Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 227 Audience, a fact that violates cognition.

"The judge of the high-ranking lord of the court? The representative of the joint meeting of the high lords of the empire?"

Muttering about these two officials who didn't know much but had great power for a while, Lieutenant General Joseph recalled that when the Krieger Grand Fleet first contacted him, the authorization for this military operation seemed to come from the high-ranking officials of this court. senior position.

"Check to see if the list of joint representatives of Lord Taila High has been updated in the latest document of the star sector government, and give it to me immediately!"

Seeing the young adjutant lead off, Joseph shook his head, driving his unrealistic thoughts out of his mind.

The frontal battlefield has come to an end, except for the frigates cruising among the corpses of the Chaos Fleet occasionally clearing the artillery fire of the remnants of the enemy, the entire battlefield is in a mess, and people have no desire to watch it any longer.

The sea of ​​stars in the distance was lit up again by the tail flames from the engine, and Joseph knew that it was the two chasing warships returning home.

He cautiously looked past their figures, and sure enough, as the two brigadiers had said, behind the two battleships, he saw the gray knight's battlecruiser——on the bow of the Wraith Redeemer, the huge, dedicated The sacred emblem of the High Lord himself.

Under the sacred skull wrapped in steel ratchets is the double-headed eagle body that symbolizes the duality of the empire, and in the center of the eagle body is the Roman numeral "I" with the symbol of the Inquisition.

"It's actually true..."

The old man took a deep breath, and finally understood who saved this battle that should have killed him here.

And at this moment, the adjutant returned to his field of vision.

The young man said to him in an unbelievable tone:

"My lord, the latest announcement shows that the number of high lord councils remains unchanged, but the representatives of the Tribunal have changed, and..."

"And this lord, is he in the Storm Star Field right now?"

Joseph made up what the adjutant hadn't finished speaking, then got up and tidied up his military appearance.

In the surprised expression of the adjutant, the old man calmly pointed in the direction of the soul savior with the left hand of the navy uniform with the golden seniority ring.

He said to the adjutant:

"Prepare the airship, and follow me to meet that lord."

"Understood!" Although the young adjutant couldn't believe it, he still carried out Joseph's order.

While initiating a communication in the direction of the flight deck, he couldn't stop thinking about the news he just heard.

The request for access to the Revenant Redeemer was quickly answered with permission to board the ship.

Joseph didn't procrastinate, and soon flew towards the other side in an airship with his adjutant and a small number of guards.

Until the airship entered the deck of the Revenant Redeemer, the adjutant still couldn't believe his cognition:
In theory, one of the current supreme rulers of the empire, the Supreme Lord of Terra, who claims to be the reflection of the emperor's will, is on this battleship at this time?

And he can also meet with this lord together with Joseph?

By the Emperor!What an honor!

Following the gravitational field of the battleship, the airship smoothly entered the flight deck;
When the green light representing the effect of the atmospheric restraint device on the deck was on inside the airship, a group of people walked out along the open hatch door.

It was not the mortal civil servant or soldier he had expected, but an Astartes warrior in silver armor who came to approach him.

"What warband is this?" he thought to himself.

But Lieutenant General Joseph knew the origin of this lord, and he was familiar with the rules of the court.

"Look less, talk less, listen less, and do as you're told."

He spoke out to remind the young people around him, in case he lost one person inexplicably when he returned.

A group of people, led by the gray knight, walked towards the vehicle deep in the deck, and happened to meet the representatives of the Astartes Chapter who also came to see them head-on.

The three Astartes Chapter Masters were all clad in Terminator power armor, and their bell-like footsteps caught their attention from a distance.

The leaders of these battle groups had just stepped off their airships at this time.

Led by the Gray Knights, the three Chapter Masters marched past with their escort.

The group of giants didn't stop when they passed by them, and only the leader, Baltasar, took off his helmet when he saw Joseph.

They bowed their heads to each other from a distance, and then the giant stepped forward again, and the Astartes warriors beside him walked into the distance in neat steps.

The group continued to move towards the rear of the deck. The gray knights standing guard at various nodes along the way made the young adjutant very excited, and couldn't help saying to Joseph:

"I have never seen so many Astartes warriors!"

The latter looked at the yearning eyes of the young man beside him and shook his head slightly, without saying a word.

He understood that the little guy might have misunderstood something, but didn't explain it.

Others might not understand it, but as a nobleman whose ancestral home was Terra, Joseph still had a basic understanding of the political ecology of the empire.

The power of the high lords is of course powerful, and theoretically within the territory of the empire, they are the top of all mortals, none of them.

But remember, it is the top of all mortals, not everyone.

These Astartes warriors are one of the exceptions, as the Emperor's Angels they are no longer under the jurisdiction of the mortal world.

In Joseph's impression, unless the matter was of great importance, they would never respond to the call of mortals, let alone try to use power to drive them to serve.

No one could please them so much, not even if he was a high lord.

Joseph didn't know the reason for everything in front of him, but he believed that when he saw the lord, there would be an answer to all of this.

The spacious and terrifying carriages run quietly on the track inside the battleship, and the stations outside the window retreat quickly one by one, which means that they are getting closer to the bridge.

The guides in front of the team were finally no longer those silver-armored giants, but the crimson trial court robes on the other party were so dazzling that Joseph had no interest in greeting them like the other party.

The efficiency of the rail train is extremely fast, and it has reached the terminal in a blink of an eye.

Under the leadership of the guides, several people transferred to the upward elevator again and approached the dome of the bridge.

The fully enclosed metal car rose rapidly, transporting them outside the atrium where Calvin was located within a few minutes.

A huge door more than ten meters high unfolded in front of them, and what caught the eyes of this group of mortals was an even more majestic and magnificent scenery.

What a sacred place that is!

Even though he was used to the affluence of Amara's capital world, Joseph was still amazed by the magnificence of the Gothic architecture in front of him.

The huge steel colonnade is as thick as several people embrace, and the height of tens of meters leads straight to the sky, meeting on the dome composed of stained glass full of murals;

Epic scenes are carved on the walls of hundreds of square meters:

Countless warriors who are the same as the silver-armored Astartes guarding around them are fighting against demons under the leadership of a tall god-like giant.

"That is……"

Looking at the stories depicted in the murals, Joseph had a vague premonition in his heart.

He finally lost the steadiness he had been maintaining all along, and hastily ordered the adjutants around him to lower their heads like him, trying to avoid seeing things that shouldn't be seen as much as possible.

"Mortal, you don't need to worry."

A deep voice sounded in his ears, and Joseph raised his head, just in time to see the Astartes warrior who had just fought side by side.

At this time, Baltasar was the same as him, waiting for Calvin to be received in the corridor outside the atrium.

Seeing the panic of this mortal, he couldn't help but comfort him, but his voice was so rough that the most gentle words sounded in Joseph's ears, still resounding like a bell:
"No need to worry, my friend. Since the lord has allowed your audience, it means that you have the right to stand here."

"I am deeply terrified!"

Joseph expresses his humility knowingly. What he has seen and heard along the way has let the old man know many details.

Although he still can't believe it, the facts made up of these details are still in front of him:
What he is facing is very likely to be the first high lord held by an Astartes in the history of the empire.

What he didn't know was the identity of the high lord, but it was far from as simple as the Astartes battle group...

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