Chapter 102 03.0101: "A Different Sanguinius Festival" (First Order Request!)

On this day, the cathedrals of all the worlds of the Imperium of Man rang their majestic bells, heralding the Feast of Sanguinius.

The streets of Shangchao are decorated with lights and various red and white angel pendants.

There was a light snowfall. Madame Peru, dressed elegantly and noble, and holding the hand of her beautiful daughter, they went to the cathedral to celebrate the festival happily.

In the morning, Lieutenant General Alexander Hood was carrying a large bag of handover documents and preparing to rush to the Admiralty.

This top-secret file package listed the suspects who might be the chief priest of the Slaanesh cult, or people who might be related to him, but he no longer had time to check them one by one.

During this year's St. Gilles Festival, the promotion commission from the Navy Department of the Hazy Star Region was finally delivered to him after many twists and turns.

It was also from this day that he, like his brother, Samuel Hood, became Vice Admiral of the White Flag Navy and officially had the right to command the main fleet battle group.

As the traitors hiding in the Eye of Terror became more and more brazen, the defense pressure was reaching the critical point, and the signal for help sent by the Fortress Fleet to the Gothic Fleet was delivered on the eve of the Feast of Sanguinius.

Lord Admiral Venuska Katalia dispatched the newly promoted Vice Admiral Alexander Hood to lead the "Divine Will" battle fleet, which was undergoing modification and upgrading on the Lucius Forge World, to provide support.

The flagship of this battle group was the Retribution-class battleship 'Sacred Will', which he had first served as a colonel. The battle group included three battlecruisers, several squadrons of five cruisers, and four fully staffed frigate squadrons, each with four frigates. It was a huge scale.

In addition, there are hundreds of transport ships, supply ships, carriers, etc. to provide support for this fleet operation.

Today was also his last day in charge of the fleet's military intelligence headquarters. He would set sail for Lucius in the evening to reunite with his fleet.

Some top-secret documents will be handed over today to Commodore Edward Perroux, who will take over as the head of the Fleet Military Intelligence Command. Commodore Perroux will continue his unfinished work until he returns.

"Sir, this is the St. Gilles Day gift that the young lady prepared for you." After handing Vice Admiral Hood a gold-rimmed bicorne hat, the old butler presented an exquisite gift box with both hands.

The young lieutenant general opened the box and found a sparkling diamond bow tie inside.

There was also a small and exquisite greeting card underneath, which read, 'Congratulations, Dad, on your promotion to the respected Vice Admiral of the White Flag Navy. I wish Dad a safe and happy St. Gilles Day. I hope you will return triumphantly soon. Love you, Farida,' and there was a cute smiling face drawn on it.

Lieutenant General Alexander Hood rarely raised the corner of his mouth, chuckled softly, and put the diamond bow tie on the collar of his brand new general uniform, looking extremely luxurious.

"Put the Retribution-class battleship 'Divine Will' on my desk in a box and give it to her. If she comes back, tell her that I won't be back for dinner tonight."

After that, he hurriedly got into the car carrying a briefcase full of top-secret documents. This day would be very busy for him.

The maintenance room of Chutsugu Academy.

"Horatio, this is for you. Happy St. Gilles Day." Louise handed an exquisite pendant to Horatio beside her.

"Is this... Black Stone?" Horatio looked at the pendant.

"We Cadians use this as a talisman, which is said to resist the corruption of Chaos. Do you need me to help you tie it on?" Louise walked forward with a smile and unlocked the pendant.

Horatio smiled and said, "Thank you. This is for you."

He opened an exquisite gift box and handed it to Louise. The gift inside made her look surprised.

She thought it might be a knife or something, but inside the gift box was an exquisite, custom-made eagle-shaped rose rosary that looked like a small gold medal.

"There is a miniature force field generator inside. When you wear this rose rosary, it will form a protective energy field close to your body, which can resist any attack on you. However, it takes 24 hours for the force field to charge before the next protection can be provided."

"This... is very expensive, you should keep it." Louise knew that only those who paid a lot of money or were extremely noble and upper-class could get such a rose rosary. This gift alone might even cost him all his hunting bounty.

Horatio hung the beads on her body regardless of her refusal.

"I may not always be able to rush to your side at the most dangerous moment in battle, but this can at least help you and me buy a chance."

