Seeing that Soshyan seemed disapproving of his words, Vidrian took a step forward and lowered his voice.
"Brother Soshyan, you are one of the most powerful and influential Astartes in the current empire. Many forge worlds and even the national religion stand behind you. Many war groups also support you. I also appreciate it very much.
You have flexible political skills and excellent insight, but the more power and strength you hold, the more we are facing an abyss, because every move we make will have unpredictable consequences. The empire currently does not necessarily have anything to do with it.
The short people are going to war, but as the core military force of the empire, we must regard them as potential enemies, not friends... The galaxy is dark, human beings are lonely, have no friends, and are enemies of the whole world, because the empire is the galaxy
The overlord, the only political power that can represent mankind."
After listening, Soshyan just nodded and did not respond directly.
Vidrian did not dwell on this issue and turned to talk about another matter.
"By the way, you have also seen the Eldar who appeared in Westeros this time. This is what I call the Eternal Royal Court."
Soshyan nodded.
"I saw it, it's exactly what you described, but they seem to have come to support us..."
"Brother Soshyan, have you ever thought that these Tyrans appeared so unexpectedly, could it be their fault?"
"this--"
Vidrian narrowed his eyes and hissed with an angry tone:
"What they like to do most is to bring troubles to the empire and make human beings bleed and sacrifice to reduce their troubles. This has happened many times. Do you remember the greenskin invasion at Armageddon?"
"Of course I remember. I also personally participated in this war. It's a pity that the green-skinned war leader ran away, so the full success was not achieved."
"I know this. It was precisely because of that war that Brother Soshyan's name began to spread among various watch fortresses and the Alien Tribunal. However, during the in-depth investigation of the Alien Tribunal afterwards, it was discovered that this green-skinned
The first galaxy that appeared showed traces of Eldar activities, and the subsequent action paths of the green skins also clearly showed traces of human guidance. In the subsequent battles, it is said that Brother Soshyan, you also encountered the Eldar?"
"Uh...ah, yes...yes."
"So the Inquisitors made it clear in their investigation report that the Greenskin invasion of Armageddon was a premeditated and malicious act by the Eldar. They attracted the deadly Greenskin tribe to the key points of the Empire for their own ulterior goals.
world, causing tens of billions of lives and huge property losses. Even if the green skins were subsequently attacked, it was just some kind of disguise and cover-up. So this time the Tyranids invaded, it is very likely that they will repeat their same tricks.
The pretense of assisting the Empire is just to clear away suspicion, or it may have a deeper and darker goal, such as ensuring that the Empire firmly attracts the attention of Tyranid, investing a large number of troops in the archdiocese, and sparing other areas.
To prevent...this Eternal Royal Court is not the Ark Eldar. They claim to be the successors of the old empire and will definitely try to expand."
Soshiyang coughed twice, suppressed the helpless feeling in his heart that he had done good things but was misunderstood, and replied in a low voice:
"We should be more careful...but the threat from the Tyranids is indeed too great now, and there is no room for any distraction or spare energy on our part."
"I agree with this, and I didn't say to attack them immediately. Judge Scarman Havas made a plan, but due to the rush of time, he did not have time to communicate with you."
"Um?"
Soshyan frowned when he heard about the Tribunal. He was most afraid of another surprise from the Tribunal.
"What's the plan?"
"He plans to show his goodwill to the Eternal Royal Court first, and use this war to establish a good relationship with the other party, so that the Eldar can relax their vigilance, and then further find out their intelligence and situation. It is best to investigate the location of their lair."
Soshyan blinked.
"You agree?"
"As long as the goal can be achieved and the means are not too outrageous, there is no problem. As I said before, understanding the enemy is just to destroy the enemy."
"Is it feasible? Will it not be noticed by the Eldar? And there is no objection to this plan within the Inquisition?"
"This is the work of the Inquisitor. We cannot interfere, and we cannot interfere in the internal debates of the Inquisition. But at least while he is executing his plan, the Watcher Fortress will suspend hostilities against the Eternal King's Court to cooperate with him, unless
He was condemned as a heretic, but the plan was far from radical."
Soshyan was a little worried just now, but now he is relaxed, because now that he already knows, the judge's plan is destined to fail.
But the posture still needs to be done, Soshiyang frowned.
"Why didn't he inform us of such a plan in advance? If there were any mistakes in the process, or if these Eldar people mistakenly thought that we could tolerate them doing whatever they wanted within the empire's borders, and something went wrong, I would still be responsible for it in the end."
Vidrian coughed dryly and explained:
"I only received the notification from the other party not long ago. At the time when the battle was at its most intense, I was worried that it would distract you, Brother Soshiyang... Then I came directly to the short man's ship, and I didn't even have time to say,
Now is the chance."
Soshyan sighed angrily.
"Brother, don't you know how many things are caused by the inquisitors' insistence on going their own way? Forget it this time, but I will warn them when I go back."
"The original intention is also for the empire."
At this time, Soshyan noticed that Nulus came out of the gunboat and took another drink from the wine can, so he asked casually:
"By the way, is that Nulus... from the Ultramarines?"
Vidrian was silent for a moment and said softly:
"Sorry, due to the oath of watch, I cannot reveal the origins and names of these Black Shield warriors."
"No problem, I'm just curious. This warrior's martial arts is very outstanding, but his style is very strict. It seems..."
Although Vidrian didn't say anything, he inadvertently revealed an important piece of information - Nulus should be a pseudonym.
After chatting with Vidrian for a while, Soshyan, accompanied by the Ironborn, walked around the battleship, then returned to the cabin to communicate with the two company commanders on tactical arrangements, until sixteen
Hours later, he was called to the bridge.
As soon as he got there, he saw a solemn-faced Byrno standing in front of a bunch of screens and instruments. At this time, observing the dark void outside the window also showed that the battleship had returned to the physical universe. When he heard Soshyan's footsteps, he turned his head
, just one sentence directly.
"There's trouble."
"What's wrong? Are you in trouble on the road?"
"It's not that, it's actually already here, but... you see."
Soshyan walked over and looked at a screen, which displayed a slowly rotating star map and marked the location of the fleet. This was the Sondheim system where the Weeper first encountered the Cerberus Hive Fleet.
, Soshyan didn't expect the Hearthborn's subspace dive to be so fast. Although it was only a maneuver within the star sector, it jumped from one galaxy to another in less than a day, and its speed was still terrifying.
On another screen, the trouble mentioned by Byrno was displayed. After seeing Soshiyang, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly...