RWBY 40k – Salem, mistress of Inquisition.

[Theme: Shingeki No Kyojin Opening 1].

A symbol of a Salem's father kingdom flag could be seen on a wall.

"They're the prey and we're the hunters!"

The symbol is destroyed by an explosion, revealing the title "Salem, Mistress of the Inquisition" with under it written in gold "The Great Crusade", behind the title was the flag of the Imperium with the two eagles.

"And we're the hunters!"

The camera goes away a little of the title before turning to the stars.

"Gods ignorant of the trampled flower's name, the bird that fell from the stars takes her by the wind."

The next scene shows Salem marching on the land after leaving a grave. Her clothes changing from Remnant clothes to the Imperium's clothes. Her sons join her march, appearing one after another with their own family. All of their faces are serious.

"Even if you pray, nothing will be changed."

The next scene shows a horde of Orks marching inside a ruined human city. Followed by another scene of a Chaos Daemon incursion coming from a gigantic eye in the sky.

"But that which can alter the present is the resolution to fight."

An army of Luna Wolves is present inside of a courtyard with the flags of the Imperium. A cut shows them making the salute. The third cut shows them drawing their swords. The fourth cut shows them launching themselves at the Orks.

"Tramping over corpses, swine who mock the will to advance."

The next scene shows rapid images of the Imperium Propaganda against Xenos like Orks, Eldars, Rangda, Psybrids and other Xenos.

"Peace of the cattle and the prosperity."

Scene showing walls of human cities by explosion of the enemy artillery, with the middle showing the symbol of the Imperium.

"The freedom of the dead, hungry eagle."

The next scene shows Salem blasted away by the explosions shocked but composing herself in the next second.

"Our caged humiliation signals the start of our retaliation. Beyond the worlds, we're hunters that slaughter our prey."

Horus, Fulgrim and Magnus runs at the Orks and destroys them with the help of their Astartes while using their powers against them. Horus especially kills a Warboss.

"As these surging surges burn away our bodies, we ignite the dusk with a crimson bolter and bullet!"

The next scene shows the ramparts of a Hive City defended by both Rogal Dorn and Perturabo. Perturabo activates a cannon that he controls to destroy the Orks in his way. The next cut shows Sanguinius and Horus defending themselves against Xenos who towered at their same height, with heads resembling lumps atop their round torsos. Possessing long and thick arms with in the end three stubby fingers. The next scene shows Salem with her silver armour running and charges with her blood katana against a Bloodletter followed by a fading of the Imperium flag floating.

"And we're the hunters!"

The scene shows an Astartes running in slow-motion on an Ork. The next scene shows the Primarchs exiting their barges along with their Legion. In front the silhouette of the Emperor also running.

"And we're the hunters!"

In front of the coming army, a gigantic horde of Orks. And the overlapping army of Astartes coming to them. Before chaining with images of fight of Guardsmens against Xenos, Astartes against Xenos and the four silhouettes deep inside the warp accompanied by their daemons.

"And we're the hunters!"

Inside the overlapping images, the Brothers Gods are present, looking with contempt the guardsmens facing them. The next cut shows the map of the Galaxy covered by the blood along with the apparitions of uncountable names of different human planets.

The last three cuts show Salem, the Primarchs and the Emperor in their armour.

As the music reaches its final part, Salem, the 20 Primarchs along their whole family could be seen on a mountain gazing to the stars with their back turned from the camera.

[End of the theme and the generic].

Ep 54: Colonisation of Fauna.

Late 942.M30. Somewhere in the South of the Segmentum Solar.

Salem was on the colony of Adoria named Junesvo. A well-known colony who has submitted voluntarily under her compliance decades ago.

She is inside of the Side 4-45 of Junesvo, accompanied by the scientists coming all over the planet.

Salem: "So, you said that you created a new kind of Knightmare?" (Note: Yep, I'm going to take the Knightmares Frames from Code Geass for the Salemic Mobile Suits).

Junesvo scientist: "Yes, my lady. Follow us."

The scientist brings Salem inside of a room and revealing some kind of Mobile Suit. Instead, it's a very smaller version of a Mobile Suit, measuring only 4 meters height, half a meter of a Knight instead of the 15 meters of the Mobile Suit comparable of a Warhound Titan.

