Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 292

  Chapter 292 Rise of the Primarch: The State of Terra

The shattered ship was floating in the icy void, and the corridor that was completely torn from the main body by the explosion was still flashing with red lights, but there was no sign of life in it, and the corpses of the traitorous navy floated in the corridor. In the vacuum, some are directly sucked into space.

  These corpses will never decompose, they will float here forever, until the sun goes out and time reaches the end, and they will turn into death. These corpses will serve as the eternal monument of this Uranus naval battle, and they will exist here forever.

The huge hull slid across the battlefield with the flickering searchlights. The red steel deck hit all the wreckages that blocked the way. With the wreckage spreading around, it was pushed out of the channel.

Captain Cole stood on the bridge of the USS Infinite Frontier. He observed the scene outside the window through the floor-to-ceiling bridge windows. A huge propeller wreckage was floating by the window. Cole looked at the black, bombed The eyes of the torn propellers followed.

"Captain, the three Chaos battleships have all been sunk, and the scanning instruments did not find any signs of life. They are all dead." Anna said leaning against Captain Bird below, her arm resting on the upper half of the terminal screen In part, the emerald green eyes became greener because of the green radar spectrum in front of them, and the pupils shone like emerald gems.

   Cole nodded. He looked at the battlefield outside the window. The Infinite Frontier was sailing through the shattered planetary belt of the shattered warships. Cole knew that they were all dead without a radar scan.

  Captain Cole raised his hand and pressed on the surface of the terminal at hand, and then the floating logo with the letter i of the trial court appeared on the screen, and there was such a series of trembling audio spectra below it.

"Vito, all the enemies are dead, how are you doing?" Cole said, and soon the audio spectrum vibrated after a moment of silence, and Vito's voice came into Cole's ear with the vibration of the audio band middle.

   "It's over, I'm going to talk to the people here and see what the **** we're going to get into."

   Cole smiled. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the void outside the window, "I hope the situation won't be so "fucking"."

   "Ha, then it's up to the Emperor to save face."

After saying that, Vito lowered his arm. He put his arms around Anton's shoulders and walked into the hall with the sword on his shoulders. Everyone here stared at Vito, and all the civilians stood behind the soldiers and looked at Vito nervously. , Those eyes are full of fear, and they are not to blame, after all, they have just escaped from the life and death line of being slaughtered, and their brains are probably not slowed down.

As for the other group of people, Vito raised his eyebrows and looked at the soldiers in front of him. These guys were still holding their guns nervously, pointing the muzzle of the laser gun at him. It seemed that the local soldiers The situation is worse than Vito thought.

Vito sighed helplessly. He slowly inserted the Phoenix Sword into the scabbard. With the sound of the sharp blade sliding into the sword slot, Bell, Loken and Eisenstein also walked into the gate. The three giants Holding their own weapons, they stood behind Vito like a high wall.

The civilians were startled when they saw the interstellar warriors walking in. Along with the screams of the women, the soldiers subconsciously took a step back holding their guns, staring at the interstellar warriors behind Vito, as if they had just Like Traitor Space Marines slaughtering them in the corridors.

People looked at them, but soon a person looked at Eisenstein in the frightened crowd. He was surprised and then grabbed the shoulder of his friend with great joy. His expression changed from fear to ecstasy in an instant, "Yes Space Marines! Imperial Fist Space Marines! Terra has come to our rescue! I said the Emperor will not abandon us."

  As soon as the words came out, the crowd all looked at Eisenstein. After looking at each other, cheers burst out by the way. People hugged each other and cried with joy. Vito looked at them and smiled jokingly.

   As expected, they all know the fighters of the Imperial Fists. After all, in this solar system, who would not know the Iron Guards of Terra? These generations of Emperor's Angels who were ordered to surround Terra forever, as long as they appear anywhere, it means that the will of Terra, and even the Emperor himself, has come here, and their morale boosting effect is not much worse than that of the Custodian.

  Vito looked at the crowd and smiled, then he looked at Anton next to him. The young Anton was still standing beside Vito limping with a gun in his hand.

"Where's your sister?" Vito asked, Anton's eyes scanned the crowd in the hall, he anxiously looked for Natalia here, but there were too many people here, especially the crowd cheering and celebrating They were all jumping around, completely blocking his vision.

The colonel who was standing a few steps away looked at Anton. He seemed to understand. Then he inserted the pistol into the holster hanging from his waist and walked into the crowd. The colonel squeezed through the crowd celebrating. Vito watched the colonel The looming black big-brimmed hat in the crowd swims in the crowd like the dorsal fin of a shark, allowing you to find the colonel's position at a glance.

