Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor - #706 - Chapter 687 The Final Autumn: Emperor and Salvation

The conference hall of the Infinite Frontier was packed with people. Everyone came. Olaf had not seen such a grand gathering for a while. Even the Mechanicus priests who were not interested in anything other than technology came. They pulled themselves out of their laboratories and came here carrying long red robes.

Of course the navy is all here, navigators, navigators, astropaths, marine commanders, stormtroopers and military police? , even the chefs from the canteen came.

Everyone from all levels of the battleship is packed here. Stormtroopers and marines are surrounding Lancelot and Ragnar below to bet. As for who can win this arm-wrestling competition, the bet has been as high as one Amazing scale, and it continues to be invested.

The wolf and the lion looked at each other with twitching expressions on both sides of the iron table. Their smiles were distorted by each other’s exertion. The stormtroopers and marines around them were choosing each other and placing bets. The players were cheering and cheering behind them, and soon the pilots also joined in.

With the addition of these best-paid guys on the ship, this grand gambling has also become more and more popular. They are lucky. In normal times, they would have been whipped, or were being whipped, but they were lucky today. Captain Cole didn’t spend much money. The effort is on them, but they are immersed in looking at the several data classes in their hands.

He kept signing on it, and behind him sat several technical priests. They took the data and sent new ones, coming and going like an endless library.

“Captain Cole, do you know why we suddenly left Macragge?” Olaf, who happened to be sitting in front of Cole, turned to ask, while Cole was working angrily on the next data board, “How do I know? ? From Parmenio he asked me…”

“What did he ask you for?” “Nothing. After we came back, he suddenly had a trance and wanted to set off. Damn it, the ship hasn’t even been repaired yet.” Cole said angrily, “Although the Martian priests under Guilliman We, together with the priests from the Charlton Forge World, have worked hard. Their home is a large factory for naval production orders and they are familiar with naval ships, but they still haven’t had time to repair everything. “

“It’s not fixed yet? Won’t this cause an accident?” “Maybe, but that bastard Vito obviously doesn’t care. He asked the technical priests to board the ship and repair it while driving.” “Then tell them that they don’t want to die in the void with us. , just use all your skills.”

It seems that under this “incentive” policy, Charles’s priests showed an efficiency and speed that shocked even Ohm Messiah. They listed the results one by one and sent them to Cole. This is what he was constantly checking. The quartermaster was originally responsible for the things reviewed and reviewed, but now after the emergency voyage, Cole could only handle it himself.

Olaf looked at Charles’s priests, who were sitting with Omega and the others. Olaf wondered why Vito wanted the priests from the Navy Yard to board the ship. This had never happened before. Could it be that he planned to let them stay permanently in the future? Come down? Continuing emergency repairs in the void?

But why not call in port for repairs? Wouldn’t that be better? Could it be that he was preparing to embark on a voyage that would not dock at the port?

Olaf’s thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening. To be precise, it was kicked open. Vito walked out from behind the door on the side of the rostrum of the conference hall. He was still dressed so casually, and his coat was not even buttoned. Okay, Boltgun hangs casually on his leg.

Vito stepped onto the podium, pulled out his bolter and fired a shot into the air. After the huge gunshot, the hall fell silent. The sailors who were shouting around Ragnar and Lancelot looked back at him. Then they dispersed and returned to their positions. Vito smiled and pointed the gun at Ragnar’s head.

The latter immediately smiled and raised his hand to signal, then turned over the table and sat next to Olaf. Lancelot sat down from the other side. Olaf looked at them, and behind him, Belle also walked in from the outside. Sitting behind Olaf.

The old wolf looked at him, and Vito put down the gun with a smile, “Very good, thank you for your cooperation. Now let’s start the meeting. I guess you are all curious as to why we left the port in such a hurry, right?”

“Yes, I didn’t even have time to eat the celebration banquet. I was still thinking that the Ultramarines would take out all the good things they had hidden.” “Next time, Ragnar, you will have a bigger meal to celebrate. But now, we have to bear with it for now, we have more important things to do.” “What is that?” “Good question.”

Vito walked to the podium of the rostrum and threw the gun up. Then after turning on the drive, an unknown triangular object appeared on the rostrum. Olaf frowned and looked at the thing. Cole also Putting down the data squad, he raised his eyes from behind.

“What is this? Can it be eaten?” “It can’t be eaten, but it can resurrect the emperor.” Vito leaned on the table and said with a smile. In an instant, the entire conference hall fell silent. No one spoke, not even a cigarette. If a pin dropped on the ground, it would be as obvious as the sound of a bell. Ragnar’s open-mouthed smile froze on his face. He looked at Lancelot on the side, “Are you drunk?”

