Warhammer III

"God Emperor, Lady Catherine, two members of the Inquisition came to visit the Holy Elephant Gallery today. I will bring them to meet you now."

Adelaide stopped at the door of the Emperor's Holy Elephant Hall and asked the cardinal who was praying devoutly in the hall.

Catherine trembled when she heard this, and then hurriedly left the Emperor's Holy Elephant Hall, followed by Sister Anne.

Tai Yue stared at the back of the cardinal, thinking. Although he was far away, he still captured the special aroma wafting from the hall through the air filtration system of his helmet. Tracking special smells is also a basic skill for Astartes monks.

This aroma is the same as the smell around the holy elephant, not the smell produced by the burning of spices or flower resins often used in the incense burners of the state religion.

Adelaide turned around and said helplessly:

"God Emperor, Lady Catherine has something to do temporarily. If the two distinguished guests have a place to stay, we will come to visit them in person later!"

"God Emperor, I will pray in the Emperor's Holy Elephant Hall tonight. Lady Catherine can come to see me at any time if it is convenient."

Tai Yue said that he was not going to leave. There were too many doubts about the Holy Elephant and the cardinal.

And he asked Della to leave first. As a sage of the Mechanicus, she was not suitable to enter the core hall of the state religion.

After Della left, Tai Yue walked into the Emperor's Holy Elephant Hall alone. The decoration inside was gorgeous and exquisite. The floor was paved with colored marble. The rose window made the Holy Elephant Hall interlaced with light and dark, forming a sharp contrast, which looked extremely sacred.

The hall entrance to the Emperor's Holy Elephant is more than 2,000 meters long. The total area of ​​the entire hall is more than 10 square kilometers, which can accommodate more than 100,000 people to pray to the God Emperor at the same time.

The Emperor's Holy Statue is solemn and dignified, and every detail on the golden armor is lifelike. There are also floating "little angels" around the Holy Statue. They are also a kind of mechanical servants, used for the propaganda and ritual display of the state religion. They hold lit white candles and sacred cloths full of prayers in their hands.

Taiyue found that the Emperor was somewhat similar to the child Neos in his dream, but immediately dispelled his heretical thoughts.

"The fragrance is not from the Emperor's Holy Statue, but from the cardinal who just prayed here!"

Thinking of this, Taiyue decided to wait for the cardinal to come again in front of the Emperor's Holy Statue. If she doesn't come, he will visit her in person.

At night, Catherine came to the Emperor's Holy Statue Hall alone. In the dim candlelight, she simply performed the Sky Eagle Salute and asked:

"What's the matter with the judge coming from afar? The believers on Trollope have always been extremely pious to the Emperor."

Taiyue didn't know how to ask questions at this moment, and it was not appropriate to directly say that the bishop had a special fragrance.

He thought for a moment and used his psychic power to observe the woman in front of him. There were two intertwined flames in her warp projection.

"Demon possession!"

There is no doubt that the soul of the cardinal in front of him has been corrupted by the devil. Only death and fire can redeem her.

Taiyue threw away the white robe, revealing the silver-white power armor. Now he is the Emperor's angel of death!

He showed the bolter on the right arm of the armor and quickly aimed at the cardinal who was possessed by the devil.

"God Emperor, please destroy me and the evil filth in my body together!"

Catherine said tremblingly and knelt down to the Emperor's holy statue. She was shaking all over because of the fight with the devil in her body.

To Taiyue's surprise, the cardinal was not completely controlled by the devil. She still retained a clear consciousness and was determined to die.

"May the Emperor have mercy on your soul!"

When Taiyue was about to take action, the golden pupil of his left hand suddenly opened, and the illusion instantly covered the two of them.

This is the memory related to Catherine becoming a cardinal played out by the golden pupil:

In front of the Emperor's holy image, the honor guard lined up in a row, and the former Cardinal of the Anas Star Region, Vittorio, put the bishop's crown on Catherine;

Soon after, Cardinal Vittorio died on the steps leading to the Star Region Bishops' Council;

The depressed Catherine received a gift from Cardinal Nehum of the Bishop World Tassia, and a holy crown of thorns was placed in the wooden box;

Catherine put on the holy crown of thorns, and the whisper of temptation never left her mind;

The devil tried to occupy her body, but she did not give in. In the dead of night, she whipped herself alone and kept repenting.

Tai Yue found his own figure in the illusion. That was when he was still in Marsdan, and saw Catherine who was repenting, and she had known about herself through the auspicious instrument!

When Catherine learned that she had become a hero of Marsdan, she was greatly encouraged and even suppressed the demon for two years. However, as the demon's power continued to grow, she began to pray alone in front of the Emperor's holy statue all day, all month, and all year.

No miracle happened, and the Emperor could not care about all the devout believers.

The arrival of the Inquisition made her instinctively escape. Now she was desperate and had come to her senses. Instead of entangled with the demon in fear, it was better to expel the demon at the cost of her life. Only death could bring salvation!

Catherine closed her eyes tightly, tears streaked her handsome face. In her life, she was only loyal to the Emperor, grateful to Bishop Vittorio, and missed the man she had only met once.

After a moment, she opened her eyes, and her eyes were on Tai Yue who had taken off his helmet.

She trembled again, not because of despair, but because of salvation.

"You have integrated with the devil to a very high degree, and your body is already exuding the corrupt aroma of evil demons. I will use psychic flames to help you exorcise the devil. The whole process will be very painful."

Tai Yue stepped forward, helped Kathleen up, and continued:

"If you succeed, you will not be possessed by demons for the rest of your life. If you fail, death will be the only mercy for you. Are you willing?"

Katherine was shocked and speechless, and nodded tremblingly. Taiyue must have been sent by the Emperor to save her, she was so convinced.

Katherine turned her back to Taiyue and took off the bishop's red robe. There were dense whip marks on her back.

"You don't need to take off your clothes. The psychic flames are directed at your soul. It doesn't matter whether you are wearing clothes or not."

Tai Yue coughed. Although he didn't have that kind of worldly desire after being hypnotized, he still had no experience after all.

The psychic flame was inspired from the fragments of the Emperor's soul and soon covered his body. He stretched out his right hand and placed it on Kathleen's back.

Katherine was twisted and trembling, obscene words came out of her mouth from time to time, the devil in her even tried to seduce Taiyue, but was ignored.

"This time it only weakens the power of the demon in your body. It will take ten days and a half to expel the demon. During this period, you have to come here every day to receive my spiritual flame."

The sweat from Kathleen's body wetted her bishop's red robe. She was now as weak as a candle in the wind, and Tai Yue decided to send her back in person.

(Catherine is considered the second female lead and is very important to the subsequent plot. She is the protagonist’s supporter in the state religion. Please recommend and vote for me!)