Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

But the Mechanicus flatly refused, saying "I didn't steal it, I found it", and a standoff ensued between the two sides, which was exactly what Noah saw when he arrived.

After listening to Krull's story, Noah looked at the other two and asked:

"You two, do you have any objections?"

"no disagreement."

Sarpedon said solemnly, "But the Mechanicus must return the Spear of Soul!"

"negative."

Hobotov remained unmoved, and a cold electronic voice came out from his mechanical body:

"This is a gift from Om Messiah, the sacred property of the Mechanicus."

Sarpedon was furious:

"If you don't give it to us, take it yourself!"

Noah looked at the furious Sarpedon and couldn't help but frown slightly.

From any perspective, the Oilers were not right, and the Soul Drinkers were victims from the beginning to the end. These Space Marines came to help, but in the end, they helped, but the benefits were snatched away by the Mechanicus. Who can stand this?

In all fairness, are the Soul Drinkers' demands too much?

Not too much at all!

The Soul Spear was originally their sacred object, so it was reasonable for them to come and take back their sacred object. Moreover, they did not rely on the help of others, but only relied on their own efforts and sacrifices to capture the Star Fortress.

On the other hand, the oil man not only watched the show the whole time, but also suddenly came out to pick peaches when everything was settled.

To be honest, the Soul Drinkers did not go crazy and kill the Oil Man on the spot, but tried to reason with them, which was a very sensible behavior. If the Soul Drinkers had a bit more temper, the Oil Man would have been bloodied.

But the problem is that this rationality is the most deadly!

If the Soul Drinkers had gone berserk and slaughtered the Oilers, it wouldn't have been so bad, because they could have admitted their mistake and said they had mistaken the Mechanicus for traitors - after all, who would want to pick peaches when you just finished a battle?

Although there is still a risk of being certified as a traitor by the Inquisition, it will at least not be worse than it is now.

But due to the Soul Drinkers' rationality, they did not take action immediately, which was a big taboo!

why?

Because in the eyes of most people in the Empire, Space Marines are born with "original sin"!

Why did the empire become what it is today?

Although it is ultimately due to the conspiracy of the Four Chaos Gods, many people cannot see the essence, they can only see the appearance.

And what is appearance?

The manifestation is the Horus Heresy, where half of the Space Marine Legions rebelled!

The aftermath of this betrayal ten thousand years ago is still lingering, thanks to the ongoing Black Crusade and the invasion of the Chaos Enemy.

It was this betrayal that put the Space Marines in a rather awkward position for the past ten thousand years. In the eyes of mortals who did not know the truth, they were still respected Emperor Angels, but in the eyes of the higher-ups who knew the truth, they were always on guard against the Space Marines' betrayal, and no one was willing to trust them.

The Custodians did not believe them. Even during the Siege of Terra, the Custodians had clashed with the Space Marines many times, and even the company commander of the Imperial Fists was beaten to death by the Custodians.

The Terran government did not trust them either, so over the past ten thousand years, the Inquisition and the Council of High Lords had persecuted Space Marines one after another, and the large number of Atonement Crusades were the most typical examples of this distrust.

In addition, even the Space Marines themselves do not trust themselves. The Chapters born in the Founding of the Cursed Army have been questioned and bullied. The Weepers were once abandoned because of the distrust of their brother Chapters, forced to fight alone, and almost annihilated.

Even for the Sons of Fire Dragon, who are usually known for their gentleness, the relationship between the Salamanders and the Black Dragon Legion is very tense.

Even though the countless sacrifices over the past ten thousand years are enough to prove their loyalty, there are still some people who don't believe it!

Don’t ask, because if you ask I don’t believe it.

Just as when the Horus Heresy broke out, no one believed that Horus would rebel, and Rogal Dorn almost killed the person who risked his life to bring back the intelligence.

Even in the minds of many people, even Robouti Guilliman did not believe in Space Marines, because it was the promulgation of the Codex Astartes that split the legions that had once expanded the territory of the Great Crusade into smaller chapters.

More than one Primarch opposed the splitting of the Legion, but their opposition eventually faded with the passage of time and their own disappearance.

Nowadays, almost all the former legions have compromised on this matter. The chapters that no longer maintain the size of the legion no longer have the influence they once had. This has led many people to have inappropriate ideas, mistakenly believing that anyone can step on the heads of Space Marines and shit.

Although this is indeed the case, after all, there are many Space Marine chapters that have been stepped on and shit on over the past ten thousand years.

But this creates a vicious cycle:

Distrust of Space Marines → Think that Space Marines will rebel sooner or later, so they suppress Space Marines madly → Space Marines can't stand the humiliation, rise up in resistance → You see, I said they would rebel sooner or later! → Distrust of Space Marines even more → Suppress Space Marines even more madly → Space Marines can't stand the humiliation, rise up in resistance → You see, I said they would rebel sooner or later!

Carrying such "original sin", even the Space Marines' parent group has been suppressed many times.

The Wolf Pack once came to blows with the Inquisition and the Grey Knights. Although the trigger was the First Battle of Armageddon, it was ultimately because the Inquisition and the High Lords tried to take advantage of the conflict to break the Wolf Pack's backbone and turn them into dogs like the Minotaur.

The result was a full-scale conflict between the two sides, with Fenris bombed, many Imperial ships destroyed in the civil war, and the death of the Grand Inquisitor and the Grand Master of the Grey Knights. However, even if such a serious conflict broke out, others would have been excommunicated and traitors, but the Space Wolves were able to remain unscathed.

why?

Because the Space Wolves are large enough and have enough allies in the Empire, the Empire cannot afford the cost of forcing a large-scale Space Marine mother group to rebel!

