mtl008 Chapter 505: Tit-for-tat and Difficulties
Chapter 505: Tit-for-tat and Difficulties
【Trial Chamber】
Ulysses was a little annoyed. He was so well-predicted that he actually forgot the discord between the State Religion and the Adeptus Astartes.
The conflict here might lead to the collapse of his plan, and he couldn't help but feel resentful about his own mistake.
Since ancient times, there has been irreconcilable contradiction between the State Religion and the Adeptus Astartes.
It does not stem from any huge conflict or divergence of interests like other organizations.
Both fight for the God-Emperor, but one protects the bodies of the masses with force, while the other protects the souls of mankind with faith.
Moreover, there are obvious differences in their views on the Divine Emperor.
Although some Astartes warriors regard the existence on the Golden Throne as the incarnation of God.
But the vast majority of genetically modified warriors still regard the Emperor as their genetic father and the greatest leader in human history.
Although he no longer had the ability to lead troops to fight in person after he sat on the Golden Throne, at least he had been glorious before, but now he has fallen into some kind of indescribable silence. The Emperor? It's the God-Emperor. You bastard, I'll fuck you. The state religion is completely the opposite. They are built on the Emperor's divinity and his complete control over mankind.
Since he sat on the golden throne, he broke the shackles on his mortal body and transcended the so-called mortal realm.
He assumed the godhood for the survival of mankind and released divine power into the galaxy. The various objects and events that frequently manifested themselves were proof of His ascension.
One worships him as a god, the other considers him to be just a powerful mortal.
The difference between the two views is not overly concerning for Astartes and other transformed warriors who dislike politics.
They don't even necessarily care what the state religion thinks of them.
However, to a group of religious fanatics, the state religion's views on Astartes are extremely blasphemous.
If not, there is no denying the position the Adeptus Astartes holds before the God-Emperor, and the contribution they make in hunting down all manner of enemies.
I believe that the highest levels of the state religion will definitely suppress them to a certain extent.
After all, privately, many priests worried about the rise of a sect that worshipped the Adeptus Astartes.
This would cause the entire teachings of the God-Emperor Faith to deviate, leading to the likes of Horus's Burning Galactic Heresy.
This is something the state religion absolutely cannot allow...
After the Watch Captain Seraphis finished speaking, the other Chapter Captains nodded in agreement. Of course, the leaders of the other Imperial organizations remained silent. After all, they didn't want to offend anyone, so they could only watch.
However, where there is silence, there is noise, and the Battle Sisters, who are in cahoots with the state religion, stood up for Dardani.
“No army is powerful enough to conquer the galaxy, only faith can overturn the universe.
You have no idea of the efforts made by Bishop Dardani. The suffering he went through is beyond your imagination and you cannot bear it!"
Head Sister Heter Dorothy slammed the table and stood up. Ulysses, who was several seats away from her, felt the vibration of the table.
At this moment, his brows were furrowed even more obviously. The Battle Nun was indeed the most crazy religious warrior.
Although their combat effectiveness is considerable, due to their excessive "loyalty", most imperial organizations do not get along very well with them.
After all, as long as it goes against their teachings, even the Inquisitors would dare to draw their guns, let alone the Astartes.
The captain of the Overwatch, Seraphim, was also tough. He pushed the chair away with a bang, looked directly at the other party and asked bluntly:
“Yes, of course we don’t know, after all, our focus is only on the handling of the aliens.
But this is exactly what makes us so angry. There was enough time to release news about the enemy, but you tried to resist on your own.
Don't mention that in order to avoid mobilizing defense forces from other planets, you didn't even send the Astra Militarum to support you.
Even the friendly help of the Yellow-throated Marten Chapter was blocked by you, and that was two years after the Tau landed.
The entire Cardinal World has fallen, but you still haven't conveyed the news of the aliens.
This put the entire Barol galaxy on the defensive and the Cassandra galaxy in danger.
What on earth are you hiding? "
The tit-for-tat situation made Head Sister Dorothy lose her temper. She kicked the chair behind her and yelled, "Hide your balls! We are the ones who have to deal with the aftermath of war. You don't know how to kill people but don't know how to bury them.
We are also responsible for the enlightenment of the planet. Do you know how much energy is consumed by such a large-scale work?
