Chapter 625: Battle of the Beasts: Triumphal Parade, Beheading the Orcs, Scarlet

Chapter 625: Beast War: Triumphal Parade, Beheading Orcs, Scarlet Crusade

The capital of the Storm Rain Galaxy is very lively today.

After arriving here, Vito accepted the advice of the local governor and the Council of Nobles and held a grand military parade to celebrate his triumphal return from the mining world Il-4.

This is of course flattery, Vito knows.

But I have to say that they did a good job.

The main road of the entire planet was used as a parade avenue, and a lot of decorations were made.

In order to accommodate the armored vehicles, tanks and the divine machines of the Mechanicus in the parade, the road was widened and reinforced, and a heroic stone pillar was erected every few meters on both sides of the wide road.

Flags fluttered, flowers fell from the sky, and respectable citizens from all over the planet cheered on both sides.

More respectable ladies and gentlemen sat alone on high-rise buildings, enjoying the open space and better view to participate in the parade.

Vito was their focus.

He was sitting on a golden throne in a triumphal car, wearing a black windbreaker of the Inquisition.

They had suggested that Vito wear more gorgeous and eye-catching clothes, but Vito refused. He didn't want to play this drama with them for too long.

He wore the only golden crown on his head, which he agreed to wear at the last minute.

It was a headband made of golden wheat ears, just like the emperor in the portrait and all the heroes of the empire they could imagine.

The parade team advanced along the central main road.

The Titans were far behind Vito, not participating in the parade, but still standing on the ground.

Majestic and majestic.

The fully armed members of the Imperial Army formed several long lines, and the red-robed Skitarii marched in a standard, mechanically regular formation.

The Battle Sisters were also among them. They were reinforcements that arrived in the Storm Rain System not long ago.

Although they did not participate in the previous battle, they were invited to join.

These ladies became the focus as soon as they appeared. If Vito's crown was not shining enough, I am afraid no one would have noticed her.

In addition, there were the remnants of the Armageddon Legion and a brand new legion composed of newly arrived follow-up troops, led by Yarik, at the front of the team.

Vito occasionally raised his hand to signal the crowd around him, and the excitement at the beginning of the parade soon faded in waves of cheers.

But I'm afraid Vito will have to endure it for a while, the parade team is too slow.

If it were normal, the fully armed imperial army would pass through the avenue at a rapid speed and deploy at the end without any confusion.

But today it's not possible.

The team of the state religion is in front. They are people from the local church and bear the responsibility of leading the parade team, but they are too slow. They hold incense burners and canopies solemnly, but they walk slowly.

It took a while for Vito to reach the end, which is the headquarters of the local planetary government.

Vito climbed the stairs and came to the governors with Olaf, Lancelot and others behind him. A boring greeting and greeting, of course, there was also flattery.

"Congratulations on your victory, my lord."

"Our savior"

"Cheers! Cheers for the Emperor's Chosen One!"

And so on.

Next came the highlight of the parade, and one of the reasons why Vito came here.

A greenskin was tied up with iron chains and escorted to the wide ground in front of the headquarters. They made the green alien kneel down.

The beast roared angrily.

But even if he knelt down, his tall body was still shocking enough to make the governor and his nobles present exclaim.

"This alien, he is the alien that invaded this galaxy."

Vito said to the millions of residents in the audience, and his voice was amplified by the surrounding servo skulls and holographic projections to a level that everyone could hear clearly.

"Some people say that they are invincible, their power is far greater than that of humans, and they will definitely destroy everything. All we can do is kneel down and surrender, and pray for their tolerance."

Vito said, drawing the Phoenix Sword at his waist.

In front of the crowd, he cut off the greenskin head that was two or three times bigger than him with one sword.

Swords rained down like rain, and in the blink of an eye, the alien head fell to the ground and rolled down the stairs. It landed in front of the crowd, making them scream.

"But he is just flesh and blood."

Vito swung his sword and said, and the greenskin's blood burned out in the blink of an eye.

"Something that can be killed."

