Inside the cabin of the transport plane, four judges sat silently, their faces barely visible in the half-light and half-dark light, or completely hidden in the shadows cast by the heavy hood.
Scarman Havas, with fists in both hands, stared at the expression on his old acquaintance's face from above his thin fingers, as if he was guessing the other person's thoughts, and the man occasionally turned his eyes on his face.
The old friend opposite Scarman had a quiet and resolute face, which looked quite young, but his eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of an old man. If you look closely, you can see the unique pupil halo of the psychics. In fact, Scarman knew very well that his old friend was over 200 years old. His armor was covered by a robe of unique texture, making him look like he was shrouded in a shadow. If you lift the robe, you will find that there were many strange runes on his armor.
His name is Akturus, nicknamed Seven Retrievers, is an alien judge active in the hazy star field. However, there are many accusations against him in the alien court, but this person is very cautious and has a high level of psychic energy. No judge can really find his handle.
But he has another unknown identity, the current leader of the Isha Witch Secret.
Akturus was once a rigorous and meticulous young judge. His mentor spent his whole life studying the Spiritual Clan and its activities in the hazy star field. At that time, he was deeply fascinated by the culture and history of the Spiritual Clan. After the mentor's death, he took over all the resources of the other party and spent decades to track any clues of the Spiritual Clan in the Gothic Star Zone. According to rumors, in the Gothic War that broke out in the early 41 thousand years, the Spiritual Clan deeply intervened in the war between the Empire and the Chaos, and assisted the Empire side to stop Abaddon's conspiracy to destroy the Gothic Star Zone. However, this was not recognized by the Empire and the Alien Inquisition - most of the time, any propaganda to cooperate with the Empire, even if it is just a brief cooperation, is regarded as a collusion.
But Akturus still found some clues and there was conclusive evidence that the Spirit race did help the empire fight against the Chaos Enemy.
Since then, his ideas have quietly changed, no longer rejecting the view of the Empire and the Spiritual Clan cooperation.
However, his first real ideological breakthrough occurred after the battle with an unknown alien spacecraft. At that time, Akturus' spacecraft was paralyzed and helpless in the face of the weapons of the enemy ship. At this critical moment, an Ada ship intervened, rescued Akturus, and repelled the other's spacecraft with its light spear.
This spacecraft belongs to Urshir Ellarion, a lonely pirate of the Eldar tribe, and does not belong to any pirate group.
But there are not only pirates on this ship, there is another person, an extremely rare legendary figure - the Great Prophet Usvi, Eldra.
Akturus never told others what happened between him and Eldra, but Scarman speculated that Eldra taught Akturus a wealth of knowledge and many prophecies about the future during his stay in the Eldra pirate ship.
Regardless of the truth, after Akturus bid farewell to his "friend" of Ada, he has become a completely different person, firmly believing that cooperation with the spirit race is the real way to save the empire from sinking. The common interests of both sides are far greater than differences. He also took over the almost extinct Isha Witch Secret Club from Eldra and became the most fanatical member of the worship of the expatriates.
It is said that he also received a gift from Eldra, a set of ancient runestones that could help him predict the future and the main reason why he could frequently avoid other judges' investigations.
Afterwards, Akturus began to contact the remaining members of the Isha Witch Secret Society. This ancient organization originated from the early days of the Great Rebellion and was born out of the destruction secret meeting. After the establishment of the Court of Justice, it began to absorb the judges. However, due to its strange and exaggerated concept, the number of people has always been small, and most of the members will be hunted by other judges. Fortunately, because of the small number of people, most of them can keep the secrets very strictly and have not been truly exposed. The Court of Alien Justice only believes that the worship of foreigners is an extreme idea produced by a very small judge, and there is no specific organization.
When Akturus took over the organization and got the list from Eldra, there were only three members left in the entire secret meeting.
Scarman is one of them. He also inherited his identity from his mentor. The members of the secret society are basically inherited by the master and apprentice.
After Akturus summoned all members, he conducted some analysis and divination, and determined that the entire Galaxy would undergo drastic changes at the end of the 41th millennium. If the secret meeting wants to make a difference, it cannot be so quiet. It must expand the organization and increase the staff. Although this will increase the risk of exposure, fortunately, the Inquisition is no longer as strict as before. The overall organization is very chaotic, with various factions, and degenerate. These people are the main internal investigation targets. As long as they choose new members carefully, the risk of being discovered is still very low.
In the decades afterwards, the Isa Witch Secret Society hosted by Akturus absorbed more than a dozen judges, and even a planet governor, and carried out several key actions, such as protecting the Virgin World, guiding the Imperial Forces to it with other excuses, or boarding the destroyed ark, finding many spiritual weapons and equipment from it, and using them to trade with some alien mechanical sages and forging the world.
Their goals are also very clear, allowing the empire to absorb excellent spiritual technologies as much as possible, and at the same time reduce unnecessary conflicts and contradictions between the two races, so that the two sides can join forces in the face of future disasters.
But this does not mean that the Isha Witch Secret Club is controlled by Eldra. In fact, after personally pulling the heavyweight Akturus, the legendary prophet, never appeared again. The Isha Witch Secret Club organized activities on its own.
"The first time they took the initiative to invite us to meet, it should be related to the attack of the Ascetics Team. I can't think of any other reason for the time being."
Scarman suddenly murmured, as if he was just expressing his thoughts.
"This matter is just a little bit of use, and you will know that the Eternal Court has no reason to do this. The Astartes of the Empire just shouted the slogans of war, but they were not interested in understanding their opponents. They seemed to be used to fighting blindfolded. The proverb of Guterra, knowing yourself and your enemy, winning every battle. I don't know if they can't learn it, or they don't want to learn it."
Upon hearing this, Akturus raised his head slightly, revealing his face in the dim emergency light, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Chapter completed!