Also, the visor or the eyes along with the stylised head reminiscent of the Adorian Mobile Suits. It was instead an elongated head with four cameras organised in square with a mechanic body with a big backpack in the back, a big torso and mechanic limbs. (Note: Take the Knightmare Frame RPI-11 Glasgow from Code Geass) while wheels could be seen attached in the back of the feet.

Junesvo scientist 2: "This is the first version of the Salemic Knightmares like you asked, my lady or SK-1. But here, now we have a new version produced by the factories of Junesvo and other planets belonging to you."

She smirked a little.

Salem: "Show me. I like machinery."

A light shows a new kind of the Salemic Knightmare, now black instead of brown. It has extra appendages on the feet and the fists, an elongated head with the two upper eyes under a layer of metal. (Note: Take the Knightmare Frame Type-1R Burai from Code Geass).

Junesvo scientist 3: "This it the SK-2, it outperforms in speed and power and rolls at 90 KM/H unlike 60 KM/H for the ancient version."

Salem: "Huh… neat."

Junesvo scientist 2: "Then, there is the SK-3, the most recent one."

A second light reveals a Knightmare whose colour is purple, with an elongated head separated in two, a much mechanical body.

Junesvo scientist 4: "What do you think my lady?"

Salem: "That's really good. It's that all?"

Junesvo scientist 5: "Alas, our research is slow."

Salem: "That's fine. Science is slow but convenient and always satisfying in the end. I am very proud of you. You help to create a more secure society. So, how many you have?"

Junesvo scientist 5: "A whole army for Junesvo since the beginning of it's mass production 5 years ago."

Salem: "Good. I will furnish a new division of these marvels to my army. Also, I would make a feast for all your hard work."

Junesvo scientist 6: "Wait what?"

Junesvo scientist 5: "Are you serious my lady?"

Salem: "Of course. I want to reward you. I just catching up time with you…"

Junesvo scientist 2: "Okay. If you wanted my lady…"

A few hours later, in the Infinite.

Salem arrived a bit drowsy with red cheeks. The Captain arrived to her.

Captain: "It seems you have enjoyed yourself my lady."

Salem rubs her forehead.

Salem: "I shouldn't be taking so much… My head hurts."

Captain: "You should stop drinking."

Salem: "Pay a bit of comprehension. I have an Inquisition to lead in addition to hold a family together. So, the occasion to be alone with myself are a bit rare. Also, I hope in your side that none of my protegees has done something rash."

Captain: "No, fortunately. But Allarielle is whining all of the time because Ilil is beating her in games."

Salem grunted.

Salem: "Let me see them." "

Captain: "They are in your guest room."

Salem: "Okay…"

Salem walked inside of the corridors of the private parts of the ship and finally arrived inside of the guest room. It was big and richly decorated. She could see that on the table, Ilil and Allarielle are playing a game of chess.

Ilil: "You lost again. Checkmate."

He moves his king and completely blocks the other king of Allarielle, she was boiling so much that her face was red. She slammed her fist on the table.

Allarielle: "Why are you keeping winning?! For Khaine's sake!"

Ilil rolled his eyes.

Ilil: "Because you are really bad about games! After all, you said to me that you favorite 'game' was to smack with a staff a human several times just they looked bad on you. Me, I have learned to play games with Salem!"

Allarielle: "This game of chess is stupid; they are only reserved to stupid Mon-Keigh!"

Salem: "Ahem…"

The two turned to Salem.

Ilil: "Ho hello, miss Salem…"

Allarielle: "…"

Salem approached the duo.

Salem: "I can see you have found a new hobby between you two."

Allarielle: "I can't name it a hobby when I lose every time! I am starting to believe that Ilil is a fucking cheater!"

Ilil: "It's not my fault is you are so bad! Be honest instead of lying!"

Salem: "Okay, stop arguing you two!"

The authoritative voice of Salem shuts them up.

Salem: "So. We are going to go to colonise new planets for the Imperium. A whole fleet of colonist is joining us for this reason."

Allarielle: "Ugh… I can't stand seeing Mon-Keigh colonising our planets and I can't stand you! I'm out!"

Allarielle exit the guest room, leaving Salem and Ilil alone.

Salem sighed.

Salem: "Poor girl. She is just lost."

Ilil: "Hm…"

A few moments later…

Ilil was lying down on a sofa, especially lying his head on the knees of a sited Salem. She was rubbing her soft hand on the long black hair of Ilil while holding a cheek with the other hand.

