Angelica opened her eyes and felt them filling with tears that stung her eyelids.
The first thing she felt was sharp, unfamiliar, tearing pain, everything down her spine ached with pulses and sickening heartbeats.
Soon, training replaced the disorienting instinct that she must know her whereabouts and escape, with no other higher priority.
Then her eyes focused, turning the vague gloom into a clear illusion.
It was still the same hall, but she faced a cold wall and seemed to be hanging upside down.
Angelica tried to stand up, but her limbs wouldn't obey her. She couldn't even lift her head.
Finally, she heard a harsh breath, the tooth-aching rumble of power armor.
"Don't try to struggle."
The voice was still roaring as harshly as before.
"Your legs were dismembered, both arms were taped, and you could only remain conscious while chemical painkillers were injected into your bloodstream."
An armored figure appeared and strode closer to her.
It was the man who had captured her, his visor painted as white as a skull, his forehead etched with the runes of a forgotten language.
"You can't escape from here."
The figure said, she guessed that this was the Talos that Soshyan had been calling him.
"No matter where you come from, you can never go back, and there is no other fate. So I give you a choice, Inquisitor, tell us what we want to know, let you die quickly, or torture me You can tell us in a few hours."
Angelica's mouth was filled with blood as she spoke, but her voice was as strong as ever.
"I would rather die than tell the truth to a heretic."
Hearing Angelica's stubborn answer, Talos's helmet crackled, and there was a hint of smile in his voice.
"That's what everyone says."
"Pain...well, pain is nothing to me."
"When the remaining anesthetics in your body are flooding, the pain is meaningless to you, but this is not absolute. I know the mortal body very well."
"I am the Eye of the Throne."
Angelica replied defiantly.
"I am the Emperor's Judgment. You will receive nothing from me, Fallen One, only curses heaped upon your worthless life! Don't think I don't know, you are no Astartes of the Imperium. , you are filled with the unique stench of chaos heresy!"
Talos smiled, happily.
"You know, in the past, countless souls stronger than yours have collapsed in my claws. Since Soshyan likes you, don't force me to do this."
"You...how do you know where my equipment is hidden?"
"I saw it. I am a think tank. Don't forget, I can see the future path clearly when I am in pain."
"Witchcraft, black magic!"
Angelica cursed sharply.
"Maybe, but it works doesn't it?"
"My death will not make you proud for long. I have served the Golden Throne my whole life, so you can do whatever you want. Pain will never turn me into a traitor."
"Then you choose, this is your last moment to regain your sanity from the pain, enjoy it while you can."
Suddenly, another burst of heavier footsteps came, and then Angelica, who was originally upside down, was suddenly liberated. Someone untied the rope on her only remaining leg and lowered her along the wall.
This time she saw that the Astral Knights were all gathered together, staring at her, like spectators waiting on the execution ground, each one of them extremely indifferent.
And naturally he was the only one who released her.
"Judge Angelica, who do you serve?"
Soshiyang's tone remained calm as usual. He looked down at the bloody inquisitor. The previous anger was no longer visible, but only regret.
"I serve the Golden Throne, the remnants of the Eleventh Legion."
"You don't have to do this."
Soshyan shook his head.
"Whether you intend to provoke me or not, I will give you a pleasant death. I am not interested in torture, and I do not intend to waste time torturing you."
Then he raised the storm bolter on his arm.
"Whether what you say is true or false, may your soul return to the throne, and may our sins be forgiven."
"etc--"
Suddenly, Angelica gasped and made a sound.
"There is something I want to say to you, just you."
Soshyan hesitated for a few seconds, then looked at Talos.
The prophet shrugged and walked away.
Then he squatted down and pulled himself towards Angelica, trying not to let his armor touch the opponent.
"Soshyan, I can see that you are not a degenerate."
"Whether you believe it or not, I have never betrayed the Empire, let alone the Emperor."
"So...I wanted to remind you...little Psychics."
Soshyan looked at her and nodded.
"I will."
"Then, the last sentence is left..."
A bright smile broke out on Angelica's blood-stained face.
"See you again if we are destined."
As she spoke, colorful patterns appeared on her skin, spreading like ivy on a sunlit wall.
In the blink of an eye, emerald green lizards covered Angelica's neck and face. Their bodies, tails and legs were close to each other without any gaps. At the same time, blue-green feathers covered her forearms, and slender red and black feathers covered her forearms. Two-color spirals unfold on the palms and fingers.
At this moment, Angelica's smile was like a crack opening in the jungle of tattoos on her face.
Soshyan was stunned for a moment in front of this sudden change. When he wanted to take action, he found that his armor servo was locked.
"you--"
Behind him, Talos suddenly roared.
"Damn! She's an agent of Alpha!"
Angelica suddenly reached into her throat, took out a small red glass bottle, and crushed it violently.
After a disgusting moment, a bright object emerged from the void, like a centipede with a dark shell and slippery pseudopods on its body.
This thing flashed out of thin air, then wrapped around Angelica, and began to coil and shrink.
Shocked, Soshyan forced the metal fiber of the armor to obey him, and then slammed his fist into it.
But that thing had tightened its entangled body and began to fluctuate. Soshyan's iron fist only hit the air.
Angelica had disappeared, leaving only a puddle of shiny black goo and broken glass.
"Uh...this thing."
Loken also hurried over at this time. After searching Soshyan for a while, he found a tiny, spider-like machine on his lower back. This thing was fastened to his armor and hacked into the terminal. in the server of the author.
When Loken took off the machine, Soshyan finally stood up.
At this moment, the hall suddenly began to tremble violently.
"what's the situation?"
Soshyan turned around sharply.
"Chapter Commander, this place suddenly started to sink!!"
"sink?"
The vibrations became more and more obvious, and the warriors had to activate the magnetic locks to hold themselves in place, while Loken simply hugged a pillar.
Suoshiyang suddenly thought of a certain conjecture he had made before, and now it seems that it should be confirmed.
This place really does move!
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