Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

The starry sky of the network channel shines the hazy light through the colonnades. The dim starlight illuminates the quaint furniture that stands in the colonnade and is displayed along the side of the long corridor. Dots of starlight shine on its ancient The tabletop reflects gloss, and every line and dent is particularly conspicuous under the silvery sand-like light curtain.

Above the table, there is a portrait hanging on the wall. The golden border on the edge of the frame is flowing with little light paths under the light of the stars. It climbs up along the frame and then rotates to one side. Light silk, beautiful and dreamy.

The oil painting is hung on the wall, and its surface has already been sprinkled with a light curtain. The light spots on the surface of the oil paint, which has long been hardened and stagnant, seem to illuminate a silver beach on the coast. The gravel sparkles under the starlight, as if The whole painting seemed to be glowing.

But soon, a shadow enveloped the shining oil painting. The silver reflective gravel disappeared in an instant. The shadow walked across the painting little by little. As the shadow left, the oil painting would appear again among the stars. It continues to shine, like a never-ending dream.

Vito's shadow constantly shrouded the side of the corridor. The shadow shrouded all the furniture, including the paintings placed against the wall in frames, or the oil paintings hung directly on the wall. Being covered by the shadow also allowed Vito to see their appearance clearly in the hazy starlight.

Those oil paintings depict many natural scenery, mountains, rivers, forests and fjords. The magnificent natural scenes are vividly and vividly painted on the canvas, as if those places are really there, you just need to reach out and reach them. It's like you can touch it.

Vito walked in the corridor behind the colonnade. His eyes followed the steps and passed the gallery on one side. He looked at the exquisite oil paintings and soon discovered that there were some unique places on them. Among these exquisite paintings lined up beside In the paintings, there are almost scenes of animals fighting each other in the natural scenery.

The brown bear being besieged by wild wolves in the forest, the bison charging at the coyote on the prairie, and the tiger and lion fighting each other with their big mouths open and waving paws, all the scenes are filled with Such primitive killing and wildness.

This allows you to see at a glance what kind of character the painter is leading the way, the owner of these furniture and paintings, his personality, style, dangers, etc.

Vito raised his head slightly and looked at Stulin, who was holding a long crow staff in front of him, guiding him through the long corridor. Stulin, wearing a coat with a unique high-collar design, walked at the front. His collar It almost covers the entire head and stands up high, and the edges of the coat also bulge slightly outward.

From Vito's perspective, he looks like a huge bat walking under the night, and this walking bat uses a long stick to cause a clicking sound on the ground with every step. The sound would echo throughout the hallway, much like the sound waves of a bat.

Stulin walked through the long starlight corridor. The towering colonnade on the side cut the light of the starry sky into countless shadows, which were projected from the outside and densely covered on the ground, extending towards the end of the corridor. And Stulin , just walking through it.

The long shadow between the stone pillars flashed across his body, causing his body to constantly switch between light and shadow, just like a slide, constantly switching, like a vague dream.

Vito followed him, and the spaced starlight also shone on his face, causing Vito's face to disappear and then reappear, but it was in this rapidly switching light and shadow that Vito came In front of the door at the end of the corridor.

It was a black door. The huge door body was embedded in the surrounding dark walls. Vito looked at the door curiously. The material on the door body seemed to be almost non-reflective, and the surface of the entire door was almost No lines or carvings can be seen, only a dim stream of light flashes on the door from time to time, outlining its general outline, and also outlining the huge crow on it.

There is a crow on the door. The huge crow's half body is embedded in the door. Only the beak of the upper body and the huge wings are exposed outside the door. The huge raptor spreads its wings, and the pair of jet-black feathered wings are shining in the starlight. There was a dim light shining underneath, and only its outline could be seen.

Vito looked up at the bird's head facing him on the door. The crow's head drooped slightly, overlooking the visitors in front of the door. The dark eyes did not reflect any light, only the huge beak was in the light. A dim stream of light flowed downwards.

"Welcome to my office, Mr. Constantine, please follow me now." Stulin turned his head, looked at Vito behind him and raised his hand slightly, but his words were quickly replaced by the shadow from the side. Someone showed up and was interrupted.

