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Chapter 226 Tiberius: This is an insult to me!

Grey Knight: "."

He silently released his hand, erasing the mortal's memories of the past and present.

No.

He saw nothing.

He didn't see anything!

There is no such thing as an emperor's miraculous appearance here; it is all an illusion created by them to deceive others!

He doesn't admit it!

He absolutely refuses to acknowledge that this is their human emperor!

This so-called imperial apparition is nothing but a scheme by a group of rumor-mongers, a group of chaotic believers, and a group of perverted lunatics!

They also blasphemed the great emperor.
These idiots must be dealt with and eliminated!
No.

Actually, he wanted to get rid of himself.

As a Grey Knight, he had endured countless trials and tribulations in a mysterious monastery over many years—neither the temptations nor the threats of demons could shake his unwavering faith in the Emperor.

But he and the other Grey Knights examiners seemed to have forgotten an important criterion—

He can indeed resist the temptations of the devil, but what about the temptations of the emperor?
do not know.

Even the well-informed Grey Knights had never been trained on how to resist the Emperor's temptations, nor had they found any information on how to resist the Emperor's temptations in the Pandemonium.

Even the highest mentors of the Grey Knights would not make separate annotations for such entries.

This is a very dangerous idea.

What do you mean?
Are you saying that the tragic hero who bore the fate of all mankind, the great human emperor, was actually a Roman she-wolf?
This is an utter disgrace to the great Emperor!
Therefore, even if similar concerns have existed.

Even the emperor worried that he himself would be transformed into something he did not want to see due to the faith of countless people.

For example, in the arrangement of the final edict, the Emperor chose the Grey Knights instead of the Imperial Guard because he did not want the Imperial Guard's blind loyalty to lead them further down the wrong path after they became some kind of terrible entity.

But the emperor's prediction was wrong.
should!

Could it be this kind of mistake?

At that moment, the Grey Knight felt as if he had discovered the significance of the ultimate decree.

He had once been incredibly puzzled as to why the Emperor would give them such an order.

In legend, the emperor's power was so immense that the energy from a mere gesture could crush an entire planet. It was because of his protection that humanity was able to emerge from chaos and perpetual peace.
If one day he is able to step down from the golden throne and walk among mortals—whether through resurrection, reincarnation into another body, or ascension into the warp in some form of warp entity—
If he (or she?) were to actually leave the Golden Throne, the Grey Knights would have to do everything in their power to bring him back to the throne and restore him to his terrible duties. In fact, the Grey Knights were created specifically to deal with this possibility.

The problem is that this task is beyond the capabilities of any other faction within the human empire.

How could the Mechanicus, the Imperial Guard, the Astartes, or the Astral Army possibly have the ability to bring the Emperor, who has already risen again, back to the Golden Throne?

But the Emperor gave the Grey Knights such an unrealistic order.

To bring the emperor back to the golden throne?

Eh, me?

"It's clear that the Emperor didn't want us to stop him from becoming a being of destruction, but rather—to prevent more people from seeing him in his current state!"

"The Emperor... The Emperor doesn't want others to see this side of him!"

The Grey Knight immediately understood!

The emperor's wisdom far surpassed that of all of them.

He must have had a deeper meaning in issuing the ultimate decree to the Grey Knights, which was impossible to fulfill!
"So that's how it is. So the Emperor foresaw what would happen today."

According to historical documents he once accessed in the library of the Grey Knights Monastery, the Emperor scattered fragments of his humanity throughout the world before his final battle with the traitor Horus.

These fragments of humanity all possess some characteristics of the Emperor himself. And what he just saw in the memories of the mortal crew members was very likely a part of the Emperor himself.

That was a very large... no, a very feminine emperor!
The Grey Knight immediately understood the Emperor's deeper meaning.

Let alone the Emperor, even the Grey Knight himself wouldn't want to see the Emperor become like this!

I understand, I understand.

The Grey Knight understood why the Emperor had issued the final decree, yet remained silent.

How can you say something like that out loud!
The Grey Knight silently disappeared from the black ship.

Immediately afterwards, he skillfully dialed the psionic communication channel belonging to the Grey Knights.

"Investigation report on the so-called imperial apparitions on the black ship of the Tribunal."

"Based on our investigation of the crew's recollections at the scene, we discovered what appears to be a depiction of the Emperor on the black ship, but..."

As he was reporting, the Grey Knight was pondering how to present what he had seen and heard to the Grand Master.

Forget it.

Let's just lay out all our concerns and speculations.

"Master, I have a preliminary deduction."

Endymion Galaxy.

As a sub-cluster of the White Scars, the Mantis Warriors' chapter of Space Marines naturally retained some of the traditions of their former parent chapter.

As a Space Marine Chapter adept at rapid strikes, most of the planets in the Endymion system have a considerable number of grasslands that serve as their training grounds and racing tracks.

