Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

"There's no rush for that. Clementia has helped me a lot, and she also contributed a lot to the cleansing of the Drevstad family."

"Clean up..."

Abelard fell silent when he heard this word. He and Urban were old acquaintances.

He could probably guess that Urban and Noah's first meeting would not be a pleasant one, which was probably one of the reasons why the Drefstad family was purged. Although he would not speak up for the Drefstad family, he felt a little emotional in his heart.

Noah looked at him and suddenly asked:

"Abelard, do you want to go back to Dagonus?"

Abelard was somewhat moved, but still shook his head:

"Sir, I have just taken over the affairs here, and I have only recently reached an agreement with the trade lord of the Kasgo Sector. If someone else were to take over, I am afraid I would have to start all over again."

After a pause, Abelard continued:

"Wait a few more years, and when things here are stable, I should ask you to go back to Dagonus."

Noah walked up to him, put the glass in his hand, and clinked it with his:

"Abelard, thank you for your hard work."

"It's my honor." Abelard said sincerely with a serious face.

Noah was able to hand over the trade of an entire star region to him without even blinking an eye.

Even the planetary governor of Dagonus was his daughter.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost half of the von Valancius dynasty's wealth is now under the control of the Welsen family.

But the traveling merchants and wandering merchants were not shy about it at all. What kind of trust was this?

A scholar dies for a confidant.

Abelard knew it in his heart, and he was grateful to Lady Theodora for promoting him.

But if it was Lady Theodora, she would never hand over such a great power to him. Because of this, it became even more apparent how precious Noah's trust in him was.

Chapter 104 Love each other as a family

After exchanging pleasantries with Abelard, Noah saw the general off and returned to the bridge of the Stars.

Noah sat on the chair in the captain's room, tutted his tongue, and complained about Huron without any hesitation:

"Luft is a good person in every way, except that he is too thoughtful and not honest enough!"

Huron brought up the topic on his own initiative, and even though he had said so much, he still didn't dare to tell him the truth.

"Noah, why are you so sure Huron is what you want?"

In response to Cassia's doubtful question, Noah hit the nail on the head:

"Because of ambition!"

There are only two Chapters in the Imperium of Man that have a much larger number of members than the Codex:

Space Wolves and Black Templars.

Both of them disagreed with the Codex Astartes from the very beginning and are purely historical issues.

But Huron was different. He managed to develop a Holy Scripture Group like the Star Claws into a group of more than 4,000 people. But this was still not the fundamental reason for the conflict between Huron and the Empire.

In the original timeline, Huron's betrayal had to do with one thing and one thing only - his growing and unstoppable ambition.

Initially in 748.M41, Huron refused to pay tithes to the Empire in the name of security, as a protest against the High Lords' rejection of his proposal to designate the Greater Vortex as a target of the Holy War, a process that lasted for 153 years.

At first, Huron only wanted to rebuild the Tiger Claws with the withheld gene-seed tithe, but as time went on, his mentality gradually changed.

Until 901.M41, a mixed tithe fleet of the Imperial Mechanicus Bio-magos and the Karthgo trade ships arrived in the Badab system. However, this fleet did not follow the navigator's instructions to stay outside the system, but instead tried to force its way through the "Iron Ring" of the Badab system, and was eventually completely destroyed by the Star Claws.

The Empire's response to this provocation to the Empire's authority was:

no response.

Terra did nothing about it, neither sending people to investigate the cause nor sending a fleet to carry out a punitive expedition. Instead, the trade lords sent two punitive fleets to Badab, but both fleets disappeared without a trace.

This further grew Huron's ambitions, so he brought in the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors to issue the "Charge of Just Separation", the core purpose of which was to separate the Maelstrom region from any adjacent star regions.

But so far, the only one whose interests have been harmed is the trade lord of Kasgo.

They sought help everywhere in the Empire, but neither the Navy nor the Ministry of the Interior paid any attention to them because no one wanted to get involved in this mess - Terra doesn't care, so why should you?

Until the Fire Hawk Regiment, which had a grudge against the Star Claws, responded to the call and prepared to intervene in the matter.

The hatred between the Fire Hawks and the Astral Claws was simple. The two sides once fought side by side in a joint operation. Also participating in the battle were the White Scars, the Celestial Guard, and a Titan Order.

Although everyone else unanimously nominated Huron as commander, the Chapter Master of the Fire Hawks was the only one who became jealous and resentful, and eventually resented Huron for taking away the honor that should have belonged to him.

Although the reason was ridiculous, the war broke out.

The Fire Eagle fought against the three guard regiments of the Maelstrom on its own, and as expected, was beaten badly in the end.

It was only here that the Empire began to investigate Huron's crimes, including tax resistance and the unauthorized expansion of the Chapter. The war thus expanded, eventually turning into the largest Space Marine civil war since the Horus Heresy.

As the culprits who provoked the war, the trade lords of Kasgo were severely punished by the Empire, and the entire population of their main world would become indentured servants for six generations.

Although the Badab War ended with the Empire's victory, both sides lost a large number of troops.

In the end, Chaos was the one who laughed the most in this massive war.

But anyway, things are a little different now.

At least the Hurons stopped resisting taxes, so there was no reason to come into conflict with the Casgo Sector.

