Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Chapter 625 Battle of the Beasts: Triumph, Beheading the Orcs, Scarlet Crusade

The capital of the Tempestus Galaxy is bustling with activity today.

After arriving here, Vito accepted the advice of the local governor and the noble council, and held a grand military parade to celebrate his triumphant return from the mining world of Il 4.

It was flattery, of course, and Vito knew it.

But I have to say they did a good job.

The main road of the entire planet is used as a military parade avenue and has been decorated a lot.

In order to accommodate the armored vehicles, tanks, and God Machines of the Mechanicus in the military parade, the road was widened and reinforced, and heroic stone pillars were erected every few meters on both sides of the wide road.

Flags flew, flowers fell from the sky, and decent citizens from all over the planet cheered.

The more respectable ladies and gentlemen participated in the military parade on high-rise buildings, sitting alone in open spaces with better views.

Vito was their focus.

He was in a triumphal chariot, sitting on a golden throne in the black trench coat of the Inquisition.

They suggested that Vito wear more gorgeous and eye-catching costumes, but Vito refused because he did not want to cooperate with them in the scene for too long.

He wore the only golden crown on his head that he had agreed to wear only at the last moment.

It was a headband made of golden wheat, just like the Emperor in the portrait, and all the Imperial heroes they could imagine.

The military parade advanced along the central main road.

The Titan was far behind Vito, not participating in the parade, but still standing on the ground.

Towering and majestic.

The heavily armed members of the Imperial Army formed several long formations, while the red-robed Skitarii advanced in standard, mechanically regular formations.

The Sisters of Battle are also among them. They are the reinforcements that arrived in the Tempest System not long ago.

Although he did not participate in the previous battle, he was invited to join it.

These ladies became the center of attention as soon as they appeared on the stage. If Vito's crown hadn't been shining enough, no one would have noticed her.

Added to this were the remnants of Armageddon's legions, as well as a brand new legion of newly arrived follow-up troops, led by Jarek at the front of the column.

Vito raised his hand from time to time to signal to the crowd around him, and the excitement at the beginning of the military parade soon faded away amid bursts of cheers.

But I'm afraid Vito will have to endure it for a while, because the parade is moving too slowly.

In normal times, the heavily armed Imperial troops would pass through the avenue at high speed and spread out at the end without any chaos.

But not today.

The National Church's team was in front. They were members of the local church and shouldered the important task of leading the parade, but they were too slow. They held incense burners and canopies solemnly, but they walked slowly.

It took a while for Vito to reach the final destination, which was the headquarters of the local planetary government.

Vito climbed the stairs and came to the governors, surrounded by Olaf, Lancelot and others behind him. There was a boring exchange of greetings and greetings, and of course flattery.

"Congratulations on your victory, my lord."

"Our Savior"

"Hail! Hail to the Emperor's Chosen One!"

And so on.

Next comes the highlight of the military parade, and one of Vito's reasons for coming here.

A greenskin was tied up with iron ropes and escorted to the large ground in front of the headquarters. They made the green alien kneel down.

The beast growled angrily.

But even if he knelt down, his tall body was still shocking enough, causing the governor and his nobles present to scream in surprise.

"This alien, he is the alien that invaded this galaxy."

Vito said to the tens of millions of residents in the audience, his voice amplified by the surrounding servo skulls and holographic projections enough for everyone to hear clearly.

"Some people say that they are invincible. Their power is far greater than that of humans and they will definitely destroy everything. All we can do is kneel down and surrender and pray for their tolerance."

Vito said, taking out the Phoenix Sword from his waist.

In front of the crowd, he cut off the green-skinned head that was two or three times bigger than him with one sword stroke.

Swords rained down like rain, and in the blink of an eye the alien head fell to the ground and rolled down the stairs. It landed in front of the crowd, making them scream in surprise.

"But he is but flesh and blood."

Vito said, swinging his sword, and the greenskin's blood burned out in the blink of an eye.

"Something that can be killed."

The crowd cheered at some point, and the deafening cheers made the flags in the square rise and fall with them like waves.

