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Chapter 205: The Emperor's Bride

The Emperor's Bride, this disrespectful name originated from Saint Leor. This is a backward and barbaric planet with extremely primitive religious beliefs. In the beginning, they did not call themselves the Emperor's Bride, but the Emperor's Daughter.

Vandire discovered them and used a force field generator to deceive them into thinking they had been favored by the Emperor. He then took this group of the Emperor's fanatics away and trained them to become his personal guards, assault troops, maids, and even his harem, and renamed them the Emperor's Bride.

In the history of the end of the Empire's sustainability, Vandire's Apostasy was the most recent time when it was completely over. Although Vandire was notorious, his abilities were also outstanding. Many people wondered why the Four Gods did not make any big moves during the Apostasy - in the ancient settings, there was an explanation that under Vandire's high-pressure rule and strict surveillance, even the four Chaos Gods could not infiltrate Terra.

It can be seen that being able to stand out among the trillions of people on millions of planets and become the "emperor" in the true sense of the empire is not simply relying on luck. However, after becoming the emperor, he also fell at an alarming speed.

And today, or to be more precise, one night, when the Emperor's Bride leader Alicia Dominica was about to arrange for other nun warriors to go to the State Church to take over and continue to protect Vandiel, suddenly, a cold voice came from the side.

"Aishia Dominica."

"Um?!"

Hearing someone calling her name, Dominica's eyes flashed with a stern look, and she quickly activated the power sword and bolter in her hands. But when she turned her head to look in the direction of the voice, she froze on the spot.

He was a royal guard, wearing exquisite ancient power armor and holding a power halberd. The golden plate armor reflected the dazzling light. In the darkness, behind the scarlet lenses were a pair of cold and ruthless eyes.

Dominica knew them - the Imperial Guards, known as the Emperor's Right Arm, the most powerful and mysterious legion in the entire empire. It is said that each one is a unique masterpiece, the most perfect creation of genetic engineering, a natural artist, an ambitious man, a scientist, and absolutely loyal to the Emperor. For thousands of years, they have been guarding the Great Golden Palace in the deepest part of the palace to ensure that the Emperor's glorious and immortal body is not tainted by the mundane world.

In fact, Dominika was very skeptical about this, because if they were truly loyal, they should have sworn to defend Lord Vandel like she did.

"What's the matter?" Dominica asked vigilantly.

"Follow me to the Golden Palace." The Imperial Guard said coldly, "To meet the Emperor and the Saint King."

The voices of the Imperial Guards were filled with disgust and impatience. In their opinion, it was blasphemous enough for these nuns to simply call themselves the Emperor's Daughters, and now they were even changing their name to the Emperor's Bride under Vandel's order? Ridiculous, how could such disrespectful people still survive until now? Sure enough, they should be cleansed with virus missiles to destroy these ignorant and blasphemous guys at the root.

And now, not only did they not kill them, they were even given the opportunity to meet the Emperor... It's really annoying.

Compared to the disgust and rejection that the Imperial Guards didn't even bother to conceal, Dominica was a little confused at first after hearing the Imperial Guards' words.

She knew about the Emperor, but what was a Saint King? Why had she never heard of it before? If there really was a Saint King, shouldn't it be Lord Vandiel?
But this doubt only existed in Dominica's mind for a brief moment. After coming to her senses, Dominica immediately became excited. Her face flushed strangely, and her eyes were filled with morbid and even hysterical madness - the Saint King didn't care about anything, the most important thing was to meet the Emperor!

"Really, really?"

No wonder Dominica was so shocked now, because the guards protected the emperor too closely. Not to mention the emperor's brides, even the emperor's eternal chosen Lord Vandel was forbidden to approach the palace without permission!

And now...

Is it because my beliefs have been recognized by the Emperor? That's right, it must be so, that's why I can gain such trust!

In response, the imperial guard said nothing, but threw a handkerchief in front of Dominica indifferently and said, "If you believe it, cover your eyes, and I will take you there."