Salem: "Why are you afraid, Ilil? I can feel you very tense."

Ilil: "Hm… I am not enough. I am just too weak…"

Salem: "Why do you say that? Stop being hard on yourself. You have become much more assertive against Allarielle. That's a good thing."

Ilil: "I am scared… Nobody in the Imperium loves me. And you know that…"

Salem doesn't respond for a moment while she continues to rub the head of Ilil.

Salem: "You are not alone Ilil… I am here."

She kissed him on the cheek and Ilil is surprised of this gesture, but he is even more shocked to see on Salem's face a motherly expression.

Ilil: "Why are you… like that?"

Salem: "You are just a boy who have been rejected for a stupid reason…"

Ilil: "But my mom… raped my dad before giving birth to me. How I cannot be ashamed to that?"

Salem: "I know… But it's not your fault. You shouldn't pay for this. You really shouldn't…"

Ilil: "…"

Salem sighed and decided to get personal with him to comfort him more.

Salem: "If you believe that I cannot understand your suffering. Let me tell a personal story…"

Ilil: "What do you mean?"

Salem: "You certainly heard about it since I have counted this tale to my own sons. But… I will tell you anyway…"

Ilil: "Huh?"

Salem: "I was a princess in a forgotten kingdom of the Age of Strife in Terra. My mother died while giving me birth to me and my father locked me up in a tower in fear that I will die too. For my first 16 years of my life. I was just gazing in the sky of Terra. No matter how much Terra was horrible at the time, I wanted to get out. I send messages to everyone who tried to free me and so, warrior after another tried to free me but faced the magic might of my father. And then, one day. Ozma, my lover at the time finally killed my father and freed me. Even if I have to roam the decayed world of Terra, I wasn't alone… until he died from a disease, common in Terra. I was full of despair, without a nation, without anything in a world full of war, hatred and everything else. It was hell, even more when I realised that I was immortal like the Emperor, Malcador and Ezekiel Sedayne. I couldn't die, my material body linked to my wandering spirit, refusing to go in the Aether. One millenia of roaming until I met Malcador who has given back a purpose to me. Being alone and suffering is something that I have felt for centuries, to the point to become crazy."

Ilil was speechless facing all of that, if the words she said were true, then… She understands him, more than anyone. He could feel at this moment the empathy from Salem and the experience of suffering a grim destiny.

Ilil: "I…"

She puts her finger on Ilil's mouth.

Salem: "Shhh… Don't apologize. This is normal to doubt. It takes time to know each other."

Ilil: "Hm…"

Salem: "It's okay…"

She rubbed the cheek of Ilil once more.

But to their ignorance, the duo is observed by Allarielle who was looking by the door lock. Her look mixed with jealousy and disgust. She couldn't believe that an Eldar and Mon-Keigh could be so close each other, it was impossible.

While she was shouting internally and insulting to Salem personally, Salem suddenly turned her look toward the door lock. Salem knows that Allarielle was observing her with so much hostility, she used this spying moment to remind her who is in charge and who has to listen. The young Eldar girl decided to go, not wanting to be observed anymore. Salem returned to Ilil.

Salem: "We will go on a journey to colonise new worlds, like usual. It will be fun for all of three of us…"

In the next few weeks…

The 6th Expeditionary fleet of Salem was traveling inside the void in the direct south of the Segmentum Solar, the largely unexplored region named the Tempest Region was full of potential planets full of resources.

This fleet since the rise of the Witch of Terra was truly gigantic, thousands and thousands of war vessels of all sizes, accompanied by a Rogue Traders Militant fleet, a Chartist fleet but also a fleet of Armed Freighter right in the middle of the fleet. These Freighters are transporting the colonists but also the new Knightmares division for the colonisation.

Salem is inside of the bridge, sited and facing the table displaying a hologram of the region in question. Ilil and Allarielle where sited on chairs, far from the table.

Captain of the Infinite: "So, what we are doing my lady? Where we install the colonies?"

Salem: "We will found colonies on the planets we have detected. After making sure they are safe, the colonists will install themselves on them. We have 50 Freighters ships along with two Inferno Class Cruisers to defend them on the planets. Our whole fleet will protect them from any attacks from potential Xeno fleet. After all, we don't know what we have in the Tempest Region. Vulkan and Corvus Corax said to me that they will bringing the Crusade on this region soon."

