47: Chapter 47 The Battle of the Shield of the Underworld (Part 5): An Unexpected Ally.

The players looked at the introduction of Dante, and coupled with his majestic aura, they were immediately filled with reverence.

"No need to thank us, this is the duty of our Imperial Navy."

"For the Emperor."

"Hmm, thank you for your contribution."

"I have a request: I hope that your Imperial Navy and the fleet of the Flesh Tearers Chapter can arrive at Lexios together to rescue the Battle Sisters and the local Civilians on the planet."

"It is our duty."

"Many thanks."

Soon, the Flesh Tearers fleet led by Chapter Master Gabriel Seth, along with the Imperial Navy forces controlled by the players, sailed towards Lexios.

Soon, Chapter Master Gabriel Seth of the Flesh Tearers sent a communication request.

"Greetings, Naval Captain. I am Chapter Master Gabriel Seth of the Flesh Tearers."

"Greetings, I am Li Pu."

"Captain Li Pu, I will lead the Chapter's Astartes to drop onto the planet's surface. I will leave the rest to you and the Imperial Navy."

"Understood, rest assured."

After hanging up the communication, a virtual panel popped up in front of the players: Do you want to view the history of the Flesh Tearers Chapter?

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The Flesh Tearers were born during the Second Founding, a successor Chapter split from the Blood Angels. Their first Chapter Master was the former Captain of the 5th Company of the Blood Angels, Nassir Amit, known as the "Flesh Tearer."

This Chapter, composed of followers of Nassir Amit, has long been immersed in the echoes of the death of their Primarch Sanguinius, unable to let go, their hearts filled with resentment and anger.

As time passed, their gene-seed underwent malignant changes, causing many of their battle-brothers to be unable to extricate themselves from the states of the Black Rage and the Red Thirst.

This also resulted in them possessing a large number of Death Company combat units, transforming from a standard Astartes Chapter into a rapid assault force with many assault squads, eager to quickly finish off opponents with cruel methods.

However, this also led to a consistently high casualty rate for the Flesh Tearers Chapter, and due to the malignant mutation of their gene-seed, few warriors live past 200 years. This is causing them to slowly disappear.

Furthermore, because they often lose control in battle and cause friendly fire, their reputation among Imperial forces is extremely poor. Some departments in the Empire remain suspicious of their loyalty, which makes other Imperial units very resistant to cooperating with this Chapter.

By the end of the 41st Millennium, the Flesh Tearers Chapter had only 4 companies left. Many Imperial scholars speculate that with the continuous malignant mutation of the Flesh Tearers Chapter's gene-seed, it probably won't be long before the Flesh Tearers Chapter disappears from the Empire's archives.

However, since the current Chapter Master Gabriel Seth took office, he has been trying to change the outside world's perception of the Chapter.

Because Gabriel Seth believes that if this Chapter is destined to perish, he hopes the Empire will remember them with honor rather than slaughter and fear.

Therefore, Gabriel Seth has been actively responding to calls for help from all over the Empire, striving to repair the relationship between the Flesh Tearers Chapter and Imperial forces. It is precisely because of this that when Gabriel Seth received the distress signal from the parent Chapter, he immediately led the Flesh Tearers Chapter to rush to the Pluto Galaxy together with the Blood Angels.

"Brothers, this Chapter Master is actually quite hardworking."

"Sigh, who made his Chapter's reputation so bad? If he doesn't work hard, does he expect heaven to smile upon him?"

"Wuwuwu! Brothers, I'm moved again."

"Brothers, all we can do is pin down the enemy's space forces for them, and by the way, provide them with orbital support."

"Brothers, are there any other fleets nearby?"

"Yes, brother, we have some brother fleets on the way."

"Um, let me interrupt, I have bad news. We just logged on and received orders, it seems we are being deployed to Baal for the final decisive battle."

"Forget it, this fleet of ours is enough. Are there any surviving brothers in the Pluto Galaxy?"

"Yes, brother, there are."

"Counting you, there are two fleets, plus us, that makes 4 in total."

"That's good, brothers, follow my command. We will go to support Lexios, you try your best to intercept the Hive Fleet and buy us time."

While speaking, the fleet arrived at the planet Lexios. However, at this time, the planet's surface was covered with a thick layer of spore clouds. Not only that, they also detected huge waves churning on the ground, as well as Battle Sisters and local Civilians fighting a mobile war against the Tyranid Swarm. The Flesh Tearers fleet made a decisive decision, breaking through the spore clouds on the planet's surface and launching a ground landing assault force led by Chapter Master Gabriel Seth.

At the same time, Li Pu commanded the players to join forces with the Flesh Tearers' warships, engaging in a dogfight with Tyranid bio-ships that far outnumbered them.

On the ground, the Flesh Tearers' assault units and the steel torrent composed of vehicles such as Rhino transports and Predator tanks successfully made contact with the survivors. With the help of the Flesh Tearers, the Battle Sisters and local Civilians survived the next wave of the Tyranid Swarm's offensive, but they still had no time or space to conduct an orderly evacuation...

At this time, a Battle Sister suggested that the Imperial forces begin to retreat to an ancient cathedral on Lexios. If the void shields and automated defense facilities inside were not damaged, this would be their hope for a safe evacuation.

But just as the forces on Lexios were constantly searching for space and time to evacuate, Commander Dante sent a brand new order to Chapter Master Seth.

It turned out that the Commander had formed an alliance with an unexpected Xenos ally. And they gave Dante a brand new plan. Now, all Imperial forces staying on Lexios must execute this order. Seth's next task is to protect the Helios Data Relay System on the local nomadic mobile facility.

Because the constantly changing tides on the planet Lexios make fixed buildings very susceptible to damage, these devices can only be placed on the local people's crawler machines, just like the local nomads.

And all these changes have to start from a few hours ago.

Just after Commander Dante led the Blood Angels to rendezvous with the remaining Astra Militarum on the system capital Asford, they used the Helios Spaceport as a defensive stronghold, and rescued the straggling survivors in the surrounding urban areas. They even directly reclaimed lost territory, thereby dealing more blows to the Tyranid Swarm. And just when Commander Dante was discussing the next tactics with Drost, an unexpected visitor arrived at the spaceport.

And at this moment, the Commander was facing his newly allied Xenos allies in the hall — Necron Overlord Zarathusa and Necron Overlord The Traveler, Anrakar.