Chapter 171 16, Dukel Helped His Loyal Supreme Council President

Sanguinius and the Blood Angels stayed in the Astropathic Court for a long time. The Archangels seemed to be addicted to acting, while the Astropaths were grateful for the Angels' forgiveness and mercy. It was a two-way trip.

Dukel was flipping through the information in his hand at this moment.

The Supreme Lords' Council can be said to be the centralized department of the Empire today. The twelve seats are composed of the highest-level bureaucrats of the twelve power institutions.

And under the twelve seats, there are dozens of local high lords of Terra to assist.

It can be said that the Supreme Council itself represents the entire Terra regime. The Tribunal, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Astropathic Court, and the Assassin's Court, which were cleared and taken over by the Primarchs, all have a seat in the Supreme Council.

This is why Dukel is only planning to deal with the Supreme Council at this moment. If these branches are not cut off in advance, it is almost equivalent to being enemies with most of the Empire.

In the ten thousand years since the Emperor ascended the throne, the Supreme Council represented the Emperor in managing almost all the daily affairs of the Empire. They are the direct spokespersons of the Emperor.

Having power almost equal to that of the Emperor means that they also bear the heavy pressure that the Emperor needs to bear, which indirectly leads to the fact that the High Lords of the Supreme Council are the most special group of people among the powerful people of Terra.

Today's Empire is like a seriously ill patient who can't take care of himself, but even so, there are still many High Lords who are still doing their best to decide the millions of worlds of this broken Empire and make various arrangements for the billions of Imperial people in major star regions.

The workload is so large that even the Primarchs are worried about it.

While other powerful people are enjoying themselves with power and wealth; many Supreme Lords on Terra who have top backgrounds and unlimited power are working 007 all year round.

They could have enjoyed the best of everything in the Empire, but every year many High Lords are exhausted to death at their posts.

It makes sense that the Empire can survive for 10,000 years.

For example, this information in Duker's hand, the current President of the Supreme Council and the Minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs-Lev Tyron.

This information was given to Dukel by Guilliman himself. The Regent not only did not reject this Supreme Council President, but also appreciated him very much.

Even Dukel had heard of his name. In this dark galaxy, Lev was one of the few imperials who lived a better life than Commissar Cain.

In the original trajectory, he pushed the Imperial Guards out of the palace to welcome the return of the Regent, witnessed the decisive battle between Guilliman and Magnus on the moon, encountered the siege of the Khorne army, met with the Grey Knights, boarded the remains of Abaddon's Black Legion warship, and smiled at the evil god's dream - it can be called the pinnacle of mortal will.

In the end, after the Regent launched the Indomitable Crusade, he died with hope.

Even if there are more darkness and termites in the empire, it is difficult to cover up the glory of heroes who burn everything for the empire.

"But even the hearts of mortals are deeper than the abyss."

Dukel put down the information in his hand. People's hearts are separated by their stomachs. He can't judge a person's character based on just one piece of information.

Suddenly, his intuition sensed something, and he looked up - he saw a shadow darker than the night sky of Terra standing on the spire of a Gothic clock tower not far away.

The murderous ghost, his brother, Curze.

The Primarch's body was burning with fire, and the next moment he stood on the top of the clock tower. This speed was many times faster than when he was chasing the opponent before.

Looking down at Terra from the top of the clock tower, the red fire on Terra had gradually extinguished. In the burnt ruins, a new order will be reestablished.

"Curze, what are you going to do next?" Dukel asked, "Do you need me to prove your innocence for you? You can't let the people of the Empire always believe that you are a murderous ghost and the murderer who assassinated the Empire?"

"Why not?" Curze asked back.

Dukel was stunned for a moment.

Then he understood Curze's idea.

"Duke, you have also discovered it."

"What did you discover?"

"Evil people will never repent for their evil deeds. Only fear can stop their atrocities."

Duke nodded, "I know very well that they will not regret what they have done, but they are afraid of the punishment they will face. So I never believe in the tears of evil people. Good people will not do evil even if they are drunk."

