The Emperor’s Angel of Death

A certain ancient sage of Terra once said that anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and when Sotha Nul arrived at Victory's Scar, he finally truly understood the meaning of those words.

In fact, when Baruch brought back news of the Relictors Chapter, Sotha Nul felt a faint sense of unease. It wasn't that he thought the Chapter would turn traitor or anything like that, but simply that these people were very different from ordinary Astartes. Although the Bastion Covenant was no stranger to oddballs, they gave people more than just a sense of being different, more of a very bad intuition. Sotha Nul was a little worried that these people might cause trouble.

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Sure enough, when he arrived at Victory's Scar, he was greeted not with a welcome, but with the worried face of Arash.

The Fireclaws Chapter, or rather the Relictors Chapter, had indeed caused trouble——

The matter began with the derelict ship operation initiated by Grand Inquisitor Alexei Kohr. For this operation, the Grand Inquisitor not only took a company from the Relictors Chapter, but also brought in a group of assassins from the Cult of the Dead from the Ecclesiarchy, as well as top mercenaries hired at great expense. Together with his own retinue, a mighty force of nearly a thousand people headed straight for the derelict ship that could return to the Warp at any time.

In addition to him, three other Inquisitors and their retinues participated in this operation, but the Tech-priests of Gryphon IV had already taken the lead. The Adeptus Mechanicus had already begun to scour the derelict ship. Fortunately, the Inquisition had not arrived too late, and they ignored the warnings of the Adeptus Mechanicus and landed directly on the derelict ship.

As the "golden thugs" of this operation, the Relictors Chapter's 4th Company naturally followed the Grand Inquisitor into the derelict ship in the first batch of troops. This derelict ship was still very large, and they deliberately chose a location far away from the Adeptus Mechanicus, after all, if there was a conflict, no one was confident that they could steadily defeat the other party, let alone the subsequent political problems.

Like most derelict ships, it was a miniature world, with various "natives", from Beastmen to Orks, or wandering Genestealers, mutant tribes, unknown aliens, and so on. The team began to exchange fire not long after entering, but fortunately, everything went relatively smoothly. Alexei Kohr was able to locate the target object with a mysterious device, and they quickly advanced while establishing defensive strongholds for retreat.

Originally, everything would have been normal here, and Gryphon IV might not have really dared to confront this Grand Inquisitor head-on.

But the derelict ship itself had great uncertainties. No one expected that there was something more terrible inside.

It was not until approaching the target area that the Grand Inquisitor was surprised to find that there was a lost Black Ship inside the derelict ship, that is, a ship used by the Scholastica Psykana to transport illegal psykers. It is impossible to verify when this Black Ship sank in the Warp and when it became part of the derelict ship, but it meant terrible danger - the illegal psykers on board may have been out of control, or even worse, become puppets of Warp daemons.

Sure enough, an accident occurred.

Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii squads began to disappear one after another. The Gryphon IV fleet immediately issued a warning to the Inquisition, they had detected strong psychic signals of unknown origin, but facing the target about to be obtained, Alexei Kohr obviously could not stop, but ordered the warriors of the Relictors Chapter and himself to continue to go deeper, crossing the lost Black Ship.

But this decision caused disastrous consequences. A terrifying psychic entity, attracted by the psychic followers of the Inquisition, began to attack the team. It was a terrifying monster "aggregated" from thousands of illegal psykers, covered in tentacles and eyeballs, and hundreds of large mouths could spew blue flames that melted metal.

Even at this point, the Inquisitor did not give up, and ordered the 4th Company of the Relictors Chapter to hold off the monster, while he took his entourage to retrieve the item first, and then find a way to evacuate.

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The Astartes of the Relictors Chapter were not stupid. They knew Alexei Kohr's character better than anyone else. For his goals, he could sell even his own mother, let alone Astartes. If this guy got the thing, he would definitely not come back to "help". He would definitely choose to run away as soon as possible, and then let the Relictors Chapter "figure it out themselves".

At this point, the Relictors Chapter felt that they had no reason to continue playing with the Inquisition. After sacrificing several warriors, they temporarily repelled this Warp entity and then quickly withdrew.

As a result, not long after they withdrew from the battle, the angry daemon began to manipulate the derelict ship to leave the material universe, and the Grand Inquisitor kept sending signals asking the Relictors Chapter to escort him away. At this time, all the followers around him had been killed, but he asked for help, and his tone may not have been very good, thinking that the Relictors Chapter's 4th Company had left the battle without authorization, which was an act of cowardice, causing the daemon to attack the Inquisition squad that took the item.

This made the 4th Company of the Relictors Chapter furious, and they simply let it go and left on their own ship.

At this time, Gryphon IV also announced that in order to prevent this derelict ship from continuing to harm mankind in the future, they decided to blow it up, and instantly opened fire at full power, but this further caused the derelict ship to accelerate its departure.

So the other Inquisitors could only watch helplessly as the derelict ship disappeared into the Warp under the attack of the Adeptus Mechanicus warships, along with the puritan Grand Inquisitor.

Generally speaking, this also meant the physical death of that Inquisitor.

This matter was immediately reported to the Ordo Hereticus of the Tempest Sector, and quickly aroused a strong reaction from the Monodominant faction. Although Alexei Kohr was very radical, he was indeed very famous. Such an accomplished Grand Inquisitor actually overturned in the derelict ship, and the spearhead was immediately directed at the Relictors Chapter. Some Inquisitors believed that the Relictors Chapter deliberately murdered Alexei Kohr. They did not fulfill their duties and allowed the daemon to attack the Grand Inquisitor, which was a blatant betrayal.

Some Inquisitors even analyzed the whole process with "meticulous" eyes. Some people doubted how the Relictors Chapter repelled the powerful Warp entity, and based on the Relictors Chapter's previous "actions", they believed that they must have used some shady means, such as strictly prohibited Warp props or weapons contaminated with Chaos.

In short, the disgruntled Ordo Hereticus quickly fabricated more than thirty charges and began to question the Relictors Chapter.

The Relictors Chapter naturally denied all the accusations. Pompeii, the captain of the chapter's 4th Company, insisted that their retreat was because they received a signal from the Inquisitor, telling them that the item had been obtained and they could evacuate separately, so they chose to withdraw from the battle, but they did not expect the Inquisitor to walk so slowly that he was blocked by the daemon, and the reason why they did not go to rescue him afterwards was because the derelict ship was on the verge of entering the Warp. As a company commander, he could not risk the entire company, and their task was only to assist the Inquisitor in obtaining the item. Now that the item had been obtained, their task was over. Furthermore, helping was a favor, and not helping was their duty, and they could only express their regret for the Inquisitor's misfortune.

As for the rumors that they used prohibited items to repel the daemon, Pompeii claimed that they were "irresponsible rumors". They were able to repel the daemon entirely because of the life-and-death struggle of the battle brothers, and the efforts of the two accompanying Librarians who risked their lives. Until now, the two Librarians are still receiving treatment for brain damage, and such accusations make them feel chilled.