When Sith appeared on the bridge, Yuwa's reminder came through the already opened communicator. Fanros, who was commanding the fleet on the other side to fight the Tyranid Swarm to the death, immediately turned his attention back.
Meanwhile, the various Imperial factions on the opposing bridge watched a noble Inquisitor waiting early on, not even knowing when the other party would return, which made them even more curious and confused about Sith's identity.
However, Fanros dared not say anything more about Sith's identity. After all, regarding just the sword on Sith's person, if anyone knew exactly what it was, the Inquisition would be eager to unleash an Exterminatus on the entire planet.
At this moment, peering through the screen, which now had a much more stable signal, Fanros carefully examined Sith once more. Confirming that he definitely hadn't misjudged—that Sith truly possessed the dual blessings of the God-Emperor and Khorne—Fanros's expression became even more cautious.
Once again, amidst the confusion and shock of those around him, he bowed solemnly. Fanros's words were filled with respect:
"It must be the God-Emperor's protection that allowed me to meet with you at the most critical moment of my plan."
Fanros got straight to the point. Then, facing a whispered reminder from the Tech-Priest beside him, Fanros spoke to Sith again, with the roar of artillery fire in the background:
"We will leave a small fleet to cover our retreat. The location for the Warp jump initiation has been sent to your bridge."
"As long as we rendezvous at the location, and you follow my flagship after the jump, Lord Sith, you will be able to safely traverse the Warp even without a Navigator."
After Fanros finished speaking, reminders from his subordinates immediately reached his ears again. Accompanied by the roar that had also begun to echo on Sith's side, Fanros commanded the fleet to move toward the jump point while simultaneously ordering a Political Commissar to execute the rearguard captain who dared to voice a dissenting opinion.
Then the communication was cut off, and Fanros's main fleet in the distance began to turn and move in a direction away from the Tyranid Swarm.
Without a Navigator, though Sith had some bad premonitions about this Fanros, faced with the urgent situation at hand, he could only command his own fleet to move toward the jump point while opening fire as much as possible to cover the armed merchant ships filled with civilians.
Soon, following the final flash of self-destruction from the rearguard fleet, after blasting a small, pursuing Tyranid bio-ship, a 'battlecruiser,' far larger than his own and resembling a mountain, appeared on the flank of Sith's bridge.
Beside it were several cruisers and Astartes strike cruisers, as well as dozens of frigates and destroyers on the outer perimeter.
At this moment, judging solely by size, Sith's small fleet looked more like Fanros's escort fleet.
After arriving at the jump point, Fanros did not send any more communications to Sith. He directly connected to Sith's warship and immediately activated the Warp engines without delay.
Space fluctuated violently. Behind them was the rushing sea of Tyranid ships, and in front was the torn Warp rift.
With a final flash, the sea of Tyranid ships, which could even form a distinct blotch in the distance of the star, completely lost its target.
Inside the Warp, with the armor plating completely isolating the interior from the exterior, Sith, who did not know how long he had been traveling, finally broke out of the Warp by relying on Fanros's flagship.
However, as the portholes opened, what lay outside was not the busy and safe Impenetrable Defense Line, but an unfamiliar star system of unknown location.
It was only at this moment, facing this fringe world named 'Verolia' on the star map, that Sith finally recalled why the name Fanros felt somewhat familiar.
Because when his colleagues were building the Impenetrable Defense Line, Fanros had chosen another, more radical path to deal with the enemies of the Empire in his eyes.
That was to rely on greenskin technology to counter the Tyranid Swarm.
Sith faced the surrounding star system, which currently looked peaceful, and then, harboring the displeasure of having been tricked by Fanros, looked at the battlecruiser beside him.
Because at this very moment, on Fanros's ship, there was a piece of greenskin technology protected by layers of Astartes and the Adeptus Mechanicus.
It was a 'greenskin crown' that could be used normally by greenskins to suppress the Tyranid Swarm's will over the Tyranid Swarm.
And Fanros's plan was to use the greenskins and the Tyranid Swarm on 'Verolia' beneath his feet to experiment with his control over the 'greenskin crown' in this seemingly safe and tranquil world.
However, the final result of this radical experiment...
Sith withdrew his gaze, because he remembered clearly that the final result was that after the crown was activated, not a single ship...
...left this place.
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