At its peak, it could provide the Ultramarines Legion with over 250,000 Astartes Space Marines and billions of mortal soldiers to participate in the Great Crusade launched by the Emperor, as well as the massive warships and other range of weapons and equipment necessary to form a huge army.
Moreover, unlike other planets that obtain maximum production through mad exploitation of civilians, this is one of the very few places in the Empire that can be called a "beacon of civilization."
Although this is a highly populated hive planet, it is not a hopeless world where the lower-class civilians may never have the chance to see the sky in their entire lives. It not only has large areas of parks, green belts, libraries and other public facilities, but also has always been quite rich in daily life.
Even during the decline of the empire in the so-called "Old Night", it always maintained a relatively rational way of thinking, instead of directly degenerating into the decadent and backward feudal system, slavery, and theocracy like most planets.
Quite the opposite!
Ultramar has always continued the glorious tradition left by the Lord of the Ultramarines Legion, and ruled the people in accordance with the Imperial Truth advocated by the Emperor. The average education level of ordinary people may be second only to Terra, far ahead of the average level of the Empire.
This is also the reason why, during the dark age that lasted for tens of thousands of years, this planet suffered invasions from countless terrifying enemies but still stood firm.
The highly educated people understood why they were fighting and what defeat would mean, so they tried their best to provide a steady stream of logistical supplies to each war group. Even the equipment of the mortal auxiliary army was far ahead of other places.
After all, the philosophy of the Ultramarines has always been to learn how to operate and fortify cities, and the rest is to drag down the opponent through constant consumption.
Although after the end of the Horus Heresy, in order to make up for his disloyalty in creating the Second Empire, Robouti Guilliman split the Five Hundred Worlds he once ruled into smaller administrative units based on planets and star systems.
This directly led to a significant shrinkage of the star regions covered by the Five Hundred Worlds due to the continuous encroachment of powerful enemies.
But now, the thousand-man regiments split from the Ultramarines Legion stationed here are still holding on to hundreds of fronts and together with the mortal auxiliaries, they are stubbornly blocking the three Chaos fleets led by the Daemon Primarch Mortarion, the Nurgle Vanguard Typhas, and the Great Unclean K'gath.
The latter can only wander around some marginal planets outside Ultramar, spreading the Warp plague from Nurgle on worlds such as Espandor and Ardium, turning the living people inside into zombies to besiege the sturdy fortresses located on these planets, consuming the ammunition and spirit of the defenders, which has a bit of the flavor of the Undead Scourge.
This undoubtedly aroused Zuo Si's interest.
Because in terms of professionalism in this field, he is not inferior to the other party at all, and he is even stronger after integrating the divine power bestowed by Talona and the Scourge plague of Azeroth.
After all, neither of these two plagues can be prevented or cured through so-called "scientific" methods.
Especially the former. Once injected with enough divine power or quasi-divine power, even the gods themselves cannot be completely immune, let alone mere mortals or demons from the warp.
However, Zuo Si didn't really like this kind of meaningless killing and destruction, so he never really used it.
But when he saw three great Nurgle demons showing off their skills right under his nose, he finally couldn't help but show up to show off his skills to them and even to the "kind father" behind them.
At this moment, on a Forge Planet where more than 70% of its land had been lost, Zuo Si was looking down at the thousands of civilians who had been corrupted by the plague and turned into zombies, rushing towards a sturdy fortress like a tide.
The Astartes regiments in the fortress, wearing blue-painted power mechas, and the nearly hundreds of millions of mortal auxiliary troops who came at the last minute, opened fire at full capacity, weaving a horrifying web of death.
Countless zombies were torn into pieces by lasers, melta, physical shells and bombs on their charge. The blood, flesh, explosions and flames in the sky intertwined to form a magnificent symphony of war.
If the fleet had not been destroyed and lost control of the planet's orbit, it would have already begun orbital bombing, the Human Empire Navy's most powerful skill.
Because these zombies are not the unintelligent and extremely fragile zombies in many biological disaster movies, but the warp plague mutants cooked out of the cauldron of Nurgle, the kind father. Not only do they move at an incredibly fast speed, but they can also grow various tentacles, organs, and enhanced biological armor according to the needs of the battlefield.
