I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 212 The Empire Does Not Surrender to the Alien
The capital of the Malgas Sector is Nagati, a garden world located on the planet of the same name.

Due to the sparse population and almost non-existent production facilities, the Empire is unable to levy high tithes. The tax level in the Garden World is quite low. Generally, only psychic taxes and a small population tax need to be paid each year, and no material tax is required.

Nagati has short days and long nights, and there are numerous fluorescent plants. Its characteristic is the quiet and attractive night view.

The wealthy and aristocratic groups in the Solar Star Region like to build their own private retreats here.

From entertainment to secret deals to indulgence, there is something on Nagati that will satisfy your every need.

The "Lake in the Trees" manor is such a place.

Tall trees surround the lake.

On the treetops more than 100 meters above the ground, thick tree trunks form the foundation, fluorescent vines and wooden boards with insect repellent fragrance make up the tree house, which in turn is pieced together into a mansion full of forest atmosphere.

The lake surface on a moonlit night reflects the cool moonlight. The water is crystal clear and the fluorescent water plants float with the water.

A figure appeared on the diving platform.

She took off her bath towel, revealing her graceful curves, and jumped down with a nimble posture, completing a wonderful 20-meter dive.

The splashing water hit the curved surface, creating ripples.

She wandered in the fluorescent grass, the cold and smooth blades sliding across her skin.

She lay on her back at the bottom of the lake, staring at the halo of moonlight formed on the water, wanting to freeze her life at this moment.

The dizziness caused by lack of oxygen hit her mind, her vision began to blur, and darkness emerged from all around, quickly engulfing her consciousness.

"Gulu gulu..."

The instinct for survival prompted her to seek air, but only a series of bubbles were squeezed out of her lungs.

She grabbed the water plants, wrapped her wrists and fingers around them tightly, and did her best to anchor herself to the bottom of the lake, quietly waiting for the moment when she would be crushed by the pressure of the water.

In her last moments, she vaguely heard a noisy sound, as if someone had forced their way into the manor and was arguing with the security guards.

They finally came to find me.
"Gulu gulu..."

The woman swallowed the lake water in big gulps, allowing the water to fill her alveoli so that she could die as soon as possible.

After a few seconds, she weakly loosened her hands that were tightly holding the water plants, and her body formed an arc in the lake, slowly floating up.

"Wipe the water off her body, pry open her mouth, insert the suction device, and then put on her BVM mask. Hey, come over and use the defibrillator to perform CPR on her. You're lucky, little brat. This Sorania Gennaro is a famous beauty. Just be happy."

After a while, Solanya woke up and found herself in the warm bedroom of the tree house. Several armed arbitrators from the Legal Department were guarding her bed.

"Sir, the target person is awake." The arbitrator called out towards the window.

The judge turned around, took off the black mask on his face, and threw it to the arbitrator. He walked closer with a big beard on his face, and his tone was full of ridicule:
"Oh, oh, oh~ Miss Solanya Gennaro Meslaton finally got up. You should thank us. If we hadn't arrived in time, you would have turned pale and swollen, and you wouldn't be as beautiful as you are now."

The judge stopped, crossed his arms and looked down at Soraniya, taking in the confusion on her face.
"Are you confused? Why did we come to you? Do you need me to remind you, young lady?"

The judge bent down, stared at the other person's nervous face, and spoke in a low voice:

"Your Meslaton family has secretly colluded with the Bone Drinkers. Your family head has reached a secret agreement with the Bone Drinkers. Every once in a while, you must offer a high-IQ, high-educated sacrifice to the Bone Drinkers. The Bone Drinkers will infect the sacrifice, take him to a secret place to perform a psychic ceremony, and transform him into a psyker. Your father Gennaro was the first sacrifice of the Meslaton family, and you, as Gennaro's daughter, are the second sacrifice designated by the family. Am I right?"

"I... I have no choice..." Solanya clutched the quilt tightly, pursed her lips, felt weak inside, and broke out in cold sweat on her back.

"Colluding with aliens is a serious crime, and colluding with psychic aliens is the most serious crime among all serious crimes. The Meslaton family will be wiped out."

