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Bab 152: Beast of Caerbannog

"One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness, one last blade forged in defiance of fate, let them be my legacy to the galaxy I conquered, and my final gift to the species I failed." By Emperor of Mankind

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The Day Before Departure,

Ciaphas Cain held his daughter while his aide Ferik Jurgen finished packing all of Cain's personal belongings. Cain saw this moment coming and a century of experience as Commissar would help ease the departure but this was different. This is because Cain has to leave his daughter, Eleanor Rose Cain in this New World. 

Thanks to Lord William's help and connection, Eleanor will be in care of the Crown Prince Benton after tomorrow and when time comes, Rose will receive Cain's gifts including his business. The only thing Rose will ever interact with Cain will be the golden necklace that contains Cain's recorded videos and messages. Tonight will be the last night Cain will spend his time with his daughter. 

"Sir, everything is ready. Do you require a Tanna?" Jurgen asks Cain as he doesn't know what to do next. 

"No, Jurgen. Thank you but I would like to spend tonight with my daughter." Cain dismissed Jurgen afterward and sat down on his favourite chair. Signing his favourite tunes, Cain imagines what his daughter will become. Will she follow in her father's footsteps and become a military woman or will she become a leader of Cain's community? Whatever she will become in the future, Cain would accept as long as she lives a long peaceful life, away from the never ending conflict of the Imperium and forces of evil. 

"Tomorrow, let us have a proper vox image photo. It will be my final gift to you, my dear Eleanor." Cain kisses his baby daughter's forehead and continues his song as the sun starts to set. 

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For the past month, the entire fortress and city went into departure readiness the moment William gave his order. With massive starships in orbit and now able to access the high orbit, Archmagos and members of the Cult Mechanicus tech-priests made their preparation with help from the Imperial Guard. 

Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed and his officers are well experienced with planetary departure. First, everything heavier than Chimera is the first one to be lifted from the planet and sent to transportation ships. More precisely, onto Battleships such as Emperor Class and Retribution Class ships. 

Lord William has complete control of the 50 ships (Reference to Ch 144). Titans and Knights will be sent to their respective transport ships while regiments and their equipment will be sent to each Battleships. As for the Astartes, half of the Atrates will board the five Battle Barges while other half will board the Lord William's flag ship.

The last part is still in question even for Lord Creed. Lord William still hasn't revealed which one of the eight Battleships will be his flag ship. When Lord Creed asked Lord William, he simply said he will reveal everything when time comes. 

'Just what is he planning? Tomorrow is the day.' Lord Creed thought to himself when suddenly his vox earpiece activates with several people making reports at the sametime. 

"One at a time. By the Golden Throne, I just need one person to give a proper report for once." Lord Creed said in anger as he thought that his officers knew better. That is unless a massive fleet of Chaos or Xenos entered the New World's space without 50 Imperial ships knowing. 

"My Lord Commander, this is Major Celilanto from the command center. A massive ship just entered the planet's far space and our fleet can't tell if it's friendly or not." The officer in charge of the Command Center said in a panicking voice. Moment Lord Creed was about to take control of the situation, a new voice entered the vox channel. 

"This is Chapter Master William. All forces stand down, I will say again all forces stand down. The single ship in question is under my command and wouldn't move from its position until our departure day. We will rendezvous with the ship after we leave the planet's surface." William's voice wasn't just coming from the Lord Creed Vox earpiece, it was broadcast to the entire channel including other factions including the rest of the Astartes. 

"All senior officers of all groups report to the council chamber within one hour." William's vox ended and Lord Creed poured himself a drink and finished it in one shot. Usually, William will let his officers know beforehand but for some reason this one was different and it was so sudden.

" A day before departure, he called a single ship far from the planet's orbit. What is he thinking?" Lord Creed poured himself one more and called his attendants to help him get ready for the surprise meeting. 

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One Hour Later, Council Meeting Room, 

"Do you know why the Chapter Master didn't have a new ship join the fleet?" One of the Astartes Captain asks openly to others the moment the last member of the council joins the table. The question of what kind of ship appeared at the edge of the radar was the first one while the second one is related to what kind of reveal Chapter Master will give when the meeting starts. 

