Chapter 278 270. Help him look decent
[Everything falls apart and the center is separated. ]
[——Guilliman quotes "The Second Coming of Christ"]
On that day, Guilliman witnessed the collapse of a civilization to the ground. They collapsed, revealing their rotten core.
Before he had the eyes to observe, his brother had already raised his sickle.
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“This is an exciting and happy moment. I am very happy that this day has finally come, even if there are some misunderstandings along the way.”
Two giants walking in the sun Below, the white stones sparkled under their feet, neat and clean, like fresh snow.
Two small dots moved along the vast front plaza corridor.
The Ultramarines and Death Guard guards were neatly displayed on both sides of the square. They just stood silently in the wind, letting the double-headed eagle flags in their hands make the hunting wind.
But compared to the Ultramarines with their heads held high and their armor shining brightly, the Death Guards exuded more of a chilling atmosphere. They seemed to be staring at all of this melancholy, ready to send an elegy to this civilization.
Just like their original body who still dressed like a mourner.
Mortarion followed Guilliman slowly, casually catering to his clueless brother. The Primarch looked around the square. Well, the Death Guard could control the whole place at the first opportunity.
Hades wasn't there, he was where he was supposed to be.
For nine days, under the pretext of ensuring the safety of the peace ceremony, the Death Guard deployed teams at various points in the main city. Tanks were parked in the streets and alleys, and naturally they were complained by frightened civilians.
Those are not civilians, Mortarion sneered.
But in order to make things smoother and prevent his enemies from taking advantage of the estrangement between them, the Death Lord reluctantly traveled to Macragge's Flare himself and stated to Guilliman the need for the vigilance team.
Through a half-crazy wizard that Hades had previously investigated, Mortarion insisted on the truth that there was a wizard here.
The Legion must be on guard, otherwise those crazy wizards will rush out and blow themselves up during the peace negotiation ceremony.
During the conversation with Guilliman, the Lord of Death burst out with a rare eloquence. He cleverly used the Death Guard's participation in the peace ceremony as a bargaining chip to arrange the scene to look like he [liked].
But on the opposite side of Mortarion's mind, Guilliman misunderstood Mortarion's behavior. He believed that he had achieved a staged victory in unraveling the Lord of Death, which at least made his brother no longer so extreme.
Although the sudden deployment of security forces will indeed make the naturalization of this civilization more difficult, Guilliman knows that now that the rulers have completely surrendered, these bumps are acceptable, and the price is the slight sacrifice of the Death Guard. Softened attitude.
So the two of them talked it over and negotiated the matter into a form that satisfied both parties.
Now, it was time to reap victory, Guilliman thought with pride. The peaceful surrender of a civilization was a happy thing.
The original body looked up and saw the Queen standing in the center of the square, wearing a lake blue dress with silver patterns emitting sparkling light.
The Queen holds the code of conduct that symbolizes the governance of the country, and Abstu's ceremonial guard surrounds her.
The sequence of the ceremony was simple, the Primarch, the symbol of the Outsider, walked over, the Queen gave her speech, the history of Absdor, and their allegiance, and then Guilliman took the Codex and gave a speech on behalf of the Empire.
Guilliman had gently asked Mortarion if he wanted to speak, and he had received a firm and decisive refusal.
Since Mortarion himself did not want to, Guilliman would no longer embarrass Mortarion. Although he was the only one to give a speech, there was political suspicion here.
Historians and recorders are already in place, ready to record this glorious and glorious moment for the empire.
Mortarion was dissatisfied with Guilliman's plan to arrange the Historians. The Lord of Death approached Guilliman many times and asked him to remove this group of "useless and only hindrances."
Guilliman patiently stated the political necessity of propaganda to Mortarion, although he doubted that Mortarion listened to a word. After Guilliman stated that he would never give in, the Lord of Death Staring at him, he slowly uttered a few words,
"Okay, then the Death Guard will not be responsible for them."
Guilliman didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These were the historians who followed the Ultramarines, and the Death Guard naturally did not have to be responsible for them.
The flag of the double-headed eagle was still flapping in the wind. Soon, they would arrive at the center of the square, and the first part of the ceremony was about to begin.
Guilliman saw the rickety queen smiling happily at them. He silently expressed his respect to the lady in his heart. Even when facing them, the lady still maintained her noble self-esteem.
And she also wisely chose the most correct path for her subjects. Sometimes, the biggest resistance to peace negotiations is not the local people, but the rulers, because they can't stand the humiliation of suddenly condescending to others.
The Queen's first surrender further demonstrated the value of this lady's spirit.
Guilliman lamented that the flash of humanity would not be lost there.
Beside the Lord of Macragge, Mortarion stared at the witch in silence.
The witch showed him a scheming smile. She was laughing at the weakness of the Death Guard. She knew that this civilization was a glass of poisonous wine, but because she was worried about the Ultramarines, she had to hold her nose and accept them, and then watched the poisonous wine mix into the glass. The rivers of empire.
