What is the most perfect weapon?
A long, long time ago, back when Kasjia hadn't been sent flying by a dump truck to become Kasjia...
...in his own home, he opened up a certain game he often played, where you form a squad to hunt giant beasts.
With a long spear in his hands, he flew all over the monster's head. Every landing point targeted the enemy's weak spot, and every moment in the air was a magnificent performance.
With his highly spectacular, dance-like combat, he gained many fans.
[Wow, it's the Insect Glaive hero! We're saved!]
[Heavens, could this be the most perfect weapon in the world—the Insect Glaive?]
[Bro, please teach us how to use the Insect Glaive! I swear I'll never touch trash like the Long Sword again!]
He felt like he was being worshipped by thousands!
"Heh heh..."
And then he woke up.
So, it was a dream.
Back to reality.
A small cat helplessly dragged a wooden cart behind it and slowly walked onto the screen.
[Where's the damage!? All you do is fly around in the sky, right?]
[Ugh, Insect Glaive heroes are really something... ]
[Didn't even hop around for a few seconds before getting carted... sigh, that's what you get for playing Insect Glaive.]
Hmph!
But no matter what they said, the Insect Glaive was the most perfect weapon!
Perfect!
The threads of fate had begun to be plucked a long, long time ago.
Kasjia was still flying through the air with the Phoenix spear in his hand.
It seemed this way of flying in mid-air and stabbing monsters with a spear reminded him a little of some past experience.
He smiled with nostalgia.
With one rebound and jump after another from his anchor points, Kasjia flew up and down the Gardinerian Titan-beast in a trajectory that ordinary people could not understand.
"What kind of tactic is this?"
Santar, who had fallen to the ground, struggled to get up and looked at the tiny human under the shadow that blotted out the sun.
But even with such a huge size difference, this Titan seemed to be unable to inflict any damage on this little "flea" on its body.
Of course, the Phoenix power spear in his hand was a big reason why Kasjia could play like this.
Not only was the spearhead made of the sharpest monomolecular blade with a disruption field, but the material of the shaft was also smelted and forged from minerals personally selected by Fulgrim.
In its extended state, although the shaft would become very thin, its extreme lightness, resilience, and elasticity were enough to "bounce" the fully-armored Kasjia high into the air.
It was indeed a well-made, versatile, master-crafted Phoenix power spear.
Really, no intention of showing off at all.
And the operator of the Gardinerian Titan seemed to have never encountered such a scene before.
He also didn't dare to let the army behind him open fire on his own Titan-beast.
The force field could block anything.
It had no ability to distinguish between friendly and enemy fire.
Now, he could only control the Titan to swing violently up and down, trying to shake the other off his body.
BANG!
At that very moment, Kasjia once again blew up a shield generator on the Titan.
The shield that the bullets were now passing through was already as thin as paper. It seemed that with just one more blow, it would immediately shatter.
But unfortunately, under this blow, and with the Titan's large body movements, Kasjia was also thrown off.
"Trying to throw me off?"
Kasjia sneered, and the disruption field on the spear in his hand instantly shut down.
Go!
Like a python coming out of its hole, the retractable rod of the power spear instantly exerted force, and the spearhead plunged into the Titan-beast's body.
Retract!
Since the spearhead was firmly embedded in the Titan's steel armor, Kasjia, who was holding the end of the spear shaft, was pulled towards the Titan like a cannonball under the powerful inertia!
Omni-directional mobility gear!
In Kasjia's hands, some seemingly useless little gadgets could produce incomprehensible effects.
Just like now.
After getting close, Kasjia gave another fierce push, and the long spear in his hand, like an ice axe, allowed him to climb rapidly on the Titan's body.
Almost all the Emperor's Children and Iron Hands were at this moment waiting with bated breath, ready to attack the other the moment its shield shattered.
CRACK!
With an explosion at the last shield generator on the Titan-beast, the force field that was blocking the bullets disappeared.
In an instant, the seemingly endless artillery fire from the Iron Hands covered the entire Titan-beast.
"DAMN IT! AIM PROPERLY!!!"
"I'M NOT DOWN YET!!!"
However, the next moment, Kasjia's angry curses came through the communication system.
