A sorcerer? I am a Warhammer psyker.

The archbishop displayed the composure and ease of a host, bowing slightly.

"Welcome, esteemed Space Marines, and Your Excellency the Inquisitor of the Inquisition."

The Black Templar's Brotherhood of Swords stood in a row behind Kenmei Isayama, with Adbelle, the Black Templar's First Expeditionary Marshal, standing beside him.

These individuals, from the most savage of the newest Space Marine legions, stood like black giants guarding Kenmei Isayama like black mountains, creating an oppressive atmosphere that made it hard to breathe.

Since the Black Templars were nominally there to protect the Inquisitor of Horst-Eisenholm, the head of the supervisory team that arrived in the temple world of Kerrigan was Kenmei Isayama, not the Marshal of the Black Templars. Strictly speaking, the Black Templars still had to take orders from Kenmei Isayama.

Kenmei Isayama, acting as the negotiator, smiled slightly and stepped forward.

“I am Horst Eisenholm, an inquisitor of the Inquisition. It is a pleasure to meet you, His Excellency Cardinal Mikel.”

"This is the first of the Black Sanctuary."

Marshal Adele of the Expedition, and the rest were monks from the Brotherhood of Swords.

Marshal Adbell of the Black Templar merely bowed slightly in greeting, appearing extremely aloof. The other members of the Brotherhood of Swords were equally aloof.

After all, the Black Templars abandoned their loyal expeditions for only one purpose: to kill, to wipe out all heretics in the world, and to unleash the Emperor's wrath.

Cardinal Mikel was not surprised by the Space Marines' snub.

"It is thanks to the help of all of you that our world of the Kerrigan Temple was able to survive the bombardment of these aliens."

"Thank you, God Emperor, thank you for your all-out assistance. On behalf of the three billion most loyal subjects of the God Emperor in the world of Kerrigan, I praise you."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Archbishop Mikel felt the time was right and said...

"I have already arranged accommodations for all of you gentlemen. Please rest for a while. I have also taken the liberty of preparing a banquet for you to welcome you and wash away the dust of your journey."

"However, since we have just suffered an attack from the Spirit Race, our accommodations here may not be of the standard. Please forgive us, sirs."

"A welcome dinner? That's too much trouble, Cardinal Mikel."

Kenmei Isayama said with a smile

Cardinal Mikel shook his head.

"How can that be? You are the saviors of our world of Kerrigan, our most honored guests."

"No, no, it seems that you did not understand what I meant."

Kenmei Isayama smiled and gestured to the two members of the Brotherhood of Swords beside him.

“If you really want to welcome us back, why don’t you come with us to the interrogation room, Cardinal Mikel?”

"Tell me how you betrayed your country?"

"What are you saying? I am the Archbishop of the Imperial State Church!"

When Cardinal Mikel realized he was being held hostage by the two Astartes, he finally panicked, especially when he saw the young inquisitor's smile and thought of the methods used by the Inquisition, which sent chills down his spine.

He struggled hurriedly

“Such slander against the emperor’s most loyal servant, be careful, or I will take you to the court.”

When they saw their leader, the most powerful person in the world of the Kerrigan Temple, unable to move like a chick in the hands of the enormous can, they were amazed.

The fighting nuns, state monks, and priests under Cardinal Mikel instinctively pointed their bolt-action pistols at Kenmei Isayama and his group.

With the sounds of guns being cocked echoing everywhere, the previously peaceful atmosphere on the field quickly turned into one of tension and impending conflict.

Facing the Imperial State Religion's guard, these nominal comrades-in-arms.

Led by Marshal Adbelle, the Astartes of the Brotherhood of Swords stood before Kenmei Isayama, forming a fearless wall of sighs, and raised their large-caliber bolt lances, aiming them at the men.

If they dare to fire the first shot, the Astartes of the Black Temple will condemn them as heretics and carry out a brutal purge.

Regardless of your status!

When they fired at them, those who stood in the way of the Black Templars became the enemies.

Seeing this much-anticipated mess, Cardinal Mikel snorted coldly and remained silent, as if wanting to see how Kenmei Isayama would handle the situation.

However, all Kenmei Isayama did was tell the Black Temple monks not to be too nervous, since the situation hadn't developed to that point yet.

“I am Horst Eisenholm, the Inquisition of Heretics.”

He stepped out from under the protection of the Black Sanctuary, facing the hundreds of dark gun barrels in the hands of the terrified crowd, and Kenmei Isayama spoke coldly.

"My actions represent the Emperor's will and are subject to the supervision of the God Emperor!"

This is a matter of great righteousness!

The authority of the judges in the tribunal derives from the Emperor himself, and they can bring charges against any official in the empire.

"Our intelligence agency of the Inquisition has determined that this Cardinal Mikel's ideology and conduct have seriously deviated from the original intention of the Imperial State Church, violated the Eight Regulations of the Empire, seriously lacked ideals and beliefs, and indulged in extravagance and pleasure."

"If you have any

"If you show favoritism or engage in aggressive behavior, then I will consider you all traitors!"

Kenmei Isayama took the chainsaw sword off his back and drew it at them, like a proud knight who was extremely loyal to the empire sounding the horn of duel.

"Given your actions, I can reasonably suspect that the people of this planetary empire have seriously abandoned the Emperor's faith!"

"Corrupted by the Chaos Demons."

"At that time, I will sign the Extermination Order to unleash the Emperor's wrath and put you heretics on trial."