Captain of the Infinite: "Hm… So, these colonies will be some of kind of buffer zone for the rest of the Imperial Armies?"

Salem: "Yes. You have understood everything. I am lucky that I have a smart captain to listen."

Captain of the Infinite: "Thanks…"

Salem: "Let's make this plan and let's hope that providence is upon us. 50 colonies will reinforce our position in the Tempest region. Or at least, dozens of them if we ensure the possibility that a Xeno attack could be upon us. Also, I have request from my planets back-up fleets to bring their protection for the new colonies as long they are dependent from the other planets."

Captain of the Infinite: "Okay. That's good… Let's hope that everything will be fine."

In the next months, Salem's fleet began to colonise the worlds detected by the Imperium. These worlds where different ladders of hospitability for Mankind. Some of them are rocky planets filled with resources, others are green planets but some of them are deserts with nothing on it. These last planets are quickly ignored since they are unsustainable.

At one moment, they arrived on a green planet with huge mountains and a first outpost is built on these mountains surrounded by huge jungle forests.

After weeks of construction of the colony on this jungle planet...

Salem was in the Infinite in the sky of the planet, having an oversight of the colony who was building rapidly by the colonists but also by the Servitors.

Salem: "This planet is really good. A colony on this planet would be really beautiful. We are at our 34th colony and nothing really bad happened for now."

Captain: "My lady, we have a problem."

Salem turned back and frowned a little.

Salem: "What do you mean?"

The captain installed to the table of the hologram and zoomed to the planets in the further south of the current planet they are.

Captain: "The Rogue Traders sent to their scout fleet and they discovered… all of that."

He showed different photos of completely deserted planets. Ice, sand, mountains and other types of Dead Worlds. The statistics shows extremely low for hospitality of these planets, making them simply impossible to colonise.

Salem: "How many so far?"

Captain: "Three systems for a total of 17 Dead Worlds. We have to go in East or West and we have found systems with habitable planets once again."

He shows on the hologram the planets in questions with their systems.

Salem: "Hm… That's really suspicious."

Captain: "What do you mean, my lady?"

Salem: "Do you know about the incident between the XVth Legion and the Brother Gods?"

Captain: "Yes? You told me about that my lady…"

Salem: "I suspect that one of their planets are behind of this cluster of worlds."

Captain: "Wait. Really?"

Salem nodded.

Salem: "Of course, after my son Magnus found the moon full of magic after exploring systems filled with many Dead Worlds. Magnus theory said that it means to discourage exploration from either Mankind or any Xeno species sufficiently advanced to space travel. So, they make as unhospitable and ugly as possible to discourage people to go inside of these regions. If this is true, we will discover a world make by the Brother Gods."

Captain: "But you are not afraid that you will be targeted by the Brother Gods if you step foot on the planet?"

Salem: "Hm… I would take the risk anyway. If we don't do it, we never will have the occasion to verify. After all, it could be a coincidence and nothing could be found here."

Captain: "Okay, if you say that…"

Salem: "When the colony has finished constructing. We separate the fleet in three, one goes in the eat, the second in the west when the third will be led by me inside of this cluster of these Dead Worlds. I will discover this secret."

Captain: "Hm…"

Weeks later…

Salem's fleet goes inside of the systems with deserted planets and Dead Worlds. Like anticipated, nothing satisfying came from these planets. Only fuming deserts, rock planets with unsustainable atmosphere, ice planets with extreme cold and nothing else. A lot of the crewmembers doesn't want to go further, deeming this exploration a loss of time. But Salem persisted, seeing that these systems are hiding something from her and she will discover it.

In the fourth week. They explored in the furthest of these systems in the fourth one.

Salem was in the bridge, sited on her reserved chair, the two Eldar teenagers where behind her, sited in a chair in her shadow.

Salem: "So, let's activate our detection radars."

Captain: "Okay, my lady."

The crew activate the big sensor machines and after a few minutes waiting.

Capcom: "Three planets detected! An ice planet, a volcanic planet and…"

He froze quite surprised by this.

Salem: "Well? Say it."

Capcom: "Hm… a habitable planet."

A big hologram lights up and shows a big planet green and blue with an outstanding beauty covered by a weird atmosphere. Behind it was a moon like an Earth moon.

Captain: "You were right…"

Salem: "Beautiful planet."

The fleet by approaching the planet could see that in the night part of the planet, a lot of lights could be seen. Displaying that intelligent life is inside of it.