Some people's bodies will explode and green liquid or gas will flow out and spread around.
If anyone accidentally smells it, it will soon be distorted and corrupted.
In fact, the current defenders are already facing this terrible problem.
Many of them who were fighting on the front line had varying degrees of terrible symptoms such as fever, cough, erythema, herpes, internal bleeding, etc.
Inside the fortress, there are many isolated rooms filled with patients who have lost consciousness, whose bodies have begun to rot and emit a pungent stench.
If there is no external interference, the result that awaits this planet is that it will be completely occupied by Nurgle. All living people will be infected by the plague and eventually transformed into various distorted forms, and then sent to other planets by Nurgle's fleet to continue to grow like a snowball.
The Daemon Primarch Mortarion hoped that by continuing the slaughter and destruction of Ultramar, he would attract his newly awakened brother, Robert Guilliman, and then kill or capture him to please the great father Nurgle.
After all, all the Primarchs knew that Robert Guilliman's fighting ability was almost at the bottom, if not the worst, among the Emperor's many children.
Therefore, after learning that Robert Guilliman had awakened, all the Primarchs who had surrendered to the Chaos Gods were sharpening their knives and treating him as prey.
Of course, Zuo Si was not interested in the civil war among the primarchs.
Because these emperors used the power of the subspace and genetic engineering to create creatures that cannot be considered human at all from a biological point of view, their actual combat power is just so-so, at best they can barely reach the level of demigods, and there is no room for further improvement.
With the knowledge and power Zuo Si currently possesses, as long as he is willing to pay enough, he can easily create a creature that can compete with the Primitive.
In comparison, these raging warp plagues aroused his interest even more.
"Well, after observing for such a long time, what do you think about these subspace plagues?" Zuo Si suddenly asked without warning.
"Humph! Excluding the supernatural part that is enhanced by the power of the warp, the rest is just an enhanced version of some common viruses, bacteria and toxins. Is this worthy of being one of the four most powerful evil gods in the universe? The so-called Nurgle is nothing more than this!"
Along with a disdainful voice, the Lich King Jaina, who had just been summoned, revealed naked and undisguised contempt.
After all, in terms of power, the plague released by these minions of Nurgle cannot be compared with the magical plague containing the power of death used by the Scourge.
Even as long as the patient can be sent to a hospital with a complete medical system in the rear in time, there is a high probability that he can recover quickly and return to the battlefield to continue serving the empire.
What's more, the Lich King Jaina in front of him with long white hair was strengthened by Zuo Si using the power of Talona. According to the rules of the continent of Faerun, she is definitely a true elect.
In her eyes, if the plagues and diseases created by the evil god Nurgle were of this level, then they could just get lost as far away as possible.
Zuo Si couldn't help but smile and reminded him after hearing this: "I advise you not to underestimate Nurgle.
He is not only the god of plague and disease, but also a god who symbolizes the essence of life.
It was only distorted by the mortal believers of this universe, and eventually formed a terrifying projection of reality in the subspace.
Not only Nurgle, but all the evil gods in the Warp are subject to very severe restrictions in the physical universe, so they cannot exert their full power at all.
But no matter what, these crappy plagues are really disappointing.
I hope you can show him a little bit of your skills, and let the self-righteous Mortarion, Typhas and Ku'gath understand what a truly unbeatable magical plague is. "
"You mean... I can let go and do something big?"
Lich King Jaina suddenly raised her head, and her eyes under the Helm of Domination flashed with a piercing cold blue light.
“That’s right.
In addition to the human empire, I authorize you to attack and convert any forces in the entire galaxy, including Chaos forces, Eldar, Orks, Zerg, Tau Empire, and Necrons.
However, since the Necrons have no souls in their mechanical bodies and their technological level is absurdly high, I do not recommend that you attack them actively.
When dealing with this completely mechanical body, Shuoyou is their biggest nemesis.
Also, don't enter the warp easily before the Scourge under your command has reached a certain scale.
Because I need you to weaken or even replace Nurgle's influence in the real universe in the name of the Scourge."
Zuo Si gave orders to his follower without any hesitation.
Due to the immortality of the evil gods in the Warp, replacing them with a subordinate or ally with similar abilities is the only viable solution at this stage.
"As you wish!"
