Chapter 102: Forbidden Army vs Space Marine

Various documents from Walpole III reached Terra almost instantaneously.

The various departments of the Ministry of the Interior, under the leadership of the members of the Cabinet, dealt with all the problems arising from the revival of the empire in an orderly manner.

Harrison, a member of the Cabinet, is doing a brief compilation of the recent affairs handled by the Home Office, after which the documents will be submitted to the Imperial Regent Sivir for review.

Harrison was a Praetorian soldier... It stands to reason that he is also a forbidden soldier now.

But once Harrison felt that he was different.

Harrison, once the Emperor's bodyguard, defended the Lord of Humanity with unwavering determination and incredible skill, and he did not hesitate to do his duty, whether he stood guard in front of the gates of the palace or joined the assault on the distant alien world.

Harrison and his fellow Praetorian Army are primarily tasked with protecting the Emperor. An advanced understanding of politics is just one skill he has acquired over a long period of study.

Many of the Forbidden Army, who are over a thousand years old, have unlimited opportunities to perfect their skills, further their knowledge and discipline, hone their tactics and be ready to do everything well.

Harrison, like the rest of the Praetorian Army, did everything he did to better protect the Emperor.

For thousands of years, the Praetorian Army has fulfilled their duties, bound to ritualized and rigid traditions. Even when the empire around them was stagnant and the Emperor's servants looked at them with superstition and adoration, the Praetorian Army was still putting an end to suspicion and extremity, and not letting despair consume them.

For thousands of years, the forbidden army has been guarding the shadow of the palace, like a statue. But they are always ready to strike and fight against unknown dangers. Days, months, years, huge changes are taking place beyond the high walls, and the forbidden army has not moved an inch.

For thousands of years, the Forbidden Army seemed to have done nothing, just waited. But if any threat arises, the Praetorian Army will take him out in a heartbeat.

The Forbidden Army focused all their energy on the Emperor, and could only barely notice the mortals who were flowing at their feet. And even the most loyal Space Marines are within a spear distance, because the Praetorian Army doesn't want to make a second mistake.

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

They don't allow themselves time to relax or introspect. Sometimes their marshal will stand with the lord of Terragao. He was a powerful parliamentarian at this time. Defend the Emperor in another way.

Either way, the Praetorian Army fulfilled the powers of the Imperial Guard, who deployed the defense as they saw fit, and did not follow the command of anyone else. Until the advent of Sivel.

Sivir lifted the ban on the Forbidden Army, and seemed to care more about their skills than the Forbidden Army's most common force in the past.

Harrison finished typing the last line of text. He looked at his hands with some emotion.

A pair of warriors' hands, but they have not held a weapon in the past few years.

Since serving as a member of the Cabinet, Harrison has devoted himself entirely to building the Empire. Harrison, the warrior who used to stand in front of the palace in gold armor and armed with a power axe, has now become a robed official Harrison who sits in front of a computer all day.

Harrison, who had finished writing the report, took out the information memory and headed to the Regent's office. The storage was ready to be handed over to Sivir for inspection of the recent work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the same time, he was on the side to answer Sivir's questions.

As Harrison walked through the palace, some distance from the Regent's office, he saw his former colleagues, the Janissary, stationed on the main roads.

Seeing these former colleagues, Harrison felt a little strange in his heart. But it's not out of guilt, regret or the like, that I feel that I have betrayed the duties of the forbidden army or something. It's just a little nostalgic for the old days.

Everyone is now only in a different division of labor, but they are also serving the Emperor and Lord Sivir. Harrison knew exactly what he was doing was exactly what the Emperor and Sivir wanted. It is far more meaningful for me to make a greater contribution to the emperor in the Ministry of the Interior than standing guard in the palace.

Harrison, like the rest of the Praetorian Army, treated the Emperor as his father even as religion permeated almost all of Terra. They saw the Emperor only as a legendary human leader. The emperor was not treated as a god.

But Harrison had to admit that when he went to the church in the center of the Church's ideal city, he could clearly feel the Emperor's gaze. He could sense the Emperor's satisfaction with his current work.

These alone were enough for Harrison to put down the weapon he had clenched for thousands of years and shift his energy from honing his martial arts to dealing with national affairs.

When Harrison arrived at Sivir's office after being heavily guarded, he learned that there was already a guest inside. I had to sit in the waiting room outside the door for a while.

After a while, one of the Praetorian guards guarding the door seemed to get a message from the communicator inside the helmet about someone in the office. He opened the door to his office and told Harrison that Master Sivir was ready to meet him.

When Harrison walked into the office, he handed the information storage to Severer, ready to wait for Severer to check. If there are any questions, Harrison will answer them to Siwell on behalf of the Cabinet. Once Siwell's inspection is complete, Harrison will also inform Siwell's Home Office of the next priorities in conjunction with other plans in the information memory.

"Macabaka..."

"Usidisi..."

After some exchanges, the report of the work was successfully concluded. But just as Harrison was about to say goodbye, he heard a question from Siwell.

"Harrison, I wonder if the many jobs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have worn down your fighting spirit, have you slackened your martial arts?"

Harrison didn't know why Sivir had such doubts, but he replied categorically:

"Nope! I think I'm still the best warrior under the Emperor's command! ”

Although the Praetorian Army is immortal, they can also be exhausted. Some of the physical injuries incurred during the mission, such as the missing arm or leg, as well as the prosthetic eye or implanted organs, affected the Praetorian Army's perfect physical body. There are also people whose minds are starting to deteriorate, and they are no longer as agile as they used to be. For the average fighter, a tenth of a second less reaction time is nothing. But for the forbidden army, this means that their current work is over.

Perhaps the regent felt that his combat effectiveness had decreased, and he wanted to strip himself of his name as a forbidden army, take back his weapons, or give him some combat missions.

When a Praetorian soldier feels that he can no longer perform his duties, he returns his weapon to the Armament Hall and travels the galaxy in a black robe. These wanderers remain loyal to the Emperor, and they observe the galaxy. They are the Emperor's Eye.

When these people find something wrong and think that these are a threat to Terra or the Emperor, they will secretly contact the garrison company commander. The Praetorian Army will punish the Empire for dangerous elements based on intelligence. With the help of the Emperor's Eye, evil is often strangled in the cradle.

Harrison didn't know if Siwell had a similar arrangement for himself, he just answered Siwell's question honestly.

The interior ministry took up most of Harrison's energy. But these were nothing to the Forbidden Army, and they were not enough to crush Harrison's nerves. And Harrison often went to church, and he felt that he had become stronger than ever with the blessing of the emperor.

Thousands of years of martial arts are not so easy to forget, and it is not an empty statement that Harrison said that he is still the best warrior under the emperor's command.

Hearing Harrison's answer, a mysterious smile appeared on Siwell's face.

"Show me, then, Harrison."

"Defeat this Leader of the Fire Barrier and prove to me that you are proud to be a Forbidden Army and a guardian of the Emperor!"

Harrison turned to look at the other member of the office.