Chapter 229 Return

"So that's pretty much it."

Half a month after the Four Gods' rebellion forces were defeated, Wei Mu led the Imperial Fleet back to the Forge World of Cologne.

This was the starting point of his Great Vortex Expedition.

Only half of the soldiers were lucky enough to return with the victory, while the other half slept forever in the depths of the Great Vortex.

May the light of the Astronomican guide their souls back to the Golden Throne.

But then again, whether this operation is considered a triumph or not, Wei Mu actually has no idea in his heart, after all, he originally aimed at the strategic goal of directly closing the Great Vortex.

Now that the Red Pirates are destroyed, there is another demon rebel army that has occupied the Eye of the Great Vortex, and this rebel army was established with the support and instigation of Wei Mu. It is unknown how the Primarch and the High Lord will react after learning this.

It is undoubtedly a difficult task to make the Empire, whose ideas are already deeply rooted, accept a group of demon "allies".

Due to the previous sneak attack by the Red Pirates, Cologne suffered a lot of losses. The repair work of various broken facilities is still in progress. The mechanical priests and workers are busy operating various automated creations among the ruins. It will take at least ten years to completely restore their home.

At this time, Wei Mu was sitting in the center of the conference room, introducing various things about this expedition to a large group of judges around him. The top leaders of the empire must know every detail in detail.

The soldiers who followed him on the expedition were resting and accepting investigations.

Obviously, such an investigation will entangle them for a long time.

The judges must ensure the loyalty of the imperial soldiers to the Lord of Humanity.

After experiencing such a serious chaos encounter, no one can guarantee that all these soldiers can resist the temptation of the power of destruction.

After Wei Mu finished describing the general situation, the judges' faces twitched and their expressions were distorted.

They had never heard of such an outrageous thing. They once thought that the expeditionary army suffered a great defeat in the front and forcibly faked their achievements in order to cover up their mistakes.

But they randomly interrogated many soldiers, conducted various investigations, and used black technology to directly read memories, and the results were all similar.

"In other words, the Chaos Secondary God named Maris has become a being similar to Abaddon, and is now leading a group of demons who rebelled against the Four Gods to prepare for an expedition to the subspace?" Inquisitor Quinn frowned, and felt a little pain in his forehead.

"That's right." Wei Mu nodded seriously.

The matter turned out to be true, which is even more difficult. If it was false, he could directly kill a group of people to solve the problem - what should he do now?

Colluding with demons is undoubtedly a capital crime, but Wei Mu's goal of colluding with demons is to incite demons to rebel, and he finally made it happen - the principle of homomorphic revenge can be explained everywhere.

Ten thousand years ago, it was Chaos that split the empire and interrupted the advancement of the human race. Now the empire is back as a matter of course, and it can even be regarded as collecting some interest.

But things are definitely not so simple to accept.

"You really gave us a difficult problem, Lord Jiedushi. Even if we take a step back and say that things are exactly as you said - the strength of this group of Chaos rebels is obviously not strong enough. If the Four Gods are free to carry out another encirclement and suppression, do we still have to provide them with financial support to help them through the difficulties? And what if they betray us at a critical moment, or after they become bigger, what should we do then?" Quinn expressed his concerns.

This is really taking a step back.

Not to mention that the extremists within the empire believe that colluding with demons is a defilement of the emperor and a betrayal of mankind, there are also some people who are worried that Wei Mu has set a bad example and others will follow suit.

It's hard to pass those levels alone.

Even from a purely rational perspective, the Empire and the Chaos Rebels have common interests, and the Empire's top leaders must also assess the risks involved. As Quinn said, fighting a proxy war with barbarians is indeed much more comfortable than the Empire itself, but if the one raised is an ungrateful wolf, then things will be serious, and no one can bear the responsibility.

After all, the demons are never known for keeping their promises.

"You don't have to worry about this." Wei Mu shrugged, "When I helped them write the anti-thief manifesto, I made an agreement with them on behalf of the Emperor that the Chaos Rebels would not attack us, and in exchange, the sinful souls of humans would fall into their hands - anyway, those guys don't deserve to return to the Golden Throne, right?"

Since you want to fight a proxy war, you have to fund it, and the souls of the sinners are the military aid provided by Wei Mu to the Chaos Rebels.

This is like the Empire holding the main food and grass supply of the Rebels in its hands. Even if the other party becomes bigger in the future, it will be easy to control them.

"Are you kidding me?"

Once such explosive news was released, all the judges present were stunned.

They never thought that Wei Mu could do such a thing.

"Of course not." Wei Mu waved his hand and explained, "Actually, you don't have to react too strongly. Isn't it common in various cultures that sinners go to hell after death? I just created an official hell for the empire. Afterwards, I will let the state religion publicize it. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Weimu's statement was light, but the judges were not so easy to accept.

"Even if they are sinners among our race, it is not the turn of those demons to take care of them. What qualifications do you have to make this decision!"

An judge could not help but lose his temper and slammed the table and shouted loudly.

Such behavior has touched the edge of selling out the interests of the race. If you are not careful, it will bring destruction to the entire empire.

"Of course he is not qualified." Quinn reminded, "There is only one person in the universe who is qualified to make decisions for our entire race, and that is the Emperor."

Everyone present could understand Quinn's implication - this matter must have been decided by the Lord of Humanity, otherwise Weimu's own strength alone would not be able to implement it even if he had a deliberate plan.

This means that the Emperor favors the young man in front of him.

Of course, the premise is that the authenticity of this matter must be proved first.

Compared with the actual situation in the war, this kind of matter involving the subspace, the contract, and the gods usually gets vague and ambiguous information. It is beyond imagination to verify it and get it widely recognized.

Even if they were the Emperor's saints, Saint Celestine or Saint Jeanno, there were still many people who suspected that they were some kind of Warp demons in disguise.

Although the official hell sounds exaggerated, it actually feels quite far away.

"So I have said everything I need to say. I am just a piece of meat. You can do whatever you want to me, but don't mess with those soldiers. They accurately executed every one of my orders. Their loyalty to the Empire is unquestionable. They also made great contributions in the process of destroying the Red Pirates. Don't let them down."

Wei Mu knew that he had to lower his posture at this time.

The merits and demerits of this action were originally difficult to judge. If he was still arrogant and proud of his own achievements, many people would not be able to sleep.

"I am very sorry, Lord Jiedushi, we can't judge your behavior. This matter needs to be reported."

After a period of discussion, Inquisitor Quinn gave the final result.

The matter involved too much, even if the thirty-odd inquisitors united, they could not make the decision.

"So now we have to wait for feedback from above?" Wei Mu tried to ask,

"Yes." Quinn nodded.

"So will I be locked up in a small dark room during this period, or can I move freely?" Wei Mu continued to ask.

Having just experienced a war, he, as a governor, has a lot of work to deal with.

"Well, you can move freely on Cologne, but for safety reasons, we will take over your personal safety during this period."

After another fierce discussion, the judges gave a difficult answer.

Such an arrangement is both a surveillance and a protection.

The existence of Wei Mu has become a threat in the eyes of some forces, and many of these forces even come from within the empire.

There will be many despicable assassinations.

So before Wei Mu's merits and demerits are defined, the judges must do everything they can to ensure his safety.