Chapter 703 Goal

   "We wish to speak with you, Grand Inquisitor."

  Taviz took a step forward and spoke.

   "If you want to seek spiritual comfort, you should go to those **** sticks. I'm not good at this."

   "You're joking."

  Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Tarwiz showed a wry smile.

   "Actually, I just want to ask... what is the belief of the Inquisition?"

   "The belief of the Inquisition?"

   "Exactly."

  Taviz nodded.

  "Any organization or force has its own beliefs. So, the Astartes fight for the empire and the emperor, so what is the trial court fighting for?"

   "If you want to ask this, then my answer is very clear."

  Duanmu Huai changed his posture, sat on a chair and watched Tarwiz.

"The Inquisition is fighting for mankind. As I told you before, the goal of the Inquisition is to eliminate all aliens, heresies and demons that harm mankind. To protect the existence of mankind in this universe and ensure that they will not perish , is the duty of the Tribunal."

   "...is it that simple?"

   "That's right, it's that simple."

  Duanmuhuai looked at the three Astartes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile.

"The Inquisition is concerned with humanity as a whole. We will not be loyal to a certain person, let alone a certain force. What about the Emperor? What about the Empire? Before his birth, human beings existed, and after his fall , Humanity will still exist. The Emperor itself is just a page in the history book of mankind—maybe brilliant, maybe studded with gold, but in the end it’s just a page.”

Hearing this, the three Astartes looked at each other, and they finally understood the meaning of the trial court. In the Astartes' view, the emperor unifies mankind to start the Great Crusade, which is already a rare hegemony. For them It is said that the emperor is the leader of mankind, the guiding light, and no one can imagine that the emperor will leave mankind.

  However, the Inquisition clearly didn't see it that way, and their view was... more ruthless.

  "With or without the emperor, mankind will advance. It doesn't mean that without the emperor's guidance, mankind will perish immediately."

  Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, jokingly, after that little golden man sat on the golden toilet, the empire was still alive for more than 10,000 years. The emperor began to work hard until the failure of the Great Crusade, which added up to only five thousand years. It can be seen that without the emperor, human beings will still continue to exist. They may stumble or make mistakes, but they will still move forward.

"So to me, the battle between Horus and the Emperor is nothing more than a common human civil war in history, and it has nothing to do with those civil wars recorded in history. The Inquisition doesn't even care about this crap."

   "Protect...humanity..."

"Yes, perhaps to you Astartes, you only care about the Emperor, and only the other Astartes brothers. Mortals are seen by you as fragile, stupid, and short-sighted. Their lifespans are not as You are so old, they are not as powerful as you, they are weak and powerless in front of you. But in fact, it is these mortals who laid the cornerstone of human civilization, perhaps you Astartes have forgotten , before undergoing transformation, you are just mortals. Your mission may be to protect the Empire and the Emperor, but to the Inquisition, it doesn’t matter if the Empire and the Emperor are destroyed, as long as human beings can continue to exist and move forward, other none of it matters."

   Having said this, Duanmu Huai spread his hands.

"Even if the empire collapses and the emperor falls, humans will find their own way out-I don't think you have ever considered this issue, you have always regarded yourself as the sharp blade of the empire, and the emperor as a guiding light, as if he The destruction and death of the world will bring unimaginable and terrible disasters to mankind..."

"Is not it?"

   Loken couldn't help but interjected.

   "Of course not, the current situation is caused by the Emperor you trust."

   Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"To be honest, I can understand why he did this, but if I were to evaluate it, I would just say... There are a thousand ways to fight Chaos, and the Emperor chose the stupidest one among them. Warp space Evil is everywhere, it’s the same as crime, don’t you know it’s a crime, then it’s not a crime? Does it mean that this world is a paradise without any evil as long as I legalize killing people?”

   Having said this, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"It's stupid to cover your ears and steal the bell, close your eyes and deny their existence. If you have a little basic common sense to fight against the evil gods of the subspace, you won't suffer heavy losses before. You won't be like an ignorant three-year-old Children are bewitched by them, and end up on this stupid path of rebellion."