Stulin stopped abruptly, and Vito also looked at the shadow that interrupted the words. She slowly walked out from the dark corridor leading to both sides of the door, and her dim figure was also under the starlight. , was illuminated and outlined bit by bit, and finally, as the artist drew bit by bit on the drawing board, a beautiful figure appeared in the light.

Her silver skirt blended almost perfectly with the starlight. The entire light skirt shimmered with spots of light. The light skirt fluttered gently with the footsteps, making the reflected light spots shine. Like the Milky Way on the ground.

Vito looked at her face. It was a white and young Eldar female face. She was a little unexpectedly young, just like a piece of fresh snow that had just fallen from the sky, pure and flawless, like a rose. The red hair hangs down from his head, and is combed into a slightly raised wave on the top of his head on the right side of his face.

She was dragging a beautiful and small box in her hand. She held the box in both hands and appeared quietly from the shadows. Then she walked to Stulin, lowered her head and gently handed the box over.

Vito paid attention to the girl. He discovered the collar shackles on the back of her neck that were exposed in the starlight. Vito frowned slightly and turned his eyes to look at Stulin in front of her. The latter reached out and opened the box and placed the red He glanced at a unique piece of wood on a soft cushion that exuded distorted space fluctuations.

The wood looked very special, with bits of dark gold glowing on the black body. The dark golden light crawled upwards along the wooden body, and at the top corners where it hung softly on the cushion, there was a strange light shining on it. light.

"Very good." Stulin said and closed the box. He looked up at Vito, probably because if Vito didn't ask, he wasn't going to explain what it was. In fact, Vito Maybe it's better not to know.

In fact, Vito did not care about that thing. After closing the lid of the box, his eyes quickly locked on the young Eldar girl. She was holding the box and standing humbly next to Stulin. There is no sparkle in the beautiful blue eyes, they are dim and lackluster.

Vito stared at her, looking at that beautiful but lackluster face. At the same time, Stulin in front of him raised the long crow staff in his hand and knocked on the door with the crow handle of the cane. , as the golden crow's beak collided with the crow's beak on the door, the entire door changed.

The spread-winged crow on the door quickly raised its head, as if it suddenly came to life. Its spread wings quickly folded inward and overlapped on its chest. The whole crow curled up, and as the wings moved After closing, the dark door behind it also opened inward with a rumble.

Stulin put down his cane and turned to Vito with a slight nod of invitation. He stepped back and stepped aside to make way for Vito. The latter nodded politely in response, then walked up and walked away from Stulin. Enter the open door.

The young girl in front of Stulin also quickly stepped back with the box in her hand. She stood by the door and bowed to Vito with great respect.

But as he passed by, Vito turned his head and briefly looked at the young girl beside him. Her blue eyes slightly raised, and after a brief look at each other, Vito lowered his head again, and Vito followed suit. After walking through the door, he walked into this luxurious office.

Vito stood on a floor that was completely cut out of expensive wood and then riveted. In other places in this office, the owner's pursuit and persistence of nature are also implemented, from the walls to the ceiling. Made of solid wood, the tree was cut from a single piece with a machete and erected to create this luxurious office.

Vito walked deeper into the office. He looked at the overall rectangular interior space that slightly shrank and extended toward the front. In front of the office was a huge floor-to-ceiling window. Like here, the frame of the window was not Not made of steel, but cut from strips of wood.

This makes the window maintain unity with the entire room, and the large black heart mahogany table and chairs in front of the window are undoubtedly the absolute core of the entire space. Vito stood in front of the table, gently stroking the table with his fingers. On the polished table top, all the wooden thorns and friction parts have been smoothed away, making the table look like a smooth marble.

Vito looked at the furnishings on the table. There was an exquisite pen holder with feather pens and ink placed in it. There was also a small crow statue on one side of the pen holder. The statue was placed on the table, facing the In the direction of the leather wooden chair, the tabletop part in front of the chair, which is also made of leather, is spread out with some kind of animal leather to form a place where the elbows can rest comfortably.

"How's it going? Do you still like my office?" Stulin walked in. He walked into the office with his cane, and the young Eldar girl behind him also followed in dragging the box. She lowered her head, He followed Stulin with dull eyes.

