Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 829

Chapter 824: The Promise of Not Abandoning

The two Fallen Angels were located within an abandoned church.

The Emperor’s statue had been contaminated when the church was conquered by the followers of the evil god. The demons had disfigured the statue’s face and painted it with disgusting Chaos symbols.

They also captured numerous Ecclesiarchs, but rather than killing them, they infused them with plague and disease, transforming them into monstrous, stinking monsters covered in cysts, unable to die. They then hung them by their intestines throughout the church.

Thick bodily fluids dripped continuously, and the cultists, having been toyed with for a while, lost interest and left, leaving those who wished for death but could not, to endure the horrific torture.

The two Fallen Angels had infiltrated the church, eliminated the few remaining Ecclesiarchs, and brought relief to the tortured Ecclesiarchs. They then rested within the church for a while.

Then, Gu Hang arrived.

He arrived so swiftly that the two Fallen Angels were completely unprepared.

They had long sensed they were being pursued, but even then, they still believed they were being pursued by the Unforgotten Oath.

Given the Unforgotten Oath’s speed, they had plenty of time to rest and recuperate.

Unfortunately, it was Gu Hang who arrived.

Not only had he acquired all of the Unforgotten Oath’s previous tracking information, perfectly inheriting their progress, but he also possessed far more advanced tracking methods than ordinary Space Marines. The

Fallen Angels had nowhere to escape.

Even breaking out was impossible.

When Gu Hang apprehended them, he discovered that their strength far surpassed that of ordinary Space Marines.

Both were at the level of company champions.

If it had been a regular Space Marine team, even if the Fallen Angels were surrounded, they wouldn’t necessarily be doomed. With their combined strength, it would have been difficult for them to completely eliminate their opponents, but they were still quite confident of breaking out.

However, facing Gu Hang, they were no match

for him, even if he was merely an avatar.

But these two Fallen Angels were quite sensible.

After witnessing Gu Hang’s power, they instantly realized that it was impossible to resist and simply gave up resistance.

This was quite rare.

Moreover, it was in Gu Hang’s best interest.

His incarnation had taken too long. He had fought a battle, traveled by ship, and searched the complex underground world of Gamma VII for over half a month. He was really at his limit.

If these two Fallen Angels didn’t surrender, Gu Hang would have no choice but to kill them.

Although he could still capture their souls, the information contained in the soul fragments would always be incomplete. It would be better to capture them alive.

If they refused to confess or tried to lie or fabricate false information, Gu Hang could deal with them slowly when he had time.

Besides, a living Fallen Angel could also be more useful.

So, without rushing into interrogation, Gu Hang had them stripped of their armor and weapons and captured them n*ked.

The members of the Pure Fire Brotherhood, led by Alvin and Shaka, would be responsible for bringing the two captives all the way back to the Alliance and handing them over to Gu Hang.

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When Gu Hang saw Alvin, Shaka, and the captives they brought back again, several months had passed.

Along with this came the results of the handling of the remaining members of the Unforgotten Oath.

Before all this happened, the Unforgotten Oath, including reinforcements sent by the Alliance, totaled nearly a thousand men, practically full strength.

Now, after the purge, only 346 men remain.

Gu Hang remotely messaged Alvin, asking him to halt the purge.

Without Gu Hang’s word, the Unforgotten Oath’s internal purge would have continued.

Purges, mass purges… such things are terrifying to hear, no matter when. Nearly 70% of the entire chapter had been wiped out in the internal struggle.

This level of ruthlessness was already brutal enough. Only about a hundred non-Alliance chapter veterans remained.

After completing this internal purge, Gu Hang saw the Unforgotten Oath’s name appear in the system interface.

The chapter was now under Gu Hang’s complete control, and the purge could naturally be halted.

Perhaps there were still Bloodsworn members among the surviving chapter veterans. After all, even if Gu Hang had dug out the list from the minds of the previous chapter leaders, due to the layered secret society culture, not even the chapter leaders knew the complete list.

But it didn’t matter; as long as he had control of the chapter, it would be fine.

Later, Alvin and Shaka would have plenty of time to slowly investigate the situation among the veterans. After all, they weren’t in a rush, so they could investigate more slowly and accurately, without such a drastic internal purge. Moreover

, there was still a long time to go, and the Unforgotten Oath would have to carry out many combat missions. There was no need to specifically target them; as long as combat missions were scheduled normally, there would only be a few hundred or so veterans in the chapter. There would inevitably be attrition, and with gradual attrition and replenishment, sooner or later, when all the veterans were gone, wouldn’t the chapter be pure and flawless?

Actually… there was still a minor problem.

Gu Hang was quite fed up with the complex secret society culture within the Unforgotten Oath. As a ruler, he naturally disliked such things.

However, this problem didn’t seem to be eradicated.

Look at Alliance members like Alvin and Shaka; their loyalty to Gu Hang and the Alliance is unquestionable. Yet, even so, they still found themselves forming associations, unintentionally and without instruction. This tendency seemed to be embedded in their genes.

A Space Marine’s gene-seed influences their thinking habits and psychological state; it was something that needed no further verification; that was simply the reality.

Gu Hang pondered this, but decided against issuing a directive to eradicate it.

It was impossible to eradicate it.

It was easy for an association to appear to be gone, yet in reality, become a true “secret.”

It could also easily breed discontent.

Well, since this was a psychological trait imprinted within their gene-seed, let them be.

Gu Hang replenished their forces as usual and rebuilt the Chapter to its full strength.

It was expected that in ten months, a brand-new, fully staffed Chapter would be able to return to the front lines of the Dark Side Crusade.

At the same time, Gu Hang was also preparing to establish a new regiment, called the Unabandoned Covenant, using only the seeds of the Unforgotten Oath. They expected to be fully operational in about ten months and would join the Unforgotten Oath on the front lines.

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Make up for yesterday.

More to come later.

(End of this chapter)