Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Malus has never liked banquets, no matter what type they are or who organizes them. The reason is very simple. Gemo's banquets are always full of politics. No matter what the name of the banquet is in the beginning, in the end, It will all turn into a conspiracy extravaganza.

You have to be careful whether there is poison in every cup, whether every word contains murderous intent or to obtain information. Even those inconspicuous waiters, you need to take a closer look, because if you don't protect them, they will be killers.

At this kind of banquet, the delicious food will become tasteless, and every glass of strong wine will be like drinking bitter medicine. You will not be able to enjoy the pleasure that the banquet should have. After everything is over, you just want to go back. You'll just be exhausted at home and want to lie down in bed, alone, because you won't have the strength to sleep with anyone.

Among these banquets, the one that bored Malus the most was the Archon's Gathering. The gatherings of the gangsters in Gemo were all so unpleasant, so the Archon's Gathering was the best among them.

Malus stood in the corner of the banquet hall. The place was magnificent and brightly lit. The tables on both sides were filled with a large amount of wine and delicacies, but no one touched them at all. These delicacies were still steaming hot when they were brought in. , has become cold, just like the atmosphere here.

Malus glanced around. There were a small number of people gathered in this gorgeous banquet hall. They were all the elites and dignitaries of Gemo, and their clothes were extremely luxurious, which could even be called extravagant.

The men went to great lengths to show off their affluence, wearing expensive, tailored clothing, while the women were obsessed with showing off their flesh, mostly scantily clad with little more than a few clinging pieces of fabric covering their bodies.

Malus looked at them and smiled silently in her heart, "These idiots, they completely regarded this meeting as a demonstration, in order to win allies in the subsequent conspiracy, and then betray him or her."

She hid in the corner of the room, where the flags of various conspiracy groups were hanging around. This was not because Malus wanted to eavesdrop on the content of some secret conversation here, but simply to hide and relax. She was hiding today. Wan has no interest in participating in these boring tricks.

But just because she didn't want to, it didn't mean that the trick wouldn't come to her door. For example, now, Malus saw Calkas walking over. The young consul was wearing a straight custom-made evening gown, with a small necklace on his chest. The Laughing Bird pin, the symbol of his cabal.

"One beautiful night, my lovely lady, as beautiful as you are, you are like a flower hidden in the rocks in the mountains. I can even compose a poem for you."

"Stop flirting with me with your cliché pick-up methods, Kalkas, I'm not interested in men like you." Malus said, leaning against the wall, with her hands clasped on her proud chest, He is quite cold towards Calkas, but the latter still seems quite enthusiastic.

"Don't you like men?" "How did you ask this?" "Because you dress like a man, my lovely lady, like a handsome handsome boy."

Kalkas said provocatively, and he gestured to the clothes that Malus was wearing. Malus tonight was a standout, and she was extremely unique among the alluring women who were flamboyant and swaggering around the market. She did not wear those alluring clothes. Instead of wearing an evening gown, he wore a rather masculine piece of clothing.

She wore a pair of straight tailored trousers, paired with a pair of high-top and low-top military boots. Her upper body was covered with an open leather jacket and a tight-fitting vest. She almost looked like an officer of the Human Empire, which made her stand out in the public eye. There is no doubt that this place stands out from the crowd.

Malus glanced at Calkas, her eyes full of indifference, "You dress like a man, Calkas, so do you like men?"

Of course she would not tell this annoying guy that she was wearing this to make it easier to escape when the real excitement started tonight. Wearing a sexy but obstructive long dress was not at all convenient.

"Hahaha, no, I prefer women, especially dangerous women like you." He leaned against Malus uninvited, and the latter didn't even bother to look at him. Malus knew that Kalka Si has always been known as a playboy. He likes to hook up with all kinds of women. The harder they are to pursue, the better. It's like a strange collecting habit.

But the women he hooked up with often ended up with bad results, so Malus was not interested in this guy at all. But precisely because of this, he was very keen on pursuing her, just like a hunter trying to tame a disobedient horse. hound, but if he wanted to get himself a collar, it was still early.

"What are you here for? Calkas, to obtain information or a secret conspiracy?" "Do you think that I am so boring? Just like those people? No, of course not, I am here to buy you a drink ”

Kalkas said and waved to the waiter on the side. He walked over silently. Malus looked at the young and handsome waiter dragging the silver tray. He didn't speak because his tongue had been pulled out and his ears had been pulled out. Also deaf, so that he could not overhear something he shouldn't have heard while serving drinks to the Archons.

Calkas took a glass of wine from the tray, handed it to Malus, and took a glass himself. Faced with the drink that was handed to him quite directly, Malus could not refuse, so she took it. The drink was then lightly clinked with Calcas.