"Pfft."
Even the usually serious First Captain Santar couldn't help but chuckle after hearing it.
RUMBLE.
Wailing, the huge, four-legged Titan slowly fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
His armor seemed to have some blast marks and scraped explosion marks, and he looked a little disheveled compared to when he had first climbed up.
"Who the hell is hitting a friendly!?"
Kasjia shouted, full of anger.
But this was just the beginning.
As the first Titan fell, the two Titan-beasts behind it eagerly stepped on the steel ruins of the former, and unleashed a new round of artillery fire on the enemies below who were just about to celebrate.
The Titan-beast just now was just a reckless fool who had crossed the line.
Behind them were millions of Gardinerian warriors, waiting in formation behind the city walls.
The squad assigned to them was just the tip of the iceberg of Gardiner's terrifying land-based military power.
"Maybe we should retreat to the defensive line for now."
The nervous voice of the Thousand Sons Librarian, Amal, came through the communication system. "We've found the survivors of the Ultramarines in the ruins outside the city, including Chapter Master Cicero."
"Well done, Amal. You take them and retreat first. Find a chance to hide."
"The Titans' attack range is much longer than ours. Even if we retreat, our position will just become a live target for them."
"But if we don't retreat, how can we deal with them?"
It was the sky.
In the sky, a beam of light that was constantly distorting the air waves descended from the sky, shooting straight at the arrogant Titan-beast inside the city walls.
The force field, which had been able to withstand the artillery fire of Kasjia's troops for a long time, instantly disappeared, unable to hold on for even a second.
After being roasted for several seconds, all that was left was a continuously melting mixture of metal, dripping with black liquid.
"It's Ferris!"
"Lady Ferris has repaired the space elevator under the siege of the enemy aircraft!"
"Our heavy weapons can finally be deployed!"
With Amal's excited shout, in front of the pitch-black sky-pillar behind them, countless forces from the 52nd Expeditionary Fleet were landing on the surface of the Gardinerian main planet.
The enemy's Titan was the vanguard, but so were they.
"Quick, go back and rendezvous with them!"
Kasjia excitedly called out to the remaining Emperor's Children's motorcycle units, jumped onto the nearest one, and sat down on the fuel tank behind the rider.
Hitching a ride.
A vast army.
This was Kasjia's first impression of the 52nd Expeditionary Fleet commanded by Ferris.
Behind them, Land Raiders and Baneblades stretched as far as the eye could see, accompanied by a "mortal" auxiliary army composed of a large number of servitors, and the various distinctively-styled mechanical weapons they carried, slowly advancing.
Behind these heavy firepower units were the red-robed Skitarii of the Mechanicum, carrying the strange creations from various small, minor forges of the Mechanicum, and joining the battlefield.
ZHEW—!
With a strong sound of breaking air and engine ignition, Fire Raptors and fully-armed Thunderhawks flew over Kasjia's head, and poured their firepower on the defenders under the city wall.
Seeing this level of weaponry, Kasjia couldn't help but swallow.
Did this mean their vanguard had nothing left to do?
Under this absolute firepower suppression, no matter how strong Gardiner's military was, it was impossible to compete with the Iron Hands head-on.
Although he had also served in Horus's fleet before.
But compared to the almost invincible, absolute iron flood of the Iron Hands, even Horus was slightly inferior.
Compared to Big Sister Fei's ultimate numerical suppression, even the Luna Wolves had to be classified as a mechanics-based enemy.
Otherwise, why would they say that if Big Sister Fei didn't mess around and didn't play one-on-one, Horus might not have been able to win on Istvaan V?
Your soldiers are dying every moment, but my mechanical army is endless!
Kasjia had also forgotten one thing before.
The war level of Gardiner was Apocalypse-class.
"That Land Raider is...?"
As the countless iron flood passed by them, Kasjia noticed a very strange armored vehicle.
Compared to other creations, its weapons were more advanced, and more numerous.
It was less an armored vehicle and more a mobile fortress.
Ferris, carrying a full set of weapons and a tactical backpack, appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"Soldiers of the Tenth Legion, you have done well."
ROAR!
Even though Ferris had only simply praised the defenders, the many Iron Hands beside Kasjia instantly burst out in almost fanatical roars.
