Travel to Warhammer 40K with Grey Wind

However, such a person was only sitting on the side, and one could see some respect in his expression towards the person sitting in the main seat.

As Bernadette learned, Falla's planetary governor, Russell, was indeed a follower of the Star Bullet.

"I am honored to have you here, Madam Inquisitor. Please take a seat."

Russell stood up and politely greeted Bernadette, and took her to another seat next to him - Russell sat between the Star Bullet and Bernadette.

This seating arrangement saved Bernadette from having to come into direct contact with the Star Bullet, and she did not mind.

When she sat down, Bernadette subconsciously lowered her shoulders so as not to appear too much taller than Russell and the Star-Shooter, as that would seem to overshadow the guests.

Such details can always reduce other people's bad impression of her.

Governor Falla's hospitality was naturally not as arrogant as the Oil Man's. As soon as they sat down, a bionic servant placed the pre-prepared desserts and tea in front of them - only two servings, because Gray Wind did not drink tea or like sweets. For the nanorobot cluster, the level of "taste" might be more interesting than the taste.

"I'm no longer the Inquisitor, you don't have to call me that..." Bernadette showed some reserve, then smiled bitterly and said, "And, sorry, for some reason, I can't enjoy your hospitality. I'm really sorry, please forgive me."

Russell didn't say much, nor did he ask the reason. He just asked the robot servant to take both refreshments.

Bernatita was relieved by his understanding.

But that is not the case with Star-Bomber.

"As far as I know, you used to like to eat a lot of sweets in your spare time to vent the mental pressure accumulated at work." The voice of the star bomber came faintly from his seemingly empty black robe:

"But now you dare not enjoy it that way, and have to deny your favorite taste... To be precise, since you got that magic book, you dare not let yourself relax and enjoy anything, right?"

The polite smile on Bernadette's face froze.

After all personnel were in place, the two battlecruisers docked in Faya's orbit started their engines and headed towards the Statue of the Emperor at the edge of the star's gravity well.

The beautiful starry sky passed over the side of the ship, making her look even more embarrassed.

"Just as you said..." Bernatita lowered her head.

The magic book that the Star-Bomber mentioned was taken from the followers of Slaanesh during an operation to eliminate heresy.

This "Book of Pleasure" that praises indulgence and enjoyment, even if ordinary people just glance at the cover, the power of the Prince of Pleasure will arouse the evil desires hidden in the deepest part of their hearts, and they will indulge themselves in self-deception and fall into depravity.

But the forbidden spells recorded in this joyful magic book have helped Bernadette survive desperate situations many times, and also made her more adept in fighting against heresy and chaos.

It also forced her to endure the temptation of pleasure all the time.

The power of chaos is never docile, even for a book of pleasure, and as far as Russell knows, she has more than one demonic weapon on her.

Russell tilted his head slightly and looked at Bernatita's neck.

Her skin was moist, her hair was sticky, and her cheeks were slightly flushed from the heat rising from the power armor, as if she had just taken a shower.

"Don't be too greedy for the power of chaos, or you will be lost one day. The temptation of the gods is something that no mortal will can resist."

The Star Bullet said softly: "Too radical ideas will only lead you to a dead end. You know, the most popular faction in the Court of Inquisition is always the Purity Faction. I hope you can keep your heart pure as well."

Bernadette naturally knew what the Star Bullet was talking about, and understood that the advice he gave was correct, but she did not waver.

"Every Inquisitor begins life as a Purist."

She said: "But as time goes by, every Inquisitor will slowly discover a fact in his career: it is simply impossible to protect humanity and the empire in this dangerous universe by conventional means alone."

Alien Inquisitors are keen on alien technology, and Heretic Inquisitors often need to master evil magic and sorcery. There is nothing that can be done about it.

The older the Inquisitor, the more radical he will be. He will try to use all kinds of unconventional methods to save the empire, and he will sink deeper and deeper into the radical path until he is on the wrong path and cannot turn back. In the end, he will be punished by the Pure Inquisitor who has not yet fallen...

This has been the case for thousands of years, since the founding of the Inquisition until now.

Bernadette took a deep breath and calmed down: "This is the fate of the Inquisitor."

"But you are no longer an Inquisitor." There was a faint smile in the Star Bullet's voice: "At least your colleagues will no longer recognize your Rose Knot."

Suddenly, Bernatita's body tensed up.

It would be difficult for any high-ranking Inquisitor to suppress his anger when someone used such a mocking tone to poke at his sore spot. The emotional intelligence of the Star Bullet was so low that he was like a Chaos God, without any respect for the personality of others.

