"What? He killed the Gray Knight who was executing the order in full view of everyone!"
A man wearing a white retro shirt on his upper body, black tight trousers and leather boots on his lower body, and a bright red jacket with epaulettes on the outside suddenly stood up from his seat, his face full of shock, astonishment and confusion.
Angry expression.
It is easy to tell from the clothes and logos he wears that he is a high-ranking Inquisitor Grand Master, almost at the top of the promotion system of the Inquisition, which controls the empire's huge investigation and law enforcement powers, and is even qualified to serve in the "Extermination Order"
Cast your precious vote and sign your name.
In many cases, the status of the Inquisitor Grand Master is far superior to that of the Moff and the Master of the Chapter Astartes.
Except for the Custodes who were directly loyal to the God-Emperor himself, no one in the entire empire dared to disobey them, not even the Council of Terra (Council of the High Lords), which held the highest military and administrative power.
Of course, there may now be another Primarch and Imperial Regent - Robert Guilliman.
Although there is still "Inquisition Representative" as the focus of his career further up.
But this position is more like a five-year paid sabbatical.
The main responsibility is to represent the Inquisition and fight against those cunning politicians and old losers.
Therefore, generally speaking, the Inquisitor Grand Master is the person with the highest status and the most power in the Inquisition system.
A guy who is used to being aloof and everyone is in awe and even fear of him will inevitably become arrogant and arrogant.
Even during Robert Guilliman's first years of awakening, the Inquisition attempted to bring him under its control.
After all, the law does not say that the Primarch can override the Inquisition.
Unfortunately, although Robert Guilliman's personal combat ability is not very good, and he can even be said to be ranked last among the brothers, he is an out-and-out master of politics.
Under the operation of his super brain and excellent skills, the original huge power of the Inquisition was gradually weakened and divided.
Although it is still a behemoth that towers over other departments, it can no longer do whatever it wants without restrictions like before.
In fact, the so-called "Tribunal" is not a whole, but is divided into countless large and small orders.
The three most famous among them are the famous "Order of the Hammer", which is the Demonic Tribunal, the "Order of Rebellion", which is the Tribunal of Heretics, and the "Order beyond the Earth", which is the Ordinary of Aliens.
Just from the name, you can tell that they correspond to subspace threats, internal cleansing and dealing with alien civilizations that may threaten the human empire.
In addition, there are some small orders such as Aegis, Space Warrior, Star Vault, Savage, Time and Space, Extinction, Mechanical, Curse, Necromancer, Secrecy, Armed, Vigilance, etc.
Some are open to the public, while others remain mysterious.
Moreover, the order is divided into different factions.
For example, the "purists" who believe that the laws of the ancestors are immutable and extremely repulsive to aliens and subspaces, the most extreme among them even think that even the Astartes should be eradicated.
Another example is the radical faction who pursues learning skills from the barbarians in order to control the barbarians. They feel that they should use all available forces to attack the enemy.
Under these large factions, there are at least a few or as many as a dozen branches densely distributed.
Here you can not only feel the diversity of human beings, but also appreciate a variety of extremely abstract activities.
The person in front of him is obviously the "Pure" faction of the Alien Tribunal responsible for targeting alien civilizations. He is also the one who has been the loudest voice of dissatisfaction since the Imperial Regent Robert Guilliman came to power.
the reason is simple!
As the place with the highest concentration of supremacist human beings, the Alien Tribunal's attitude toward alien civilizations has always been to implement the principle of destruction upon encounter.
But now the descendants of the God-Emperor are getting involved with the Eldar Death Army, and there are even several versions of the little story that has to be told between Evrené and Robert Guilliman.
This is betrayal in their eyes!
It's blasphemy!
It is a smear on the face of the great God-Emperor!
Must strike hard!
But the problem is that when dealing with the descendants of the God-Emperor, it is obvious that physical elimination cannot be adopted, and politics cannot defeat the original body.
The result can only be a crazy accumulation of dissatisfaction in the heart, like a volcano filled with magma that is about to erupt.
The appearance of Zuo Si happened to be the trigger at this delicate moment.
In the eyes of the Alien Tribunal, the unknown guy Zuo Si was obviously not a member of the human race, so he was naturally classified as an enemy, or at least a potential enemy.
