From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

The forge master, Fusafranc, shouted at the top of his lungs on the public channel, but the communication was soon unilaterally cut off by wide-area interference.

Si Ye had given this oil man a chance before, but he didn't cherish it. Now that the witnesses were in place, he, the director of the Forging World, was even more useless.

"...Inquisitor Uthardel of the Order of the Holy Hammer has come to us regarding the rebellion of the Forge Worlds on the Frontier against the Astropathic..."

The Inquisition's strike cruisers were equipped with some unusual and powerful weapons, but in front of the Titans, the cruisers were like small dinghies. Usadel could only try to maintain a firm tone to prevent himself from being completely overwhelmed by the pressure brought by the Rogue Traders' massive fleet.

"Oh, Inquisitor, you've arrived just in time. The Border Forge World isn't just rebelling; they're colluding with the aliens and attempting to perform blasphemous rituals on the Forge World..."

Si Ye ordered the fleet to change its formation, placing the warships of the Carcharodon and the Inquisition into the formation, while lightly adding a new crime to the Border Forge World.

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Chapter 326: Profane Ritual

Compared to rebellion, performing blasphemous rituals and colluding with heresy are more serious charges.

The former can at best be classified as misconduct, and the worst that can happen is that the main offender is dealt with and the accomplice is asked to atone for his sins.

The latter would be fatal. Not having the privileges of a Rogue Trader and colluding with aliens, or holding blasphemous rituals, are all first-class crimes. Accepting a round of purification from population to land is the lightest punishment. If the situation is too bad, the round and long whirlwind torpedoes or atmospheric incineration torpedoes will hit the surface of the planet and end everything.

"Ahem... Lord Elfindor, whether it's colluding with aliens or performing blasphemous rituals, these are serious accusations and crimes that require proof. Do you have any corresponding...evidence?"

Usadel looked at the rosette on his chest. Even though he was surrounded by the fleet at this moment, as long as Si Ye gave an order, he would become a dazzling firework in the space. However, his duty as an inquisitor still made him grit his teeth and ask Si Ye for evidence to accuse the Border Forge World.

"This is a video of a mechanical priest from a border forge world trying to assassinate me. After I destroyed the Moon-class cruiser the priest was riding in, we discovered some... alien technology on the wreckage while inspecting it."

This was not Si Ye's false accusation, but it was indeed true that on the battleship that the Mechanical Priest was riding, equipment with a style that was obviously closer to the technology of the Space Necrons was found.

But this is normal. The Oil Man has always held a subtle attitude towards the alien technology. The Mechanicus has been steadily sending archaeological teams outside the empire to dig up the tombs of the Necromancer Dynasty to seize the technology contained therein.

However, as the monopolists of knowledge, the Mechanicians often do not share the gains from archaeological excavations with the Human Empire. With the uniqueness and influence of the Mechanicus, they can always make light of the serious crime of illegally using alien technology.

Normally, the Inquisition would not dwell on such a small matter as a high-ranking Mechanicus sage using alien technology. After all, compared to the endless wrangling within the human empire, the Inquisitors would be more willing to resolve larger and more dangerous heresy incidents.

But the situation is a little different now. A Rogue Trader, a Rogue Trader with a powerful fleet, was assassinated for no reason by a Mechanical Priest and began his revenge on the Border Forge World.

Since both parties are high-ranking in the human empire, as long as neither side gives in, Usadel, who is caught in the middle, can only act according to the rules, otherwise he will easily be accused of harboring heretics or even abusing the law for personal gain.

"...This experience is indeed an offense to you, and this technology is indeed heretical... But... have you discussed this with the Forge World Director?"

Strictly speaking, this kind of dispute should be handled by the Ministry of Justice, but because this is a forge world, if rebellion is inherently determined, it may cause a chain reaction that affects the entire star region. That's why Usadel came to investigate the situation.

But he didn't expect that the situation was so dire. On one side was the empire's important forging world, which could not be lost; on the other side was the Rogue Merchant Dynasty, which had the ability to compete with those powerful star zone naval fleets. This made the ordinary dispute among the imperial high-level officials escalate to an unimaginable level.

Now, the Ministry of Justice, which was supposed to be responsible for this matter, has disappeared and has dragged the trial court, which is not quite qualified for the job, into this matter.

"Mr. Fossafranc? Mr. Fossafranc?"

If the Rogue Traders could reach an agreement and reconcile with the Forge World, it would undoubtedly be the best and quickest solution. While making a call request on the communication channel, Usadel looked through the information he had transferred from the sector's Ministry of Internal Affairs before the trip.

It was called information, but in fact it was just a very thin piece of parchment.

The Sector Interior Department could only confirm that the surname Elfindor did exist on Holy Terra, but whether he was a Rogue Trader and what kind of Rogue Trader certificate he held was unknown because of the long time. The Interior Department had to send people back to Terra to search the old archives to find out.

