Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 560 06.0559: "Disciplinary Punishment"

The sailors fell silent again. Although there was controversy over the abilities of naval officers, their proud character and pursuit of quality life were facts that everyone recognized.

"Just think about it. If these foolish officers continue to indulge in extravagance, we will all eventually starve to death in the warp! We must prevent this from happening. We are His sacred navy, and each of us has an obligation to do so!"

The sailor next to him was chewing nutritious algae and rice, listening to the thin young man's face turning red due to his increasing excitement, but his own face did not show much emotion, as if he was watching a joke.

"Are you inciting mutiny?" one of the sailors finally asked.

"No! We are saving the Emperor's valuable assets! Just like they told us when we joined the army, but now they are the ones with problems!

We must make them change this situation! We can't go on like this! Otherwise, all of us will die in the eternal darkness of the warp! Just like his ancestor Admiral Speyer!

It’s a curse!”

"This is ridiculous. I refuse to continue listening to this nonsense, it's disgusting, bah." One of the sailors stood up with his plate, took a sip of the soup in the bowl, spit on the plate and face of the person who made the rude remarks, and then moved to another place to eat.

"Me too. If we don't trust the captain, who can we trust? You? Hahaha." Another person left.

“The captain is our benefactor. Before I joined the Imperial Navy, I was just a laborer in the middle and lower nests. I worked hard all day long but couldn’t even afford food and clothing. But since I followed Captain Cochrane, my children can now have enough to eat.

No matter what you say, we believe him." The third middle-aged man stood up and left without looking back.

The others continued to stay where they were, chewing their food and snorting at the crazy guy who had soup sprayed all over his head.

They were too lazy to get up and find another seat during the crowded meal time.

"You have no idea what a terrible future we will face! If we don't seize this opportunity, it will slip away from our hands...!"

Suddenly, the sailors sitting diagonally opposite the young man changed their casual sitting posture, straightened their backs as if reflexively, and stood up in standard military posture.

The thin sailor was stunned and turned his head quickly, his expression becoming stunned.

"Sailors, what are you talking about?" Leidos, the chief officer of the power department who had prosthetic limbs on both hands, stood behind the skinny guy with a gloomy face.

"Sir, we didn't say anything, he was the one talking." The sailors nearby stood up and raised their hands, giving a formal salute to the officer.

After they stood up, they could see that Lieutenant Leidos's plate was filled with the same meal as theirs - a spoonful of minced meat with red sauce, a spoonful of nutritious algae, a spoonful of rice, and a bowl of seasoning soup that was as bland as water.

Even eggs, which were considered standard equipment for military officers, were gone.

"Sailor, repeat to me what you just said." Leidos rolled his eyes and said bluntly.

The thin sailor's face turned red and he remained silent. If he could dig a hole, he would have probably dug into the ground by now.

"Armed sailors!"

When the skinny sailor heard the word "armed sailor", he took a deep breath and his body trembled.

"Here! Sir!"

"Cuff him and flog him!"

Amid the beats of drums, the crew members from the power department who were taking a break were called into a cabin.

There, the slick, skinny crewman was stripped to the shirt and handcuffed to an X-shaped shackle.

The next moment when the drumbeats stopped, the sound of the nine-tailed whip hitting the back, causing the skin and flesh to burst, was heard.

Both of Leidos's iron hands are prosthetic limbs, and their strength is much greater than that of ordinary people. With this whip, the skinny crewman's bony back was instantly torn apart, and even bits of white bones could be seen.

"Ah!! Ah!!"

The rhythmic and shrill screams spread throughout the cabin.

The crew members nearby clicked their tongues and shrugged without sympathy, while more people clapped in support.

After being whipped 33 times in accordance with military regulations, the young man's screams gradually faded away, and he was handcuffed in the shackles half-dead. It was not until the armed sailor poured a bucket of ice-cold purified water on him that he twitched and whimpered, and raised his head weakly.

"Listen to me." Leidos walked around to him and scolded with his eyes wide open:

“If the accident had not just occurred, resulting in the reduction of skilled sailors in your group, and you were a sailor who had received professional technical training.

