Warhammer Inquisitor

If there is anything in this world that remains the same and will always remain exactly the same, it is not the church of the State Church, nor the office building of the Ministry of Government Affairs, nor the phalanx palaces of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Although the empire is always nostalgic, and generally does not renovate and rebuild those buildings that have already been built, but with the passage of time and the coming and going of a large number of imperial officials, those buildings will always change. Increased office hall, canteen and meeting, etc.

And besides, considering that the word peace in the empire can only be seen in the dictionary, there is a high probability that those ancient buildings will be invaded by the enemies of the empire periodically, rebellion with chaos cultists, or even a coup d'état on the planet itself , riots, and raging gang fires have ranged from completely razed to hundreds of bullet holes in the walls.

You will always need to restore those buildings, so what remains may only be spiritually ancient, but there is a place in this galaxy, and that place is ancient, like this empire itself, which has never been seen in thousands of years. Change, but also the spiritual source of the entire empire.

You guessed it, didn't you? The emperor's palace, of course, of course it is here, when you walk under the high walls and domes here, when you walk through those magnificent halls, you will find out what happened to this ghost place after 10,000 years It's still the same as before.

Ah, of course, the premise is that you have lived long enough to see what the palace was like when it was first built and the support was removed. There are not many such people, say Really, are there many old monsters over 10,000 years old in this galaxy?

But today, there is such an old monster here, Vito walks in the main hall of the palace, and he walks under the dome of the magnificent palace.

He looked at the exquisite murals above his head and the crystal chandeliers hanging under the curved dome. Countless exhibition lights were burning on the huge crystal chandeliers, refracting the light to the surroundings through the surrounding crystals.

Vito walks on both sides of the palace, which is more magnificent and gorgeous than all the imperial state churches. Among the high walls, countless statues, murals, and reliefs constitute the main body here, as if the entire church was carved out of a huge stone. The space, everything around it is almost perfectly connected.

Under his feet, the purest marble floor was laid on the ground, and the huge stone face extended towards the end of the palace. Behind Vito, Trajan and his guards also walked on this marble road, The heavy footsteps of the imperial guards sounded behind Vito again and again.

The ancient guardian looked around. He still hasn't been here for a long time. Since the end of the Horus rebellion, Vito has never stepped into the core area of ​​the palace, the hall of the inner palace.

But when he returned here today, he was surprised and somewhat expected that everything here is still exactly the same as when he left, every statue, murals and reliefs on every wall are exactly the same. The corrosion of the years has not made them change and lose their former appearance, they are still the same as the years.

Vito looked at everything familiar around him, and listened to the footsteps echoing on the ground of the unique star iron power armor tower of the Imperial Army behind him. With each step of the tall giant, the friction sound of the body armor followed, and the sound matched the The surrounding scene made Vito recall many things, and many, many memories that had become blurred became clear again.

Vito recalled everything at that time, Malcador, Doctor Astarte, Erda, Valdo, and that old bastard, once they walked side by side on this wide avenue, on the day the palace was built, They, the Unifiers of Old Terra, had walked together here when the Throne Hall of the Burning Astronomican was first finished and opened its doors.

But now, only Vito is left on this marble road, the serious voice of Valdor, Malcador and Erda exchanging art, culture and science and technology, and the voices of Astartes and bickering, And, of course, the voice of that old jerk evaluating himself in various philosophical riddles.

Those voices have all disappeared, disappeared a long, long time ago, and now he is the only one left of the old fellows who can still walk here and walk in the world.

Vito sighed a long time recalling everything at that time, it was the sigh and mournful sound of the years, Has Valdo come back? He has already left, damn it, I forgot.

Nine thousand years, my lord, just like you, Commander Valdor quietly left shortly after you left. Trajan walked behind Vito with a power sword straddling a lion's head, and behind him was a red robe. The guards of the imperial guards in robes lined up silently behind them, a golden battle flag fluttering high in the hands of their leading soldiers.

Vito looked at the imperial guards at the edge of the hall on both sides. The tall golden guards stood on both sides of the hall holding halberds. They were silent like statues standing on both sides, which reminded Vito of ancient times. The terracotta warriors and horses of Terra, one after another, stretched towards the final gate at the end of the hall.

He walked in front of those golden armored guards, and when he passed by, the guards along the way would kneel down on one knee to salute him. Vito looked at the guards on both sides who bowed their heads. Their armor was still exactly the same as before, without any Vito knew that the people under his armor were no longer the guards he remembered, the veterans who followed him to fight Terra in Valdor and went to the galaxy.

But these armors, these new generation of guards wearing exactly the same armor as them, made Vito feel like returning to those old friends.

Has Valdor come back? Vito asked with a soft sigh. He didn't turn his head to look at Trajan, but the latter knew that this question was being asked to himself, and only he could give the Marshal the answer.

No, no sir. It's a pity that Commander Valdo hasn't returned since he left. Over the years, we've heard some rumors about Commander Valdo, but we can't confirm the authenticity, so we don't know where the commander is. ?”

Trajan said as he pressed the sword on his waist, he sighed silently, how much he hoped that Lord Valdor would return to Terra with Vito, when he learned from the emperor that Vito returned When he heard the news, he really hoped that their leader, Marshal of the Forbidden Army, would also walk with him.

That would be the greatest moment. Trajan and all the Custodian soldiers had waited for ten thousand years. He imagined that he would lead the soldiers to swear allegiance to the two legendary leaders in the hall of the palace. He imagined Then, those ancient legends become true, and the Custodians will once again fight the galaxy under their banner.

