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Chapter 104 - Return to Terra

What Guilliman could understand, Zeke, as someone who had received an elite education and full family support, naturally also understood very well.

"Then it seems we two should travel together from now on. After all, I am the heir of the House, and for the sake of my parents' reputation and the expectations of my elders, I still need to fulfill this duty."

"You are returning to Terra next, and I think you might not be able to control those high lord of Terra with just the forces you have at hand, so I need to mobilize some new troops for you."

"I imagine you don't need me to emphasize what kind of help is needed to take over political power, do you?"

"To be honest, the high lords now are beyond your imagination. Even with the support of the Custodian Guard, you won't easily gain control of Terra."

"Humans are like this; humans are so complex. Even when on the brink of disaster, they won't forget the need for internal strife."

Guilliman nodded approvingly and expressed deep agreement with Zeke's words.

"Then I'll leave it to you. I will now go and assemble an Expeditionary fleet to return to Terra. I also ask you to assemble your fleet and troops."

Guilliman also gave Zeke an Aquila Salute, then chose to leave.

He was merely a Primarch, while the person opposite him was the heir of House Yaeger, who had personally made a pact with the Emperor.

Therefore, from this perspective, Zeke's status was a notch higher than his, at least ten thousand years ago it was.

During the Great Crusade, every Primarch could lead a legion to fight for the Imperium of Man.

According to the existing history of the Imperium, this is how it is recorded, but in unknown corners, the Imperium did not only have the Expeditionary fleets led by the Primarchs.

At the same time, there were also 16 Expeditionary fleets dispatched by House Yaeger.

Moreover, the combat efficiency of these 16 fleets far surpassed that of the Primarchs, and their Expeditionary fleet's combat power was also higher than that of the Primarchs.

House Yaeger's fleets either only obeyed their own House's commands or only obeyed the commands issued to them by the Emperor, especially their heir; their heir was responsible for commanding these 16 legions.

According to the configuration during the Great Crusade ten thousand years ago, the status of House Yaeger's heir was therefore higher than that of a Primarch.

Guilliman left after saluting, leaving behind a Zeke who still had only a partial understanding of his own House.

To be honest, his interest in his own House was growing stronger now.

He had an idea, which was: "Should I perhaps read the family chronicle?"

After all, the person opposite him was the Primarch who was the pillar of the Thirteenth Legion and the Imperium. Even someone of that status gave him an Aquila Salute, so what did that mean?

It was self-evident.

However, this idea was abandoned by Zeke after he once again received the House's family chronicle confidential files.

Whoever wants to read it, let them. Even though this time the House sent a quantum storage core that could be directly accessed and viewed.

But its vast and voluminous content still left Zeke completely uninterested. After reading half of the table of contents, he chose to give up.

So boring—

After reading the family chronicle for a while, a deeply bored Zeke began to mobilize his troops.

He opened his communication device and directly contacted his newly appointed planetary Governor, Bell Glad.

Planetary Governor Bell Glad was a planetary Governor selected from the crew and soldiers who came from the Terran Dominion.

Although he was not a specialized civil servant, he was more than capable of handling the internal affairs of a planet.

After Zeke began the inter-system communication, the next second, Bell Glad's image appeared.

The moment he saw Zeke, he rendered a Dominion military salute.

"Always at the Emperor's command. What instructions does the Emperor have for me to carry out?"

His eyes, as he looked at Zeke, were filled with fanaticism. After all, this was the Emperor! He had received a personal audience with the Emperor, and the Emperor was willing to speak with him alone. What a great honor that was!

"Mobilize troops, mobilize two assault forces and one Psykic Legion to my location. Dispatch one battleship, four cruisers, four destroyers, and twelve frigates to provide escort."

Zeke immediately gave his instructions and task assignments.

After all, he didn't need to say anything else. His ability to communicate with his subordinate individually was already an honor bestowed upon the other party.

Instead of talking this and that with his subordinate and wasting their time, it was better to complete the communication as soon as possible and let his subordinate quickly return to handle his assigned tasks.

Seizing the time to develop the planet was the right path. Although he was more than capable of handling planetary affairs, he still had to strive for perfection as much as possible.

"Understood, Emperor. I will go and arrange for troops to head towards the Emperor's direction and location. Estimated time: one day."

"We can completely travel through the Warp here. The Warp here is very easy to navigate, which will be four days faster than using a Warp drive..."

Zeke nodded, indicating his approval of the other party's arrangements.

"Alright, your arrangement is very effective. Then proceed as you've arranged."

After conversing with his subordinate for a few more sentences, Zeke stopped the communication with the other party and returned to his room.

That was enough said. Now he was going to enjoy his vacation, as there would be many troubles once he arrived on Terra.

Those high lords on Terra were each more idiotic than the last. Having to personally face such a group of guys was simply a huge burden.

Zeke returned to his room, while Guilliman began to assemble his troops. He prepared to gather an Expeditionary fleet to return to Terra.

Although his conversation with Zeke yielded significant gains, he now wanted to see his father even more.

The Imperium was abuzz because of Guilliman's appearance. House Yaeger and Zeke were the first to receive this intelligence.

But as time went on, soon the entire Imperium of Man received the news of the Primarch's awakening, and the Imperium erupted in celebration.

Even though Cadia was still under attack by chaos, even though the 13th Black Crusade seemed to be continuing.

Even though Abaddon was still stubbornly attacking Cadia, none of this affected the Imperium's excitement at the return of the Primarch.

Of course, these excited people did not include those high lords on Terra. No matter what, humans always vie for power and profit.

The return of the Primarch meant a huge political change.

Such political changes were something these high lords did not want to see, so they began a new discussion.

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