As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

If the status of a planetary governor is determined by the status of the planet he governs, then they can be regarded as the best among the governor families.

Theoretically, he governs nearly 200 billion people. Even with the introduction of the Mechanicus and the division of other factions, the actual population he controls should be at least tens of billions.

Just from an economic perspective.

Even if we assume that the average monthly production capacity of each of these tens of billions of people is only ten Throne Coins, and after deducting taxes and the like, even if the family can only obtain one-tenth of the net profit from these ten Throne Coins, that is still a net income of tens of billions of Throne Coins per month.

In this way, it is not difficult to imagine how huge this family is.

In some frontier galaxies, the total population of the entire galaxy may be less than that of a medium-sized hive city under the rule of a family, and the accumulated wealth of a large hive city is enough to surpass the entire dynasty of most traveling merchants.

As for the entire Sector? The fact that the Agamemnon family, a mere planetary noble, was able to prepare for a civil war against the Mechanicus, who occupied an entire continent, before the Ork invasion, was enough to illustrate the astonishing resources contained in the simple term "Sector."

Not to mention the distant ones, just looking at the near ones, the previous Titan formation and the Knight family came to the battlefield precisely because of this family’s connections, and this is just the connections in the Dead Forest Festival area.

And it is a family of such a terrifying size that has now taken the initiative to express its willingness to make concessions to Zhang Ge.

That's why Zhang Ge said they are very sincere.

However, then again.

"But what if I don't want it?"

No matter how powerful this family is on this planet, it is ultimately just a tiny speck of dust in the sea of ​​stars.

When Calgar arrived, he first reorganized the planet's upper council. Later, in order to seek cooperation with the Eldar, he even made the female governor of this family who had offended the Eldar disappear from the world, and they didn't dare to say a word.

Of course, Zhang Ge’s main consideration was not this issue, he was thinking about longer-term things.

If he accepted the privilege given by the other party, even though he himself did not actually have to pay anything more, the political signal released by such conditions and the act of "acceptance" itself would be strong enough.

And what if, he meant what if, if he didn't die after playing the whole game on this planet, should he get on the ship and go somewhere else?

In this case, of course, he cannot be tied to the chariot of these planetary nobles.

After hearing Zhang Ge's reply, the noblewoman from Agamemnon remained calm and continued with a smile:

"I'm truly sorry. To ensure you receive the family's thank-you gift immediately, the relevant personnel have already made arrangements. Of course, since that's your wish, we will immediately reverse this arrangement... However, given the chaotic post-war period, we're unsure when the order to reverse the situation will be fully communicated."

"Are you going to threaten me?"

"What? Of course I didn't mean that. I just wanted to ask for your understanding of the family's difficulties. Oh, and there's one other thing."

Zhang Ge watched the other party act surprised as if he had just remembered something, and then watched his expression gradually turn into embarrassment.

"You appear to have brought back four Warhound Titans. According to family information, those Titans belong to a certain Titan Legion. I would like to express my gratitude and respect for your achievements once again. However, I would also like to remind you that in order to avoid being held accountable by the corresponding Titan Legion, it would be best to complete the handover of command of the four Titans as soon as possible."

Zhang Ge thought for a while after hearing her words.

Of course, he wasn't thinking of a way to break the impasse, but he was a little confused as to why the other party was so confident that he could be threatened by the command of just four Warhound Titans.

Could they have a backup plan? It doesn't look like it. If they had a backup plan, they would have been requisitioned by the Imperial Fist long ago when they fought the Iron Warriors.

"Are you sure that the so-called advance arrangements cannot be withdrawn?"

"No, no, no, that's not the case. How could we neglect your request? It's just that in such a chaotic war, it's really difficult to effectively convey orders. However, we will do it as soon as possible."

"Really? That's really unfortunate."

Hearing these words that sounded like resignation, the female noble smiled but did not answer. This was all within her expectations and was not something worth being surprised about.

However, what was a little unusual was that after saying that, the other party took out a cross pendant from his chest, and seemed to be chanting something.

"Olivia, connect Auston to Amelia."

Chapter 202: Effective Communication Teaching, but You Can Only Learn Once

She asked Zhang Ge for military power, and Zhang Ge liked it very much, but he was not satisfied with it as a form of coercion.

In the conversation just now, the other party first said "it has been arranged", which means that whether Zhang Ge agrees or not, the Agamemnon family has already arranged privileges in advance. Even if he refuses now, the political signal has already been released. If he agrees, he can still enjoy this privilege decently. If he refuses, it will be the so-called "chaotic period, and I don't know when it will be conveyed."

How long was this so-called "unknown time"? According to the Empire's usual administrative efficiency, was it a month, a year, or even longer? Such vague numbers were meaningless.

The Titans that were emphasized later were a means of coercion, emphasizing that the Titans' military power was not in Zhang Ge's hands, but was borrowed by the family. This meant that if Zhang Ge agreed, then the matter would not become a big deal, and until the end of the war, the Titans could remain under Zhang Ge's command in the name of being borrowed by the Agamemnon family.

