Chapter 166 11, Imperial Fist Think Tank: Do Good People Have to Be Pointed at by Bolt Guns?

Duke's actions were too efficient, so he was notified from the beginning to investigate the fire of the Paul family. He arrived late until the fire broke out in the Inquisition.

The Imperial Fists are the strongest iron wall of Terra. They inherited the perseverance and loyalty of the Primarch Dorn, always guarding the safety of the throne world. They are also the only legion among the twenty founding legions willing to obey the command of the authority.

"My lords, Milo, the son of Dorn, is here to report." Facing the three Primarchs, the Imperial Fists think tank saluted meticulously, and then looked at Duke,

"Your Highness, regarding the fire of the Paul family, we have found several doubts and need to verify with you. We found that the psychic traces left by the flames are very similar to your fire magic psychic power."

Milo took out a report and rigorously verified it with the Primarch.

"It's normal to have doubts. I set the fire."

Duke looked at him strangely.

He set the fire, of course there would be doubts, and he didn't intend to hide it from others.

But didn't the Paul family confess? Even the patriarch Viz admitted that he was the one who set the fire.

In the face of such a situation, shouldn't a normal person just hand in a report and go back to sleep?

What evidence did you come to me for?

Oh, it turned out to be the Imperial Fist, the son of Dorne.

That's no wonder.

The strange look in Dukel's eyes faded, and a hint of understanding emerged.

Dorne was a well-known stubborn person on Terra 10,000 years ago. People hated him, and even the Emperor felt pain when talking to him.

As his descendant, the Imperial Fist inherited Dorne's perseverance and this trait.

Dukel's doubts were dispelled.

Milo, the Imperial Fist, was even more confused.

Ah? His Highness Dukel admitted it just like that?

Didn't he even try to defend himself?

But just as he was wondering, the news came that the Sister of the Heart had found a secret letter from the safe of the Inquisition.

The Lion King, Guilliman, and the Commander of the Imperial Guard all looked at Milo.

The main responsibility of the Imperial Fists is to be responsible for the security of the Emperor. The assassination of the Emperor has caused all the sons of Dorne to fall into self-blame and guilt. They are also doing their best to track down the real culprit.

Before, they also determined that the Inquisition had nothing to do with the assassination of the Emperor.

The three Lion Kings certainly knew that this secret letter was fabricated, so they wanted to see how the Imperial Fists think tank would react.

They were not disappointed.

The face of Milo, the Imperial Fists think tank, showed visible shock, and he quickly summoned the people planted in the Inquisition by the Imperial Fists.

"What's the matter with this secret letter? When did the Grand Master of the Inquisition contact the assassin?"

The two agents of the Imperial Fists looked at each other and shook their heads slowly.

"My Lord, we never noticed it."

"Your subordinates. Your subordinates seem to have seen that the safe was brought in by the Sisters of the Heart."

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After these words came out, the scene was extremely silent.

Even Dukel couldn't hold it in and glared at Efilar behind him.

The corner of Milo's eye twitched, "Your Highness is really. Frank."

As a think tank of the Imperial Fists, he certainly trusts his subordinates' agents more.

So what Dukel did was simply the arrogance he had never seen before.

Even the most arrogant Inquisition on Terra knew to avoid people when framing others.

He didn't avoid people!

What? The Inquisition is being burned now?

Milo continued to remain silent. He thought for a long time in silence, and finally couldn't say a word. He could only look helplessly at the Lion and Guilliman.

His meaning was very clear-two Primarchs, are we just going to endure it?

Guilliman couldn't bear it. He stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Let's go and witness how many sins are hidden in the Inquisition."

Led by the Sisters of the Heart, they walked towards the safe, but before they arrived, the Sisters brought another good news,

"Your Highness, we found an Imperial Fist."

Milo almost lost control of his expression again.

Even with his wide knowledge, he didn't understand what it meant to find an "Imperial Fist".

Milo quickly walked towards the scene of the incident. After a moment, his tall body trembled with anger.

