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Chapter 108 – The Kree Empire 11, The Wrath of the Angel: Sanguinius and the IX Legion Descend
🕑 Added 2025-06-07 10:04:00 +0000 UTCLocation: Skies above Hala’s capital. Core palace district. City of Towers.
The sky of Hala had never known true fear. It had seen war, yes, Kree wars, alien skirmishes, civil strife, but never this.
Now it burned.
The clouds split with fire as golden drop-pods tore through the atmosphere, each a spear of vengeance. Thunderhawks followed in formation, trailing behind the one figure that led them all, a radiant comet falling from the stars.
Sanguinius.
The Great Angel. The Primarch of the IX Legion.
Wings of white fire stretched behind him as he dove like judgment incarnate, his sword already drawn. His armor shimmered like it had been kissed by a god, each plate glowing with the light of his fury. The air screamed around him. The world below stared upward in frozen terror.
The Blood Angels came next, riding fire and vengeance.
Behind him, the comms of the Kree Palace Guard screamed.
“The enemy are descending from airspace, correction, entire formations, multiple!”
“By the stars… is that a man?!”
“He has wings, He’s not slowing down”
“Sound the Alarm! SOUND THE”
Impact.
Sanguinius crashed through the highest of Hala’s sky fortresses like a sword through glass. The structure exploded in flame and thunder, collapsing in on itself as he soared forward, trailing divine wrath.
He didn’t stop.
Blade in hand, wings snapping wide, Sanguinius tore through Kree shock troops with unnatural speed. Each movement was poetry, one moment an angel in flight, the next a whirlwind of death.
Behind him, the IX Legion descended like gods of war. Red and gold. Fire and blood.
“They shall know the fury of angels!” Sanguinius roared across the vox, his voice shaking the heavens.
The Blood Angels landed in force. Drop-pods slammed into the palace district, cracking streets and shattering defenses. Legionaries burst forth, bolters blazing, chainswords whirring, flame-cannons spewing inferno.
A Kree sky battalion attempted a counterattack.
It didn’t last a minute.
Jet troopers were swatted from the skies. Gunships exploded mid-turn. The Kree watched in horror as towers they believed unbreakable crumbled beneath the Angel and his sons.
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Above the Skyline – Ronan the Accuser's Final Stand
Ronan, high judge and warlord of Kree law, hovered atop his hammer-throne, staring at the chaos below. His ceremonial armor was activated, his hammer glowing with core energy.
When Sanguinius rose from the fires to face him, wings still burning, Ronan screamed and lunged.
The duel was cataclysmic.
Each blow shattered sound and space, shaking the tower beneath them. Hammer met blade. Ronan screamed declarations of justice. Sanguinius answered with silence and wrath.
Ronan struck with everything, rage, power, desperation.
But it was no of use.
Sanguinius was faster. Stronger. More than mortal.
With a final, blinding motion, the Angel twisted midair, evaded the hammer, and drove his sword through Ronan’s chest. The energy in the hammer imploded, detonating above the skyline like a dying star.
The Kree saw it, their judge, their symbol, falling from the heavens in flames.
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On the ground,
The Blood Angels marched through smoke and ash, leaving behind purified ruin. Kree soldiers fled. Officers surrendered. Civilians dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.
And the Angel stood at the center of it all, blood-slick blade lowered, wings folding as he turned to the battered capital.
Above them, banners of the Kree still flew.
Sanguinius raised his hand.
“Bring them down.”
Astartes flamers ignited.
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From the Orbiting Throne-Ship
The Emperor of Mankind watched in silence.
A thousand ships surrounded Hala. Across every screen, across every vox-feed, was one vision: Sanguinius descending from the smoke, standing tall over the broken city.
The Emperor closed his eyes for a moment, sensing the fear in the stars. Then, he spoke in thought alone:
“He is my wrath cloaked in divinity. My angel of final judgment.”
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Chapter End.
Next: Vulkan brings the fire. (Next chapter the fights are more detailed :) )
