Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 147 The Protection of the Old Man Huang

In the end, among the 6,000 soldiers of the 7th Regiment of the Rostov Defense Army, about 100 of them turned into golden torches on the spot, and the remaining 300 or so were set on fire by golden flames, but their lives were not taken away.

The regiment political commissar had a very unhappy expression on his face at this result, but he was already glad that it was just this result.

After only a short period of combat, so many people in the Seventh Regiment were contaminated by Chaos. It is conceivable that if the battle continued and they were in contact with Chaos pollution for a longer time, what fate would be waiting for the Seventh Regiment today.

And now, at least the surviving members of the Seventh Regiment are safe, and the Seventh Regiment's number and honor are also preserved.

After all, they had just been tested by the Holy Emperor and had proven themselves loyal.

Looking at those people in the Seventh Regiment who had golden flames on their bodies but were not burned to death, both Chen Xi and Khadgar became extremely interested.

"They weren't burned to death, why?" Khadgar felt extremely puzzled.

It is normal for some people to drink the consecrated wine and be fine.

After all, although chaos pollution is dangerous, it does not mean that you will be contaminated just by seeing it. As long as you have firm faith, you can still resist it.

Those who were burned to death were not surprising. This was how fighting against Chaos was. If you were not careful, you might lose your life.

You may be fighting bravely for the empire in the previous second, but in the next second you may sacrifice your blood to the blood god, your skull to the skull throne, or even develop herpes, chickenpox and a series of scabies pustules on your body and become fertilizer in the garden of your loving father.

Mortals really have little resistance to Chaos pollution. Only more than a hundred of the six thousand survivors were burned to death, which is a very low proportion, enough to prove that the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment are loyal enough to the Emperor.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the invading Chaos warband is too small in scale and the Empire has an absolute advantage in military strength.

However, those who were not burned to death were somewhat strange. Golden flames appeared on their bodies, which proved that the consecrated wine had taken effect on them and that they were also corrupted by Chaos.

But he was not burned to death, which is worth discussing.

Is it because the degree of corruption is not high enough? Or is it because the dosage is not enough?

To Khadgar, these people were potential sources of Chaos contamination, and he hoped to execute them all once and for all.

But now that the effect of the Holy Blessing Wine has become apparent, it has been proven that it is indeed effective in clearing the chaos pollution, so he can no longer ask Chen Xi to kill people.

After all, the Holy Blessing Wine represents the will of the Emperor himself to a certain extent. The Emperor did not execute these people, so how could Khadgar have the right to place his will above that of the Emperor?

However, he still wanted to confirm whether these people were not corrupt enough or they did not drink enough.

He himself tends to the latter situation.

Chen Xi was also curious about this. After all, for Old Man Huang, if there was really chaos pollution, he would definitely not let it go.

From any perspective, these people should not have survived.

There is no such thing as compromise in the Empire of the 40k era. If loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.

Once you are infected with chaos pollution, there is absolutely no possibility of recovery.

Did the old man change his personality? Or did he find his humanity again?
Chen Xi didn't know, but if he wanted to verify the specific situation, it was easy: just drink another cup. So those soldiers who were not burned to death were asked to drink another cup of "loyalty".

This time, each of them was flanked by a Sister of Battle, and, aside from the bottle of wine, each of their hands was on a weapon.

The other soldiers and the political commissar of the Seventh Regiment were looking at the soldiers who had not been burned to death with complicated eyes. While they hoped that they were fine, they were also struggling with whether they should rush forward to show their loyalty to the emperor if something really happened to them.

After all, these people are soldiers of the Seventh Regiment. If something goes wrong, even if the governor and others do not pursue the matter, the political commissar must enforce discipline, let the soldiers reaffirm their faith, and reflect on why most people in the regiment are fine, but only a few hundred people have problems.

Is it because his faith is not strong enough? Has his loyalty to the God-Emperor wavered?

In short, a comprehensive training will surely be waiting for the Seventh Regiment.

Especially those soldiers who were not burned to death just now. Even if it is proved that they are fine later, the political commissar will still skin them alive when they return.

Who had set them on fire? Their loyalty to the God-Emperor must have wavered during the battle.

If a more extreme political commissar had done this, these people would not have had a second chance and would have been taken away and shot.

In fact, the political commissar of the Seventh Regiment wanted to kill all these people now.

But considering that Chen Xi gave them a second chance, the regiment political commissar could only stand by and watch.

Soon, these people drank the second cup of consecration wine under the stern gaze of the battle sisters.

This time, there was no reaction from them.

"Very good, you have passed the test. The Divine Emperor feels that you can still be saved." Chen Xi spoke before anyone else, characterizing the matter as the Divine Emperor feeling that these people 'can still be saved'.

Khadgar originally had some different opinions, but after Chen Xi said this, he hesitated for a moment and chose to shut up.

Yes, even the God Emperor doesn’t think these people deserve to die, so how can I be qualified to execute them?

If they really wanted to do something, they could just incorporate them into the Astra Militarum Army and then send them to the battlefield where there was no hope of survival to consume them.

The Emperor's coins are valuable and should be used in a more appropriate manner.

"For the Emperor!" A group of surviving defense soldiers hurriedly shouted the old man's name loudly. This was truly the blessing of the Emperor.

"Your Excellency, Grand Sister, please lead them in praying to the Divine Emperor and thank His Majesty for his protection." Chen Xi looked at the Grand Sister of the Holy Rose standing aside, signaling her to finish the matter.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor." The elder sister came over and said, "Loyal soldiers, you have experienced the test given by the Divine Emperor today. Congratulations on passing the test. Let us praise the Divine Emperor and thank him for his protection!"

Immediately, the combat sisters of the Holy Rose Order present sang hymns, and the Grand Sister personally led all the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment present to kneel down and pray to the God-Emperor together.

"Governor, I have something to tell you in private." Khadgar moved closer to Chen Xi and whispered to him.

Chen Xi looked at the Grey Knight think tank, his eyes moved and he nodded.

(End of this chapter)