Chapter 313: The Rise of the Primarch: The Palace Wall

Vito walked on the streets of the palace. This palace was very huge, just as huge and complex as he remembered. There were countless streets and alleys, as well as densely packed palaces and buildings. To enter here, you'd better bring a guide. Believe me, maps are useless.

The palace's countless crisscrossing aerial platforms, long bridges and roads formed an extremely complex structure, just like a giant web woven by a giant spider. Even the sunlight would be blocked by those tall buildings and magnificent palaces. Here, most of the time, the light you can see is artificial light. Those blurred lights make every street and every palace here look the same.

The palace is too big. It is like Terra itself. This planet is the most complex nest planet ever built by humans, and the Terra Palace is the leader and representative of it. Its history is much older than any city area that exists on this planet today.

After Horus's rebellion, most of Terra's urban areas were demolished and rebuilt, so now it has become a different place. Vito almost doesn't recognize Terra. Millions of years have completely changed the planet from his memory.

But this is the only exception, the palace, it has never changed in millions of years. Vito still remembers everything here, the buildings, palaces, every dark street and wall, those towering statues and magnificent reliefs are still the same.

Unlike the Terran hive city group outside, everything in the palace has maintained its ancient appearance. Believe me, no one dares to say anything about demolishing the palace and rebuilding it into a more modern and more usable one. If you dare to say it, the state religion will hit you on the head with a stick as soon as you finish your stupid words and just turn your head, and then tie you to the stake and burn you to death by shouting heresy, heresy, etc.

However, this also brought benefits. The palace remained unchanged just like when Vito came here. He could not remember when he last came here. One thousand years? Or two thousand years ago? His memory had changed and blurred a lot, but he was still familiar with this place. He knew this place. Every good commander would remember the defensive structure style he personally designed no matter how long it had been.

Everything here was designed by Vito and Dorn. He was recalled to Terra by the Emperor from the front line of the Great Crusade. He asked Vito to use his military talents and war skills to help Dorn improve and build the defense of the palace.

At that time, Vito did not know what the Emperor wanted to do. He thought that even if the old idiot had a whim and asked him to come back to mess around, it was just a waste of time. So Vito and Dorn built the entire palace's defense structure together. These complex streets and alleys, spider-web-like floating streets and long bridges were all designed for street fighting.

The extremely complex city structure will make any enemy who breaks into it without understanding it pay a painful price. There are a large number of firepower points in the countless winding streets and alleys. The towering walls and gates that directly cross the streets block the attack routes, and the high platforms allow the defenders to completely cover every street, and the attackers can only be slaughtered.

This effective defense facility played a huge role during Horus's attack on Terra. It was precisely relying on these complex defense structures that the few loyal parties could always stand firm in the rebel attack. Every step forward of the rebel legion required a painful price.

Even those violent World Eaters and the war masters of the Iron Warriors were completely useless in these complex and well-defended palace streets and alleys. The war turned into a pure bloody street fight. All equipment advantages disappeared, and both sides fought in the most primitive way.

So the high lords were very smart. They remembered how the solidity and high walls of the palace saved Terra and the people in the palace last time, so they piled up food here, hid in the high walls and defense lines of the palace, and hid under the efficient void shield that could cover the entire large palace area and withstand the long-term bombing of the huge fleet.

But now, this place seems to no longer meet the perfect defense requirements. Vito walked on the dark streets here with satisfaction. He looked around. The guards here had left. Those bunkers, shooting points and open city gates were all deserted, leaving only a few guards vaguely.

Most of them did not come to stop Vito. Many people just looked at him and then acquiesced to his passage. Everyone knew that the situation in Terra was tense now, so no one wanted to take the initiative to cause trouble for themselves, but there were always people outside these normal people, such as the guard station at the city gate.

Vito walked through the dark streets covered by the huge palace. He walked from the main road at the bottom of the palace and headed for a huge gate under the magnificent city wall. As long as he passed through here, he could go to the inner court guarded by the imperial guards.

But when he walked towards that place, a lieutenant officer with a gun across his chest came out and blocked the gate, blocking Vito's way. The lieutenant held the gun across his chest and raised his hand to signal Vito to stop.

"Stop!" He pointed at Vito and shouted, and his subordinates around him subconsciously raised their guns. They stood behind the sandbags and bulletproof shields and watched Vito coming.