Soon the colonel came back, he pushed away a man standing in front of him, and then pushed the other away with his shoulders, he walked out from the crowd with a little girl in his arms, Vito looked at the colonel and smiled with satisfaction, He was afraid that the little girl would be squeezed by the crowd, so he specially let her sit on his shoulder.

  The little girl put her hands on the colonel's head, she looked around on the colonel's shoulder, and soon saw Anton, she waved to Anton happily, "Brother, I'm here!"

Anton also naturally found Natalia, he was startled and wanted to go forward to take Natalia back, but his leg was torn and painful due to the sudden twitch, and he gasped angrily It lit up in one breath, and the laser gun in his hand fell to the ground because of this all of a sudden.

  Vito grabbed Anton who was about to fall, and he smiled and looked in the colonel's direction, "Don't worry, the colonel brought her here, don't tear open the wound that just stopped bleeding."

What Vito said was right, the colonel carried the little girl and quickly walked up to them. After the colonel took the little girl off his shoulders, the little girl ran towards Anton as soon as she stepped on the ground. She fell into Anton's arms and hugged him tightly, while Anton patted her head and slung the laser gun over his shoulder.

  Vito watched the scene where the siblings reunited after life and death, he smiled and patted Anton on the shoulder, "Go and rest on the side, kid, you still have work to do in the future."

"Indeed, our parents are gone. I have to take good care of her. Although it will be difficult. But I will do my best." Anton said, although there was some pain in his words, but looking at the cute little girl in front of him was also very painful. I almost laughed out loud.

Vito smiled softly, he pressed Anton's shoulder, and touched Natalie's little head with the other hand, "Don't worry, children, the empire will take care of you, your courage has been recognized by me , After I go to Terra, I will write a letter of recommendation for the Inquisition Court and the Academy of Allegiance, and then recommend you to the Academy of Allegiance, and your sister, I believe the Church of England will be happy to take care of her, maybe she will become a nun. "

  Anton froze for a moment, he looked at Vito beside him in disbelief, "But my lord, only orphans of martyrs can join the Academy of Loyalty, our parents are just unknown shipyard workers, I am not"

"Believe me, the letter I wrote can solve this problem. After they saw my signature, as the supreme master of the court, my name still has some weight. You don't have to worry about these problems. You have my approval ,that's enough."

Anton obviously still didn't understand it, but Vito could see that he would be very grateful. For the two orphans, this undoubtedly opened up a bright road for the rest of their lives. Anton nodded gratefully to Vito to thank, Na Tully thanked Vito with his childlike voice.

"Thank you, Mr. Constantine." Natalie said with a smile, and Vito also touched her head with a smile, "Okay, take your brother to rest, it won't take long for his legs to heal again It was a good run once, but now, he needs to rest."

"Bell, go help him. By the way, I believe there are many people here who also need your medical help." Vito turned to look at Bell behind him and said. The pharmacist nodded and hung the bolt gun on his back. He stepped forward to signal Anton and Natalia to walk aside.

Natalia nodded. She used her small body to support Anton and limped to the side. After walking a few steps, Anton stopped. He walked towards Vito after a moment of silence with the gun on his back. It was a not-so-standard military salute, but Vito still saluted him with a smile.

"That kid is only fourteen years old, he shouldn't have to face these things." The colonel said as he walked towards Vito, his eyes looked at the corpses on the ground outside the door and said, Vito also nodded in agreement .

   "But in our current world, children can't grow up so carefree. They are all young adults, not much worse than us. This dark galaxy has taught them a lot."

   As he spoke, Vito reached out his hand to shake hands with the colonel who was approaching. The colonel then took a step back and gave Vito a very standard military salute, which was much better than Anton's.

   "Imperial Navy Sun Fleet, political commissar of cruiser Dawn Carl Engels reports to you."

   "Vito Constantine, Grand Inquisitor of the Imperial Inquisition, and also the Supreme Inquisitor of the Inquisition."

Vito returned the salute to the colonel, and the colonel slowly lowered his arm, somewhat surprised and puzzled, "The supreme judge? The representative of the high lord of the trial court? My lord, please forgive me for offending, I clearly remember the high lord of the trial court On Terra."

  Vito looked at the colonel and smiled. He put his hands behind his back and looked sideways at the carnival crowd walking towards the window, "You will understand later, come now, I have something to ask you."

Colonel Engels glanced at Eisenstein next to him, and the Imperial Fist space warrior stepped forward and waved slightly to signal the colonel's invitation. After Engels nodded slightly, he followed Vito from the edge of the crowd, and two space warriors followed behind him , walked to the window with him.

Vito leaned against the huge French window, his back was leaning against the marble surface that slanted towards the built-in window frame, Vito folded his hands and looked out from the window, he looked at the huge ship sliding past the window , Infinity Frontier is slowly approaching from the edge of the space battlefield.