Jaina raised her chin slightly with a proud yet cold smile on her face. She slowly pulled out the glowing artifact Frostmourne and jumped down from a height of thousands of meters.
While falling, she quickly released ice magic to wrap herself in an enormous block of ice.
When it descended below one thousand meters, the diameter of the ice block had expanded to the size of a meteorite over hundreds of meters. Then, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, it smashed into the center of the battlefield with a bang.
The flying ice fragments instantly tore into pieces the thousands of zombies and Astartes who had defected to Nurgle.
The horrifyingly low temperature even reduced the ambient temperature within a radius of tens of kilometers to around minus 260 degrees Celsius in just a few seconds. Countless zombies and Death Guard Chaos Space Marines who were charging in the previous second turned into ice sculptures in the next second.
The shocking scene that could not be described in words even caused the Human Empire defenders in the fortress to subconsciously stop shooting.
The commander of the regiment, wearing a blue-painted power mecha, stood at the highest point, with an expression of disbelief on his resolute and indifferent face, which was very rare.
Although he had fought hard battles with these Chaos forces for hundreds of years and understood how terrifying and difficult the Warp power they possessed was, this was the first time he had encountered such a large-scale supernatural phenomenon.
Especially the beautiful and cool female figure holding a long sword, who doesn't look like a person of this era at all.
Just when the chapter commander was confused about the situation, the Lich King Jaina had already begun to wield Frostmourne to reap the Nurgle zombies with some souls remaining in their bodies, while releasing the Scourge plague strengthened by Talona's divine power.
In just a few minutes, countless zombies and even Death Guards fell down and stood up again.
But this time, there was no life or breath of the Warp on them anymore, but they were the servants of the Lich King filled with coldness and death.
What's even more terrifying is that the first thing these resurrected undead did after getting up was to turn around and launch an attack on the vast and boundless army of Nurgle.
A high-ranking Nurgle demon who was commanding the battle on the front line showed an extremely shocked expression, and even the pustules on his body were shaking uncontrollably. He obviously couldn't believe that he had always been the only one who could transform others with the plague, but today he was being transformed in reverse by an unknown enemy with an even more terrifying plague.
But the Lich King Jaina obviously didn't give him too much time to react. She instantly cast teleportation magic to flash in front of him, raised the rune sword in her hand and pierced through his chest.
The Nurgle demon was killed on the spot, and then its soul was torn apart by the power of Frostmourne. The huge pustules on its body exploded one after another, and the rotten and smelly muscles and internal organs were transformed by the magical plague in a very short time.
In just the blink of an eye, he was transformed from an ugly Nurgle demon into a death knight who controlled the power of frost and plague.
Not only the living zombies, but also the corpses and pieces of flesh that had been smashed to pieces by the imperial defenders on the ground were pieced together one by one under the effect of frost magic, turning into half-dead and half-elemental creatures mixed with bones, flesh, blood and ice. They picked up the ranged and melee weapons that fell on the ground and joined the battle.
Obviously, this is the terrifying power that Jaina Proudmoore, the genius frost mage of Azeroth, possesses after becoming the Lich King.
Compared to Arthas, who is almost a pure warrior, she is the chosen one who can truly unleash the great potential of the Helm of Domination and the Rune Sword - Frostmourne.
What is happening on this planet right now is not a simple war, but a true confrontation between natural disasters.
With the help of the Helm of Domination, Jaina can easily control hundreds of millions of undead servants and let them execute various complex tactics according to her will.
Whether it was the weapons and equipment abandoned by the human defenders or the logistical supplies of the Nurgle Legion, this Scourge army quickly became powerful and impossible to defeat.
Some void whales that originally floated in densely populated areas to infect more humans, as well as the Nurgle demons carried in their bodies, directly became the initial valuable forces for Lich King Jaina to establish the Scourge.
Even the Nurgle warships that were parked in the planet's orbit and covered with tentacles and looked quite indescribable were destroyed one after another by Jaina's large-scale teleportation magic assault.
Eventually, this planet, which was about to fall completely under the siege of Nurgle's army, changed from a disgusting and filthy world to a silent, cold and dead area.
Because the plague released by Nurgle is ultimately a part of life and has no effect on the undead.