Captain: "There is life!"

Salem: "Scan the planet. To see if what we are facing."

The crewmembers do the thing and a few minutes passed while the fleet continues to approach the planet.

Crewmember: "We detected on this planet some kind of weird life. Humanoid close to Mankind. But we are not entirely sure. We have detected multiple cities inhabited by these creatures."

Salem: "Okay. Send probs when we sill surround the planet."

Crewmember: "Yes, my lady. (turn to the radio). Send probes to the planet!"

As the fleet surround the planet, small devices exited from vessels and falls to the cities visible from space. Like shooting stars, they fall to the sky of the planet.

Salem: "Now let's wait…"

A few hours passed and the first few images and videos emerged.

Salem: "Finally. What do we have?"

The hologram displayed the photos, showing that these cities where quite advanced. With cars, concrete buildings and other things like that but quite. The videos showed that these cities were inhabited by humans but who have weird appendages. A woman with deer horn, a man with wolf ears, a child with racoon tail, etc. All of these humans have some kind of superficial appendage from a specific animal.

Captain: "What in the world are these… abhumans?"

Salem on her side was shocked and began to realise that these abhumans with animal appendages reminds her from the Wulfen from the Space Wolves Legion. This superficial animal aspect is clearly recognizable to her eyes.

But some of the probes are caught by the people and are either destroyed, cutting the communication or being restrained and brought somewhere to be observed.

Captain: "What do we do?"

Salem: "Let's wait for a few days. We don't have to startle them more for now. Our immediate arrival would cause an uproar. If they become aggressive, well… We do the things as usual against enemies."

Captain: "If you said that my lady…"

Salem: "Just let see the rest…"

A few days later… Nothing unusual happened on the planet. Except that the probes are now in majority caught and studied by the militaries of the abhuman cities. In the fifth day, Salem decided it was time.

Salem was in the barge hangar, accompanied by Illil and Allarielle dressed in covered outfits with capes.

Salem: "Prepare a barge. I will come down on the planet with Allarielle and Ilil and a few of my troops. Standby for now."

Captain: "Okay, my lady."

Ilil: "Why we are going there?"

Allarielle: "'Cause we have nothing else to do, dummy."

Ilil glared at her, shutting her up.

Salem: "Let's go, you two."

Salem takes a barge and entered with a few guards, Ilil and Allarielle.

Ilil: "I am quite nervous."

Salem: "Don't worry, it will be fine."

And so, the barge arrived on the planet and posed on the ground, far from the city. The barge opened up and the trio stepped out from the barge along with the guards, the latter are equipped with plasma rifles with backpacks.

Salem turns her gaze to the walls from afar, they were huge walls protected by cannons a figure surely corresponding to guards who were watching them. These guards where dressed in long greatcoat with three-spiked hat (Note: Take the British uniform from the 1800s).

Salem: "Hm… That's a lot of guards."

Ilil: "Salem, what do we do now?"

Salem: "We posed on this place to make us discovered by the locals. Let's hope they are friendly."

Allarielle: "That's a stupid idea! We could be shoot down!"

Salem: "Let's see what happen…"

They waited for a moment, still observing the guards who are watching them. Salem could feel their nervousness.

Ilil: "Miss Salem. I have a question."

Salem: "Yes?"

Ilil: "Why they are inhabiting behind these huge walls?"

The lady only shrugged.

Salem: "No idea. Maybe war between city states or something like that. Big walls are classic protection but so efficient to defend people that would be insult to them."

While Salem and Ilil are talking between each other. Allarielle gazed on the forest close to the open field. She was annoyed and simply to get over this meeting with these weird Abhumans.

But then, she felt something inside of the forest behind the very woods. Something with a killer intent and thirst of destruction. It was a truly alien sensation she has never felt before.

It approached more and more, an animal panic began to rise inside of her gut and then her heart and bust. Something was off and she knew it very well.

When it was only thirty meters, Allarielle was now sure. This thing hiding in the forest was looming to her being, to her very soul. She was seized with truly abject fear.

Allarielle step back to Salem, silently and cautiously doesn't want to challenge the thing that hid behind the forest.

And then, she grips Salem's sleeve. The lady turns to her.

Salem: "What? Huh? Allarielle? Are you okay? Why are you so terrified?"

Allarielle pointed with a trembling finger to the forest. Salem was intrigued but then, she felt it. The familiar presence of darkness behind these trees.

