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Chapter 237 The Threat of the Imperial Guards

Everyone looked at Trajan, the uninvited guest. Trajan looked up at the high lords in high positions and tried his best to suppress his anger.

"In the name of the Adeptus Custodians, I guarantee the authenticity of this matter! The High Lords Council must cooperate with this operation!"

Everyone was surprised by Trajan's arrival. Under normal circumstances, the Imperial Guards would not participate in the parliament. They would only stay in the palace. Zlata did not inform Trajan of the star language in advance.

But the other party seemed to have known it for a long time.

This time Trajan did not come alone. He was followed by several squads of imperial guards, including two shield guard captains.

Although the Imperial Guards have not demonstrated their strength for a long time, the high lords are all aware of their combat effectiveness.

Of course they could hear the anger in Trajan's voice, but as they had always been in high positions, they still did not show any panic at this time.

It is precisely because of the loyalty of the Imperial Guards to the Emperor that they feel that the Imperial Guards will not attack them against the Emperor's orders.

The Minister of the Interior, Irtu, has even begun calling on the High Lords' exclusive executioners, the brutal Minotaur Regiment.

Trajan looked back at the passage he came from. The sound of orderly footsteps came from the corridor outside the hall. The mortal guards retreated to the side in fear to make way for the newcomers. Minotaur Astartes wearing brass power armor were gathering towards the hall.

Leading the group was none other than their Chapter Master, Astroyon Moloch, who was even taller than the Guards of the Kingdom of the Adeptus Custodes, holding tightly in his hand the weapon called the Black Spear.

A finely crafted storm shield was tightly grasped in his hand.

Trajan looked at the Minotaur Astartes in front of him. He knew their chapter leaders. They were very strong, but not enough.

The opponent's combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the shield guard captain, but there is still a gap between him and himself.

This group of high lords' loyal lackeys came to support their masters even though they knew they were the imperial guards.

"Captain Trajan, the Custodians are bound by the Oath of Terra and should not be involved in the internal affairs and decision-making of the Empire!"

Some high lords just sat on the sidelines and did not express any opinions.

For example, the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court.

"No oath can override the Emperor and the Empire. When the need arises, the Guards will go to help his people again, just as they once accompanied the Emperor. High Lords! You seem to have forgotten! You are not the owners of the Empire. The master of this vast Empire is always the Emperor.

You are the shepherds granted power by the Emperor. The Emperor gave you power not to satisfy your own selfish interests. The Imperial Guards know everything you do! And now you are still thinking about your own interests?

And you! Pope Leicester! As the leader of the state religion, you believe in the great Emperor and swear to dedicate everything to Him. When the Emperor's son returns, you are unwilling to assist him? Instead, you stand aside and watch coldly, or is your faith not as firm as you say? ! "

Trajan's words made Leicester sweat.

"Of course not, Commander Trajan! The return of the Primarch is good news for the entire Empire. The Ecclesiarchy will of course follow the descendants of the God-Emperor! Please rest assured!"

"I hope so. Pope Lestat, there are many evil cults hidden in Terra. I hope your priests and inquisitors can work together. I believe you don't want Lord Guilliman to see Terra like this when he returns, right?"

Trajan's voice was unabashedly threatening, he had no fondness for the priests of the State Religion, who in a sense had deified him against the Emperor's wishes.

"I will immediately inform all churches and priests in Terra. I will also contact the Ministry of Justice and Lord Witte's men to investigate the heresy with all our strength!"

"I hope so! Pope Leicester, please remember! Although the Emperor sits on the Golden Throne, He is always watching us!"

Trajan's words changed the expressions of some high lords, with anger and fear intertwined.

The strength of the Imperial Guards was beyond their expectations. They called in the Minotaur Warband just to show off their authority. But the High Lords did not dare to fight against this group of Imperial Guards.

There are tens of thousands of imperial guards in the palace.

Seeing the reactions of the high lords, Trajan had the urge to kill all of them, but he suppressed this urge.

"Commander Trajan, everything we do is for the empire. I will immediately arrange for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to start coordinating resources. I believe that the Ministry of Military Affairs and Admiral Perez of the Navy will also go all out!"

Irtu looked at the other two high lords.

"Then let's act! The Imperial Guards will also send personnel to accompany the fleet!"

At this moment, there was a hint of murderousness in Trajan's eyes.

He had no confidence in these High Lords, and some were already on death lists, and he would report their misdeeds to the Great Primarch when Guilliman returned to Terra.

At that time, the life and death of these people will be decided by Guilliman.

He couldn't sentence them to death now. First, the Imperial Guards had no right to kill them. Second, these high lords had not really betrayed the empire. Moreover, at this critical juncture, the empire really needed their help. None of those who could sit on the position of high lord were useless.

Their abilities are recognized by everyone.

All aspects of the empire still need their coordination.

And some high lords did cause Trajan trouble. He knew that some situations were beyond the ability of him and the Imperial Guards to resolve.

The imperial guard who rushed back from Lorisa told Trajan all the news he knew.

The information he now learned was the key to tearing up the oath he had made.

Trajan seemed not to be involved in the politics of the empire, but he was very familiar with the current empire.

The moment he knew the existence of jump technology, he realized the importance of Gao Yi. Not to mention anything else, this alone was enough for the Emperor to ask them to fully assist Gao Yi.

Gao Yi told the Imperial Guard that the jump technology has not yet been successfully mass-produced, and before it is fully mass-produced, the empire still cannot break away from these navigators that have grown into behemoths.

The Empire still needs countless Navigator families to provide assistance for the navigation of Imperial warships. Once the Navigator families know the existence of jump technology, they will inevitably threaten the Empire before the technology becomes popular.

If this happened, the empire would be paralyzed.

The emergence of jump engines will completely replace these navigators, making everything they have now vanish into nothingness.

The existence of quantum communication will threaten the status of the Astropaths. However, the business scope of the Astropathic Court is not limited to Astropathic communication, and the impact on them is much smaller than that on the Navigator family.

Many astropaths don't even want to do this dangerous job, as it could drive them crazy if they are not careful.

Before Chaos invades, they are often the first to be targeted or killed.

From the performance of some high lords just now, Trajan knew that this conflict was almost inevitable, and how to resolve this matter was completely beyond his ability.

It can only be left to Gao Yi and Guilliman to solve.

Under Trajan's strong coercion, countless star messages were transmitted from Terra to all parts of the Empire. Some cumbersome procedures were forced to be reduced, and the harshly worded star messages caused some star regions that were originally on the sidelines to begin to draw out the fleets they could mobilize and begin to move closer to Guilliman.

A massive cleansing operation began on Terra.

Trajan also sent the Imperial Guards to participate in the operation.

Not only that, Trajan also dispatched a hundred imperial guards and the silent nuns he secretly summoned to go to Cardia.

Countless resources were also mobilized from various warehouse planets and resource planets.

Under the threat of the Custodes and the return of the Primarch, the High Lords tried their best to mobilize resources and manpower in the shortest time possible.

As they worked together as much as possible and cut out some unnecessary processes, they found that they had more resources than they thought.

The resources accumulated on some planets are so numerous that they have to be destroyed. Even so, the taxes collected are still transported to these planets, and the mobilization actually reduces the pressure on these planets.

The cost of maintaining and transporting these materials is even higher than their value.

Once the Empire's huge war machine is fully operational, it will be enough to make any race in the galaxy tremble.