Chapter 180 25, Duke: "After Investigation, It Was Found that the Chief Forger Committed Suicide Out of Fear of Punishment."

After murdering the Mars Forge General, Dukel stood at the scene of the mess, his expression was still calm. He bypassed all communication detection methods through the heart network and issued an order to Lev.

At this time, the guard corps inside the residence of the Chief Forge finally responded.

As the supreme leader of the Mechanicus, Diaan naturally had a guard corps.

It’s just that the Martian Covenant is there, and no one can think that the two Primarchs dare to kill the Chief Forge.

Dukel and Guilliman visited the Chief Forge openly according to the visiting process.

How could the guards think that Dukel would kill without hesitation in the secret conversation room?

In their opinion, even if the Emperor came here today, he would not violate the covenant he made ten thousand years ago.

All the guards were at a loss in this sudden situation. Their mechanical brains were in chaos, and many people even had black smoke coming out of their heads.

When they saw the messy corpses of the Chief Forge, they realized what happened here.

A Lancer-type mecha sent by the Knight Family to protect the Chief Caster went crazy after seeing this scene.

This is an extremely rare, close-combat Viper-class knight mecha, which is famous for its speed and strength far exceeding that of ordinary mechas, as well as its moody and difficult-to-control machine soul.

Often only the most impulsive and glory-hungry people can drive it.

The Lancer looked at the pieces of the body wreckage of the Chief Caster in this secret room. His driver sat on the mechanical throne inside the mecha, his head buzzing.

The angry roar of the ancestor sounded in the knight's ears, and the anger instantly burned all his rationality.

"You, kill the Chief Caster!"

As a knight who values ​​honor and promises more than life, he was commissioned by the Knight King to come to protect the Chief Caster.

Now the person he is protecting is dead.

What should he do?

"How dare you?!"

The knight couldn't figure it out. His impulsive character had eaten away all his rationality. On the mechanical throne, the angry roars of the ancestors became stronger and stronger, and the desire to kill filled his heart.

"You betrayed the former Martian covenant, and everyone can kill you!"

The chief forger was already dead, and no way could save his life. The knight's heart completely collapsed, and he charged towards Duker with a spear in hand.

Without Duker's help, Guilliman stepped forward silently.

The Emperor's sword in his hand was blazing, and a golden flame burned in front of him and Duker.

"Anyone who crosses this line will be regarded as a traitor!"

A knight mecha dared to charge towards the Primarch.

It seems that Mars is indeed corrupt inside. In the eyes of some stubborn knights, the sacredness of the Mechanicus is even higher than that of the Empire.

When killing the chief forger before, Guilliman was guilty of his hesitation. Do these people dare to charge towards Duker in front of him now?

The regent was furious.

"Brother, let me clear the obstacles for you."

Dukel watched more and more knight mechas, mechanical skitarians and even mechanical great sages approaching here. His mentality was still good, and he was even in the mood to complain to Guilliman,

"Brother, are you sure you can solve everything here by yourself?"

Guilliman's anger stagnated, and his face even turned slightly red.

"How could there be so many knights hidden in the palace of the chief forger, and such a large scale of skitarians, what is he going to do?"

In fact, this is really wronged by Guilliman.

Usually, there is not so much defense force in his palace.

But the situation is different now. After Dukel returned to Terra, he launched a bloody purge, and a group of dignitaries suddenly "committed suicide" at home.

Although the chief forger regarded himself as "orthodox", he was always a little guilty. He was worried that one day the murderous ghost of Terra would appear on Mars and force him to commit suicide.

Therefore, all the forces that could be gathered were gathered.

For example, the knight who rushed towards the Primarch, this guy came here from a remote planet in the Middle Ages a few days ago.

The growth experience of the knights is very special. Most of the time, they are like the knights of the ancient Terra in the Middle Ages. The young knights don't even have the concept of interstellar civilization.

Unfortunately, the chief forger never thought that the two Primarchs would visit openly and assassinate openly.

So that his guards did not play their due role until his death.

Guilliman, who just said that he would deal with all the guards, was very embarrassed at this moment.

Careless.