Bishop Dardani is all for the common people of Sharnasqua, if you are questioning where the political tax money goes.
I can guarantee that every Divine Emperor Coin from the Pilgrimage Road will go to where it belongs.
It is not necessary to hand it over directly to the people in order to make their lives better. What you need to master here is no less than your fighting skills!"
"Are you still a man? You hid behind a woman and kept silent, but now you have revealed your true feelings.
You, are you going to keep it a secret? Have you offered your throat to the Emperor? Speak!"
Head Sister Dorothy wanted to refute, but Dardani stopped her with his hand. He slowly stood up and glanced at the officials, saying without fear:
"My job is to steal from fancy plates to feed the thirsty mouths of the powerless.
Many people cannot imagine what kind of thing I got after thinking so hard. The reason I did not tell this story is to create a greater miracle.
The power of the Emperor is Man, and the power of Man is the Emperor. If one turns away from the other, we are all lost and damned.
I believe that there is no completely irreconcilable contradiction between you and me or even others. We just have to reconcile with trillions of souls. "
Although Dadani did not reveal any important information, as long as he dared to speak, the other allies would have the opportunity to help him.
Several noble representatives and Rogue Traders agreed, believing that many worlds had been infested by Genestealers and that it was not Dardani's problem.
"Is this what I'm talking about?" The captain of the watch company was not stupid. He looked at Dadani and continued to question:
"He held on to his so-called belief that he could solve the problem.
Blind obedience will only increase the lag of information, causing commanders to make more efforts to improve foresight.
In the end, it was our soldiers who sacrificed their lives and shed their blood to solve problems that should not have arisen.
The foolish judgment of the upper echelons has multiplied the number of deaths. I don't think you are fit to be a cardinal."
"When did you, cold-blooded warriors hiding behind iron sheets, start to have compassion on the world!" Dorothy stepped forward and said.
"Different cognitions and methods. Those with narrow minds simply cannot see the real galaxy, and those with feudal methods cannot protect the people's beliefs." Seraphim followed up.
"You damned heretic! What else can you be other than a United Inquisition order of extermination?"
"That is the most effective way." Alien Inquisitor Duntor said silently.
"That's a gratuitous waste of the Empire's resources," Dardani retorted softly.
Dorothy couldn't bear it anymore, so she rushed forward and wanted to fight with the other party.
When you pull out a radish, you bring out the mud. Gerald, who has been silent for a long time, doesn't want to stumble any further in this pool of political mud.
When it comes to convening and discussing, there is always buck-passing and wrangling; when it comes to reviewing and sentencing, there is always mutual protection among officials; when it comes to giving orders and executing, there are still delays.
This is the evil nature of human beings. This disgusting emotion gave birth to the turbulent spiritual ocean of the subspace.
Time slips away from your mouth and disappears from your ears every second. Allowing time to pass by is to indulge the devil and harm the world.
The people arguing at the round table began to change in his eyes. The corners of their mouths became more and more twisted, and the bodies under their clothes began to move.
He wanted to overturn the table, he wanted to get angry, he wanted to roar, he wanted to pick up his sword and chop down the evil demon.
The Grand Inquisitor clenched his fists, and the quill in his right hand immediately broke into pieces.
The sound of the break was not actually very obvious, but the think tanks and psychics all focused their eyes on the Grand Inquisitor.
The chief patriarch of the Navigator family even opened the third eye on his forehead, and horrifying tears of blood flowed from the empty corners of the eyes of the president of the Star Language Court.
"Hush... Gerald, think about the training you've gone through, and save your anger for real enemies."
The Soulless Lady Mei immediately came to the side of the Grand Inquisitor and slowly drew circles on his temple with her slender fingers like ice crystals.
Everyone at the table fell silent immediately when they saw Gerald's condition. It was not because the fluctuations of Ms. Mei's negative psychic energy made them uncomfortable, but because they were really afraid of this person's condition.
After all, the radical - the Hades Walker, a madman who uses demonic power to fight demons, there is only one possibility for his anger at this moment, the demonic power in his body is awakening.
The tense gazes of the crowd could even tear the space apart. Apart from the sound of people trying to steady their breathing, the only thing left in the air was the erratic heartbeats.
