A fleet floated silently in the void.
Ten frigates guarded the flanks, while two intact lunar class ships in the center surrounded one that was wreathed in flames, constantly deploying flying Servitors and servo-skulls to conduct repairs.
On the bridge of the lunar class ship chosen as Sith's new flagship, over a dozen starship captains knelt on the deck, respectfully bowing their heads before Sith, who was radiating golden light and flanked by a Legion of the Damned and an Inquisitor.
Although the high-ranking officials of the Empire would not immediately recognize someone as the God-Emperor's chosen just because they were glowing with golden light.
After all, it is not necessarily the God-Emperor who glows with golden light; it could also be Tzeentch, the 'Two-Headed Freak' who loves to play god.
However, while the God-Emperor could not bypass the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods to find Guilliman for the moment, He could still manifest before Sith, who was right under His nose.
When these captains looked at the statue behind Sith that had received the God-Emperor's manifestation, with the God-Emperor personally endorsing him, the captains almost immediately and gladly chose to surrender after sending the information back to their superiors.
At this moment, the group was looking at Sith before them, heads bowed and brows furrowed, recalling the scene they had just witnessed.
Not to mention that their own broadside of macro-cannons had actually been blocked by the opponent's shields.
When Sith used the God-Emperor's blessing to teleport to the strike force's command bridge, this group of Imperial Navy captains, seeing the golden-glowing Sith in that instant, almost thought the God-Emperor had arrived in person.
Now, as Sith transferred his core team to the new lunar class ship, and looking at the crowd of rebels and greenskins before them, if it weren't for the God-Emperor manifesting along the way, the captains would have jumped up and cursed Tzeentch's schemes.
Furthermore, as they recalled the events, their peripheral vision also kept drifting toward those non-Imperial troops who had teleported with Sith.
The xenos were fine, as they were just standard xenos.
But those rebels made the captains feel very strange, because no matter how they looked at them, these Chaos Traitors felt different from other rebels.
Even looking at these Sith rebels, the captains couldn't help but frown and feel confused.
Because this group of rebels...
No matter how they looked at them, they felt quite Imperial.
"Could they be rebels of the Chaos Traitors?"
The captains could only come up with this one explanation after much thought, but upon considering this term, they didn't even know if this kind of 'rebel of the Chaos Traitors' counted as a double negative making a positive.
Above, Sith saw that his core team had all migrated over, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, looking at the God-Emperor's manifestation slowly retreating behind him, he could only sigh that the God-Emperor was truly hands-on to keep him.
Even when so busy, He still scrambled down to endorse him.
Otherwise, relying solely on his own golden blessing, the Empire, fearful of being deceived and betrayed, would often treat even a 'Living Saint' as a Warp Daemon first.
"After repairs to the damaged warship are complete, the entire fleet is to prepare for warp jump."
Sith stood at the command station and spoke to his captains, who, upon hearing this, cast aside their distracting thoughts, hurriedly stood up, saluted, and prepared to execute the order.
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