Even though he was the Primarch holding the Emperor's Sword, he only knew how to attack physically. Facing the mechanical legion composed of the Mechanical Skitarii, the Great Sage, and the Knight Mech, it was difficult to protect himself, let alone kill them all.

The war potential of the Mechanicus is far stronger than it seems on the surface.

In the era when the Primarchs had not yet returned, the Mechanicus was the strongest force in the Empire, and it could even be said that there was no one else.

However, even if surrounded by such a large legion, Dukel was not worried.

His personal bravery is his confidence. Although he has only a little knowledge of psychic power, he still has the power of the mind and a demigod body that reaches the upper limit of the physical universe rules and is invincible in a hundred battles.

It can be said that in terms of physical strength alone, even the emperor of the 30th millennium cannot compare with him.

Compared with the physical strength and martial arts of warriors, the Emperor is better at psychic witchcraft.

The only thing he had to worry about now was to pay attention to Guilliman.

If by accident, the noble imperial regent is sent to the ICU by the Skitarii, it will be great fun.

"Guilliman, stop this mad knight."

Duker didn't know what was wrong with this knight mecha, but he could feel that the souls of the knight and the mecha were filled with crazy rage and murderous intent.

Guilliman nodded and rushed over.

As a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, he also noticed that among the escorts present, only this knight mecha had the strongest killing intent.

"As for you, are you sure you want to participate in the rebellion against the empire?"

Trapped in a tight siege, Duker's face was cold, and he calmly stared at the mechanical army in front of him.

Just with his own momentum and a few words, the pressure on the great sages present increased sharply.

"As the heirs of the Emperor, we no longer have the power to kill heretics?"

The Great Sage, who knew something about what happened on Terra, almost blurted out the question after hearing Dukel's words,

"Has the Chief Forger also become a heretic?"

Dukel nodded happily, "This great sage has clear judgment and has not been deceived by the disguise of the chief caster."

"I didn't mean that 010110"

The great sage who had just spoken quickly explained for himself. Although his voice still did not rise and fall, his Gothic language mixed with binary language revealed his inner anxiety.

"Your Highness Dukel, I'm just a little surprised - there are so many heretics hidden in the empire?"

The words of this great sage immediately resonated with more sages around him.

Frankly speaking, when Duker massacred the nobles on Terra, the great sages who were watching the show on Mars still recognized the Primarch.

Most sages believe that since the Primarchs said those people are heretics, then the powerful people must be heretics.

After all, the aristocracy is the hardest hit area by chaos corruption.

Moreover, those who can become sages in the Cult of Mechanicus have lived in the empire for at least hundreds of years - they also see what those nobles usually do.

That certainly doesn't seem like the kind of evil a human being can do.

Most of the great mechanical sages are also from civilian backgrounds, so it is reasonable for them to think that nobles are heretics.

But now, after the powerful, even the Chief Forger of the Mechanicum has become a heretic.

The Great Mechanical Sages asked themselves, it was difficult for them to accept the original body's words anymore.

It seems that these sacred emperor's parents and children are not the same as the image of Jinkou Yuyan in their impression.

Seeing the silent encouragement from his colleagues around him, the great sage who had just spoken boldly asked again,

"Sir, what evidence do you have to prove that the Chief Forger is also a heretic corrupted by Chaos?"

"I can prove it!"

Guilliman, who was still fighting the knight mecha, turned his head and roared angrily.

The great sages looked at each other and then shook their heads.

Obviously, it is okay to deceive ordinary people with the regent's testimony, but it is almost impossible to deceive these great sages.

"Want evidence?" Dukel nodded, "A reasonable request."

The next moment, he walked to the huge wreckage of the chief caster and took out a spherical core device.

when the device is exposed to people.

The interior of the entire room changed, as if a ferocious demon seeking to devour people was about to escape from the device, and a shrill roar echoed throughout the palace.

The elusive aura of filthy chaos spread, and the entire palace instantly turned into a demon's lair.

The walls squirmed like flesh and blood, and layers of whispers sounded in the ears of every great sage.

The smell of blood filled the air, and everyone felt the horror from within.

"Gulu——"

Duker casually threw the core device towards the great sages, and the sphere imprisoning the demon rolled on the flesh and blood floor.

