Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 59: The Inquisition's Black Ship

When Chen Xi returned to the 40K era, three months had passed.

Although he could adjust the time flow rate to 1:1, most of the time Chen Xi still maintained a time flow rate of 1:100.

In the three months since he left the ship, nothing much has changed on Rostov II. Apart from the presence of two new cities under construction, everything remains the same as it was before he went offline.

If there must be any change, it is that the four Imperial Navy light cruisers originally anchored around the starport have left.

Although the Rostov II has been included in the patrol route of the Imperial Navy under the mediation of the State Religion and is considered to be within the protection range of the Imperial Navy, the patrol range of the Imperial Navy usually covers the entire star zone, and there are usually not enough ships.

So the four light cruisers of the Imperial Navy set off after replenishing some water.

Now, the only ships in the orbital berth of Rostov II are the state religion ship that Pavel is on, the transport ship that brought the Linguang family, and Chen Xi and his own frigate.

"Huh? Why is there an extra ship in orbit?" Chen Xi looked up at the sky. Thanks to the generally huge size of the Empire's void ships, even on the ground, he could clearly see the huge starship parked in low-Earth orbit with the naked eye.

"That's the Inquisition's black ship." The servo skull delivered information to Chen Xi at the right time.

"The Inquisition's black ship? When did it arrive? What is their purpose?" Chen Xi looked at the servo skull and asked for further information.

Although the character chess piece is in a managed state when it is 'offline', and there will be a corresponding text briefing to remind Chen Xi what happened when it is 'online', there are no details.

"The Inquisition comes for the consecrated wine and to raise your Inquisitor rank," the Servo Skull replied.

Hearing that the court was not here to cause trouble, Chen Xi felt a little relieved.

Although he also used the identity of an Inquisitor, it was well known that the Inquisition was the most hated department within the Empire, and it would never be good to mess with them.

Even if they are both inquisitors, encountering the Inquisition is not a good thing.

The struggles between different factions within the Inquisition are even more intense than those between the Empire and other forces.

This also led to Chen Xi being quite wary of the Inquisition's black ship. After all, some factions in the Inquisition had close ties with the state religion, but at the same time there were also factions that believed that the state religion's beliefs were poisoning the God-Emperor and the Empire, and insisted on wiping out the state religion.

In many of the Empire's confusing operations, the Inquisition often bears a large part of the blame.

After confirming that he had already arranged the reception for the black ship when he went offline, Chen Xi finally became alert and prepared to deal with any possible trouble.

"Your Excellency, Inquisitor Chen Xi, based on the discussions and resolutions of the Sector Inquisition, the Grand Master of the Sector Inquisitors has decided to promote you to Lord Inquisitor and allocate a cruiser as your new flagship." A young Inquisitor, also wearing an Inquisitor's coat, conveyed the Sector Inquisition's decision to Chen Xi. "In addition, a Death Watch team will be dispatched to your planet to construct a watchtower to defend against alien invasions of the Empire."

What? The Inquisition sent a ship?

This was the first thought that flashed through Chen Xi's mind.

Although the Inquisition is not short of ships, it is not so extravagant as to give every Inquisitor an action ship. Generally speaking, only those who have reached the level of formal Inquisitor can find a way to get a ship for themselves to use as an action ship.

As for the Inquisition's Black Ships? Sorry, even the Lord Inquisitors probably can't afford one for every one of them.

Of course, if you have outstanding performance and the Grand Inquisitor and Master Inquisitor above are satisfied with your work, you can still expect to be dispatched a black ship.

However, Chen Xi did not care about the promotion of the title of Lord Inquisitor. After all, it was just an honorary title. Generally speaking, as long as there were three inquisitors supporting it, one could apply for it.

"What have I done to deserve such attention from the Grand Inquisitor of the Star Region?" Chen Xi stared at the Inquisitor in front of him, his hand already grasping the Power Duel Sword at his waist. "Is there a mission I need to complete?"

Faced with Chen Xi's defensive attitude, the judge simply smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand Judge Chen Xi, your promotion and reward are not due to any dangerous missions that require you to complete, nor are they due to any conspiracy or intrigue.

This is just a benefit given to you by the Inquisition. After all, the Consecrated Wine is equally important to the Inquisition. We need to ensure its production and the quota that the Inquisition can obtain."

Chen Xi only half believed what the judge said. He believed that the judge really wanted the consecrated wine; he also believed that he wanted to ensure the production of the consecrated wine.

But to say that there is no conspiracy behind this, Chen Xi feels that unless he is a big fool like Ogrin, he will not believe the nonsense of the Inquisition.

"Due to the current limited planting area, the production of Holy Blessing Wine is not very large. The first batch only produced 7,000 bottles." In fact, there were 12,000 bottles, but Chen Xi certainly could not tell the Tribunal the actual production volume. "Because the brewing process requires the participation of the State Church, the Sisters played a vital role in the brewing process. Therefore, the State Church accounted for 60% of the final output. I can give the Tribunal about 30% of the remaining."

The judge was clearly dissatisfied with this result. He calculated the share the Tribunal would receive, frowned, and asked Chen Xi, "Your Excellency Judge Chen Xi, can't you give more to the Tribunal?

You must know that the Inquisition faces enemies of the Empire, and we need the Holy Wine to eliminate and identify the enemies of the Empire!
The state religion took the consecration wine to use in religious ceremonies, which is a huge waste of His Majesty's gift! As an inquisitor, you should remember your duties and position!

"Your Excellency, the Inquisitor, there's no point in telling me this! The Consecrated Wine is produced by the Order of the Holy Rose, and the Ecclesiarchy has also invested heavily in its production. They've brought in 10 million in Throne Coins alone, and now they've dumped an entire Order of the Battle Sisters onto my planet. I can't stop them from taking a larger share, and I can't afford to offend the Ecclesiarchy!" Chen Xi acted helplessly, spreading his hands in front of the Inquisitor. "As colleagues in the Inquisition, I can give you some of my share, but half is the most. I also need to pay a portion of the Consecrated Wine as a tithe. Please forgive me."

(End of this chapter)