"Your eyes are as clear as this wine, my dear." "Stop flirting with your boring love words, Calcas, the only thing I'm interested in you is how to take out your heart." "If that's the case, I would be happy to give you my heart. You will fall in love with it."

Now Malus is seriously thinking that when Vito comes to kill them, she will cut open his chest herself, take out his heart, and crush it in front of him.

Kalkas looked at Malus, who had a cold face. He still smiled charmingly, with the smile that was effective for most women, "Okay, I'm actually here to ask you, do you have any questions about that?" Guys’ news, any news will do.”

"Which guy?" "Who else could it be? The human who caused all of us a lot of trouble, even though he is a bit bigger than the average human."

Kalkas shook the wine and whispered softly. He sniffed the wine lightly, and seemed to appreciate it more than Malus. "Why do humans call him? Koda?" "Khan." "No. No, it's Khan, you see, you do understand humanity better than any of us."

Malus laughed contemptuously. She was drinking her wine and did not talk to Kalkas, but the latter continued talking indifferently.

"That human recently cost me a whole ship of slaves and disappeared before my people rushed to support me, so I thought there was a way to get rid of him at once. After all, it would be good for all of us, right?" ?"

"Really? How come you can see it?" Malus asked with a very cold smile. Her answer made Kalkas feel a sense of accomplishment. He greeted Malus with the wine glass in his hand with a cheerful smile.

"He also caused you a lot of trouble, right? I heard that he blew up a smelter for you and cost you a lot of money, right? So why don't we kill him together? Just you and me."

Kalkas said, reaching out his hand to Malus's shoulder, trying to hug her from behind, but Malus suddenly opened his arms, and she said coldly, "I can find someone else." People cooperate, Kalkas, a person I like better.”

Kalkas retracted his opened hand, and he stared at the hands with interest, still smiling, "I think maybe you don't have too many partners to choose from after tonight. "

After hearing this, Malus glanced at Calkas coldly. The latter looked at her with a smile on his face. He put the undrinkable drink on the table aside and tapped the glass lightly with his fingers. The edge caused ripples in the wine inside.

"If I were you, I would stop drinking tonight. After everything is over, I might buy you a drink, in private, and have a good drink." Calkas said with a smile on his face, Malus stared at He drank the wine, then sneered and tilted his head.

"Who are you drinking with? A dead man?" She said in a cold voice. Calcas seemed to be amused. He straightened his collar and took two steps back. "Tonight, it's a bath." In a night of cards, my lovely girl, everyone is a pawn on the chessboard, and only one king will be left after the final pieces are taken from each other.”

"Of course, there will be a queen beside the king." Calkas spread his arms slightly and said while stepping back, while Malus shook the drink in her hand and smiled coldly.

"Don't be so confident, Calkas, tonight has just begun." Malus said sarcastically. She heard a sigh at the entrance door of the hall. The door slowly opened back, and there was a whisper. The hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked in the direction of the door.

From behind the door with a black flag hanging, a man in a black evening gown walked out. A silver armor chain hung on his shoulders, and a very unique silver armor plate covered his shoulders, making it He looked like he was wearing armor.

He walked in from outside the door and glanced at all the people in the hall who were looking at him. The man smiled and raised his arms to everyone, "Welcome, friends, welcome to this place I have prepared for everyone. A little party.”

"We are all satisfied here, Your Majesty." A consul closest to the door said this. He took his female companion and nodded to the Maharaja at the door in front of him.

The Maharaja also smiled and nodded to him, and then took a glass of wine from the waiter's tray, which he leaned over naturally. He slightly motioned to the consul to also bring a glass of wine, and the latter did so with a smile. He took a goblet among them and clinked glasses with the Maharaja in front of him.

The two smiled at each other, raised their glasses to salute each other, and then gently touched the edges of the glasses together, making a crisp sound, "I wish you good health, my friend." "I also wish you good luck, Mr. Victor." Jun."

Victor raised his glass and was about to drink the wine, but just as the wine was about to touch his lips, Victor suddenly stopped. After thinking for a moment, he put down the glass and turned his head to see what was behind the drink. The consul, whose complexion was ashen, paralyzed his hands and smashed the wine glass on the ground.

The glass that fell at his feet exploded in an instant, and the wine in it splashed everywhere. People looked at the wine flying around, and also looked at the man who was covering his neck and unable to breathe, and then took a few steps back. The consul suddenly fell to the ground and fell into the wine on the floor.

After his female companion exclaimed, she watched the hands slip out of her arms. She looked at the consul lying on the ground, foaming at his mouth and twitching. He kept rolling his eyes and even violently rolled his eyes. His body was twitching, and there were several consuls who had already drank their own drinks and fell to the ground like him.