The great sages moved forward cautiously. Naturally, they would not be frightened by the aura of chaos, but after some inspection, they all showed expressions of disbelief.

Duker looked at them calmly. At this time, even his eyes showed an unspeakable complex look.

The Forge is not a heretic corrupted by Chaos.

The Chief Forger is a heretic corrupted by Chaos!

The chaotic scene presented all around is not a mysterious phantom, but a real reality.

Because Duker said he was a heretic, then he really was.

No one can check it, but it can't change the fact that the Chief Forger was eroded by Chaos.

This is the result of the orc human field composed of billions of orcs, plus the sixth level of spiritual cultivation technology, the virtual realm.

As Duker once said to Magnus,

"This universe may just be an absurd dream——"

In this idealistic universe, in front of the Lord of the Soul, the barrier between reality and illusion has become increasingly thin.

In Dukel's will, the reality of the Chief Forger that had not been corroded by Chaos was judged to be an illusion by the universe.

The illusion that the Chief Forger had eroded by chaos was judged to be reality by the universe.

Of course, this is almost his current limit. His current energy alone is not enough to allow him to do whatever he wants in the real universe.

"It's time for you to believe it now." Duker stared at them coldly.

"I've said it before, I never wrong a good person."

Most of the great sages believed it.

They compared various parameters and confirmed that this was the core device of the Chief Caster.

No wonder they don’t believe it!

A small group of great sages looked at Duker with great awe. Their hearts were filled with fear and they dared not believe it.

They had received intelligence and knew that Duker had a spiritual force field that could distort reality.

But

Directly twisting the Chief Forger, who could not have any connection with Chaos, into a heretic contaminated by Chaos.

They reinterpreted what Duker once said——

"I would never wrong a good man."

"Whoever I say is a heretic is a heretic!"

Now, they finally understood the true meaning of these words.

"Zi La!——"

The mechanical brains of several great mechanical sages shot out blue arcs of electricity. This impact that completely distorted reality made them doubt the reality of the material universe.

If even this kind of thing can be done, then what is the meaning of the knowledge they pursue in the material universe and the truths they believe in for life?

Truth does not exist!

"Zizzi——"

The arc light emitted from their machines became more and more conspicuous, and the error alarm inside the machines became louder, but they still ignored it.

The collapse of faith even caused them to lose their belief in existence.

Unable to find the answer, they are willing to destroy themselves in thinking.

"What happen to you guys?"

Seeing their nearly burned-out bodies, the great sages around them asked in confusion.

They completely did not understand why the Chief Forger was corrupted by Chaos and caused such major malfunctions to occur to these colleagues.

Dukel's eyes followed.

At the moment when they looked at the original body, several great sages who had given up on themselves suddenly felt infinite courage in their numb hearts.

When they regained the courage to survive in this universe, the destruction of the body automatically stopped.

After the great sages regained consciousness, they stared blankly at the original body in the field.

How should they feel at this time?

fear? Horrified? despair? .

They don't know, because their hearts at this moment have been completely filled with fearless courage, and they cannot raise any negative and low emotions at all.

"Hahahahaha"

A great sage suddenly laughed crazily. He knelt under the steel boots of the original body.

"Praise be to you, great being."

His expression was extremely crazy, and his heart was filled with great courage, but a drop of turbid tears flowed out from his eye glands that had not been removed.

He was convinced.

Seeing that almost all the great sages had believed his testimony, Dukel nodded with satisfaction.

But why is that knight mecha still fighting Guilliman?

"Who is that?" Duker asked.

"Sir, he is a knight from a family affiliated with the Titan Order." A great sage answered. After a moment of pause, he said again, "This is the first time he has left his own world."

Duker understood.

During the expedition to the dark side of the galaxy, the expeditionary legion also accepted the joining of many knight families. Most of the knights knew little about the galaxy. Most knights would make a lot of fools of themselves when they first left the planet.

The knight in front of him probably had too little driving experience and was reversely controlled by the machine spirit inside the mecha.

No wonder it's like crazy.

In previous wars, Duker even saw the knight himself dead and the mecha fighting entirely on its own. The fighting style was equally crazy.