Subspace viruses and bacteria that can decompose and corrupt all flesh and blood will be killed by the power of death the moment they approach undead creatures.
They can’t even survive, let alone spread and infect on a large scale.
Needless to say, Zuo Si has accurately grasped the biggest weakness of Nurgle's forces this time, namely the opposition between life and death.
Although some of the plagues brewed by the evil god Nurgle can even affect inorganic substances such as metals, what he ultimately represents is life itself.
This means that when encountering negative energy, the power of death and other completely opposite forces, one will be immediately pinned to the ground and killed.
Especially in the material universe where the power of the Warp is severely restricted, the Lich King and the Undead Scourge she leads are Nurgle's natural nemesis.
"Well done, dear Jaina. I hope the Great Father will enjoy the little surprise I have for him."
After watching the entire planet's Nurgle forces being slaughtered and transformed into a huge army of undead, Zuo Si suddenly had a playful smile on his face.
He could already feel that as the Scourge grew stronger, the Lich King Jaina already had her own projection in the Warp.
As long as the number of the Scourge continues to expand, even without strong emotions and beliefs, Jaina can tear apart Nurgle's throne bit by bit and become an evil god symbolizing death, cold, plague and disease, which is exactly the opposite of Nurgle in terms of power.
By then, the more powerful Lich King Jaina becomes, the weaker Nurgle's power will be.
Thinking of this, the pair of electronic eyes on Zuo Si's metal body flashed a red light, and then quickly disappeared on the spot through the subspace teleportation.
With continuous research and familiarity, he now basically does not need to rely on the connection of the super-time and space beacon tower to obtain energy from the main body. He can easily achieve some spell effects such as teleportation by using the energy of the subspace alone.
However, what Zuo Si didn't know was that as soon as he left, the defenders trapped in the fortress began a heated discussion.
The leading Astartes Chapter Master glanced at his brothers who looked nervous and tired, and asked in a slightly heavy tone: "According to the intelligence transmitted back from the reconnaissance drone, all the Nurgle troops on this planet have been cleared out by the woman who suddenly appeared.
To be precise, he was killed by her and transformed into a form that we cannot understand at all.
Now let's talk about what we should do. Should we send envoys to negotiate with them, or continue to stay in the fortress and wait for reinforcements?
This concerns the lives of all soldiers and refugees in the fortress.
You have to know that with the supplies we have currently stored, we can only last for four months at most."
"What on earth is that woman? Some powerful Warp creature or deity?"
A company commander with an officer's badge asked in an uncertain tone.
The Chapter Master smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm sorry, I don't know what that is.
But what is certain is that if she wants, she can kill us all at any time by freezing the entire fortress.
But she did not do so, and instead helped us kill all the filthy Nurgle enemies.
This is why I proposed sending an envoy.
In addition, judging from her race, she should be a human being, not some other alien creature."
Obviously, the last sentence of the chapter master is the key to all the reasons.
Under the influence of ten thousand years of ignorant religion, the Empire's current advocacy of human supremacy is far more extreme than before the Emperor sat on the Golden Throne.
Although there are sub-human races with human-like appearance who are accepted by the Empire and even allowed to join the army to serve the Empire, such as Ogryn (a humanoid creature with low intelligence but abnormally strong body, which is very similar to humans overall and can reach a height of two and a half to three meters) and Skaven (a short humanoid creature that does not really look like a mouse, and belongs to a completely different race from the Skaven).
Otherwise, given the darkness, coldness and cruelty of the human empire, the strategy adopted towards the indigenous people of the colonized planets would basically be to kill them all off.
