"To be precise..."
"It's four."
Fulgrim frowned slightly after taking a sip.
She still maintained her smile, as if she were talking about something trivial.
She stood there, safe and sound, and said in a playful tone.
"My lady... I... this..."
The loose skin on Governor Pandion's face twitched, and his eyes darted left and right, as if he didn't know where to look.
He waved his hands frantically, trying to clear his name with body language.
"I didn't know! Those people, I—"
"Of course I know it wasn't you, Governor."
"At least, you don't have the guts for that right now."
Fulgrim smiled and turned around, moving towards the window of the governor's mansion.
She leaned against the window, looking at the view outside the open stained-glass window, and said nothing.
The once-neatly divided farmland was now left with only a few sparse crops drooping in the ground.
In front of the old houses, full of cracks and patches, only a few sallow and emaciated serfs were walking slowly.
So dilapidated.
If even the farms near the capital were like this, it was not hard to imagine how bad the other regions of Byzas would be.
Perhaps the magnificent meal before her was enough to make all the surrounding agricultural villages starve.
Of course, this was never a big deal for the nobles.
This kind of thing was not new.
On Chemos, Fulgrim had seen even more.
But it wouldn't be that Hereditary Governor Pandion IV.
He was too old, and too cowardly.
Time had taken away his health, ambition, and wisdom, and Fulgrim and her Emperor's Children had taken away his last bit of courage.
As the ruler of Byzas on paper, if he dared to make a move on Fulgrim, all that would await him was the wrath of the Imperium.
But that didn't mean that the other nobles wouldn't be foolish enough to think they could escape blame.
They would lurk in the shadow of this fat governor, fighting to the death before the Imperium officially stripped them of their power.
Conspirators always think their plans are flawless.
She had seen enough of such foolish people and foolish things on Chemos.
"Kasjia, come here," Fulgrim called softly.
"What is it, Master?"
The moment Kasjia approached her, he was pulled into her arms a little roughly.
Their bodies were close, and Fulgrim's bright lips were almost touching his ear.
"Kasjia, can you guess how many assassins there are at this banquet?" she whispered.
"Ten... wait, eleven?"
"Wrong."
A pleasant laugh came from beside Kasjia's ear.
"It's twelve, you silly boy."
"The one on the ceiling doesn't count. You clearly said in the banquet."
"Silver-tongued."
"But guess, how many will be left in the next five minutes?"
She whispered, and her hand, with extreme speed, moved towards the fire-blade at her waist.
The answer was none.
After discovering that the poisoned wine was completely ineffective against Fulgrim, the assassins lurking at the banquet had temporarily chosen an alternative plan.
Direct assassination.
Feeling the guys approaching from behind, Fulgrim showed a disdainful smile.
Patience, my friends.
A group of assassins who can't even be patient, what skills do they have to dare to appear before me?
After a not-so-long wait, the excited guy quickly came forward, his excited eyes pulling out an exquisite old-fashioned pistol from his waist.
"For Sabazius!!!"
BANG!
It fired.
Amidst the terrified screams of the countless noble guests and servants (including Kasjia), the bullet flew towards a direction not far from Fulgrim.
Not her, but the governor on the other side, Pandion.
CLANG!
It was the crisp sound of metal colliding.
In front of the old, fat, and constantly trembling governor, another purple-and-gold demigod had blocked the not-so-fast bullet with the sword in his hand, saving him.
Abdemon.
He had just held the sword horizontally in front of his chest, and the bullet had lost its destructive power that it should have in the eyes of mortals.
The reaction speed and equipment of an Astartes were far beyond the imagination of these pathetic mortals.
"Move!"
Several shouts came from the crowd. Seeing that the first assassin's assassination had failed, the remaining few also rushed forward from the panicked and fleeing guests.
Countless bullets whizzed towards the core of the banquet.
However, what they had to face were the other six elite Emperor's Children.
With a pleasant clanging of metal, the bullets successfully hit them.
And then shattered on the ceramite armor.
Laughable and overconfident.
"For the Emperor's Children, in the name of the Father, we slay the Father's foes!"
Without needing any further instructions, as elite Astartes of the Emperor's Children, their skills, which had been honed in countless more cruel training and battlefields, almost instantly knocked these arrogant assassins to the ground.
Quinn was at the forefront. As a genius who had been fighting for a long time, he thought a lot in this instant.
They were here to make Byzas submit.
Compared to quickly dealing with these annoying assassins, giving them a dramatic death might have a more deterrent effect.
His speed gradually slowed down, and like a model on a stage, he walked leisurely towards the assassins amidst a hail of bullets.
He snatched the gun from the hands of the screaming, panicked man, and bent it into a "U" shape as if kneading a toy.
Interesting.
And then, with this rod, he hit the other's head like a hockey puck, sending it flying.
The whole set of movements was simple, powerful, and crisp, and the deterrent effect was also very good.
He then walked towards the next assassin, gave him a slap, and made his screaming head spin wildly on his neck.
The assassins' morale collapsed quickly.
After the first few were dealt with in a playful manner, the remaining assassins could only scream and flee from the terrifying pursuit of the Astartes.
But it was no use.
Perhaps the army had become a little more lively with Kasjia around.
But once they were truly enemies on the battlefield, they were still the Emperor's most terrifying killing machines.
With the last splash of fresh blood on the old mansion, the entire battle ended quickly.
"A live one."
Melusine calmly manipulated the mechanical appendages behind her and threw the paralyzed assassin onto the empty space in front of everyone.
The fat Governor Pandion stood up again with the help of others. He looked tremblingly at the purple-and-gold war gods, his pale lips moving up and down, but he couldn't say a word.
The hall was silent.
Only in Fulgrim's arms could some sobs be heard.
"Sob, sob, sob..."
Kasjia.
This embarrassing guy was hugging Fulgrim's chest like a sloth.
Trembling with fear.
Abdemon: "..."
I can't watch.
I really can't watch.
From being forced by Fulgrim, to enjoying the role and becoming deeply involved in the role-playing.
Our newly promoted First Lord Commander of the Emperor's Children only took half a day.
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