Vito pretended to turn around and look at the wall full of taxidermied animal heads. There were all kinds of beast heads hanging on the exhibition board, and below there was a long and wide table with shelves and display cabinets. There are horns, claws, teeth and other trophies.

Vito looked at the wall-to-wall specimen area that had been carefully crafted and hung on the side of the desk for special display. He used his peripheral vision to look at the box in the girl's hand, and of course, the silent beautiful girl.

"She is...your slave?" Vito asked softly, and Stulin smiled and glanced at the girl behind him. He reached out and grabbed her face, so that her face could be raised to face Vito, allowing the latter to Can see more clearly.

The girl was obviously uncomfortable with being done like that, but she didn't say anything in the end. She just looked at Vito with a sad expression on her face. The latter also looked at her and narrowed his eyes slightly. Stulin also looked at that expressionless face. The girl with an expression frowned slightly, and he pinched her cheeks with his fingers, forcing the expression to look like a smile.

"Her name is Shatina, my slave girl and maid. Although she is not very polite yet, her appearance meets my requirements. She is also very young and can learn a lot of things slowly, so I started selling her. The slave list remains.”

Stulin said, throwing away Shatina's face, throwing her head to the side, her hair falling messily in front of her eyes, her blue eyes under the messy hair looking away blankly, as if Nothing in this world is worthy of her attention.

Vito looked at the girl, Shatina? This name is very distinctive. In Vito's impression, only the Ark Eldar of Iyonden would give such a name with oriental charm. In addition, her hair is rose red, which is consistent with Iyonna's hair color. The resemblance was close, so Vito was almost certain she was an Iyanden Eldar.

The Ark Eldar have always been very popular in the slave market of the Dark Eldar. This group of torturers prefer to use their own people, especially the "elegant" compatriots on the Ark, as slaves, just like in the slave market of the human empire. Like noble ladies, it gives them a unique sense of superiority.

Stulin looked at Shatina, then raised his head and snorted, then raised his cane and pointed at the box in her hand, "Put it in the treasure room, talk, you rude girl."

Shatina didn't speak until her shoulder was hit hard by Stulin with the cane in his hand. She took several steps out at once, and the off-shoulder part of her long dress was rosy. Her head was turned away from Stulin, and Vito saw the fierce glare of hatred in her eyes. The girl was not a docile kitten.

She turned her head after a while, raised her head and looked at Stulin, who was silent for a moment and then lowered his head, "Yes, sir." "It's the master," "It's the master."

Her voice was also very young. Vito frowned slightly when he heard the voice. He turned his head and glanced at Stulin on the side, who hummed softly and put his cane in front of him, "Like I said, She still has a lot to learn, but I will train her until she learns how to be a maid."

"Mr. Constantine, please sit down wherever you want. I will come to talk to you later." Stulin is indeed a qualified businessman. When he took his eyes away from Shatina and looked at Vito, he immediately It turned into a smile, and the latter looked at the hypocritical businessman and responded politely without smiling.

Then Vito continued to turn around and looked at the wall of specimens on the side. His back was to Stulin, who also looked at Vito for a few times and then walked to the wall on the side. There were two chairs there, between them. There is also a tall round wooden table with a chessboard with chess pieces on it.

Stulin walked to the chessboard and stood there blocking the chessboard in front of him with his body. He glanced at Vito behind him from the corner of his eye. The latter was still standing in front of the specimen wall with his hands behind his back, looking carefully. He looked at the specimen of a giant-clawed bear head above.

Stulin turned his head and glanced at Shatina who was following him with his peripheral vision. The latter immediately took a step back and lowered her head. She moved her eyes away from the chessboard table and did not look at it at all. That table or the direction of Stulin's arm, after the latter made sure that Shatina turned her eyes away, he reached out and picked up some chess pieces on the chessboard in front of him and moved them on it.

Vito listened to the sound of the chess piece hitting the table and turned his head slightly to look at Stulin behind him. His body was blocking the table so that Vito could not see what was happening there, but he immediately glanced at the side with his peripheral vision. Shatina, that girl peered in the direction of the table from the corner of her eye.