  Vito then closed his eyes, and he turned to look at Engels standing next to him, "I guess you are the highest official here, right?"

"Alive, yes, Your Honor, I guess I am." Engels stood in front of Vito with his hands behind his back. He looked like an older version of Cole, serious, formal and unsmiling, but at the same time Also very competent and heroic.

   "How did you come to this place? You said you are the political commissar of the navy, right? Why are you not on the ship, but ran to this place to save the world?"

   Facing Vito's ironic smile, Engels, of course, Vito was only joking, and the colonel's political commissar silently nodded to Vito with his hands behind his back.

   "My ship was destroyed during the raid on Mandeville Point. Chaos suddenly broke through Mandeville Point and jumped directly into the solar system without any warning or alarm. Everyone was caught off guard."

"I don't know how Chaos suddenly broke into the Throne Galaxy, but their surprise attack is indeed very effective, and it is different from previous Chaos attacks. The raid is very orderly and has a clear division of labor. All Chaos ships have no intention of fighting. Instead, they immediately dispersed into several attack groups to attack the defense lines and key nodes in the outer reaches of the solar system."

"And I, after the destruction of the Aurora, was ejected into the universe in an escape pod. When I thought I would die from oxygen depletion, a fleet of passing refugees rescued me, and then I Came here with them."

Vito turned his head and looked at the cheering crowd, they all surrounded Bell and thanked him with gratitude, which made Bell embarrassed and a little overwhelmed by their enthusiasm, he was like in a chicken coop Elephants walking on the streets, careful not to step on the over-enthusiastic citizens of the empire with every step.

   "It seems that a lot of refugees have gathered here. I think the situation in the solar system is not very optimistic." Vito said, and Commissar Engels nodded after looking at them.

"Indeed, the entire outer line of defense is finished. The main force of the Sun Fleet was transferred away before. They went to support the important worlds in the solar star field that were violently attacked by chaos after the arrival of the warp space storm. Those who stayed behind in the solar system There are only some reserves, and these useless young master soldiers you saw."

  Vito glanced at the young noble soldiers, and he laughed sarcastically, "I guess, they didn't even know how to fire their guns when they saw Chaos."

"Basically, they were completely helpless in the face of Chaos' attack, and the navy fell into Chaos' plan to divide their troops. With the sudden assault of the Chaos main fleet, the remaining Sun Fleet's remaining fleet could not stop it. The last order I heard Yes, the Terra High Lords Council ordered all fleets still in the solar system to withdraw to Terra, abandon all outer defenses, and concentrate their forces to defend the throne world."

   "The army is similar. The Star Militia Army and the defense forces that still have combat effectiveness are all withdrawn. They are ordered to concentrate all weapons and troops to defend the throne world, and the outer space station cities and living planets under our feet are naturally abandoned."

The colonel said, and Vito nodded silently. Although it is very cruel and ruthless to abandon the residents of the entire solar system, this is indeed the only feasible method at present. The empire's military strength is limited. The planet, that is basically to divide the troops into eighteen routes to die.

Concentrating forces to surround Terra, concentrating all existing forces on the throne world, gaining force superiority in local battlefields, or at least equalizing with Chaos, this is the most sensible approach at present. After all, the entire solar system, and even the entire solar star field is the most All that matters is Terra, and if Terra falls, it will be over.

"You didn't tell these refugees, did you? Tell them that Terra abandoned them." Vito whispered, his eyes looked at the cheering crowd, Engels didn't look at them, maybe he felt ashamed to face them, go up The principal sighed.

"No, if they know, the entire space station will collapse. I think, instead of letting everyone be slaughtered by chaos in the chaos, it is better for them to take up arms and die in battle with their last hope. It's a pleasure, so at least you can go to the Emperor's side.”

   "You are right, Colonel. It is better to die in battle than to die in terror." Eisenstein took a step forward, without concealing the approval in his words, and the colonel nodded gratefully to Eisenstein.

   "Thank you, my lord, it is my pleasure."

Vito looked at the dark Milky Way outside the window, his eyes looked at the reflection on the glass, the mirror of the glass reflected Anton and Natalia sitting at the edge of the crowd, he touched his sister's head, and the laser gun hit on the lap, but both look like they're laughing.

"Let these refugees board our ship and take them back to Terra with the Infinite Frontier." Vito said, and Cole's voice immediately rang from the communicator. Vito never turned off the communicator, so Cole You can hear what they are saying, which is equivalent to participating in a meeting.

   "The situation is not that simple. If there is nothing wrong with our scanners, there are more than a few refugees alive in the entire space station. Many people are hiding in various transportation, halls and hidden warehouses. The number seems to be quite a lot."

  Cole was on the bridge turning the structure diagram of the holographic space station in front of him. He turned the space station and looked at several dense groups of red light spots on it.