Sorania shuddered slightly at the thought of all the family members being sent to the gallows.

Unexpectedly, the judge changed the subject:
"But you are in luck, young lady. The Empire needs you to fulfill your civic duties. If you are willing to help me lead the Bone Drinkers into the Arbites' trap, I can keep you safe from this vortex."

Sorania had no choice but to nod with a pale face.

The judge got to the point.

He took Solania's data pad from the table and asked her to remove the access restrictions.

The communication records and data in the data board were exported, and the arbitrator activated a high-performance dedicated data board for analysis.

The correspondence between Soraniya and the head of the household was dug up.

A month ago, the head of the family ordered Solanya to come to the Garden World - Nagati on vacation and be on standby.

She can choose her favorite manor here to bid farewell to herself.

The Bone Drinkers would sneak into the manor unnoticed, avoid the sight of the Ministry of Justice, infect Solanya, and then take her to a secret base for psychic transformation in an inconspicuous manner.

About two weeks ago, the head of the family suddenly told Solanya that the Bone Drinkers had postponed their actions for unknown reasons.

Six days ago, the head of the household informed Solanya again that the Bone Drinker was about to infect her, and the infection date was scheduled to be between the fifth and tenth day after Solanya received the notification.

During this period, Sorania is not allowed to leave the estate and must continue to be on vacation.

According to the communication records, starting from tomorrow, the Bone Drinker may appear in the manor at any time in the next five days.

"Praise Terra, luck is on our side, and we arrived just in time this time."

The judge grinned and said:

"You chose to drown yourself before the Bone Drinkers arrived because you didn't want to become one of them, is that right?"

"Yes."

"Your courage is commendable, but you lack the determination to resist the aliens." The judge looked around and observed the bedroom, while commanding:

"Gather the waiters and security guards of the manor and have you identify them yourself. We will verify their identities first and then set up the trap."

The judge gestured to the arbitrators:
"Come on, guys, let's go out and check out the terrain first, and give Miss Solaniya some time to dress up."

The group left the room and Soraniya's personal maid entered the house.

In the corridor outside the bedroom, the arbitrators were standing in place, guarding the bedroom entrance, while the judge led his deputy to the other side to have a low conversation.

The Supervisor lowered his voice and asked:
"Lord Andrew, it will take several days for the Sisters of Silence to arrive here. If the incoming Bone Drinker is a psyker, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it. I suggest asking the local governor for help."

The Governor of Garden World is hard to describe.

These guys have first-rate social skills and are proficient in all kinds of entertainment and leisure activities. Rather than calling them governors, it would be better to call them chief public relations.

In the Governor's Court of Nagati, there are only two Governor's Guards, which is completely incomparable to other imperial worlds.

The local law enforcement department has ten marshal teams, which are mainly used to maintain world order and ensure the guests' leisure experience. Their combat effectiveness is quite good.

Justro Andrew thought for a moment and said:
"Use an encrypted channel to send an Assistance Order to the local governor and ask him to dispatch a team of marshals. The command of the marshals will be temporarily transferred to me."

"Yes, my lord." The Overseer edited the encrypted information on the data pad.

After a while, Soraniya changed her clothes, gathered the people in the manor, and asked the arbitrator to check them one by one.

Within 24 hours, everyone at the Forest Lake Manor had made all preparations, waiting for the Bone Drinker to take the bait.

But what they didn't expect was that after waiting for five days, no uninvited guests came, and no one in the manor went missing.

Today is the last day that the Bone Drinkers are scheduled to come and infect Solanya.

If no Bone Drinkers show up yet, it only means that this operation has failed. The Bone Drinkers have already learned about the movements in Linzhonghu Manor through other channels and have become alert.

The worst situation is about to happen, and everyone feels helpless.

Just then, a communication appeared on Solanya's data pad.

This was a greeting letter before a visit, from another manor, where the owner was named Kavor Horadev, born into the Horadev family, which controlled two industrial worlds and had a higher status than the Meslaton family.

In his greeting letter, Cavour said that he would visit Sorania's estate in two hours to discuss the possibility of cooperation between the two families in the industrial field.

