Chapter 503: The front and back of the coin of the Titanium Goddess
Chapter 503: The front and back of the coin of the Titanium Goddess
【Vision】
"Commonality..."
Farsightedly pondered the meaning of this word, and the believers of the Higher Good jointly gave birth to the emergence of this god.
This is really hard to imagine for the Tau people, whose psychic feedback is very poor.
If Ether knew about this, it would be a serious blow to their rule.
"Ether and the others?"
“This is top secret and even I cannot participate in their discussion.
My current mission is to focus only on the fifth expansion, and their attitude towards the Goddess of T'Ava is hard to fathom."
"Was that the only time he showed up? Did other tribesmen or allies know about his appearance?"
Shadowsun was silent for a moment. It seemed that he was not talking about the secrets of the warp. He raised this topic just to interrupt Farsight and control the rhythm of the conversation.
"Before you leave, I will tell you everything about this, and let you take this secret with you to your grave.
And now tell me, where are your troops? Are you risking your life to sabotage the Fifth Expansion?"
Yuanjian's thirst for knowledge and somewhat tense posture became weak. This kind of verbal confrontation was not his strong point.
He was a warrior of the Fire Clan, and it was his fate to lead troops into battle and die on the battlefield. He did not have the ability to bring the dead back to life like the ambassador of the Water Clan.
"My attitude is very clear, Senior Sister, I only want peace to fight against more terrible enemies.
As long as it is for the future of the Tau, I am willing to admit my mistakes and seek true unity."
"But you came with an army, you are in the light but they are in the dark."
“They are a group of tired returnees.”
"But still a commendable warrior!"
"I have conveyed my thoughts to them and they will not launch an attack under any circumstances."
"Are you sure that everyone is just as you expected and will not question the united ideas you expressed?"
Yuanjian did not answer. He was indeed not sure whether his men could unite with him.
Seeing the silent opponent, Yingyang shook his head and stood up, but before leaving, Farsight said silently:
"How many days is this?"
"what?"
"How many days have I been detained today?"
"what have you done!?"
Yingyang turned around and walked a few quick steps to Yuanmian, grabbed the other person's collar and lifted him up with both hands.
That thin body seemed so light that I could probably break a bone with just one punch.
Memories came flooding back like a tide. He had had countless classroom duels with Yuanjian. With more losses than wins, she also concluded that she was no match for Yuanjian in close combat.
But now...a feeling of sadness surged into her heart, and the wrinkled old face really made her feel powerless.
"I'm just trying to advise you, but what I really want to ask is your next move."
Farsight was very calm. He knew Shadowsun would have many questions to ask him and made sure he stayed out of the sight of outsiders.
But this would certainly greatly delay Farsighted's plan, so he kept a backup plan to push himself towards death.
“You can now continue your story about the Goddess T’aiva, as the local ether is aware of my arrival.
I don’t know how long it will take, but I think that soon, the entire Ether Council of the Sharnas Expanse will come for me.”
Yingyang's hands trembled slightly, as if she realized what kind of suicidal action Farsight had taken.
So when faced with her original threat, the man was not panicked, and now, he even showed a calmness that frightened her.
"You really came with the intention of dying..."
Yuanjian felt the strength in those arms gradually weakening, and said with a carefree smile:
"Live to die."
"why?"
"joint."
"Boom boom boom!"
"Enter!"
The high-ranking commander walked in quickly, his anxiety evident on his face, and came to Yingyang's side and whispered rapidly.
"You didn't lie to me..."
"Of course, Senior Sister."
...
Yuanjian calculated the time and it was about three days later that he heard the quarrel outside the confinement room.
After about ten minutes of verbal sparring, Yingyang was still the only one who came in.
The other party seemed to have experienced a great battle. After entering the room, he sat down, holding the table and chair, sighing.
Yuanjian did not disturb the other person, but waited silently for the heavy breathing to gradually become lighter.
“Even though I saw the appearance of the Goddess Tawa, after escaping from the predicament, I still felt that She was just an illusion.
I quickly forgot about it in the subsequent war, but it appeared again when I saved the fleet of the Fourth Star Expansion.
The Death Guard's fleet ravaged and destroyed the Tau coalition time and time again, and the evil magic of the Warp frequently appeared among the crowd.
At this critical moment, Goddess T'aiva displayed her new divine power, blocking and destroying the demon fleet.