别说对外族了，就连对同为人类的自己人下起手来，他们也是从不手软。
所以吉安娜标准人类的长相、身材和体貌特征，让这位战团长怀疑这可能是某个最新得到神皇祝福的“活圣人”，就如同在帝国广为人知的人气偶像——塞莱斯汀一样。
所谓的“活圣人”，其实可以简单理解为人类皇帝专门挑选出来对标亚空间邪神大魔的超凡战力。
塞莱斯汀为例，她拥有能够复活死者、与最强大恶魔正面对抗的恐怖力量。
而且最有趣的是，当附近有那些能够抑制亚空间力量的装置，活圣人拥有的力量会与大魔一样遭到成倍削弱。
虽然国教和异端审判庭一直在试图掩盖和隐瞒真相，但稍微有点亚空间知识的人在得知这些信息后，都能推断出端坐于黄金王座上的神皇现在已经变成了怎样危险可怕的存在。
甚至可以说整个人类种族都危在旦夕。
指不定哪一天色孽诞生和灵族毁灭的灾难就会再一次降临在人类的头上。
“那就派出一个使者尝试着接触一下吧。反正我们的处境已经不可能变得更糟糕了。”
作为顾问和战术专家的战团领事官思索片刻之后也投出了赞同票。
“我也同意！”
“至少先确认对方的身份。”
“我反对，如果这引发对方新一轮的攻击怎么办？”
“我也觉得这种时候进行接触有些太过于冒险了。”
一时之间，阿斯塔特战团的军官们在这个问题上产生了分歧。
正当他们吵得不可开交的时候，一名通讯兵突然从外面冲了进来，气喘吁吁的大喊道：“报告！那……那个女人，带着她所有控制的手下已经登上战舰离开了这颗行星。”
“什么？你再重复一遍！”
战团长整个人瞬间愣住了。
不光是他，其余星际战士军官们也都摘下头盔露出难以置信的神情。
“您还是自己看吧。”
通讯兵二话不说，打开通过卫星和电子设备捕捉到在行星轨道上调转方向的舰队， 只见那些原本在纳垢力量影响下长满触手、嘴巴和腐坏囊肿的太空战舰，现在已经完全被晶莹剔透的坚冰所包裹，居然真的调转方向直接奔着另外一颗被占领的星球飞去，沿途还顺手摧毁了敌人在卫星上建立的堡垒要塞。
这真是友军？ 在场所有阿斯塔特战士脑子里都冒出了同样的疑问。
毕竟从对方这一系列的动作来看，如果不是友军的话实在有点解释不通。
沉默了良久之后，战团长最先回过神来表情严肃的说道：“立刻让星语者来见我！我想我们必须把这件事情汇报给帝国摄政和议会知晓。”
“明白！”
通讯兵赶忙立正敬礼，随后转身一路小跑消失在阴暗狭窄的要塞隧道尽头。
伴随着巫妖王吉安娜被左思释放出来，不管是人类帝国还是亚空间邪神都势必会做出一些反应，原本混乱的局势也将变得更加不可预料。
……
与此同时，远在太阳系的帝国首都——泰拉。
格蕾丝刚刚跟几名关系密切的“好姐妹”相互慰藉了彼此，眼下正一丝不挂的趴在床上为对方涂抹快速修复皮肤和肌肉破损的药剂，以掩盖被鞭子抽打到皮开肉绽的身体。
等做完这一切，这些与她一样拥有施虐和受虐倾向的修女们才依依不舍的穿上衣服深情亲吻对方，随后用兜帽遮挡住自己的脸，借助夜色的掩护迅速消失在黑暗之中。
这些由于长期受到压抑而导致心智扭曲病态的修女们，根本没有察觉到刚才短暂的宣泄过后，自己灵魂之中已经被烙印下了痛苦的种子。
从今以后，每一次折磨对方或被对方折磨所产生的痛苦，都会成倍的转化成为极致的精神愉悦。
用不了几次就会不可避免的彻底上瘾，并且越陷越深、越陷越深，直至变成受到格蕾丝控制的低级魔鬼。
通过这种方式，格蕾丝就能从泰拉内部一点一点腐化帝国中枢的官僚系统。
凭借着大修女这个特殊身份所带来的便利，她在返回泰拉的这段时间里，已经成功转化了五千多个手下。
如果不是怕惊动了内务部总长——维奥莱塔·罗斯卡夫勒，亦或是引发刺客庭的注意，这个数字后边还可以再加一个零。
因为你根本想象不到，一个由人类构成的政权在运行了长达一万年的时间后，其内部会诞生多少罄竹难书的罪恶。
哪怕在原体归来之后进行了一系列的改革与大清洗，依然无法改变它早就彻底不可救药的本质。
要知道罗伯特·基里曼在成为帝国摄政重新掌权的这段时间，泰拉的政局可不是一帆风顺。
原本的议会高层有好几个都跳出来措辞激烈的反对，甚至是掀起叛乱想要逼迫原体退让，高呼“祖宗之法不可变”，要求罗伯特·基里曼停止一切改革遵循帝国古老的传统。