Because he really saw an Imperial Fist, it was a headless corpse, stored like a specimen in the underground secret room of the Inquisition. The corpse was wearing a set of ancient relic-level power armor with the original emblem of the Imperial Fist printed on it, and the cloak was the "Brother of the Sword" cloak.

Milo looked at the headless brother and the power armor he was wearing in awe. This is the original model of armor, so old that it can be traced back to 10,000 years ago. This does not mean that this armor is backward. On the contrary, this relic-level armor can better highlight the bravery and glory of its owner.

Just by looking at this armor, Milo can be sure that this is a noble and brave warrior.

"But why is my brother's body here? Who cut off his head?!" Milo gritted his teeth, with obvious anger in his voice.

"Your Highness, this is the file we found in the secret library of the Inquisition, which contains information about this warrior."

A nun presented the file to the Primarch appropriately, and used the word "warrior" to express her respect for the dead.

The nun looked at the headless corpse with admiration and pity.

The long journey in the galaxy allowed the nuns to understand the Primarch they followed. Correspondingly, Dukel also understood these girls.

Although they killed and set fires and framed others, they were all good girls.

This headless corpse must be a loyal warrior of the Empire to be admired by the nuns.

Just by seeing her eyes, the Primarch roughly understood what was recorded in the file.

Dukel looked at Milo, and Milo looked at the file in the nun's hand.

"Let's lend this file to the son of Dorne temporarily. He is more curious about the content than I am." The Primarch said.

"How can I thank you, Lord of the Second Legion."

Milo was overjoyed. He once again presented the Primarch with the Sky Eagle etiquette.

Dukel did not answer, but handed the file to the other party.

Milo opened the file with reverence and saw that it recorded a chapter called "Lions" -

The Lions were one of the Imperial Fist Chapters, founded in the 38th millennium. In the event known as the "Hatar Riot", Judge Abron commanded the Lions to crush the Hattar Riot.

The orbital defense system of this world was nothing to the Space Marines, and they arrived at this world smoothly, but as the battle progressed, they found that this world was not just a small-scale rebellion. The leaders of the planet threw themselves into the arms of Slaanesh, and after three months of war, the Lions won the war and boarded the return ship.

But when the ship left the planet's orbit, the Imperial Navy, under the order of Judge Abron, issued an extermination order to the entire world, destroying everyone on this world. This move frightened the Lions, who saw their honor destroyed along with those cities, and were furious.

They began to condemn the Inquisitor, and the captain even went to personally stop the execution of the extermination order, but to no avail. After this incident, the Celestial Lions were extremely dissatisfied with the Inquisition, and they believed that there was no need to destroy the world.

The Celestial Lions issued a series of very loud public condemnations of the Inquisition. A delegation composed of the senior members of the Chapter went to Terra to expose the evil deeds of the Inquisition. However, they were blown away from the line of defense by an abnormal warp storm. The wreckage of the ship was found two years later, but this still did not stop the Celestial Lions. They still demanded an investigation into the destruction of Hattar.

But this was completely futile. The Inquisition was only responsible to itself and the Emperor, and would not accept any criticism or pressure from the outside world.

In the Third War for Armageddon, the Celestial Lions suffered heavy casualties in a few months. The intelligence they received was extremely inaccurate, and the ships of the entire Chapter disappeared.

The Celestial Lions began to suspect that this was intentional, a conspiracy to erase the entire Chapter, but there was no evidence to prove this.

The final result was that in this large-scale battle, almost all the Celestial Lions died for various reasons. More than 900 Celestial Lions, only more than 90 people were left.

Sergeant Dubaku killed the enemy war leader and avenged his captain and the chapter.

After the war, Dubaku became the chapter master and was given a set of ancient armor. The surviving Celestial Lions returned to their homeland on the Black Templars' spaceship and began to rebuild their chapter.

As the Great Rift unfolded, the Celestial Lions' homeland was invaded by Chaos warbands. Chapter Master Dubaku hoped that enough Imperials would survive, and he tried his best to evacuate civilians.

However, in a secret meeting before leaving, Dubaku was beheaded by an assassin from the Assassin's Court.