The crowd cheered at some point, and the deafening cheers made the flags in the square rise and fall with them like waves.

Some people stepped forward, kicked and spit at the greenskin's head.

Vito turned around and faced the governor behind him. Ragnar and the others stood in a row on both sides of Vito, making the governor in front of him a little uneasy.

But his psychological quality is still commendable.

"We are here to fight."

Vito said simply, omitting the exaggeration and metaphors that should have been there.

"Of course, my lord."

The governor responded humbly.

"We are all waiting for you. Our planetary defense commander will explain the situation to you."

The commander of the planetary defense force is a tall man wearing gorgeous clothes and a flashy ear-covering helmet with a Kings phoenix with wings spread on it.

Ragnar whispered that he was a coward, because only cowards and people who have never been to the battlefield would dress like this, and Vito was willing to believe him.

In the following time, he explained the local situation to Vito.

At first, there were too many redundant descriptions, explanations and meaningless metaphors to highlight their few achievements and cover up the existence of many problems.

Until Lancelot spoke for Vito.

"Just tell us the situation. If you are wasting time talking in circles, you can say goodbye to your position."

Then he became much more direct.

He emphasized again that the location of the Storm System has been changing, and it is difficult for the greenskins to find here, and even if they really come, they are no longer afraid.

The Storm's defense force has been fully mobilized, and the work of recruiting reserves is also progressing steadily. Soon the standing force will reach an exaggerated number.

Although Vito is very clear that the number of defense forces is often not proportional to combat effectiveness, it can at least share some pressure and perform some simple tasks.

For example, being a target or something.

He enthusiastically described the local galaxy defense system to Vito.

It is a defense line that spans the entire width of the galaxy and surrounds the periphery, a group of defense positions called the Iron Ring.

It consists of tens of millions of combat space stations, deep space artillery stations, naval bases and planetary orbital defense systems. The commander-in-chief enthusiastically told Vito that several centuries ago, it had resisted the crazy attack of Chaos here and made it pay a huge price.

"We destroyed a whole legion here. No, two rebel legions!"

He said enthusiastically.

Vito couldn't help but smile evilly.

He was showing his knowledge and knew the ancient terms Astartes and Rebel Legions.

However.

If they could destroy two legions here, the Empire would have no honor to crown him. He might as well take Vito's position, and then Vito would be the commander of the defense army.

"What do you think after listening to it just now?"

After he said goodbye to the commander of the defense army, he turned and asked the four people behind him.

"Ha, at least he is good at bragging."

Ragnar shrugged.

"I want to invite him to Fenris, and tell everyone his "glorious story" at the party in the Fang Castle. It will definitely be more exciting than the story told by Bjorn."

He was full of teasing and mocking, which made Lancelot beside him laugh.

"Apart from his exaggeration, the defense of the Storm System is very lax."

Lancelot said.

"Although the Iron Ring was very reliable in the past, it blocked the attacks of the World Eaters and the Khorne Army during the Blood Road War."

"But that was several centuries ago, even before the event that was older than our combined age."

At this point, Lancelot seemed to remember something and smiled awkwardly at Vito.

The latter also smiled at him and waved his hand.

"Okay, stop talking about it, but it's not a good memory. After all, the Shameful Month happened after that, and you miscalculated the time. Old Wolf has also experienced it."

"It's not a good experience, Inquisitor. If possible, I don't want to recall Armageddon at that time."

Olav said bitterly. It was not a good memory. Vito agreed.

"But Lancelot is right."

Olav nodded affirmatively after a moment.

"That was a long time ago. The Iron Ring and the entire Galaxy Defense Force must be much weaker than they were in the past. It is not a wise move to fight a decisive battle with the greenskins here."

"I agree."

Vito nodded and looked at Ragnar.

"Go and collect the greenskin bodies. Don't let the lunatics of the state religion burn them. Let them burn the heads and leave the rest."

"What are you going to do?"

Ragnar asked.

"You will know. Now, I have to check the books."

Vito turned around and walked towards the library at the other end of the corridor.