Warhammer Inquisitor

  Chapter 38 Frontiers of Empire: Anthem of Loyalty

The Office Headquarters of the Imperial Government Affairs Department, well, when you can hear this name, it means that you have arrived at a territory and territory that the Empire can firmly control. This kind of building is like the light gun of the Star Militia Army, and the chant of the state religion The same spread throughout every loyal world, big and small.

In almost every world, there is such a building, which is one of the largest and most beautiful buildings in the local area. It is built in the very center of the imperial city, and it is usually modeled after the headquarters of the Ministry of Government Affairs on the sacred Terra. It is a huge church-like building.

  Countless towering Gothic spires and arc-shaped vaults are scattered around, crystal glass and magnificent statues are dotted everywhere, and the Imperial Skyhawk logo is always hanging high at the entrance of the golden gate of this building.

  This building is so huge. This is the headquarters of the Ministry of Government Affairs located in the world of Hive Capital, the capital of the galaxy. It is huge, and it cannot even be described simply as huge.

This is almost a city, a city within a city, with its complex and huge internal structure network. If there is no staff from the Ministry of Government Affairs to guide the way, any outsider will get lost in the countless corridors, halls and churches, but even so, no one can call themselves Get to know every corner of this thousand-year-old building for yourself.

At the very center of this giant building, there is a vault structure above the main structure, engraved with countless exquisite patterns, and under the vault surrounded by high towers is the core of the Ministry of Government Affairs and the center of the entire Victoria galaxy. real heart.

   The galaxy government meeting hall is located here. Under the gorgeous large vault, there are circles of stepped seats arranged from low to high towards the surroundings.

  Whenever important matters need to be decided by the Victoria galaxy government, this place will be filled with officials from various departments, and it is the same today.

   Between the crystal murals and the marble walls, countless large and small officials gathered here. They came from all the important departments of the Victoria galaxy, the Ministry of Government Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Planetary Defense Force, the State Church, the Astronomical Academy and the Mechanicus Association, etc.

   There are even some department personnel who may not be so important, but still enjoy a place here. The power holders of these Victoria galaxies gather here, talking closely with each other in small groups.

  In the central open space of the circular meeting hall, Governor Lu Wen was gathering with the heads of several other departments. The leaders of these secret associations were all distressed and annoyed.

   "Has any of you heard from the patriarch? There is also the bishop." The female minister of the Ministry of Government Affairs asked, she seemed very anxious and restless.

"No, no, there is no news at all. I only know that we have been attacked by the Hammer Gang and the Syndicate." The Generalissimo of the Planetary Defense Force said affirmatively, he raised his hand and clenched his fist, "I dare to use I bet my life brothers and sisters, Sher did it! He must have helped those low-brood **** raid the rally."

"But the question is, how did Scheer know about the gathering? It was a secret occasion, and no one except us knew the exact location, and the family members would never betray the church." The representative of the state church archbishop said without hesitation. Obviously, he Don't doubt your faith brothers at all, stand firm.

   "Then how did he know? There are traitors among us?" the Grand Marshal asked suspiciously, the golden epaulet ribbon dangling on his chest, his figure was so burly, taller than anyone present.

  Obviously, the genetic part of Tyron made him so big, and the rest of them have more or less similar manifestations, such as being taller, more sensitive or commendable in appearance.

Especially the Minister of the Interior, she is absolutely beautiful, maybe part of the reason for the specialization of the Tyranid gene, I heard that some gene-stealer sects will use this method to let these ladies and ladies enter the high-level empire , Grasp intelligence, deliver news and collapse infection.

   There are also brothels, clubs and bars in the middle nest, spreading the infection through sex. Many times this is the reason why a world falls into a Tyranid rebellion.

   Lu Wen frowned slightly and thought about it. His doubts attracted the attention of the rebel bishop of the state religion. He looked at Lu Wen, "Brother Lu Wen, have you found anything?"

  The words of the bishop attracted several people present to look at Lu Wen. The Governor looked around the crowd and shrugged slightly, "A few nights before the rally, Vito Constantine went to the Sharman Club after meeting with me."

"Sharman Club? Where is he going?" Madam Minister asked vigilantly. Apparently, several people had noticed the problem, but Lu Wen seemed very calm, as if he was not worried at all, although he didn't know it was true. Don't worry, it's still faked.

"A date, my lady minister, it's no secret that he's in a relationship with the informer Silver Snake from his nest." "By the Redeemer! Reuven! That **** is an informant! And you don't know the Sharman Club Who does it belong to?!"

