When Veronica brought the steaming white maple tea, Soshiyan brought her this report on the activities of the elves.
"You said, the Great Vortex Area will have this... What do you call it? Fellow countrymen?"
Veronica glanced at the report, and then a confused expression appeared on her face.
"I know the Great Vortex Area. It was a abandoned place long before the Great Descent. In fact, according to ancient documents, the Great Vortex can even be traced back to the end of the Battle of Heaven... But because the barriers of supreme heaven are too fragile, most of the worlds are affected by subspace and cannot produce world spirits, and naturally they cannot be colonized. Even the powerful imperial era did not conquer there, so how could there be a virgin world?"
"That is, the Spirits never tried to colonize there?"
"Try... it's hard to say, because ancient archives almost never existed with great fall. In fact, many of the actual situations are based on speculation. Perhaps it may not be necessary that there were indeed colonists there at some time. If not, let Doral arrange someone to investigate and find out."
"Well, it's OK, but I have to remind him to be more hidden. The area of ​​the Big Vortex is very messy now."
Soshiyan then looked at the remaining reports, all about heretic activities. One of them mentioned that the Red Pirates seemed to have reached a secret agreement with the Black Legion, and at some point an unusual subspace disturbance occurred in the central area of ​​the Great Vortex. The judge is still investigating the connection between this series of events.
Another report mentioned the recent activities of some dangerous Chaos War Gangs in the Great Vortex area. One of them was called the Flawless Blade, and the leader of the War Gang is the infamous "Immortal" Lucius.
"This Lucius..."
Soshyan frowned, and Veronica, who was beside him, took a curious look.
"A group of fallen men who worship Slaanes? What's wrong?"
"It seems that he has some grudges with Instructor Thor. I heard him mention this a long time ago. Maybe I should have informed him about this."
"Ah, as soon as you said it, I remembered it. Everenie also mentioned that a group of Slaines came out of the Grand Arena in Comoros. The leader seemed to be called this name... Everenie said at the time that this guy is very dangerous. Are you sure you want to tell that Thor?"
"Well... I'm afraid he will come to trouble Instructor Thor when he finds the news."
“Yes, it’s always good to be prepared.”
Veronica looked at the reports and then sighed:
"These judges are really omnipresent."
"Yes, this is also a point that I am very concerned about. According to the experience of the past expeditions, the Inquisition will likely intervene... I am now placed in the spotlight. Not only are countless eyes staring at me, but some judges will also focus on me. After all, it is their responsibility to ensure the loyalty of the expeditionary force. In this case, many means and forces cannot be used, such as Ulanhuda's reinforcements, Titans, and some combat robots and special equipment. Things like Scream must even be removed from ships. Talos, Kayang and others must also appear in front of people less. They have been registered in the Inquisition."
Speaking of this, Soshiyan even had a headache. In the past, he often relied on equipment and special reinforcements to catch the enemy off guard, but this time he seemed unable to repeat this technique.
It felt very uncomfortable, as if he was forced to push into the ring to fight a powerful opponent and tied up his hands.
"Okay, I'm starting to feel sad again. If you really don't want to go, can't you refuse this appointment?"
"Oh, how could this be refused? This is an order. We are soldiers and obedience is necessary."
He let out a long breath of helplessness, Soshiyang picked up the teacup and took a sip, looking at the remaining report.
Two of the reports attracted his attention, one was signed as Marcus. If Soshiyan remembered correctly, he should be the one he met before. Unexpectedly, he went to the Great Vortex Area again.
Marcus's report is about the rampant smuggling chain in the Great Vortex area and the relationship between the trade lords behind it. In his narrative, the smugglers of the Great Vortex have a complex network of relationships, on the one hand, there are heretic pirates or even red pirates, on the other hand, the trade lords, and even the administrative agencies of the empire.
In his report, he expressed concern that the empire's institutions and lords in the Great Vortex Area were trapped in a huge network of interests and had a tendency to be corrupt, especially their unexplained relationship with the Red Pirates, which made the empire's rule in the local area shaking.
The Inquisition usually pays little attention to the corruption of imperial institutions or the corruption of local lords. It may have been very serious and pessimistic, and this is also a factor that Soshiyan must consider.
Another report is an intern judge signed by Shati Salas, but what Soshiyan cares about is not the whereabouts of a demon prince in her report, but the person she submitted the report-
Tolkmada Ktiz, the supreme protector of the Formoxastar region and the great judge of the Demon Inquisition.
The most famous deed of this ruthless man was to personally kill his mentor. At that time, the Supreme Guardian of Formosa was the Great Judge Laldion. Once he held a meeting and showed a demon crystal discovered by him, hoping that it could be retained for him to conduct research, providing necessary research materials for the devil's court to deal with the demon's court. Although the crystal was boarded by the demon, the judges present did not dare to question Laldion's words. However, only Ktiz picked up the holy hammer and walked to the center of the venue, smashed the crystal directly, and announced in court that Laldion was already a heretic, and smashed his mentor's head with an iron hammer.
After dealing with Lardian, Ktiz was quickly promoted to Formosa's supreme protector by the line of fire, and it is hard to doubt whether he had been planning for a long time.
Therefore, the impression that Ktiz gives people is that one is cruel and the other is utilitarian and ambitious.
In short, Soshiyang didn't want to encounter this plague god, but looking at the content of the report, it seems that the judge has been hunting the demon prince for a while, and now he is so desperate that he has died in the Great Vortex Area. If he has his whereabouts, he is probably chasing him.
"Judgement, Judgment... This time, no matter what, you can't avoid these people, Veronica, or you'll still--"
Veronica sat directly into his arms, stared at him, and asked in a pretentious manner:
"What dare you say?"
As she said that, her little hand had quietly grabbed the strap of Soshiyang's robe, and Soshiyang was so scared that she hurriedly held the other person's hand.
"Forget it, nothing..."
After comforting Veronica, an inexplicable thought suddenly came out of Soshiyang's mind.
Chapter completed!