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Chapter 705 Target

"We wish to speak with you, Grand Inquisitor."

Tavitz took a step forward and spoke.

"If you want to seek spiritual comfort, you'd better go to those magicians. I'm not good at this."

"You're joking."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Taweiz showed a wry smile.

"Actually, I just want to ask...what are the beliefs of the Inquisition?"

"The beliefs of the Inquisition?"

"That's right."

Tarvitz nodded.

"Any organization or force has its own beliefs. So, the Astartes fight for the Empire and the Emperor, so why does the Inquisition fight?"

"If you are asking this, then my answer is very clear."

Duanmuhuai changed his position, sat on the chair and stared at Tavitz.

"The Tribunal fights for humanity. As I told you before, the Tribunal's goal is to eliminate all aliens, heretics and demons that harm humanity. It protects the survival of humanity in this universe and ensures that they will not perish. , is the duty of the Tribunal.”

"...Is it that simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple."

Duanmuhuai looked at the three Astartes, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile.

"The Inquisition is concerned with humanity as a whole. We will not be loyal to a certain person, let alone a certain force. What about the Emperor? What about the Empire? Humanity existed before he was born, and after his fall , humanity will still exist. The Emperor himself is just a page in the history book of mankind - it may be brilliant, it may be embellished with gold, but it is just a page after all.”

Hearing this, the three Astartes looked at each other. They finally understood what the Inquisition meant. In the Astartes' view, the Emperor's unification of mankind and the launch of the Great Crusade was already a rare hegemony. For them, It is said that the Emperor is the leader and guiding light of mankind. No one can imagine that the Emperor will leave mankind.

However, the Inquisition obviously didn't see it that way, and their view was even colder.

"Humanity will move forward with or without the Emperor. It does not mean that without the guidance of the Emperor, humanity will immediately perish."

Duanmuhuai snorted, joking, after that little golden man sat on the golden toilet, the empire was still alive for more than 10,000 years. From the time the Emperor began to exert his efforts to the failure of the Great Crusade, it only totaled five thousand years. From this, it can be seen that without the Emperor, humanity will still continue to exist. It may fall and make mistakes, but it will still continue to move forward.

"So to me, the battle between Horus and the Emperor is just a common human civil war in history. It has nothing to do with the civil wars recorded in history. If the Chaos Evil God hadn't taken advantage of it, The Inquisition doesn't even care about this shit."

"Protect...humanity..."

"Yes, perhaps for you Astartes, the only thing you care about is the Emperor, and only the other Astartes brothers. Mortals are regarded by you as fragile, stupid, and short-sighted. Their lifespan is not long. As long as you are, they are not as powerful as you. They are weak and powerless in front of you. But in fact, it is these mortals who laid the foundation of human civilization. Perhaps you Astartes have forgotten it. Before you accept the transformation, you are just mortals. Your mission may be to protect the Empire and the Emperor, but to the Inquisition, it does not matter if the Empire and the Emperor are destroyed, as long as humanity can continue to exist and move forward. Nothing else matters."

Having said this, Duanmu Huai spread his hands.

"Even if the Empire collapses and the Emperor falls, humanity will find its own way out - I think you have never considered this issue. You have always regarded yourself as the sharp blade of the Empire and the Emperor as a guiding light, as if His destruction and death will bring unimaginable terrible disasters to mankind..."

"Is not it?"

Loken couldn't help but interjected.

"Of course not. This situation is caused by the emperor you trust."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"To be honest, I can understand why he did this, but if I were to comment, I would only say... There are a thousand ways to fight Chaos, and the Emperor chose the stupidest one among them. Warp Space Evil is everywhere, just like crime. Don’t you know that if it is a crime, then it is no longer a crime? Does it mean that if I legalize killing, this world will be a paradise without any crime?”

Speaking of this, Duanmuhuai snorted coldly.

