Chapter 92 The End of the Era: Visitors of Faith

The turbulent waves of the warp surged outside the battleship, the tide of the Sea of ​​Souls squeezed on the battleship's Geller Field Shield, and the end of the huge hull spewed a bright long tail flame across the sea, just like an ancient Greek sailing ship.

A huge shadow slowly enveloped the side of the battleship, and the entire deck and building complex on the side of the battleship were covered by the shadow. The huge creation slowly slid from the surface of the Sea of ​​Souls, and the giant plasma thruster pushed the hull close to the docking deck of the Infinite Frontier.

The Imperial Sky Eagle logo was covered by the shadow cast by the tall buildings, but the heavy docking hatch under the Sky Eagle logo was slowly opening, the heavy and thick heavy armored door was slowly lifted, countless locking structures and fixed gates were opened one by one, and the giant circular hatch was gradually opening.

On the other side, the docking bridge of the other warship was also extending. The docking bridge with a telescopic structure slid out section by section, and the circular anchor point cabin wall was inserted into the docking hatch of the Infinite Frontier. The circles of anchor point locks slowly closed with a rumble, and a large group of vacuum gas was ejected from the airlock.

Lancelot looked at the still closed inner gate. The warning lights on both sides of the huge gate were flashing brightly, and the welcoming team was already standing on this side of the door.

The guards of honor wearing exquisite shell armor stood at the front of the rows of teams. They stood upright on the deck like the guides of the team. The precision laser guns were placed at their sides, and they were cleverly held in their right hands.

Behind the gorgeous red feather helmets were rows of soldiers and sailors. The marines stood in full uniforms or combat breastplates, each holding a laser gun in his hand, and I am sure that the energy magazine of each gun was full.

Pairs of eyes stared at the landing hatch vigilantly. Their political commissar stood on one side of the team, and the flag bearer was behind him. The golden velvet flag fell from the political commissar's shoulder.

Each team had a pennant. By the number of flags, you could know the number of people here and how many guns were ready to be opened at any time.

The stormtrooper colonel commander stood behind Vito. He had put on a full set of combat equipment. The colonel's hand was quietly holding the butt of the gun, and his finger was subconsciously on the trigger of the laser gun.

Vito looked at the hatch that had not yet been opened, and the four giants also looked at it. Everyone was armed with live ammunition like everyone else. The chain saw axe was warming up and waiting to be awakened. The power sword emitted a faint halo, and the grenade gun also clanged with the prying of the iron finger.

Vito glanced at Cole, who was also wearing a laser gun and a chainsaw sword. Omega was beside the captain. Although the leader of the Mechanicus of the Infinite Frontier did not reveal his weapon, Vito could sense the movement of countless mechanical arms under his robe and hear the clicking of the joints.

Vito took a deep breath and looked back at the hatch. You might be curious why it was said to be a welcome and everyone was about to fight.

I can only tell you one sentence for this answer. This is the subspace.

Anything can happen in the subspace. If you can identify the enemy and the friend through communication, verification code and identification in the physical universe, then in the subspace, this is all bullshit. There is no way to figure out who will not kill you.

Everything in the Soul Sea is dangerous, any echo, any image is dangerous. If it is not necessary, the navy will not easily let people approach, but Cole obviously thinks it is necessary, so they will prepare here instead of firing and blowing the other party to pieces immediately.

Cole has already told Vito the news. An Imperial Avenger-class cruiser named "Absolute Truth" has sent a message. Although their identification code has been verified as friendly, it is obvious, as I said, it is all bullshit in the subspace.

Vito looked at Lilith beside him. The latter looked at the hatch with her arms folded and looked calmly. It didn't look like a demon, at least not a Slaanesh demon, but as for the others. There are many things that want to kill a whole ship in this ghost place.

Vito's attention was attracted by the sound of the heavy hatch being lifted. He looked at the open hatch. As the hatch slowly opened, the cold light gradually sprinkled into the deck, and the fragrance of the incense burner was also introduced.

The Astartes all clenched their weapons, and the captain of the storm troopers also slowly clenched his hands on the butt of the gun. There was a burst of charging sound of laser guns around, and the hissing roar echoed throughout the deck.

