who see the stars. And make their foes dread their title.
Kiryuu just wants her bird men damnit! But Mr Burny is ok till then. Aegon is going to win. By a big margin. But that is fine. She has five other sets.
The devils have mostly finished off the vampires on their left. The surviving ones flee. But there is a problem anew. Another squad of Troopers has taken their place and they are smarter. They have the former long las team for vampires in the turret of the castle now firing from outside the devil's range. They are claiming kills.
The levies and Creuserey see they are not getting into the castle. And wings are not a promising idea. Previous fights and two more recent ones showed that. The Pure makes a call.
"Fall back to our right. We need to leave and retrain. We have pride in knowing we held longer the the rest. I will buy us time."
He turns to his daughter. The young woman is scared for her dad. He was not afraid, and he was a good father. She was nineteen. But she had a secret. She did not believe in the cause. She has looked at these humans and wondered why they fight harder than ever before. Why do they shout the Emperor protects and never fall back even when they lose their lives. What sort of man is like that?
"Hecta. Take the men and run. Survive and get our lessons to the rest of the pure. We must win and you will do that be teaching them."
"Daddy."
He touched her face. He was the best out of the old Satans. He was a narcissist, but he was the warrior of the four True Satans. He did not shirk from duty. Hecta loved him. He had raised her as well as he could. His wife had died giving birth to Hecta. But Creuserey had never blamed his heir.
"Go now. I do this for you my darling daughter. Survive for yourself and not me. Live now and you will get your birth right soon."
Hecta wept. But obeyed. She began gathering levies in the back and middle. They would run. Creuserey moved up with his personal guard. He would kill the Star made Knight. For his underworld lilies. For his men he failed here. The retreat began.
The front line appreciates that their lord was here. They know they are making a last stand here. But their lord was not a coward like Beelzebub. Not a researcher like Leviathan. Not the king like Lucifer. He was a warrior. He led from the front, and he was beloved for that. He had problems but he made up for that by being the warrior.
The imperials were very supremely surprised when the devils made a push from nowhere. At their head was Creuserey. Aegon saw his foe. His sword raised and roars. Kiryuu sees the retreating enemy. She through her pendant sees Hecta. She voxed twenty men and ordered them to follow her. The lads do so without question. They moved to stop the retreat. A machine gun goes with them.
Creuserey brings up his axe. And his shield. He and his guards move to fight the Star made Knight. He tells the survivors behind them to get to Hecta. His levy nodded their thanks. They run. Aegon moves. Growlith roars. The spirit cuts a devil in two. Then kills another devil with a head cut off. Creuserey is not intimidated. But he knows death is likely. The Star made Knight kills another. Then Growlith roars and takes a slash against the Satan. The shield blocks it.
Hecta saved two hundred men. But she will not leave till the last do. She does see Kiryuu and the machine gun. The young woman makes a barrier. Three more devils join her. Kiryuu knows magic too. She saw the ward line. She tossed a ward grenade and it hit a ward stone with a shock. Then she was in. She squeezed the ward hole made closed.
The levies cannot escape now. Hecta sees that. The two hundred outside see that and try to break it again. But this is the Emperor's work. They will not break. The machine gun and troopers are entrenched and have a clear line of fire. Kiryuu sees the doubts in Hecta. She likes Mr Burny. But the pen and words win battles too.
"My only offer of surrender. Do it now and you and your men will live. Deny this and you get las shots. Your people do not have to die. I cannot stop Aegon. But I can do what I can for your men and you. The Emperor has mercy too. "
Hecta sees the men. The melta gun and machine gun. The warning ping of a long las. She cannot see a way out. She sees the storm birds. They are coming.
"Your bastard Emperor hates us! We are the rightfully chosen of the Devil species! Yet he fights our right to that! How can I or anyone else trust a warlord and a warmonger who only sees death! You will kill us once this fails and you lie!"
"The Emperor protects. Even you. He hates your plans of genocide towards us. But the only genocide we will do in the foreseeable future is for the Gould. Try living in your own body looking through your eyes trapped in a small corner of your mind. You will have no mouth and you will want to scream. Try thinking about that for dozens of species that are their slaves. Put yourself in their shoes and say that again when we humans will protect them. The Emperor will always protect. He is eternal. Try nobility for fucking once."
Hecta and the Asmodeus levies hear that. They see the species in question. The screams of billions of slaves. Many are hosts. Many more are mentally and physically broken. The Gould and their God are happy in their abundance of suffering. How can you not want to genocide that? Shame fills Hecta. Her father taught nobles must actually be that. Noble. Blood was the key. The Emperor is the most noble of them all. He wanted to save other species. Not enslave them. How could they claim to be nobles but will not actually do that. Hecta sees why his armies fight and die for him. Because they inspire hope. He leads from the front. Like daddy.