This place was once a wasteland called Gogotan, but under the rule of Guilliman for seven thousand years and the current diligent governance of the tyrant Badab, it has transformed from an absolutely forbidden zone of life into a lush and verdant grassland.

"The Khan's descendants have never lost their love for racing, not even ten thousand years later."

Seeing another round of high-speed racing taking place at their encampment, the Red Scorpion, acting as diplomatic envoys...
As guests of the Mantis Warriors, after both sides ultimately chose to make peace, the Space Marines and mortals residing in the Endymion system offered them local food, drinks, and performances.

The performance was excellent.

But a crisis is looming.

"Wait, in the sky."

"what is that?"

"Has our ship returned? After we wiped out all the pirates?"

"It's our hero! Our heroes from the expedition have returned!!!"

People cannot hear any sounds outside the vacuum, but the shadows cast by the battle barges in the void seem to indicate the arrival of some kind of predators roaming the void.

That's not our ship.

"The Mantis Warriors have never associated with any chapter that bears this symbol."

At the camp, the Mantis Warrior, who was about to start his anti-gravity motorcycle again, shut down the roaring machine beneath him.

The markings on the battle barge were very old and worn, with gaps and signs of age that suggested they had been made during the Great Rebellion.

It was a fish-shaped pattern, and even in the distant near-Earth orbit, the unique vision granted to them by their genes allowed the Mantis Warriors to see the tiny details on this battle barge.

He felt an instinctive fear about it.

The intuition of the mantis warrior.

Immediately following, as if in response to his tension, the combat barge, which was rushing at high speed from the outside towards the planet's near-Earth orbit, simultaneously launched countless torpedo compartments from both sides of the barge toward the ground.

As a defensive planet for the Mantis Warriors, and the home of the Mantis Warriors, one of the guardians of Badab, this place has never been a weakly defended territory.

Before the torpedoes launched in scattered bursts could even hit the ground and explode, an almost invisible force dissolved them all.

The surface defense Void Shield intercepted these unexpected attacks.

Although they had no idea why the other side would release torpedoes to strike the Void Shield.

But the Mantis Warrior remained restrained, attempting to communicate with its opponent.

They had a feeling that these guys were purgatory agents sent by the human empire.

Others may not understand the paint scheme on the battle barge, but the only mantis warrior captain left to guard the planet's surface still vividly remembers the name Man-Eating Shark.

After luring the main force of the Mantis Warriors into the whirlpool, they finally couldn't resist tearing up the agreement.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen this time to launch an attack on them!

Moreover, the main force of the Mantis Warriors is not here; only a small Astartes company remains on the planet's surface.

How could they possibly stand against an entire battle barge of Space Marines on their own?
However, in response, all they could hear was an extremely low, hoarse roar, like that of a deep-sea predator.

[Tell those cowards: The man-eating shark is coming.]

The torpedo was just a probe.

Because the Shark Squad was really poor, even the torpedoes they used for probing were nearly scrapped "stock".

To prevent waste, the antique rain, which had been stored for countless years, poured down at this moment.

They didn't care whether this thing would explode or not; it was just a trial balloon to test whether there was a Void Shield.

Countless landing craft and airships simultaneously launched a surprise attack on the planet's surface—aside from the roar of the man-eating shark, no one knew what kind of terrifying creatures they were or why they chose to descend upon the planet at this moment.

The strength of the man-eating shark lies in close-quarters combat. Despite being poor, each man-eating shark is equipped with a large number of chainsaw weapons for close-quarters fighting.

Because chainsaw weapons are easy to obtain, have a large kill radius, and produce a more intimidating and terrifying effect of splattering blood, they also do not require charging like powered weapons.

—At the same time, not using ranged attacks also makes their combat very conserve ammunition.

As a member of the Shark Eater crew, you have to be careful with everything.

They were indeed a very, very poor legion.

Not only were there no suitable mortal crew members (slaves) to replenish them, but despite acquiring artifacts and relics that other legions could hardly imagine during their raids, they were also extremely lacking in the most basic power armor, ammunition, weapons, equipment, energy, food, and water.

It's like a top-of-the-line computer not lacking a high-end graphics card and processor—it simply runs out of power.

"They're coming. Be prepared, Nulus. We are about to face an entire warband of invaders. Are you afraid?"

Looking at the airdrop pods that were crashing down on the planet's surface like meteors in the distance, Casca asked.

"Only joy, sir."

Titus answered as he walked.

"An entire chapter of invaders?" The Mantis Warrior asked suspiciously as two Red Scorpion Chapter Space Marines walked straight toward him. "Do you know something? Or are they one of your accomplices?"

"No. We're here to stop them from looting."

"For this, I need your motorcycle."

The Mantis Warriors were the best guerrilla fighting group in the Badab Wars. Their guerrilla mobile tactics, inherited from their mother group, the White Scars, had given countless headaches to the Great Vortex Chaos and the Imperial Navy.