However, at first, the empire's senior officials suspected that this was a conspiracy of the Chaos God of Subspace, so they first handed it over to the Demon Tribunal for investigation.
But it was later confirmed that it was not the case and the Alien Tribunal took over.
Coupled with Zuo Si's frequent contact with the Tau, and even gifting them with subspace navigation and positioning technology that even the Empire did not master, the Alien Tribunal finally became unbearable and chose to order the Gray Knights stationed there to issue a warning.
But what they didn't expect was that instead of the warning having a deterrent effect, the Gray Knight who carried out the warning was executed in public in an extremely bloody and cruel way.
From the unscrupulous attitude and the naked and unabashed threats, it is easy to see that the other party does not take the Inquisition or even the Empire seriously at all.
Moreover, the strange way of death of the Gray Knight also makes people involuntarily think of the spiritual power of the subspace.
You must know that the most powerful psychic can directly crush a planet!
Judging from the power Zuo Si has shown so far, there is a high probability that it will be stronger and more terrifying than this.
More importantly, Robert Guilliman, the imperial regent who represents the will of the God-Emperor himself, seems to have reached a secret deal and cooperation with him.
Not only were the several expedition fleets formed successively equipped with a large number of weapons and equipment provided by the other party, but the latter's commercial fleet was also allowed to conduct trade activities in any star region within the empire.
This is obviously not an ordinary alliance, but a very solid foundation of mutual trust.
Looking at the angry and distorted face of the Inquisitor Grand Master, the Throne Acting Officer (a position within the Inquisition, mainly engaged in assistants and the like, with a status below the Inquisitor) who came to report reminded him in a cautious tone.
: "Not only do we know about this, but the Imperial Regent who is conducting the Indomitable Expedition should also know about it."
"Damn it! How did he react?"
The Grand Inquisitor raised his head and asked with wide eyes.
The Acting Throne shook his head slightly: "No, at least there has been no response so far. But all the Gray Knights who carried out our orders have been transferred. I think this can already reflect his attitude towards this incident.
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"You mean...our imperial regent not only acquiesced to the other party's behavior, but was almost certain that there was indeed an ulterior deal between them?"
The Grand Inquisitor's face began to look a little ugly.
First it was the Eldar Death Army, and now it was an unknown entity that had no idea what it was. What Robert Guilliman did after he woke up increasingly disappointed the ultra-purists in the Inquisition.
Even in some secret meetings, it was proposed to kill the Primarch and restore Terra's glorious and ancient traditions.
It's a pity that such "rebellious and unethical" remarks are still difficult to win the support of the majority of members.
What's more, can the Primarch be killed by just anyone?
Look at the suicide attacks that the Assassin's Court launched against Horus one after another. As long as they were of any use, they would not be of any use at all.
"I think so, my lord.
Especially when it comes to the fact that the Tau have acquired hyperdrive engines and subspace positioning technology, the Imperial Regent's reaction was very calm and calm, and they obviously already knew about it.
It's just that I don't quite understand, what is his purpose of acquiescing to the other party to do this?
You must know that the Tau's ever-expanding borders threaten the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar that he once established.
Once the former acquires the ability to travel at faster than light speed, this place will be the first to bear the brunt."
When saying these words, both the tone and expression of the Acting Throne revealed strong doubts and confusion.
Because anyone with a discerning eye can see how much emotion Robert Guilliman has devoted to the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar he created.
Otherwise, the demon primarch Mortarion would not regard it as the main battlefield of the Plague War and want to lure his good brothers over.
This also means that from a normal utilitarian perspective, the Imperial Regent should definitely have strong hostility towards the Tau civilization.
It is out of this consideration that the Alien Tribunal decided to test it out after being silent for such a long time.
But who would have thought that something that was once a sure thing would actually fall on the rocks.
"But what is the purpose of doing this? Does the regent want to win over the Tau people to form an alliance to jointly deal with the threat from the chaos forces in subspace? Or is there some secret that we don't know about."
The Grand Inquisitor frowned and fell into deep thought.
"Perhaps we can try to talk to Sister Grace, she might know something." The Throne Act quickly gave suggestions.
"Sister Grace?"
At the mention of this name, Grand Master Inquisitor suddenly showed a trace of hesitation.
To be continued...