Even in the face of people's provocations against the Death Guard vigilance guards, the Death Guard did not fire a single shot and responded to the abuse with a silent attitude.
No, you are wrong. Mortarion thought silently.
The Death Guard will not accept the witch's surrender, he will strip you of your disguise.
He vowed to make this place ablaze with the flames of war.
The horn sounded, and the wind rustled. The queen slowly stepped forward, dragging her lake blue dress, and started her speech with tears in her eyes,
"My subjects-"
Mortarion said under his breath There was a sneer from underneath the machine.
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Hades walked silently through the streets of the slums, followed by the mechas and soulless men in mortal armor.
Ruoyouruowuo's eyes flowed out from the cracks in the darkness, greedily licking Hades.
Hades silently increased the concentration of the black domain to another level, in exchange for the screams and curses of the witch tied at the end of the team.
But soon the psyker's voice died down.
Hades ignored her and continued to move forward steadily.
Soon, their vision suddenly opened up, and a clearing appeared in front of them. In the narrow and crowded slum area, there was an altar hidden far away from the palace.
But it is obvious that this altar is the correct one. It has not been displaced or destroyed. The broken glass has replaced the gems, the rag has replaced the silk, and the dried blood is smeared on the altar, writing something that Hades cannot understand. of profanity.
Hades raised his head and checked this place again. He did not dare to use the black area to cover the investigation, otherwise this place would lose its due meaning.
Originally, Hades wanted to show these wizards their prototypes on the altar in the palace, but Mortarion stopped him,
[That is not the real altar. ]
The Lord of Death silently wrote and drew on the map, mumbling words. Finally, Mortarion circled the lowland slums that were symmetrical to the Highland Palace, and vowed to tell Hades that this was the place.
Mortarion was psychically gifted, Hades knew it.
But. Seeing Mortarion's confident look, Hades silently swallowed the question about [Numerology] back in his mouth.
Let’s talk about it later, but Hades still repeatedly advised Mortarion not to take the initiative to contact the subspace.
During the later visits, they did find the altar that had been wiped off the map by psychic energy.
Hades completely retracted his black domain, and he waved back, signaling the soulless men to bring the wizard up.
She was caught by Hades in the slums, and by the way, she played a role in Mortarion's attempt to persuade Guilliman.
In the investigation of the Ultramarines, it was found that only the management of Absdu, and the royal family were the psykers.
No, they are wrong.
Everyone here is a psychic, men, women, old and young, and everyone has an ominous light in their souls. This place has long been completely corrupted, but for some reason, they pretend to be a human civilization.
But under the dark realm, no one can hide the truth.
The good news is that believing in the same [god] makes their soul fires become closer. You only need to explode one place, and the rest will perish.
The corruption in the slums was worse and bolder, and Hades stared silently at the half-mad woman, whose face was exactly like the queen's, but one eye was missing.
The other eye had long lost the ferocity and vigor it had when she was imprisoned on the ship. She screamed in horror and tried to struggle to escape, "
Not here! No - not here!"
Hades silently opened a black thermos cup. The same thing, but there was no warm water inside, and gray-white powder lay quietly inside.
He opened his communication channel and gave the order.
In the distance, where Hades could not see, the security team deployed by the Death Guard began to take action. The soulless ones climbed into the tank dexterously, opened the black stone jar placed inside, and then quickly retreated to a certain range.
Powdered psykers were among them.
The sky above Absdu was slightly distorted, but it didn't matter. The Death Guard's airdrop pods and torpedoes were all ready.
Mortarion looked at the queen who was still speaking in amusement. Her speech full of big words was stuck. She was a psyker, of course she was aware of it.
He finally felt that this face full of lies became slightly less annoying to him.
Mortarion tightened his grip on his scythe and stood forward, standing between Guilliman and the Queen. Guilliman glanced at him uneasily and dissatisfied, as if asking Mortarion Ann is going to do something weird again.
Under the hood, under the mask, Mortarion smiled at Guilliman. Soon, Guilliman would know everything, and he would shut up his official-speaking mouth.
Hades dragged the wizard into the center of the altar and silently began to sprinkle the psyker's ashes on her body.
These wizards may not have thought that one day they would become the container that carries their [Godly Power].
Affected by the sudden increase in subspace concentration, mutation has begun. Dirty blue feathers emerged from under her skin. Stained with scarlet blood.
She began to beg loudly for mercy, calling for her master, and used her bound hands to tear the feathers off her body, but the feathers were still growing wildly and uncontrollably. They were everywhere and even squeezed out of her eye sockets.
Hades remained silent as he continued to spread the ashes, just like the villagers who piled firewood for the wizard in the Middle Ages.
