Chapter 626 Beast War: Triumph, Beheading of Orcs, Scarlet Crusade

The capital of the Tempestus system is bustling with activity today.

After arriving here, Vito accepted the advice of the local governor and the noble council, and held a grand military parade to celebrate his triumphant return from the mining world of Il 4.

Of course it was flattery, Vito knew it.

But I have to say they did a good job.

The main road of the entire planet serves as a military parade avenue and has been decorated a lot.

In order to accommodate the armored vehicles, tanks, and God Machines of the Mechanicum during the military parade, the road was widened and reinforced, and hero stone pillars were erected every few meters on both sides of the wide road.

Flags flew, flowers fell from the sky, and decent citizens from all over the planet cheered on both sides.

The more respectable ladies and gentlemen participated in the military parade on high-rise buildings, sitting alone in open spaces with better views.

Vito is their focus.

He was in a triumphal car, sitting on a golden throne, wearing the black trench coat of the Inquisition.

They suggested that Vito wear more gorgeous and eye-catching clothes, but Vito refused because he did not want to cooperate with them in this scene for too long.

He wore the only golden crown on his head, which he only agreed to wear at the last moment.

It was a headband made of golden wheat ears, just like the Emperor in the portrait and all the Imperial heroes they could imagine.

The military parade advanced along the central main road.

The Titan was far behind Vito, not participating in the parade, but still standing on the ground.

Towering and majestic.

The heavily armed members of the Imperial Army formed several long formations, while the red-robed Skitarii advanced in standard, mechanically organized formations.

The Sisters of Battle are also among them. They are the reinforcements that arrived in the Tempest System not long ago.

Although he did not participate in the previous battle, he was still invited to join it.

These ladies became the center of attention as soon as they appeared on the stage. If Vito's crown hadn't been shining enough, no one would have noticed her.

In addition, there are the remnants of the Armageddon Legion, as well as a brand new legion of newly arrived follow-up troops, led by Jarek, at the front of the team.

Vito occasionally raised his hand to signal to the crowd around him, and the excitement at the beginning of the military parade soon faded away amid bursts of cheers.

But I'm afraid Vito will have to endure it for a while, because the parade is moving too slowly.

In normal times, the heavily armed imperial troops would pass through the avenue at high speed and spread out at the end without any chaos.

But today it doesn't work.

The National Church's team was in front. They were members of the local church and shouldered the important task of leading the parade, but they were too slow. They held incense burners and canopies solemnly, but they walked slowly.

After a while, Vito arrived at the final destination, which was the headquarters of the local planetary government.

Vito climbed up the stairs and came down to the governors, surrounded by Olaf, Lancelot and others, and had a boring exchange of greetings and greetings, and of course flattery.

"Congratulations on your victory, my lord."

"Our Savior"

"Hail! Hail to the Emperor's Chosen One!"

Etc. and so on.

Next comes the highlight of the military parade and one of the purposes of Vito coming here.

A greenskin was tied up with iron ropes and escorted to the large ground in front of the headquarters. They made the green alien kneel down.

The beast growled angrily.

But even if he knelt down, his tall body was still shocking enough, causing the governor and his nobles present to scream in surprise.

"This alien, he is the alien that invaded this galaxy."

Vito said to the tens of millions of residents in the audience. His voice was amplified by the surrounding servo skulls and holographic projections enough for everyone to hear clearly.

"Some people say that they are invincible. Their power is far greater than that of humans and they will definitely destroy everything. All we can do is kneel down and surrender and pray for their tolerance."

Vito said, drawing out the Phoenix Sword from his waist.

In front of the crowd, he cut off the green-skinned head that was two or three times bigger than him with one sword stroke.

Swords rained down like rain, and in the blink of an eye the alien head fell to the ground and rolled down the stairs. It landed in front of the crowd, making them scream in surprise.

"But he is only flesh and blood."

Vito swung his sword and said, and the greenskin's blood burned out in the blink of an eye.

"Something that can be killed."

The crowd cheered without knowing when, and the deafening cheers made the flags in the square rise and fall with them like waves.

Some people stepped forward, kicked and kicked the green-skinned head, and spit on the head.

Vito turned around and faced the governor behind him. Ragnar and the others stood in a row on both sides of Vito, making the governor in front of him a little uneasy.

But his psychological quality is still commendable.

"We are here to fight."

Vito put it simply, omitting the rhetoric and metaphors that should have been there.

"Of course, my lord."

The Governor responded humbly.

"We are already waiting for you. Our Planetary Defense Force Commander will explain the situation to you."

The commander of the Planetary Defense Force is a tall man, wearing gorgeous clothes and a colorful ear-covering helmet with a golden phoenix spreading its wings.

Ragnar whispered that he was a coward, because only cowards and people who had never been on the battlefield would dress like this, and Vito was willing to believe him.

In the following time, he explained the local situation to Vito.

At the beginning, there were too many redundant descriptions, explanations and meaningless metaphors to highlight their few achievements and cover up the existence of many problems.

Until Lancelot spoke for Vito.

"Just tell us what's going on. If you're wasting your time talking in circles, say goodbye to your position."

Later he became much more direct.

He once again emphasized that the location of the Tempest Galaxy is always changing, it is difficult for the green skins to find it, and even if they do come, they are no longer afraid.

Storm's defense forces have all been mobilized, and the recruitment of reserves is also proceeding steadily. Soon the standing military strength will reach an exaggerated number.

Although Vito knew very well that the number of the defense forces was often not proportional to their combat effectiveness, they could at least share some pressure and perform some simple tasks.

Like being a target or something.

He enthusiastically described the local galaxy defense system to Vito.

It was an entire defense line that spanned the entire width of the galaxy and surrounded the periphery, a group of defensive positions known as the Ring of Steel.

It consists of tens of millions of combat space stations, deep space artillery stations, naval bases and planetary orbital defense systems. The commander-in-chief enthusiastically told Vito that it had resisted Chaos' crazy attack here centuries ago, and

It cost him a huge price.

"We destroyed an entire legion here. No, two rebel legions!"

he said enthusiastically.

Vito couldn't help but smile evilly.

He was demonstrating his knowledge, knowing the ancient words of Astartes and Traitor Legions.

only.

If they can destroy two legions here, then the empire will probably have no honor to crown him. They might as well take Vito's place, and then Vito becomes the commander of the defense forces.

"What do you think after listening to it just now?"

After he said goodbye to the commander of the defense force, he turned to the four people behind him and asked.

"Ha, at least he's pretty good at bragging."

Ragnar shrugged.

"I almost want to invite him to Fenris. Tell everyone about his "glory story" at the cocktail party in Wolf Fang. It will definitely be more exciting than the story Bjorn told."

His mouth was full of ridicule and ridicule, which made Lancelot beside him couldn't help but smile.

"His exaggeration aside, Tempestus's defenses are lax."

Lancelot said.

"Although the Ring of Steel was very reliable in the past, it blocked the attacks of the World Eaters and the Khorne army during the Blood Path War."

"But that was centuries ago in the old imperial calendar, even before events older than our combined years."

Speaking of this, Lancelot seemed to remember something and smiled awkwardly at Vito.

The latter also smiled at him and waved his hand.
To be continued...