Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 68 Cooperation with the Death Cult

Not far from the entrance to the bottom nest, several followers of the Death Cult appeared inexplicably in the distance and looked at Gao Yi quietly.

The surrounding soldiers immediately surrounded these people after discovering them.

"Put down your weapons!"

However, when the rangers pointed their guns, they remained unmoved, still holding the sharp daggers tightly in their hands.

Just when the Rangers were about to kill these uninvited guests, they were stopped by Gao Yi.

When the believers of the Death Worship Cult saw Gao Yi striding towards them, they actually bowed their heads and saluted Gao Yi.

"Rogue Trader, the High Priest is looking for you."

"High Priest, this is the second time I've heard this name. What does he want from me?"

"The high priest said he could help you. We saw your soldiers casually enter the Underhive. They were just seeking their own death."

Hearing this, Gao Yi realized that his first disregard of their invitation seemed to have made the high priest a little uneasy.

"Then have your high priest come to see me."

"The High Priest cannot leave the temple. Please come with us alone and we will take you inside."

As soon as these Death Cult assassins finished speaking, Weier, who was protecting Gao Yi, immediately said, "Sir, it's too dangerous to go to that damn temple alone! Even without them, we can still win the Undernest War! There are no immortals!"

Yes, how could Gao Yi not know this truth? But there is a difference between the death of 1000 people and the death of 100000 people. If too many people die in the bottom nest of Agathos, whose population has already declined sharply, his subsequent expansion plans will also be affected.

"It's okay, Will. I'll be fine. Take me to see your high priest."

But even so, Weier was still worried. He was about to continue persuading Gao Yi, but was stopped by Gao Yi.

It seems that Gao Yi is just one person, but don't forget that Gao Yi is not only individually strong, but he can also consume psychic crystals to warp out a large number of interstellar soldiers at any time if he wants. The end of the war in the lower nest allowed Gao Yi's psychic crystals to reach 20w again. If all of them are warped into machine gunners, he can instantly raise a fully armed army of tens of thousands.

He didn't believe that these Death Cult assassins had the ability to kill him under the protection of thousands of fully armed machine gunners.

The reason why we don't warp now is because these psychic crystals can play a greater role. 500 psychic crystals can build a barracks that continuously produces combat uniforms, while if we warp directly, we can only warp 5 machine gunners.

Watching Gao Yi follow these Death Worship Cult believers to the sewage area.

Will also began to gather troops to move towards the sewage area. If there was any problem, the ready-to-go army would immediately launch an attack.

As soon as Gao Yi entered the area owned by the Death Worship Cult, he felt an inexplicable silence.

There were corpses floating in the drainage ditch in the sewage area, and as people went deeper, some hanging corpses began to appear in front of their eyes. The skin of these corpses looked extremely pale, and there were obvious cut marks on their wrists and leg arteries.

The large pools of solidified blood on the ground indicated that they were bled to death.

"They are all those who betrayed the God-Emperor. They came into contact with heretics, or even unknowingly aided them. But no matter the reason, such behavior is intolerable. They must atone for their sins with their lives."

Seeing Gao Yi's confusion, the believer who led the way also explained to Gao Yi.

After passing through numerous hidden paths, pipes, and countless secret doors, Gao Yi finally entered the so-called temple that the Death Cultists were talking about. Looking at the scene before him, Gao Yi couldn't believe that he was actually in the sewage area. Not only were these guys well hidden, but the level of cleanliness and luxury was almost as good as his own palace.

Many people live here, but they are all dressed in black clothes that represent their identity as Death Worshipers.

A rough look at the scale shows that there are at least two to three thousand people living here. They all believe in the teachings of the Death Worship Cult. The number of people is much smaller than Gao Yi imagined.

In the open space and square, the believers were undergoing almost cruel training under the guidance of higher-level Death Cult assassins, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

The source of the bloody smell is the huge statue of the God Emperor in the center of the temple. The God Emperor holds a sharp blade, but unlike the huge statue of the God Emperor in the royal court area, he is not flesh and blood. The statue of the God Emperor here is a huge skeleton in a white robe.

The Death Cult believes that the God-Emperor is the immortal god, and even his holy image is extremely special. At the feet of the holy image is a huge pool of blood. The flowing blood is composed of the blood of unclean people and heretics. They are the best tributes offered by the Death Cult to the God-Emperor.

Gao Yi even saw with his own eyes a struggling, cunning believer with a purple head being dragged to the side of the blood pool.

The believers cut the throat of the cunning believer and let his blood slowly flow into the pool of blood.

Walking all the way to the statue, Gao Yi's attention was caught by an old man sitting on a chair, his eyes covered with a black cloth.

His feet and one arm were missing. No wonder these Death Cult followers said he couldn't leave the temple. It turned out he was disabled.

Looking at the old man in front of him, Gao Yi did not feel that the power of his subspace corruption began to take effect. This at least showed that these believers of the Death Cult had not fallen into darkness, which made Gao Yi feel relieved.

"High Priest! The wandering traders are coming!"

"Although the other person's eyes were covered with a black cloth, Gao Yi could feel that he was looking at him in some way.

"Are you the High Priest? I heard you were looking for me? I am the current Rogue Trader, Gao Yi Mungert."

"Lord Gao Yi, on behalf of the Agathos Death Cult, I welcome you."

"You haven't told me your name yet."

"Name? Ever since I became the High Priest of the Death Worship Cult, I have given up everything from my past, including my name. I have dedicated everything I have to the Immortal Emperor."

"So what do you mean you can help me?"

"You must have discovered the terrifying aliens that inhabit the lower nest, right?"

"Of course, High Priest, don't keep me in suspense. The person I hate most in my life is the Riddler."

"I want to discuss cooperation with you. We know some secret passages leading to the Underhive, paths unknown even to the aliens. My assassins will help you find the location of the alien leader! All the assassins of the Death Cult will work with you to eradicate this cancer that infests Agathos.

What we want in return is that you allow us to continue living in the Lower Nest and spread our teachings here. We will also become a sharp blade in your hand, helping you eliminate those who blaspheme the Undead Emperor in the Lower Nest."

"Deal with those aliens? You have no idea how terrifying they are. Even I had to make great sacrifices to completely resolve the problem of the bottom nest. How can you do it? With your flesh and blood? With so few people here? I know your assassination skills are very superb, and I also recognize your fighting ability.

But Bohea has long been dominated by those guys. Every life in Bohea is an enemy. How are you going to get around millions of enemies and kill that monster?!"

(End of this chapter)