Fortunately, Grand Inquisitor Gerald loosened his grip, and the root tube of the quill fell onto the table with a rustling sound.
"Adjourn."
Gerald left the parliament hall alone without caring about others, and Mrs. May had to follow him immediately.
The others looked at each other, but seeing that the two major groups, the Ecclesiarchy and Astartes, were still confronting each other, they had no choice but to act as peacemakers and try to calm the two.
The captains, think tanks, and chapter masters of the Death Watch and major regiments stood up and evacuated. Although they were not completely united internally, they were very consistent on external matters.
Sister Dorothy still wanted to have a fight, but a group of ronin merchant captains kept separating them with a human wall.
Officers from the Navy and Astra Militarum went to discuss the military situation with officials from the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, while the other Imperial organizations also looked for targets to talk to.
Dardani wanted to leave at this point, but he noticed from the corner of his eye that the Inquisitor seemed to be getting together with the secret mentor of the Assassin's Court.
In such a mixed situation, Dadani felt that things were somewhat out of control, so he immediately turned around and left the meeting room.
In the grand meeting hall, the moment he stepped in, he felt the gaze of the secret mentor in the corner.
The other party did not hide his identity at all. He just stood beside the pillar and looked at him calmly.
Sister Dorothy stepped forward to block Dardani by half a body length, while the nobles and officials around her took half a step back.
Dadani took a deep breath and clenched his teeth. He touched a gray-black iron box hanging on his chest, then turned and looked at the figure on the sofa on the other side.
It was a gaze as cold and hard as stone, but compared to the secretive mentor in the corner who didn't treat humans as living things, at least he was someone with whom he could communicate.
Dadani actually didn't want to have any contact with the other party. After all, he never liked the other party. But the situation was such that he had to find a more powerful ally.
"It's all gone."
"Your safety, Bishop Dardani." "Not today, not now, let me and the other party have a quiet environment."
Everyone nodded and left. Dorothy also took two steps back, but her eyes were always focused on the shadow.
Dadani straightened his clothes, then walked up to Luke Jerry and bowed, saying:
"May the Emperor of God protect you, Your Excellency the Dean."
“The Emperor of God protected me, but it was the barrel of the gun that kept me alive.
Dardani, does your conscience hurt, or do you still have a conscience?"
Dadani did not take the words of the leader of the sector law department to heart.
He naturally pulled open the chair and sat in it. The soft padded leather relieved his aching back.
Dadani couldn't help but let out a slightly painful groan. He looked at the other person's stern face and said helplessly:
"The Emperor gave me the ability to feel compassion for the world, but only those who have experienced it know that this is not a good gift."
"Heh." Jerry snorted coldly, as if he extremely despised the other party's words.
"Stop crying here. When the Ministry of Justice moved into the Cardinal World, you were the one who took the lead in stopping them.
What about the self-governance of the followers of the Divine Emperor Territory? You guys are responsible for all the security management. Haha, now the boomerang has backfired on you. "
Dadani sighed. Indeed, if the Ministry of Justice had built a fortress in the Cardinal World, perhaps things would not have come to this point today.
"Yes, I was wrong about that."
"You are totally wrong! And now, you only think of me because you need my help. Do you think this respects me?"
"There is no respect between us. We all serve the Emperor. All etiquette is just an illusion.
It's consensual. After all, aren't you sitting here quietly, waiting for me to express my regards?"
"Haha, just let it die."
Dean Jerry stood up and left, while Dadani smiled barely perceptibly.
"Sixteen Zhongsi academies have been rebuilt, and the personnel in twelve of them will be directly supplied to the Ministry of Justice.
Stormtroopers, officers, commissars, assassins, agents, nuns, and even future inquisitors, but now they are your arbitrators.
Each of them has been educated in the orthodox ways of worshipping the Empire, and has selfless ambitions to serve the Empire and humanity."
That’s right, the state religion can control more than just money and faith.
He can also create a combination of the two, the personnel of Zhongsi Academy, who can catalyze a large number of useless young people into various types of employees that everyone likes.
Dean Jerry didn't say anything. He just walked to the side of the pillar and watched the shadow leave.
Dadani swallowed his saliva, touched the iron box in front of his chest, and silently thanked the God-Emperor.