At the bottom of this file, there are a few lines of small words, from the comments of the Inquisition -

[1, use unconventional means to create a small subspace storm and deal with the high-ranking members of the chapter. ]

[2, in extremely dangerous battles, give them wrong information, confiscate the chapter's weapons while they are busy, and send snipers to assassinate them. 】

【3. Find the moment when they are in danger, and behead their leaders at the right time, causing the war group to completely disintegrate. 】

——"Everything is for the supremacy of the Holy Emperor and the Inquisition. May His Majesty the Eternal favor us."

At the bottom of this line of words, a hidden dark pattern confirms the authenticity of this file, which is not fabricated out of thin air.

Restraint is a virtue, but at this moment, even if Milo is a knight of Dorne, he can no longer restrain his anger.

His hands, and even his whole body, are shaking with anger.

At this time, not far from him, the voice of Dukel and the nun whispering to each other also reached his ears at the right time,

"My Lord, I don't understand one thing, why can't the noble Astartes monks escape the persecution of the powerful?" This nun, who looks like she has just reached adulthood, asked the Primarch for an answer.

After thinking carefully, Dukel replied, "Because of the Codex Astartes - it is true that the existence of the Codex reduced the destructiveness of the Astartes rebellion, but because of this, those sub-groups that were split into less than a thousand people became a vulnerable group when facing the "big guys" who hold power."

"According to conservative estimates, at least one-third of the Astartes brothers in the Empire have died due to persecution by power. Under their coercion, even loyal Space Marines will join Chaos when they are desperate."

"That's the Emperor's angel!" The nun exclaimed after hearing this answer.

"Yes, those are the angels of the Emperor. In the world of the Empire, even the Astra Militarum are heroes that mortals look up to. The Astartes monks are even more so in the eyes of mortals as demigods who walk in the world on behalf of the Emperor. He is the most powerful guardian of the empire. Under the pressure of power, the situation of demigods is still like this, and how difficult it must be for mortals to survive. "

Milo's hands trembled again after hearing these words.

Then, he heard the voices of the original body and the nun again——

"But Your Highness, why did you only mention the follow-up legions? Won't those founding legions be persecuted?"

"Of course it will, but the Dark Angels will lose allegiance to the Inquisitor because of a little secret. The Space Wolves will directly start a war with the Inquisition in order to protect civilians, and throw the Inquisitor into a pig pen. Once the Blood Angels It's normal to eat a few living Inquisitors alive after being stimulated. The Ultramarines are guarding the Five Hundred Worlds, and no one wants to pay attention to them." Duker counted the twenty founding legions one by one.

When he had finished speaking, the nun asked again,

"Your Highness, why didn't you mention the Imperial Fists? They are also a founding legion."

"They are the exception. The Imperial Fists are the only founding legions that have been forced by power."

"Why, is it because they are weaker?"

"No, the knights of Dorne are not weak."

"Your Highness, why is that?"

"Because they're good people, kid."

"Your Highness, I don't understand. Should a good person be pointed at by a mortal with a bolt gun?"

"That's right."

"Your Highness, then I won't be a good person."

"Haha." Duker patted the nun's head lovingly.

The original body and the nun were talking quietly, but in such a small room, no matter how small their voices were, they could not escape Astartes' extraordinary hearing.

Imperial Fist Librarian Milo gritted his teeth until he felt cracks appeared on his teeth that could bite through steel.

Snapped! ——

He dropped the file in his hand heavily to the ground.

Milo's eyes were about to burst with anger.

As a knight of Dorne, he has always been well-educated. When he saw Dukel's arrogant behavior before, his heart has always been as calm as a lake.

But now, he has really broken through.

"Inquisition!—"

He growled lowly, coming from the killing side of Dorne's genes, which was showing signs of gradually losing control.

After the regent saw this, he said, "The Inquisition has been destroyed, and their Grand Master is dead. Son of Dorne, calm down your emotions and don't be angry because of the dead."

"I"

Milo's breath went straight to Tianling, but he just didn't let it out.

"I'm going to help His Highness Dukel search for evidence of the Inquisition's collusion with assassins!"

When it comes to checking family assets, the Imperial Fists, who are good at architecture, are even more professional than the Imperial Guards brought by Waldo.

