Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Vito has forgotten the last time he chatted with someone like this. When was the last time he had no reservations and could chat with someone for a while with his true identity and face? It felt like a long, long time. Vito himself had forgotten the time.

The Supreme Marshal stood in front of the fountain. The sparkling water in it rippled under the influence of the falling water column, which also distorted Vito's face into blurry shapes.

Vito stretched out his palm to hold up a puddle of water in the pool. He looked at his own reflection on the water. To be honest, he almost didn't recognize himself, Marshal? This title felt familiar yet strange to him.

"I want to tell you a story, Bell. A story from long, long ago."

Bell looked at Vito and listened silently. He was a qualified listener, and Vito himself looked at the water and talked to himself.

"After the defense of Terra, I handed over the regent position to Guilliman. I was too tired at the time, in every sense of the word, Bail, so I helped Guilliman write the Codex Astartes. Just stay out of people’s sight.”

"Dorn came to see me midway and asked me about my attitude towards the Holy Code. I told him that I agreed and Dorn left without saying a word. Then I heard that he disappeared during a boarding assault."

"Then I went to a paradise world? I can't remember clearly, it was too long. Anyway, I stayed there for a long time and spent a rare and pleasant time."

"Even after Guilliman and the Primarchs left, I didn't feel anything was wrong. After that, the Empire experienced five hundred years of peace. Don't believe it, the Empire was really peaceful at that time. Only Frontier occasionally fights Chaos and Aliens.”

Vito smiled and spread his palms slightly, water droplets pouring from between his fingers, "I thought everything was stable in the empire and no longer needed me, Bell. I was ready to retire completely until the Beast War. "

"The Beast War made me completely realize how rotten the empire really is. Under the guise of peace, the High Lords Council, how corrupt the empire has become."

"Then why didn't you return to Terra and dissolve the entire High Lords Council? Marshal, Captain Kurland, the last member of the Imperial Fists Chapter at that time, had already summoned the Sons of Dorn Chapter to assemble on Terra. If you show up, all Space Marines will support you."

Bell asked. He watched the water drops in Vito's hand fall drop by drop until they all merged into the water. Vito looked at the turbulent water, "Believe me, Bell, I thought about it, but then Vulcan appeared." "Fire Dragon" Lord? Yes, Marshal, I remember that epic story, the Lord of the Fire Dragon sacrificed himself to save the empire."

Vito smiled, "Besides the official propaganda of the empire, there are many things. At that time, I told Veritus, the Grand Master of the Inquisition, where to retrieve Vulkan, and then Kurland took the Space Marines with him. We have welcomed back the last of the emperor’s descendants.”

"They wanted Vulkan to take charge of the empire and save the crisis. At that time, I also persuaded the two great masters of the Tribunal and the Assassin's Tribunal to go to Terra."

"The supreme leaders of the Assassin's Court and the Inquisition have always known that I am alive and know where to find me. They have also reserved the position of true "Grand Master" for me."

Vito smiled bitterly and shrugged, "I asked them to stop bothering me, and they rarely come to me, unless the matter is very serious, you know Bell, the extent where the empire is going to end."

"So I went to Terra and watched as Vulkan met the High Lords surrounded by Space Marines and gave them a beating."

Vito smiled jokingly and turned to look at Bell with a smile on his face, "Believe me Bell, those old fools were almost scared to death. Two of them were scared to death on the spot."

Vito smiled and lowered his eyes as he spoke. He turned to look at the angel statue in front of him, the angel statue that symbolized life and hope.

"At first I also hoped that Vulkan, one of the Emperor's kindest and most compassionate Primarchs, would change the Empire, but Vulkan didn't do that. He said this to me at the time, Bell."

"The Emperor created us and gave us and the Space Marines the power to protect humanity and to benefit all humanity, not to rule. It is precisely because some legions have forgotten this and arrogantly believe that they are beyond humanity that this has led to the catastrophe. Rebellion."

"If this is the limit of mortals, so be it, but I will not become a monarch. I will take up the hammer and continue to fulfill my destiny."

Bell listened and nodded silently, "Words of wisdom, sir."

Vito smiled happily. He knew that he didn't need to explain these things to Bell. He was smart and knowledgeable and could figure it out on his own.