But after just a few seconds, she forced herself to relax and no longer showed any anger.

"Under normal circumstances, I would admire your self-control. Being able to control your anger is quite precious."

The Star Bullet's voice deepened. "But I only feel pity for you right now. Pity for the beast trapped in the cage you created."

Russell sat between the two of them, saying nothing.

Bernadette lowered her head and said nothing more.

Although the Star-Ballist's words have low emotional intelligence, there is nothing wrong with them.

The reason why she was not angry even when being humiliated like this was not because of her good personal cultivation, but simply because Bernatita did not dare to allow herself to have any meaningless and unnecessary anger.

She took the emotion of anger away from herself, just like giving up her favorite sweet tooth.

The display could already show merchant ships and fleets coming and going, and the "Guide" statue was approaching. The emperor, dressed as a scholar, walked barefoot in the starry sky, the lantern in his hand emitting a fluorescent green light.

That is the L-Gate.

Chapter 76: Fordola

For a long time, Bernatita has lived in a cage that she built for herself.

In order to control the blood-drinking magic sword that urged people to kill, she suppressed all her anger as much as possible.

In order to resist the temptation of the book of pleasure, she lived an ascetic life.

In order to prevent the Nurgle demons living in the Lord of the Rings from taking advantage of her, she developed severe mysophobia and bid farewell to all laziness and decadence...

No longer angry, no longer lazy, no longer having desires, in order to harness the power of chaos, Bernadette twisted herself into a stranger that she didn't even recognize. This was the price she paid.

Such a sacrifice sounds tragic, but in the human empire, there are many people like Bernatita, and sacrifice is the cornerstone of the empire.

If her help wasn't needed on this trip, Russell wouldn't have been in the mood to care about her private affairs.

"No matter how strong your will is, once you have your first contact with Chaos, it is only a matter of time before you fall."

The Star Bullet said calmly, "When you feel like you can't hold on any longer, you can come to me. As long as you're willing to pay a price, I can help you to the best of my ability."

Thank you, I will look for you if there is such a day." Bernadette suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and bowed her head to thank the Star Bullet.

The communication with the Star-Ballist was very unpleasant, but she knew in her heart that the other party had no ill intentions and could indeed help her with his abilities.

The Star-Baller has no emotional intelligence, he doesn't care about other people's feelings, or it can be said that this existence doesn't need to care about the feelings of mortals. But the kindness he expresses is not false, and the help he gives to people is genuine.

A blunt good guy.

This is Bernadette's evaluation of the Star Bullet.

After this somewhat touching topic came to an end, Russell, who had been silent the whole time, tried to break the awkward atmosphere that had been destroyed by the Star Bullet.

"Ms. Shen..., although we have done a lot of research on the situation in the Nirvana system before we set out, I believe that the information you have will be more comprehensive and in-depth." Russell said with a smile: "I hope to get your support, which will definitely be of great help to our cause."

Bernadette's mood eased a little and she nodded.

She didn't see the coldness and arrogance of the Star Bullet in Russell, but a kind of politeness and gentleness that made people unconsciously approach him. Russell didn't mind lowering his attitude at all, and everyone felt comfortable with him. If he wasn't here, this journey would probably be very depressing.

How should I put it? The personalities of this master and servant are surprisingly compatible.

The Wayfinder Statue continued to enlarge on the display. The Ark of Bliss had already arrived in front of the L-Gate. With the distortion of time and space, the two battlecruisers disappeared together in the hands of the Emperor.

"Nirvana is the core star system of the Espenes star zone. The main star 'Niful' and the forging world 'Musbel' are both located in this star system."

Bernatita adjusted her mindset and began to fulfill her promise:

"Nefer Prime is a huge hive city with a population of about 1200 billion. The top leader is the prophetess Alexi, but the one who actually holds power is the navigator family 'Reipt', which is the family from which the prophetess came."

However, with the opening of the L-Gate, the Reyput family is being closely watched by powerful forces such as the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Astartes. If they make any extraordinary moves, a bloody purge will follow without regard for right or wrong.

However, thanks to the Prophet's Council's decision to retain traditional subspace navigation and cost issues, L-gates have been determined to be built only in a few important star systems such as Ask and Aurora. The rest of the short-distance inter-galactic voyages still rely on navigators.

Coupled with the strong trade brought about by the opening of the stargate, the mood of the Reipt family is relatively stable now, and there has been no large-scale navigator rebellion like the Imperial Army of Faya.

"The Forge World 'Musbell' is ruled by the Great Sage 'Coaster'. He now regrets very much that he chose to stay in Musbell when the Martyrs went on the expedition. Otherwise, he should have assembled the main gate of the L-Star Gate himself."

