The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Earl Stern Vaughan sat idly on the emerald throne of the Minas Theater, a work of art carved from biological teeth and aquamarine, with silky jade threads woven into the joints.

Then, the ruler of Hive Vaughan, the largest hive of Sagan, let out a sigh, and used the fingers of Jia to go around the dreadlocks of his wig, which were braided into long braids, Bright turquoise intertwined with rough-textured gold is the color of the Vaughan family.

The Sagan System was originally a sub-system of the Badab System, and the Empire slowly established several important Imperial outposts within the Maelstrom during the 38th and 39th millennia, which served as Imperial influence in the area, as well as flickering beacons. It has become increasingly prominent as a defensive force.

Three of the important star systems formed a distant trade chain, allowing the resources of the Maelstrom to flow into the treasury of the Empire of Man. These three star systems are Sineax, Sagan and Badab, This shows the importance of the Sagan galaxy.

Especially after the planet Badab was ravaged by war, and the Sineax galaxy was hit hard by the Chaos War Gang, the Sagan galaxy became an important supply and trade node for the empire in the Maelstrom region, and its status continued to rise. It also brought immeasurable wealth to the local ruling family.

Usually, ruling families like them are also called trade lords. In principle, they are subject to the supervision of the star domain inspector general of the Ministry of the Interior, but in fact, as long as they pay the full amount of eleven taxes and franchise trade taxes, don't openly oppose imperial rule. It doesn't matter what they do.

The original cause of Huron's rebellion was his conflict and friction with the trade lords in the Maelstrom region, which eventually attracted the attention of the upper echelons of the empire.

The Count shifted his body, pressed his jaw against his knuckles, and looked at the performance in front of him.

The dancers, with their shining buns on their heads, ran across the stage like a mermaid, spinning among the scattered groups of female warriors in hoods and male warriors in ceremonial armor, acting like silver fish.

The female dancers are all dressed in a black color that represents sadness, and the long black hair is also arranged in the shape of a fish tail. Then the figures of the male and female dancers ripple, and the ribbons are dragged down from the long poles, and they begin to spin gracefully. .

However, his thoughts were not on the stage, but a letter in his arms. The letter came from the smugglers and pirate giants who served him. The content was very simple. Huron, the overlord of the maelstrom, was preparing to hold a new pirate meeting. Alliance, business may be affected to some extent during this period.

But Stern Vaughn didn't care about this interest, he just cared about why Huron suddenly came out like this.

Although the Vaughn family is loyal to the empire, it is very difficult to be absolutely loyal in the area of ​​​​the Maelstrom. Thanks to the family's interest conveyor belt at the top of the empire, and also thanks to one of their ancestors who served in the former Star Claw Chapter, although all the information about that person has been erased, Sten probably knows that he That grandfather may still be alive—in another capacity.

But how can this be done?

The maelstrom that occupies the center of the galaxy, the interests are so huge, the Terra bureaucracy, Mars, the state religion, the rogue trader, the Inquisition, the Assassin Court... Every institution, even everyone, is involved here, and do their best possible for their own best interests.

Just the scale of the smuggling of a single Sagan galaxy, Stern deduces that it may be close to one-fifth of the trade volume of the Sun Star Region, and this does not include some "semi-legal" smuggling.

"The King of Black Heart... What is he playing again, I heard that he seems to have gotten something from Abaddon."

Stern stared at the dancers, the corners of his mouth turned slightly, then picked up the wine glass on the table, shaking the handle of the flute-style wine glass with his left hand.

The next second, a girl holding a conch-shaped jug came to him almost immediately.

She looked only about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a slender body and a special sense of vulnerability, with beautiful blue eyes, beautiful blond hair, and ivory skin, and a short sleeveless skirt with sequins. Can barely cover her buttocks.

Stern looked at the girl, raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned his eyes away before holding out his glass.

The girl winced at the sudden action, but she didn't spill a single drop of the precious wine as she poured it, which was more expensive than her life after all.

"Is that all that is needed, my lord?"

she murmured.

"For the time being."

Stern dipped his slightly dry lips with the wine, but didn't drink it directly.

"But don't swing too far."

He looked absently at the dancers, and the waitress left like a breeze.

After taking a sip of wine, the earl thought hard about all the recent events in the maelstrom area. The black-hearted king seemed to be more active than ever. He plundered several surrounding galaxies in just half a year, and also destroyed a pilgrimage world, blaspheming The church of the saint was destroyed, and the top of the state church was in great fire.

Listening to the wind, the state religion seems to have mobilized several nuns to fight back. However, although the state religion is powerful, their power in the maelstrom is not strong. I am afraid it is not an easy goal to get revenge on Huron. At most, take a few unlucky pirates vent anger.

"I don't know what kind of wind Huron is smoking-"

Suddenly, a footstep interrupted Earl Stern's thoughts. He turned his head and saw three people walking straight through the passage to his vicinity. One of them smiled and greeted him from a distance:

"Count~www.readwn.com~ Are we disturbing you?"

Knowing that there must be something wrong with the other party, Stern just smiled and shook his head.

"Of course not, please take a seat."

These three people are the only ones who can do this in this place.

The first, a middle-aged man in a silver-trimmed dress, was George Chatel, the president of the Silver Oak Galaxy Business Federation. They also operate several smuggling chains, and even control two or three pirate groups. They are really a group of black and white guys.

The second one, who looks a little old-fashioned in a gray-green uniform is Admiral Busby Garrett, the senior commander of the local guard of Sagan's main star. His family is another small hive, Ewing's hive. The ruling class, it is said that the illegal drug business and human trafficking are flourishing, and this guy looks serious, but Stern knows that this **** not only married more than 20 wives, but also likes to take family slaves in private. engage in hunting activities.

The third one, dressed in a gray robe, looks ordinary, with a bald head that is a featureless face, who is only a food merchant named Bartola Keita, but is actually the largest gang in the galaxy' The deputy leader of the Thirty Silver Coin Club', the gray industry of the entire Sagan Star, such as brothels, casinos, underground bars, arenas, etc., are monopolized by them, and they also have several special smuggling chains, which can provide the upper layers of the hive. Such as alien creations, special alien beasts and other things that ordinary channels can't get.