Alexey Koch's eyes were very sharp, completely inconsistent with his age of more than two hundred years. The moment he came in, everyone felt the merciless scrutiny of their eyes sweeping over them. They were all warriors.
Regiment commander or company commander, no mortal dared to look at them like this.
But this man dares.
Along with him, there were more than twenty crusaders from the state religion. They wore expensive force feedback power armor, held large shields and power swords, and moved in unison like battle robots.
In addition to the twenty Crusader guards, there are also the Inquisitor's semi-mechanically modified scribe, two psykers, four Death Cult assassins, four ecclesiastical cultists carrying torches, ten stormtroopers, and
Other assorted warriors and scholars, numbering sixty or seventy, poured in in large numbers.
Bahram immediately realized that this was not just a meeting, but also a threat. The other party was showing his power.
Finally, after walking to the center of the hall, the Grand Inquisition stopped wearing his black leather boots and glanced left and right. After briefly staying on Bahram, his eyes settled on Artkus.
The Inquisition slightly pulled up its pale lips, revealing a mouth full of gold teeth, and joked:
"Chapter Master Artkus, your legs are so fast. Our battleship engines ran and exploded before we could catch up with you. If only you could use this strength to destroy the enemies of the Emperor."
Although there was a smile in his words, there was no trace of smile in his eyes, instead they became more and more grim.
Artkus's eyes twitched, and then he snorted coldly and replied:
"Where we go is our freedom and we don't need to report to anyone."
"Oh? Have you forgotten that you are on an atonement expedition? Are you planning to break the oath of atonement? That's easy, I can sign the order of excommunication on the spot."
"We have not broken our oath! We will destroy the enemies of the Emperor! But this does not mean that we cannot contact other brothers Astartes!"
"The Chapter of the Atonement Crusade must be placed under the supervision of the Inquisition. I hope you remember this."
"This is the rule of the Inquisition."
At this time, Arash suddenly spoke.
"The original idea of the Atonement Crusade was the self-exile of the Astartes Chapter for redemption, without the need for anyone to supervise it. This is a rule imposed by the Inquisition."
Alexei withdrew his gaze from Artkus and looked at Arash with some contempt and ridicule.
"Leader of the Alash Chapter, leader of the Alash Alliance, is it an extremely naive idea to expect a sinner who has committed a crime to reflect and atone for his sins alone without supervision?"
"The Emperor is our guardian."
"ha."
Alexei pointed at Artkus with his cane and said with a smile:
"If they really take the Emperor to heart, they will not collect those heretical things unscrupulously. Chapter Master Arash, don't be blinded by the false brotherhood. They are a group of cunning speculators.
Given the slightest chance, they are likely to continue their depraved career, and the only way to do so is to keep them under constant surveillance."
With a swish sound, Artkus directly drew out his bolter. This move also caused the Inquisitor's Crusaders to react immediately and instantly formed a shield wall to protect the master within it. Others also took out their weapons.
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Artecus pointed his gun at the opponent and roared:
"If you continue to slander us with that foul mouth, no matter how powerful you are, I will definitely kill you!"
"Captain Artkus, don't get excited."
Bahram was worried that the matter would get out of hand, so he quickly walked over and held down the other party's arm. However, Mazar, who was not far away, remained silent and stood under the shrine, gently stroking his beard with his hand, as if he was an outsider.
Behind the shield wall, Alexei faced the Space Marine's bolter without fear and replied coldly:
"Slander? Why did the inquisitor who monitored you before leave? Do you need me to tell you? Well, since you think it doesn't matter, the Fire Claw Chapter has only participated in three battles in the past thirty years of the Atonement Crusade, and one was
'Suppressed' a rebellion of tens of thousands of people, and twice eliminated two groups of green-skinned pirates who were small enough to only rob passing civilian ships. They spent most of their time wandering aimlessly in the void for various reasons.
They turned a blind eye to the Inquisitor's instructions or made various prevarications. It was clear that more than a billion people in the nearby galaxy were being attacked by green-skinned warlords, and millions of Astra Militarum troops and several Chapters were fighting, but they turned a blind eye and did not even monitor their trials.
The officer could not accept such a cowardly performance and left on his own to assist in the battle..."
"fart!"
Artkus interrupted the Grand Inquisitor sharply.
"Who finally ended the life of that filthy beast by beheading it? Who destroyed dozens of budding Chaos Cults? When we were fighting the Chaos Demons summoned by the cultists in the Underhive
Your eyes are as if you are blind! You only focus on the immediate threats and ignore the greater dangers that will erupt in the future."
"This is not a reason for you to be sloppy. Or you can ask the chapter leaders around you for their opinions. Which chapter still maintains such complete strength after the Atonement Crusade?"
Seeing Artkus becoming more and more agitated, Bahram asked Arash to calm him down, then turned around and said:
"Judge Alexei, that's not what you said. Each battle group has its own tactical style. Casualties are not merit, but the shame of the commander."
Upon hearing this, Alexei waved his hand, and then the shield array in front of him withdrew to both sides.
He looked at the warrior who was obviously not the leader of the chapter again, and then asked:
"Which of the Astral Knights is it?"
"Tenth Company Commander, Bahram."
"Oh, Captain Tenth, do you think there is nothing wrong with Fire Claw's behavior?"
Bahram smiled slightly when he heard this.
"Then Inquisitor, which one do you think is more threatening, a mortal Chaos believer or a huge Chaos legion of millions of people?"
The judge looked at Bahram, thought for a moment and then replied:
"Then it must be the latter."
"Well, in 321.M37, the so-called Saint Barius pronounced thirty warbands guilty and banished them to the Eye of Terror for a redemption expedition. In the end, only one warband returned, and nearly thirty thousand Space Marines died in the battle.
Or rebelled, but it turned out in the end that Barius was just a Chaos heretic. He even got a good death, but the damage he caused was greater than any Chaos Legion, so I don’t think Chapter Master Artkus
Whatever is wrong with your ideas, the hidden dangers you can’t see are often the biggest ones.”
"Does that mean they can evade their war obligations?"
"Why do you think they are avoiding their war obligations?"
"When the Inquisitor who monitored them left, he sent me an invitation, hoping that I could urge the Fire Claws to go to the battlefield where they should go."
"The battlefield we should go to?"
Bahram seemed to grasp the key point, looked back at Artkus, and then turned to the inquisitor and asked:
"The battlefield you are talking about is..."
"Jericho Sector."
"The Expedition of Achilles..."
"Yes, my mission is to supervise their journey to the Jericho sector and destroy the enemies of the emperor."