Another ping. The barrier wavers. The machine gun ready up. As do the lads. But Kiryuu just says something.
"I openly admit I am a pervert. I want my harem of sexy bird men. But I see the good this has done for my life. I get to leave Terra. I get to be who I am openly and without shame. Because I at the end of the day i am not perfect. No one is. Your people have a new legacy. A world that is all but guaranteed to them. Be like another world that is not here but exists. Be like Vostroya. They were called the Vostroyian first born. Be them but better. You do not have to die. Choose now."
A final ping. The levies and Hecta see Vostroya. The first born regiments. They who betrayed yet were forgiven and built legacies stretching ten thousand years. Hecta shows her doubts openly. She weeps. But drops and raises her hands in surrender. The levies left alive do too. The two hundred outside supremely surprised the ones inside. They surrendered too. They love Hecta. But they know they will see new worlds. The barrier falls. The gunner is ready to pull the trigger despite the offer. A comrade slaps him.
"Be noble. Be like the Emperor Paul. I am not going to be a war criminal. The fight is over here."
Paul feels shame. He had heard the stories about the OSF. He wants them all dead. But his pendant burns. He drops his hands from the trigger and stock. Kiryuu just nodded and then troopers moved and began organizing the levies. Hecta wants to be like the Emperor. The OSF spat on one title in particular. Beloved by All. He protected his species from predators and darkness. Why he was that and more he was that if his men show mercy to scum like them.
Vostroya. She will build that. Her daddy will not be there. He is a true believer in pure blood supremacy. Hecta never was. Her first crush was on a human slave their family owned. The young man had been broken. But with her he felt safe enough to show his face truly. He was so sweet. But then he had been sacrificed for a ritual. Her father had simply said humans were worth nothing. A human was more noble than her. Multiple humans have shown that.
Creuserey and Aegon fought. The guards are dead. The shield has hundreds of scratches from the teeth. The chainsword is not tired. Nor is Aegon. The fight is uninterrupted. An axe strike is caught and another scratch for the shield. The remaining devils have died to a man. It is just him left. The Star made Knight has several wounds. But so does Creuserey. He lost a finger. He will not live. Aegon will. It is clear to see. He sees his daughter and his men being rounded up with raised hands. Yet they are not threatening him with her.
The Imperials have honor. Humans have that it seemed. But he must not retreat. He will die for his beliefs. His daughter and men will live for theirs. A new roar. Aegon sees Pelenial lose his loved one. His rampage is not what Aegon will ever do. But he understands. He is the better Star made Knight. He will have honor. He brings Growlith up. And slammed it down on Creuserey. This time the kill is made. The shield is cut in half plus the hand holding it.
Creuserey screams and falls back into a worse position. He tripped over a dead soldier, and he falls. Aegon takes his last name and kill. Whitestrakes. But he gives honor to the now dying Asmodeus.
"You fought well. Know you have the Star Made Knight's respect we will not abuse your girl. Your line will now live on for ten thousand years. A legacy of a new world yet unfounded. Die knowing that."
The devil dies with a final roar of the massive sword. His last thoughts are for his baby living. And his legacy living. And regret for not seeing her become better than any previous Asmodeus.
The imperials began cleaning up. Elmemhidle sees the honor. The dead imperials. They were raised up as heroes. She sees the devils being rounded up and having bracelets put on them. The Imperium is not evil. But she must tell the others of their kind. Kiryuu comes to the young vampire noble who is a fifth daughter.
"I would say we would bang ok, but I have other dreams. Do not enter the castle. We have a situation in there and as of now it is in an Inquisition stronghold. Your imperials too now. But not us. My men led your fellows we found out except for two. They are not responding to us, and we will let you know when and if they are going to be out."
Elmemhidle blushed. But understanding. She does ask a question or two.
"How bad? And Asari. I want to know about them. They are exceptionally beautiful."
"Very bad. And I am a bird lover myself, but I am a woman of culture."
Kiryuu smiled perversely. Ah another mood kindred of the horny. So many people are that now. They need a fan site. Or better yet. A tumblr. The open and the now new closet pervert bond. Over Asari and Turians. Elmemhidle likes them too now. The women are hot.
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Ren and Valeria are fighting. Not physically. But in the warp. Their wills are slamming into one another. Now Valeria sees they are new enslavers. She will kill them and free Gasper from the thing that calls itself Emperor. Ren sees his other lost and roaring in the dark trying to fight him and free the one who sent them here to save her. The rage has clouded her vision.