The eyes full of hatred stared at Stulin, but soon because Stulin noticed the gaze, turned his head to observe, and quickly buried it, while Vito on the side saw everything clearly. He looked at the girl and smiled.

At the same time, Stulin also raised his hand from the table. He looked up at the wall in front of him that was embedded inward, and then suddenly slid back to open a door, where a door opened. It was a secret room. Looking from Vito's perspective, he could see the treasures on one side of the long row of shelves behind the door.

Stulin fiddled with the chessboard again, and then walked away from the table and walked towards the open secret room. Vito stood behind him and peered sideways at the direction of the chessboard, but as expected, the words on the board All the chess pieces were returned to their positions, as if they had not been moved at all.

Vito raised his eyes and looked at Shatina, who followed after Stulin waved his hand gently. He frowned slightly at the girl, then turned around with a smile and looked back at the specimen wall in front of him. .

Not long after, Stulin walked out of the secret room door behind him. He walked to the chessboard and straightened the collar of his coat out of habit. He turned his head slightly and saw Shatina also walking out of the door. , then reached out and touched the Prime Minister's piece on the chessboard next to him.

As the black prime minister's chess piece was lightly touched by his fingers, the door to the secret room behind Stulin quickly closed. He retracted his fingers and grabbed the collar of the large coat with both hands, taking it off his shoulders. After getting down, he handed it to Shatina on the side, who caught the coat and stepped back silently.

Vito watched the girl holding the large coat and walking to a clothes rack made of a giant moose head on the wall of one side of the room. The creature's head was embedded in the wall, and the oversized horns on its head spread out in all directions. There are a lot of hats, scarves and other clothes hung up, and now that coat is also added.

Vito looked at the girl, who stood on tiptoes to hang up the coat and turned around to look at Vito accidentally. She looked into Vito's eyes, and the latter silently nodded to her. She placed her hand on her chest to straighten the collar of her shirt, but in that unintentional movement, Shatina saw a familiar gesture.

Vito's palm, which was adjusting his collar, suddenly opened to one side. The palms and backs of his hands faced Shatina's direction. She was startled when she saw the gesture and then raised her head to look at Vito. She knew that gesture. If you turn the palm of your hand, Combined with the symmetrical unfolding gesture of the palm, it can form a phoenix with spread wings.

The symbol of Yiyanden is the fire phoenix with spread wings. Shatina looked at the greeting gestures on the ark and looked at Vito in front of her in surprise. The latter also nodded slightly to her, and then told her with his eyes. Shatina kept a low profile, then lowered her hand and looked at Stulin aside with a smile.

The latter held his cane and walked around the chessboard table and the sofa and coffee table in the corner. He walked straight from one side to the desk. He opened a comfortable soft leather chair and sat on it. He raised his hand to signal to the person opposite his desk. Chair, "Please take a seat, Mr. Constantine, and let's start talking about cooperation."

Vito smiled at him, and then walked up from the specimen wall. He pulled out the chair and took off his black trench coat, and was about to put it on the back of the chair. When Stulin saw this He waved his hand in the direction of Shatina, "It's time to hang Mr. Constantine's windbreaker on the hanger, and then pour us something to drink."

Shatina nodded slightly, and then walked up from the side. She walked lightly to Vito and took the windbreaker from Vito. The latter smiled and handed the windbreaker up with one hand, holding the collar. The palms of his hands were gently folded outwards, and the edge of the coat close to Shatina was flipped outwards, exposing the pistol hanging inside.

Shatina looked at the pistol for a moment, then raised her head and looked at the man in front of her. The latter told her everything with his eyes, and then handed the coat to Shatina, who took the coat and handed it to her. It was folded on his arm, bowed slightly to greet Vito, and then stepped back.

Vito looked at the girl walking towards the deer-head clothes rack, then turned around with a polite smile, pulled out a chair and sat in front of the wooden table, "Okay, let's talk about the business, Mr. Stulin. "

"With pleasure, Mr. Constantine." Stulin said, leaning back in his chair with a smile, and nodded to Vito across the table, who leaned back in his chair, put his hands on his belly and smiled.