But as the opponent appeared in the long bridge, everyone loosened their fingers, and everyone looked at the people who walked out of it in great surprise. They were women, women wearing mortal-type power armor, wearing macro cannons and holding grenade guns.

They walked into the deck from the hatch, and along with the smell of incense burners, there was also a team of state monks. They walked in the corridor holding incense hammers, and the monk at the head of the team held a fluttering banner with a holy skull symbol of the emperor.

"Battle Sisters? Why are they here?" Cole asked in a low voice, leaning closer to Vito, "Do you recognize the order they belong to?"

Vito looked closely and quickly locked onto the battle robe of one of the young brown-haired nuns. The red robe behind her depicted a holy sword and a pair of wings, which allowed Vito to quickly lock onto her identity.

"People from our Lady of Redemption Order." "The largest battle sister order? But why are they here?" Cole continued to ask, and Vito smiled and looked at the two great nuns who came.

They walked through the ranks of state church pilgrims who lined up on both sides after entering the deck. They walked between the nuns under their command who had dispersed and took their places. Each nun was holding a weapon and watching these with vigilance. side.

Obviously the vigilance brought by subspace also played a role on the other side, but Vito's attention was not attracted by this hostility. He looked at the two nuns who came in front of him.

The nun stopped a few steps away from Vito and saluted the Aquila in front of her chest. In response, Vito also gave the Aquila salute in return.

Vito raised his head slightly and looked at the one-eyed nun in front of him. She had an ugly scar on her face and wore an eyepatch, but her other eye was as sharp as an eagle.

"First of all, let me introduce your fellow clergyman. This is Father Hus. The ship's priest is from Saffa." Vito introduced. The old priest also bowed slightly to the two nuns, and the two immediately responded. responded.

"These are the Brother Astartes of the Death Watch, Captain Cole and Father Pumiga. This is Colonel York, the commander of the stormtroopers and marines." Vito introduced the members behind him one by one. , Cole nodded politely to the two nuns, but the latter still looked at them warily, one by one, especially when they saw Lilith.

"This is Judge Lilith, from the Demon Tribunal." Vito said, but when he said the word "devil", the nuns subconsciously clenched their weapons, and the head nun stared at Lilith. she.

But the latter seemed very natural. She smiled and lifted her silver hair, "Dear, don't worry, I have a way to make your scar not so ugly."

The nun frowned and looked at her colleagues. The nun with a ponytail and a sword nodded slightly to her, and then the two of them looked at Vito, as if waiting for him to finish his words.

Vito's signature move was to raise one hand behind his back and look at the two nuns, "I am Judge Vito Constantine, from the Alien Tribunal. Where are you two?"

The nun did not answer him, but looked at Father Hus. "Father, in the name of the Emperor, are you willing to vouch for them?" Scarface Sister's question made Vito and everyone except Hus frown. frowned.

"I don't understand what you mean, Sister." Hus said, brushing up her long sleeves, and the Sister put one hand on the handle of the gun on her belt, "Are you willing to guarantee that before this? Everybody is loyal.”

"Are you doubting us? High Sister!" Ragnar clenched his fists and said sternly. He was about to move forward to argue but was stopped by Lancelot. The son of Caliban looked at the High Sister with slight confusion. , "Your Majesty the Great Sister, in the name of Ryan, we are all loyal."

"Traitors will say that." The Grand Sister of the Saber said, staring at the Astartes warily, "Especially the Alpha traitors. They will disguise themselves as Space Marines and cooperate with the Emperor's traitors to betray and destroy us." "You. Your words are full of insults, Grand Sister," Olaf said seriously, staring at the Grand Sister in front of him, "You are insulting the son of Leman Russ, the son of Llane Aljunson and Roboute Guilliman. Son, I ask you to take back your words immediately!”

The nun obviously didn't mean this. Ragnar roared and pulled out his chain axe, wanting to go forward and chop her to death, but his arms were immediately locked from behind by the calmer Lancelot, "Let go! Lancelot!" ! How can you accept such humiliation! I thought you valued glory as much as we did!"