"It's the same as saying it or not saying it,"

After looking at the nonsense on the parchment and then at the fleet that covered the sky, Usadel felt that even if the Elfendor Dynasty of Rogue Traders was fake, the high lords of Terra would have to make it real just for this super fleet.

"Sir Fusafron? That's strange. There's no problem with the communication. Why can't we connect to the Forge World Mechanical Fleet's communication system?"

After having the communicator on the battleship complete several rounds of self-inspections, Usadel was unable to contact the Forge World Mechanical Fleet that was about to hide behind the fortress planet.

"Oh, I was afraid he'd say something heretical and blasphemous and pollute everyone's ears, so I blocked his communication channel. I'll unblock it now, but..."

Si Ye's voice seemed to carry a hint of amusement, suggesting something.

“…I don’t think he needs to discuss anything with me.”

The forging world in the distance suddenly caught everyone's attention. As if dye had been poured into it, red and purple patches began to spread across the surface of the planet. The crackling and flickering psychic light changed the color of this planet filled with oil and metal.

"Blasphemy evil!!!"

As an inquisitor, and an inquisitor from the Order of the Holy Hammer, which specializes in dealing with demons, Usadel could of course see at a glance what was happening on the Forge World.

The summoning ritual of the Warp Demon!

"Get ready for battle!"

With loud orders, the members of the Carcharodon Regiment began to prepare for battle. Although some of them had not yet completed the painting of their power armor, they could only wait until after the battle.

However, the base color of the Carcharodon's paint is gray, so even if the gray model appears on the field, it actually does not look that conspicuous.

"Thank God, the communication is finally connected. Your Excellency the Inquisitor, you cannot listen to the nonsense of this daring Rogue Trader. The Border Forge World has always been a devout servant of Om Messiah!"

As Si Ye relaxed his control, Fusafra's communication was connected again. Seeing the Inquisitor, the Lord of the Forge was like seeing a relative, and wanted to shatter Si Ye's wishful thinking through a verbal confrontation.

But at this moment, you look behind you.

"Heretic! I will chop off your head!"

Although Fusafra didn't feel anything, demons had started to plague the Forge Planet. How could he, who was under Si Ye's special care, be okay?

The power derived from the thread of life acted on the mechanical fleet, and the flesh and blood began to deform silently.

Although the bodies of the oil men have undergone heavy mechanical transformation to facilitate their listening to the teachings of the Om Messiah, they are obviously unable to completely ascend mechanically due to the restrictions of the Mechanical Church. They must always have some flesh left on their bodies to show that they are still human.

At this moment, the remaining flesh began to proliferate and the brain began to distort. The bloated mechanical body of Fusafram that appeared on the communication channel had already sprouted a large number of flesh buds, like tentacles with bared fangs and claws.

Such a vivid heretic appeared in front of Usadr, shouting that he was a devout servant of Om Messiah. This was no different from a close mockery, and the Inquisitor was naturally furious.

"This is too casual, a bit disgusting..."

Si Ye grinned, feeling a little regretful for letting the Weave of Life take action.

But the thread of life dancing at Si Ye's fingertips expressed strong protest.

What is disgusting is the evil god Nurgle of this world. He created this disgusting scene by simulating the other party's power mode.

The World's Ghoul and the Instrument of Desire also expressed their support for the Weave of Life, and then continued to concentrate on eating the buffet at the ceremony site above the Forge World.

Originally, Si Ye planned to dye the surface of the forging world with four colors to maximize the severity of the situation.

But consider summoning Nurgle's power onto a planet, which is like painting a wall with feces; it's very difficult to clean.

And Tzeentch always has a series of small plans that are linked together. It would be bad if this clever guy discovered the existence of the evil gods in the virtual world.

Therefore, in the end, the only rituals completed on the Forge World were those of Khorne and Slaanesh, while the corresponding Void Evil God on Nyx's side had been waiting under the ritual long before, devouring the incoming Warp Demons and creating a Void Power version of the demon projection.

Although a large amount of power was consumed as tolls, the converted virtual version of the demon is only one tenth of the strength of a normal demon, but it is still no problem to create some chaos in a forging world that is not prepared for combat.

"There is no doubt that the revelation given to me by the Emperor was correct. The Forge Worlds of the Frontier have indeed betrayed humanity."

Divine revelation from the Emperor?

As an inquisitor, Usadel was professionally skeptical of what Si Ye said.

But now the fact of the appearance of the Warp Demons is before them. Regardless of whether Si Ye is trying to build momentum for himself or has really received revelation from the God-Emperor, Usadel believes that the most important thing is to deal with the Warp Demons on the Forge World first.

"Let's first destroy the mechanical fleet contaminated by the evil power. We can't let any heretic go!"

