With the sudden little interlude over, the transaction continued.
The sealed containers holding the artificial Perpetual technology were carefully handed over. Loken immediately stepped forward with the Grey Knights to conduct an initial on-site scan and verification.
The accompanying Techmarine linked his personal Cogitator to the primary Cogitator of the warship in orbit and began directly checking the integrity of the data within the sealed containers.
"No problem." The Techmarine nodded at Guilliman.
The Imperial Regent stared fervently at the containers holding the technology. After expending so much manpower and resources, he had finally gotten what he wanted.
He then waved a hand, signaling for Youhai and Slau Dha to leave.
"Get out of my sight before I change my mind."
Seeing that Guilliman truly intended to let them go, the two Cabal sages were stunned.
In truth, they had already prepared for Guilliman to go back on his word, and they had left behind a disruptive sabotage measure within the containers storing the technology.
It was a special encryption method passed down within the Cabal. Once activated from their end, the technology and data in Guilliman's possession would be locked away in a black box, making them nearly impossible to access again.
After doing that, Youhai and Slau Dha would immediately use a backup method to escape into the Warp.
Although fleeing into the Warp carried enormous risks for them, if Guilliman had already turned on them, a slim chance of survival was still better than certain death.
Yet now Guilliman had honored his promise and truly let them leave, rendering all their contingencies useless. For a moment, both of them were dazed.
A small Cabal transport vessel was permitted to detach from the hive ship and land near the negotiation site.
Sage Youhai and Slau Dha cast one