Throwing them all into Nyaam Atoll made the environment of the Star Tide Hub more stable.
But His appearance had both good and bad sides. This miraculous birth caused many members of the auxiliary army to begin to openly worship each other.
Although it is said that the Goddess T'aiva is the projection incarnation of the Greater Good in the subspace, but for the ether mentors of Taixing at that time.
This kind of worship made them very worried. They believed that it was the Auxiliary Legion that misinterpreted the Greater Good and caused corruption and changes.
This indirectly led to a terrible purge of internal beliefs, and I was forced to destroy the temples that had been built for the goddess.
But you know, even if there is only one Fire Clan warrior left, the will of fire he conveys is like a spark that can start a prairie fire.
With the subsequent expansion, the secret worship of the Goddess Taiwa continued to grow within the Nyam Atoll.
A considerable number of auxiliary corps expressed their desire to build temples for the goddess.
Even many Tau people who do not believe in this god are secretly discussing that they have seen the other party in their dreams. "
Yingyang stopped talking and took a deep breath. While calming his heart, he looked straight at the visionary in front of him and said slowly:
“And I once openly used the Auxiliary Corps’ faith in the goddess T’ava to summon her, and with the help of her divine power, I defeated a large warband of the Death Guard.
T'au'va holds our souls.
T'au'va hears our prayers.
The T'au'va are always watching us...
This prayer had a deadly suppressive effect on the Death Guard warriors, and although my surprise attack ultimately failed, the help of the goddess T'Aiwa allowed us to escape the warship successfully.
When I reached the foot of Mount Iskanji, I met the goddess Tauwa again, who informed me of the failure of the Death Guard and told me that she had killed the Chaos Lord who led the fleet.
At that time, I made a decision that went against Taixing's Ether Mentor. I immediately informed the Earth Clan engineers and stopped the destruction of the Temple of the Goddess T'Ava.
I am very afraid of His appearance, which means that something uncontrollable has occurred. I can only devote myself to the battle of the fifth expansion as much as possible.
But to be honest, as time goes by, I feel more and more uncertain, because I always have to face the ending of that day.
Will it be peaceful acceptance or endless infighting? I am afraid that day will come..."
At this time, the status of the two people was completely reversed from the beginning. The one who was still alive was depressed, while the one who was about to die looked calm.
"I have told you the truth, and you are not afraid of death?"
The reason why Foresight behaved in this way was because Caroline's prediction was proceeding as expected.
He will suffer very severe torture, the future will be dark but light will definitely appear, and he will not die easily before he achieves his ideal.
Farsight didn't actually care about this prophecy, but after witnessing Shadowsun's trace being found in a short period of time, Farsight's yearning for the psychic power of the warp became deeper and deeper.
Now, especially after hearing Shadow Sun's interpretation of the Goddess of Tau Wa, he understood that blindly resisting would not bring a better future to the Tau people.
"I am afraid, so I want to complete the union more and more strongly."
“The etheric mentors from the three home worlds in the western Balor system will arrive in my Cassandra system within a month.
You will be judged for your crimes at that time, enjoy your last moments of life."
After Yingyang finished speaking, he turned and left with a livid face, leaving Yuanjian alone to face his death.
Yuanjian accepted it silently, but when he stood up to move around, he found a watch left on the chair where Yingyang was sitting.
"It's been a month already."
[Inquisitor]
The forces that suppress the state religion... Grand Inquisitor Cromwell Gerald secretly pondered the rebellious element in this sentence.
However, he believed that the governor of the star region in front of him, Carl Ulysses, was not the kind of person who dared to rebel against the Inquisitor.
The other party has a very good reputation in the Sharnasqua region, and many heretic inquisitors who are interested in him have even expressed their trust in him.
But Gerard, a member of the Demonic Inquisition, actually knew the reason why the other party dared to say such things.
Even if he was not the Inquisition, an organization that specialized in monitoring the loyalty of its own people, he knew which of the various imperial organizations had the most terrifying power.
It is said that the Mechanicus is the most rebellious, but they are actually just a group of slightly selfish technical geeks.
In the final analysis, he is nothing more than a selfish miser at best, and the Imperial State Religion... that is an existence that truly worries him.
Those that can release the power of faith, that kind of Warp psychic energy that is different from the ordinary ones, can most frighten him who is fighting against the existence of the Warp.
