Chapter 435: Expedition Road: Judgment Moment
Governor Mowentik still remembers what this place used to look like. There used to be an extremely magnificent cathedral here, the Church of Redemption, which is how the locals call the magnificent temple. The magnificent building took five generations of people from the entire planet to build.
He still remembers the towering double spires on the top of the cathedral, the wide hall filled with benches, and the golden statue of the Emperor standing in the magnificent hall. In the past, the governor would bring his family here to worship every week. Although he himself had little to say about his faith in the Emperor, he still had to pretend to be a pious believer.
But now, he no longer needs to repeat the ritual of pretending to be a pious believer, because there is no stage for him to perform here. The magnificent cathedral no longer exists, and all the surrounding buildings have disappeared. The governor is surrounded by an extremely desolate land.
The bare rocks were exposed, and the red surface raised dust under the wind and sand. The governor walked on this flat ground, followed by a group of dignitaries from Iven 4. They were driven forward by the three Astartes behind them. The nobles kept looking back at the silent giants, who were walking at the end of the team with battle axes.
There was no pushing, no scolding or whipping. The Astartes only needed to walk to drive them forward, just like a sheepdog driving a flock of sheep.
The governor glanced at the burly giant holding a power axe behind him. He held the axe and stared at him with scarlet eyes under his helmet. The governor swallowed his saliva and turned his head and bumped into something. He took several steps back and bumped into the nobles behind him.
Governor Moventik and the noble raised their heads and looked at the burly figure in front of them. It was an extremely tall Astarte. He stood in front of them with a winged helmet and a battle robe, looking down at them silently.
The Governor looked up at the Astartes in front of him and could not say a word, not even daring to breathe. He glanced at the other angels of death beside the burly giant. The Astartes wearing different colors of armor and carrying various weapons stared at them, silent under their blood-red helmets.
The Governor looked at the nobles behind him. These nobles who usually acted arrogantly now had no momentum at all. They were like a group of prisoners who were escorted here, not daring to breathe in front of the victor.
The Governor took a long time to muster up the courage to speak, but as soon as he raised a finger, the Astartes in front of him gave way. He stepped back and made way. As he and several giants behind him moved to the sides, a straight road appeared in front of the Governor.
The Governor looked at the passage in front of him that led to the huge ruins in the distance. On both sides of the road stood thousands of Astartes. Those silent giants stood on both sides with weapons in hand. The silence and a solemn atmosphere enveloped the huge square. There was no sound around, as if even the vibration of the air was shocked by these giants.
Moventik looked at the road ahead and did not dare to move forward. He took a step back under the pressure of the Astartes in front of him, and then bumped into the Death Angel holding the power axe. He looked down at the Governor, and raised the battle axe and pointed it forward when the latter retreated in fear.
The other two Death Angels behind him also stepped up. The tall giant approached the nobles. The silent and extremely cold eyes scared them to move forward again and again. They did not dare to stop and walked on the straight road.
Moventik was driven by the team to walk in the front. This was not because he was brave, but because the road was not wide. The planetary nobles could only squeeze together. There was no space between their teams for the Governor to retreat.
The road was divided by steel spears erected around it. Two rows of straight spears were arranged towards the end of the road. On each spear was a head of a purebred gene stealer. Those ugly and ferocious aliens could no longer show their teeth and claws. They were nailed to the spears, and their expressions were frozen at the moment of death.
Moventik looked at the heads and spears on both sides. He and the nobles squeezed between the two rows of spears. In fact, they could have expanded a little bit around. There was space behind the spears, but no one dared to step beyond the boundary of the spears, because behind the spears stood Astartes.
The Emperor's angels of death stood on both sides of the road, standing together like a high wall of steel. The warrior wearing a wolfskin cloak folded his arms and looked sideways at the people passing by. Next to him, the warrior wearing a winged helmet pressed the power sword on his waist. Although the sound of the palm colliding with the hilt was small, it was particularly obvious in the surrounding murderous environment.
