Chapter 552: Blood Ravens, Lamenters, and the Clone Swordsman

On the Omnis Arcanum, Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos of the Blood Ravens stood on the bridge, looking at the magnificent giant ship appearing on the auspex. A sense of security suddenly surged in his heart.

The Red Tear, the flagship of Primarch Sanguinius, a great Gloriana-class battleship, reappeared in the galaxy about a few decades ago, carrying Sanguinius and his scions on a crusade in the galaxy, just like in the era of the Great Crusade ten thousand years ago.

Just about a dozen years ago, Sanguinius broadcasted from the Red Tear to the entire galaxy, summoning all loyal scions of Sanguinius to come to the Red Tear to meet their gene-father.

About five or six years ago, this message crossed the torrent of the Warp and was intercepted by the Omnis Arcanum, which was being attacked by the Iron Warriors.

Since a few decades ago, the Blood Ravens had been targeted by the traitors of the Iron Warriors.

Those shameless traitors tried to steal the Blood Ravens' ancestral relic, the warhammer God-Breaker.

That warhammer was forged by Fulgrim, once used by Ferrus, and after Ferrus died, it came into the hands of Perturabo and was modified by him, with extraordinary power.

Therefore, the loyal Blood Ravens would never hand over this precious relic that carries the history of the Chapter no matter what.

For decades, the Blood Ravens had been relying on the prophecies of their Librarians to avoid and resist the pursuit of the Iron Warriors.

But this was not a long-term plan after all. The Blood Ravens were really unable to resist the hatred of a Primarch alone.

When receiving that message from Sanguinius, even Perturabo himself was already approaching the Omnis Arcanum.

When receiving Sanguinius's summons to all scions, Gabriel Angelos only felt tears in his eyes, only felt that he finally had something to rely on.

Gabriel Angelos made a prompt decision and released an ancestral relic of the Blood Ravens.

That was a Necron hyper-spatial cube, in which a C'tan shard calling itself "Mag'ladroth" was sealed.

Gabriel Angelos reached some agreements with Him. Gabriel Angelos used the hammer containing the rage of Skarbrand to destroy the hyper-spatial cube, releasing that C'tan shard.

As a reward, "Mag'ladroth" would fight Perturabo and the Iron Warriors, and would teleport the Blood Ravens away.

This was of course a risky move, but fortunately, that C'tan kept the agreement, teleporting the Blood Ravens away and fighting the Iron Warriors and Primarch Perturabo alone.

This even made Perturabo's news disappear in the galaxy for a few years, and the Blood Ravens also seized this opportunity to rush to the Red Tear.

"For thousands of years, we Blood Ravens have finally found our gene-father," Gabriel Angelos sighed, taking a deep breath.

"... My lord, are we really?" former Honor Guard Captain, now Chapter Chaplain Apollo Diomedes couldn't help but ask.

"Really what?" Gabriel Angelos glared at Apollo: "Haven't we always been the noble sons of Sanguinius?"

"Look at our Chapter badge, look at the pile of relics related to the Blood Angels in our warehouse, look at our habit of cultivating our sentiments with history and cultural relics, we are clearly the scions of Sanguinius!" Gabriel Angelos said firmly.

The Captains of various companies on the bridge were silent for a moment after hearing Gabriel's words.

The Blood Ravens had indeed suspected in history whether they were the scions of Sanguinius, but after some secret investigations, they learned some secrets of the scions of Sanguinius, and therefore were convinced that they were not the scions of Sanguinius.

Of course, only the high-level members of the Blood Ravens knew about this.

"... Isn't it reasonable for us to mistakenly believe that we are the scions of Sanguinius?"

Gabriel Angelos felt a little scalp-numb from being stared at by the surrounding Captains, and finally sighed and said:

"Even if we are discovered that we are actually not, that is also an unintentional act. Sanguinius is a benevolent Primarch, would he criticize us for this? Would he refuse us to join his crusade?"

Gabriel Angelos actually did not say his true thoughts in his heart.

Such a small trick would likely not be hidden from that Archangel, but Gabriel also believed that the Archangel would not expose their small trick. That merciful angel would accept them... If that angel really didn't want to accept the Blood Ravens,

The only choice for the Blood Ravens was to fight the Iron Warriors and Perturabo to the death. The Blood Ravens did not lack this courage.

Gabriel knew what was stored in his relic vault. If he risked the destruction of the entire Chapter, he might be able to leave an unforgettable scar on Perturabo.

Just as Gabriel was thinking, the Omnis Arcanum suddenly turned violently, and then shook violently, almost causing Gabriel to fall.

"What happened?" Gabriel asked loudly.

Almost the next moment, Gabriel understood what had happened.

A ship smaller than the Omnis Arcanum passed by the Omnis Arcanum at a very close distance.

"My lord, do you want to send a communication to scold them?"

The nature of the Blood Ravens has always been not to suffer losses.

Gabriel looked at the ship, was silent for a moment, and still shook his head.

That ship was too dilapidated, as if it had been gnawed by countless giant insects, and even the keel of the ship was faintly exposed in the void. The other party was obviously not intentional, but the ship really had a big failure and was difficult to control.

But this was not the main reason why Gabriel Angelos did not scold them.

He saw the ship code displayed on the auspex, that was the Daughter of Tears, the ship of the Lamenters.

The successor Chapter of the Blood Angels, the Lamenters. For this Chapter, Gabriel could only use two words to describe it.

The first word is respect. Those warriors are true sons of Sanguinius, as noble as their gene-father.

Not long ago, in order to protect the Imperial worlds on the march of the Kraken Hive Fleet and strive for escape opportunities for the people on those worlds, they launched charges against the Kraken Hive Fleet again and again.

This is a hopeless battle. Even if the parent Chapter of the Blood Angels wants to fight an entire Hive Fleet, they need to summon all the scions of Sanguinius, gathering a full 25,000 people... And the Lamenters are less than 1,000 people.

The last time Gabriel knew their news was fifty or sixty years ago. It is said that the Lamenters at that time were already less than three companies.

Now it seems that they are probably even more tragic than the news, and they should actually be on the verge of extinction. ===== CHAPTER 553 =====