"Let's talk about the daily employment commission you give me, 2,000 soul coins per month." Vito smiled and said that outrageous number. Stulin, who was sitting opposite, was stunned for a moment, and then He laughed quickly and put his hands on the table, dragging his chin with his palms.

"2,000 soul coins? You have indeed proven your ability, Mr. Constantine, but do you know that this amount can already buy dozens of slaves?"

"Wow, we are here to negotiate, aren't we? This will give us a good start." Vito smiled slyly, leaned back on the chair and raised his hands slightly, and Stulin in front of him also rested his chin on On the palm of the hand, a smile appeared on the slightly blocked mouth.

"Of course, it seems that you are a qualified businessman, sir. Then, let us start communicating with each other as businessmen."

The negotiations began, and Vito offered Stulin a sky-high price for hiring him. As he expected, Stulin immediately began to bargain. Most of those conversations were very polite and high-sounding businessmen. I learned how to bargain as a businessman when I was very young, and the boring game of raising your own price and then bargaining with the other party.

Of course, Vito didn't really bargain with him for the poor money. After all, Vito had no intention of getting along with him. He did this to let Stulin focus on him and give Shatina behind him. , gain enough time

While Vito and Stulin were talking about business and arguing deeply and passionately about the commission, Shatina walked to the huge antlers. She hung her windbreaker on one of the ends of the antlers and raised her arms on tiptoes. As she stretched upward, she glanced in the direction of Stulin with her peripheral vision. After making sure that the latter was completely silent in the discussion and did not notice herself, Shatina put her hand into the windbreaker and quietly fired the pistol. Pulled it out.

She gently pulled out the pistol, held it in her hand and stood down. At the same time, Stulin, who was annoyed by Vito during the bargaining, leaned back on the chair, clasping his hands and looking in front of him. This cunning man is so good at being a businessman that he always talks in different ways.

Stulin looked at Vito, who was sitting across the table with a business smile on his face. He smiled silently and then looked at Shatina in the distance, "Don't be in a daze there! Give us something to drink. Come on, this is going to be a long negotiation.”

Shatina was startled. She stood in front of the antlers and hid the hand holding the gun by her side. She used her dress and her body to block the small pistol. She nodded to Stulin and walked towards Stulin also turned his attention back to Vito after watching the girl pass by.

Shatina hung the pistol by her side, blocked the gun with her body and walked not far away. In the direction of the low cabinet on the other side of the office, on the table with the curved horn trophies, there was also a bottle of A tall wine glass filled with amber-colored wine and several matching short glasses.

The young Eldar girl walked to the low cabinet. She placed the pistol gently on the cabinet, then began to prepare the wine with both hands and put it on the tray taken out from the cabinet. She placed the plate containing the wine He raised it, and the pistol was held under the silver tray with his hand.

Shatina walked to the desk carrying the plate. When her slightly petite figure walked to Vito, she was barely taller than the sitting Vito. The latter looked at the drink that was handed to him, and he accepted it. After holding the glass, he used his peripheral vision to look at Shatina, who was leaning slightly and bending over.

The open chest of her gauze skirt was just exposed in front of Vito, and her breasts, which had not yet fully developed, were exposed in front of Vito because the skirt hung down.

But Vito's eyes only glanced at the chest, and then he saw the silver tray below. Shatina was also hanging down due to the bend of her body. Her palms were slightly tilted to one side, and most of the tray was facing Si. In the direction of Tulin, and on Vito's side, it was slightly tilted up, exposing the hand holding the pistol underneath.

He took the wine glass and looked at the pistol with a smile. He raised his eyes and winked at Shatina, "Wine should be drunk at the right time, not too early and not too late."

Vito looked at the little girl in front of him and said. They exchanged looks with each other. The blue eyes suddenly became bright. The owner of those eyes nodded slightly to Wei Wei in a way that was not easy to notice. Show that you understand.

"Business should be settled at the right time. It can't be delayed, it can't be early, it has to be just right." Vito smiled and raised his glass slightly, and toasted to Stulin opposite, who was cold. He smiled coldly and took down a glass of wine from the tray handed to him by Shatina who walked around the table.