The Generalissimo growled angrily, but Lu Wen smiled unabashedly. He pointed to the medal on the Generalissimo's chest, "Which one of us has never been to the club in Ferus? You, him, me, and our subordinates I have been to his club, that little **** controls more than half of the clubs and clubhouses in Shangchao."

"If someone goes to his club, he will be regarded as a traitor, and all of us should be executed." Lu Wen's words forced the generalissimo who was full of blood back, and the curse that was about to be spoken was forcibly suppressed. , Lu Wen looked at this strong but irrational idiot and snorted disdainfully.

   "Then do you think Vito betrayed us? Brother." The bishop said softly, as if to bridge the atmosphere of embarrassment and contradiction at the scene, and he was obviously very good at this.

Lu Wen took a deep breath, then shook his head slightly, "No, he didn't know the meeting place at the time, he only found out about the meeting place that day, and he didn't even see any of us when he went to the club, so he doesn't constitute a prerequisite for betrayal. "

"I know Vito will betray us sooner or later. He is a conspirator and an ambitious guy, but at this moment? He is about to take power and become the emperor of the nest. If he wants to betray us, he has to wait until he takes power. Yes, not at this moment, do some of you really think that he can unify the Nest Order in the future, and then fight against us?"

Everyone nodded approvingly. It is true that Vito Constantine has not yet been able to split the Nest Religious Order. Although he is extremely capable, he is still unable to rebel under their noses at this moment. He must know something about it. He's a smart guy and wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

But Ms. Minister seemed a little confused and anxious. She didn’t know if it was because of the psychic reaction caused by the disappearance of the patriarch. She held her chin in thought, “Could Constantine be an agent sent by the star region government? If so, He doesn't need to think about taking power."

Lu Wen shook his head slightly, "Our allies in the star sector government haven't sent back any news. I don't know how many reports Scheer has made over the years, and he was suppressed by us every time. I don't think he You can persuade the star region government to act."

"Besides, if his superior, the Arbitration Lord of the Legal Department of the Extreme Law Department, decides to intervene, then our friends in the Legal Department of the star area will also know, and then the news will come, but we don't have the news now, so I Don’t think it was the sector government’s doing.”

   "Who could that be? Could it be Terra?" The generalissimo's question was more like a joke, which made several people laugh, and finally even himself laughed.

   That’s right, Terra, the world of the Golden Throne far away on the other side of the galaxy, can the Emperor’s Light really shine here? Does he really care about this frontier galaxy?

"I can't sense the ancestor. Its psychic signal has disappeared, but I think it is still alive." The chief astrologer of the Astrologer Academy said, her blind eyes were covered by blindfolds, maybe It's because you're coming here for a meeting. You can't always surprise everyone, right?

"But where is the patriarch? We can't sense it, and no one has found him." The generalissimo asked eagerly. The enthusiasm is commendable. The instinct derived from genes makes them particularly concerned about the whereabouts of the patriarch. Everyone is In this way, they are restless, and their hearts are full of impatience and panic.

  This is one of Tyron's characteristics and also a weakness. You see, the instinct of genes is often not controlled by their thoughts and rationality.

Lu Wen shook his head slightly and looked at the fellow members of the association in front of him, "Our people are already collecting information. It is enough that the chief patriarch is still alive. Although the sect has suffered heavy losses, we are still a large number of people. As long as we are safe and sound, we can reorganize." strength."

Several people nodded affirmatively, yes, as long as they are still alive, Hydra has only had two heads severed, while the remaining seven are still there, and they will soon make this monster grow more heads .

  The premise is, is it right to be alive?

The door of the meeting hall was suddenly opened, and several people looked at it together. Everyone in the hall looked at the opened golden door. Among them were several officials who were driven into the hall, and they were roughly driven into the meeting room. Hall, some were even thrown in, their posture was very embarrassing.

  Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, more than a dozen law enforcement officers from the Ministry of Justice walked into the hall with live ammunition. They were wearing silver breastplates and full armor, and each carried a large-caliber laser gun with the logo of the Ministry of Justice.

The law enforcement officers drove the people near the gate inwards, gun butts, feet and fists attacked everywhere, those unlucky officials were violently driven into the hall and further inside, the law enforcement officers closed the gate, and some people walked up the stairs At the top of the conference hall, he watched everyone in the hall vigilantly with a gun in his hand, and made sure that he could hit anyone at any time.

Lu Wen frowned, a feeling of uneasiness welled up in his heart. He looked at the Arbitrator Sher who walked in from outside the gate. gun.