But more warbands cannot be treated like this. If you are told that you are rebelling, then you are rebelling. Those who know what is good for them will commit suicide, and the rest will have to participate in the Expedition of Atonement. Only in this way can your warband have a chance to be forgiven.

If the Soul Drinkers ever come into conflict with the Mechanicus, this is almost an inevitable consequence for them.

Because Space Marines carry original sin, once a conflict breaks out between Space Marines and other imperial organizations, the only ones who will be wrong are Space Marines, and only Space Marines!

The processing result is also very simple and crude:

Either all the Soul Drinkers implicated will be executed, and the rest will go on a crusade of atonement.

Either the Soul Drinkers are forced to rebel against the Empire, there is no third option.

If you want to ask why the Terra government and the Inquisition dare to bully the Space Marines so unscrupulously?

The reason is even simpler.

Because the status of Space Marines today is no longer the same as it was ten thousand years ago!

During the Great Crusade, the 18 legions combined had at least three to four million Space Marines.

But in 40K, there are only 100 million Space Marines in the entire galaxy.

Is it because it has become more difficult to manufacture Space Marines?

No.

The answer is actually very simple, because the Codex Astartes stipulates that there can only be a maximum of 1000 chapters!

It’s not that the Empire only has 100 million Space Marines, but that the Empire can only have 100 million Space Marines!

As long as the Terran government gave the order, the gene-seed stocks they possessed were sufficient to create a large number of new Space Marine regiments in a short period of time, and the past twenty or so army building events had verified this fact many times.

But no matter how dangerous the situation, they would not allow the Space Marines to exceed the limit of 1000 chapters. On the one hand, it was the limit of the Codex Astartes, and on the other hand, it was the lack of trust in the Space Marines. They were worried that if the number of Space Marines increased, they would rebel.

They must strictly uphold the sanctity of the Codex Astartes, only in this way can the Space Marines be willing to be suppressed and enslaved.

But on the other hand, if the losses of a Space Marine Chapter are too high, the High Lords of Terra can also order the establishment of a new army to replenish the losses.

In this case, is the defection of a Space Marine Chapter really that much of a loss?

At least in the eyes of many people, this is not a big loss.

So even if they knew that a Space Marine Chapter was forced to rebel, they would not vindicate this Space Marine Chapter.

The reason is also very simple:

Pushing the envelope.

If they can forgive the Space Marines this time because they were forced to rebel, can they also use the same reason to refute the Terra government's judgment next time? In the long run, where is the prestige of the Terra government?

Such an idea sounds selfish and stupid, and in fact it is both selfish and stupid, but it has been the unchanging principle followed by the empire for thousands of years.

It is almost a unanimous consensus among all sectors of the Empire that no concessions should be made to the Space Marine Chapters on the issue of "rebellion".

So even if you were really forced to rebel, the empire will not care whether you were forced to rebel or not. Rebellion is rebellion, and it must be suppressed!

As for what the Space Marines think about this?

The answer is that the Space Marines will hunt down traitors even more fanatically!

Because Space Marines cannot tolerate rebellion more than anyone else, and they, who also carry original sin, will naturally regard the rebellion of their brother chapters as an insult to the overall honor of the Space Marines.

Therefore, their attitude towards traitors is consistent - no matter what the reason is, as long as they rebel, they must be eliminated.

Under the concerted persecution from across the Empire, it is easy to imagine how many Space Marine Chapters were forced to rebel.

What, you said you rebelled on impulse?

He couldn't even control his own emotions. Wasn't this a natural tendency to get into trouble? Cleanse, must cleanse!

What? You said you were oppressed for too long and had to fight back?

What do you mean by rising up in resistance? I think you have been planning this for a long time. This is no longer an ordinary traitor, we must strike hard!

Did the Soul Drinkers do something wrong?

To be fair, they did nothing wrong.

But as Space Marines, they themselves are the greatest original sin!

As long as they dare to take action, even if it is for the purpose of self-defense, they will definitely be the wanted traitors.

If they don't want to become traitors, their only choice is to swallow their anger and accept this loss.

But are the Space Marines willing to suffer losses like this?

It can't be!

The holy relic left to them by their old father was lost during the voyage in the warp. It was force majeure and no one could do anything about it.

But if you just watch your old father’s belongings being taken away by others, that would be incompetence!

No Space Marine with a sense of honor could accept such humiliation, and conflict between them and the Oil Men was almost certain to break out.

and so.

Maybe that's why Noah is here.

The only problem is.

Who asked him to come?

Noah frowned deeply, a huge mystery lingering in his mind.

Is it the Emperor, or Tzeentch?

If the Emperor had sent him here, Old Man Huang probably wanted him to help the Soul Drinkers.

But what if? What if it was Tzeentch who was secretly feeding shit?

Others may not know, but Noah cannot be unaware——

The very fact that a conflict broke out between the Soul Drinkers and the Mechanicus was part of Tzeentch's plan!

So, how should he deal with it?

"grown ups."

White's voice came from the communication bead:

"The escort fleet has successfully intercepted the Mechanicus' frigate."

Noah stared at the three people below, slowly walked down the platform, and announced his verdict:

"I have basically understood the situation. The Spear of Souls is a holy relic of the Soul Drinkers Chapter. The Mechanicus should return it."

Sarpedon's expression eased a little, as he felt that this judge was reasonable.

"negative."

Hobotov's voice, mixed with static, rang out slowly, his attitude not wavering at all:

"In the name of Om Messiah, the Inquisition has no right to interfere with the Mechanicus..."

boom!