"We are, Ragnar, but stay calm, we can't kill each other!" Lancelot said, and Bell also stepped forward and pressed Ragnar's arm. "He is right, Ragnar, if we are Killing each other here is just falling into Chaos’s conspiracy, stay calm brother.”

Vito stared at the people in front of him and frowned slightly, "If you think we are traitors, why don't you just fire and blow our ship to ashes?"

"We are here under orders to explore the truth in the name of the Emperor." Sister Saber responded, while Vito looked curiously at the group of pilgrims behind them. They indeed looked like the kind of piety that can be seen in any shrine world. believer.

"Whose order?" Vito asked, and the scar-faced nun stepped forward and looked at Vito intimidatingly, "It has nothing to do with you, and you will not know any truth until we believe you."

Vito smiled and put one hand on the hilt of the chain sword, "This is my ship, Sister. If you don't believe me, you can leave, but I will not allow you to humiliate me on my ship." "

Vito's hand slowly pressed on the trigger. The battle nuns behind the two nuns raised their guns in unison, and Vito also raised their weapons. The two sides faced off with their guns in an instant. A fire will break out.

Both sides stared at each other fiercely. The hundreds of marines and stormtroopers on Vito's side and the dozens of battle sisters on the opposite side filled the entire deck with the smell of gunpowder.

But the nun and Vito were staring at each other, as they were about to start fighting at any time. A burst of footsteps came from the docking corridor, and Ding Ling's sweet ringing sounded like she had arrived in a cathedral.

"I'm here to vouch for them," the voice said.

Vito noticed that all the pilgrims were kneeling down. They knelt down to pray and made the famous Aquila salute on their chests. Even the explosive chicks who were full of gunpowder all turned to kneel down in the direction of the person coming through the gate. .

Vito looked at the two nuns who kneeled back decisively in front of him. Vito and his people looked at the person walking towards them. She had an extremely eye-catching symbol, a pair of wings behind her.

The white wings slowly unfolded from behind, the golden armor was lit by the shining halo on the back of her head, her short black hair fell beside her ears, and there was a smile on her sacred face.

"Celestine?" Vito asked in surprise. Behind him, soldiers and sailors had already begun to kneel down to pray. The remaining people also watched in stunned silence as an angel walked up to them.

She is so beautiful that there are no words to describe her. She is like the synonym of beauty in all fairy tales, the aggregation of all beauty.

St. Celestine, the living saint of the empire, walked up to Vito. Her divine smile was flawless, as perfect as the most beautiful existence created by the emperor himself, as beautiful as another angel. People are moved.

"Hello, Lord Constantine, nice to see you again." Celestine said with a smile, and Vito also smiled and removed his finger from the bolt gun, "Me too, Lord Living Saint, Is it a coincidence that we met here?" "Not entirely," Celestine said, then looked at Lilith, "Are you Lilith too, Judge?"

Lilith crossed her arms and smiled mockingly, "Yes, me too, Miss Living Saint." Her words were full of sarcasm, and the two nuns looked at Lilith angrily. They stood up and pulled out the weapon, but was quickly stopped by Celestine.

"Four emperors of blood, please accept my apology. I apologize to you on behalf of my sisters." Lancelot and Bell were flattered by the living saint's personal apology, but Ragnar behaved steadily. He sighed and rubbed He rubbed his nose and said, "For the sake of a beautiful woman apologizing, okay."

She smiled and looked at Lilith again, but she didn't say anything and then looked at Vito, "Can we talk alone? In private."

Lilith frowned and looked at Vito fiercely, who smiled and nodded slightly for Celestine to follow, "I know a secluded place, come on."

"Oh, by the way, Cole, would you like to entertain the retinue of the Living Saint? I remember there was still a lot of food left after we robbed those bishops. Ah, I was really surprised at how much they can eat."

"As you command, Inquisitor." Cole said, looking at Celestine in shock. She looked at Cole with a smile, then looked at Lilith and left with Vito.

Lilith looked in their direction with one hand on her hips and snorted, then turned and left. The two nuns looked at Lilith who left with hostility.

Cole sighed, at least there wouldn't be a fight now.