It was at this moment when William entered the council room with his terminator armor and a group of his honour guards followed him as usual. William's facial expression is the face of an exhausted man. The management of the pulling of the military forces are done through Lord Creed but everything else such as logistics of food supplies, raw materials for the future campaigns and lists after lists of nightmare have to be done through the highest of the order. This meant that William was up for a whole week to approve and disapprove things that only Lord Guilliman would enjoy in his free time. 

"Good day to you all, I'm sorry I came a little late as I lost track of time at the moment. I have some good news to share with you all. As you could have guessed, we have a single ship on the edge of the system waiting for us. Once we depart from the New World's orbit, we will rendezvous with the ship and embark on the massive warp portal behind one of the moons." Said William. He gave a small smile to ensure everything was fine and clear but this wasn't enough for others as many raised their hands to ask questions they have. 

"Yes, Lord Creed asks away." 

"My Lord, what is the name of the ship and what will be the role of the fleet?" Lord Creed asked and immediately half of the group put down their hands. 

"I see that is the question of the day. I was hoping to surprise you all when we reach the rendezvous point. Oh well, allow me to explain." William provides the information regarding the mysterious ship he summoned at the edge of the star system. 

"The name of the ship is Beast of Caerbannog and she will be my flagship for our journey back home."

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Mythical Summoning Item 

Name: Beast of Caerbannog

The flagship of the Legions of Blacksouls and headquarter of the Blacksouls. 

Once lost in time and found, the ancient ship dates back all the way into humanity's Dark Age of Technology. The ship's origin date and production planet is unknown but based on its design and armament, it was made to take part in a long period of war as long as personnel is available. 

Length of 54 Km/33.55 Miles, the ship is massive and bigger than Gloriana Class Battleship. Clad with black platings with reflectors and deflectors of unknown technology from humanity's golden age, the ship itself is nearly indestructible and capable of self repairs if needed. 

It was recorded that at one point in the ancient engagement in the battle, the ship went into its first engagement starting with ramming first before anything else after. This massive ship is armed to its teeth and big enough to conquer the entire star system by itself as the ship's arsenals are vast and too many to count. From standard anti-air guns to planet killer triple lasers on the front of the ship, Beast of Caerbannog is the mighty spear head and shield at the same time. 

As the ship is from the Dark Age of Technology, it is equipped with the most technologically advanced machinery and data available back in the days of the Dark Age. The ship possesses full memory of the STC and backup memory banks with known numbers. The ship is also capable of producing vast and large numbers of items and equipment without need of supervision. With multiple production levels and factories built-in the ship, the only issue the ship will face is the continuation of raw material it can feed it to the production. 

The ship itself is a fleet of its own. The ship is big enough to hold multiple ships capable of matching against an enemy fleet as its weaponry are powerful and possess thousands of drones equipped with missiles/lasers. 

The ships are divided into two groups. First one is known as a 'Sword' and is used for offensive operations. The swords' role is hybrid of carrier and cruiser as it can be used for various ways such as search and destroy or partols. 

The second group is known as 'Shield.' Like the name, the Shield operates to protect the flagship while Sword is away. Hybrid of carrier and destroyer roles, the Shield is fast and can endure punishment from the enemy attack. The Shield also possesses formidable firepower and energy shield but its signature ability comes from the drones as swarms of remote drones in size of cars can retrieve, harvest and repair ships in command. 

In the worst case scenario, drones from both groups can form up like a massive swarm and strike the enemy forces in a kamikaze-like attack. By doing so, the drones could deliver heavy damage to the key enemy target and attach itself to rip and tear the ship components. 

The Beast of Caerbannog is capable of three modes when the situation demands it.

First, is standard/default form in which a ship can travel in the void and even embark on long distance travel through the warp without need of navigators' help (it is advisable that a ship should have navigators available all times if needed for appearance). The standard form is also used for space battles but can't produce anything big as other ships. On the other side, the ship can assist the repair of other battle damaged ships while in combat as long as ships in repairs don't receive any more damages. 