Salem: "Hm… (turn to the guards). Guards. Look at the forest and detect with your sensors if something is off."

The Guards confused by this order complained and turn on their motion tracker on their helmet.

Guard: "My lady. We detect presences. Multiple. At 23 meters and they are approaching."

Salem: "What? Give me a motion tracker now!"

A guard rushed inside of the barge and comes back with a motion tracker device (Note: Take the Motion Tracker from Aliens) and gives it to Salem. Salem activates it and to her horror, she could on the radar dozens and dozens of points approaching.

Salem: "I can't believe it… Get back from the forest, don't approach it!"

The soldiers aligned and pointed their plasma weapons to the forest.

Salem: "Let's go to the barge. We'll try to escape now! (looks at the tracker). They are approaching, only 17 meters…"

But as they backed up to the barge, a horrible scream is heard accompanied by other same high-pitched screams. So horrible that Salem finds herself… tired.

Salem: "What… the… What's happening… to me?! I feel… weakened… all of the sudden... (She looks at to the motion tracker) 11… meters…"

Ilil: "Me too…"

Allarielle: "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Allarielle screamed in pain while her eyes where glowing in a blue light, she holds her head. Salem hugged her in protection.

Soldier: "My lady! Hostiles coming from the forest!"

Salem turned and widened in horror from the sight of the creatures exiting the trees. The creatures are humanoid in shape, very tall, with long arms that reach down as far as the ground and extremely long fingers. They have hideous faces, resembling skulls, some even lacking nostrils. All of them have low-hanging jaws. Their body is black with bone protrusions and glowing red glowing irises inside their eyeholes. Salem immediately recognized the darkness of a Grimm. But them, these creatures have come directly from an insane nightmare. She was so horrified that she let go her motion tracker.

Salem: "Shoot… them all!"

The soldiers began to fire on Grimms skeletons, vaporising every one of them on sight. But the whole horde continues to advance very slowly but gaining ground with their overwhelming number. And then, all of the creatures screamed again.

Salem, Ilil and the guards feels their body weakening them more and draining their body will. Allarielle on her side fainted and falls on the ground.

Guard: "These… monsters… are… so… petty!"

He takes out his Boltgun and began to fire to these monsters and managed to kill several ones. But it was nothing compared to the third wave of screams, who achieved to completely weaken the will of the whole group.

Ilil: "Miss Salem… Help me…"

Salem: "I'm… trying!"

She crawled to Ilil and turned her head to the high walls. She could see that there are more and more guards who are preparing to descend the walls. They are also accompanied by a few warriors transporting big melee weapons on their hands, the same size than the Astartes of the IIIrd Legion.

But the Grimms now very close to the crew screamed once again. Salem feels her very will slipping away while her body becomes completely numb but she is resisting with her very last bit of sanity.

Then, she could feel something coming from her very soul. Her hatred, her disgust, her rage, her anger. Everything that she sought to hold back in her very mind is beginning to invade her skin once again making it pale with dark veins on her right arm.

Salem: "Aaaaaaaaaghhh… AAAAAAAAHHH!"

Ilil: "Miss… Salem…!"

[Theme: Battle Against Clown – Akira (1988)].

By its own volition, the body of Salem began to move and stand up. Salem could only stare with terror that her neck was reached by the pale completion with the dark veins.

Salem (hoarse voice): "No… I… can't…"

She is interrupted by a terrible headache as the transformation reached her right cheek followed by her very right eye, who becomes red with a dark sclarea.

Salem (groans): "Aaaaaaaahhh!"

Under the shocked eyes of Ilil and the guards. Salem lifted her right hand, now completely transformed towards the Grimms skeletons. And then, by an invisible force. The Grimm skeletons are stopped and are now immobile.

Ilil and the guards are recovered their full force and will. They stand up behind Salem, with the majority of her hair who has become white.

Ilil: "Miss Salem!"

On her side, the Witch of Terra tries her best to not fall in insanity. Holding back the urge of the dark magic coursing her flesh and skin. Her arm was trembling with the gigantic amount of power stored inside of it.

Salem: "GnnnnnnnnnRRRRAAAAAHHHHH!"

She closes her hand and then, the Grimm skeletons are dispersed by an imploding blast, their explosions blasted the forest and beyond. Leaving only a wasteland filled with broken trunks and rests of leaves.