"Thank you, Horatio." Louise smiled, and her cold heart felt the delicate warmth that she had not felt for a long time.

It is said that Miss Hood and Miss Peru also prepared gifts for Horatio, and Horatio also prepared a return gift.

But they didn't have the chance to give gifts to each other for the time being, so they could only wait until the end of today.

underground.

The people of Zhongchao have their own way of commemoration. They may not have so many exquisite decorations, but all kinds of small stalls are spread on the streets next to the church. The crowds are bustling, the streets are crowded, and there are all kinds of singing, hawking, acrobatics, and a strong atmosphere of fireworks.

This is the Cathedral of St. Arabella in the G-8 district of Las Vegas.

The Tiannu Church can accommodate tens of thousands of people, but in the face of fanatically devout believers, seats for prayer are still in short supply, and many people sleep on the floor outside the church the night before.

Horatio led thirty Hell's elite soldiers here on three Valkyrie fighters of the Navy.

Since his helmet was damaged last time, Horatio simply put on the sergeant major beret on his head. Louise stood beside him, constantly scanning the surroundings with the Shield of Orm helmet.

He observed the existing deployment.

On the periphery, Arbitrator Javert and five arbitrators from the Ministry of Justice led the soldiers of the Imperial Guard to guard the order outside the cathedral with a distance of five meters between them. They were from the 304th Regiment of Cardia and had purple eyes like Louise.

They were originally going to garrison in the Hades Galaxy, but because of the St. Guinness Festival, they were temporarily transferred by the Abyss Port Military Affairs Department to assist in the defense.

Forty percent of these people were veterans who were good at maintaining order. They also set up heavy logging guns and sandbags outside the church gate and on both sides of the church perimeter.

In the vestibule of the church where he was, 50 fully armed silver-armored and black-robed combat nuns lined up in front of their own Saint's Cathedral to guard. They were veteran combat nuns - the Pure Angels. Their armor was printed with a lot of pure marks, and the kraft paper filled with scriptures fluttered in the wind, looking majestic and terrifying to the evil spirits.

In addition, there are many ceremonial nuns and anthem nuns in white robes. They are the ritual personnel of the festival, but they are all led by a senior nun wearing strong armor and carrying a hymn sound array on her back. They are singing the rehearsed hymns loudly in unison, and the pure female voices are pleasant to the ears.

Because the remains of Saint Arabella are here, the Sisters of the Holy Rose attach great importance to the defense of this place. The number of people they sent is not only the largest, but also elite.

call!!!!--

A gust of wind blew by, and a huge black shadow loomed over the vestibule.

Horatio looked up and saw a blood-red Thunderhawk gunship.

As the Sisters of Battle and Imperial Guards cleared the area, passers-by clamored to make room for the Red Thunderhawk to land.

At first, people complained that parking the vehicle in such a sacred place would disturb the saint's rest.

But soon, the tall warrior who walked down from the church stunned everyone. On this day, the residents who went to the church had the great honor of witnessing the legendary Blood Angel Astartes.

Five angels walked to the courtyard square in front of the Cathedral of the Heavenly Maiden. When many citizens of the Empire saw them, they kowtowed and prayed to them with tears of gratitude. Lay clerics in hooded brown robes stood beside the Blood Angels, passionately preaching the great legend of Saint Guinius.

"Lord Romain Rolland." Horatio saluted the monk who led the team and said, "It's great to see that you have recovered. Thank you for coming to help in your busy schedule."

"You're welcome, Sergeant Horatio. Today is our father's day. It is the sacred duty of us, the descendants of Sanguinius, to protect the imperial citizens who come here to pray." The tall warrior was humble and his words were elegant.

"The ceremony will begin soon, let us guard it together."

Abyssal Port Void, Blood Angels' Blade of Vengeance battle barge.

"Report!" The bird hunter who was on guard suddenly shouted.

"Report." The captain looked at the bird commander.

"We have detected an unknown reading approaching in the distant void! The identification code is... 8 eights! Judging from the size, it is at least at the cruiser level!" The bird fortune teller looked solemn.

"Sir, what are your instructions?" The captain looked at Captain Afiel behind him.

The solemn warrior looked into the distant void. He felt something, a hatred deep in his blood that was heating up and boiling.