Correspondingly, the man-eating shark also has a solution to this problem.

Scorched earth policy.

Clear and plunder all the population, resources, and supplies on the Endymion system, turning this region into a scorched wasteland from which the Mantis Warriors cannot obtain supplies.

What a heinous scheme—countless citizens of the Empire did not die at the hands of the Mantis Warriors, whom the Empire accused of treason, but at the hands of loyal Space Marines whom the High Lords directly ordered to be eliminated at all costs.

"And this planet is the starting point of their plunder—we must minimize the losses as much as possible, so as to nip any potential conflict in the bud."

"That's why I need to borrow your motorcycle, is that enough?"

In fact, Kaska doesn't need to argue with this Mantis Warrior at all.

At such close range, Kasgar could even teleport instantly to the opponent's landing site to intercept the Man-Eating Shark.

But if that's really the case, then the remaining magic-immune Titans will likely only be able to run wild in this wilderness.

"No, I still can't trust you—Red Scorpion's envoys. You're on the same side as the Human Empire. I can't trust you."

"Alright then, it seems we need to find an even faster motorcycle—"

"and many more!"

Before Kaska could finish his long monologue, the mantis warrior appeared before them with a mid-air spin.

"Brother, I think this is an insult to us."

The deep anger in the voice of the mantis warrior beneath the helmet was palpable.

For a mantis warrior, one can mock their fighting skills, equipment, or even their character.
But you absolutely must not mock them for not driving fast enough!

This is the most severe insult he has ever suffered!
"boarding."

Racing is so exhilarating!

"Thank you for your help, Mantis Warrior. That's all for now."

"This place is very close to the landing point of the man-eating shark, please be careful."

As Casca spoke, he and Tetus dismounted from the motorcycle and began to speed away.

The two, clad in Red Scorpion power armor, rushed towards the designated landing point for the Man-Eating Shark.

"It's alright, we're brothers!"

"How could those brainless idiots possibly keep up with my speed?"

"Come find me again next time you're racing!"

"Alright, Nulus (Titus's disguised name)."

They also had to conceal their identities within the Red Scorpion Chapter to avoid arousing suspicion.

As for Kasgar, no one in the entire Red Scorpion Chapter, except for Chapter Master Otis, knew that he was the ancient hero Kasgar who once walked the world alongside the Emperor.

The warriors of the chapter had only heard that a powerful champion had joined the chapter, who had no name, but no one could defeat him.

"Go and make some noise nearby to attract the attention of the man-eating shark. I'll try to get through to its communication system."

After hearing Kasgar's command, Titus nodded silently.

As the two raced deeper into the man-eating sharks' landing point, many sharks that were preparing to advance and plunder in all directions spotted them.

The two lone members of the Red Scorpion Squad were likely their allies.

But when faced with a starving shark, the concept of friendly forces simply doesn't exist.

In particular, the Red Scorpion Battle Group is a traditional battle group that inherited the Emperor's son's legacy, and it is extremely wealthy from top to bottom.

It has all kinds of weapons and equipment, and the power armor is polished to a gleaming shine.

Although Kasgar chose a plain power armor suit as his psionic disguise and Titus's temporary armor in order not to be too flashy, it seems that even this level of suit is still comparable to the most effective bait in the eyes of the Maneater.

Which shark wouldn't be envious of this?

Needless to say, even before the two got close, more than a dozen sharks, attracted by the smell of blood, rushed straight toward their location.

Fine armor and fine weapons!

What I grabbed is mine!

Deng!
However, in the next moment, the two red scorpions moved.

They showed not the slightest fear when faced with the encirclement of numerous space sharks.

The man-eating sharks cannot smell fear, even when they have surrounded the two prey.

One never felt fear, the other just wanted to laugh.

Their explosive speed instantly surpassed that of the battle-hardened attackers.

It didn't even use much force, just gentle bumps and elbow strikes, to incapacitate the surging man-eating sharks and their desire to rob them.

"Is that enough?"

“Crimson Scar Tiberius, we need to talk.”

"If you're willing."

"certainly--"

As he spoke, Kasgar slammed the hilt of his sword into the wrist of the man-eating shark he had knocked to the ground in an instant, and the shark let out a muffled curse.

He's more likely to feel sorry for the shattered ceramic gauntlet than for his bones.

"You can just watch me slaughter your people, whatever you want."

As he spoke, Casca deliberately stomped on and crushed the seemingly old chainsaw sword.

Where did this junk come from? Seriously.

"Waste should go to the recycling center as soon as possible, don't you think?"

Click.

As he spoke, Casca smashed another finely crafted chainsaw axe.

This was even more heartbreaking for everyone in the Man-Eating Shark organization than simply killing the other party.

This is the simplest and most direct insult to the man-eating shark!

"Stop it."

"I have never heard of Red Scorpion having such a brave and powerful warrior."

"Hehe, now you can hear it, can't you?"