But if he disagrees, the family will send the information of ending the secondment to the Titan Corps. When the Titan Corps sends someone to ask for the things, they will not only take the Titan back, but will also likely hold Zhang Ge responsible for commanding the Titan without authorization.

In this case, what happens after agreeing or disagreeing changes greatly:

Under duress → Agree to the other party's request → He can keep the Titan

Being coerced → Disagreeing to the other party's request → The other party will report Zhang Ge, let the Titan Legion take away his Titans, and hold him accountable at the same time. In addition, Zhang Ge will also offend the Agamemnon family.

Zhang Ge almost laughed out loud just thinking about it, which was why he thought for a while why the other party tried to threaten him with the Titan military power.

No, then wouldn't that mean you're forcing me to reject your request?

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If she had been more humble at the beginning and found a plausible reason, such as that the people in a certain place needed the protection of Titans, even if it was a poorly made-up excuse, Zhang Ge would have had the opportunity to follow her and release the Titans. However, now that things have turned out like this, he can only overturn the table.

After understanding this, it is not difficult to understand why Zhang Ge directly called for help.

It's rare to be able to offend someone in a legitimate way, and there are benefits to it, so shouldn't you just do it to the extreme?

Since communication sent through Titan could largely avoid the identity verification process and improve credibility, he simply took out the cross and deliberately said in front of the other party:

"Olivia, connect Auston to Amelia."

Contact was quickly established, and the voices of the two people soon came out from the sound array device that Zhang Ge turned on for external playback.

At first, since it was just sounds, the noblewoman was able to maintain a controlled smile on her face while listening to the conversation between the three people.

However, the first turning point soon appeared. On Austin's side, after listening to Zhang Ge's description, the voice in the communication quickly turned into a dull sound of footsteps. Not long after, when the footsteps stopped, the voice of the fourth person sounded in Austin's communication.

It was the voice of the Imperial Fist officer.

As Zhang Ge made accusations such as "misusing wartime supplies" and "suspected of trying to provoke civil war", the female noble's expression changed interestingly.

If a street thug calls his brothers and says he wants to fight someone at a certain place, that is called "calling people".

If a doctor calls his academician friend and says that there seems to be a problem where he works, that is called networking.

But for the female noble, what Zhang Ge was doing at this time was even more excessive than the latter.

It was like the two sides agreed to send out their champions to duel. After her side took their positions, they watched a veteran with great military achievements walk onto the stage. They thought this might be a little tricky, but the veteran just stood by and said, "I'm the referee." He pointed at the original body who was walking onto the stage and told her that that was her opponent.

Let’s not talk about who Amelia is or what level the Imperial Fists are. After all, they are a startup group. Although they are self-disciplined and restricted, anyone who comes forward to obstruct their actions must be a High Lord or someone close to that level.

For the Imperial Fist, not to mention the Agamemnon family in the Dead Forest Region, even the headquarters of the planetary governor in the Hyperion Region would not reach the level of "trouble".

As long as they release information that the family is suspected of being illegal, a large number of originally honest forces will hear the news, tear the family to pieces, and then replace it.

This is also the reason why they dared not say a word even after the family's planetary governor "evaporated out of thin air" because of the Ultramarines - the founding team took the trouble to make the planetary governor evaporate out of thin air because they were giving face to the governor's family. If they wanted to save trouble and fabricated some crime and then spread it, then it would not be just the governor himself who would evaporate before long.

No, buddy, why didn’t you tell me earlier that you had this relationship?

Before, the Agamemnon family had estimated Zhang Ge to the maximum extent within a reasonable range.

They even assumed that Zhang Ge was noticed by the Imperial Fist because of his bravery in battle and decided to use him as a temporary auxiliary force.

Even in that situation, according to the Imperial Fist's style of strictly adhering to the holy scriptures and not interfering in mortal politics, there is still room for maneuver even if Zhang Ge is offended. After all, the war is in full swing, and it is not easy to target the Governor's family without sufficient reason.

But no one expected that he could take out the sound array and contact the Imperial Fist directly just after the start, and then the Space Marine he contacted really valued his opinion and contacted the commander further without asking any questions.

At this moment, as the sound spread, not only did the female noble fall silent, but the family representatives in her implanted bone conduction sound array also fell silent, and even the nobles who were originally approaching here little by little began to move away silently.

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Of course, Zhang Ge, who was sitting opposite her, didn't think that deeply.

He just thought that since he could get in touch with them, he might as well bring it up. Anyway, the purpose was to offend the other party and then let them retaliate against him, so of course the deeper the offense, the better.

Although he knew the value of the Imperial Fist and the Battle Sisters without thinking, one was only a small force in the legion, and the other was only commanded by a senior sister with about a thousand people. The other side, let alone the entire planet, at least the district under their feet was mainly under their control, and they had a great home advantage.

In this situation, even if he had to give in under pressure from the two, it shouldn't be a problem to still harbor hatred and take revenge on a mere Astra Militarum colonel, right?