   "Grand arbitrator, what do you mean?" The female minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs scolded loudly, pointing to a group of law enforcement officers around, "You are acting as a coup d'etat! You are committing a crime of rebellion! Take your people back! Immediately!"

   "No, ma'am, you constitute the crime of treason and treason!" Scheer scolded angrily, with a fierce light in his eyes, and Lu Wen pulled the angry lady behind him, and took two steps forward.

   "What are you talking about? Arbitrator Sher, are you planning a coup? Do you think the empire won't settle accounts with you if we are all killed? You know that the empire and Terra do not tolerate rebellion."

   "Well, what if, he's authorized by the Empire?" said a familiar voice, and Reuven's eyes widened in surprise, as did they all.

  They watched the man named Vito Constantine appear from a corner outside the gate. He suddenly appeared. No one expected him to appear here, let alone with a group of arbitrators.

   And now, the questions they debated before have been answered.

  In Vito’s smile, the law enforcement officers around the door dispersed. They pushed to the sides to make way for the passage at the door, and as they dispersed, there were waves of heavy footsteps outside the door.

  Everyone's eyes widened. They stared at the two huge beings. They were two behemoths that appeared behind Vito like a mountain.

The two tall giants towered behind Vito, one of them was wearing heavy power armor that was almost as burly as a Terminator, with thick fur on his shoulder armor, while the other was wearing white armor, he held A hanging banner stands on the left side of Vito like a soldier walking out of a mural.

"Astartes." The Grand Marshal said almost in surprise, and everyone present like him showed expressions of exclamation and fright, a kind of fear, even if they turned into Tyranid creatures, their souls belonged to humans Then a part still reacted, the almost instinctive fear of the traitor towards his death angel.

   But even so, Lu Wen quickly regained his composure. He nodded slightly to his colleagues, and several of them looked at Vito and looked calm, at least on the surface.

   "Sir, who are you? You have not been invited to come here." Madam Minister said resolutely, the firm attitude in her words is commendable, and the bishop pointed at Vito and shouted almost fanatically.

   "In the name of the Emperor! You are blaspheming! You are blaspheming the authority the Emperor has given us! Blaspheming Himself!" "I am glad you are still shouting in his name, my lord bishop."

Vito showed a playful smile, and looked at the few people in front of him almost amusedly, "It seems that you are very forgetful? I haven't seen you for a few days and forgot my name, so let me introduce myself .”

Vito's smile gradually disappeared, and majesty and unquestionable authority appeared on his face. With one hand behind his back, the other hand was pressed on the hilt of the chainsaw sword on his belt, and he raised his head and looked down. Looking at the people in front of him.

   "I, Vito Constantine, is the judge personally chosen by the emperor. I come here in the name of the emperor to clean up the traitors and clear the door for the empire and all mankind."

  As soon as these words came out, it seemed as if a sharp knife had been stabbed into the hearts of several people. Lu Wen looked at Scheer almost in shock. He looked at the grizzled arbitrator with a resolute expression that didn't look like he was joking at all.

Is he crazy? ! Lu Wen exclaimed in his heart, since he called the trial court directly? ! Do not! How did he contact the Inquisition? ! The contact information of these judges will not be found on the phone list, no! The point is not this question!

Is he crazy? ! Didn't he know that the Inquisition would probably consider himself part of the rebels, or at least a possibility of negligence, and execute them along with it?

   Apparently, my friends, these heretics haven't figured out one thing.

  The true loyalists never fear death, especially their own death. Their life has long belonged to the Golden Throne and the Lord of Humanity on it.

   And when death comes, loyal people can return to the golden throne, that is the greatest glory.

Vito smiled and glanced at Scheer, who put his hands on the **** of the gun and stared intently at the traitors in front of him, his eyes were full of anger, just like the flame of the eternally burning Astronomical Torch itself on Terra so-so.

"According to the law, I have the right to execute you directly, but I want to play a game and let you reveal your true colors." Vito said with a smile, but the lady minister still maintained enough composure, she shook her hand and pointed at Vito. Torto, "Our power is granted by the Star District Government! Even the Inquisitor has no right to take it away!"

"You are slandering us! Inquisitor! We have never betrayed the Golden Throne! I will never allow such heretical behavior!" The bishop was still yelling aggressively, but Vito saw his expression full of sarcasm, with a playful look Feel.

"It's funny, you can still say such things until now, ah, let's make the problem clearer." Vito snapped his fingers, and there was a sound of heavy footsteps coming from outside the door, and another The roar of a beast.

   Several people's eyes widened. They saw two giants pushing a **** cage into the conference hall. Inside the cage was a beast, a roaring beast that was firmly bound.