But that was just a good wish after all, and the Imperial Army still had to wait, waiting for the return of their leader for a long time.

Vito realized that Tula was really sorry. After he sighed long and looked around at the guards around him, he noticed that there were more guards here. Between the mechanical servants and servo skulls who silently mechanically cleaned and maintained the surrounding statues, there were a lot more Custodians here than I remembered.

He still remembers the scene at the end of the Netway War. The once mighty Forbidden Army Regiment was out of ten. People, but the ancient warriors who swore to defend the Emperor at all times, still stand here stubbornly holding weapons.

But here today, the Custodian soldiers who suffered heavy casualties once recovered, and Vito saw a lot of Custodians along the way, and all the shield guards were fully staffed.

Have you recovered your military strength? Vito asked as he walked. Although he already had the answer in his heart, he still hoped that Trajan would tell him himself. He hoped that he would be proud again and tell himself their achievements over the years.

This is indeed the case, Trajan raised his head proudly, and the soldiers of the Custodian Army behind him couldn't help but clenched their weapons and proudly raised their weapons. Their current commander Trajan looked at Vito in front of him, and his heart was filled with pride.

Yes, Marshal, although our training method is doomed not to be able to recruit quickly, but after 10,000 years and the efforts of dozens of generations of commanders, we have finally recovered from the webway war.

Now, the Ten Thousand Regiment has recovered, and ten thousand soldiers of the Imperial Army will be waiting for your orders, Marshal Vito. Trajan hit his right fist heavily on the chest, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army behind him also At the same time, they made the same movement, and they stopped as Vito stopped.

Marshal Vito stood in front of the long stairs leading to the gate of the end. He looked at Trajan and the soldiers of the imperial army behind him and smiled slightly. He nodded to them, I believe you will make Valdor, and Proud Trajan of all the old Praetorians, and all of you.

Vito then looked at the gate at the top of the towering staircase, the golden and magnificent gate, Vito turned his head to look at Trajan, who nodded silently, and then Vito walked up the stairs.

He walked up the long grand staircase, and on both sides of the broad staircase stood a number of servants of the imperial army who were dressed in better clothes, were gorgeous, and held spears of ancient crafts. They stood on both sides, Wearing a red war robe with the emperor's own double-headed eagle logo on his head, a long red tassel made of the most expensive velvet hangs high on his head.

These warriors are taller, stronger and unstoppable than the general imperial army. They don't need to use any weapons. Just standing here, they can deter any disrespectful people in silence, and when they pull out their weapons, they won't let Any ghosts and ghosts step on this ladder.

Vito looked at the Custodian soldiers on both sides, he knew their armor style, it was the oldest Custodian armor style, derived from the 300 Custodians built by the emperor at the beginning, it was the first-generation modified super armor that was older than the Thunder Warriors People, and Valdor was born with them.

Those first-generation Custodians were given a glorious task, a task that only the strongest of all Custodians can take on, because they are the last barrier to defend the Emperor, and they are the servants of the Throne.

Vito walked up the stairs from among them. He looked at the guard soldiers standing on each side of the stairs and extending up to the top gate. More than a hundred powerful imperial warriors were holding halberds. , nodding slightly to pay tribute to Vito who walked up.

The attendant soldiers standing on both sides watched Vito walk up to the top of the long steps and came to the magnificent gate of the end. The first person to stand in front of the gate of the end, but he is also the most qualified one among all people.

Or rather, he has been standing here a long time ago, but now, it is too late, after thousands of years of waiting, this door welcomes its visitors, Supreme Marshal Vito Constantine stands there Before the giant gate, and behind the gate, the people had already waited for too many years.

Now, it's time for them to meet again.

Trajan walked up the steps, and he was the only one who went up the steps to the gate. His guards were all left below, because even among the Custodians, only a few of them could see the Emperor. The few summoned, or the undisputed leader.

The imperial guards of the guard stood behind them. They stood at attention with their weapons in hand and looked up at the giant gate. Trajan, who was standing at the top of the stairs, nodded to the imperial guards guarding both sides of the gate. The two most powerful guards guarding the gate raised their halberds.

The imperial guards raised their halberds high, as if they were going to split Vito in two with one blade, but then they turned around at the same time and thrust the spear tip into their backs. In the holes that suddenly opened on the walls on both sides of the door, it was like two keyholes. The unique spear from the Golden Tower in the hands of the imperial guards was inserted into the keychain, accompanied by a series of rotations and mechanical movements as if the key was inserted and the door lock was turned. With the sound of operation, the door started to move.

Behind Vito and Trajan, hundreds of servant soldiers standing on the stairs raised their weapons at the same time, and then slammed their ends on the ground of the stairs. At the same time, rumbling echoes echoed throughout the hall, accompanied by With that sound, all the imperial guards in the imperial palace turned to the gate and knelt down collectively.

Amid the kneeling sounds of all the imperial guards, the magnificent golden gate slowly opened, and the emperor's sky eagle logo was separated from the center, and with the opening of the gate of finality, the person sitting on the golden throne behind was opened. People, exposed to the eyes of those outside the gate.

Vito's black eyes reflected the man on the throne, the man who had been sitting there for thousands of years, the man whose body had been decayed and exhausted, and whose spiritual flames were burning blazingly seemed to raise his head.

Welcome, you are here at last, my old friend.