Thinking about this, after ending the call, Zhang Ge stood up and left, looking at the female noble's stiff expression as if she wanted to say something but couldn't. He only left one sentence:

"See, efficient communication in wartime is actually quite easy, isn't it?"

Chapter 203: A Small Difference from the Morgue

When Zhang Ge stood up and left, the female noble finally came to her senses from her confused thoughts.

The teachings she received since childhood, the experience accumulated over countless years, and the teachings of her family elders, all of these mixed together to form her extremely powerful worldview.

So much so that, when faced with an event that could not be dealt with by her existing experience, her thoughts still moved forward a distance within that worldview.

At the first moment, her rationality raced through her mind, searching for every political resource and strategy that could be mobilized. But in the end, when everything was laid out before her, the only response her remaining rationality gave her was denial and despair.

The manners she had cultivated over a long period of time had become ingrained in her bones. Even when her mind was blank, her movements of standing up from a sitting position were still smooth and clean, without a single noise.

However, her previous thinking inertia and her current cumbersome posture made her miss the last opportunity.

When he was about to step forward to explain, a skinny nobleman with a monocle in his eye slowly appeared in front of him and blocked his view with his body.

"Oh, sorry to bother you for a moment. Recently... it seems like 379 standard Terran years ago, a noble from the Agamemnon family loaned me approximately 300,000 Throne Coins. Although the loan has been repaid, I suddenly remembered that the calculation of some of the interest might be controversial. How about discussing this with you now?"

The other nobles did not have the courage to get involved in this vortex, but they did have the courage to share the corpses, and a great deal of it.

As for relationships? The Agamemnon family had been rooted in the Dead Forest for so many years, and of course they had some relationships with other nobles, and there were countless marriages. But after being a hive noble for so many years, how many people still believed in this?

Although it cannot be denied that there are a small number of trustworthy Hive City families who are willing to sacrifice themselves for such things, for the Hive City nobles, a group of people who are mostly profit-driven, favors are considered when both sides are evenly matched and the gap is not big. The side with which they have a deeper relationship is relatively more reliable, so they can stand on the side with more confidence.

But now, since the only difference between the Agamemnon family and the morgue is that the former is unlikely to be peaceful, don't blame the other nobles for changing their stance according to the situation.

By the time the female noble remembered to call the guards and force open a passage among the nobles who were gradually gathering around her, Zhang Ge had already disappeared.

He certainly won't stay here much longer.

After saying that, Zhang Ge stood up and left, and at the same time, he notified Isis to bring fighter planes and guards to pick him up. After many unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide, Isis is currently serving as the sword instructor of Zhang Ge's guards. Because he is good at fighting, he is actually mainly responsible for Zhang Ge's personal defense. The captain of the guard is mainly responsible for coordinating the strategy and tactics of the entire hundred-man team.

However, before he could reach Isis, Zhang Ge bumped into Amelia just as he returned to the parking lot.

Zhang Ge looked at her expression and realized that she was probably not in a very good mood.

Was it because he had witnessed the extravagance here, or was it because he was disgusted by the nobles' ways?

Although Zhang Ge guessed several possibilities in his mind, none of them were close to the truth.

Amelia had witnessed these scenes countless times in her previous life. Although she would still feel emotional when she saw them again, it was far from the point where she needed to show it on the surface.

The main reason for her unhappy expression was that... in the short time since she came to the Dead Forest Festival area, she was not there twice when Zhang Ge needed her.

You can imagine how a combat nun would feel if she was guarding a relic box and was attacked twice while transporting it to a certain section of the road and she was not there both times.

The moment she saw Zhang Ge, Amelia stopped moving. The air she was engulfed in swelled as her voice echoed:

"Are you OK?"

"It's okay, it's just that the nobles here aren't very friendly, and I'm worried it will affect the battle later."

Before Amelia could respond, another voice rang out from another direction:

"I didn't expect the situation here to be so serious."

It was Auston's voice, but he was not alone like Amelia, he was accompanied by several Space Marines.

However, now it was Zhang Ge's turn to be confused about the situation:

"Condition?"

"Well, this matter is supposed to be kept secret, but since there are only a few of us, there's no harm in sharing information."

Auston thought for a moment, seemingly organizing his words, probably trying to determine which parts needed to be kept secret and which parts were safe to reveal.

"Simply put, deep within the Dead Forest, within the bunkers and fortresses built by the nobles, a large number of them have fallen into the abyss of destructive power due to their apocalyptic revelry. We originally thought that the situation of the nobles who provided the Titan formation here would be relatively optimistic, but from your description..."

Huh? No, it's not that far off, is it?

I would at least like them to avenge me before dying. Isn't your judgment a bad thing?

Zhang Ge's brain worked rapidly, and he tried to make up for it:

"Well, despite this, I don't think we can be too hasty in our assessment. Even if some nobles themselves deserved death, the entire Governor's family is implicated, which would affect the mobilization of a large amount of resources, the local soldiers still fighting on the front lines, and the servants who have relied on the family for generations."

After Zhang Ge finished speaking, Amelia also spoke to Auston: