—Yes, your excellency. What are your orders? I asked, unable to refute an order from one of the emperor's angels. I didn't like where this was going though.
—Prepare your men. The Black Templars will lead an assault one kilometer to the east.
—Immediately, your excellency.
If I remember something very well from the academy, it is that questioning the orders of an Emperor's Angel can be interpreted as treason. And that's something I really prefer to avoid at all costs. I greet shaking my chest, turning around and leaving the place. The corporal stood up as I passed him, and we both retreated silently toward the rest of my men.
As soon as I met Preston, I ordered him to notify Mason and York of the change in plans, while I grabbed the communications device to contact the command post. General Hibrid had barely received the news of the change, and he did not seem very happy about the decision. At least, he had been explained the reason for such a decision.
-Commissar. Chaplain Heldredd ordered us to be at full strength. Overcome the Ork hordes and capture a position a kilometer to the east. There is a large concentration of orks in that area.
—Do you think it could be the leader?
—It's a possibility. But it seems that the higher-ups are taking it into account. Commissar. I will send one of the reserve divisions. We're going to need all our strength if we want to put an end to those damned greenskins.
-Understood. Any news on the rest of the front? —I asked surreptitiously.
—The central front seems stable. And Colonel Tairon reports no changes other than the presence of Orkoid war machinery. Apparently, a large number of motorized vehicles are concentrated in that area.
—That front is located on a large plain. I'm not surprised that this is the case.
Well. At least I knew that the colonel was still in one piece, which gave me the slightest hope that we had not yet been overcome. A few seconds passed, and I was about to end the call to mobilize, but the commander's voice on the other end of the communication device stopped me in my tracks.
—Commissioner... —His voice was different than before. Less authoritarian. More worried.
-Yes sir?
—Do you have something in mind?
-Commander? —I asked shocked.
—You know something. —Hearing those words made me swallow hard. —I have enough experience to realize this. Tell me... What do you have in mind?
I let out a long sigh. To tell the truth, I thought I had been able to hide my worry all this time. The least I wanted was to worry my soldiers more than they already were. However, the commander's words were not only heard by me, but also by Preston, and the two soldiers who helped load his equipment. Whose faces looked at me with concern.
—A frontal attack against the orks? Generally it is the other way around. More with all those numbers. —I said without many scruples.
—I understand what you mean. It also bothers me that the orks have not attacked by this point.
—They're waiting for something. Something we ignore.
—Do you have something in mind?
—Not really. If I can give you some advice, Commander, have an emergency force ready for quick responses. It is not the first time that these orks would attack where we least expect it.
"I'll take your word for it, Commissioner."
—I appreciate it, commander.
—We'll get going in ten minutes. May the light of the Emperor guide us.
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Warhammer 40k Fanfiction - Hero Imperator (English)
FanfictionHarrus was a simple man. But a man who did not hesitate to launch himself into a war in which he was one among billions and battles for what he considered right. This story is narrated by Harrus himself. Passages recorded directly from his personal...
