Warhammer Inquisitor

  Chapter 72 End Yan Era: Battle Nun

Vito has been to many churches and state churches, most of which are famous for their gorgeousness, exquisiteness and grandeur. Ten-meter-high statues and giant vaults are standard equipment, with colorful glass windows in between. Velvet paintings, mosaic puzzle murals, etc., in short, are very expensive things.

   But here, the Great Temple of Salvation on this planet, where the coffins of living saints are stored, can definitely be called outstanding among such money-burning buildings.

   Expensive but gorgeous decorations from the galaxy, materials and artistic structures come together here, they cooperate with each other, partner and combine to form this great temple that is difficult to find in the entire galaxy.

  Perhaps only Terra’s State Church headquarters, the Imperial Palace, and the Primarch on Macragge, Roboute Guilliman, the thirteenth son of the Empire, can be compared to the sleeping still stand hall.

Vito could see that this temple was obviously built before the era of apostasy, and was built by the Imperial Salvationist Church at that time. Those guys were always obsessed with expressing their faith in the most gorgeous, grand and costly way. "piety"

Although after the Age of Apostasy, the sect of the Alliance of Light led by Sebastian Saul, the Allied Forces of the Sons of Dorne headed by the Fist of the Empire, and the rare Imperial Guards who moved their butts out of the palace supported With his help, Sebastian's sect overthrew the decadent messianic church and became the mainstream belief in the state religion today.

Although they may be familiar with this gorgeous church, in general, it still intentionally ensures the control of luxury when it is built. "At least by the standards of the state religion.

  So, Vito is sure, this church must have been built before or during the **** apostasy era during Van Dier's reign.

Vito walked on the clean marble floor of the Great Sanctuary, a floor composed of exquisite puzzle pieces and magnificent floor-to-ceiling murals, clattering under the feet of the studded boots of the Inquisitor, but the loudest rumble came from the four giants behind him .

The Emperor's angels of death trudged behind the Inquisitor, bolters and melee weapons heaving with the swing of their armor, the shining silver skulls of the Blackwatch Chapters on the shoulders of their respective chapters. A is in the cathedral, shining in the bright thousands of lights.

  The guardians guarding the holy cathedral knelt and saluted one after another. Vito looked at the combat nuns who knelt on one knee, and these emperor's daughters in small power armor knelt on the ground.

  Many of them have silver hair. Vito looked at them curiously. Seriously, Vito has been wondering why many battle nuns' hair gradually turns pure silver as their faith deepens?

  Although according to the official meaning of the state religion, it is because they were given the light of truth by the emperor, making them pure and holy, so that they can face all the filthy enemies of the emperor.

   But Vito always felt, is that the old **** likes silver hair and that's all?

Vito noticed that the battle nuns here are all of different ages, among them there are even novice nuns who are only fifteen or sixteen years old, or even younger. They are decided whether to be given weapons and duties according to their ages, and they are between fifteen and ten. The eight-year-old older nuns were all given bolters or chainswords, apparently still trained in those weapons.

  The younger nuns, those under the age of twelve, seem to be mainly responsible for medical care and consolation. They gather in groups of three or four in front of the shrines, praying devoutly to the golden statue that represents the emperor.

Vito and his entourage walked through the holy hall of the Great Temple. Glittering golden marble columns stood on both sides of the long hall, and the statues of angels with outstretched wings also stood on the marble columns holding long swords or weights symbolizing fairness and justice. On the sky, angels with wings spread one by one and jumped up from the stone pillars, as if they were about to fly to the murals on the towering dome of stars above their heads.

   And on the ground, the Emperor's true angels walked behind Vito with dull footsteps, and they were respected by all the guardians of the faith here, although perhaps more to the four angels of death.

  They walked up the high stairs at the end of the long hall, and the judge's combat boots stepped on the steps made of the purest quartz stone, and he stepped on the holy place of faith where the coffin of the living saint was located.

Vito looked at the sacred coffin placed on the marble steps in front of him. The outline of the coffin made of white jade spar was outlined with golden silk threads. Beautiful and sacred silk threads converged on the coffin lid, finally showing a It looks like a long sword.

Kneeling a nun in front of the holy coffin, she was wearing power armor, and her crimson battle robe extended from her back and waistline, and the red rose logo symbolizing the Holy Rosary Order was outlined on the battle robe, also Branded upon that shining power sword.

The captains of the space warriors and stormtroopers also walked up the steps. They stood behind Vito and formed an iron wall, especially the four giants guarding behind Vito like black mountains, silently declaring their supremacy. authority.

   "The head nun." Vito said, the head nun who bowed her head in prayer raised her crimson eyes. She bowed her head again to the holy coffin in front of her and stood up.

  The nun with a silver ponytail turned her head to look at Vito, "Who is here?" she asked.

"Vito Constantine, Judge of the Imperial Inquisition, I am here on behalf of the will of the Emperor." Vito said, raising his head slightly, and the four giants behind him also leaned forward in unison. It rushed over in an instant, but apparently the head nun didn't feel any pressure.

