Such a massive sacrificial ritual had appeared on the planet, and even the forces of chaos had emerged, with fleets already flying above the planet.
This was no longer a simple matter of clearing out ordinary orks; it involved a large-scale chaos invasion.
Although everyone knew the 13th Black Crusade was about to begin, no one knew where it would start.
But now it seemed there was an answer: they were apparently preparing to strike at the strongest knight house in the Segmentum Obscurus's Cadia Sector, the Yaeger knight House.
This enormous family, possessing over 2000 knight titans, was undoubtedly a formidable power. For Abaddon's Black Crusade to proceed smoothly, he first needed to eliminate these powerful armed forces.
Even Zeke, who commanded a large army, had changed his expression, let alone the local planetary Governor. When he saw a giant Warp rift appear above his planet, his face turned pale with fright.
Numb... that was his most profound thought.
Completely numb.
He was doing so well as planetary Governor, just clearing out orks, and now he'd run into a chaos invasion?
However, the only thing that made him happy was that the heir of the Yaeger knight House was on his planet. In that case, he should receive support from the knight house very quickly.
Although this chaos invasion was somewhat large in scale, with the knight house joining the fight, everything would get better.
As long as they could hold on, the Imperial Navy fleet would arrive, and Imperial reinforcements would continuously appear on this planet.
Chaos would definitely be defeated by them, definitely!
The planetary Governor comforted himself, trying to make himself more composed. Immediately after, he began to deal with various government affairs.
Good news, he now had no time to be afraid. Thanks to the 'efficient' administrative efficiency of the Imperium, he was now completely swamped; he had to immediately enter the war phase.
As for whether he would see the day of victory, he did not consider that.
Such an exhausting position as planetary Governor, and a chaos invasion of such immense scale—who knew how long it would last? Perhaps his son would live to see it.
As for himself, he'd better quickly order the planet to be defended and, incidentally, quickly notify the heir of the knight house to come hide in the hive world.
As the planetary Governor thought this and prepared to notify Zeke, during the time he was doing so, the news of the chaos invasion had also reached Zeke's father, Grisha.
"Pfft—" Grisha, who had just taken a sip of fine Terra Longjing green tea, spat out his tea directly, looking at the family guard in front of him with an incredulous expression.
"What did you say?"
"You said a huge Warp rift appeared above Gopuya planet, where my son went, and it has now been confirmed to be a Warp invasion?"
????
Grisha found it hard to believe the veracity of this news.
After all, how could such a thing happen?
He remembered his son finally agreed to go clear out some orks, and then his luck was so bad that he directly ran head-on into a Warp invasion.
Numb, indeed!
Although he was very worried about his son's safety, at this moment, Grisha undoubtedly could not continue to worry about his son. He had to shoulder his responsibility as high king.
This responsibility compelled him to put his paternal affection for his son aside for now and activate the war protocol first.
The child of the high king is human, but are not the other humans in this star system also human?
As knights, they must uphold the knightly spirit, defending the land bestowed by the Emperor and the people upon it.
The Warhammer universe, though as cruel and cold as a throne, still shines with the light of humanity. knights are often oppressors and abusers.
But at the moment of foreign invasion, they become guardians; they are willing to fight powerful enemies for the sake of a commoner, even at the cost of their lives.
"Immediately begin intelligence gathering to understand the scale of this chaos invasion, as well as its objectives and possible subsequent actions. The local planetary Governor must handle all of this."
"Also, have him quickly assess the damage to the hive world, including infrastructure, population, and defensive capabilities, to determine which areas have fallen and which remain defensible."
"Assemble all the knights of the family, have them prepare for battle and get ready to deploy their knight titans.
The Relic Keepers must ensure all knight titans are in usable condition."
"Notify the Forge Master of the Forge world to mobilize his planetary Defence Force and Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii/Cult Guard for combat."
"Notify our Astropathic Choir to immediately send an emergency distress signal to the nearest space marine Chapter. Clearly inform them that our hive world is under invasion and the scale of the chaos incursion."
"Since chaos has come knocking, it cannot possibly be this simple. There must be a larger scale involved. We must prepare for battle and immediately request aid from the space marine Chapter."
"And warn that planetary Governor to fulfill his responsibilities, otherwise I will request the Inquisition to judge him. How dare he allow chaos to successfully perform a sacrifice on his planet and open a Warp rift? It's outrageous!"
"Finally, request support from our ancient allies. We need assistance. Have the other knight houses come to support us as soon as possible."
Grisha systematically issued various directives, mobilizing all kinds of resources across the entire star system.
This chaos offensive was clearly aimed at their House Yaeger. To deal with this large Thousand-Machine Family with 2000 knight titans, chaos would absolutely not leave so simply.
They had to prepare for a bitter fight!
However, although he had systematically issued all the directives, Grisha's brows remained furrowed. After all, everyone understood the efficiency of the Imperial military, especially the difficult issue of communication.
The support he was requesting, if fast, would probably see a response in the Segmentum Obscurus in a few months, but if slow, it might take several years.
Before then, their family would only be able to rely on its own strength to counter this chaos invasion, at most with the addition of the Adeptus Mechanicus from the Forge world.
Alas—
The only good news was that their star system was quite wealthy, with the Adeptus Mechanicus of a Forge world and also Agricultural worlds.
Coupled with their family's knight world, overall, the entire star system lacked neither resources nor armies; they had the capability to fight chaos.
Of course, from another perspective, it was also reasonable that they were the first to be attacked.
After issuing all the commands, Grisha then secretly prayed to the God-Emperor in his heart.
"God-Emperor protect, protect my son so he may return safely."