Chapter 108: The Wild Wolf Is Coming
As soon as Eddie's words, which seemed to have nothing to do with the current situation, came out, the entire bridge fell silent.
The Starwhisperers are a special branch of the Psykers who are responsible for communications within the Empire's borders. An ordinary psyker like me can barely communicate telepathically at distances of tens to hundreds of kilometers, while a star whisperer can transmit information regardless of distance, even at a distance of tens of thousands of light-years. The absence of the Star Whisperer means that the connection with the Empire is temporarily cut off, and it is in a situation of isolation.
Without much thought, I guessed what to expect.
No matter how young he was, or how he lacked prestige or qualifications, Adrius was a judge who represented the majesty of the emperor, and he gave orders in the name of the emperor, without doubt or hesitation. As the emperor's spokesman, he has the supreme authority to kill and seize on any occasion. Even though he may be a little indecisive because of the weighing of the pros and cons, when someone really touches his bottom line, he will definitely not hesitate to take the most thorough means he can use to solve the problem fundamentally.
He couldn't solve Ah Da's request, so he chose to solve Ah Da.
As a rookie inquisitor with limited resources in his hands, Eddie will indeed think twice when facing the behemoth of the Mechanicus Cult, but in this situation, we are tens of thousands of light-years away from Mars, and Ah Da may be able to issue orders in the name of Mars at this time, but since he can't influence Mars, then his actions are meaningless in the eyes of the Inquisitor.
The Inquisitors seem to be best at making things disappear completely, leaving no trace of even the memories of others.
For this purpose, perhaps the Melved Picker, a transport ship more than a kilometer long and even larger than the Luna-class light cruiser, with its thousands of crew members and a large amount of munitions still on board, was nothing more than a necessary sacrifice in the eyes of the Inquisitor.
It's not just me, almost everyone has similar associations. I lowered my head and closed my eyes, and I could see the reactions of everyone in my mental vision.
Colonel Lem held the steering wheel tightly and seemed to have taken back the helm of the ship from Sylvia. Sylvia's face turned pale, she let go of the steering wheel and cannon lever in front of her, one hand unconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword at her waist, slightly hunched her waist in a gesture that she was about to attack, but her eyes glanced over the wolves, begging for someone to stand up and speak for her. When she looked at me, I didn't look up to meet her, but it was as if her gaze had pierced my scalp through the carapace helmet, and I felt like I was on my back.
Yes, she has reason to resent me at this time. Ah Da was brought to her ship, and it can be said that I caused her this great trouble. Even if I choose to work against one of the Inquisitors for a while, I'll have to at least help her save her boat.
Others, as for Ah Da, although they were born and died together for so many years, they are also very emotional...... Well, just try to get it. It's you who is looking for death, if you don't die, it's the blessing of the emperor or your Omenesia, don't drag me on my back if you die. Actually, my relationship with him is not much better, as a psyker I have to be monitored, a character like Ah Da who is sleepless and powerful is indeed a very suitable role, but the feeling of being vaguely aimed at at at least three laser guns at all times is a little too bad for me. After this incident, let's see if I can ask Add for a younger nun to be my watchman - that Ashwarya, like that, would be nice.
So I unbuckled my seatbelt and stood up, and said to the naval officer in charge of communications: "I have asked to speak to the Melved Picker." ”
Add: "Granted." ”
The officer handed me the communicator, and I took it and said, "I'm Ilshan, are you there?" ”
"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel, what's the matter with you?" Adhana's cold, mechanical voice.
My plan is nothing more than an excuse to replenish the arms to get the Melved Picker close again, and then call Ah Da to the ship, and it is up to Eddie's personal preference whether to cleanse his memories or destroy them completely. However, most of the members of the Cult of the Mechanica, especially high-level members with a relatively high rate of transformation like Ah Da, have also replaced most of their brains with mechanical number plates, and they can complete amnestics by removing only a few parts.
I was about to speak, when suddenly there was a violent clash of steel from the other side, as if there was a fight. I stood there awkwardly waiting with the communicator, and after about half a minute, the opposite side calmed down, and the voice of the acting captain, Captain Vain, was heard with exhaustion and excitement, "Lieutenant Colonel Ilshan?" I'm sorry, but we're in some trouble here, and your tin servant suddenly took my comms on his own initiative, and it took a lot of effort to subdue him. Didn't cause you any trouble, did you? What's next? Oh, can you let me talk to our captain? ……”
Huh, looks like it's settled? I was again embarrassed with the communicator. Next, both Sylvia and Add should be happy to give the order to summarily execute Ah Da. Ah Da has caused so much trouble, and now I really can't defend him.
At this point, I was a little skeptical about the situation over there. Although Ah Da's melee ability was not very strong, it was still compared to my common space marines at that time. Anyway, Ah Da is a heavily armed mechanized transformation person after all, and the strength of his armor is still above that of regular space marines, which is not at all something that mortals can knock with cold weapons, but now he is simply subdued by Captain Vane with an unknown number of people, which makes me a little unbelievable. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for two or three platoons to get close to him with Ah Da's firepower.
Sylvia looked at me, then at Eddie as she relaxed, and then relieved, and turned to face her fire console again, not to ask about it again.
Eddie walked over and held out his hand to me, and I knew he was going to give the order to kill Ah Da, and hesitated to hand it over. At this time, a sudden violent fluctuation from subspace made us all ignore the matter of Ah Da for the time being.
Not far away, a huge subspace window is opening, and another spaceship is arriving. Is it the prey that is about to step into the trap?
"Subspace concussions have been detected, and a capital ship-class ship is jumping out of ......," the Navy's officer also reported loudly.
"Is it finally here?" Add muttered to himself.
"Don't worry, it's supposed to be our ship. It's time to count. Velheim said.
Like the bold declaration made by the Red Pirates' Glory of the Mackenna, the new ship is making its debut with a loud full-band coverage communication. For a time, almost all the communication instruments of the entire bridge sounded a huge roar:
"In accordance with the authority granted by the Emperor at the beginning of his reign, the Space Wolves hereby declare that this place is a hunting ground for the Wolves, and that all other Imperial forces should be withdrawn immediately, or they will be treated as heretics and face a swift and merciless blow. Glory to Riemanruth! Victory to the Emperor! ”
The entire bridge was shocked by this domineering declaration, and in the end, it was Eddie who was the calmest, he took the communicator in my hand, and said calmly: "Keep calm, space wolf." This is the Redemption of Heresy, a battleship directly under the Inquisition, and your rune priest is here. ”
Uh, how do I feel like you're saying something stupid?
!