"It's stupid to close your eyes and deny their existence. If you had some basic common sense about fighting against the evil gods of subspace, you wouldn't have suffered heavy losses before. Let alone a ignorant three-year-old. Children are also bewitched by them and eventually embark on this stupid path of rebellion.”

"……………………"

Hearing this, Loken was speechless for a moment. He remembered that on a previous planet, the Space Marines he led encountered a similar thing. At that time, one of the Astartes companions was possessed by a warp demon, and mercilessly Killed his companions. What he witnessed at that time shocked Loken greatly, and it was precisely because of this that he began to re-examine everything around him.

Although the words of the Grand Inquisitor were not pleasant to hear, Locke had to admit that they were just trying to cover up their own mistakes. At that time, everyone saw how the Astartes was possessed by the evil spirit and transformed into a monster to attack his compatriots. But in the end, when they reported all this, they only received an order to completely block the information, and those Astartes warriors were also recorded as having died in a siege rebellion.

Thinking of this, Locke suddenly felt cold all over. He had seen many similar reports about the loss of Astartes warriors in the siege rebellion.

Now thinking back carefully, how many of them were true, and how many of them were distorted and concealed like himself?

"This is the policy of the Inquisition."

Duanmu Huai finally summarized.

"To put it simply, if the Warp Evil God is regarded as a criminal who causes evil deeds, then the Inquisition is the police and sheriff, fighting crime, maintaining public order, and guarding the peace of mortals. So, will crime ever be completely eliminated? Impossible, unless the whole world is completely destroyed, otherwise as long as there are people, there will be crime. But should we just surrender? Leave it alone? Of course not, even if we can't completely eliminate crime, we can try our best to fight crime and curb it so that most people can live in a peaceful and stable environment."

"Your views are really refreshing."

Tavizz lowered his head, and it must be said that Duanmu Huai's answer really surprised him.

"This is not surprising, you are Astartes, you are warriors, and the goal of warriors is to completely eliminate the enemy. However, we are Inquisitors, and the duties of Inquisitors are closer to those of the police. We will not try to do things that we can't do at all. We will only do what we should do. Maybe for you, this is a responsibility, but for us, it is a course of action."

Duanmu Huai made a gesture.

"I'm sorry, I may not be able to help you."

"No, it's very useful, thank you for your advice."

Tavitz bowed again, then turned around and left the hall with Loken and Garro.

"What do you think?"

Standing in the corridor, Tarvitz looked at the other two. They were companions who trusted each other, and now they only had each other.

"Police, sheriff."

Loken nodded as he spoke.

"That doesn't seem bad."

"Really?"

"Yes, I have thought about it several times. Once the Great Crusade is over, what can we Astartes do? We are warriors, we are just warriors, we can only fight. Now it seems that we may be able to join a never-ending battle."

"So, you want to join the Inquisition?"

Garro frowned.

"I don't think this is a good idea. Their origins are mysterious, and no one is sure whether this is a trap."

"But we always have to make a choice."

Loken did not argue with Garro.

"Perhaps, we should let others know about this."

"……………Maybe."

Garo nodded.

"Maybe this is the only way."

How the Astartes choose is their own business, Duanmu Huai doesn't care. After that, he found Tong again and asked about the situation.

"The subspace is still dark, Judge."

Faced with Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Tong shook his head.

"I'm very sorry, I can't see through the truth behind this darkness."

"Well, it's normal. Tell me if there is any information as soon as possible."

Duanmu Huai was not surprised by Tong's report. Chaos Evil God has nothing else except this subspace blockade. It was like this before, and it's still like this now. It's really a one-trick pony.

When can you do something to block the outside of the subspace? It's the same trick every time. Aren't you tired of it?

Although Duanmu Huai can enter the webway directly, he didn't do so. Because Duanmu Huai is not sure whether this is a conspiracy. Even if it is not, rashly exposing the fact that the Inquisition can enter and exit through the webway will also bring trouble. At least until this matter is over, Duanmu Huai will not enter the webway again.