They fight. Raw strength and hate from Valeria and precision strikes from Ren. They are opposites. He is trained. She is not. She has sacred gear, and it is not helping her. The spirits in this castle are angry and bitter. They died to an Emperor. An Emperor in Istanbul. They tell her that the new Emperor is also an enslaver of people. Ren fights with images and looks at him. She fights against that by claiming that they are lies made to brainwashed masses.
They clash and poke. Valeria is enraged and almost beyond the point where she will willingly take the warp into her and then explode taking herself and many tyrants in the making with her. She will open a warp storm. Direct it towards China and kill the enslaver. But Ren sees the chink in the armor. He pokes the link.
"Gasper is free. He is no one's slave. He has an entire day set aside every week he made a scrapbook for if he ever found you again. Your friend loves you and he was the one who willingly sent us here to stop the true enslavers. They are called the Old Satan Faction. They were going to use you to recreate evil dragons and use their power to locate a thing called the first murder."
Valeria does not believe that at all.
"Fucking bullshit. You serve a monster that plans to enslave entire worlds to his will. That uses and abuses everything he touches and sees. He is the grim darkness of the far future who fucked up now and shown his true colors too early. He might have enslaved many. But I will sic semper tyrannis on him. He and that future will never come to pass. My storm will kill them all and while we die as a species we will die free of him. Gasper will be free! I swear this now!"
Ren sees the next chink. The phrase. He knows it. He strikes there.
"What tree are you seeing? Describe it to me. I am like you. I am a psyker. Describe it and I will show you our true tree."
Valeria roars again and formed a Warhammer but she screams the tree into existence. It is the first tree and the unkillable one of that forest. It is not theirs at all. Ren sees where her inexperience comes from and then slammed a sword into a line and begins to cut her focus there. The tree of the dark future loses strength. A hint of light hits Valeria. She is so enraged she does not see it. Another cut. But the Warhammer comes down and needs to be blocked.
"Lies and evil will never come to pass! He has made them kneel in the ashes of their city! He stole a warrior who was going to die happy with his true brothers! He stole a kill from one who suffered from a father of evil! I know truth! That is our tree! It has never been anything but darkness ever since I was out here! Every waking second of my dreams has been this! I know it is him! He willingly does this to us! He sacrificed the greatest spokesperson our kind has ever had and yet you defend the bastard that kills dreams! You will die crow! We all will! Let Earth burn! Let the seas boil! Our Star will watch as we fall into lifelessness! Horus was a bastard but he was right!"
Ren makes the biggest cut of his life. He will hurt badly for this. But Valeria is his other now because she is wonderful. He sacrificed an eye like Magnus. His left eye in the materium turned milky white and dead. Using that he cuts. The grim darkness falls, and the true tree outshines the old. Valeria sees the sacrifice and gasped. Then the tree. She and the spirits with her see DXD 40000.
Valeria sees the significance of the sacrifice. And now she stops gathering the warp. The two vampires in the room freak out and then drop unconscious.
"Why? Why did you do that? Your eye."
"Because Magnus was the greatest amongst us before the fall. You focus too much on the wrong tree. This is truly ours. Valeria. I did this because our lines crossed too heavily. We are the other half. I see you are a woman of conviction. I want that so much. I want kids with you. Senpai is not nor is ever going to be him. Please believe me and him now. Focus only on me use me as the center of your wall. I will build more ones with your face."
She calms. Valeria looks at him again. They do cross too much. She caused this and his eye. She falls to her face and weeps freely. He gave that up for her. He tried to show her the truth. She ignored him. She almost killed their planet for nothing. Because she was a stupid half breed vampire. Because she had never been smart. A failure to the end now. They will kill her. She almost proved the trial of Magnus detractors right again. Magnus had been her hero. She weeps ready for the killing blow, and she will not resist. Her shame makes her ignorant of the last part.
Ren kneels to her and picks up the young woman. She weeps. He will do the kill to her face. But he wipes the tears away.
"I can get a robo eye. We are not backwards here. Valeria. I am not going to kill you. I want to grow old with you on a small worthless island In the Mediterranean. I want peace. You can deny me. It will hurt. But senpai says that while we can see our possible others and yes we usually do get together. We do not have too. I want to learn your tale. I still would have given up the eye for you regardless. In war sacrifice. This was that. Please let me help you in our brave new world. Like how Senpai helped me. How he still helps everyone on this planet. How he will be beloved by all truly."
Valeria weeps. The one phrase of the old hits her here. The Emperor protects. It truly real here. She knows Ren wants a real thing with her built together and not just one sided desire. She wants that too. A hand touched her shoulder. It is not Ren. Valeria looks over and sees the Emperor. He smiled down at her. She knows what must happen. It will hurt. But she will be her. She will see Gasper again. He will always be there watching and protecting. She willingly nodded.
"You must do this. I will hurt so many if I am not soul bonded. I am weak. I am stupid and Magnus was my hero. I am wrong like him. Please put the brand here on me."
