Stars for the good Warhammer.

Chapter 309 Parmenio's "Hero" (4K)

In the city of Tilos, in the underground dungeon of the Inquisition, the commotion on the ground finally attracted the attention of the Inquisitor.

"What on earth is happening outside?!"

In response to his superior's questioning, a guard from the Inquiry Institute who hurried to the black cell reported anxiously.

"It's the devil! Those blasphemous creatures have invaded the city and it's about to fall. Please leave here quickly!"

The moment he heard this, a trace of shock flashed across the young judge's face, and then he turned his head and looked at the blonde girl tied to the pillar with wide eyes.

The other party was no other than the mysterious person who had suddenly appeared on Parmenio's battlefield not long ago, who had used her strange powers to heal diseases for the soldiers on the front line, and who had single-handedly forced back an entire plague army. No one knew who she was, and no one knew where she came from.

But with several public displays of "miracles", rumors about the advent of the "saint" spread like wildfire throughout the city of Delos. In the past few weeks, the girl has successfully gathered a group of fanatical believers around her, including many members of the Astra Militarum and the Sisters.

Some people even publicly claimed that this mysterious girl was the incarnation of the Emperor himself. Such rumors terrified the local members of the Ecclesiarchy. Fortunately, the Primarch Robert Guilliman also expressed doubts about the girl's identity. With the unremitting efforts of the local members of the Ecclesiarchy, the girl finally fell into their hands.

"You damn witch! Look what you've done!"

After saying that, the man pulled out the whip from the table full of torture instruments again, and whipped the girl's already torn body with all his strength. In his opinion, the appearance of those demons was obviously related to the girl in front of him.

The whip made sharp sounds as it cut through the stuffy air of the dark prison, but the other party remained silent. In fact, from the beginning of the interrogation, no matter what kind of torture they used, they could not force the girl to confess and admit the false crimes she had committed against the empire.

At this moment, another member of the state religion in the black cell was holding a book and reciting aloud the contents of the state religion's scriptures, but such an attempt obviously could not effectively remove the "filth" attached to the girl's body. Even in this situation, the other party's body was still emitting a faint light.

Seeing that this would not have any effect, the Inquisitor, who had completely lost interest, immediately ordered the guards to kill the dying witch. However, just as the soldier pointed his gun at the girl and was about to pull the trigger,
There was a sharp gunshot from the end of the black prison corridor. As the sound fell, the guard who was about to shoot fell to the ground. The bullet shattered his head and the splashing liquid covered the judge's body.

In extreme shock, he looked at the figure standing at the end of the passage, and then asked in an incredible tone, "What are you doing!" However, the only answer he got was the bullet flying in his face.

An unknown amount of time had passed until peace returned to the cell. A well-equipped figure wearing an inquisitorial exoskeleton armor slowly came up to the girl who had been tortured to death, then knelt on one knee and reverently untied the restraints on her body.

"Please forgive me for not being able to get to you in time."

A humble voice came from the dark cell, and as the visor of the helmet was slowly raised, it was seen that the person kneeling in front of the girl was a young woman with fiery eyes. From her expression and cautious movements, it was not difficult to tell that she was a fanatical believer.

Seeing that the other person had noticed her, this situation seemed to make the woman very excited.

"Those fools know nothing, but I am different! I know that you are the agent of the Lord! When you are watching me, He is watching me too! You are the incarnation of His Holy Majesty!"

Her voice couldn't stop trembling, and she looked so overly excited that she seemed like she might faint at any moment, even overshadowing her little remaining sanity.

"Who are you."

Faced with the question, the woman kneeling on the ground like a knight first took a deep breath, and then spoke such a name in the clearest tone possible.

"Mia Gracia, I will be your most loyal servant."

Not long after, when the woman who called herself Mia was about to leave the prison with the girl who had fainted again in her arms, hurried footsteps were heard again in the originally quiet corridor. In a flash, Mia had drawn the special explosive pistol from her waist and turned around to aim at the passage behind her.

"Miss, where are you planning to take her?"

The person who spoke was Gerard. At this time, the veteran had also aimed the laser rifle in his hand at Mia's position. However, when Mardo, who was following behind him, saw the woman's face clearly.

"Inquisitor Mia? Why are you here?"

A confused voice was heard from the crowd. At this moment, perhaps because the battle just now attracted attention, an alarm sounded in the Inquisition. Amid the noise, more and more guards were gathering in the direction of the black cell. Both sides knew very well that if they continued to stalemate here, there would be no good result. After all, to the people in the Inquisition, both parties present were invaders.

While Gerard and his group were distracted by the guards who were about to catch up with them, Mia quickly broke open the tightly closed door at the other end of the passage and disappeared in the blink of an eye under the gaze of several people. She complained softly, but in order to avoid being discovered by the people in the Inquisition, Gerard and his group had no choice but to turn around and dive into the nearest passage. After twisting and turning in the complex underground network for a long time, they finally got rid of the pursuers behind them.

After confirming that no one else was chasing him, in an underground passage filled with the smell of dead fish, Gerard, panting, propped himself up on his knees and asked Mardo, who had a worried look on his face, with a slightly puzzled look.

"Do you know that guy just now?"

Hearing this, Mardo frowned and nodded.

"I once heard about Inquisitor Mia's deeds by chance. It is said that she was originally a wanted criminal, but later an old and respected Inquisitor came forward to vouch for her and presented evidence to help her clear the charges. He even recommended her to the Inquisition again and she eventually replaced a member who died in the line of duty and became the new Inquisitor."