   "Let's not talk about whether our ship can hold so many people, the retreat time will take a while, and I have to tell you some bad news."

Cole said as he pulled a small ball of light from the three-dimensional icon at hand. He held it in his hand and ran towards the holographic interface. The holographic projection of the northern edge of the solar system appeared on it, along with the Countless dangerous cursors are appearing rapidly at the northern transition point.

  "Another Chaos fleet is gathering near the Hyrule star gate. There are quite a few of them, and they are slowly moving towards us. If we want to evacuate these refugees, Chaos will hit us."

   "I guess you can't stop them, right?" Vito said with a half-joking smile, and of course Cole could hear that it was a joke, and then he snorted and smiled.

   "One-on-three is not the same as one-on-sixty, Vito."

"I suggest that you evacuate immediately and set off for Terra as soon as possible before Chaos arrives." Eisenstein immediately added, Vito looked at Eisenstein, he knew what he meant, but before Vito opened his mouth, Loken Step forward to block in front of Eisenstein.

   "Then what? Abandon these people? Has the empire cared so little about its compatriots?" The last Shadow Moon Wolf frowned and asked seriously, while Eisenstein looked at Loken and shook his head.

   "Brother, I can understand your noble qualities, and I don't want to abandon these innocent people, but we must go to Terra, that is the most important task, and Terra is more important than everything else."

"Perhaps you have forgotten, Eisenstein, but I still remember that when I joined the Legion, the Emperor himself told us that our most important mission as Astartes is to protect humanity, to protect our compatriots, and you You want me to abandon them? Now you will abandon the people of this space station, tomorrow? Abandon half the galaxy?"

Loken looked at Eisenstein in front of him and said, he turned his head to look at Vito, who was looking at the two without saying a word, Loken raised an iron arm and clenched his fist, "Vito, We can't leave them behind, if we give up all humanity and the bottom line at all costs for the sake of glory and goals, what is the difference between us and traitors?"

"I can understand the company commander's thoughts, but Marshal, we don't have time to evacuate them. This will make us miss the opportunity to defend Terra and the Emperor. We can't take this responsibility." Eisenstein also stepped forward and said, Wei Tuo looked at the two of them. He leaned against the wall behind him and turned his head to look at Engels, then at the group of refugees who survived the catastrophe.

  Vito raised his head and looked at Eisenstein after being silent for a moment, "If the colonel is right, the Terra government has already given up half of the solar system. Imagine how panic will be caused when this rumor spreads in Terra?"

"Yes, the Terra government can block the news, but believe me, relying on the sieve-like secrecy system leaked by those bureaucrats, all of Terra will know within two days, they can concentrate their forces to defend Terra, and abandon half of the A solar system, is it possible that they will also abandon the residents of the entire Terra and concentrate their forces to defend the palace?"

Eisenstein looked at Vito without saying a word, and he couldn't refute Vito, because he knew that the Terra government might indeed do this, either out of helplessness, or out of the fear of the officials and nobles themselves, they Most likely will.

Vito could see that Eisenstein knew what he meant, and Vito sighed and leaned against the wall, "And if none of the refugee convoys reach Terra, then the legend will be confirmed, and the emotion of fear will Spreading across all hive areas of Terra, anger, resentment, and panic will lead to riots, and no one will want to be the one left behind. As a result, before Chaos arrives, Terra will be the first to die because of the riots. There's a civil war."

"This will only weaken Terra's already limited power, so yes, we need to end the spread of fear and rumors, and the best way to do this is not to let those idiots in the Ministry of Affairs issue a rumor statement, that will only serve The more you refute the rumors, the more true the rumors will be, and the best way is simple."

"A refugee fleet arrives in Terra. A group of refugees rescued by the empire from the outer star area returns to Terra. No explanation is needed. Rumors and fears will be self-defeating. Confidence, courage and the most precious thing, hope , will be rekindled in everyone's heart, and everyone will know that the empire has not fallen."

After Vito finished speaking, several people fell silent. Eisenstein looked at Vito in silence, and then looked at the Infinity Frontier sailing outside the window. Captain Cole was also silent for a while on that ship. Look at the scanned hologram in front of you.

"There are still a few unexploded transport ships in the space station that can transport everyone away, but we need time, Vito, it will take time to evacuate and set sail, but who will hold Chaos? We have no reinforcements. "

Vito was silent for a while, then slowly raised his head as if suddenly thinking of something, he stood up and walked to another window a few steps away, he stopped in front of the window overlooking the blue and white sky below. Planet, that's Europa, Jupiter's second moon.

  Eisenstein, Loken, and Engels all walked behind Vito, and together they looked at the planet in amazement and puzzlement. When they looked at each other, Vito looked at the planet and raised his head slightly.

  (end of this chapter)

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