"Both the Titan Order and the Knight Family support the Chief Forger. Now that the Chief Forger has been confirmed to be corrupted by Chaos, it makes sense that the knights will also be corrupted by Chaos."

Duker's analysis is well-founded and convincing.

The great sages all expressed shock.

And what shocked them even more.

As the original body's voice fell, blood actually overflowed from the gaps in the shell of the knight's mecha.

Indescribable whispers echoed in the knight's ears,

"Who is interrupting this duel of honor!"

The knight roared, trying to escape the tangle of whispering voices.

But at this moment, his body stiffened and his eyes lost focus.

When he woke up again, his consciousness had come to a fantasy space, with a huge ring of flames hanging high on the dome.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." The knight knelt down on one knee, facing the ring of flame thorns.

Entering the virtual realm, the knight recalled the scene where he had charged towards the original body, and couldn't help but regret.

During the battle, the knight's mecha suddenly froze.

Then he was stabbed into the cockpit by Guilliman's sword.

But the regent was a little hard to understand.

"Why did this knight's body suddenly lose its response?" Guilliman looked confused.

Duker thought for a moment and analyzed, "Brother, it's obvious that he was disturbed by Chaos."

Guilliman nodded, "I see."

The great sages stood aside in silence.

After solving the knight mecha, the original bodies turned their attention to them.

"Blood seems to be flowing out of the gaps in the knight's body. The blood carries the stench of chaos. Everyone has seen it with their own eyes. Can they be witnesses for Guilliman?"

Guilliman nodded, "Yes, I also saw it with my own eyes. It seems that the connection between the Knight Family and Chaos is deeper than we imagined."

This time, Guilliman really didn't mean to help Duker frame others.

He really saw it.

The mechanical sages were still silent.

It was at this time that Lev, the chief of the Supreme Council, arrived late at the right time.

"What happened here?"

When he saw the torn body of the chief forger, he seemed to be frightened and his face was pale.

"Chief forger. What happened?"

The appearance of the chief of the Supreme Council immediately made many mechanical sages feel relieved.

They didn't know that Lev had pledged allegiance to Duker.

On the surface, the primarchs had never visited the Supreme Council.

That day, Lev visited Duker quietly at night at the invitation of the murderous ghost.

The chief forger also occupied a seat in the Supreme Council. The senator died, and the chief presided over justice for him.

This is a very natural idea.

In the eyes of most people, the Supreme Council is still the representative of the pinnacle of the Empire's power.

So the great sages immediately reported what happened here to the head of the Supreme Council.

Hearing the report of the great sages, Lev was even more shocked,

"How could it be so?"

Lev looked at Dukel,

"My lord, are you saying that the chief forger was also corrupted by Chaos?"

Dukel nodded.

Although he was not afraid of the Mars Covenant, and did not mind letting others know that he killed the chief forger, but about these, he only allowed others to think so in their hearts.

On the surface, His Highness Dukel was killing heretics.

Even if the Emperor came, I was killing heretics.

How could a Primarch with stains on his body become a warmaster, and how could he lead the Empire to fulfill its manifest destiny of ruling the galaxy?

He must be sacred.

I know what you are thinking in your heart, but it is limited to thinking in your heart. On the surface, I will always be the glorious heir of the Emperor.

The justice and truth of the Empire will always stand on the side of the Primarch.

Lev's face was pale, as if he was completely frightened by the situation in front of him.

"My lords, do you have evidence to prove that the Chief Caster is a heretic?"

Duke continued to nod, "Of course, don't worry about it, I always do things with evidence."

Lev breathed a sigh of relief, "So lords, did you really kill the Chief Caster?"

Duke shook his head, "General, I didn't kill anyone, did anyone see me kill the Chief Caster?"

Lev looked at the great sages.

The great sages remained silent.

To be honest, it was not until now that they remembered that they really didn't see Duker take action with their own eyes.

Lev asked cautiously, "How did the Chief Caster die?"

Duke lowered his head in thought, looking at the pieces of wreckage, he analyzed seriously,

"The Chief Caster, I and the Regent of the Empire exposed his identity as a Chaos believer, so he committed suicide out of fear of crime!"