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In a hive world of the 108th world, two royal guards are hunting down a clown.
He used his elegant figure to constantly evade the pursuit of the Imperial Guards.
The Imperial Guards should have found it easy to eliminate these clowns, but considering their relationship with the Spirit Clan, and to avoid creating more enemies for Zhou Qing, they refrained from directly killing them.
Not killing them means capturing them alive.
The difficulty of capturing them alive is much higher.
In their efforts to capture him, the Imperial Guards allowed the Spirit Race member to escape from their grasp on several occasions.
The clown moved like a ghost through the intricate steel jungle and still-unrenovated alleyways of the city.
His movements defied the laws of physics; sometimes he floated like a feather through the huge gaps in the pipes, and sometimes he refracted like lightning through the narrow passages, leaving the two golden giants behind him a short distance behind.
"Stop! In the name of the Emperor of Humanity, you have nowhere to run!" a guard roared.
"If you keep running like this, we'll kill you on the spot! Stop now!"
The tip of his garrison spear flickered with energy, yet he hesitated to fire the deadly plasma beam, his hands tied by the thought of not wanting to create another major enemy for the Empire.
The clown didn't respond, but instead made an almost impossible right-angle turn and plunged into a maintenance passage filled with steam pipes and thick cables.
High-temperature steam erupted instantly, obscuring the view.
"How many times has this happened this month? Those damn bean sprouts have escaped again!"
The Imperial Guards were clearly dissatisfied with the outcome, but they had no good solutions, given the clowns' impressive skills.
If they keep running away in the streets, it will be difficult for the Imperial Guards to capture them.
After all, there are so many people on the street.
No matter how powerful the Imperial Guard is, it is impossible for them to go on a killing spree and recklessly hunt down the Spirit Race.
The Imperial Guards were well aware of Zhou Qing's attitude towards the citizens of the Human Empire, so they did not want to offend Zhou Qing's taboos.
"Forget it, let's talk about it next time. No matter what they want to do, they will always reappear. We can just ask them to capture them alive. If all else fails, I'll submit a report to ask the War Commander if we can kill them."
"These aliens are acting for the sake of their own race. The 108 Worlds of the Misty Starfield will never allow these aliens to act recklessly, because we do not know what they are trying to do."
The two guards stopped and began to talk to each other.
They were discussing whether to suggest to the war commander that they just kill these guys.
The Imperial Guards once again abandoned their pursuit of these clowns, while the clown who had managed to escape by twisting and turning during the Imperial Guards' chase ended up in a secret base.
Here, their squad of 40 clowns has now dwindled to only 36, with 4 members captured by the Imperial Guard and the Grey Knights during the operation.
After all, the Imperial Guard and the Grey Knights weren't made of clay; they couldn't escape every time.
After the escaped clown returned to his base, he removed the clown mask from his face.
"The Human Empire has far too many troops stationed in the 108 worlds of the Misty Starfield. I was only out for a few minutes when I was pursued by the Imperial Guard. Their defenses have at least doubled."
The male clown reported the news from the outside world to the leader of their action team.
Upon hearing his words, Seville, the leader of the clown gang who was sitting there waiting for him to return from gathering information, turned his head.
"No wonder the gods' prophecy foretold that humans would destroy us. Their current imperial guards are already capable of patrolling their territory. If humans continue to develop like this, then danger is inevitable."
The increase in the number of Imperial Guards and their pursuit did not diminish the determination of these clowns to carry out their mission; on the contrary, it made their determination even stronger.
After all, in the past, the Imperial Guards were only on Holy Terra and could not possibly carry out these patrol missions.
But now these imperial guards are already on patrol, which is enough to show that as humanity continues to develop, everything predicted will come true.
"My mission is extremely important. No matter what, we must accomplish our mission. We must never let our race die at the hands of humans."
“You did a great job this time. Go and rest now. I will send others to investigate the situation of the humans and then look for an opportunity to transfer the equipment to the core of this planet.”
Sevi first spoke to reassure the resolve and conviction of the clowns under his command, and then ordered the clown who had just returned to go and rest.
"Understood, then I'll go and rest now. If there are any tasks you need me to carry out, please don't hesitate to give the order. For the sake of the Spirit Race's greatness once again, and for the sake of the Laughing God, I will have no fear!"
Although the clown who came to carry out this mission was a member of the Clown Gang, he had also joined the Death Army, so making the Eldar great again was their motto.
"Hmm," Sevi nodded, indicating that his subordinates could leave.
Chapter 169 The Imperial Guards Attempt to Compete
Sevi sat alone in his seat, deep in thought. His squad had already lost four men. Although he believed the Jester's will was strong enough, and that the Human Empire wouldn't be able to extract any intelligence from his warriors, but...
However, the number of human empire patrols has doubled, which is enough to show that they have been exposed.
No one can be sure that the human empire has other means to extract their plans from their captured members.
If the human empire were to obtain this plan, everything would be over.
Therefore, they must hurry, hurry, and hurry up and get what they want to do.
We need to plan this out carefully.
The Eldar are currently considering how to achieve their goals, while the Human Empire has already reported to Zhou Qing that all 108 worlds have been attacked by Eldar clowns during this period.
Originally, this was just an attack on a single world, but as time went on, the human empire quickly discovered that all 108 worlds seemed to have been attacked by the Jester.
This is no small matter.
No one knew whether these guys had any strange plans or goals, so after considering the situation, the Imperial Guard quickly reported it to Trajan, the commander of the Imperial Guard.