"No. It is not like that here. You will get a small part of my soul in you. But only till you are ready to do it yourself. Two others have had their own problems. They are free of me too. You will not be a slave. I abhor that. But darkness will always be here, and I will have to do horrible things to save the most people possible. I remember the names of the fallen. They are each brick in my walls. I will never leave them alone to be forgotten. Humanity will never be free of me. But I will not place chains. I break them. Valeria please live for yourself. That tree you saw is not nor will ever be here. Rise daughter of Terra. Your vigil will end one day. Mine will be eternal. Enjoy the fact you can pass on. Because that is the gift humanity and others should never ever hate or regret. I am not god. But I will kill those that threaten us all. Live in honor of Magnus. He who was ultimately an exceptionally good son who took a dark path."
To know that. To never lose her eyes like Ren did. To see him and know what she saw was never their tree. She will keep the shard of him forever. Because she saw the wrong tree. She, however, once it passed said that.
"It is going to be here forever. I am weak. But you are the Sun. Please never leave me. Thank you for saving me. I want to be free from here."
The Emperor just pats her shoulder.
"It will come back one day. And just wake Valeria. You will be strong for you and Ren. Buddy I will make a new eye for you."
"Do not. I will take the robo eye. I will be more kick ass like Yarrick."
TTS Tree.
Commissar Sebastian Yarrick freezes. He did not know why. But someone spoke his name in true admiration. He was about to lead more men against the damn Orks. But he was happier now in his task.
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Issei laughed and he liked the idea.
"Honor the old man then. But Valeria will have doubts about you two. Do not Valeria. He will be like Yarrick but more. Congratulations on the opportunity. Tell bad cat and my magician queen I miss them and will see them after this next fight we are close to another big city. Will be easier than the first one hopefully."
"Right Senpai. Take care. I will tell them you say hello."
Valeria woke up to see her once room of a prison. Ren is next to her. He just smiled at her. Valeria touched his hand covered in feathers. They are silky soft. Ren cuts her straps and then helps the half vampire up. Valeria sees the two vampires who are unconscious on the floor, and she feels regret. She had controlled them. But Ren just pats her.
"You did not do anything damaging to them. And they were your protectors. They will be fine. Excuse me while I jump on the vox."
Valeria just snuggles deeper into a man she definitely can grow to love. He had given her the galaxy anew. She does make a request.
"Make the robo eye your eye color. That is all I want. You are amazing. My Raven. Your better than Corax."
Ren blushed but nodded.
Le Fay had explained a bit of what a psyker was to Falcus as they waited. The vampire was amazed and a bit horrified at the potential they had. He now understands why they had called this an X class thing. But Le Fay and Agg had killed five more vampires who tried to get to Valeria. But Ren had called and said things.
"Your good to come in. And Cat, Fay Senpai says hello and that he will see you all before the next city fight. Just do not be put off by my eye. I am going to get a kick ass robo eye."
The three entered the room and Falcus immediately went to check on the vampires on the floor. They were fine other than being unconscious. Fay in a rare moment of being not so stiff had teased Ren.
"Looks like your winning mister bird. Do not like the eye but I see what you mean. Hi, it is nice to meet you Valeria. I have something for you from the little guy. He is going to be happy to hear you."
Le Fay pulled a data slate from a pocket spell and then handed it to Valeria and a vox bead. The dhampir took them and likes a future Empress more. The shard of the Emperor in her had slowly started building mental walls and making sure Valeria was shown how to do the best ones possible for her. Valeria wants it to stay forever. But the shard tells her that it will leave not because she was not wanted. But because it will be needed to fight other things. Ren just holds his other and he started to trill softly. Senpai does indeed Protect.
An. Huzzah more done and so many new things. The imperium begins to truly take shape. The little first year student who is Sol Invictus's priest is another tree version. She is nice. Kiryuu and Mr Burny. They are fun to write about and The New Star made Knight! He is definitely strange, and he is still a weeb and a sword fanatic. But he is a version of the other Star Made Knight fully.
Then there is the Blood Queen. Vampires have long been in the back of my mind. Not all are disgusting and yes they do terrible things. But I do not believe in full destruction of anything in DXD 40000 except for the Gould and the Reapers. It applies to the Asmodeus levies. As you can see Creuserey was vastly different than canon and that is because he was adapting to the world more so than other OSF. He loved his troops and he adorned his daughter who he actually other then a few small incidents besides the slave human truly raised a good person. Hecta was doubtful because she saw a lot of what they did and had a soul. Empathy. They lost a lot of people here. But like the Leviathans levies they will get something new.
Also new quotes at the beginning of the chapter. Old ones will still pop up, but new ones are going to be more prevalent as we move on.