The governor immediately lowered his head in fear, and the planetary nobles behind him did the same. They all lowered their heads and supported each other to move forward. No one dared to look at the angels of death on both sides, and they looked down at the people passing by in front of them, silently casting eyes full of coercion.
The nobles had to support each other, so as to ensure that no one would fall down before walking through this road. They didn't want to anger these silent giants, and they didn't even dare to breathe too loudly for this. Some nobles didn't even dare to breathe at all. Their faces were blue, but they didn't dare to exhale.
Beside him, the giant with blood-red eyes under the helmet was looking at the back of his neck with a bolter. The noble just raised his head and looked at him. When he saw the blood stuck under the helmet, he was in awe with the chilling He almost fainted with fright after his eyes closed, and only managed to survive with the help of others.
This road is not too long, only a few hundred meters, but it seems to be a road that has no end at all. Mowentik's heart is in his throat. This is definitely the longest road he has walked in his life. The road was open, and under the gaze of countless Astartes around him, every step he took seemed to last a lifetime.
It took Moventik and the nobles an unknown amount of time to reach the end of the road. They passed between the spears filled with Genestealer heads, and walked to the forest of spears under the silent gaze of the Astartes on both sides. at the end of which are the last remains of the magnificent church.
Only part of the steel skeleton of the entire tall church is still standing. They are leaning together and remaining in the hot wind rolling in from the battlefield, but Mowentik and the nobles behind him cannot feel the heat of the wind at all. , all they felt was a cold, a biting cold.
Moventik could feel his back being stared at by millions of Astartes who had killed the entire planet. They were silent, but their eyes were like cold blades on the back of the Governor's neck. In front of him, the Governor He even saw a scene that frightened him.
Behind the remains of the steel frame of the church, a Warlord-class Titan stood there. Its tall body blocked the sun and cast a large dark shadow on the governor and nobles. The giant lowered his head and looked down at them. The mechanical eyes with blood-red light on the steel face looked down at them.
The muzzle of the cannon was so big that Mowentik didn't know how big it was for a moment. The sound of the wind blowing from high places caused an echo in the muzzle. His eyes looked up at the thick smoke covering the entire nest city, and The burly Titan under the dim light, the majestic feeling of that behemoth made them breathless.
And when the Governor and the planet's nobles saw the light under the Titan's feet, they almost knelt down immediately. Mowentik's eyes widened and he saw the golden giant standing in front of the church ruins, and the back of his head shone brightly. There is a halo of light, and behind it stands a circle of death angels.
The Astartes wearing gorgeous armor stood behind him, holding weapons that were more sophisticated than the angels below. They stood silently behind the emperor like a praetorian guard, and every pair of eyes stared at them without saying a word. The people in the audience showed their sense of oppression vividly and exquisitely.
The golden giant walked down, and the power claws in his hands crackled as he walked towards the governor. Looking up into the man's eyes, the governor's legs instantly became weak and he knelt down. The nobles behind him also knelt on the ground, but his eyes But he didn't dare to move away and stared at the golden armored giant walking down.
No introduction was needed. The Governor immediately recognized his identity, and Mowentik spoke in a trembling voice, "Marshal Vivito, it's an honor to meet you."
"I don't want to talk nonsense with you, Governor, you are no longer qualified to talk to me. I only give you one choice. Hand over the person who can be responsible for all the casualties in this war. You only have ten seconds to decide who will do it." Take responsibility for alien infiltration.”
Vito said in an extremely cold tone, and his eyes also shone with an extremely cold light. The Governor looked at those eyes and was frightened, "Sir, I. I can explain! All of this!"
"I don't care, eight seconds." Vito said indifferently. He stared down at the Governor. The halo behind his head was like the cold sun with no temperature. Mowentik looked back to prepare, but he saw the road behind him. Already blocked by the death angels on both sides, they walked onto the street and silently stopped them here.
"Six seconds, when I count to zero, you will die." Vito spoke again, his voice as cold as the coldest winter. All Mowentik's composure completely collapsed, and he looked back at the nobleman who was kneeling on the ground. They glanced, eyes bloodshot with fear.