Some people stepped forward, kicked and kicked the green-skinned head, and spit on the head.

Vito turned around and faced the governor behind him. Ragnar and the others stood in a row on both sides of Vito, making the governor in front of him a little uneasy.

But his psychological quality is still commendable.

"We are here to fight."

Vito said simply, leaving out the rhetoric and metaphorical rhetoric that should have been there.

"Of course, my lord."

The Governor responded grovelingly.

"We are all waiting for you. Our Planetary Defense Force Commander will explain the situation to you."

The commander of the Planetary Defense Force is a tall man, wearing gorgeous clothes and a colorful ear-covering helmet with a golden phoenix spreading its wings.

Ragnar whispered that he was a coward, because only cowards and people who had never been on the battlefield would dress like this, and Vito was willing to believe him.

In the following time, he explained the local situation to Vito.

At first, there were too many redundant descriptions, explanations, and meaningless metaphors to highlight their few achievements and cover up the existence of many problems. Until Lancelot spoke for Vito. "Just tell us the situation. If you are wasting time talking in circles, you can say goodbye to your position." Then he became much more direct. He emphasized again that the location of the Storm System has been changing, and it is difficult for the greenskins to find here, and even if they really come, they are no longer afraid. The Storm Defense Force has been fully mobilized, and the work of recruiting reserves is also progressing steadily. Soon the standing military force will reach an exaggerated number. Although Vito is very clear that the number of defense forces is often not proportional to combat effectiveness, it can at least share some pressure and perform some simple tasks. For example, being a target. He enthusiastically described the local galaxy defense system to Vito. It is a defense line that spans the entire width of the galaxy and surrounds the periphery, a group of defense positions called the Iron Ring. It consists of tens of millions of combat space stations, deep space artillery stations, naval bases and planetary orbital defense systems. The commander-in-chief enthusiastically told Vito that several centuries ago, it had resisted the crazy attack of Chaos here and made it pay a huge price.

"We destroyed a whole legion here. No, it was two rebel legions!"

He said enthusiastically.

Vito couldn't help but smile evilly.

He was showing his knowledge and knew the ancient terms of Astartes and rebel legions.

However.

If they could destroy two legions here, the Empire would have no honor to crown him. He might as well take Vito's position, and then Vito would be the commander of the defense army.

"What do you think after listening to it just now?"

After he said goodbye to the commander of the defense army, he turned and asked the four people behind him.

"Ha, at least he is good at bragging."

Ragnar shrugged.

"I want to invite him to Fenris, and tell everyone his "glorious story" at the party in the Fang Castle. It will definitely be more exciting than the story told by Bjorn."

He was full of teasing and mocking, which made Lancelot beside him laugh.

"Apart from his exaggeration, the defense of the Storm System is very lax."

Lancelot said.

"Although the Iron Ring was very reliable in the past, it blocked the attacks of the World Eaters and the Khorne Army during the Blood Road War."

"But that was several centuries ago, even before the event that was older than our combined age."

At this point, Lancelot seemed to remember something and smiled awkwardly at Vito.

The latter also smiled at him and waved his hand.

"Okay, stop talking about it, but it's not a good memory. After all, the Shameful Month happened after that, and you miscalculated the time. Old Wolf has also experienced it."

"It's not a good experience, Inquisitor. If possible, I don't want to recall Armageddon at that time."

Olav said bitterly. It was not a good memory. Vito agreed.

"But Lancelot is right."

Olav nodded affirmatively after a moment.

"That was a long time ago. The Iron Ring and the entire Galaxy Defense Force must be much weaker than they were in the past. It is not wise to fight a decisive battle with the greenskins here."

"I agree."

Vito nodded and looked at Ragnar.

"Go and collect the greenskin bodies. Don't let the lunatics of the state religion burn them. Let them burn the heads and leave the rest."

"What are you going to do?"

Ragnar asked.

"You will know. Now, I have to check the books."

Vito turned around and walked towards the library at the other end of the corridor.