Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 136 Blood Guild
The battleship just approached the starport.

As the capital of the sub-star zone, complete orbital defense fortifications, Malfi's own planetary defense fleet, and a large number of armed transport ships from all over the world are docked around the starport.

The planet's governor had obviously invested a lot of money in building an orbital defense system, and any ordinary fleet that wanted to approach this planet would have to pay a heavy price.

From orbit, the entire planet has 70% land, and two huge nest cities stand on the planet.

But there are still many small settlements outside the hive city.

They connect two huge hive cities, and the trains of the Mechanicus constantly shuttle across the wasteland to transport supplies.

There are still a large number of indigenous nomadic indigenous people living in the wilderness outside the hive city.

The confrontation with the environment and mutated beasts makes them particularly martial and powerful.

"Norris, you and your Ghost will quietly use the Banshees to sneak onto the planet. You will gather intelligence from some places in the Lower Hive, while Holt, Ian, and I will head to the Upper Hive to see the extent of the planet's corruption."

Damon and Norris discuss the plan.

"Okay, then we'll keep in touch. Lord Gao Yi said that this time the enemy will be very dangerous and cunning, and may use the power of the imperial authorities to deal with us."

As the battleship approached the starport, several Banshees entered the battleship's atmosphere without anyone noticing.

Damon and others boarded the space elevator to the surface of Malfi.

They began to visit Malfi's state church and the Inquisition, and also met with reception officials sent by Malfi officials.

But none of them had any. Some sneaky servants actually began to collect the dandruff and any other biological samples they could find left behind by several people.

A nest within a hive.

Blood Guild Headquarters
In Malfi, murder, assassination, and vendettas are as common as drinking water.

The most common thing associated with conspiracy is death, and many things that are not suitable for employers to do themselves require some specialized assassins to complete the task.

Malfi's Blood Guild is ostensibly an organization composed of bounty hunters and stalkers.

They make money by hunting down Malfi's wanted people. Anyone who pays 1000 throne coins and is not wanted can register with the Blood Guild and have some killing privileges.

You can find almost all kinds of people in the Blood Guild. The relaxed review process means that these registrants may be servants of the Inquisitor or even a cultist.

The guild hall is filled with a large number of blood hunters who come to accept or complete tasks.

Some were dressed in rags and armed only with battered automatic rifles, but others were even wearing force-feedback armor.

In a hidden secret room of the union, an extremely handsome man was lying on a chair smoking a cigarette. This cigarette, which is made of deadly chemicals, is enough to kill an ordinary person.

The excruciating pain of the chemicals burning his lungs turned into enjoyment on the man's face.

The rough outer garment concealed his deformed body.

And on this body are countless scars left by self-harm.

In front of him was a piece of parchment.

Written above is his mission this time.

This special parchment uses a genetic technology.

There is a genetic sample of the target on it, and when the victim's blood drips on it, it will indicate that the mission is completed.

"Praise the Divine Emperor, Coles. This is the goal of your mission this time."

"President, huh... Are you praising the Divine Emperor? Ridiculous... A murderer actually mentions the Divine Emperor all the time, and you're still so hypocritical."

Coles looked at the other person with disdain. He didn't believe a word the other person said.

However, when Coles saw the mission target, he put away his contemptuous expression.

"A bishop, a high-ranking inquisitor? And a Rogue Trader's guard? You praise the God-Emperor, yet you attack his loyal servants?"

Coles looked at the Rogue Trader's guard, puzzled as to how this man had been added to the list. "All you have to do is complete the mission. Don't ask questions unless they're necessary. And we need the victim alive this time. Can't you do that?"

"Can't finish it? So what if it's the Inquisitor? Aren't there enough Inquisitors and their servants who died in Malfi? As long as you pay me enough, I don't mind who I kill.

Mutants, cultists, inquisitors, or navy are all fine! I'd even give the Governor a try, but a live one would cost more, a lot more money. I need a higher-purity potion... and I also need toys that are harder to break!"

"As long as you can complete the mission, all of this will satisfy you. But if you fail, I want you to know the consequences. It will be easy to kill you and your scum brothers from the Underhive."

Coles still sat there carelessly, ignoring the other party's threats. He knew that he was still useful to the other party.

"I'll give you three days to prepare. I'll provide you with their whereabouts. Don't miss it."

"understood."

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At this time, in a Malfi-provided guesthouse in Shangchao, Ian and Holt used their identities to get a fairly spacious room.

Damon, Holt and Ian gathered together to exchange the information they had obtained.

Within three days of arriving in Malfi.

Holt went to the church here. The people in the church received him and said that the missionary work of the state religion here was going smoothly, except for the nesting problem. However, this was a common problem in hive cities. You cannot expect every hive city to be Agathos.

Holt did not get any useful information from the state church priests. At least on the surface, most people on this planet believed in the God-Emperor.

The Governor was particularly pious, but he rarely went to the cathedral. Instead, he prayed in his own palace.

Ian also learned about the problems Malfi was facing from the mouths of these inquisitors.

The governor here is obstructing the Inquisition's management and investigation of Malfi, both openly and secretly. The powerful people in the empire have all touched upon some things that are not allowed, but the intensity of the resistance has obviously exceeded the reasonable range.

Under the Governor's operation, the infiltration of the Governor's court also failed completely.

Malfi's people were so scheming and plotting that even the inquisitors could hardly bear it. Besides the Governor's Palace, attacks on the inquisitors after entering the Lower Nest and the Bottom Nest were also extremely frequent. Although the Governor did not send soldiers to encircle and retaliate every time, they all ended in nothing.

Without solid evidence that there was something wrong with the governor, they could not take action against the governor of a sub-star region.

The chaos in the Calixis sector does not allow them to take any extreme actions now.

Otherwise, causing chaos in an important hive world would only backfire.

And Glades's rule over Malfi is indeed worthy of her status as governor.

She possesses unparalleled management skills. Even in the face of conspiracies and schemes by other nobles, she can still fulfill her duties. This is definitely one of the best among all the governors-general. She can even suppress these powerful people and even absorb them.

And the most important thing is that every time the tithe is completed in excess, and for the case where a planet can complete the tithe, the empire's management of the planet can be said to be extremely relaxed. Not to mention killing Glades, he will even be rewarded openly.

However, they were still very welcome to Ian's arrival. They were even more surprised when Ian said that he had a fleet and a corps of star troops that could be mobilized.

They said they would provide Ian with the necessary information, but they also reminded Ian to be careful and pay attention to safety, especially to be careful of the planet's governor Glades.

When they said these words to Ian, regret and fear appeared on their faces.

Fear is understandable, but why do expressions of regret appear on the faces of these judges?
Ian knew that the Inquisition here had some special ideas. They called themselves the Reunion Sect. Their ideas were relatively extreme. They believed that stagnation and complacency would only destroy the empire. They advocated reform and change, and even had serious conflicts with the conservatives in the Inquisition.

Derek once told him that it would be best to have less contact with this sect. If a high-ranking Inquisition judge thought that the other party was extreme, then the other party must be extremely extreme.

They may even have been exposed to and committed a large number of heretical acts.

And change in Warhammer often represents danger.

Ian could clearly feel that the other party was hiding something from him.

Ian just felt that Malfi's situation was more complicated than he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)