The second form is production mode. The ship can be stationary similar to an orbital station and able to go into production or factory mode to produce various things such as war gears to ships. During production mode, the ship isn't defenceless as multiple layers of void shields and weapons will protect itself from any harm. The production form can also be used as a battle station/command centre while legion forces invade or protect a planet and are able to supply or repair other ships. This also means that the ship can drop its products from orbit, providing immediate supplies or even base buildings for the military campaign. 

The third and last form is harvest form. This form is usually used after the battle to gather any useful materials from the enemy ships, planets and even raw materials from the asteroids. While in the harvest form, the ship can travel around the battle zone and gather its resources for future uses as there is no telling when the fleet can resupply from the friendly forces. If the situation demands it, the ship can fly close enough to harvest the sun's energy and matter to produce war materials. 

During all three forms, the ship is capable of sending out drones and salvage crews to retrieve damaged ships or raw materials. The second and third forms are much more productive when it comes to salvaging compared to the first form. 

Lastly, the Beast of Caerbannog is fully crewed and supplied for the departure. Still, the ship has enough rooms and space to house a full legion and multiple regiments if needed. The ship also possesses an advanced AI named Arthur who is in charge of the ship itself. Due to the ship's size and multiple functions, Arthur has a dozen sub AIs to help his work loads and supervise the condition of the ship and Legion's needs.

*Note that AI Arthur is aware of the Imperium and updated with its opinion towards AI. For this reason, Arthur and his sub AIs manage deep within the ship's database and disguise themselves as William's personal servitors if physical interaction is needed. 

The ship's system is protected physically through multiple defence weapon systems and fortress-like energy shield layers that will require multiple armies to breach the outer walls. 

As for the digital protection from the hackers, the ship's cryptographic protocols use polyphasic entangled waveforms (An advanced encryption technology for the operation system) for the starters and other advanced protection programs to prevent any intruders from infiltrating the ship's brain and stealing the knowledge. 

As the flagship of the Blacksouls Legion, Chapter Master William is the sole master of the Beast of Caerbannog. No one is above his authority and AI Arthur will make sure William's command is met with perfection without mistakes. 

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Meanwhile, 

Old man sat in front of his house smoking a long pipe while a cup of warm tea was placed next to his chair. Enjoying the ray of sunlight and peace, the old man wonders what kind of day awaits him. Just as he was about to take the first sip of the tea from the cup, an alarm began to sound from unknown sources. Arthur, the AI of the Beast of Caerbannog takes a deep breath and places the tea on the table without drinking it. 

[Yes, what is it?] Arthur used both of his hands to generate a digital monitor and expand it wide, in front of him, dozens of faces of knights appeared in each monitor with various expressions ready to answer. 

[I'm dictating multiple approaching ships from the 5th sector. It is not friendly as it is not signalling assigned code or radio contact. Advise battle ready and activate 5th sector defence turrets and remote ships.] Said one of the knights as many others agreed to the knight's recommendation. 

[Merlin, what do you think?] Arthur summoned another screen and this time a young man in a wizard hat and big glasses appeared. This was Merlin, Arthur's advisor and in charge of humanity's knowledge, aka STC database. 

[Based on the ship's long range sensors and intel from the scout ships, approaching ships are a fleet of aliens known as Tau. If I have to guess, they are Tau's merchant fleet but unlike their name sake, they are well armed and numerous to be one. Seems to me they are a lost expansion naval fleet.] Said Merlin after he went over the entire date file related to Tau empire and its battle capability. 

[Well, in that case there is nothing to worry about. Sir Lamorak, you may take the first sword to intercept the intruders. Leave no one alive. Sir Percival, you may take the first shield for the salvage operation after the battle. Any questions?] Said Arthur and with no one asking any questions to his order, all 13 screens disappeared, leaving Arthur alone again. 

[We will maintain the order until my master comes home.]


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Bab 153: Unknown and the Last Visit

The Custodian had no answer. Thunder peeled above them, shaking the cavern and jarring loose a rattling hail of falling pebble dust.