The silence falls on the land and Salem gripped her arm before straining it. Before aiming it to another line of Skeleton Grimms right behind the forest.

Finally, Salem strained her arm more and with all her spiritual might fight the darkness and manages to repel and regain control of her emotions. Little by little, her right eye becomes blue again, her hair becomes blonde once again and this is her arm who goes back to normal.

She stumbles and falls to her knees, breathing heavily.

[End of the Theme].

Ilil: "Miss Salem, are you okay?"

Salem: "I… I am okay…"

She stands up and turns back to Ilil, she looked unfazed.

Salem: "Let's go Ilil. We have to meet the residents of this city."

Ilil: "And Allarielle?"

Salem approached Allarielle who was picked up by the guards, she was still asleep. Salem put her hand on her head and used her magic.

Salem: "Hm…"

Ilil: "How she is?"

Salem: "Just asleep. She has a resistant mind."

Ilil: "That's reassuring…"

Salem: "Guard, call a second barge to bring Allarielle back to the Infinite."

Guard: "Yes my lady!"

Salem (Turn to Ilil): "Ilil, let's meet the leaders of this city."

Ilil: "What do you mean by that? (he turned back and widened). Oh!"

A whole group of warriors has exited the town walls, with the doors greatly opened. If some of them are simple soldier, a few of them are wearing really weird combat outfits along with big melee weapons. Also, by observing further. They are indeed abhumans who possess superficial animal features.

Salem approached them, they are nervous to face her. But she stops and decided to talk to them, try to communicate with them.

Salem: "Hello. Citizen of this planet. I am Salem, High lady of the Imperium of Man."

She extended her hand to them but the abhumans are talking and gossiping each other, wary and nervous. But to her surprise, Salem could understand their language.

Some kind of dialect close to the Remnantian language. If this is the case then she has to try it…

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Hello… inhabitants of this planet. Can you understand me?"

The abhumans are shocked by this, this weird woman without any animal appendages can talk their language. They gossiped even more before the warrior abhuman woman with a scorpion tail wearing a big scythe decided to step up.

Scorpion woman (Remnantian Language): "Who are you? Are you the one who lead these kinds of weird vessels in the sky?"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Absolutely. My name is Salem, High Lady of the Imperium of Man. And this is my fleet, the 6th Expeditionary fleet."

Scorpion woman (Remnantian Language): "Okay… What do you want from us?"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "A simple demand of alliance with your world."

Scorpion woman (Remnantian Language): "An alliance?"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "I will explain in detail later in front of your king. Can I? I won't harm you."

The abhumans gossiped each other before the scorpion woman turned to Salem.

Scorpion woman (Remnantian Language): "Okay. But you have to be convincing."

Salem (Remnantian Language): "I will… Don't worry."

A few moments later…

Salem faced the king alone in his big palace in the very center of the city. He is a quite athetlic Fox abhuman with big ears and a tail exiting his monarch clothes (Note: Take the clothes from the Kings of Europe from the late 1800s).

Abhuman King (Remnantian Language): "I am the Emperor Virren Grevon. The Emperor of the world of Fauna and representative of all Faunus of the planet. Who are you… woman?"

He looks at her suspiciously since he doesn't see any distinguishable animal features on her.

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Salem, High Lady of the Imperium of Man. I have travelled many in the name of the Emperor of Man to reassemble all the race of Mankind under one Imperium. By finding your planet, I hope to include you and your kind the Imperium."

The Emperor lifted his eyebrow.

Virren Grewon (Remnantian Language): "And what I benefit from it?"

Salem smiled with trustful expression before she snapped her fingers. A guard brings a rolling table with many potteries, several weapons from the Imperium and a few pieces of technology on it. The Emperor goes to the table and takes up the weapons, he couldn't believe what he saw. These weapons are so technologically advanced. He turned to Salem.

Virren Grewon (Remnantian Language): "I need to know more about these weapons… I will invite my generals to meet you."

Salem nodded.

Salem (Remnantian Language): "You won't be deceived…"

A few hours later…

In the exterior of the city. The Faunus King is accompanied by his generals. A few more barges arrived on the world of Fauna by orders of Salem to demonstrate the power of the Imperium.

The soldiers of the Salemic Infantry shots the armour and others greatcoats installled on mannequins with Lazguns, Bolters and Plasma. Piercing or destroying the mannequins. The officials where shocked to the highest.

