Chapter 33: Titans

"The emperor has mercifully given you a second life, and I hope you can do your duty faithfully this time and live up to the emperor's hopes."

Wilmot, who had no expectations for survival, truthfully confessed his crimes, and was ready to apologize with death, heard this with an incredible face.

As a naval officer, he knew how strict the laws of the empire were and how impersonal they were. Human life is the cheapest thing in the empire, and for the empire, no one is irreplaceable except the emperor, even the high lords.

He didn't expect that he would be able to get the emperor's forgiveness, this person in front of him was a forbidden army, and these emperor's gold-armored guards were above the laws of the empire. He was indeed qualified to forgive his sins on behalf of the Emperor.

Having walked back on the brink of death, Wilmot regained his faith in the Emperor. He praised the emperor's benevolence and whispered prayers of thanks over and over again.

"Thank you for forgiving me for my dereliction of duty, it is not enough to be faithful, and as a loyal servant of the Emperor, I must exceed the Emperor's expectations. I swear to you! ”

"Contact Puran Foundry World, ask the Mechanic to pull the two Moon-class cruisers to the spaceport for repairs, and inform Puran's Foundry Director that I will take this battleship to Puran and discuss with him in detail if I have something important to do, so that he can get ready." Siwell sat down and began to command Wilmot.

Wilmot didn't think about any exchange and discussion at this time, and under Sivel's grace and power, he had already obeyed his words. After receiving Sivel's order, he immediately went to carry it out, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

At this time, Wilmot suddenly realized in his heart that it turned out that the High Lords had sent a forbidden army to discuss important matters with the sages of the Mechanic Sect, and it was a complete coincidence. Wilmot was still wondering how the high lords, who had been dealing with their own equipment replacement applications for decades, reacted so quickly to their dereliction of duty, and sent a forbidden army to judge him, which turned out to be incidental.

Presumably, some precious STC technology has been discovered, or some secret mission has to be handed over to the Artillery Sage. But just now he was beaten by Siwell, and Wilmot didn't dare to speculate at this time, and began to concentrate on commanding his own ships.

With Wilmot's command, the battleship's plasma engine began to work, and the stern of the ship erupted with brilliant plasma, and began to slowly advance towards the world of Puran.

Siwell, who was sitting in the captain's room, overheard the conversation between Wilmot and Poolan's casting director Fell, and when he heard Wilmot say that he was a Praetorian soldier, Sivir was visibly stunned. I didn't expect Wilmot to have this kind of misunderstanding about his identity. However, Sivir did not refute it, he chose to make a mistake and began to brew a new plan in his head.

Soon after, the battleship successfully reached the planet's orbit in Puran, and Sivir and Wilmot landed on the planet Puran in a transport ship. Led by the servants, the two arrived at the Temple of Machinery, where Phil the Artillery Sage was.

At this time, Fair was directing various technical priests and servants to repair and rescue the factories and mines that had been bombed. After seeing Wilmot, he said to him as he continued to command.

"I think someone has to be responsible for the bombing of Puran, Wilmot, what do you think?"

"Ahem," Wilmot was a little embarrassed, his captain had mutinied and came to bomb Puran, if he was to be held accountable for this matter, he would not be able to escape the relationship, he pretended not to hear, and began to introduce Sivir to Fell.

"This is Lord Sivir, who has come from Terra and has important business to discuss with you. That's the most important thing, don't worry about the little things, Fair. ”

After Wilmot finished speaking, Sivir stepped forward and walked in front of Fair.

"Rare guest, from Terra? You're not going to be a Praetorian Army, are you? Fell asked, looking at the can of gold in front of him.

"That's right, this is the Emperor's loyal guard, the Emperor's Talon who is only responsible to the Emperor. Lord Sivir! ”

Before Sivir could speak, Wilmot on the side had already taken over the topic and began to answer. Full of doglegs, Sivir and Fell looked at Wilmot speechlessly. And Wilmot was not ashamed in the slightest, and leaked a big smile towards Siwell.

Well, at least you don't bother to weave your identity, and it is more convincing to tell your identity from others, and you can gain Fair's trust more. Sivir thought.

Ignoring Wilmot, Sivir took out a hard drive from his body that stored important data and handed it to Fair. Motions for it to read the information inside. Phil has a lot of modifications, and he can easily read the data stored on the hard drive in front of him, which is not difficult for him.

Fer's help is needed to quell the rebellion in the Hyrion Sector, but the Mechanics have great autonomy within the Empire. Despite being nominally part of an empire, the Cult of the Mechanicus has always been more of a state within a state. The Mechachana is allied with the Human Empire, and the Emperor is the point of connection between the two vast organizations.

At the time of the Great Expedition, the emperor was still walking in the world, and he could perfectly unite the two forces. However, after the rebellion of Horus, the emperor sat on the golden throne, and the Mechonia began to become at odds with the human empire. They cooperate with the Empire only to use the Empire's huge size to better explore various STCs and obtain various resources from the Empire.

Trying to treat Phil the same way he treated Wilmot wouldn't work, but Sivir was the best at convincing. He always has a way.

To convince Laurent, he had to show him a glorious future for the Empire, as he was already dissatisfied with the status quo of the Empire. To convince Spencer, he explained how much the people's standard of living would improve when he came to power, because he was sympathetic to the people.

If you want to convince Wilmot, you must first judge him for his crimes, and then give him forgiveness, because he is afraid of his crimes, and he is afraid of punishment. After receiving forgiveness, his heart was stable, and based on the psychology of atonement, he wanted to make up for his mistakes, and his belief in the emperor became more fanatical and pious.

So how do you convince a mechanical sage to follow his orders? Sivir gives his answer – technology.

"The God of All Machines is !!" Phil, who had read the hard drive's data, let out an exclamation.

"It's a cannon! No... It's a huge ship, no! It's a giant cannon with an engine installed!! ”

What was it about the hard drive that Sivir handed over that could have shocked Fair so much? Wilmot on the side secretly guessed in his heart.

What was recorded on the hard drive was not the coordinates of the tomb world, nor was it some precious ancient STC technology, but the complete design and construction of a ship.

It's just that this giant ship is called the "Titan".