It is worth noting that Cavor's letter appeared in Solania's data pad.

The Horadev family may have some plans for him, and he has been trying every way to get close to Soraniya.

If the Bone Drinkers hadn't had the infection plan in place, Cavor's behavior would have been perfectly normal.

But it's different now.

The timing of his visit was too sensitive and inevitably aroused the suspicion of the Ministry of Justice.

"Should I accept his visit?" Soraniya asked with a frown, her pretty face showing solemnity and uneasiness.

Justro pondered and said:
"Of course, you have no reason to refuse him."

"Okay, I'll send him a message." Solania tapped the data pad, and the waitress beside her went to the cloakroom next door to prepare the guests' clothing. Justro put on the mechanical mask for combat and activated the internal communication:

"Attention, teams. A young man named Kavor Horajov is coming to visit our young lady. Get ready, chainswords and bolters. We have cigarettes and alcohol for guests, and we have guns for enemies. If anyone dares to mess up, I will personally bring him to Terra for trial. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

"Roger that!"

The arbitrator and bailiff responded one after another.

There is an undercurrent at the Forest Lake Manor. The arbitrators and bailiffs are fully armed and hiding between the mansion and the tree canopy. The waiters and manor security guards who have received emergency training are barely keeping calm, waiting for guests to arrive.

Two hours later, a shuttle flew from the sky, breaking the tranquility of the night.

The shuttle stopped on the apron outside the manor. The roaring sound of the engine startled everyone in the manor. A pair of eyes watched the dozen people getting off the shuttle through the surveillance screen.

Calvo has high cheekbones and a big forehead. His hair is relatively long and tied into several colorful short braids in accordance with family tradition. He wears an exquisite leather robe, a gold-inlaid round hat, and a light gray bow tie, and looks polite.

Behind him were his own page and guards.

The guards were waiting outside the manor, and the captain of the guard and the page followed Calvo into the manor.

The three of them came from the ground to the mansion in the tree canopy through a vine corridor and met the owner in front of the wooden door of the mansion.

Soraniya wore a silk dress as bright as moonlight and a vine crown with white flowers, emitting dazzling charm under the moonlight.

Cavor placed his right hand on his left chest, bowed, and curved his lips upwards:
"Ms. Solanya, your beauty eclipses the moon tonight."

Solanya couldn't tell whether the noble young master in front of her was a bone drinker or not. She felt uneasy but didn't dare to show it. She could only fold her hands over her belly and performed the etiquette of a lady:
"Master Cavor, on behalf of the Meslaton family, I welcome you. Please follow me to the garden and take a seat."

Sorania led the way.

The charming back view made Cavor feel dazed.

The waiter and the captain of the guard beside Cavor looked at each other, quickly looked away, and scanned every corner of the manor calmly.

At the same time, a voice came from the arbitrator's communication channel:
"Sir, the auspicious instrument has captured two abnormal energy signals, which are related to Kavor's followers. The signal strength is increasing. It is suspected to be a complex signal that mixes psychic energy and electromagnetics."

Justro ordered:

"Activate the anti-psychic cyber force field generator."

"receive."

The generator buried in the forest was activated, and a white dome force field enveloped the manor.

Kavor was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully:
"Ms. Solanya, what is that? A privacy barrier?"

"Yes, I hope you don't mind. I don't like being disturbed by outsiders when I'm on a secret mission."

Solania tried hard to suppress her pounding heart, fearing that she would see uncomfortable looks on the faces of Cavour and the other two.

Anti-psychic cyber fields can cut off psychic communications between Bone Drinkers, to which they react instinctively with deep disgust.

Fortunately, fortunately, there was nothing unusual about Cavor and the other two. They just glanced at the force field for a few seconds and then looked away.

Solanya breathed a sigh of relief, and then she discovered that the other party's male servant and the chief guard were wearing recorders on their chests:

"I'm sorry, Master Cavor, please have your attendants turn off the recording equipment."

This was a normal reminder, but it triggered an unexpected answer.

Cavor smiled mysteriously and said nothing.

The waiter behind him glanced at Soraniya coldly:

"On behalf of my master, I reject your proposal."

