Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

"I think you have guessed that he is Inquisitor Zoulas, who belongs to the Order of the Holy Hammer."

Thaddeus took the initiative to introduce, "Next to him is Al Harken, the third captain of the Crimson Hunters."

"What about you? Do you belong to the Order of the Rebellious?" Noah asked.

"That's right." Thaddeus nodded with a smile.

The Inquisition has no formal hierarchy or structure, and some Inquisitors, when faced with a major problem that they cannot solve alone, form collaborative groups, which may develop into Orders to deal with a particular category of threat.

In the history of ten thousand years, there are three main orders of the Inquisition:

The Order of the Holy Hammer, commonly known as the Demonic Inquisition.

The Inquisition, commonly known as the Heretic Inquisition.

The anti-foreign order, commonly known as the Inquisition.

You can actually tell which order an inquisitor belongs to by looking at their guards.

For example, Zoulas, he was obviously close friends with Al Haken, the third captain of the Red Hunters.

As we all know, the Minotaur Chapter is the High Lord's fighter.

But few people know that the Red Hunters and the Flame Angels have similar positions to the Minotaur Chapter. These two chapters are the few that believe in the Emperor as a god. The difference is that the Red Hunters are commonly known as the Inquisition's thugs, while the Flame Angels are commonly known as the Ecclesiarch's thugs.

This can be seen from the emblems of the two chapters. For example, the emblem of the Crimson Hunters is a combination of a bone-white skull and a rose knot.

Although the Crimson Hunters have very close relations with the three major orders, most of the time they appear together with the Order of the Hammer. For example, during the Shameful Moon incident hundreds of years ago, the Crimson Hunters were dispatched under the order of the Grand Inquisitor and surrounded the Space Wolves' homeworld of Fenris.

Unlike the Grey Knights who like to keep a low profile or who are unlikely to survive once they take action, in the eyes of many people, the Red Hunters are the direct armed force of the Order of the Hammer, just like the relationship between the Order of the Rebellious Sisters and the Sisters of Battle, or the Order of the Anti-foreigners and the Deathwatch.

Similar to Zoulas is Thaddeus, who has three teams of battle sisters as guards, which is enough to show that he has a close relationship with the state religion.

As for Noah, although he also has battle sisters as guards and even intelligent cybernetic soldiers as thugs, he relies neither on the state religion nor the Mechanicus, but on his wife's soft rice.

Sorry, if you have many wives, you can do whatever you want!

As for what order Noah belongs to, it is naturally a foreign order. After all, Kriptman is a foreign order, and as Kriptman's throne agent, Noah will naturally be labeled as a foreign order.

In other words.

The three people on this ship are from three different orders.

After understanding the basic situation, Noah couldn't help but sigh that the composition of this mixed fleet was too complicated!

Zoulas is in the same group with the Crimson Hunters, and Thaddeus is in the same group with the Battle Sisters of the Ecclesiarchy.

Noah is a group of his own, with Sisters of Battle and Cybertron as guards, and the support of Ultramarines and Soul Drinkers.

The Ultramarines have a clear stance. They were brought out from Macragge by Noah, so of course they will support Noah.

The Soul Drinkers came uninvited. On the one hand, this matter involved Soul Drinkers after all, so they had to come.

On the other hand, since Noah helped them regain the holy relics of the regiment and returned them unconditionally, even Lycoden Tertius stood up for them. If they don’t support Noah, who else can they support?

So the Soul Drinkers' Chapter Leader and Think Tank Director sat down next to Noah and made their stance clear.

The meeting has not yet started, but supporters of each party have already started to take sides.

Noah asked with some doubt:

"Who invited the Brass Claw?"

The Crimson Hunter is the Inquisition's thug, the Soul Drinker is the victim, so what about the Brass Claw?

And their representatives are not here either…

"The Brass Claws were led by their Chapter Master, Karl Engent, who took the initiative to join the fleet, but I guess they are most likely for..."

Thaddeus opened his mouth to explain, but was interrupted by the sound of noisy footsteps.

Everyone in the conference room looked towards the entrance corridor at the same time. A group of Space Marines were walking towards them, accompanied by several Mechanical Priests.

Their power armor is painted in four equal parts red and blue, with the upper body being red on the left and blue on the right, and the lower body being blue on the left and red on the right. The shoulder armor is painted with a red claw.

Although the Brass Claws sound disloyal, it is just like the Crimson Fists, which are named Crimson but have blue paint.

Neither the Brass Claws' paint nor their emblems have anything to do with brass.

Moreover, the Brass Claws is a daughter group of the Iron Hands, and has inherited the good relationship between its parent group and the Mechanicus.

As expected, they were summoned by the Mechanicus.

Zoulas' attitude remained indifferent, and he spoke coldly:

"Deputy Director of Locksim Foundry, please take a seat."

"Thank you for your invitation, Inquisitor Zoulas."

Isaac Loxim nodded slightly and took a seat on the other side of the long table, with the Chapter Master of the Brass Claws sitting next to him.

Zoulas spoke slowly:

"Now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting."

"Loxim, Noah von Valancius reported Corden Tertius's rebellion to the Inquisition. Do you have anything to explain?"

Isaac Loxim's sound array device emitted a burst of static sound, and then he spoke:

"This is a slander against Corden Tertius. The Forge World has always been a loyal believer in Om Messiah, and provides massive amounts of military supplies to nearby star regions every Terran year! If this is not enough to prove our loyalty, I hope they can produce evidence."

Zoulas nodded slightly, turned his gaze to Noah, and attacked directly:

"Sir Noah, you reported the rebellion of the Forge World of Corden Tertius. Do you have any evidence?"