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Chapter 327 Powerful Firepower

If the Inquisitor was the only one in the Forge World system at this time, Uthadel would have to call for help while using some unorthodox methods of the Warp to fight an enemy with his own strength in order to deal with the Forge Master who had turned into an evil spirit.

If the Carcharhinus is the only one left in the Forge World at this time, then a glorious boarding would be necessary. Tiberus would lead his brothers in the boarding to destroy the contaminated mechanical fleet, and then rely on the Space Marines' super decapitation ability to resolve the Warp demons and blasphemous rituals as quickly as possible.

No matter which one, it will be an arduous battle, full of sacrifice and glory, which will make people unconsciously want to shout the name of the common leader of mankind and then charge forward bravely.

Normally, when a Chaos enemy appears on a Forge World that is extremely important to the Human Empire, Usadel, as an Inquisitor, should be anxiously taking all possible actions to ensure that the invasion of the Chaos evil does not cause a greater impact while saving the Forge World as much as possible.

But... the situation in the border forging world is obviously not that bad now.

Looking at the augury instrument, the fire control information shared by the Elfendor Merchant Dynasty fleet showed that the mechanical fleet that caused the distortion and pollution had been completely locked. It seemed that the entire mechanical fleet could be destroyed with just one shot.

To be honest, Usadel was a man who had seen the world. When he was still an ordinary throne agent, he had the honor of following his mentor to witness a black crusade launched by the great enemy of the human empire, the Chaos Warmaster Abaddon.

Looking at the huge fleet of warships of the Elfindor Merchant Dynasty, Usadel thought that even if Chaos Warmaster Abaddon appeared in the Forge World with his blasphemous Chaos Space Marines, they would be easily sent back to the Warp by the huge fleet of warships under Nyx, not to mention that the Forge World was just a preliminary Chaos invasion caused by a blasphemous ritual.

This blasphemous and lazy thought flashed through his mind. Usadel kept confessing to the Emperor on the throne, strengthening his will. At the same time, he kicked Fusafran, who had been severely deformed but had not yet figured out the situation, out of the communication channel again.

"Sir Rogue Merchant, I request that your fleet take action to quickly quell the heresy and evil spirits of this Forge World."

When the power of the Warp appeared in Fusafran, the accusations made by Nyx and the Carcharodon against the Forge World had become facts, and there was no need to waste words.

Usadel's current idea is to seek help from Si Ye's power so that the damage to the forging world that supplies the entire star zone's armaments will be minimized.

"Naturally, destroying the great enemy of Chaos is our shared mission."

Si Ye looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and the projection on the communication channel raised an arm.

"Efficient annihilation strike one batch at a time, ready!"

"Ready to follow the turn... huh?"

Upon hearing Si Ye's order, Usadel subconsciously followed the human empire's naval warfare theory and prepared to order his ship to follow the turn and use the side light spear array to cooperate with Si Ye's attack.

But his ship and the sharks' battle barges turned, but the Elfendor Dynasty fleet remained motionless with its head forward.

"Sir Rogue Trader, are you planning to use weapons like the Nova Cannon? Please don't. High-powered weapons could cause unnecessary damage to the Forge World."

The warships of the Human Empire are all broadside fire warships. Except for a few that have been modified to replace the frontal ram with giant light spears or high-powered cannons, when facing the enemy head-on, most of the time they can only launch torpedoes and missiles.

If you want to fire at full power, you still have to be like the warships of the Age of Discovery, crossing with the enemy like a knight, and at the moment of crossing, let the side's full of artillery, lance and torpedo launchers output crazily.

So when he saw that Si Ye's fleet did not move, Usadel subconsciously thought that Si Ye wanted to use giant light spears or high-powered bow weapons such as nova cannons to bombard the contaminated mechanical fleet.

The accuracy of this type of weapon is generally not very high, and it is also very easy to cause large-scale secondary casualties. Fusafran's mechanical fleet is too close to the Forge World. While the high-powered weapons destroy the opponent, it is very likely that the Forge World will be accidentally injured.

This is the disparity in the world.

No matter how powerful the warships of the Human Empire are, they are still broadside warships that mainly rely on broadside firepower, focusing on dogfights, hand-to-hand combat, and circling. Most of the time, they are lined up in formations and circling broadsides to exchange blows, and they even run at full speed and use the powered rams on the bow to play ramming.

However, the warships of the Star Empire are often main axis warships with full frontal firepower. They are good at frontal firepower, ultra-long-range strikes and stationary output.

Apart from a few specialized warships, the naval tactics of the Star Empire are often to assemble the fleet at one end of the galaxy, and then wait until the enemy at the other end of the galaxy jumps into the galaxy, and then use super-range to cross the galaxy to destroy the enemy.

"Don't worry, the Elfendor Dynasty still wants to obtain this Forge World, so they will naturally not cause any excessive damage to this world."