"What of it? Isn't it just that the current situation is extremely unfavorable for us?
How many things has the Imperium encountered over ten millennia?
Gentlemen, are you giving up now?
Are you going to hand over our rights?
The cowards of House Yaeger have retreated once again, but we will not!"
Avrilisa Dralagma, Grand Marshal of the Adeptus Arbites , expressed her indignation, stating that she would never compromise with Guilliman, and would not hand over her rights.
These words undoubtedly swayed the high lord present who originally intended to protect their family's interests, or rather, those high lord who had committed grave offenses and knew that once Guilliman took power, it would mean their death.
Cleopatra Ers, representative of the Inquisition, and Liop Frank, Master of the Astronomican, also stood up to express their support for the Adeptus Arbites .
There was no other way; the Inquisition had also abused its authority.
If Guilliman were to strip them of their rights and investigate them, they would face an ignominious end.
As for Liop Frank, Master of the Astronomican, his main issue was using heretical means to repair the Astronomican.
After the incident on Cadia, the Astronomican's light had begun to dim.
He secretly contacted the Dark eldar in an attempt to repair the golden throne, intending to use xenos technology to resolve the crisis.
Such actions would undoubtedly be considered blatant treason by The 13th Primarch. To save himself and to repair the golden throne, he was not prepared to surrender.
Unlike the other two, this fellow was primarily concerned with the Imperium of Man, as the Emperor and Zeke had joined forces to wage divine wars continuously in the Warp.
This was no small drain on the Emperor, who was now struggling to maintain his power.
It was precisely because of this situation that the Astronomican's light had begun to flicker, which was not good news for the Imperium of Man.
These three expressed their intentions, while the others remained silent.
They would not be the ones to charge into battle.
Especially the Ecclesiarchy.
To be honest, the Ecclesiarchy also supported Guilliman, as his identity as a divine descendant would undoubtedly further validate the Ecclesiarchy's doctrines.
After a detailed discussion and a thorough exchange of opinions, the High Lords Council meeting ended without a resolution.
Some were prepared to resist, while others, of course, supported Guilliman, though they did not state it directly.
The Custodes, while monitoring the high lord, had not yet directly intervened to resolve the situation.
Everyone was waiting for Guilliman's arrival; only after his arrival could the matter officially conclude.
At the same time, the attitude of one family was the most intriguing.
The attitude of House Yaeger was the most intriguing; although House Yaeger had withdrawn their representative.
However, such an action at most indicated neutrality, or rather, it meant they had not expressed opposition to Guilliman's return to the Imperium, which was tantamount to supporting Guilliman.
Yet, the high lord could still try to win over House Yaeger.
Therefore, for the Custodes at this time, House Yaeger's attitude was the most important; they only wanted House Yaeger's stance, and everyone else's was irrelevant.
The Custodes had already received news that House Yaeger's heir was about to arrive on Terra, so they were waiting for this heir's arrival before making further plans.
The High Lords Council ended, and meanwhile, the war on Cadia continued.
Although the Blackstone Fortress had been lost, for Abaddon at this time, that was not the point; the point was that he had to continue to take Cadia.
He had invested so much; was he going to let it all go to waste? Absolutely not; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Abaddon continued to mobilize his Black Legion, launching attacks against Cadia.
Weren't the 13 Black Crusades all for this moment? Wasn't it to split the entire Imperium of Man in two? He was absolutely unwilling to give up now.
Logically speaking, Abaddon had no chance of winning, but this was merely under normal circumstances, and it was clearly not a normal situation now.
An unexpected event occurred.
Just like the chaos daemon warships Zeke encountered on Macragge previously.
After Abaddon launched another assault on Cadia, it was unclear what he had done, or if the four Chaos Gods had played a hand.
In any case, the chaos daemon fleet once again appeared in this part of the universe.
This was a small-scale chaos daemon fleet, consisting of two battleships, four cruisers, and sixteen ordinary small warships, but its combat power was terrifying.
Upon its appearance, this fleet inflicted devastating blows on the Imperial fleet present, and even the support fleet dispatched by House Yaeger suffered heavy losses in this attack.
The only warships that were prepared for combat were those transferred by Zeke.
However, the warships transferred by Zeke were primarily cruisers, and facing a chaos daemon fleet of the same level, Zeke's warships were insufficient to engage across tiers.
The chaos daemon' ethereal warships were in space, attacking the Terran Dominion, the Imperium of Man, and House Yaeger's fleet.
Imperial fleet below the battleship class had no chance of resistance whatsoever.
Imperial fleet of battleship class and above could hold on for a while thanks to their Void Shields.
The only thing the Imperium of Man's warships could boast about was their Void Shields.
Aside from the Void Shields, the Imperium of Man's ordinary warships were simply not worth mentioning.
After the chaos daemon fleet appeared, the Imperium of Man, Zeke's Dominion fleet, and the support fleet dispatched by House Yaeger fell into a disadvantage.
The massive ethereal warships were clearly the most powerful presence on the battlefield.
Watching the Imperium of Man's warships being continuously annihilated, warmaster of chaos Abaddon felt an unprecedented sense of triumph.
He stood on the bridge of his battleship, watching the scene with excitement.
Standing beside him was an emissary from one of the four Chaos Gods.
His gaze did not leave the chaos daemon' warships thereafter.
Kairos Fateweaver stood beside Abaddon and said, "This time, the Imperium of Man is destined for decline; this is an existence that even our Lord is shocked by."
"If these guys win, then our armies must also intervene and eliminate these existences.
You must destroy the blackstone pylons on Cadia so that our Lord can act personally, otherwise things will become very troublesome."
"Allowing these existences to remain in our universe for too long could lead to a great catastrophe, which is not what our Lord wishes to see."
Fear was evident on Kairos Fateweaver's face.
It was clear that one of the four Chaos Gods bringing such an existence into this universe was not without cost, or perhaps this fleet was simply beyond the control of the four Chaos Gods.
They were also afraid; they were also afraid of attracting the chaos daemon.
This small fleet of chaos daemon was brought over by a stroke of luck.
To bring them over, Tzeentch himself paid a huge price; one of his bird heads was gnawed by those daemon.
It would likely take several years to recover.
Even so, he only dared to bring over a small fleet.
As for the other daemon fleets, he had even less courage to bring them over.
Tzeentch also feared losing control; the Lord of Change (Title for Tzeentch) also showed fear when facing these existences.