Finally, as if she realized that her life was coming to an end, the witch finally gave up calling her Lord in a language that Hades could not understand, and instead attacked Hades in a low Gothic voice, "We
do What's wrong?! You guys came to invade us!!! Tear our flesh and blood! Destroy our faith! And we did nothing, just live according to the way of our ancestors!!!" She cursed Hades loudly
,
" Invaders who claim to be righteous! Trash! Scumbag! Tyrant!"
However, the only response she received was silence. She suddenly realized that since she met Hades and was arrested by Hades, Hades had never treated her. Said something.
She laughed hoarsely,
"You despise us! Are you even unwilling and dare not talk to me?! Coward!"
What she responded to was Hades' retreating figure and the hiss of the grenade in his hand.
The dazzling white light suddenly burst out -
and in a daze, she heard,
"Find a better universe in the next life."
"Hiss ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
Guilliman turned around suddenly, the southern one In the sky, a huge blue shadow flashed out of thin air, uttering a sharp curse.
Guilliman's pupils tightened,
"Wha-"
The next moment, as if he realized something, Guilliman suddenly raised his hands and tried to block it. , but Mortarion was one step faster than him -
Mortarion violently pulled Guilliman back, a huge clang exploded, Guilliman turned back again, and the giant scythe was less than an inch away from the tip of his nose. Stopped, filled with sharp blue feathers.
Opposite the giant scythe, there was a squirming human figure. The blue skirt seemed to blend into her skin, and the sharp feathers were looming underneath.
That's the Queen, that's the Queen? !
Guilliman took a breath of cold air, immediately drew out the Akagi dagger, and immediately began to command the Ultramarines.
When the original body turned his attention to the warriors outside, he discovered that the Death Guards had begun to take action the second before the accident occurred. They raised their flamethrowers, changed their formation, and pushed the Ultramarines They push back from the outside to the inside.
There was chaos on the field, the Absdu people were screaming and growing feathers, and blood was spilled on the ground.
The historians were horrified by this hellish scene, screaming and trying to squeeze into the ranks of the Ultramarines.
There was a roar in the sky, the Death Guard's Stormbirds had begun to hover at low altitude, and the general channel sounded a warning, [Sudden attack, the enemy betrayed the empire. 】
All this happened in less than ten seconds.
Guilliman was completely confused. He didn't understand that in countless deductions, none of the backup plans targeted this behavior. The other party's actions were not in line with any kind of interests. This was not part of the plan.
But even so, Guilliman made the most correct decision after just one second of observation,
[My heirs! Prepare for war! Cooperate with the Death Guard! 】
Compared to the Ultramarines who still don't know most of the information, the Death Guards are obviously more likely to win.
Mortarion's voice sounded,
"I'm glad you can say that, my brother."
Mortarion raised his gun and stored energy. The light came on, and he shot the queen again, knocking off the queen's crown.
"I'm also glad that you finally show what you should be, Lady Circe."
Violent psychic fluctuations enveloped the queen, which made Mortarion dare not get close easily.
"How dare you?! How dare you?! Ridiculous monsters! You really think you can defeat us after awakening Abstu!"
the Queen screamed like blood,
"You are just scum, crude primitives Human!"
As if in response to the Queen's scream, the blue figure on the horizon also burst out with a sharp scream, and the sound was so loud that it could almost be seen with the naked eye.
Mortarion raised an eyebrow, but continued to fire.
Guilliman swallowed. The Imperial Army was indeed in the upper hand in the current situation, but—that phantom on the horizon? ! Why does Mortarion seem to ignore it!
Even Guilliman saw that it was the monster that decided the battlefield!
"You are the ones who are foolish and arrogant. You rely on the power of subspace, but mistakenly think it is your own strength." "
When you kneel down to subspace, the winner is already us." The
Lord of Death lightly After speaking his words softly, he watched the queen struggle angrily. Her previously thin body was already larger than the two original bodies.
[Inside the tank, a burst of red light rang out from the black stone jar, the lid was automatically closed, and huge amounts of black stone powder began to gush out, accompanied by a girl's roar. 】
Hearing Mortarion's provocation, the queen let out a shrill scream, the blue monster in the sky let out a shrill scream, the Absdu people wailed, and the historians screamed -
"How dare you -"
Dark The indescribable giant rose from the sky, violent green lightning was entangled in the dark clouds, and death came in an instant.
[Pluto] looked at this corrupted land, and the blue giant shadow before was just a moment in a dream.
The soul is trembling.
Everyone looked into the distance in disbelief, and some people had fallen down tremblingly -
except for Mortarion and his Death Guards. Mortarion smiled and walked forward with his scythe.
Now, everyone is silent, no screaming, nothing.
The Lord of Death was pleased with this.
Then, the green flames burned quietly.
Haha, I passed out. I didn’t catch up with yesterday... Just think it’s yesterday’s amount, and it’s still there today.
Some people react slowly, so speed up, and some foreshadowing may be hasty
(end of chapter)