Chapter 498: The Minotaur in Holy Terra: Shadow of the Regent! (VI)
[In the eyes of many reformists, your decisive and murderous Minotaurs suddenly changed from being the lackeys of the High Lords to the black uncles of the Salamanders who loved the people like their own children. This is undoubtedly a very shocking thing. ]
[In the eyes of conservatives, many of your abnormal behaviors have a traceable context. ]
[As an important pawn in the same camp, they believe that all your actions now are part of the overall plan. Moreover, you have won so much extra support for the conservatives, which is a great achievement! ]
[So, whether it's good or bad, the Imperial Guards' visit was something you expected, especially since you guys recently had a small conflict over the target.]
["hehe..."]
[At this moment, you, wearing a metal helmet, subconsciously let out a light laugh. ]
[You looked back and forth through the eyepiece at the shield captain Valerian in front of you.]
["I'm just doing what an Astartes should do." You said to the other person in a low voice.]
["Besides, I am just doing what you are supposed to do for the Imperial Guards. If you are really doing your duty, I don't have to be here!"]
["What a ridiculous slander! Be careful with your every word, Astartes Chapter Master! We, the Custodians, have indeed fulfilled our duties! There has never been any mistake in the guarding of the Terran Palace!"]
[Hearing the hint of sarcasm in your words, the outspoken shield captain Valerian subconsciously refuted.]
[However, you suddenly drove the Terminator power armor and took a step forward. ]
[You lowered your metal helmet slightly, staring at the other person intently and speaking.]
["Tsk, do you believe what I said? Do you want me to give you some examples to prove the incompetence of the Imperial Guards? Open your eyes and take a look! The times are undergoing unimaginable changes, and the territory of the human empire is in danger! In the long ten thousand years, I found that not only has the number of the Imperial Guards not increased much, but now it seems that even their brains have not grown!"]
["Astartes! How dare you—"]
[At this moment, the shield captain Valerian, whose anger was rising, quickly retreated a few steps. He raised the imperial guard spear in his palm in an instant, as if he would launch a shocking attack on you in the next second! ]
[boom--]
[Even the imperial guards following behind him subconsciously formed a battle formation. They quickly surrounded several sisters of silence. In a short period of time, almost everyone was ready to fight! ]
[However, just when you were about to pull out the weapons Black Spear and Minotaur Shield from the back of the power backpack to play with the imperial guards. ]
[Sister Aleiya, who had been silent all along, suddenly pushed away the tall bodies of the imperial guards.]
[She first stepped forward and raised her hand to hold down the imperial guard spear that Captain Valerian had been pointing at you, then turned her eyes towards you without any emotion.]
[Then, the Sister of Silence, who had taken the vow of silence, quickly gestured to everyone using complex sign language.]
["Enough! Valerian! Have you fed all your countless years of hard training and combat experience to Groxmon? Don't you realize that the other party is deliberately provoking you?!"]
["Respected Chapter Master, Valyrian does not have much human experience. He is a straightforward person and will not understand your conspiracy. I hope you will not continue to embarrass him."]
[At this moment, Sister Aleia of Silence made a sign language gesture to calm down the shield captain Valerian quickly.]
[He took a deep breath, slowly lowered his imperial guards spear, and waved his hand to let the other imperial guards stop their combat readiness.]
["Haha, you see, you, a battle-hardened guard, are not as smart as a Sister of Silence. This is really... All battle brothers, listen to my command, everyone disperse!"]
[You shook your metal helmet slightly, spoke to the other party, and raised one of your ceramic steel hands and waved it back and forth.]
[The next moment, nearly 150 Primaris Astartes slowly emerged from the shadows of buildings or hiding places under the ground within a radius of one kilometer.]
[At this moment, you clearly noticed that the other guards and several other silent sisters, except for Valyrian, showed some fleeting emotional changes.]
