The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Your Highness is right."

The Star of Destruction, already very familiar with Soshian's speaking style, nodded slightly and explained in detail the method Soshian had mentioned.

"Only by destroying Vect and occupying Commorragh can this matter be completely eradicated."

But at this moment, Soshian suddenly frowned.

"But there is still one thing I don't understand. How could Vect be so clear about the situation of the Ascetics? Has his network of spies become so powerful that they can penetrate the Halls of the Dead? However, the Ascetics' loremasters are not ordinary people... Wait, the report mentioned that the Ascetics' loremasters were also attacked by psykers. Vect has accomplices!"

Soshian looked sharply at Dolarn.

"My dear minister, you know Commorragh very well. Who do you think would help Vect, or what organization?"

He actually had a guess in his mind, but he needed Dolarn to verify it.

After pondering for a moment, Dolarn replied:

"The most likely ones should be the Midnight Mourners Troupe or the Malicious Gliding Troupe. The former has many connections with Commorragh and is even considered the Laughing God's representative in Commorragh. The latter... the latter is rumored to have some private dealings with Vect. It is said that Vect once helped them solve a big problem, and in return, they owe Vect a favor."

"It really is the Harlequins. Besides them, there is no one else. I don't believe Vect can kidnap a few seers."

Soshian narrowed his eyes and said in a dangerous voice:

"Let Frost Star investigate! Be sure to find out who is helping Vect! I want these clowns to know what the price of angering me is!"

"Yes."

"In addition, the strategic progress on Commorragh must be accelerated. Tell the Privy Council that the Phoenix Legion must be expanded to the planned personnel size as soon as possible. As for the Navy, in addition to the Tears of Heaven and Star Slayer fleets, a new fleet needs to be formed. Whether it's built or transferred from other arks, I remember the previous plan was that attacking Commorragh would require at least a thousand warships, and the Royal Court currently has less than seven hundred warships of all sizes combined? I don't think this number is safe enough. Two thousand! Two thousand warships of all sizes would be safer."

"Your Highness, I can convey all of this, but specific national affairs still require your personal attention."

"I understand. I'll handle it after I finish dealing with things here."

Then Soshian looked at the Star of Destruction.

"Star of Destruction, you must have something to report, right?"

"Yes, there is something I have been wanting to report to Your Highness, but I haven't had the opportunity."

"Speak."

Then the Star of Destruction told the whole story of the xeno-sympathizing Inquisitor Scarmann Havas secretly contacting the Royal Court.

". Not long ago, I had a second contact with him. Regarding the attack on the Ascetics, he also believes it was done by the residents of Commorragh, who want to provoke a war between the Imperium and the Royal Court. Currently, this matter is only spreading among a portion of the Inquisitors. He will try to use his connections and relationships to shift the focus of the investigation to Commorragh, but it will be difficult to completely prevent other Inquisitors from investigating the Royal Court. His original words were that a mega-mammoth can't stand in a room and be ignored."

After listening, Soshian was quite surprised, so surprised that his eyebrows were squeezed together.

"Xeno-sympathizing faction!? The Inquisition... has this kind of faction?"

"Your Highness, you should know more about the complexity of humans than I do."

Soshian thought for a while and shook his head.

"I never thought that Scarmann, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would actually be... Isha's Coven? The ideals of this faction are really strange."

But then he suddenly thought of something, and his voice lowered.

"Could this be a scheme? I received news from the Deathwatch that Scarmann is pretending to be close to the Royal Court to extract information..."

Hearing this, the Star of Destruction immediately explained:

"Your Highness, if a human Inquisitor were to play any tricks that we couldn't detect, wouldn't we be useless? He has already told me about this matter. It's just a guise to facilitate his continued contact with the Royal Court."

Soshian's mood was quite complicated at the moment. After all, according to the values of most people, this Inquisitor is a complete traitor, but he himself is the least qualified to talk about this.

"He's so active, he must have some ulterior motive, right?"

"In response to Your Highness, he does have something he wants. During the second meeting, he expressed his hope that Your Highness could condescend to meet with a representative of Isha's Coven."

Soshian waved his hand without even thinking.

"No, no, I don't have the time. You, Star of Destruction, will be responsible for this group of people."

"Yes, Your Highness, there is one more thing, that is, the establishment of this organization seems to be related to Eldrad."

"Eldrad... he's stirring up trouble again. Then investigate the background of this organization thoroughly, and find out about their personnel and history. Then I'll make a decision."

"I understand."

After saying that, Soshian turned around and took two more steps, then looked up and sighed softly:

"How should this matter be handled now? What are your opinions?"

Dolarn pondered for a moment, then said softly:

"Your Highness, this matter is not difficult to handle. Vect's plan relies on the Royal Court's weakness that cannot be exposed to the Imperium. Just break this point, and this plan will naturally be broken."

Soshian turned around.

"What does my dear minister mean?"

"One day, when Your Highness returns to that Scarus, the Royal Court will send someone to contact you. The seers will then use Mirror Sight to allow Your Highness to have a remote conversation with the Emperor, explaining the reason. Then hand over a few members of the Black Heart Kabal and let them testify in person. Your Highness will have room to maneuver on the human side. But in the end, the problem must be solved from the root. As long as the tumor of Commorragh is removed, the Imperium will always understand the advantages and disadvantages."

"But if that's the case..."

Soshian thought for a while and nodded.

"It seems that this is the only way. It is no longer realistic to continue to hide the Royal Court's current size. I can only hope that there will be no more twists and turns. Ah, that's right, I almost forgot another thing because of this matter."

As he said that, Soshian summoned a servo-skull. When the thing swayed to the top of the three people's heads, the skull's eyes emitted a burst of green light, projecting a simple geometric symbol composed of circles and line segments on the wall.

"When I was dealing with the Tyranid problem, a Necron fleet suddenly appeared and engaged the Tyranid fleet in battle... I had the Short Ones record the characteristics of their ships, and after filtering, I found a mark that all of their ships had, which is this one. But I don't know much about the symbols of the Necron dynasties. Do either of you recognize it?"

Dolarn looked at it and didn't seem to recognize it, but the Star of Destruction's expression suddenly became very serious. This was very different from his usual calm and collected style. Seeing his expression, Soshian knew that this dynasty was not simple.

After a moment, the Star of Destruction turned his head and said softly to Soshian:

"Your Highness, this is the symbol of the Szarekhan Dynasty."

"Szarekhan Dynasty, seems a bit familiar... Hmm!? Wasn't the Silent King Szarekh from this dynasty!?"

As soon as Soshian said this, Dolarn's expression also changed drastically.