If there is one more person above the minimum maintenance personnel, I will execute you now. This matter will not be let go. Your disobedient remarks will be recorded and I will let the Military Supervisor know. You will be sent to the Imperial Navy Military Court after returning. I mean what I say.

Until then, I'll have someone keep an eye on you, and if I hear words like that again, I'll put the noose around your neck myself.

Three days of confinement! You two, stay behind and watch his every move the whole time.

If there is any problem, arrest immediately! "

Leidos threw the bloody nine-tailed whip to the sailor beside him and left the cabin angrily.

"Yes! Sir!"

In the dark, cramped confinement cell where one could not even squat, the skinny sailor leaned against the cold iron wall. His back was aching. He leaned against the wall awkwardly, tears streaming down his cheeks.

The vague and distant whispers became clearer as the fog spread.

"This is betrayal... It's all a conspiracy... The Son of Darkness brought you into the High Heavens... In fact, he wanted to bury you here... Just like his ancestor Spyr... You were deceived... He betrayed the God-Emperor... betrayed the Imperial Navy... and betrayed you..."

"Woo woo." The thin sailor began to tremble all over, with raging anger surging in his heart.

"You are the only one who can save everyone, but those foolish people will only be the officers' accomplices. I will help you, help you overthrow the rule of this tyrant. You will become the new king of Epic, and Sister Arabella will eventually belong to you, not that traitor..."

"You're right, I want to save everything..." The skinny monkey shivered and gritted his teeth.

"I will help you, help you save your beloved Arabella... hehe..."

The pain in Skinny Monkey's body disappeared, and in the sweet fantasy of milk and honey, he seemed to wear the gorgeous uniform of the captain of the Imperial Navy. In front of him, all the beautiful women surrendered and laid out their equipment in an orderly manner, sitting naked at his feet.
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The bridge of the Epic.

"Captain!" First Lieutenant Archie came over.

Horatio chewed some sticky algae, his eyes fixed on processing the various parameters of the Epic. His expression was very focused, because the slightest mistake in the warp navigation would result in the destruction of the entire battleship and the death of people.

So he even squeezed in his meal time and placed a folding table next to the command throne, without even having time to go to the official hall.

On the folding table was an ordinary plate, filled with the same second-class sailor's rations as everyone else's - a spoonful of sticky nutritious algae, a spoonful of minced meat with red sauce, a spoonful of rice, and a bowl of thin soup cooked in a large pot with the ingredients in the bag.

"captain."

This concentration made Archie scream several times before he came back to his senses.

"Two messages."

"Please say."

"The first news is that your proposal to use the Chief Astropath to assist in navigation has indeed made some progress recently. Under the psychic guidance of the girl, the navigator of the Crosby family claimed to have occasionally glimpsed the light of the Astronomican.

In other words, we may be close to finding out the correct direction of this turbulence, but we still need to wait for the Crosby family to make more progress. "

This news made Horatio feel relieved: "God Emperor, I can finally see the light of the Astronomican."

This experience made him feel firsthand how torturous it was to sail on the dark side of the Empire after the Great Rift, without the light of the Astronomican.

"Please keep up the good work, Crosby family. After we get out, I will apply to the Imperial Navy to give them the honor and material support they deserve."

"Understood, Captain. Then the second message..." Archie cleared his throat:

“Recently, after your proposal of ‘officers and soldiers eating together’ was implemented, the morale of the entire ship has indeed improved. However, according to reports from some officers, during the meals at the grassroots level, they also discovered that some crew members had shown abnormal tendencies during the long-term wandering. There was serious hostility among the crew, and fighting was significantly on the rise. There was even doubt about the officers’ abilities.

Later, we will step up the training of the armed forces and the risk inspection of key compartments to avoid sabotage and mutiny caused by dissatisfaction. "

"Very good, Archie, you are becoming more and more sophisticated, and starting to look like a capable captain.

However, with the good news from the Crosby family, I will give a morale-boosting speech today to let them know that we are on the verge of victory and will soon be out of the warp.

However, there is an old saying in Zhendan that goes, "The first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted."

I hope the Crosby family will continue to work hard, because the trick of quenching thirst by wishful thinking and filling hunger with empty promises will no longer work after being used three times.

We must give everyone a clear answer as soon as possible." Horatio looked into Archie's eyes and said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)