但遗憾的是，他们显然忘记了原体代表的可是那个坐在黄金王座上人类之主的意志。
结果还没等掀起什么风浪，刺客庭的刺客们就通过几次成功的暗杀轻而易举把这些保守派的声音镇压下去。
格蕾丝亲眼目睹了这一切，所以非常清楚在泰拉平静的表面下隐藏着多少不为人知的黑暗与秘密。
而且保守派也并未因为几个领导者的死亡就彻底遭到清洗或是投子认输。
他们此刻仍旧隐藏在暗处积蓄力量，打算等原体在不屈远征中受伤陷入休眠或是干脆死掉，再跳出来抢班夺权让帝国重新回到所谓的“正轨”。
事实上作为人类的母星，泰拉的权力争斗从来就没有停止过，哪怕是在皇帝亲自统治的时期，也需要专门安排人手来平衡内部的政治派系。
也是多亏保守派吸引了大部分的注意力，格蕾丝的渗透才会进行的如此顺利。
现在，她已经暗中掌握了超过二十个战斗修女团，以及包括医院修女团和书记官修女团的关键职位。
随着这张隐藏在黑暗之中的网络不断扩张，用不了多久便可以获得一支绝对服从于自己的强悍军事力量。
虽然无法与禁军和那些阿斯塔特战团相媲美，可暗中搞点事情绝对能造成巨大的混乱。
就在格蕾丝站在巨大的镜子面前，欣赏着自己魔鬼形态下那黄金比例的完美身材和黑色羽翼时，突然感觉到身后的窗户上不知何时多出了一个影子，马上警惕的转过身质问道：“是谁在那里？”
“是我，女主人。”
伴随着轻柔的声音，一名身穿黑色长袍、身后同样拥有一双黑色翅膀的修女从窗台上飞了进来，手里来拎着一个浑身上下被类似灰色胶衣一样材料包裹的女性。
由于材料太过于紧身的关系，看上去基本就跟全裸没有半点关系。
更不可思议的是，在失去了知觉和意识之后，她或他在生理结构上的性别一直在不断地变化。
最开始的时候明显是女性，但过了几秒钟又变成了男性。
“一个卡利都司刺客？你被刺客庭盯上了？”
格蕾丝在确认了俘虏的身份之后脸色微微一变。
已经完成从人类到魔鬼转化的修女赶忙摇了摇头解释道：“不，被盯上的并不是我，而是保守派的克罗索。
很显然，这个家伙之前带头反对帝国摄政关于改组后勤部门的行为遭到了清算。
不过幸运的是，在这个刺客发动袭击的刹那被我提前察觉并拿下了。
经过这件事情之后，克罗索已经同意暗中为您效力，以换取我们的保护。
最重要的是，他已经沉迷于施暴和受虐的快感中无法自拔，应该很快就能达到转化标准。
到时候无论他心理打的什么算盘，最终都只能听命与您。”
“所以刺客庭相当于给我们帮了一个大忙？”
格蕾丝两眼瞬间放光，嘴角微微上扬浮现出玩味的笑容。
魔鬼修女立马回答道：“是的，主人。而且我相信经过这次失败之后，刺客庭短时间内应该不会再动克罗索了。毕竟随着摄政发起远征，现在的泰拉最重要的就是维持政局稳定。一旦被保守派抓住把柄，搞不好会引发剧烈的内部动荡。这可不是他们想要的结果。”
“原来审判庭也会因为政治因素而妥协吗？有意思……”
格蕾丝伸出手轻轻抚摸着陷入昏迷的卡利都斯刺客，语气中充满了惊讶和意外。
因为在她的印象中，刺客庭一直都是那种哪怕撞到头破血流也绝不后退的类型。
As early as during the Horus Heresy, the founder of this organization, the closest comrade-in-arms of the Emperor of Mankind, Imperial Chancellor Malcador, had sent assassins one after another to assassinate the leader of the rebels, Warmaster Horus.
You have to know that he is the most powerful Primarch of the Empire after the Emperor himself, and he has also been blessed by the Chaos Evil Gods of the Warp. His combat power is on the same level as that of mortals.
