Chapter 2803 The Dog of Authority
Soshiyang knows very well that the Inquisition’s request is no longer to arrest the murderer or to comfort the hapless Inquisitor’s spirit in heaven. What they are asking for now is “obedience”. They want to see The Alliance of Sufferers is an organization of Astartes that respects and obeys the authority of the Inquisition.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, this is just a stupid honor dispute, but there are profound political reasons behind it.
The authority of the Astartes comes from the fact that their transformation technology comes from the hands of the Emperor and from the Primarch as the son of the Emperor, but this is only the source of sanctity. The real authority comes from their power. Their absolute power crushes all living beings.
But the Inquisitors are different. No matter what their origins are, even if they are psykers, in the final analysis they are just mortals. So the fundamental support for their activities in this chaotic and crisis-ridden empire is them. It is the majesty accumulated from ten thousand years of trials, executions, and even massacres against everyone, whether mortals or Astartes.
Tyrion once said to Soshyan that loyalty is the judge's blade, faith is the judge's armor, but authority is their life.
Without authority, blades and armor are just dead objects attached to a corpse.
So the Inquisition must and can only maintain their authority in an almost crazy way, so it has created the image of most Inquisitors who do not accept any questions, will not give any explanations, and are self-willed. , any challenge to the authority of the Inquisition will greatly touch the nerves of the Inquisitors and trigger a fierce backlash.
This is not emotion or some kind of arrogance, but the basis of their survival. After all, without that layer of gilded authority, how can they, mere mortals, let those imperial figures who control a world and an army Are you scared? Merely relying on legal life and death does not actually help them deter everyone.
With this mentality, the Inquisition will occasionally use some trivial matters to "tame" certain organizations, especially the Astartes, who have never stopped fighting against the Astartes. The regiment's obedience test, of course, also caused a lot of conflicts, and I don't know how many judges died, but they were pursuing this diligently.
Soshyan was convinced of this, and he also saw that the goal of the Tribunal had changed. It was no longer the Relic Chapter, but the entire Suffering Alliance.
Although Magyar is not as radical as Seth, he also believes that the Suffering Alliance cannot retreat at this time, because the Tribunal is a group of people who know how to climb along the pole. Once they let go, subsequent demands will be made. Endlessly, they will not stop until they turn this alliance into their tool.
After talking with the two chapter leaders, Soshyan had a preliminary plan in mind. He first arranged for people to find Alexei’s secret stronghold. Every famous inquisitor would have his own One's own stronghold, and usually more than one, is used as an interrogation room, a treasure room, or as a temporary shelter to hide from political opponents, and then let people check how many of Alexei's followers are still alive and where they are currently.
It stands to reason that these would be difficult to check, because the Inquisitors are not only secretive, but also have the highest authority in all systems of the empire. It is impossible for anyone to find any clues about them from the official level, but
< br>Alexei is an exclusive judge, and the exclusive faction and the state religion are very close, so it is much easier to start from the state religion. Although the state religion may not be willing to cooperate, Soshyan has one of them. The irresistible bargaining chip was enough for the senior officials of the State Church to betray Alexei's information.
After both of these came to fruition, he met alone with Artecus Badan, Chapter Master of the Relic Chapter.
"Chapter Commander Soshyan Alexey, I have heard about the name for a long time, and it is surprising to see him today."
In the main office of the Scar of Victory, Artkus held Soshyan Alexey's hand in his hand. Shi Yang looked at this imperial legend who was wearing fine power armor but was still much taller than him, sighing repeatedly. "Outsiders say that you have a heroic appearance similar to that of the original body. It is indeed true. It is truly a miracle of the emperor."
"Ha, I was taller before my transformation. This may indeed be the emperor’s blessing.”
Soshyan smiled slightly, avoided the topic of his height, led the other person to sit on a chair against the wall on the east side of the office, and then returned to sit behind the huge wooden desk.
“Brother Artkus, your group has been an observer of the Tribulation Alliance for some time, and has also performed many tasks in various places in the Stormwind Star Territory. Various Mechanicus and hive worlds have no regard for your group’s influence. The evaluation is also quite high.”
“It is our mission and responsibility to serve the throne and humanity.”
Soshyan looked at this warrior who had served for nearly four hundred years. It is no different from all other Astartes, or the Astartes have a high degree of consistency in their emotions and expressions.
But as Mazhar said, this person also has a certain unique concealment temperament, which can easily remind Soshyan of the Dark Angel.
"Brother Artkus, may I ask more, why does your group want to join the Alliance of Suffering?"
"The Alliance of Suffering is an example and symbol of the unity of the Astartes brothers at the moment. The Holy Code will We were divided into battle groups of a thousand men, which also made some forces in the imperial bureaucracy think that the Astartes had become weak and no longer had the strength to defend their honor and tradition, so they began to frame and attack us by any means. Many Chapters were persecuted, but this would never happen in the Great Crusade, because at that time we had the Primarch and the Legion, we were united, and the little guys didn't dare to make mistakes. Now all this has disappeared, but at least We can choose to help each other and defend our honor together. This is why we chose to join the Suffering Alliance. We believe that only unity can better fight against enemies inside and outside the empire."
Hearing this, Soshiyang said nothing. He just raised his right hand and scratched his temple with his fingers, suddenly chuckled again, and said instead:
"Brother Artkus, how many great demons have you exiled so far?"
Artkus was stunned and didn't even react, so Soshyan asked again in a more serious tone.
"Brother Artkus, how many great demons have you exiled with so many chaos weapons in the past?"
"This is not the case."
"The tenth company commander of our chapter has already After telling me about you, I think he should have also elaborated on his views. Of course, my views are slightly different from his. Weapons can be used, but. Brother Artkus, I am not belittling you, but, you The chaos weapons that can be collected will definitely not be very powerful, or the ones that can be collected by you will not be very powerful. You have paid such a huge risk and gained almost nothing.”