“Sorry, I haven’t had a drop of alcohol for three days.” “But what you just said…” “Yes, Lancelot, I know what I just said.” “What is that description? “A metaphor for the importance of our mission?” “No, I don’t understand literature, so that’s the literal meaning.”

Everyone from the Navy to the Tech-Priests and Astropaths looked at each other in confusion, even though the latter had no eyes at all. Cole stood up. He threw the data pad to the Priest behind him, “Explain.”

“Aren’t I about to say it? I don’t know how to say it in literary terms, so I said it without any romance.” Vito pointed to the triangular object in front of him, “This thing is called the Heart of the Three Saints, Judgment The Court has been studying how to resurrect the Emperor for many years, and is looking for any possible opportunity with the Imperial Army, as you know, to completely save this shitty empire.”

Vito said it casually, but everyone in the audience widened their eyes and showed shocked expressions. Bell stood up and stared at the thing with frowning eyes and surprise, “So, this thing can do it? He Can……………”

“Let the Emperor stand up, yes, he has been sitting here long enough, hasn’t he?” “But why now? Why so suddenly?” “Then what else? Is it possible to inform you in advance?”

Vito leaned on the table and waved his hands and said, his face was dull and helpless, “Believe me, it took the Inquisition ten thousand years to find this thing. It didn’t even know it existed before. It was discovered by chance.”

“What is that? This sacred weapon, please explain clearly.” Cole held his arms in his arms. Although he was shocked, he still kept calm with the quality of a captain and continued to ask. He wanted to know the cause and effect, and what mission he was performing, so Only then can you know what you should do, just like what they were taught in the Naval Academy.

“Of course, I’d love to, but it would be too long to start from the beginning, so I’ll simplify it a bit. To put it simply, after the Horus Heresy ended 10,000 years ago, the Emperor was seriously injured and sat on the Golden Throne. From then on Since then, the Inquisition and the Custodes have made up their minds to resurrect the Emperor at any cost.”

“In the past ten thousand years, hundreds of generations of judges from the three major tribunals have made many attempts, both normal and crazy. I won’t go into details to save you from nightmares, but to no avail, until it appeared.”

Following Vito’s finger, everyone looked at the sacred instrument, which was spinning above the conference hall like a rotating star. “This is an ancient alien technological artifact. It is said that it can unite broken souls, and finally Reshaping them into new bodies, the Inquisition believes will save the Emperor.”

“Alien technology?” Olaf frowned, and Vito shrugged at him, “Alien technology, forbidden technology, whatever it is, which one is more important than resurrecting the Emperor?”

The answer was self-evident. The old wolf nodded, and Cole behind him looked at the sacred artifact with his hands in his arms and was silent for a while, “Where is that thing?”

“Reliable as always, Captain Cole, yes we are going to find it, and we must keep it secret. I’m sure you know how the enemies of the Empire will react if word of the Emperor’s possible resurrection leaks out.”

“We will be hunted down by everything from Chaos to Greenskins and all kinds of aliens.” Ragnar folded his arms and shrugged. The sailors behind him were all whispering to each other, and the mechanical priests leaned closer to each other. They discussed it privately in binary language, while the more superstitious astropaths and navigators roared excitedly.

Vito looked at them. He had just told a big lie, but now they should dare to go anywhere with him, such as rushing into the outer darkness with him. Driven by the great environment, they would be fearless. , even the chefs have the courage to kill the big devil with a kitchen knife.

“Where is this thing?” Cole asked. Vito smiled and switched to the new star map. It was a brand-new galaxy. As the stars stabilized, its name appeared on the side.

“Taipingxingyu? It is an unknown area, full of unexplored galaxies, and rulers who lack loyalty to the empire. Since the end of the War between the Two Emperors, there has been a lack of control here.” Cole introduced this accurately. Bell nodded. He also knew everything in this universe just like Cole.

“The navigation data here is the least. It is the smallest star area in the empire, because many areas have not yet been explored, and there are alien races that lack understanding everywhere. There are also Eldar pirates, and the government of the galaxy also lacks obedience to the empire. It’s difficult to do anything here.”

“But it is precisely because of this that the empire has ignored this place for a long time, hasn’t it? Such a large galaxy and so many unknown stars contain many undiscovered secrets? For example, it.”

Vito pointed at the sacred instrument, and the meaning was very clear. Bell sat and nodded, and Cole also nodded after some thought, “I understand, this is why you brought Father Charles, where are they?” We cannot expose our whereabouts easily.”

“That’s right, so let’s do the last supply before entering the Taiping Star Territory. After that, we will go on a long expedition without docking.” Vito leaned on the table and asked with a smile, “Do you have confidence? “

“For the Emperor!” Everyone in the hall stood up and shouted at attention. Vito also stood up and saluted them, “For the Emperor.”