Time was passing, and every second made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. The nobles were also looking at each other, and then suddenly Mowentik looked at one of them. He strode forward and pulled him away. After getting up, he pushed him in front of Vito.
The young noble stumbled to Vito. He looked up at the giant in front of him and his legs suddenly became weak and trembled. The governor behind him pointed at him and shouted loudly, "He is the adjutant of the Ministry of Justice! He is responsible for the genetic audit, and he is the culprit of the rebellion!"
Vito looked down at the young man in front of him, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, and he snorted softly, "Sure enough, it's as expected, as the intelligence showed."
These guys don't know that every move they make, every wave they make, and every word they say is predicted by Vito. They are like puppets on the stage, performing a play that the director has already arranged. , Their little thoughts have no secrets in front of Vito, he knows what they are thinking.
"Yes! That's right! He is not reliable at all. I have long said that this bastard from the lower nest is one of the traitors! He helped those bastards infiltrate the planet!" The real minister of the Ministry of Justice stood up, his eyes wide open He glared at the young man in front of him with his fat face and waved his hand with several rings on it.
Beside him, the Minister of Political Affairs of the Planet, who wished he could grow a hand to wear jewelry on his fingers, also stood up. He pointed at the young man hysterically, and the rings squeezed together on his fingers kept colliding and trembling. , "He is not one of ours at all! His bloodline is impure and he is a lowly descendant!"
Vito stared at the young man in front of him without saying a word. He knelt down in front of Vito with almost weak legs. He looked up at the giant in front of him, "Sir, I am only responsible for taking the blame, the government of this planet. There is already so much corruption that you can avoid genetic identification by paying bribes, and I can’t control it at all.”
"I know. My intelligence agent has already found out and told me that everyone except this young man will be executed." Vito raised his eyes coldly and said. The Governor was startled and looked around at the Angels of Death walking up behind him. , the nobles all stood up and screamed and crowded together.
"Sir! I am innocent! You can't do this!" The Governor looked at Vito and wailed, but the latter just looked at him with indifferent eyes, "You are not innocent, because I said you are not innocent."
"I am your judge and jury. Now, I declare you guilty, remove you from your position as governor, and execute you." "You! You can't do this! My power was given by the emperor! I have no right to take it away!"
The governor's head flew out before he could finish saying the word "capture". The wild wolf behind him swung a power ax and broke his neck, and the remaining nobles of the planet also screamed and were slaughtered in an instant. They huddled together and several people walked out from the Death Angel behind them. They drew their weapons and surrounded them.
The noble officials of the planet were surrounded by them, and the death angels who surrounded them raised their weapons at the same time. They were silent and silent, but they carried out the order without hesitation. Their weapons steamed down in the blink of an eye, All the nobles who were sentenced to death fell to the ground, and blood splashed out from the gaps between the giants. The screams disappeared instantly and at the same time, the blood splashed on the young deputy minister.
He looked at the Governor who fell to the ground, his body torn apart, and in front of him Vito looked down at him and raised his head, "Now that you are the Governor, I will give you one day to reorganize the planet's government, twenty-four hours." I will meet with your cabinet at the Planet Council later, Chapter Leader Bell will review the person you choose, and if he approves, it will work."
Vito said that Bell walked down the steps behind him. He wore a gold-inlaid war helmet and stood beside Vito. Behind his shoulders in red robes were his honorary guards, who stood beside Vito. Behind him, he silently defended the marshal, emphasizing his majesty.
"This planet has been corrupted. I want you to help us clean up this planet. No one can escape justice." "I obey, Marshal."
Vito raised his head and looked up at the sunset and dusk beside him. The sun was setting among the ruins of the tall buildings in the hive city. "Twenty-four hours, time is precious, so get up and carry out my order. Tomorrow, I will personally check the order." Finished, don’t let me down.”
As Vito spoke, he turned and walked towards the stairs and the guards standing there. Bell behind him turned his head and looked at Vito's back, "The Governor's family? I don't think they will be so easy. Give up power."
"Execute them, and all the old officials of this planet."
"As you wish, Marshal."