Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 317 The Governor's Utter Collapse
As the troops from all over the underground city were being summoned, Kerrigan and her group had already arrived outside the hall.

Norris observed the situation inside.

"It seems the governor here is trying to escape. Should we just seize him? The PDFs here aren't a problem; the only troublesome thing is those psionicists around him. Tsk tsk tsk, they probably intercepted the taxes that need to be paid to the Imperial Black Ships—that's a capital offense!"

“These psionicists aren’t high-level, and I can easily destroy them. But so far, we haven’t been able to lure out that cunning clan chief. I don’t think it’s appropriate for us to expose our presence, as that would easily alert them. We can simply wait for that cunning clan chief to appear on his own.”

"If Augustus tries to escape, they will definitely try to stop him. My father said that Augustus's life is not important. Even if that cunning chieftain succeeds in killing him, it doesn't matter. His purpose in luring them out is already fulfilled. Zeratul, do you think these psionicists can sense your presence?"

Kerrigan then looked at Zeratul.

“Their grasp of Void Psionic Energy is too weak to detect us. I agree with Kerrigan’s suggestion. We can simply follow behind this group and wait for our prey to appear.”

The three quickly reached a consensus and waited for Augustus to leave.

And inside this hall.

The decadent nobles were carried away by the guards, and the precious flowerbeds were ruthlessly trampled by the invading guards. These natural plants could fetch exorbitant prices outside, but to Augustus, these material possessions were now meaningless.

Augustus gathered his most elite soldiers nearby.

Thirty illegal combat psionicists also arrived here on Augustus's orders.

They were all implanted with explosive and control devices to ensure they would obey Augustus's orders.

Looking at the soldiers in front of him and the psionicists around him, Augustus finally felt a sense of security.

"Tiberius! You monster, you can never kill me! I must break free from this wicked curse!"

Augustus said fiercely that he had had enough of this life of fear.

Augustus knew the terror of the Underworld Worm, and continuing to hide in this hall was no different from waiting to die.

Augustus could not build himself a fortress with no way out; that would be no different from a tomb.

"Barnes! Have the soldiers protect me, we need to move through the emergency exits immediately!"

Augustus spoke to his most trusted captain of the guard.

"I'll arrange it immediately!"

Those nobles who had not yet come to their senses were simply abandoned. Some begged Augustus to take them along, but they were all ruthlessly refused.

Some of these people were even Augustus's blood relatives, but Augustus only wanted to save his own life.

A force of 3000 elite soldiers began to escort Augustus away from there.

The remaining PDFs were used to delay and ambush enemies in the dungeon.

Another group split into several different teams and headed towards various fake passages to conceal Augustus's true whereabouts.

However, a small number of people in Augustus's team had strange eyes.

As the group departed, they secretly left behind special markings and carried special signal transceivers, making Augustus's actions completely exposed.

Those fake teams now seem like a joke.

Augustus, however, was completely unaware of this problem.

Meanwhile, in a hidden passage, the patriarch known as the Underworld Worm also received information from his followers.

Just as Kerrigan and the others thought, he would definitely not stand idly by and watch Augustus leave.

At this moment, a large number of pureblood chicken thieves gathered around him, all of them lying quietly in the pipes waiting for Tiberius's orders.

Tiberius, the cunning chieftain, seemed to be laughing mockingly.

He could have rushed directly to Augustus's location; he had enough strength around him. But instead, he chose to let Augustus experience true despair first.

As Tiberius stood up, he stretched out his body. His body was not as enormous as the chieftain Gao Yi had encountered in Arathus, but it was equally deadly, and his eyes were even more cunning.

As Tiberius's orders were relayed to every cunning thief through the swarm network, the thieves no longer hid themselves.

Despite its seemingly impregnable underground city, there are still many hidden pipes, and among the workers who built this underground city were quite a few cunning believers.

It could even be said that Tiberius knew the underground city better than Augustus himself.

Through the pre-prepared secret passages, ragged thief followers crawled out from the hidden pipes, while a large number of more lethal pureblood thieves launched an attack directly.

Gunfire erupted throughout the underground city, and its various defensive fortifications were breached almost instantly, barely lasting long.

It wasn't just external threats; even those once seemingly close comrades revealed their true colors.

They shouted the slogan of the Four-Armed God-Emperor and launched an attack on their companions.

Augustus's team also heard gunshots coming from afar.

"My lord! The other three decoy teams have been annihilated! Our rearguard has lost contact!"

Barnes listened to the report on the communicator and said to Augustus in a panic.

"It's him! It's Tiberius! That monster has come for me! But how did they manage to bypass my dungeon's defenses?!"

Augustus's speech had become incoherent; he felt death drawing ever closer, pushing his mental defenses to the brink of collapse.

"No! Your Excellency! A soldier has sent an urgent message."

"What did he say?!"

"He warned us to be careful of the soldiers in the ranks; there's a traitor among them!"

"What did you say?! There's a traitor?!"

Augustus looked around abruptly, and his hair stood on end.

The PDFs that were allowed into this dungeon were all selected, but were these soldiers he considered loyal actually already traitors to Tiberius and wanted to kill him?!
Most of the soldiers looked bewildered in the face of the governor's gaze.

Only a few people had sinister looks in their eyes, but Augustus didn't notice them.

"Get away! All of you get away! Stay away from me!!"

At this point, Augustus felt that there was no one he could trust.

He shooed away the soldiers who were getting close to him.

At this moment, in his eyes, these soldiers who were supposed to protect him seemed to want to kill him.

"Governor! What's wrong? Calm down!"

Barnes couldn't help but step forward and speak, but even he was rebuffed.

In his eyes, the only people he could trust at this moment were these psionicists who were completely under his control.

When Augustus tried to leave with these psionicists alone, the cunning followers hiding in the PDF finally made their move.

Several laser beams shot directly at the psionicists around Augustus. They did not choose to attack Augustus directly; Augustus's life had to be left to their patriarch.

Although the laser was blocked by the psionic shield, the sudden attack completely drove Augustus to lose his mind.

"Traitors! You are all traitors! Kill them all! Kill them all!!"

Augustus, in a frenzy, issued orders to the psionicists around him.

(End of this chapter)