If Kenmei Isayama's words caused an uproar and a complete mental breakdown among them, then when the Black Temple Marshal Adbelle heard Isayama's words, he also cooperated by directly aiming the massive cannon of the Endless Expedition, which was taller than a building, at these Imperial State Guards who were already beginning to waver.

The dark, eighty-meter-deep Imperial Cannon was even beginning to spark, suggesting it was starting to charge.

The terrifying energy contained within caused the temperature to rise several degrees.

Therefore, this was the last straw that broke the camel's back. After the first sound of the nun dropping her gun on the ground, more and more sounds followed, and soon no one on the scene was holding a gun.

Upon witnessing this scene, Cardinal Mikel realized that his actions were now exposed under the watchful eyes of the Inquisition.

His heart sank, and he finally fainted.

"It's over, it's over."

Damn, being an author is really tough. I had a fever of 39 degrees Celsius and still had to write a book to get full attendance. I think I've caught it again, sob sob.

Take good care of yourselves, my darlings.

Chapter 129 The Darkest Day

“Your Honor, that is our St. Sophia Cathedral.”

A trembling, novice combat nun pointed to the towering, dilapidated cathedral in the distance and introduced it to Kenmei Isayama.

"The place where the saint rests is there."

The girl, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen, was speaking in a trembling voice, as if she were about to cry, as if the person next to her was not a human but a high-ranking demon from the forces of chaos.

It's a bit strange, but no matter what color hair it is, it will turn silver after serving as a combat nun for a long time. This one is just a novice combat nun, so her hair is still a bit blonde.

But this novice nun, a ruthless assassin from the future empire, still looked terrified, as if she might make a mistake and be eaten alive by the people around her.

Because who would have thought that this seemingly harmless, smiling judge had not only just arrived and arrested the top leader of the temple world of Kerrigan as a show of force, but had also arrested almost all the "problematic" high-ranking officials on this planet.

And just this morning at six o'clock in the largest Archangel Square in Caligan, they were all executed under the watchful eyes of the Emperor statue!

He's a complete executioner.

The sheer number of heads piled up at the capital was quite astounding; the judge didn't even blink.

The killings were so numerous that heads rolled and blood flowed like rivers.

Such ruthless methods, like devouring people without spitting out the bones, are simply unheard of.

Kenmei Isayama didn't know who the mastermind was or who the assistants were, nor did he have the time to investigate.

We can only pack them all together.

Isn't indiscriminate killing of innocent people a tradition of the judges? Anyway, the state religion is already so rotten, maybe executing a few more people will solve everything.

But to these "sheep" who were well protected by the Imperial State Religion, such a bloody and cruel scene left them momentarily bewildered as to who the real devil was.

It's impossible not to be afraid of Kenmei Isayama when you see familiar faces turning into unseeing skulls lying in pools of blood.

Kenmei Isayama is completely unconcerned that his reputation has been demonized by malicious individuals.

When a person can arbitrarily decide the life and death of others, would they still care about such things?

Having endured the bombardment of the Eldar fleet, the number of wounded was still less than the number of high-ranking members of the Imperial State Church who had been beheaded, reminding them once again of the fear of being dominated by the Inquisition.

This day can be described as the darkest day in the lives of countless people, who were terrified that a large black can would break into their homes, tear down the doors, and drag them to the square to be beheaded.

Faced with the indiscriminate and frenzied massacre authorized by the judges of the Inquisition, the surviving middle and high-ranking officials also tried to report to the headquarters of the Imperial State Church and expose everything that had happened in Kerrigan.

However, the National Religion Headquarters turned a blind eye to this, leaving them to fend for themselves.

All I felt was despair.

Not only were the high-ranking officials of the temple world of Kerrigan purged in this way, but the devastated city, in dire need of reconstruction, also underwent five large-scale clean-up operations against the civilians under the swift and decisive actions of the Black Temple.

Personnel changes are so rapid that the superiors you could see in the morning are gone by noon.

So when there was basically no one else left, it was the turn of Mingming, a novice combat nun who had just come out of the Imperial State Church Monastery, to take on the good job of being the guide for this Inquisitor who was feared by almost everyone in the entire Kerrigan, from the lower to the upper echelons.

Recalling the pitying looks in the eyes of the battle nuns who had faced the planet, the young nun couldn't help but shudder; she was truly terrified.

She couldn't help but glance at Kenmei Isayama.

"I don't know why someone who's not bad-looking can be so ruthless when it comes to doing things."

Isayama Kenmei's adjutant, Elena, is leading a group of locally recruited combat nuns to ransack homes, though she wasn't initially very enthusiastic.

However, she was enraged when Kenmei Isayama led her to search the home of Cardinal Mikel and found a large amount of imperial legal tender, as well as several boys diligently studying the most advanced imperial state religion.

All these scoundrels who have blasphemed and betrayed the Emperor's beliefs must be arrested and executed.

In fact, the higher-ups in the Inquisition were also aware that the Imperial State Religion was rife with corruption.

Because they receive donations from nearly trillions of believers within the empire, it's impossible not to be greedy in such an environment.

So much money is there that even a small temple world like Kerrigan can have all the emperor's statues, whether hundreds or tens of meters tall, made of pure gold.

However, it is still clear which is more important, corruption or betraying the empire and becoming a lackey of the chaotic forces.

In this small world, Kenmei Isayama was able to uncover more than 4000 problematic high-ranking members of the Imperial State Religion.