  Two giants with knightly swords and chain axes joined their brothers, and the four giants stood behind Vito, silently demonstrating his authority, that of the judge.

Vito laughed jokingly, and looked at a few people mockingly, "You know? There is a magical mechanism in the biological instinct of the Tyranids. If their leader node creatures are threatened with their lives, the Tyranids present will be killed." They will defend the leader out of instinct, and completely abandon rationality and consideration of their own safety."

   "A kind of hive mind, which is very useful in war. Every time I behead a Tyrann node commander, it's extremely troublesome, and I have to fight with a large group of guys, but I found that this instinct has another use."

Vito snapped his fingers, and Astartes, who was wearing a winged helmet, pulled out his bolter almost immediately, and aimed a shot at the head of the tightly bound ancestor. The monster was struggling and roaring in the cage. , countless metal chains and restraint structures rattled amidst the vibrations, but the monster was still firmly locked, and its prison remained motionless.

"Forget it, big idiot, I'm using this cage to lock Khorne, I can lock your Tyrann overlord in it." Vito laughed mockingly, then looked at the front of his eyes, his expression twitched, his body Several people twitched involuntarily.

"I found that Tyronn's instinct is more efficient than any interrogation. I have always wanted to try it. I am very glad that you have provided me with such an opportunity today." His smile turned into a sarcastic smile, that is The mocking smile of a soon-to-be conqueror.

"Lancelot, do it." Vito said, looking straight ahead, the real fingers of the wing helmet began to pull slightly, the trigger of the bolt gun clicked, and the ancestor in the cage roared angrily, its blood basin The big mouth growled endlessly within the range that could be opened, and anger and wild emotions spread from it in an instant.

The Generalissimo's whole body changed from slight convulsions to violent convulsions. He roared, the human teeth sharpened rapidly like razors, and his physique began to swell. The decent military uniform was torn apart, and the inhuman monster launched an attack. attack.

  He culled it at an inhuman speed, and the part that was originally a human finger turned into a sharp claw. He grabbed Vito's face, but the latter remained motionless with a smile on his face.

The roar of the chain saw ax suddenly exploded, and Ragnar swung the chain saw ax with the force of lightning and instantly cut off half of the alien in front of him. He was neatly cut open from the shoulders, and the whole person was cut into two obliquely. Half.

The Generalissimo fell to the ground, raised his head with his mutilated body and looked at Vito, who smiled slightly. A huge shadow enveloped the Generalissimo. When he looked at the source of the shadow, he saw an iron foot. It was the last thing he saw in his life.

This seemed to be a signal, and all the Tyranids attacked violently. The beautiful lady minister of the interior attacked at an extremely fast pace, so fast that she even avoided the lasers of several law enforcement officers around Vito. The gun fired, and her slender claws fell from the air.

   But she overlooked that there were four Space Marines Astartes present.

Lancelot grabbed the female minister's head and grabbed her in mid-air without any mistakes. Before the female minister had time to react too much, the beautiful face was crushed together with the head, turning into countless splashes broken bones and brains.

There was chaos in the meeting hall, the gene stealers rushed towards the direction of the cage violently, the law enforcement officers all started shooting, and countless laser beams shot at those hateful alien traitors from all directions, and those monsters were knocked down one by one pierced through, and the confrontation of psionic energy in the central position also began.

The astropath looked in Vito's direction, and the shock from the spiritual level hit Vito, but the latter still stood there without dodging or dodging. The mental shock wave was spread out in front of Vito, and the force hit It was instantly shattered on a shield.

Ms. Astropathist screamed. Obviously the recoil had affected her a lot, but her screaming stopped immediately. Olaf released a glare from her eyes as he stared at her. Holding his head on the ground, he screamed again, the scream that was enough to make anyone's ears hurt didn't last long, Bell pulled out the bolt gun, and shot him into a piece of rotten flesh .

  The Anglican bishop didn’t live too long. Obviously, he was not a powerful gene stealer like his colleagues. As a fifth-generation infected person, he was more like a human being, so he was quickly smashed into pieces by Bell’s second shot.

The interstellar warriors pulled out explosive bombs and swung swords and axes to kill the rushing gene stealers. The scorching red light of the lasers was constantly flashing in the hall. Vito stood calmly at his position, but he was just facing the chaos of the chaos. Lu Wen panicked, countless laser beams flew around him, screams and blood splashed everywhere.

When all this chaos ended, the glorious governor could no longer hold on to his arrogance. He looked at the wreckage around him in panic, and when he heard footsteps, he turned his head to look at Vito walking in front of him in horror. With a smile on his face, he pressed the shoulder of the frightened bird.