"Your Majesty! Do you know where you are from?" The second lieutenant held his head high and looked at Vito as proudly as a newly graduated military academy cadet. His voice was loud and his clothes were quite neat, complying with every requirement. Military grooming standards, so yes, Vito guessed he was indeed a recent graduate.

He looked at the energetic young man in front of him and smiled. He pointed to the door behind him and said, "I have to go to the palace. Please let me go."

Before Vito finished speaking, in fact, as soon as he said a few words, the second lieutenant walked up, pressed Vito on the chest, and stopped him, "Without the permission of the Council of Lords, no one can Do you have permission to enter the palace?"

"No, but I have this." Vito said and took out the pendant of the Tribunal from his arms. The red letter "I" shook in front of the second lieutenant, but the latter seemed to have no reaction at all, but the subordinates behind him were frightened. With a jump, they almost acted in unison as all normal Imperial people would do when they saw the symbol of the Tribunal.

But obviously, the second lieutenant did not belong to the category of "normal people". He still raised his head proudly and looked at Vito with his nostrils. He was quite arrogant and arrogant. To be honest, that was not a wise move, especially for the judge. Word.

"Am I not clear enough? Lieutenant."

"No, no, sir, I told you that only the order signed by the High Lords Council can be passed, and no one else can." The second lieutenant raised his head again as he spoke. He looked at Vito with his chin. Faced with that quite disrespectful and very offensive move, Vito looked at him with a smile.

"What's your name? Lieutenant."

"Malfoy von Burke, from the ancient and widely respected Burke family, a prominent family with a long history and ancient history in Terra!" Malfoy proudly patted his chest and said loudly, his voice was simply deafening, as if he was afraid of Vito It's like I can't hear it.

Vito touched the pendant in his hand and smiled, "The Burke family, I have heard of you. Your family comes from a bureaucratic family that has served the Ministry of Government for generations. Because once again, in the political struggle, we stood in the right position. , who was on the winning side, helped the then high lord of the Ministry of Government win the struggle, and was promoted and appreciated. "

"It seems that you know my family history very well, sir. Then you should also know that the loyalty of the Burke family is unshakable!" Malfoy proudly raised his finger and said loudly, and he raised his head higher. Point, pointing his nostrils and chin at Vito, who laughed and touched the pendant in front of him with his fingers.

"Indeed, but sometimes, being too smart is not a good habit, so let me teach you some basic common sense for your family."

"What?"

Malfoy asked in surprise, but before he could finish his words, he was punched in the chin by Vito. He stepped back and looked at the rushing Vito. He subconsciously raised the gun hanging under his arm, but he As soon as he raised the barrel of the gun, Vito's sword neatly chopped off the barrel.

The front half of the laser gun fell to the ground instantly, and Malfoy was swept by Vito and hit the bulletproof shield on the side. The young Malfoy hit the shield and took a breath of pain, but Just as he was about to get up, Vito grabbed him and pushed him back onto the shield.

Vito placed the Phoenix Sword across his neck, and instantly pulled out a bolt gun with his other hand and pointed it at the soldier who subconsciously raised the gun. "If you don't want to die, just stand still and I will teach you, sir, some basic philosophy of life." ”

Vito said coldly, he didn't even bother to look at the soldiers, because he knew they would obey. These soldiers were not from noble or powerful families, and they did not want to provoke the Inquisition.

The soldiers holding guns raised their hands and released their weapons to show that they were not hostile, and then stepped back, as if to make room for the inquisitor. Vito nodded with satisfaction and tugged on Malfoy's clothes. The leader looked at him, and he put the edge of the knife on the neck of the young lieutenant, who looked at Vito with a bewildered expression.

"Teach you the first thing. The Inquisition never needs to consult the high lord's opinion when doing things. We can do whatever we want, even kill you. The only thing that needs to consult your opinion is if you want to be bombed. Even if they were shot, they would be killed by automatic cannons.”

As Vito said, he put the muzzle of the bolt gun against the side of the lieutenant's head. The latter looked at Vito with a horrified expression, looking at the bolt gun nailed to his forehead.

"Secondly, don't look at people with your nostrils when you talk, especially when there is an inquisitor standing in front of you, because if he gets upset, you will be dead. Do you understand? Ensign."