[In fact, not to mention the absolute difference in numbers between the two sides, the bolters in the hands of the Primaris and the melta weapons specially obtained from the Ministry of the Interior are enough to send this squad of Custodians to see the Emperor in one encounter.]
["Captain Moloch, what do you want to do?"]
[Captain Valerian, who seemed unmoved by this, was silent for a moment, and then he asked you again.]
[However, this time, the other party's conversation and attitude were obviously much more serious. ]
["I heard that you, the Custodes, have always looked down on us, the Astartes, so I originally planned to take advantage of this small psychological flaw to guide and provoke you to attack me, so that I would have an excuse to detain you, and I could also use this to attract important Custodes figures whose positions are important enough…"]
["In other words, I want to use you to get close to the commander of the Imperial Guards, Trajan. I need to have a secret conversation with him without attracting the attention of various forces."]
["Moreover, you are all frontline personnel fighting on the Terra battlefield, right? Haven't you noticed the cold waves surging beneath the calm surface of Holy Terra now?"]
["Don't tell me that the duty of the Custodians is to guard the Imperial Palace. You represent the will of the Emperor himself! As I said, with the return of the Primarch, the times have changed. If you, the Custodians, don't try to keep up with the times, one day, you will be abandoned by the times and rot inside the walls of the Imperial Palace."]
["Also, is the Emperor on the Golden Throne important? Of course he is important. After all, he is a shining beacon that guides the human empire in its difficult struggle for survival. But you, the Imperial Guards, should at least open your eyes and look outside the palace! The people of these hive cities who have only known the Emperor since birth, their existence is the spark that maintains the entire human empire!"]
[You took a deep breath and spoke slowly to the Shield Captain Valerian and the Sister of Silence Aleia in a low and firm voice.]
[Although the rest of the Imperial Guards and the Sisters of Silence also remained silent, it can be foreseen from the way they lowered their heads in contemplation that they were also obviously thinking about what you just said.]
[It seems that it is not the Custodians who are stupid, but the problem lies with the shield captain Valerian himself. ]
[At this moment, you stare at the people in front of you through the helmet goggles, and the data stream in your mind synchronously recalls what happened before. ]
[About a month and a half ago, you successfully used some covert means to secretly meet with Captain Galadon of the Third Company of the Imperial Fists in the Hive.]
[And, you revealed to Captain Galadon through cautious words that the other party could accept that some high lords were plotting rebellion and trying to limit the power of Regent Guilliman.]
[After a very brief moment of shock, Captain Galadon first confirmed the partial evidence you have, which is the secret orders sent to you by the former Minister of the Interior.]
[Although these parchments recording the communication cannot prove that the other party is indeed involved in the rebellion, they do gain Captain Galadon's trust in the Minotaur Chapter, you, and the whole thing.]
[That is to say, in the past period of time, the Imperial Fists' dissatisfaction with the Minotaurs was mostly played for those who had ulterior motives.]
[Of course, in order to ensure the smooth progress of everything, Captain Galadon did not reveal any information to ordinary Astartes except for a few confidants.]
[Now, you only need to have a separate meeting with the commander of the Imperial Guards and successfully gain his trust, then you can do more things. ]
[However, in order to take care of the little emotions of your Primarch brother Guilliman, you must continue to play the role of the traitors' pawn until the moment when those high lords think the outcome is certain and jump out to reap the fruits of victory.]
[However, compared to Comrade Regent's plan to only execute the main culprit and maintain the status quo, this is a small punishment. ]
[You, with your ruthless means, intend to completely clean up all the conservatives' background and turn the entire Holy Terra into a super war machine that supports the Indomitable Crusade! ]
Thank you for your support!
It turns out that it is not suitable for this kind of palace fighting type of plot.
My scalp is tingling as I write this, and I feel as if I have constipation.
So the only thing left is a battle between the major forces to kill the traitors. I'll write more about the chopping and chopping in the future.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I wish you all a safe and peaceful new year.
(End of this chapter)