Salem (Remnantian Language): "That is for the main infantry of…"

She is suddenly grabbed by one of the generals.

Cat General (Remnantian Language): "Sell it to us! No, tell us how do we make these?! We can destroy Grimms with that!"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Calm down. Don't rush."

Sheep General (Remnantian Language): "How many you have these things?"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Let's just say that every single one of my soldiers possess these kinds of weapons."

The generals and the Emperor looked each other in shock and concern.

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Next, the Knightmares!"

A few moments later…

Two Knightmares where on the lands and began to maneuverer with rapidity and swiftness. Under the eyes of

Salem (Remnantian Language): "You have to know they are direved from an older version of a machine named the Imperial Knights. Much slower but much more resistant than the Knightmares, it includes the Mobile Suits technology."

Then, the Knightmares aimed their rifle to the trees and fires at them. Destroying everything in their path, to the dismay of the monarch and the other officials. Then, the Emperor turn to his generals.

Virren (Remnantian Language): "My generals…"

Wolf general (Remantian Language): "Yes. If we try anything against this 'Imperium of Man', we are doomed."

Crocodile general (Remnantian Language) (to Salem): "Lady Salem. Can we know more about your treaty of alliance?"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "But I don't want you to be afraid. Because, there is other benefits from anything else than weapons."

Virren (Remnantian Language): "What do you mean?"

A few moments later… still in the fields outside the city.

Salem was facing them in front of them with a device on her hand.

Virren (Remnantian Language): "If I get this right. You will give us these… STC, like you name them. It will help us to develop our world. And we can export goods in your Imperium?"

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Exactly. But in the end, when you are sufficiently developed. You have to repay this generosity to the Imperium. After all, we have better protected together against all kinds of threat."

The Emperor looked at Salem one moment to finally taking the STC from her.

Virren (Remnantian Language): "We have an agreement. Lady from the Imperium."

Salem (Remnantian Language): "Your wise attituded will be remembered."

And so, the Compliance of Fauna succeeded with not so much of opposition. Salem resumed her colonisation campaign in the South of the Galaxy. Managing to install the 50 colonies before returning to Terra. These colonies after building up their infrastructures and industries, thrived rapidly and traded many goods with Fauna.

The Faunus by trading rapidly enriched itself and with their new weapons repelled the Grimms out from the majority of their continent, installing outposts and soon new cities in the next months.

But this change was not in the taste of everyone. Especially the Huntsmen and Huntresses of the Grimm, furious to be now in the backyard and less and less requested.

Salem, after two years. Learn about the discontent about the Huntsmen and decided to go back to the planet to rapidly solve this issue.

She met with the leader of the Hunter's League, Gorreson Morh. A very prolific Bear Faunus who has the

Salem: "So. What are your revendications?"

Gorreson Morh: "We have to be recognized Hunters in the eyes of your government and have special initiatives has manipulators of Aura and Semblances."

Salem: "I have a counter offer."

Gorreson Morh: "Hm?"

Salem simply takes out sheets displaying Xenos like Orks and Eldars and Chaos followers or Daemons.

Salem: "I need warriors to take out specific kinds of threats. They are far more dangerous than the Grimm of your world. The Xenos and Chaos can destroy whole worlds. And the armies of the Imperium struggle against them. Believe me, if you think you are not valuable here anymore. You are needed everywhere else. You will be seen as heroes you deserved to be."

The Faunus looked at the papers showing the Xenos and Chaos on it. Then he turned to Salem.

Gorreson Morh: "Only one condition. Give us a special status to better travel inside the Imperium."

Salem: "I have a better proposition."

Gorreson Morh: "Again?"

Salem: "I have plenty of place inside of the Corpus Inquisivitum. You will have all the needed materials and resources to fight against the enemies of the Imperium. Also, there is a lot of places in the Imperial Guard if the Corpus Inquisivitum cannot offer you places."

Gorreson Morh: "It's that so? We can finally exerce our role in the Imperium?"

Salem: "Have ever lied to you before?"

Gorreson Morh: "… No."

Salem: "So, what do you think? The recruitment will begin in first military vessel arriving on Fauna."

She extended her hand to him and the Faunus Hunter taker her hand and he shakes it.

To be continued… Conquest of Jugur.

Zorai and Asuka are fighting three warlords for expanding their empire. But their slowness in the Great Crusade just for their personal gain only frustrated the Emperor of Mankind.