"Now, the various clans of the Iron Hands, attack with me."
With the command from the neural-flow pipelines behind Ferris's armor, countless missiles, lasers, plasma cannons, earthshaker cannons, and Medusa siege cannons instantly climbed into Kasjia's line of sight.
A terrifying explosion, like the sky and earth collapsing, instantly burst and shattered outside the crumbling city wall of the satellite city.
A terrifying scene, as if the world were ending.
It reminded Kasjia of the almost endless cannon fire that the Shadowseer had shown him in his vision not long ago.
They were exactly the same.
A several-minute-long fire coverage from the Iron Hands.
When the explosions and flames had dissipated, the place where the city wall and the several million defenders had been... now, not even a speck of dust was left.
Only blackness, dust, and a faint smell of gunpowder remained.
Everything. It wasn't just destroyed.
It was as if it had never existed.
This city had been conquered by Ferris with absolute military force.
All resistance had been crushed under her iron heel.
"Raze this city."
"Leave no one alive."
Ferris's tone was cold, as if she was looking at something that should be destroyed.
Wait!
Kasjia suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Ferris, you're a bit too extreme!
The satellite city was like a hive city in the Imperium of Man. Apart from the Gardinerian defenders, there were also billions of residents living there.
Not only had they suffered a nuclear weapon attack from their own army, but now, it seemed even Ferris was about to press the button that would decide their death.
Caught between a rock and a hard place.
"Wait! Lady Ferris, we don't have to do this!"
Kasjia quickly came forward to persuade her.
"No need? Hmph, Commander of the Emperor's Children, Kasjia Sherlock, you are the first to dare to defy my command in a military formation."
With Ferris's words, the surrounding Iron Hands all let out dissatisfied hisses.
Someone dares to question the authority of the Primarch, Lady Ferris!
How dare he!
But fortunately, the Iron Mother forgave his transgression.
"Continue to advance."
Ferris ignored this small interlude and urged the armored legion beside her to drive into the interior through the gap where the city wall should have been.
Civilians.
They, because of their weakness, should be driven by the strong and abused by war.
If not to display strength and defeat the enemy, why start a war?
In this world, only the strongest can decide the life and death of others.
If one dares to have second thoughts, today's event is the best example.
"They will remember the painful lesson of today."
Not just the civilians, but also the arrogant and foolish rulers on Gardiner, who lacked a true understanding of war.
Ferris hated this group of arrogant, overconfident, and ridiculously ignorant fools the most.
They deserved to be taught a lesson.
Ferris's hand waved forward mercilessly.
"Damn it."
Kasjia was now extremely anxious.
The defenders of Gardiner had already been completely defeated, and the Iron Hands had taken over this city.
After it had fallen into our hands, there was no need for more killing.
That was the logic.
But unfortunately, the absolute social Darwinist, Big Sister Fei, did not seem to intend to let go of these civilians who had just been hit by several nuclear bombs.
No...
Kasjia was not just worried about the civilians of the satellite city.
If Ferris were to continue to be so paranoid, it was very likely that in the future, she would step into the abyss in pursuit of so-called absolute military force.
This was a future he could absolutely not accept.
"Arcur Tona, what's the situation on your side?"
He shouted urgently into the communication device at his ear.
Wait, he remembered this small squad that had been sent into the city to cause destruction before.
"Are you there? Answer me!"
"Answer me!"
"Beep, beep—"
"This is Arcur. What is it?"
After a burst of static, a reply finally came from the Second Company Captain of the Emperor's Children through the communication system.
"What's the situation on your side?"
"Very good. 70% of the city's power supply system has been destroyed—"
"Not that! I want to ask if you've encountered any rulers there. The ruling officials of Gardiner!"
Right, according to the local Gardinerian term, it was—
The High Lords.
But it seemed that in the face of Ferris's absolute wrath, even asking the High Lords was useless.
"Wait, sorry, I'm leaving for a bit. What did you say? You are the High Lord? Surrender?"
"...There's actually one."
Not long after, a somewhat disbelieving tone came from the other side of the communication system.
"The High Lord of Gardiner wants to surrender to us."
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