"You will know what happened after that. Vulkan and the Beast Boss died together, Kurland's last Imperial Fist warrior died in Ullanor, and then the Chapter Master of the Paragon Fist, Maximian Thane. Reorganize your own war group to continue the bloodline of Dorne’s parent group.”

Vito clasped his hands behind his back and looked up at the starry sky above his head. The mural with fluorescent particles shone above his head, like a shining Milky Way.

"I led all the remaining Space Marine chapters at the time, and the Imperial Navy blocked several times the greenskin fleet in the star field around Ullanor. Otherwise, do you think why the Empire suffered heavy losses in its two attacks on Ullanor? Thain can still Can they do it without me fighting outside for the third round?"

Vito smiled and said, while Bell nodded gratefully, "Thank you, Marshal. Without your intervention, the empire might have collapsed by then."

"Come on, stop flattering the horses, Bell. I'm not a high lord, so I don't need to flatter you." Vito said, letting out a long sigh, "I found out about Vulcan's sacrifice during the expedition, and then Wan, the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, Gritch came to me and told me that Thane ordered him to destroy Ullanor, but that the Mechanicus thought he had been deceived."

“The Adeptus Mechanicus lied about using teleportation technology obtained from the Greenskin Battle Moon to teleport Ullanor into a sun to destroy, but in fact they secretly teleported it away in an attempt to continue secretly researching Greenskin technology. Before that, they Just try to teleport Mars away to abandon the Empire."

Bell frowned, his nameless anger burning in his heart. Vito knew that everyone who knew about this would do this. This kind of betrayal could not be accepted.

"Wangrich came to me and stated that he could not trust the High Lords Council. He asked me to return to the empire to dissolve the High Lords Council and take over the power of the empire. I rejected him and told him that only mortals can decide the fate of the empire. I They are people from the past and cannot make decisions for them.”

"Wangrich obeyed my opinion, and he asked me to allow him to do that, assassinate all the members of the High Lords Council and let him take over the council, so as to better assist Thane in launching an expedition against the Green Skin craze. He Know that only I have the authority to order an assassination, even if it means killing all the lords, without a vote from the High Lords Council."

Vito walked past Bell with his hands behind his back, and the Ultramarines turned around and followed Vito.

"I did think about similar things at the time, but Vulkan's words made me think a lot. I decided to let the mortals solve it themselves, so I agreed to Wangerich's request, and the Inquisition also obeyed my order. Grand Master Veritus of the Inquisition was killed calmly by the Assassins, and Wangrich began his own rule."

"Yes, Marshal, I know everything about what happened next." Bell said silently, while Vito sighed and looked at the starry sky mural above his head with his hands behind his back.

"Wangerich's incident gave me a lot of insights. Bell, he is a very good person. I appoint each assassin master. Even after I leave the empire, they will select me as the new master. I’ll decide on the appointment.”

"Wangerich asked me to be very careful about "taking over" the empire from now on. I thought about it many times, but I suppressed it because I knew that the same thing might happen to me in that position. That position is a torture, an endless hell, which ultimately consumes a person’s humanity, reason and sensibility.”

Vito turned and looked at Bell, who was thinking thoughtfully. Bell didn't fully understand yet, but he might eventually understand. There will be a long time to come, and he will understand.

"Thank you for your answer, Marshal, I have benefited a lot." Bell knelt down and saluted, while Vito covered his face with a wry smile, "Can you stop doing this? It's so embarrassing."

"No, this is what I should do, sir. This is what I should do when facing the Supreme Marshal." Bell said stubbornly, while Vito smiled bitterly and walked up and held his shoulders.

"Then the Supreme Marshal gives you an order." "What is it, Marshal?"

"Keep it a secret for me and don't tell anyone who I am, not even Olaf or the others. Maybe one day I will tell them, but not now."

Vito looked at Bell and said, and the latter slowly turned his head to look at Vito, and nodded decisively after some thought, "I swear on my life that I will never leak secrets, Marshal."

Vito laughed and patted the back of his head, "I don't need your life. From now on, call me Vito or Inquisitor, don't call me Marshal."

"Yes, Yuan." Bell hesitated, but Vito smiled and patted his shoulder and turned towards the exit of the observation deck, "You will get used to it."

"I'll do my best, my lord." Bell said and stood up, while Vito smiled and walked out of the observation deck, "I believe you will, old man."

In the name of the emperor, please give me a monthly pass, please give me a monthly pass, or please give me a monthly pass (*￣m￣)