'My king, what now? What comes next?'

The Emperor turned away, walking into the darkness of the cavern while the storm hammered the dead city so far above. He spoke three words that no Custodian had ever heard Him speak before.

'I don't know.'

From: Master of Mankind, conversation between Emperor and Custode

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"So, this is going to be our last meeting." Numen (Star Child) said to William as he sat in his floating canoe. 

William finally realizes that he is not in his bed as his consciousness left his body and is now in the realm of the divine. The last thing William remembered was him going to bed and attempting to go to sleep as he was nervous for the next day's departure to space. 

"What do you mean this will be our last meeting? I'm sure, I'll see you when I make it to Imperium space." William said as he adjusted his chair. Unlike previous times, William was much bigger than before and the chair wasn't much of a comfortable as it looks. The golden chair that could be used as a royal family back on Earth, the thin-legged and normal-sized chair didn't give much room for a man like William who has the body of the Astartes. 

"That was the original plan until something unexpected happened after our last meeting. Now, I'm not really sure if we're ever going to meet again. Most likely, this will be our last time seeing each other." Said the Star Child and with a flick of his hand, he replaced William's golden chair with the Adamantium throne big enough for Astartes such as William. Made from the strongest metal known to the Imperium, the gold-covered throne had a symbol of the Imperium eagle on top while the bottom of the throne was one solid block that could support the weight of the Astartes. 

"Thanks, that is much better. Can I keep this?" William said but before he could get the answer Numen flicked his hand once again and a table full of coffee cups and tea appeared in front of William. With everything set and done, Star Child descends from midair to face his 'Not a biological descendant.' 

"Make yourself a drink. This will be a long conversation." After two cups of coffee were made, the conversation continued.

"So, what happened after our last conversation? If I remember correctly, you wanted me and Rana to have a child, a boy." 

"Yes, that was the plan, your son, Henry, right? Great name by the way. He was supposed to be my new vessel as he fits the requirement." 

"Ok, I mean I know he is special since he is a natural born between Astartes and Living Saint. Still, he can't be that special like Primarch," said William as he drank his cup or rather a mug of coffee. Star Child remained silent for a few seconds which made William finally realise something he missed until now and it was about his baby son. 

"Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me. Don't tell me you planted something in your DNA within the Grey Knight gene seed." William put down his mug and shouted with shock in his face. 

"Of course I did. Why do you think I allow my genes to be used to make superior Astartes? Just in case I made sure that I could unlock my own DNA code beside my own body to create the next generation of Astartes or even a Primarch. You and Rana happened to meet my time of need to create a new host." Said Star Child as he drank his own cup of coffee.

"Did you just say Primarch?" William was flabbergasted as he didn't expect this level of revelation to come from the Star Child. His son, blood, and flesh could be a Primarch. William continued. 

"That is not possible. The Primarchs were made from genetic engineering, not from natural birth." 

"Not exactly. You are right, my sons were born from my Primarch project through the lab but I did learn a few new things afterwards. Before my ultimate entombment to the Golden Throne, I implant everything I learned from the previous Primarch project and new into my very own DNA. Think about it, you have my genetic information and with your copulation to Rana who possesses traces of my psychic power meet all requirements to bring a worthy vessel in the end." Star Child explains everything to William. Small apportion of the Emperor's plan for the Imperium in case something goes wrong.

Star Child summons a baby monitor-like screen with Henry on it. William knew this wasn't a screenshot or record event but live footage of his son who is sleeping in his baby crib right now. 

"I want you to use an appraise skill on Henry. You will understand." Said Star Child. Hearing this, William activates his appraisal skill to see his son's status.

William did the appraisal of Henry before. At that time William saw nothing but a standard description of his son's name and who his parents are. There was nothing special nor skills of a typical protagonist such as William's, until now. 

[Henry Bassilo Nullinanis: Son of William Nullinanis and Rana Bassilo Beckett. The next generation and natural born Primarch. Former vessel of the Emperor of Mankind as Emperor made a decree to take another host, replacing the vessel of his choice. Born from the bond of Chapter Master of the Blacksouls who have a direct heritage to the Emperor of Mankind and Living Saint of the Imperium, Henry was born to be a new vessel of the Emperor but due to a change of destiny, the host is no longer selected to be a vessel for the Emperor's soul.