Soraniya tried to keep her expression:

"why?"

"Because we need to record the upcoming footage and pass it to all humans who are allied with us, to warn them not to try to unite with the Imperial Law Department to deal with us. Any resistance is futile in front of us."

Solanya's polite smile froze completely, and after two seconds she replied:
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about..."

"Stop playing tricks on us, you damn traitor." The waiter raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

The telekinetic power was activated, and invisible chains bound Solanya tightly. She was stretched straight, unable to move, and a look of fear quickly occupied her face.

Kavor's chief guard made the same gesture.

The psychic readings were instantly reported, rising sharply to the gamma level.

The mansion constructed of fluorescent vines and high-grade wood shook violently. The entire house was torn apart horizontally by a huge force. The walls broke, the roof flew upward, and slammed into the lake with a bang. The arbitrators and bailiffs hiding between the mansion and the tree canopy were exposed.

The flying wood chips turned into sharp blades and shot in all directions.

Amid the torrential rain of attacks, the waiters and security guards of the manor fell down in an instant, their carapaces made of ceramic steel particles trembled continuously, and their fragile goggles were torn apart by the broken wood. A handful of wood chips squeezed in roughly, puncturing the intracranial tissue and exploding into balls of red and white substances.

In just one encounter, the bailiffs and ordinary people who were guarding the place were killed. Only the arbitrator team protected by the deflection shield survived by chance.

"Suppressive fire, don't let the Bone Drinker use his psychic powers."

Justro gave the order calmly and pulled the trigger of the heavy bolter.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang————”

The barrage of explosive arrows swarmed in, but stopped a few meters away from the three people, as if they had hit an invisible wall.

The spinning bullets stopped spinning and lined up neatly in mid-air. No matter how many bullets were fired, they could not touch the corners of the clothes of Cavor and the other two.

Such a strange scene makes people feel like they are falling into an icy cave, and despair arises in their hearts.

"Damn it. I've fallen flat on my face this time." Justro cursed inwardly. He didn't expect the Bone Drinkers to send out two psychics at once.

Wait, that's not right. We can't rule out the possibility that Cavor is also a psychic.

If that was the case, three psychics would have suddenly appeared on the scene.

I don't know how the Bone Drinkers do it, but their psykers are born in large numbers as if they are free. It's really unbelievable.

Justros's mind raced, trying to find a solution, but he was horrified to see that the bolt he had shot was changing direction.

"Stop shooting!"

At the command, the gunfire stopped, the smoke curled up in the wind, and the scene fell into a brief silence.

Hundreds and thousands of explosive shells changed their direction and aimed at the surrounding arbitration team from a distance.

Faced with these densely packed explosive warheads, even with the protection of shields, the arbitrators couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Cavor put his hands behind his back and said calmly:
“Are you recording?”

The male waiter behind him bowed and responded respectfully:

"Yes, sir, the recorder is always on."

The only one who can be honored as "Lord" by the Bone Drinkers must be Mocha.

He possessed Cavor and leisurely scanned the entire venue, his eyes swept across the arbitrators, and finally landed on the only judge on the scene:
"Justro Andrew, are you ready to say goodbye to your Grandfather Marshal?"

Justro said nothing, clenched the heavy grenade launcher in his hand, and said apologetically in the internal channel:

"I'm sorry, brothers. I'm the one who caused you all this trouble. I'm here to attract the attention of these three bastards. You find a chance to leave and pass on the news of the situation here. The Empire will never yield to the aliens."

After saying this, Justro grabbed the melta grenade at his waist and pulled it hard to release the safety. He then rushed towards the Bone Drinker while firing.

The arbitrators were stunned for less than 0.1 seconds before they all raised their melta grenades and launched a death charge.

"A swarm of ants."

Moka smiled sarcastically, rubbed his fingers together, and a barrage of explosive arrows burst out.

The next moment, the air turned into countless shackles that forcibly fixed the barrage of bullets. The imperial legal personnel were unable to move, and the safety of the melta grenades in their hands had been activated at some point.

The roar of the impending explosion was forcibly paused.

The three Bone Drinkers were all startled!
(End of this chapter)