If Noah had been the judge, Zoulas would not have doubted his report.

But Noah is only a deputy to the throne, so he must see the evidence!

Noah narrowed his eyes: "Sir Locksim, that's not what you said last time!"

Locksim is confused:

"Sir Noah, why do you ask? This should be our first meeting, right?"

"you sure?"

"Of course, there is no relevant record in my data storage device." Locksim replied calmly.

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Chapter 78: Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, what is the second half of the sentence?

"never seen it?"

Sarpedon stared at the oil man opposite him and vaguely sensed something strange.

He was also in the channel when the sound array communicated last time. Although the time was short, he was sure that the person who contacted them last time was this deputy director of foundry!

But he doesn't even admit it now. What good will it do him to lie about such an obvious thing?

Zoulas asked like a repeater:

"Sir Noah, do you have any evidence?"

"of course."

Noah smiled and ordered, "Nono, show them the evidence."

Nono nodded slightly, and the servo skull on her shoulder flew out automatically, projecting a picture in the center of the conference table. The person on it was Isaac Locksim:

"Rejected! Archmagos Hobotov has not returned to Corden Tertius, and we have not hidden his flagship. His betrayal has nothing to do with Corden Tertius. We will immediately arrest those related to Archmagos Hobotov, but we will not lift orbital defenses. Any unauthorized visits will be severely punished!"

"This is the video data left when we communicated with Corden Tertius nine days ago. But ever since the deputy director of Locksim Casting cut off the communication, Corden Tertius has been refusing our star language communication."

Noah's explanation made Isaac Locksim fall silent. This seemed to be completely beyond his expectations. His data storage device did not retain any relevant memories.

"Any other evidence?" asked Carl Engent.

Zoulas also turned his attention to Noah. This video footage could only show that the Locksim machine was aging and the data storage device was damaged, but it could not serve as the core evidence of Corden Tertius' rebellion.

Noah smiled:

"Of course."

The light flickered in the eye sockets of the servo skull, and the content of the projected image was fleeting. The image of Loxim disappeared, replaced by a dim spaceship corridor. On the floor of the corridor, there was a chaotic eight-pointed star carved with skulls and blood!

boom!

Zou Las slammed the table and stood up, staring at the projected image.

If it was only the Chaos Octagon, perhaps it could be argued that it was a frame-up. But in the video, there were also the Mechanicus's Mechanicus priests and Skitarii, especially the self-narration of the servoskull that called itself Hobotov -

"I believe in the God of All Things, not the corrupt corpse on the throne that deceives the world."

The cold but rational voice gave a sharp comment.

But this rational analysis also made the atmosphere on the scene freeze.

The Brass Claw Chapter Master was on pins and needles, and he really wanted to drag his chair away from Loxim.

Zoulas stared at Loxim with a deadly look, but he still kept his sanity and did not pull out his grenade launcher to attack him on the spot.

"Locksim, shouldn't you explain it?"

Locksim remained silent, his mechanical eye observing the image for any loopholes.

But unfortunately, no.

The video was still playing, but it was obviously incoherent, with a long blank in the middle. Although there was a suspicion of editing, more people just thought it was a malfunction caused by the influence of the evil energy of the subspace.

At this time, Noah and others had already advanced to the bridge.

What came into view was the corpses of Soul Drinkers all over the ground and a large number of demons!

"enough!"

Zoulas growled, and the servo skull tactfully stopped playing, leaving the picture frozen on those terrifying monsters.

Although according to convention, anyone who has seen a demon must be purified. But the people present are obviously insiders, and it is not justifiable to purify anyone. But even so, continuing to play these blasphemous images is still an insult to them.

Such a big thing happened in the Skarrus sector, but the Inquisition knew nothing about it!

Isn't this an insult?

Until then, Locksim's sound array device finally made a sound:

"This is Hobotov's personal behavior and has nothing to do with Corden Tertius. We are loyal to the Empire and to Om Messiah."

Such a dry explanation naturally could not convince anyone. Thaddeus said in a cold tone:

"Anyone can shout slogans, but where is the evidence? Chapter Master Engent, can you provide evidence for the Mechanicus?"

Karl Engent didn't dare to respond, and immediately said:

"The Brass Claw is fulfilling an ancient alliance with the Mechanicus, but if Corden Tertius does betray the Empire, we will still assist the Punitive Fleet in suppressing the rebellion!"

Carl Engent now regrets it.

In short, I regret very much and regret why I got involved.

But he had not expected it to turn out like this at first. After all, the Mechanicus' initial request for help only claimed that the Imperial Navy was besieging Corden Tertius, and did not mention a word about the rebellion.

For thousands of years, the Brass Claw has maintained a good relationship with Corden Tertius, and it is based on the ancient covenant between the two sides that the Brass Claw came to stand for the Mechanicus.

But who could have thought that the other party actually had evidence, and it was not just a few words taken out of context, but a complete record!

Carl originally thought that Locksim was trying to trick him, but when he saw Locksim's "long silence", he realized that the deputy director of foundry was probably kept in the dark just like him. He had no idea that the other party had so much evidence in his hands!

Carl Engent frowned:

“Why didn’t you take it out earlier?”

If the evidence had been produced earlier, he wouldn't have to wade into this muddy water with the Brass Claws!

Noah said slowly:

"I have been trying to send astropathic signals to Corden Tertius for the past few days, but they have been refusing."

Although it was indeed because the Forge World unilaterally refused to communicate, it was ultimately Noah's intentional act.