"May the Emperor bless you, Inquisitor, I am honored to meet the Emperor's angels and messengers." The head nun nodded to the four giants, Bell and Lancelot, Olaf naturally returned the courtesy, and Rag Na also reluctantly returned the salute after a few pokes with Bell's elbow.

   "I am the Order of the Holy Rose, the new Senior Sister Henryetta Pavlovna of the St. Bassus Branch. The Senior Sister has returned to the Golden Throne, but I thank you all for coming in the name of the Emperor."

  Vito walked towards the head nun with a smile, "I received a request from Judge Lilith to come to support me, do you know where my colleagues are?"

  As he walked, he looked at the head nun in front of him. Surprisingly, she didn't seem to be that old, maybe because the original head nun died in battle? But I have to say that she is indeed very young. Although she is not as beautiful as Lily, she can indeed be described as beautiful.

  The head nun in holy **** armor put one hand on the power sword, she frowned displeased, Vito smiled and stopped a few steps away with her hands in his arms.

   "It seems that you don't like him very much, right? Because he is too beautiful and lacks piety?" "No, it is coquettish and lacks piety."

  Henrietta said extremely displeased, and Vito shrugged with a joking smile, "What's wrong with her?"

   "While I called upon the soldiers of the Astra Militarum and Planetary Defense Forces to pray, pleading piously to the Emperor for guidance and repentance, she openly questioned the meaning of prayer and urged the soldiers to do "practical things""

  Henrietta gritted her teeth when she said that word, obviously very dissatisfied with Lily's sabotage behavior, Vito smiled jokingly and looked at the nuns in the church behind her.

   "Dear Senior Sister, don't you think that in this moment of crisis, it is more appropriate to lead your nuns to temporarily put aside prayer and confession, and go out to physically exert the Emperor's will with bolt guns and chainsaw swords?"

Henriette held the national religion symbol on the chest of her armor, and she looked at Vito seriously, "Faith is the most powerful weapon against demons in the warp, Judge, we must ensure the purity and devotion in our hearts, only Only in this way can we fight against its demons and monsters!"

  "This is the place of faith. We must defend the holy place of faith. Only with the eternal light of the emperor's light of truth and the holy coffin can we defend the empire before the endless destruction of the Eye of Terror."

   "But I'm sure, Sister Henrietta, the Emperor himself would prefer you to go outside and help those Cadia soldiers and Defense Force soldiers who are fighting hard."

   Vito said as he still scanned the nuns in the hall. They were fully armed, and everyone’s morale was high. They should not waste time here on simple prayers.

Vito turned to Henrietta, the majesty of the judge silently appeared on his face, "I, Vito Constantine, the judge personally chosen by the emperor is the representative of his will, I ask you to cooperate with me The nuns of your order immediately threw themselves into the crusade of faith, and I ask you to leave the temple and join the war on this planet."

"We must defend the temple and the holy coffin!" "If this planet falls, your little holy land will be dead in the end. You can fight until the entire army is wiped out to serve you to the death, but obviously, the holy land will still be destroyed by you in the end." hands."

Henrietta froze when she was about to refute. She looked at Vito and her eyes suddenly froze. The judge walked up to the beautiful young senior nun. He looked at the young leader who was ordered to lead his sisters on the battlefield in front of him. .

   "Your elder sister entrusted her mission to you, Sister Henrietta, I hope you clearly understand the duty and mission of being a battle sister, the Emperor's Daughter."

   "What does the Emperor want?" Vito asked.

   "We died in battle." The four space warriors behind them said in unison, their loud voices attracted the attention of all the nuns.

   "Why did you die in battle?" "It's my bounden duty."

   "What is our bounden duty?" "As requested by the Emperor."

  Many nuns knelt on one knee and bowed their heads towards the top of the steps to pray, and the resonant voices of the Astartes echoed throughout the hall, loud and solemn.

   "Why did you die in battle?" "It's my bounden duty."

   "Why does the emperor ask for this?" Vito continued to look at the head nun and asked, and what responded to him was still the resonant response of the angels of death.

   "I am the Emperor's Blade."

  Vito looked at the head nun in front of him, who lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, then raised his head firmly and nodded affirmatively, "As the Holy Word says, I will be the Emperor's Blade!"

"Very well, I ordered the Stormtrooper Commander Colonel York to command all the local imperial forces, and you obey him." Vito said and introduced Colonel York. The Stormtrooper Commander stepped forward and took off his helmet to salute Henrietta. .

  Henrietta saluted the eagle to the colonel without thinking. She obeyed the order, which is very good.

   "Now tell me, head nun, where did Inquisitor Lilith go?" Vito asked, the head nun was silent for a moment and quickly gave an answer.

   "Northeast City, she took a team of Kasherzin commandos to Silver Spring Square, at least that's the last I know."

   "Very well, now perform your duty, head nun." "As the emperor wishes, my lord."

  Henrietta looked at Vito and then turned and left. She led the four angels of death and walked towards the exit of the church without looking back. She looked at the colonel in a little confusion.

  The latter straightened his gun belt with a smile, "Come on, before the Inquisitor saves the world, we must first ensure that this planet will not blow up."

  I thought, maybe the colonel's "blow up" might not be a metaphor, but an adjective.

  (end of this chapter)