"So why should I prove my innocence?" Koz's cold voice floated in the dark night, "I am not you. I don't need fire and warmth. Let them be afraid, let everyone, all the sins, know that there is a murderous soul walking under the throne."

He sneered, with bloodthirsty madness in his eyes, and he read out his justice, "I never care about my reputation. On the contrary, I will spread my name of fear. Whoever dares to do evil in the dark, I will peel off his skin completely and hang their bloody flesh on the spikes of the tower."

Duke's eyes narrowed unconsciously when he heard this.

After thousands of years, Koz still sticks to his justice.

It is difficult for Duke to comment on this.

Justice is a good thing, but Curze is too extreme.

For example, during an operation, Curze saw a little girl trying to commit suicide, so the Lord of the Night Haunter decisively saved her.

Then what did he do?

——Kuzzi personally peeled off all the skin of the little girl. The little girl was tortured for three days and three nights before she finally died and was freed.

Just because in Coz's heart, suicide is also an unforgivable sin.

Duker reminded: "Brother, fear is just a type of tactic. It is very useful, but it does not mean that it will always be useful. If you rely on it so much, it will eventually bite you."

"Only those who struggle to survive in the darkness can learn to behave in an orderly manner."

Dukel nodded, as if he agreed with his words.

He gave up persuasion. No Primarch could convince with words.

But he secretly decided in his heart that after this incident was over, he would be allowed to return to the Golden Throne and he would never let him out easily.

Despite what he thought in his heart, Duker's face still remained calm, and he looked at Kurtz with bright eyes.

"Brother, just let me be the executioner who slaughters the villains. Why do you have to do it? For the sake of the empire and our common ideals, I voluntarily enter hell!"

Hearing this, Midnight Ghost was stunned.

As if he had never thought that anyone would agree with him, he re-examined the brother in front of him.

Among the primarchs, Curze has always been the least popular one. Most people think he is a madman and are unwilling to get close to him. And he also didn't want to be near anyone.

After a few seconds of silent staring,

He opened his mouth and said,

"Dukele, are you acting with me? No wonder Fulgrim always said that you are a hypocritical guy in the past."

"Tsk——"

The calmness on Duker's face quickly dissipated like thin ice, and a hint of anger appeared.

Seeing this anger, Coze quietly and quickly retreated into the shadows, disappearing, leaving only a weird "Jie Jie" laugh.

Wisps of flames rose up on Dukel's body, and then quickly dissipated.

Curze has a way of being annoying.

"Dukele, what's your next move?"

A ghostly voice, whose direction could not be discerned in the darkness, asked him.

"I would like to ask Lev Tyrone, the Chief of the High Council, to come to my palace. I want to talk to him alone."

The ghosts in the shadows depart.

At this time, the leaves of Caliban fell quietly, and the lion walked out of the forest and met Duker's unkind gaze.

"Brother, don't blame me, I saw you performing as soon as I came here." Leon spread his hands, showing a helpless expression.

"It's for a ghost." Then he emphasized deliberately.

"Are you here to hone your martial arts skills with me?" Duker asked.

"No, no, I have more important things."

"Tell me about it." Duker crossed his arms and looked at him sideways.

"Guilliman is preparing to go to Mars. I judge that he may be in danger. Are you interested in going with him?"

"Why?" Duker asked.

"He needs to explain the Primaris Space Marines to the priests of the Mechanicus, and" the lion lowered his voice and revealed a secret,

"Call seems to want to become the Forge General of Mars."

"You even know this?" Duker looked at the lion in surprise.

"I do have some interest in Mars, though," he whispered. He was mainly interested in the void dragon fragments beneath Mars.

The life magnetic field technology was stuck at 250,000 units, and he urgently needed Star God fragments to break this bottleneck.

Just taking away the fragments of the Star God will most likely make those oil guys go crazy.

After hearing his whisper, the lion nodded and stepped into the forest of Caliban,

"Farewell, my brother, the showman who loves to entertain ghosts——"

The lion has always been cautious, and Duker beat him up before, and now he finally gave him the opportunity to take a small revenge. He left happily and triumphantly.

He didn't even notice that Duker's eyes were getting worse and worse.

These guys are so funny, and sooner or later they will be rewarded.