Malus glanced at the wine in her hand, hummed, folded her arms and leaned against the wall. People in the hall in front of her also sneered and spilled the wine in their hands. In an instant, the entire hall was filled with laughter. There was the sound of splashing water everywhere, and the air was filled with that fragrant but deadly smell, but there seemed to be no surprise on everyone's face.

After Victor snorted, he looked at the drink in his hand with great irony. He suddenly threw all the drink on the ground, then picked up the wine glass and smashed it on the wall next to him, then turned around and used the broken glass. The cracked glass blade slit the waiter's throat. The unlucky guy's neck instantly gushed out with blood, and he fell to the ground whimpering with his voiceless throat.

"Really? Poison?"

Everyone in the hall witnessed the two people who died in a short period of time. Victor looked at the two corpses and smiled mockingly, "I just came here, and I have already experienced two sniper assassinations, one at close range. A shooting plus an assassination with a poison blade, and now, of course, poisoned wine, I guess I can go through all the assassination methods in the world before the end of the night."

"It seems that everyone is quite positive tonight." Victor said, turning around slowly, standing in front of the hall door and looking at the consuls in front of him. They all looked at the monarch with elegant expressions on their faces. Showing a cold expression.

Victor looked at them and raised their heads sarcastically. He clasped his hands behind his back and looked at them. "I originally wanted to give a speech to end everything, but I don't think so. You have proven it with your actual actions. The only effect of this banquet tonight is to make this place a river of blood."

As he spoke, he kicked the blood that was flowing on the ground. The blood droplets suddenly splashed and fell on the floor of the hall. Malus, who was standing in the corner, looked at the blood. She raised her eyes and looked around at the crowd. , put down the wine glass in his hand, leaned against the corner, and quietly walked to the small door on the other side.

But just as she walked over and pressed the door handle with her hand, Victor's voice came from behind her, "Don't leave in a hurry, Malus, the fun tonight has just begun."

Malles was stunned. She gently turned the door handle with her hand and found that the handle had been locked and the door could not be opened at all. It seemed that in addition to these guests tonight, the host was also fully prepared. .

Malus sighed softly. She knew that every banquet like this would end up like this. She let go of the door that could not be opened, turned around and looked at Victor at the door. He smiled at Malus. Lusi nodded slightly, "Thank you, now, let me continue."

He glanced at the people waiting in the hall in front of him and said, he put one hand behind his back, and turned the other hand gently in front of him, "I originally wanted to give a speech, but I think what I have to say is useless. Meaning, you are not interested in hearing it either. I expected it. After all, we are all spiritual beings. There are not many words that can make us calm down and listen and we can’t refuse.”

Victor looked at the corpse lying on the ground. He raised his head to the crowd with a sneer on his lips, and threw the broken pieces of the blood-stained glass in his hand on the ground. The glass suddenly fell into the blood. Let the blood splash further around.

"But there is one thing that no one can refuse, no matter their identity or status, no one can refuse the conversation, and I have invited another friend tonight. He will give undisputed truth to the farce tonight. Produce an impeccable result.”

As Victor said, suddenly there was a dull roar outside the window. The sound instantly sounded from outside and from outside the hall. Everyone standing here immediately looked out the window, and those closest to the window The man walked up, stood beside the bed and looked out.

He poked around, trying to find the source of the sound, and he soon found it. His eyes saw a huge battleship sliding through the night sky outside the window. The golden giant ship was spitting out dazzling flames and came from the hall. The top flew over, and when it passed through, a huge vibration was instantly transmitted into the hall.

The glass window in front of the observer vibrated violently, and there was a crashing sound of broken glass. He raised his head and looked above his head amidst the sound. He looked at the dark battleship sliding past, and saw something on the belly at the end of it. A series of flashes lit up, and the light fell from it, quickly approaching him.

The man squinted slightly and looked at the thing. He looked at the small spot of light. Soon the thing came closer, allowing him to finally see its true face. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the burning Steel End shouted, "Human! It's human."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a loud noise. Everyone in the hall looked back. They looked in the direction of the rolling sand and stones. When the dust dispersed, they saw a smashed The wall, smashing the end of its belly directly into the arc-shaped steel end of the hall.

Malus looked at the thing that smashed in, and then suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of Victor. He smiled and raised his hand to signal to the thing, "Please allow me to introduce my friend, Vito Constantine. , he will issue judgments with undisputed justice, the sinners will be judged, and the remaining people will be reborn. "

As Victor spoke, he spread his arms high, just like the legendary apostle of God. He glanced at Malus in the distance with a smile, and then spoke slowly, as if Preach God’s revelation.

"That axiom is called death."

As soon as Victor finished speaking, the steel end instantly slid open to both sides, and a shining spark lit up in the dark space.