   "Do you know that chaos is a ladder, some people fall down, and some people climb up? I remember it was said by a sage in ancient Terra."

  Reuven nodded, and Vito smiled even wider.

   "I hope you get used to the feeling of falling."

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  Everyone in the hall of the Ministry of Government Affairs was alarmed. Passers-by all looked at the governor rolling down the long marble stairs. They were so surprised that they all stopped when someone went up to help.

People looked at the law enforcement officials standing in the corridor at the top of the stairs and on the ground. This group of white-armored arbitrators surrounded the entire hall, and among them, a man in a black trench coat came down. He took a cloak and put it on his body. It was an old red cloak with big letters i on it.

People watched in horror as the judge walked down the stairs. Four giants stood on the steps. Behind the judge, silently intimidated anyone present who had ill-advised thoughts.

  Vito walked past the fluttering flag of the Deathwatch Chapter, and he walked up to the terrified governor who fell to the ground. He joked about this guy, "It's interesting, it seems that your self-confidence is not very strong in ordinary times."

Vito smiled and leaned down, looking at the governor with those black eyes, "You know that I can execute you right? I don't need evidence, I don't need to explain, the marks on my body and the four friends behind me Power has been given to me."

  He looked at the governor's frightened eyes and smiled, "But I happen to be an outlier in the profession of judge."

  Vito stood up, and a servo skull flew from nowhere. Vito raised his hand and a port popped out at the end of his palm, and he inserted it into the slot corresponding to the servo skull.

After a moment of silence, the servo skull flew up. It hovered in the center of the hall and projected a holographic projection into the center of the hall. It was every word that Governor Reuven and his colleagues said when they met Vito. Every movement was projected, clearly and accurately presented in front of everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

People looked at the holographic projection in amazement, while Reuven was almost terrified, he looked at the projection in astonishment and was at a loss while Vito laughed, "Do you know what your bodyguards didn't scan? This is it."

  Vito exchanged shares and looked at everyone in the hall, "This idiot, and those alien traitors who have been executed by me betrayed the empire and you. They led the Tyranid swarm to this planet."

"I can see that some of you know what it is, and some of you don't, so let me explain to those who don't know, those alien **** will eat everything from you, your house, your car and yourself, and These idiots thought that was some kind of salvation."

Vito looked at Reuven in front of him, "And this idiot selectively ignores some facts because of greed. He betrayed the Empire, the Emperor, and everyone on this planet, just like he betrayed his brother and It’s the same as hunting down the legal heir to the governor of this planet.”

   "I think the power to execute this idiot belongs to her. Let me introduce you, Olivia Leon Lane!" Vito said, stepping aside, he looked at the top of the stairs, and everyone looked over.

  A woman walked out from behind the army of law enforcement officers. She wore the same clothes as Governor Reuven, but the difference was that she wore a pin on her chest, which belonged to the symbol of the Leon Ryan family.

She walked down the stairs step by step, her gray-green hair was carefully braided, exactly the same hairstyle as the portrait in the mansion, Lu Wen looked at her with a shocked expression, he knew it was Olivia, that The little girl he thought was dead.

Olivia walked between the space fighters, she came to the hall, walked up to Lu Wen and looked at the coward, who forced a smile, "Dear niece, I don't know you Alive, if I knew" "You'd kill me, I knew."

Olivia took a gun from Vito, and pointed it at Lu Wen's head. She looked at the murderer and traitor in front of her, but she was surprisingly calm, "I gave up revenge a long time ago, Giving up my identity, my family name and everything I had, I thought I wouldn't enjoy revenge."

   "But uncle, I think I was wrong." Olivia's eyes instantly burst into murderous intent, "I like revenge."

  The gun rang out, and the traitor fell to the ground.

Vito watched Olivia take two steps forward, and the judge in red robe looked around at the dead people in the hall, "The traitor is dead, and on behalf of the emperor, I will return the power to its legal and loyal master. At this moment, loyal people are cleaning up the remaining traitors, and many of your superiors will be liquidated. If you don't want to end up like this, then I hope you know what to do."

   There was still a dead silence, but the officials nodded. They had been officials for so many years and of course knew what to do at this moment, and Vito smiled with satisfaction, but the smile disappeared quickly.

   "But this is not a moment of victory! We still have a battle to fight! In the name of the Emperor, I ask you to obey Governor Olivia, and obey the Loyalist!"

   "For the Empire, for the Emperor!" Vito roared.

   What responded to him was the roar of mountains and tsunami, for the empire! For the Emperor!

  (end of this chapter)