Vito grabbed his collar and asked. The young lieutenant beneath him nodded repeatedly and responded to Vito in a hoarse voice, "Understood, Lord Inquisitor."

"Very good, now get out of here." Vito said, grabbing the second lieutenant, and then pushed him to a soldier. The second lieutenant bumped into the heavily armed soldier, and he rubbed his penis on the body armor. He turned his head and looked at Vito who had already entered the city gate.

No soldier dared to stop him, everyone retreated to both sides to make way for him. Vito walked over. The soldiers beside the second lieutenant looked at Vito and then at the annoyed second lieutenant, "Sir? Are you okay? ”

"Shut up, I'm fine. Damn it, forget it. The Imperial Army will take care of him anyway. Those golden-armored Imperial Guards won't let an insignificant idiot in."

Obviously the lieutenant didn't know what he was talking about. He knew nothing about Vito's identity and didn't even ask him what his name was from beginning to end. The latter knew his first and last name. Well, since the families of the minions around the high lords needed to be cleansed anyway, why not add one more name to the list?

Vito thought about this question and walked into the inner court. He walked along the gardens and streets here, which were like clouds and sun. Here, all the complex buildings disappeared, showing a vibrant green garden.

This place is out of place and precious in the steel Terra hive city. The well-trimmed and cared plants are surrounded, decorating life and nature here. A long road extends from the garden to the front of the magnificent golden gate.

Vito walked on the road, passing through the beautiful trees and flowers on both sides. He walked from the boulevard full of sycamore trees to the front of the giant gate, where two tall imperial guards stood on both sides.

The warriors in golden armor looked at the people in front of them. They stood silently on both sides of the gate holding their weapons. Vito walked in front of them from under the shade of the tree. He looked at the two guards on both sides and nodded to them, "I want to go into the palace. My name is"

"Vito Constantine, the Supreme Marshal and the real Regent of the Empire."

Before Vito finished speaking, his voice was interrupted by the rumbling sound of the giant door opening, and there was a voice coming from it. Vito looked at the magnificent golden giant door opening to both sides, and a golden giant walked out of the gap in the center.

The guards on both sides of the gate held their weapons and retreated to both sides, making way for the tall giant who had just walked out. He was wearing golden armor and walked out of the gate with the fur of a snow-white lion on his right shoulder. The golden guard walked in front of Vito and stood in front of him like a mountain. Behind him, several guards in gorgeous clothes and red robes also walked out.

Vito looked up at the soldier in front of him. He was slightly surprised, but soon smiled again, "Trajan?"

"Yes, Marshal, it's me. It's an honor to meet you here, sir." Trajan, the current commander of the Imperial Guard, nodded to Vito, who looked at him in surprise, and then looked at the guards on both sides who were not surprised at all and might have known about his arrival.

"You know I'm coming here, right? You all know." Vito raised his eyebrows slightly and asked Trajan in front of him. The latter smiled slightly, but still maintained sufficient solemnity.

"The Emperor has known of your arrival. When you arrived on Terra, he knew it. He has been waiting for your visit. Now you are here, Marshal, so he notified us and ordered me to come here to greet you personally."

"Hoho, what a high standard. The commander of the Imperial Guards and your guards are welcoming me alone. It's quite impressive." Vito folded his arms and looked at Trajan jokingly, as well as the old Imperial Guards wearing gorgeous armor behind him. They held power weapons flashing with lightning. Each of them was a strong warrior who could fight a hundred with one, but they welcomed him again.

Trajan smiled slightly and raised his head. He held down the lion-headed sword he was about to use and looked at Vito in front of him, "That's natural. Only in this way can we welcome the return of the Supreme Marshal."

As he spoke, Trajan stepped aside to make way. The guards behind him also neatly moved to the sides, holding lightning halberds and standing on both sides of the road opened up for Vito like a high wall. The neat footsteps echoed inside and outside the gate. Vito looked at them and then looked at Trajan on the side.

The latter nodded slightly to Vito, "Come on, Marshal, he has been looking forward to meeting you again for a long time. We shouldn't let him wait any longer."

Vito looked at Trajan and sighed softly, then walked into the gate from between the guards. Trajan then walked between the guards on both sides and entered the gate. The guards also turned around on the spot, carrying their weapons and followed Trajan and the marshal into the inner court of the palace.

The golden door slowly closed behind them. It was a meeting of old friends, a reunion after ten thousand years.