Without any hesitation, Dominica picked up the handkerchief and covered his eyes. This also made the Imperial Guard somewhat dissatisfied. He would rather Dominica refused cautiously. At least, this can prove that Dominica is still a rational person and has not been blinded by fanatical beliefs. But now, it is obvious that out of trust in the identity of the Imperial Guard and the desire for the honor of meeting the Emperor, Dominica did not hesitate at all.

Although it sounds a bit strange, as a well-trained warrior and the leader of the Emperor's brides, Dominica actually gave up resistance and even covered her eyes immediately just because she saw the Imperial Guards... But in fact, this is also related to the identity of the Imperial Guards themselves.

As the right arm of the Emperor, each of the Custodians is unique. This uniqueness is not only due to their own genetic engineering, but even the power armor they wear is specially customized. Including weapons, each has a separate genetic lock. Others cannot use it even if they are seized. And any Imperial personnel who touches the weapons of the Custodians without authorization is tantamount to rebellion and can be executed immediately.

Under such circumstances, they still appeared in the Holy Land of Terra... If there really were Chaos elements that infiltrated Terra and transformed into the Imperial Guard, then the Empire would have been destroyed long ago.

Through the exclusive secret passage built by the Imperial Guards underground in Terra, Dominica, or Dominica and others soon entered the interior of the palace.

Because of Vandel's rule, the palace is actually not as good as it used to be. Aside from the core area where the Royal Guards are still stationed, the outer areas have been seriously deteriorated due to long-term lack of management, and some places can even be described as dilapidated.

However, the imperial guards did not care about this. As long as the palace's defense field was fine and the emperor's body was safe, they didn't care what happened outside.

This also includes the Council of High Lords - the Commander of the Royal Guards has long held a seat among the twelve High Lords, but because he has been confined to the palace for a long time, the actual members of the Council of High Lords are often only eleven people. As a High Lord, the Commander of the Royal Guards is almost in name only.

As the blindfold was removed, Dominica's heart suddenly jumped to her throat when she saw the golden palace. Looking around, she saw that she was not alone. Including herself, all six commanders of the Emperor's bride had arrived at the Golden Palace.

Seeing the arrival of the six people, Ron, who was standing in the Golden Palace, nodded without saying much. He just waved to the guards on the side, leaving only Waldo and the nuns and a few others, while the others all left.

Each of the six Emperor's Bride leaders is extremely capable, and is one of the top warriors in the entire human empire. In addition to the necessary military force, what is more important is their faith - fanaticism, madness, and even more evil than a cult. In the original story, the Age of Apostasy was completely ended by the Light Crusade launched by the Astartes Space Marine, Mars Forge General, Emperor's Chosen Pope Sebastian Thor.

In the plot at that time, the Imperial Guards did not directly participate in the war. Instead, they took a detour to save the country after the battlefield was deadlocked. They found Dominica, the leader of the Emperor's Bride, through a secret passage and debated with her, but ultimately failed.

So the Grand Marshal of the Guards took extreme action, which was to take Dominica and her five closest sisters back to the palace and enter the throne room to meet the Emperor.

People had no way of knowing the process of the meeting, but the six women went straight to Vandir, cursed him, and then beheaded him with a sword, thus ending Vandir's bloody rule.

And now, Ron didn't waste any time and directly activated the psychic crown on his head.

"Come and live."

"I know."

As he spoke, the witch master reluctantly opened his eyes and looked at the Emperor's bride below. Because the communication was conducted through psychic energy, Ron didn't know what the Emperor said, and he had no interest in knowing. Because judging from the fanatical expressions of these battle sisters, even if the Emperor asked them to cut open their stomachs and pull out their intestines and hearts to prove their faith, they would not hesitate.

Irrational, paranoid, fanatical, and even stupid, no wonder the Emperor hated religion so much. It's a pity that it eventually became a religion and even an indispensable part of the empire.