Ability: Appraisal, Inventory, Master of All Tools, Redacted, Redacted, Redacted, etc.]

'The next generation of Primarch. A freaking Primarch.' William read his son's status three times before his eyes left the screen. He couldn't believe that his son became the next Primarch and he didn't know it. No, he was denied seeing the truth until now.

"You hid this from me until now. Why?"

"Because I wanted to give you a time of peace when your son was born. One thing I learned from my previous mistake was that I took it for granted when I made my 20 sons and tools to achieve my ultimate goal. You needed time to see your son as who he is, not as another weapon to eliminate your enemy." The Star Child explains his reasoning to William in which he shows the peaceful moment where William spends time with his family. For a moment, William smiled and engraved all the images into his mind but eventually, everything must come to an end as William returns to the present time with the reality of the situation coming down on him. 

"You are right. But now that you are showing my son's true status means that something is coming." William said to Star Child and placed his hands together to get serious. 

"Yes, you are right. With Henry no longer my vessel and free from his original destiny, it means even I don't know what will become of him in the future. It is up to you to make sure your son becomes a man you would be proud of."

William heard the truth and went into deep thoughts but before he could make any decision, Star Child added. 

"You can't leave Henry and Rana here in the New World. The agreement with the other gods was to take all of my followers back home. Except for Cain's daughter since her mother isn't my follower."

With the situation locked into no other option, William finally opened his mouth to speak about his next decision in his mind. 

"In that case, I will place my son into a warp-protected pod while traveling through the warp. I don't know what will be on the other side of the warp portal but I will do everything I can to protect Henry and I'm sure Rana will do the same. Numen, I know you said this will be our last meeting but I hope I will see you once again on the other side." Said William as he stood up and extended his right hand out. 

Numen paused for a second before taking William's right hand and shook it before taking it back. Before William is about to return back to his real body, Star Child speaks as if he remembers something. 

"My son, remember to hold on to that piece of my light close to you." 

"What do you mean by that?" 

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William woke from his bed as his golden eyes saw the ceiling. It was still nighttime and dark but with small lights spread around the sky, blinking as if it was alive. Next to William, Rana lay on the bed with her chest rising and falling slowly with each breath she took. With silky skin and nightgown, Rana didn't look like a warrior saint princess but rather William's love of life and someone he would love to spend the rest of his life with. 

Not far away from the bed, William's son, Henry sleeps in his baby crib in peace as if no evil will ever approach him or harm him. The room was at peace and no amount of battle adrenaline or glorious moments in the war could replace this moment from William.

'I have work to do in a short amount of time.' William thought to himself and quietly got up from his side of the bed. After getting his clothes on and double-checking his wife and baby are in sleep, he opened the door and left in silence. 

William's destination wasn't that far from his bedchamber as he entered the room a few minutes later. With special locks and access only available to the Chapter Master, the room itself was fully sealed but could be transported if permission was given. Inside, the room was made out of white tiles with no sign of any gaps but was able to generate visible light for William to navigate.

There is no table or anything except for one thing in the center of the room. An advanced machine is beyond anyone's imagination as it can produce anything as long as the user wishes for it. A machine that can solve any problem given and is able to bring it to the physical world after going through countless calculations. In front of William is an STC (Standard Template Construct) and its main core, the brain of the machine itself. 

The machine came to life after a quick scan of William, identifying the person in front of it, and began to expand itself like a flower in the morning dawn. 

[Hello my master William, how can I assist you today?] The machine spoke with the human emotion of greeting as the avatar of the Mother appeared in the room standing next to the machine itself. 

"I want to make a few things before we leave today. Let us start with a transportation pod for a baby."

[What are the operation purposes and utilization?] The Mother asked. At the same time sense something within William that only she recognized but didn't bring it up as it didn't meet the current need.

"To protect my son and ready him for everything that can be thrown at him."


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