"She's very smart." Vito thought in her mind. She knew that if she handed herself the wine the way she just did, the lower half of the tray would be directly exposed to Stulin with her petite body, so she used a very clever way. method, directly handing the tray to Stalin, using the wide surface to cover the palm underneath.

Stulin took the drink without noticing, and after the tray was immediately put away, he raised the glass and clinked glasses with Vito, "Of course, Constantine, in just the right way, at the right time. Time to settle the business, for example, the issues we are arguing about.”

"Oh, I believe we will reach a consensus, but before that, let me give you a little surprise." "Surprise?" "Yes, surprise, as I just said, never sooner or later. , just the right surprise.”

Vito said as he clinked glasses with Stulin and took out the golden pocket watch from his chest. He looked at the clattering hands on it. At that time, the tip of the needle had almost reached the bottom, and the second hand was about to reach noon.

Stulin looked at the time on the pocket watch, and raised his head to look at Vito in front of him in surprise and confusion, "Surprise? I don't know, there is another surprise tonight."

"Ah, it's true that you don't know yet, but you will know soon, now." Vito was about to say something with a smile on his face, but suddenly he was stuck. His expression became weird and he looked at the passed-through bag in his hand. At noon, the minute hand had reached the end of the pocket watch, showing a surprised and embarrassed smile.

Stulin raised his head and looked in surprise at Vito, who stood up from the chair and leaned sideways on the table. That action and his awkward smile made him look particularly funny.

He smiled awkwardly and turned to look at Stulin, and then at Shatina behind him, "Wow, it looks like they are late, but I believe they will be there soon."

Once again, Vito was interrupted before he could finish his sentence, but this time it was not the click of a pocket watch's hands, but a louder sound.

A huge explosion suddenly sounded from outside Stulin's office. The sky-high fire cloud instantly surged from the glass, projecting the shining firelight into the office. Stulin's back was to the window, but except for his chair and body. The blocked part, the entire tabletop was instantly illuminated by the firelight.

Stulin suddenly turned his office chair and looked back. He saw explosions coming one after another outside. The explosions rose from the floating building. The raging flames mixed with each other at close range and flooded the office glass in the blink of an eye. The fort area below.

"What happened outside?!" Stulin pressed down the surface of the desk, which seemed smooth and contained nothing. But the moment he pressed his finger down, a flashing figure suddenly appeared on the desktop. The projection button also floats a few inches away from the desktop.

The communication interface of the audio channel was shaking, and there was an explosion sound, which instantly raised the audio wave to the top of the display window. The pirate's shouts at the top of his voice came from the harsh explosion sound.

"That silver-haired bitch! And her red monster! They can use psychic powers, and they blew up our control room and substation! The prisoner holding area is out of control, and we are trying to stop her. Wait, don't come here!"

The pirate's voice roared, and then there was a burst of gunfire in the background. Suddenly the gunfire turned into screams in the background, and finally stopped abruptly.

Everything fell silent. The gunshots, explosions and screams all disappeared. The audio band instantly flattened into a straight line. Stulin's eyes widened when he looked at the line, but suddenly, the wave appeared again. It shook gently, and a pleasant female voice sounded from it.

"Do you still like this surprise?"

"I love it so much."

Stulin suddenly turned his head and looked at Vito, who was sitting on the chair and smiling. He understood everything in an instant. Stulin stood up from the chair and leaned his paws on the table, pointing sharply at the person in front of him. man.

"I just said you will like this surprise, so are you ready to accept the next one?" Vito smiled and clapped his hands. Suddenly, Stulin heard the sound of a bullet being loaded behind his head, and he slowly turned his head Behind her, she saw Shatina holding the tray by her side with one hand and holding a gun with the other hand, aiming the gun at her head.

The young girl was staring at herself fiercely. The raised arm exposed the bruises on her shoulder. The muscle movement when the arm was raised was enough to cause a sting there and make her micro-expression twitch slightly. But the kitten still raised the gun without thinking, finally revealing her own teeth and claws. Stulin was stunned for a moment and then turned to look back at Vito in front of him, "Who are you?"

"Then let me introduce myself again." Vito said and stood up, leaning on the table. He stood up slowly, put one hand behind his back, and bowed to Stulin in a gentlemanly manner.

"Vito Constantine, here to serve you."