"Report to the Inquisitor."

At this moment, Ekot, who was standing next to him and staring at the star map, suddenly spoke.

"We intercepted the communication sent by the Eisenstein. The contact party is the Spirit of Vengeance, which is reporting our position."

"How should I put it? It's expected and reasonable."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"Prepare for battle. By the way, inform the three Astartes of this matter. The affairs within the empire will be handled by the empire."

Mas held the sensor tightly in his hand, his face nervous. As the communicator of the Eisenstein, Mas never thought that he would encounter such a thing. He has served for so many years and finally got his current status and joined the expedition fleet. After this, he can go one step further and become the captain of a battleship...

But now, these damn bastards have ruined everything!

They betrayed the warmaster and even joined the fleet that came from nowhere and betrayed their leader. This shouldn't be the case at all!

He raised his concerns with the captain, but what he got was a rebuke and a warning! Are you kidding me? They clearly betrayed the expeditionary fleet, and now they are accusing the fleet of betraying the Emperor? So what? In Maas's view, a good captain would not ask questions. Once the warmaster gives an order, they can just do it. Why argue about whether this is right or wrong?

Maas felt that everyone else in the battleship was crazy, and he seemed to be the only one who was sane. He felt that he should do something, at least not let others go crazy with them. It is necessary for him to save this battleship. Maybe the Warmaster will appreciate his loyalty. Maybe after all this is over, he will realize his ideal and become the captain of a cruiser...

"Bang!"

At this moment, suddenly, the closed door opened. Mas was so frightened that he almost jumped up. He turned his head and saw Garo walking in with a cold and livid face. Then he turned around without hesitation, Walk towards the VOX alcove. I saw Garro crossing the cab in two or two steps, grabbed Mas, and lifted him up.

"You betrayed us! You bastard!"

Jia Luo glared angrily at the communications officer in front of him. When he just received the notification from Duanmu Huai, he couldn't believe it. But now seeing the expression of the communications officer in front of him, he was furious. The latter suddenly stretched out his hands and hit the Astartes in front of him hard.

"You! You are the traitor, bastard!"

Mas yelled, hitting Garro's armor hard.

"This is all your conspiracy, you killed us!"

"asshole!"

At this moment, the captain also came over. She glared at Mas angrily and scolded him sharply.

"These are the Emperor's most loyal warriors, you are the traitor!"

"No, I am not a traitor! I swore an oath to the fleet to serve Warmaster Horus!"

Mas had given up struggling at this moment, but he did not give up resistance.

"Until death!!!"

"Then go to hell."

Garro twisted his wrist and broke the communications officer's neck, turning him into a corpse. Then he turned his head and looked at another low-level employee who was shaking with fear.

"Please contact the Inquisition immediately."

Soon, after a moment, Duanmu Huai's face appeared on the screen.

"I'm very sorry, Grand Inquisitor, there is a traitor in our ranks."

Garro lowered his head and apologized solemnly.

"Oh, don't worry so much, it's no big deal."

"But soon, the expedition fleet will gather to attack us."

"I know that very well."

Duanmuhuai nodded.

"So we must leave the Istvan system as soon as possible."

"But what to do? The fleet has blocked the jump point and we cannot reach the predetermined orbit. Moreover, the navigator cannot see the brilliance of the star torch at all, and we don't even know where we should go."

"I will open a channel to other galaxies at the appropriate moment."

"Leading to where?"

"I don't know, but no matter where you are, it's better than staying here, what do you think?"

"………………"

Garro nodded silently. In fact, as Duanmuhuai said, no matter where they went, it would be better than staying in the Istvan Galaxy. Here, they would only die.

“Du……du…………”

Just then, the alarm sounded.

"Fleet approach detected!"

"Be prepared to act and obey the orders of the Inquisition!"

Garro also clenched his fists and gave his order.

For them, this is the only way to go now.

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