Seeing Milo like this, both Lion King and Guilliman knew that the Inquisition's death was really in vain this time.

They have committed too many evil deeds over the past ten thousand years, and they have as many enemies as they have power. Having offended the Imperial Fists on Terra is something that the Primarchs need to consider.

Sure enough, with the addition of Milo and other Imperial Fists, what was found in the Inquisition was simply shocking.

Don't talk about others, even Dukel was amazed by this moment.

The Tribunal is mainly composed of three departments - the Demon Tribunal, the Heretic Tribunal, and the Alien Tribunal.

In the Alien Trial Hall, more than 200 alien races were found.

The Inquisitors not only cooperate deeply with these aliens, but also study alien technology unscrupulously. They will even have an intimate relationship with aliens to enjoy themselves.

There are countless kinds of alien creations.

The nuns even found a can of alien pollen cigarette pot - an alien drug - from the possession of an alien inquisitor.

As for the Demonic Tribunal and the Heretic Trial, they are even worse.

Some of the stolen goods even need to be destroyed directly.

It can be summed up in a simple sentence - demons are summoned from the house of demons, and heretics are brought from the house of heretics.

And in their files, they recorded a large number of crimes they had committed.

It has been thousands of years since the establishment of the Inquisition. These long years have long made them lose their original intention. They are no longer hunters fighting demons in secret, but watchdogs of power, an empire that suppresses political opponents on unfounded charges. borer.

Today's Inquisition spends four-tenths of its energy on internal factional struggles, four-tenths of its energy on suppressing political opponents within the empire, and only two-tenths of its energy on fulfilling its duties. In the process, it will also , cleansing the world and massacring civilians.

Even the lowest level judge only needs to sign a piece of extermination order, and in an instant they can witness the wailing of the entire world. They are immersed in this supreme power and cannot extricate themselves.

"I knew the killing was good." Duker's face was cold, "Waldo, from today onwards, the Imperial Palace Guards will temporarily perform the duties of the Inquisition. Can you do it?"

The original body looked at the commander of the Imperial Guard beside him.

"But Your Highness," Waldo reminded carefully, "the Forbidden Army still needs to protect the safety of the palace."

The voice of the commander of the imperial army became smaller and smaller, because he saw that the second original body had set its eyes on him, showing a stern smile,

"You don't have to be rigid Waldo, no matter what you say, as everyone knows, I am the most reasonable and never impose my will on others." The original body said with a smile.

"I will send at most 8,000 guards, Your Highness!" Waldo responded immediately, "It is necessary for the rest of the guards to stay in the palace. They have to maintain the operation of the palace and the Golden Throne."

While speaking, Waldo stared at Duke's expression. When he saw that the other party did not show displeasure, he was relieved.

In theory, as the commander of the guards, he should not be afraid of the Primarch, but the man in front of him still needs to avoid the edge for the time being.

More importantly, Waldo knew very well that Duke was about to take over as the Supreme War Marshal, and in a sense his words could also represent the will of the Emperor.

After hearing the words of the commander of the guards, the Primarch nodded.

As the strongest fighting force of the empire, this group of guards has been squatting in the palace for 10,000 years. Apart from running naked and playing attack and defense games, they have hardly done anything.

As for protecting the emperor? If the emperor can speak, he will let them out of the palace at the first time.

It's time to let them move around.

At this time, Milo walked to the Primarch and said, "Your Highness, I need to remind you. The Inquisition, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Justice have worked closely together in most operations. If the Inquisition is involved in the assassination of the Emperor, it will be difficult for the other two departments to escape suspicion."

Dukel understood what he meant, "You mean, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Military Affairs are more likely to collude with the assassin to assassinate His Majesty?"

The Imperial Fist think tank remained calm, "Your Highness, this is just a reminder, not any evidence. Didn't you find the secret letter from the safe of the Inquisition?"

Dukel shook the secret letter in his hand and smiled slightly.

This secret letter will not be opened until the end of this operation.

As long as the secret letter is not opened, it is a Schrödinger's secret letter,

"Let's go, let's go to see the next murderer."