As they spoke, the distorted space and time in front of them had returned to their original state, and the brilliant galaxy filled their vision again, showing a busy scene in front of them. Countless ships of all sizes were connected in space, and after their identities were verified by the Mechanicus, they passed through the celestial body and headed for the L-Star Gate behind them.

A planet was quietly moving at the end of Russell's sight, bathed in the light of the stars, and its body was dark red like rust. The huge factories on the surface of the planet could be seen clearly even in space, and in orbit, the planet was covered with a steel-cast star ring that also showed the color of dark red rust.

"That is the forge world Musbell. The orbital star ring on it was built five hundred years ago. It was originally just a few independent space elevators, but later they were connected together... It is generally believed that the star ring project was presided over by the great sage Coster, but in fact, the person who presided over the project was his teacher. Coster was just a person who sought fame and reputation."

"The Mechanicus is the most friendly force to Faya. You must be careful not to express any doubts about the Chief Engineer of Star Ring in front of Coster. He attaches great importance to his reputation and may overreact to this..."

Bernadette introduced in detail to Russell, who came to Nirvana for the first time, some secrets and unspoken rules that could not be learned through ordinary channels. This information could not be bought with money.

During the conversation, the Ark of Bliss and the Oracle of Truth bypassed the star ring of the forge world Musbel and headed straight for a planet on the other side of the Nirvana galaxy.

The capital planet of Espiones, Nifol Prime.

The size of the Forge World Musbel is roughly the same as that of Holy Terra, and the size of Nifol Prime is about 1.3 times that of Musbel. The entire planet is covered with a man-made steel jungle, with tall towers piercing the sky.

As the Ark of Bliss approached, dozens of ships loaded with cargo had just set sail from the starport and flew towards the L-Gate.

The Oracle of Truth first anchored itself in the orbit of Nifol Prime and was being scanned by automatic defense satellites.

Soon, both ships received communication requests from the top of the hive city. Several smaller guide ships left the orbital dock and came to the side of the Ark of Paradise, leading them to dock in a relatively empty port.

"The prophetess already knows about our arrival, and she wants to see you." Russell turned around and lowered his head, saying to the Star Bullet, "She seems to have something...very important that she wants to communicate with us in person."

"How important is it?" asked the Star Shooter nonchalantly.

Russell sorted out his words and continued, "Thanks to the Emperor's guidance, Alexei foresaw Chaos' invasion of the Nirvana system in advance. She made sufficient preparations for this and assembled a large fleet to guard the L-Gate, but... the gate was still destroyed."

"The Imperial Fleet successfully blocked the first wave of Chaos invasion, but someone else destroyed the Stargate - an Eldar Ark Fleet named 'Fodora'. They quietly launched an attack while the Imperial Fleet led by Alexi was fighting Chaos, destroying the L-Stargate that had just been assembled."

"After the successful sneak attack, the Eldar of the Fordlan Ark left immediately without any hesitation, but the Empire reacted very quickly. They forcibly stopped two of the small Wraithbone warships, boarded them and captured dozens of Eldar on board, including an Eldar prophet. Alexi is now personally interrogating them."

Chapter 77 Blood Lion

After docking the ship in the starport, Bernadette took Russell and the Star-Ballist on a small shuttle to the hive spire where the prophetess was located. Alexi was there interrogating the Ark Eldar captured by the Human Empire.

These disgusting and cunning aliens were originally imprisoned by the Inquisition in the filthy prison at the bottom of the hive, where they were humiliated and tortured in every way. The brains and Eldar cores of many of them had been permanently crippled by the Inquisitors' extremely cruel means.

The Eldar Empire, founded by the Eldar, was once the overlord of the Milky Way, claiming to have a vast territory of tens of millions of habitable star systems. As a psychic race supported by the Ancients, the Eldar are selfish, arrogant, stubborn and self-righteous, and every cell from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet reveals an annoying arrogance.

Perhaps the once powerful Eldar Empire was indeed qualified to be so arrogant, but the once powerful Eldar Empire had already completely collapsed due to the Eldar's own indulgence.

The current Aida elves are obviously just a group of stray dogs who have brought disaster upon themselves, but they still keep repeating "our old Aida's grandfather is the grandfather" without giving up.

The arrogance and stubbornness of the Eldar of the Fordlan Ark meant that the Inquisitors had tried every possible means over the past few years but failed to extract much valuable information. Instead, many precious captives were killed and only a few fragments of memory were extracted from their brains, which were of no practical use.