"Report: We have discovered a large number of Eldar traces in the 108th world of the Misty Starfield."
They seemed to be working on some kind of plan; all the Eldar units that appeared were the absolute elite among them.
"Moreover, the fighting ability and skills of these clowns even surpass those of the clowns we encountered before. They seem to be the elite among clowns."
In my world, the Imperial Guard and Grey Knights were deployed, so they captured the clown.
However, not all worlds are able to successfully capture the clown; in some worlds, not a single clown is captured, but there are dozens of sightings of the clown.
After all, if it was just an eyewitness account and the alert level wasn't raised, the Imperial Guard and the Grey Knights wouldn't be able to move out immediately.
Therefore, in some worlds, even the Imperial Guard and the Grey Knights have only received intelligence and have not yet launched an attack.
However, judging from their current performance alone, these clowns are definitely the elite among clowns.
Trajan, upon hearing this, also realized the seriousness of the situation.
As one of the few factions that knew about the Eldar's style and tactics.
The Imperial Guard knew very well that the Eldar's large-scale operation must be something extraordinary they were planning, and that their target was the 108 worlds of humanity.
"Strengthen security and send another 2 Imperial Guards from Terra to patrol there."
After a moment's thought, Trajan gave his orders. He had no other choice but to increase patrols and vigilance.
"Yes! We understand. We will immediately mobilize troops to strengthen vigilance and patrols, but Commander, should we report the current situation to the War Commander?"
"If we report the situation to Commander Zhan, he should have a good solution, after all, he is a legend!"
Zhou Qing's prestige within the Imperial Guards was undoubtedly high, after all, he had successfully achieved the mass production of Imperial Guards.
Meanwhile, the Imperial Guard reformation surgery, which originally had an extremely high mortality rate, has now reached almost 100% success rate thanks to Zhou Qing's intervention.
Even those few who couldn't be successfully transformed into Imperial Guards could still save their lives and continue to live out the rest of their lives safely. This behavior undoubtedly made the Imperial Guards admire Zhou Qing immensely.
"We won't report to the War Commander yet, as he is currently carrying out an important research project."
The situation with the Spirit Race is still unknown, and reporting this news to the War Commander so early, thus disturbing his research, is not a wise choice.
"They're just some clowns, we can handle them. If we have to trouble the War Commander with everything, then what's the point of our Imperial Guard?"
Tula rejected the Imperial Guard's offer again without hesitation.
If they have to go to Zhou Qing for everything, then what is the point of their Imperial Guards' existence?
The emperor sat on the golden throne under their protection, and Zhou Qing, like the emperor, did not need the protection of the imperial guards.
On the surface, their Imperial Guard is the most elite force in the empire, but what is it really like?
In reality, what else can they do besides defend Terra?
Is the only solution to keep cracking down on the national education system? Isn't that a waste of resources?
Trajan now intends to fight for the rightful place of the Imperial Guard, instead of having their functions almost entirely overlap with those of the Grey Knights.
If it weren't for the fact that the Imperial Guard's individual combat strength was still far superior to that of the Grey Knights, the Grey Knights would still be no match for the Imperial Guard in one-on-one combat.
At the same time, the Imperial Guard and the Silent Sisters, working together, are also the Empire's elite forces.
Otherwise, the Imperial Guard might not even be as useful as the Grey Knights.
After all, these Grey Knights are anti-demons experts, and they are also adept at fighting Eldar.
Most importantly, recruiting the Grey Knights is very simple and cheap; they only need psionicists, unlike the Imperial Guard which requires suitable candidates.
The Grey Knights have now become part of the regular Astartes forces, but the Imperial Guard is different; it remains the elite force of the Imperial Guard.
However, in terms of cost-effectiveness, the Imperial Guards cannot compare to the Grey Knights.
This is precisely why the status of the Imperial Guard has been challenged by a large number of Grey Knights.
Are they now so incapable of even performing simple tasks like patrolling properly?
Putting aside the fact that the War Master is currently conducting important research, and that dealing with just a few Eldar clowns is a simple matter, if they need to trouble the War Master, then they are no different from ordinary Astartes.
Sevi's concerns and Tula's decisive actions unfolded almost simultaneously in different locations, foreshadowing an escalation of the covert war surrounding the 108th world of the Misty Starfield.
The 2 Imperial Guards mobilized from Terra quickly arrived in the Misty Starfield 108 via the Web, and Trajan also issued new orders.
"To protect the human world from the invasion of evil forces, from this moment forward, every Space Marine chapter in every Imperial world has the obligation and necessity to cooperate with the Imperial Guard to eliminate those Eldar spies and thwart their plots!"
Although Trajan wanted to restore or even fight for the status of the Custodian Army, he was not foolish and would not do anything that would harm the interests of the Empire.
Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, let alone the battle-hardened Imperial Guards.
All available resources must be utilized. If the Imperial Guard hadn't been so easily defeated by the buffoon, Trajan might have even ordered them to join the search.
Under Trajan's orders, the realm of the 108th world in the Misty Starfield was raised another level. The Imperial Guard, which originally patrolled in pairs, was transformed into combat squads of four.
Meanwhile, the Sisters of Silence, who were fighting alongside them, also sent four members to act with the Imperial Guard.
The Emperor's henchmen have once again coordinated and combined their efforts. Just like in the Cyber Wars, they will once again demonstrate to the entire Empire what true Imperial henchmen are!
What does it mean that the Silent Sisters and the Imperial Guard, when working together, are invincible!