The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Me? Friend?"

Solzhenitsyn was very puzzled by Fan Zhe's words. He didn't bring anyone when he entered the palace?

However, Fan Zhe didn't explain this. He just waved his fingers, and the sword that fell on the ground immediately returned to Solzhenitsyn's hand. Before he could speak, his body suddenly dropped, and the moment he tensed his legs, he landed on the ground.

He looked around and found himself standing on a tree-lined path, surrounded by bushes and flowerbeds, but there was not a single servant.

"Where is this"

When he looked up, he saw a towering black tower standing in front of him, seemingly only five or six hundred meters away. This tower seemed to be the command center of the Imperial Guard, the Tower of the Overlord.

Just as he was about to find someone to ask, he heard a sharp whistle, followed by hurried footsteps. Then, a group of Imperial Guards holding weapons emerged from all directions, even Terminators. Several anti-gravity motorcycles flew across the sky, and all the Imperial Guards' weapons were activated.

Instantly, he was surrounded by hundreds of Imperial Guards. Solzhenitsyn quickly raised his right hand, wanting to signal that he had no weapons, but he noticed that he was still holding a sword in his hand.

With a click, all the Imperial Guards raised their weapons, including those powerful Achilles Terminators, who also activated their armaments. Solzhenitsyn was seeing this type of armor for the first time. It was rumored that the armor's protective performance was so strong that it could guarantee its wearer's survival even within the kill radius of orbital bombardment. It could be said to combine the most advanced technology the Empire could obtain. Even a literal priceless value was far from enough to describe the preciousness of these armors, but very few people had seen their true appearance.

He didn't expect to see it for the first time in this kind of situation. Solzhenitsyn didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"No, everyone, don't misunderstand. I I just got lost"

He quickly returned the weapon to its sheath, and then explained:

"I was traveling with Captain Valerian before, but when passing through that something woodland, a situation suddenly occurred that caused me to separate from him."

The Imperial Guards did not speak, but surrounded Solzhenitsyn in the encirclement.

Just when Solzhenitsyn didn't know what to do, and the two sides were in a stalemate, a somewhat helpless voice came from a distance.

"Ah ah, Commander Solzhenitsyn, you have really swollen our faces."

After that, the Imperial Guard's encirclement opened a gap, and Valerian walked over, with a "I'm convinced" expression on his face while holding his helmet.

"You are the first person to arrive here without anyone noticing. The entire rules of the Blood Game will have to change because of you, and I have no choice but to be in a state of dereliction of duty."

"Uh sorry, but at the time"

"I know, this matter is not your fault, but our duty requires us not to accept any 'accidents', nor will we accept any explanation of dereliction of duty."

Saying that, Valerian sighed softly.

"I am not qualified to ask more, you personally explain to Marshal Trajan."

After that, the Imperial Guards dispersed, Valerian turned around, and Solzhenitsyn immediately followed.

"Sorry, Captain Valerian, I didn't expect to cause you so much trouble."

Hearing Solzhenitsyn's words behind him, Valerian just replied faintly:

"Apologies are meaningless in this place, there is only duty. We are born to eliminate all accidents. 'I didn't expect' is not an acceptable reason. This has nothing to do with you."

"Are you not curious about how I got here?"

"This is not something my duty should ask about. Our language and thoughts should not cross the line."

"Your heart is still curious."

"Ah, you're right, but I can control such curiosity, because I know that it's not something I should be concerned with. Restraint is our instinct."

Soon, the team arrived at the outer wall of the Tower of the Overlord. Here, Solzhenitsyn once again accepted a scan by various instruments, and then passed through the outer wall to arrive at the courtyard outside the tower. Or rather, it was more like a small city than a courtyard. There were many ancillary buildings, and a large number of servants wearing black robes, and what was very special was that their belts were full of pale skulls, just like cultists.

Seeing Solzhenitsyn's strange eyes, Valerian rarely explained:

"The servants of the Tower of the Overlord are hereditary. After the Great Rebellion, they developed the tradition of carrying their ancestors' skulls on their bodies."

"I see"

Observing the headquarters of the Imperial Guard up close, Solzhenitsyn couldn't help but be shocked by its magnificence, but soon he noticed that one of the ancillary towers was a bit special. Although it was also black, it was the kind of black that didn't reflect light, and it had a strong crystalline feel.

Solzhenitsyn had seen this kind of material in one place, a place called the Blackstone Fortress.

The Imperial Guard's Tower of the Overlord also used Blackstone materials?

In other words, the Empire's research on Blackstone materials began very early, but it was not common in the 41st millennium.

Speculating about the secrets of the Tower of the Overlord in his heart, Solzhenitsyn followed Valerian into this mysterious Imperial Guard headquarters, but as soon as he entered, before he could observe much, he was taken to an elevator guarded by two Terminators.

"Marshal Trajan wants to meet with you alone."

Solzhenitsyn didn't ask any more questions, and walked directly into the opened elevator door, then went all the way up.

A dozen seconds later, when the elevator door opened, Solzhenitsyn entered a passage. The walls and ground here were covered with tiny cracks due to age, but the surface was still smooth, and the light in the passage came from the faint lighting balls on the walls and the faint light reflected from Solzhenitsyn's armor.

After walking about fifty steps, Solzhenitsyn passed through an open arch and entered an ancient hall.

This place was like a training hall, in a standard circular shape, with all kinds of weapons hanging on the surrounding walls. Four lines were drawn in circles in the center, and sunlight shone through the huge stained-glass windows in the middle of the hall, illuminating a figure there.

He was facing away from Solzhenitsyn, only slightly shorter than him, with his arms crossed, seemingly looking at something in the hands of the little angel floating in front.

When Solzhenitsyn walked in, the little angel immediately ascended into the air and flew towards the arch, and the figure also turned around.

This person was also wearing a black cloak. His helmet was taller and more majestic than other Imperial Guards, and his armor was more sophisticated and gorgeous than Valerian's shield guard captain. The golden shell was decorated with thunder and lightning emblems, said to be the oldest symbol of the Imperial Guard, with a shield emblem on his right shoulder, engraved with the head of an eagle, and decorated with dark gray feathers, and a double-headed eagle-style iron halo behind his head.

The two stared at each other from a hundred meters away, and then the Imperial Guard raised his hand and slowly took off his helmet.