While Ron was still thinking, the Emperor stopped appearing. As the psychic crown on his head returned to normal, Ron said, "Do you now know the mission the Emperor has given you?"

Before, they didn't feel anything when they saw Ron. But now, after the Emperor's deception, the six nun leaders looked at Ron with respect.

This reverence, combined with their faith in the Emperor, automatically enables the psychic filter of the Psychic Crown to take effect.

His posture was upright, rigid and strong. He was wearing a piece of armor that was not very thick, but it looked as vast as the sea of ​​stars. In his dark eyes, there was three parts of indifference, three parts of anger, three parts of solemnity, and a trace of pity. Standing under the brilliant light of the great God Emperor, his silver-gray armor was covered with a layer of golden light, which seemed to be the cruelty that the Emperor had to execute. "Will you remember the Emperor's order now?"

Hearing Ron's cold questioning, Dominica and the others felt a strong sense of shame and humiliation in their hearts. The hesitation and regret were constantly intertwined in their hearts, and the anger and misery of being deceived by Vandel coexisted. If they could, they wanted to commit suicide immediately to prove their loyalty to the Emperor and the purity of their souls.

But this is not allowed, because their lives are the Emperor's currency. Even if destruction is inevitable, every time they block the pace of Chaos for even a second, even if they withstand one more bullet, kill one more enemy, even if it is just an insignificant flesh wound, it gives the great God-Emperor more opportunities in this cruel war - not because they are afraid of death, but because they are afraid of wasting the Emperor's currency.

And they should not retreat even a bit until those parasites that destroyed the Emperor's great plan and caused the Cholera Empire are completely dead!
As they thought about this, Dominica and the others' eyes revealed ferocious and hideous anger and murderous intent.

"Burning and burning the treacherous, exterminating the ugly! Cleansing the filth, even the innocent will be punished!"

Seeing the emotions in Dominica and the others' eyes, Ron waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's just let it go. Just be careful not to make the same mistake again. Go down and do what needs to be done."

Saint King Roen's eyes swept over the sinners, as if he could sense our remorse, and a flash of pity flashed across his solemn eyes. He was unwilling to say more, but just waved his hand and said calmly: "The Emperor was born into the world, and everyone hopes for redemption. The curse is hard to erase, and we must always cleanse our sins. The Emperor is the first to follow, and this is truly the way."

After hearing the kind and compassionate words of the Saint King, the six people who were already feeling extremely angry, ashamed, and guilty could no longer suppress their inner thoughts, and hot tears flowed down their determined faces. Although they were crying, their bodies were not shaken at all. On the contrary, their voices became more determined and they roared:
"The whole clan will destroy the ugly people, and the emperor's wish will be fulfilled!"

After saying that, the six crazy women stood up with a clatter, turned around, and then walked away with anger on their faces. It was obvious that someone was going to be in trouble.

On the side, seeing this scene in front of him, Waldo also shook his head with some emotion:

"I have been away from here for a while. Today's Empire has deviated further from the Emperor's original vision... State religion? Humph, this was once what the Emperor hated the most. I didn't expect that it would become an indispensable part of the Empire now."

"The Emperor's original plan came to an end when the Horus Heresy occurred. However, it does not matter, as the Emperor's planners have now moved on to the next phase."

Ron seemed very calm, but Waldo on the side seemed a little puzzled.

"Next stage? What does that mean? Why haven't I heard of it?"

In response, Ron glanced at Waldo and said, "This plan is called the World Tree."

After that, Ron ignored it. The preparatory work in the material world had been prepared. What Ron had to do next was to make sure that the plan could go smoothly, complete and evolve as peacefully as possible, and retain more manpower for the empire.

During this process, Ron could monitor it in the subspace. Therefore, without any nonsense, Ron turned around and entered the subspace to monitor while stabilizing his ascension.

After leaving the palace and returning to the residence of the Battle Sisters, before Dominicana could say a few more words, the war broke out among the Emperor's brides.

(End of this chapter)