But what is the result?
Instead of giving up the mission, the Assassin's Court sent a new one for every assassin that died. In the later stages, they even threw large numbers of assassins directly at Horus' face in teams until the rebellion was quelled.
Since then, the Assassins' Court has been the most feared institution in the entire empire, second only to the Inquisition.
It’s not that they are not as ruthless as the Inquisition, it’s just that they are not as well-known as the Inquisition.
Generally speaking, once you are targeted by the Assassin's Court, you can basically go home and prepare for your funeral.
Because even if an assassination attempt fails, there will be a second, third, and fourth attempt until the target is confirmed dead.
Even if sometimes due to some special reasons we cannot touch someone temporarily, we will find ways to kill the other person after the storm is over.
"Master, how do we deal with this assassin?" the devil nun asked cautiously.
"Put her here. I will train her myself. This is a good opportunity for me to extend my tentacles into the inner court of justice."
As she spoke, Grace raised her hand and tore the assassin's tight outer garment into pieces, then used her magical power to extract some faintly fluorescent substances from his body.
These things are called "polymorphs" and are special drugs used by the Callidus assassins to change their body shape.
The reason why they can change into anything they want, from an Eldar beauty to an Ork, is because of the drugs they take, which is equivalent to a technological version of a shapeshifter.
When the drug was completely absorbed, the assassin returned to her normal human female appearance.
She looked to be around thirty years old, with a fit body acquired through long-term exercise. Her long hair was tied into a braid and hammered down to her heels. Her famous Star God Phase Blade and Neural Crusher had long been disarmed.
Without any hesitation!
After extracting the polymorph, Grace immediately picked up the whip placed on the bedside and whipped the assassin's naked body hard.
Snap! With a crisp sound of contact with the skin, a whip mark with flesh torn and blood dripping appeared directly on the latter's body.
If it were any normal person, they would have been unable to bear it and would have screamed and wailed by now.
But the female assassin Callidus remained motionless as if she felt nothing at all, and even her heartbeat and breathing did not show any abnormality.
"You are indeed an elite member of the Assassin's Court. Your endurance is truly admirable. But it's a pity. The pain you exude mentally cannot deceive me."
As Grace spoke, she reached out to grab the prisoner's ankles, trying to lift him upside down and put him in shackles.
But just as she reached out to grab him, the assassin Callidus suddenly jumped up, one hand instantly turned into a shadow and stabbed at his eyes, while his right knee bent and slammed into his lower body.
It has to be said that this move of attacking vital points from both above and below at the same time is extremely vicious, and it is worthy of being an organization that can make the entire human empire tremble in fear.
Unfortunately, Grace is no longer a mortal.
After becoming the Queen of Pain, the power she possesses has surpassed most of the Pit Fiends, and she can continuously draw energy from the Warp to strengthen herself.
As a result, when the fingers and knees hit the target, the sound of bones breaking was heard almost at the same time.
Snap!
Snap!
The assassin Callidus only felt a sharp pain, his fingers broke into 90-degree right angles on the spot, and the part below the knees was completely out of control. He lost his balance in an instant and fell headfirst to the ground.
At this critical moment, she realized that it was impossible for her to escape successfully, so she subconsciously wanted to commit suicide with her other hand to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy, being tortured, and leaking information that should not be leaked.
This is also the consistent style of the Assassin's Court.
But before the assassin Callidus could assist in the actual action, she felt an invisible force field directly binding her firmly in place, unable to move, and her body slowly recovered from the state of falling forward.
“Don’t be in such a hurry to die.
Believe me, once you feel the ultimate pleasure and enjoyment of pain, you will soon forget those boring concepts about loyalty that the Inquisition has instilled in you.
Come on, my little cutie.
Let me teach you how to be happy.
Although this process may be a little painful, once you exceed a certain limit, the whole world will become different."
With the seductive whisper in her ear, Grace quickly cast an unknown spell to make the other person's body extremely sensitive, and then swung the thorny whip and whipped him hard.
This time, the assassin Callidus could no longer bear the pain and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
It's a pity that this room has long been cast with a sound-isolating magic, so no matter how loud the noise inside is, it cannot be heard outside.