He will use practical actions to prove that those who can be war commanders are not generous people.

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Lev, the Chief of the Supreme Council, was heading to the palace of the Second Primarch.

It was the murderous ghost who personally invited him to go, and he was thoughtfully given two options, either to meet the Second Primarch, or to have his skin peeled off.

Lev also stubbornly chose the former.

Soon, he saw Dukel sitting on the throne in the huge hall.

After saluting, Lev took the initiative and said, "Your Highness, I have never abused the functions given to me by the Emperor. Please don't embarrass me."

By now, both parties knew what the other was thinking, so Lev made his request without any cover-up.

Sincerity is always a must-win.

Dukel was also very sincere. He smiled and said: "Lev, have you heard the latest rumors on Terra? Some people say that I colluded with the murderous ghosts and tried to turn everyone against me in the name of investigating the case for His Majesty. All of them were slandered as the real perpetrators of the Emperor's assassination, and then executed on the spot."

Lev shook his head quickly and said with great seriousness, "Your Highness, rumors stop only for the wise. Do not be swayed by these false rumors. Although I am not a wise man, I know that Your Highness upholds justice and will never compete with others. His Majesty’s murderers colluded.”

"No, you're wrong, Lev. That's not a rumor."

Chief of the Supreme Council: "."

Duker said frankly: "Lev, the rumors are the truth. I slandered the people who opposed me as the rumors said, and I really colluded with the murderous ghost."

Lev broke out in a cold sweat.

Duker took out a secret letter and pulled out a piece of white paper from the secret letter.

"Lev, let me ask you, does the Supreme Council know how they should make a choice? If they don't know, I will write their names on the secret letter, and destruction will come in an instant."

Looking at the sweaty general, Duker repeated: "Lev, I will give you a minute to think about it. Think about it carefully."

Lev's heart was beating violently.

Duker's sincerity was indeed a killer move, and it almost killed him directly.

Being able to stand at the pinnacle of power on Terra, Lev certainly had his own judgment. According to the previous actions of the Primarch, his experience and wisdom told him that although the other party was not easy to mess with, he was actually a good person.

But now.

"Your Highness, is this a test?" Lev took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

"I know in my heart that you have greater ambitions than ordinary people, for the Empire and its people. I also know that you will not embarrass those innocent people."

Duke looked helplessly at the nun beside him.

"Efilar, am I so unlike to play a villain?"

The nun analyzed objectively and rationally, "Your Highness, your kindness is enough to cover the light of the stars, and no one can ignore it."

Duke nodded in agreement.

Then Efilar said to the general seriously, "Lord Lev, please listen carefully to His Highness' words, he is not joking."

"This is impossible." Lev firmly believed in his judgment.

"All those who died tonight deserved it, and I still believe in His Highness's justice."

Duke knocked on the armrest of the throne, "One minute is up, has the Supreme Council made a decision? Is it to become a loyal whistleblower of the Empire, or to become the real murderer who assassinated the Emperor?"

The Primarch picked up the chainsaw sword beside the throne.

This long sword dripping with devil blood at all times emits an excited hum.

In his left hand is a chainsaw sword, and in his right hand is a secret letter that colludes with murderous ghosts.

Dukel showed the image of the Lord of Destruction to Lev vividly.

The general's face finally changed,

"Your Highness, do you have to do this?"

"This answer is wrong." Dukel shook his head slowly, "Lev, unfortunately, you are also the real murderer who assassinated the Emperor, and you should have been brainwashed by the Grand Master of the Inquisition."

Dukel picked up the pen and prepared to write down their names.

Then he seemed to remember something,

"By the way, Lev, come and press your fingerprints, so that the secret letter will look more credible."

Lev: "."

You wrote my name on the death list, and you also want me to press my fingerprints myself?

Lev was speechless.

With a 'thump', he knelt on one knee under the throne of the Primarch.

"I am willing to be the hound in front of your throne, chasing after the evildoers."

Duker hurriedly stepped down from the throne,

"Why do you need to be so polite? We are all servants of the Empire, how can you be a hound?"

The Primarch helped up his loyal Supreme Council President.