Warhammer: From the Devouring C'tan Fragments

After Gray's team dealt with the Skitarii who had come to stop them, they continued to advance towards the bridge. "Thump, thump, thump," the Dreadnoughts continued to clear the way with heavy steps.

Not long after, everyone arrived outside the bridge gate. Along the way, they did not encounter any members of the Mechanicus who came to stop them, as if the Mechanicus's vitality had been completely wiped out.

"Captain Gray, should we attack directly? The radar can't scan the information inside the bridge. The enemy should have anti-radar detectors that can block radar scans."

The driver of the Dreadnought looked at the heavy steel door of the bridge, asked Gray, told him the information he had collected, and waited for Gray's next arrangements.

"Let's attack. Now that we're here, we can't retreat." Gray looked at the heavy steel door of the bridge, thought about it and decided to continue the attack.

Now that he has come here, it is impossible to retreat. If he chooses to retreat when he encounters danger, it will be a disgrace to the reputation of the Lord of the Stars, which Gray would rather die than accept.

"Okay." After getting Gray's consent, a dreadnought mecha driver excitedly drove the dreadnought mecha towards the bridge gate.

As the Dreadnought Mech was walking, the mechanical power machine installed on its left arm flashed with blue light. "Thump, thump, thump" the Dreadnought Mech strode towards the gate under the control of the driver. The Dreadnought Mech raised its arm and punched the gate in front of it.

"boom"

A huge sound of steel breaking was heard, and the heavy steel door of the bridge was completely shattered by the punch of the Dreadnought Mecha. The powerful reaction force carried the broken steel fragments, making a "clang clang" sound.

After the bridge door was blown to pieces by the Dreadnought, no attack was launched from inside towards the Dreadnought, and the interior of the bridge was in dead silence.

After breaking through the gate, the Dreadnought mecha found that there was no attack from inside and seemed very confused and puzzled. However, the driver of the Dreadnought mecha still drove the Dreadnought mecha into the bridge, and the other nine Dreadnought mechas followed behind him into the bridge.

Gray saw that there was no attack from the bridge, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled. He didn't understand what these oil men were planning. Although Gray was very confused and puzzled, he still stepped into the bridge with the power sword in hand.

When Gray walked into the bridge, he found that there were Mechanicus personnel on the bridge, but these Mechanicus were just standing quietly on the bridge, looking at Gray and his group who walked into the bridge.

There were a large number of technical priests, fifty Castellan mechas, and a large number of elite Skitarii in the bridge, but all of them were standing quietly behind the Archimonde Sage.

When Gray walked into the bridge, a mechanic, whose body was made entirely of steel and who wore a scarlet hooded coat, stomped heavily on the deck with a massive power axe in his hand and spoke in an emotionless electronic voice:

"Heretic, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Gray was very confused after hearing what the other party said, and he didn't know these oil guys: "Wait a minute, we don't know each other." Gray asked Archimonde the Sage of Domination in a puzzled tone.

"It is true that we do not know each other, but you have betrayed the Imperium and the Emperor. This is an unforgivable sin. You will be punished by the Mechanicus."

Archimonde the Ruling Sage said this hatefully, and stomped the giant power axe in his hand heavily on the deck. It was obvious that this Ruling Sage was extremely loyal to the empire and was so angry about the existence of the traitor.

"Oh, betraying the Empire? The Empire has never protected me. If it weren't for the great Star Lord taking me in, I would have died somewhere long ago."

Gray said disdainfully to Archimonde the Sage of Domination.

"Without the Empire's protection, you would have long ago perished at the hands of all sorts of cruel alien creatures, and you wouldn't have had the chance to live to see the day of your betrayal. Do you know how much the Empire paid to protect ordinary people like you?

In order for humanity to survive and thrive in this cruel and bloody galaxy, the Empire constantly battles against all sorts of aliens, consuming vast quantities of manpower and resources.

Archimonde the Sovereign Sage argued loudly. He disagreed with Gray's words. In Archimonde's opinion,

If it weren't for the Imperial Army fighting everywhere to eliminate the invading aliens and chaos creatures, ordinary people within the Empire's territory would have no chance of survival and would have to endure attacks from various alien species every day.

"The Empire's protection? It's just a joke. The Empire doesn't consider ordinary people like us as its own.

Every day they were oppressed and enslaved by the nobles, and had to bear the heavy taxes of the empire. If they could not pay the taxes required by the empire, they would be reduced to slavery.

Gray thought about how his family had risked their lives and worked hard to trade between various galaxies, and most of the profits they earned were used to pay tithes.

As a result, the annual taxes became heavier and heavier, until the entire family could no longer afford the imperial tithe, and the entire family was reduced to slavery.

If he had not escaped with his wife and daughter, his entire family would have become slaves of the nobles.

"There's nothing we can do about it. This is the price we humans have to pay to survive in this dangerous galaxy. You dare to betray the empire just for a few mere taxes.

"You damned traitors, do you still have the faith to survive for humanity? So many Imperial soldiers sacrifice their lives for humanity every day. Are their sacrifices in vain?"

Archimonde's Sage of the Rule stared at Gray with his scarlet electronic eyes. In the eyes of this high and mighty figure, betraying the empire just for such a heavy tax was unforgivable.

"The price? Just a mere tax? For big shots like you, this kind of thing is just a small matter, but for ordinary people like us, it is an insurmountable mountain that can easily crush us ordinary people.

Don't you, the Adeptus Mechanicus, have a part to play in the Imperium's present state? You hoard the technology you have acquired, unwilling to use it, leaving us, the common soldiers, to sacrifice our lives for victory.

If you were to release the various technologies hidden within your grasp, would the empire still be as corrupt as it is now?"

Gray couldn't help but laugh.