Mardo's words drew a sigh from Gerard. "From a criminal to an inquisitor in one step? Damn! How did he do that?"

The young priest was silent for a moment, then continued.

"No one knows what exactly happened, but according to the descriptions of the believers who are responsible for spreading the Star Doctrine to the surrounding star regions, Inquisitor Mia seems to be full of hostility towards the existence of the Alliance. I have done some research and it is said that the reason why he was recognized is because of the radicals in the Inquisition."

"These people, either out of faith or out of self-interest, see the Alliance as a huge problem. However, since the Primarch has already acknowledged the existence of the Alliance, many of them have not publicly expressed their views. So they helped Mia, who was already a member of the Inquisition, to achieve their own goals by supporting her and secretly directing her actions. According to some news I have heard, they have already attracted a lot of opposition forces to Mia's side during this period of time, and there seems to be the shadow of the Navigator family among them. It is said that those people have made a lot of investments in the opposition behind the scenes."

As the words fell, Gerard on the side straightened up and echoed.

"With a stable hypersonic engine, who would need the help of those navigators? Anyone who has experienced it knows that navigating the warp is no less than walking through hell. Moreover, these mutants with third eyes are prone to problems. If there is no better way, I guess the Emperor would not keep these guys. Once the Alliance's hypersonic engine is allowed to spread throughout the Empire, those guys will be doomed sooner or later."

However, when hearing this, Lori, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask a question.

"Where do you get all this information from?"

This is how Mardo responded to this.

"Most of these are just rumors, but I think we should still report these things to Lord Otto."

As they were talking, there were explosions above their heads. It was obvious that the battle in the city had now entered a white-hot state. Amidst the deafening roar, the young priest muttered to himself.

"The most urgent thing is to find the girl that Mia took away. God knows what those guys are planning to do."

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Shells rained down.

The flames lit up the entire city, and from time to time, fighter planes that failed in combat would fall to the ground like meteors in the sky.

Amid the ruins that looked like hell, the once bustling central street had now been razed to the ground by the impact of the explosion. The blazing flames and debris blocked the street, making the entire block seem like a closed arena.

Among them, a knight in silver power armor stood like a statue on a hillside made of plague zombies, holding a long sword illuminated by firelight and confronting the swollen and terrifying demon.

The battle had been going on for a long time. With the repeated collisions between the giant sword and the chain hammer, the knight's finely crafted armor made of zero metal had been left with dents of varying depths. Even though the giant sword had left many horrific wounds on the demon's body, the blessing of chaos meant that the knight's attacks were unable to cause any effective damage to it.

What's worse is that as time went by, the warp plague spreading in the air began to take effect. Michael could feel that his body was becoming heavier and heavier, and as the heavy hammer was swung again, the clear feeling of fatigue made him gradually unable to cope with the attack of the great demon.

Finally, after deliberately using the rotten flesh on its belly to block another blow from Michael, the chain hammer in the demon's hand hit the knight solidly. The power of this blow was heavy enough that it not only successfully threw him aside but also damaged his armor.

The moment it landed, without waiting for the opponent to get up, the fat and swollen demon stomped its disgusting and rotten paw hard on Michael's body. The huge weight made him unable to move for a while. Amid the demon's shrill laughter, the duel between the two sides seemed to have been decided inadvertently.

However, at this critical moment.

Just like dawn piercing through the darkness, the originally dim sky suddenly became bright, and a ball of golden flame appeared in the city at some point, as if the sun had landed in the center of this hell.

The moment the light came on, the demons that were originally laughing suddenly let out painful howls as if they were pierced by thousands of arrows. Some smaller Nurglings even dissipated into the air like a puff of smoke the moment they came into contact with the light.

At the center of the golden flame, the survivors in the city could clearly see that the other party was the human girl who had been imprisoned in the Inquisition before, and the dazzling light was emanating from her side.

Beside her, an equally young female inquisitor was following the girl with a determined gaze. Under her encouragement and leadership, more and more survivors gathered together.

The light terrified the demons. Michael seized the opportunity when the Great Demon of Nurgle was avoiding the direct light and suddenly jumped up from the ground. He leaped high with the roar of the power backpack and finally succeeded in stabbing the sword into the eye socket of the Great Demon. With the activation of the decomposition force field, the rotten brain stem of the giant beast melted in an instant.

The demon was expelled, and under the leadership of the girl, the battle in the city would sooner or later end with the victory of the human side. The old man who was observing the battlefield from a distance was not at all surprised by this result.

After a moment, as several white lightning began to gather around the old man, the next moment the old man who was originally on the balcony had arrived at the crash site of Michael. As his eyes slowly swept across, he soon picked up a piece of alloy debris on the ground not far from the cabin. At this moment, a woman's voice came from the communicator worn on the old man's ear.

"Teacher, what should we do next?"

The owner of the voice was Mia. The old man first smiled and then said something that made the other party a little confused.

"You will be Parmenio's hero, that's all."

After saying that, he raised the fragment in his hand to his eyes. With the help of the firelight, he could see a trace of scarlet color remaining at its sharp crack, and it contained a drop of precious blood sample containing the original body's genes.
As the long sleeve covering the old man's right arm slid down, if there were someone else around at this moment, it would not be difficult to find that a patch of blue feathers had grown on the skin of the other person's right forearm.

(End of this chapter)