Moff Ulysses struck while the iron was hot:
"The entire Empire is a bloated, flawed, backward organization, carrying the disease of corruption under its own immeasurable weight.
Among these, the Anglican Church lacks the precision and accuracy given by the Inquisition.
They are completely dedicated to their cause and have an unwavering belief that they are the true Hand of the God-Emperor in the Imperium, greater and more righteous than any other.
But coincidentally, they are also a breeding ground for heresy, and many churches even cultivate extreme sects in the bottom of the hive.
This extreme emperor worship will be exploited by those with ulterior motives, noticed by dark forces or aliens, and influenced and distorted.
So that at a critical moment, they can become a force that can subvert the inner world of the empire."
Gerald remained silent. As an opponent, the State Church was more complex and deadly than any demon or alien, perhaps more so.
Because of its intimate familiarity with the inner workings of the Empire, taxes from the Pilgrimage Route were distributed to a number of Imperial organizations.
Even the Inquisition relies more or less on the financial assistance of the other party to be able to form its own teams in various galaxies.
Furthermore, the Inquisition views the State Religion as a target of censorship, and the State Religion similarly views the Inquisition as a dangerous organization.
It was composed of lawless elements, rebels, and freethinkers whose aims were often contrary to the purity and righteous reformation of the Church.
The Inquisitor and his subordinates are often seen as meddlers and conspirators who are likely to destroy the Faith for their own ends.
Worse still, the Inquisition knew too much, delving ever deeper into secrets that only the God-Emperor himself could comprehend.
This inevitably leads down a dark path, corruption and the filth of the Warp.
For more and more members of the Inquisition will succumb to the temptations of personal power and glory that come from such obvious individualism and creative thinking.
Therefore, Gerald was able to understand the point that Governor Ulysses wanted to make, so he did not directly shoot the other party in the head.
"So, you want to use my power to control the power of the state religion?"
“To put it simply, it is this.
This is not a mutually beneficial situation in business. The struggle of faith is much darker than business.
In the dark corners of many planets, in order to expand the territory of the state religion, the doctrines conveyed have been greatly distorted.
The three parties must be balanced as much as possible, and only when the three parties are in a tripod can the platform be more stable.
Weakening the apical dominance and helping the surrounding lateral buds grow, allowing other spores to compete for resources, will help consolidate the empire's territory."
What Ulysses wanted was to balance the division of power between the state religion and the various imperial organizations, but he could not accomplish something that implied treason alone.
He can only do it in secret and needs someone in the open to endorse his actions.
Admittedly, this behavior looked like treason and heresy, but what he wanted to do was not something as simple as that.
What he was planning was true justice, the security that the people of Sharnasqua who were in dire straits were eagerly awaiting.
A single dominant power will always lead to irreversible chaos, so he needs to achieve a certain balance of power.
"This is not something that can be accomplished in just a few years."
The Governor raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly. This thing might not be accomplished in this lifetime, but at least now the Grand Inquisitor has begun to think about the possibility.
"The Empire faces far more difficulties than our small star region."
The Governor laughed again and again, took out a throne coin, and asked the Grand Inquisitor to guess the heads or tails.
Gerald said with a puzzled look: "If you want to predict your fate and the future, tarot cards..."
“Your Excellency, this is not the time for calculation.
The front side helps Dardani recover all the relics, and the back side makes the rest of the cardinals' pilgrimage end."
The Governor flicked the coin into the air, refracting light and whirring, and caught it before it landed on the table and opened it.
"Pro or con?"
Gerald leaned back in his chair and shook his head silently. "The coin is in your hand, and the heads and tails are all in your thoughts."
“We are not deciding who lives and who dies, because no matter whether it is positive or negative, the throne coin will always be in our hands.
Whether it is helping Dardani to reclaim the entire cardinal world, or helping other cardinals become the destination planet of the pilgrimage, it is a win-win situation for you. "
Ulysses couldn't help but get a little excited when he saw that Gerald understood what he meant.
"No, it's for the Sharnask domain." The Grand Inquisitor said after a moment of silence.
The Moff nodded, his palms up, and dropped from his temples in greeting. "I thought you would say it was a win-win for me."
"For me, paying attention to the turmoil in the warp is the top priority. Call a meeting!"
"The meeting is about to begin. Please return to the meeting room, officials and representatives. The meeting is about to begin..."
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