  “………”

Hearing this, Loken was speechless for a moment. He remembered that on a previous planet, the space fighters he led encountered similar things. At that time, one of the Astartes companions was possessed by a warp demon, and ruthlessly Killed his companions. What he witnessed at that time gave Loken a great shock, and it was precisely because of this that he began to re-examine everything around him.

  Although what the Grand Inquisitor said was not pleasant, Loken had to admit that they were deceiving their ears. At that time, everyone saw how the Astartes was possessed by demons and turned into monsters to attack his compatriots. But in the end, when they reported all this, they only got an order to completely block the information, and those Astartes fighters were also recorded as being killed in a siege rebellion.

  Thinking of this, Loken suddenly felt chills all over his body. He had seen many similar reports on the loss of Astartes soldiers during the siege and suppression of the rebellion.

   Now that I think about it carefully, how much of it is true, and how much of it was concealed by the distorted truth like myself?

   "This is the policy of the court."

   Duanmu Huai made a conclusion at the end.

"To put it simply, if the evil gods of the subspace are regarded as criminals who cause evil deeds, then the Tribunal is the police and the magistrate, fighting crime, maintaining law and order, and guarding the peace of mortals. Then, will crime ever completely disappear? Impossible, unless the whole world is completely destroyed, as long as there are people, there will be crime. But do we throw up our hands? Let go? Of course not. Even if crime cannot be completely eliminated, we can try to fight crime and curb it So that most people can live in a peaceful and stable environment."

   “Your perspective really refreshes us.”

  Tarwiz lowered his head, and had to say that Duanmuhuai's answer really exceeded his expectations.

"This is not surprising, you are Astartes, you are fighters, and the goal of fighters is to completely destroy the enemy. However, we are judges, and the duty of judges is closer to that of the police, and we will not try to do what we can't do at all Things, we will only do what we should do, maybe for you, this is a responsibility, but for us, this is a course of action."

   Duanmu Huai made a gesture.

   "Sorry, maybe I can't help you much."

   "No, very useful, thank you for your pointers."

  Taviz saluted again, then turned and left the hall together with Loken and Garo.

   "What do you think?"

  Standing in the corridor, Tarvitz looked at the other two. They were companions who trusted each other, and now they were only left with each other.

   "Police, Sheriff."

   Loken nodded while talking.

   "That doesn't seem too bad."

"Yeah?"

"Yes, I have thought several times, once the Great Crusade is over, what can we Astartes do? We are fighters, we are only fighters, we can only fight. Now it seems that we may be able to devote ourselves to In a never-ending battle."

   "So, you want to join the Tribunal?"

  Garo frowned.

   "I don't think it's a good idea. Their origin is very mysterious, and no one is sure if this is a trap."

   “But we always have to choose.”

   Loken did not argue with Garo.

   "Perhaps we should let others know about this."

"………Maybe."

  Garo nodded.

   "Maybe this is the only way."

  How the Astartes choose is their own business, Duanmuhuai doesn't care, after that, he found Hitomi again and asked about the situation.

   "The subspace is still dark, my lord judge."

   Facing Duanmuhuai's question, Tong shook his head.

   "I'm very sorry, but I can't see through the truth behind this darkness."

   "Well, it's normal, let me know if there is any other information."

  Duanmu Huai was not surprised by Tong’s report. The Chaos God had nothing else to do except this subspace blockade. It was like this before, and it’s still like this now.

   When will you guys do something to seal off the Warp? It's the same trick every time, isn't it tired?

  Although Duanmu Huai could directly enter the webway, he did not do so. Because Duanmuhuai is still not sure whether this is a conspiracy, even if it is not, hastily exposing the fact that the Tribunal can enter and exit through the Internet channel will cause trouble. At least until this matter is over, Duanmuhuai will not enter the webway again.

   "Report to the Inquisitor."