"Call back some brothers, the ape-killing army is coming for blood." The captain said to the herald, and then said to the captain: "Contact the Gothic fleet, let's crush these 'bloodhounds' together."

The Blood Angel warriors in the vestibule of the Cathedral of the Virgin all received the herald's orders. The fighting brothers looked at each other solemnly for a moment, and two Blood Angels saluted their brothers and returned to the Thunder Eagle.

"What's going on?" Horatio frowned and asked.

"We have detected a scarlet signal in the void. The battle barge will set sail to prevent these guys from doing anything dangerous. Because there may be many Chaos Space Marines on the enemy ship, we must withdraw some battle brothers."

Horatio felt uneasy.

[Could this be a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain...] But even if it is, I have no choice but to go ahead with it.

If he were Captain Afel, he would not risk having his flagship captured to go to Void Alert.

Suddenly, Horatio became aware of a strange figure in the darkness.

"Where are the soldiers on that tower?" Horatio asked an Astra Militarum lieutenant.

The lieutenant looked towards the tower with binoculars and found that the sniper he had arranged had disappeared. They were responsible for alerting the soldiers around the church. Since the sniper was missing, it could only mean one thing.

"Be on your guard!" Horatio shouted.

At the same time, he activated the Omen Fragment.

He saw a group of fanatical cultists covered in blood rushing at his feet. He also saw Blood Pact soldiers wearing blood-red armor. These were elite warriors who believed in Khorne and their combat effectiveness was on par with that of the Astra Militarum soldiers.

At the same time, he also saw that there was indeed a Khorne warship in the void, and on the ship there was a wizard covered with skulls, making threatening gestures, and no one knew what he was doing.

As the church bells slowly rang.

The nuns in white robes lined up neatly in the square outside the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary. Ten combat nuns protected them on one side. In front stood the arch-nun who presided over the ceremony, and behind them followed the devout lay deacons.

Behind these clerics in hooded robes followed the "flagellates" who were atonement. These people were shirtless and whipped their backs with nine-tailed whips, which were already bleeding.

Behind them is a long queue of imperial citizens who will follow the ceremonial procession into the church to attend the first day's ceremony.

The lively and lovely children couldn't wait any longer. They ran out of the queue and played happily in the square.

Several children walked up to Horatio, who was wearing a beret and standing guard. Louise and Archie stood on his left and right, keeping guard.

Horatio saw the cute girl with heterochromic eyes at a glance, and it seemed that the baker and his wife had also come here to participate in the ceremony.

"Wow, your sword is so big." A child pointed at the Holy Blood Chainsaw Sword behind Horatio and said, "Big brother, are you a Space Marine? Only a Space Marine can hold such a big sword."

"I am a soldier in the Imperial Navy." Horatio answered while observing his surroundings.

"Wow! Imperial Navy! Don't you guys drive big ships? Why are you here?"

"Because I want to protect you."

As soon as these words came out, the children looked at the black-haired young man in front of them, with envy and admiration flashing in their eyes.

"That's cool. We want to join the Imperial Navy, too. Big brother, how can we become a warrior like you?"

[You can't say that you have to lose both your parents first.]
Horatio raised the corners of his mouth helplessly and smiled bitterly.

[+Horatio, a group of cultists are approaching from the west, be prepared+] Farida's voice came from the communication device.

She was wearing light power armor and had a jetpack, so she was sent by Horatio as a scout.

[+Boss! Boss! +] Yoyo's voice came from the communicator again: [+I saw fierce-looking red-armored people in the south. Oh! There are so many of them. They saw me. I have to run! +]

In addition, there are labor gangs hiding nearby who provide them with real-time reconnaissance intelligence.

[+Boss, be careful, a group of people are coming from the east, they are coming aggressively, and there are quite a lot of them+]

"When you grow up, apply to become a preparatory student at the Imperial Naval Officer Preparatory Academy. Now stand back in line," Horatio replied with a smile.

The Mother Superior had already begun the ceremony, the scented lanterns began to dance, and the common people walked towards the church with their heads bowed, silently chanting prayers.

They walked quickly, but the civilians still moved slowly.

"Hurry up!" Horatio urged loudly, while listening to the movements nearby.

[+Everyone, cultists are approaching, keep combat alert! +] He warned the surrounding soldiers.

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