The trigger for the Badab War does not exist, so even if Huron still violates the Holy Code and expands the size of the Vajra Regiment, it is not a big deal.

Because as long as you are not discovered, no one will pursue it.

As long as he can hold on for a few more decades until the Regent gets up, then he'll have survived, right?

"Nono,"

Noah ordered, "Contact the Sky Claws and tell them that if there is nothing special, we will set off for Macragge within seven days."

Since Huron doesn't dare to confess, let's give him some sense of urgency.

Sincerity can’t be replaced by sincerity, right?

Then I'll leave!

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Huron remained patient until the seventh day, the eve of Noah's departure, when he suddenly sent someone to invite Noah to a dinner party.

When Noah was invited to bring people to the Palace of Thorns, Huron was standing at the entrance of the hall. When he saw Noah, he laughed and hugged him.

Huron was not wearing power armor, as opposed to the finely crafted Terminator armor with power claws he usually wore. Today he wore a ceremonial silk garb, and he carried no weapon either, a cape wrapped around his broad shoulders and pinned at the throat.

Noah thought he was here to give an explanation, but he wasn't.

It seemed that he really just wanted to entertain Noah and warmly invited him to taste wine.

Noah took a sip and asked in surprise:

"Is this wine produced in Macragge?"

"Yes."

Huron held up a cup that was a circle larger than Noah's and smiled, "I brought this when I came back from Macragge last time. I don't have much left. If you have the chance, you can bring some back for me when you go to Macragge this time."

Noah readily agreed:

"Of course, it's a courtesy."

Noah asked:

"Sergeant Andar, isn't he in Badab?"

He and Andal were old acquaintances, and their relationship was not much worse than Huron's. But Andal had not visited him during this period, which really made Noah feel a little strange.

Huron put down his glass, feeling inexplicably sad:

"He's gone."

Noah also fell silent, feeling a little sad about the unpredictable nature of life. This was the first acquaintance he knew who died in battle, right?

But just as Noah had this thought, Huron added:

"He is now serving in the Death Watch. All Space Marine Chapters that participated in that battle have sent some warriors to join the Death Watch. They are responsible for teaching other battle brothers how to fight the Tyranids and helping other planets clean up the pollution of Genestealers."

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Noah slowly typed out the question mark, and said he was panting heavily, right? Who did you learn this from?

Noah took a sip of wine and asked inconspicuously:

"Isn't this a good thing? Luffy, why do you look a little sad?"

Huron smiled and asked:

"I have lost a powerful battle-brother. Isn't that worth grieving?"

It's confirmed, the Huron cliffs were intentional!

Although there were some minor incidents, the dinner was still a great success for both the host and the guests.

Huron clapped his hands, ordered the regiment servants to remove the plates from the table, and suddenly proposed:

"Sir Noah, would you like to go with me to the inner court?"

"of course."

Noah's eyes flickered, and he instructed Nono and the other two:

"Nono, Cassia, Ajetta, you stay here."

Unlike the iron forest of the Hive City, the inner court of the Palace of Thorns is paved with marble and wooden boards, full of a classical atmosphere.

Walking in the quiet corridor, Huron suddenly sighed:

"Noah, you have a strong bond with those ladies!"

Noah nodded slightly:

"Of course. They have been with me since I became a Rogue Trader. There is no one I can trust more than them!"

Huron shook his head:

"No matter how much you trust them, you still have to be reserved."

Noah understood the hidden meaning of his words and smiled:

"That's true. For example, I would never discuss the belief in Om Messiah with Nono."

Huron looked at Noah with approval and suddenly asked:

"Noah, have you heard of the Tiger Claws?"

Noah thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Huron spoke with some melancholy:

"Tiger Claws is a chapter born from the Cursed Founding. They are also a descendant of the Star Claws. More than a thousand years ago, they disappeared into the warp, and everyone thought that the Tiger Claws had been destroyed.

"It was not until more than half a century ago that a strike cruiser of the Tiger Claw reappeared in the sight of the Empire. Although they immediately assisted the Stormwing Chapter against the Dark Eldar upon returning to the real universe, the Inquisition still believed that they had been corrupted by Chaos and tried to eliminate them in secret."

Huron paused here and silently observed Noah's reaction.

Noah frowned at first, then shook his head:

"Inquisitors are like this. They will only ruthlessly purge those they think have problems, but they will never investigate whether they really have problems. Although in many cases, this behavior of rather killing the wrong person than letting him go has been proven to be correct, they should be more cautious when dealing with Space Marines!"

Huron sighed softly:

"It's not entirely their fault. After all, Tiger Claw is a chapter born from the Cursed Founding."

In the history of the Empire, the Cursed Founding was considered a shame by everyone. Because most of the warbands in this founding were either secretly purged by the Empire or had already fallen into Chaos. There are only a few who still remain loyal, and almost all of them have very serious mutations.

"That's the Mechanicus' fault!"

Noah accused them unceremoniously, "They tried to add their own traces to the great work of the Emperor. All the Space Marines who cursed the Founding were victims of their failed genetic modification. The purity of the gene seed was destroyed artificially, but no one in the Empire blamed them. Instead, all the victims were labeled heretics. Facts have also proved that the saint who once accused the Space Marine Chapter of guilt and assigned the loyalists to the Abyss Expedition was the real heretic!"