  At this moment, Akot, who was standing by and staring at the star map, suddenly spoke.

   "We intercepted the communication sent by the Eisenstein, and the contact party is the Vengeful Spirit, reporting our position."

   "How should I put it, it's expected and reasonable."

   Duanmuhuai shrugged his shoulders.

   "Prepare for battle, by the way, by the way, notify the three Astartes of this incident, matters within the empire will be handled within the empire."

  Mas clenched the sensor in his hand, his face was tense. As the correspondent of the Eisenstein, Maas never thought that he would encounter such a thing. After serving for so many years, he finally got where he is today and joined the expedition fleet. After that, he can go one step further and become the captain of a warship...

   But now, these **** **** are ruining everything!

  They betrayed the Warmaster, and even merged with the fleet that came from nowhere, and betrayed their leader. This should not be done at all!

  He raised his concerns to the captain, but what he got was reprimand and warning! Are you kidding, obviously they betrayed the expedition fleet, and now they accuse the fleet of betraying the Emperor? So what? In Maas's view, a good captain would not ask questions. The warmaster gave the order, and they could just do it. Why argue about whether it is right or wrong?

  Mas felt that everyone else on the battleship was crazy, and it seemed that he was the only one who was still sober. He felt that he should do something, at least he shouldn't let other people go crazy with them. It was necessary for him to save the ship, and perhaps the Warmaster would appreciate his devotion, and perhaps after all this was over, he would realize his dream of becoming the captain of a cruiser...

   "Boom!"

At this moment, suddenly, the closed door opened, and Masi almost jumped up in fright. He turned his head and saw Jia Luo walking in with a cold and livid face. Then he turned around without hesitation, Head in the direction of the VOX alcove. I saw Jia Luo walking through the cab in twos and threes, grabbed Masi and lifted him up.

   "You betrayed us! You bastard!"

  Garo glared angrily at the communication officer in front of him. When he was notified by Duanmuhuai just now, he couldn't believe it. But seeing the expression of the communication officer in front of him now, he was already furious. The latter suddenly stretched out his hands, and hit the Astartes in front of him forcefully.

   "You! You are the traitor, bastard!"

  Mas yelled and beat Garo's armor hard.

   "All this is your conspiracy, you killed us!"

"asshole!"

  At this moment, the captain also came over, she glared at Mars angrily, and yelled at him.

   "These are the Emperor's most loyal warriors, you are the traitor!"

   "No, I am not a traitor! I swear to the fleet to serve Warmaster Horus!"

  Mas had given up struggling at this moment, but he did not give up resistance.

"Until death!!"

   "Then go to hell."

  Garo twisted his wrist, directly breaking the communication officer's neck, turning him into a corpse. Then he turned his head and looked at another low-level employee who was trembling with fright.

   "Please contact the court immediately."

   Soon, after a while, Duanmuhuai's face appeared on the screen.

   "I'm very sorry, Grand Inquisitor, there are traitors among us."

  Garo bowed his head and solemnly apologized.

   "Oh, don't worry about it, it's no big deal."

   "But soon, the expedition fleet will gather to attack us."

   "I know that very well."

   Duanmuhuai nodded.

   "So we must leave the Istfan galaxy as soon as possible."

   "But what to do? The fleet has blocked the jump point, and we can't reach the predetermined orbit. And the navigator can't see the brilliance of the star torch at all, and we don't even know where we should go."

   "I will open a channel to other galaxies at the right moment."

   "Where does it lead?"

   "Then I don't know, but no matter where it is, it's better than staying here, what do you think?"

  “………”

  Garo nodded silently. In fact, as Duanmuhuai said, no matter where they go, it is better than staying in the Istfan galaxy. Here, they can only die.

   "Beep...beep..."

   Just then, the siren sounded.

   "Fleet approach detected!"

   "Prepare to act and obey the orders of the court!"

  Garo also clenched his fists and gave his own order.

   For them, this is the only way to go now.

  (end of this chapter)