Chapter 352 341. Hades hates religion
[O believers! Your most evil act is to choose a philistine to be your master. Your piety in preaching with holy water every day is worthless in His eyes.
The most fortunate thing you can do is to choose a philistine as your master. The worldly person knows the thirst of your flesh and a little loyalty. He gives you water, shelter, and a job in exchange for bread. ]
——A certain manuscript of Jin-306
[Damn thing! How dare you bunch of bullshit call yourself pious! Don’t pray to Him with your greed. Do you think of Him as a vending machine? ! God is ignorant of mercy and imitates others, but this is not an excuse for you to deceive Him in exchange for gold coins!
Don’t apply to Him until you have completely given up your damn greed! If I detect a little greed in your thinking engines, you'll get more than ten lashes! ]
——A recording archive in Kirkland's data block
[Uh, don't be nervous...what do you want? 】
——Hades
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Sometimes, Hades just doesn’t want to delve into it.
Seriously thinking about the moral ethics and humanities and social sciences of this shithole world will only push yourself into a corner. Giving up thinking is the best choice, although this does not mean that Hades abandoned his humanity and turned to the greenskins.
Well, greenskins might be a good choice.
Neos, he Hades doesn't do it - waaaaagh - ahem, no.
Hades took a deep breath. The sound of the rustling gears in his ears made him feel a little anxious. After eating the fifth table of desserts, the full original body rarely felt sleepy, so Ange Long lay back to rest again. He was well concealed by Hades and had no idea what was going on outside.
Outside this room, the ocean of radio waves was almost explosively noisy.
The ships of the Mechanicus were silently surrounding the World Eaters' Glory Queen, and out of respect for the Forge World of Sarem for winning the war, the World Eaters acquiesced to the Magos' move closer.
The sage had been waiting for him.
After the first drop of blood fell out of piety, Hades was still unwilling to face it. The topic he had always avoided was finally placed in front of him -
he had to respond to a belief that should not exist.
Hades's current position is not that of a general, awarding rewards to the brave, granting posthumous titles to the dead, and comforting warriors with material and power. This is not like that in the Death Guard.
He is now considered a god.
Although people's performance in these two aspects are so similar, for example, brave generals will also have soldiers who are willing to follow them through life and death, the essence of the two is ultimately different.
Generally speaking, some secular believers pray to gods just to try to fulfill their little wishes - Hades understands this kind of people, and he even hopes that there will be more of these people, because it only requires Hades to establish a complete reward and punishment measures.
But it is obvious that most believers, at least the sages waiting for Hades now, are not.
This is true faith, the realization that one can die in the morning after hearing the Tao. In the bloated religious education of the Mechanicum, they have become beings who are willing to sacrifice their lives decisively for the God of All Machines in their minds.
Hades swallowed silently. To a certain extent, this thing was terrifying. People who had never met were willing to give their lives for the occasional existence in the myth. This enthusiasm made Hades tremble.
The Emperor has been doing a terrible thing. He planted the seeds of religion on Mars and allowed it to grow into a terrifying giant in the long river of time. This is not the Emperor's bad taste, the Emperor's purpose is Save the fire of technology, and at the same time, this fire will not need his care in the turbulent years.
Then, when the Emperor needed this fire, he descended to Mars and asked for support and supplies on the pretext of [God] - the Emperor did also supply Mars with materials, but without [Ohm Messiah] In the name of this, his cooperation with the sages would have become more difficult.
In other words, for the great cause of mankind, the Emperor personally cultivated a group of fanatical believers and sages who were willing to sacrifice for their faith. He exchanged their weapons and supplies in the name of faith, and he did this very well.
This is a necessary sacrifice.
Hades could already imagine him asking the Emperor about this and the other person's answer.
Hades was the next person to be pushed to the stake by the Emperor, but... in fact, it was the fallen believers who really pushed Hades to the stake.
Hades respects every drop of blood, and every drop of blood should not be shed in vain. As long as Hades has the ability, he will try his best to satisfy everyone's whisper before death, but if their wish is to see the illusion and reality in their hearts, A god that shouldn't exist...
Hades signaled the servitor to open the door expressionlessly, and he strode out.
Then give them a dream, even if the price is a lie they are destined to bear.
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In the long and narrow corridor, darkness surged and enveloped everything, and scorching green arcs lit up.
Crisp, cold and heavy footsteps sounded, metal collided with metal.
At the end of the corridor, the forbidden halberd set up by the Sisters of Silence and the Imperial Guards was slowly lowered.
But the sages who had just been noisily pushing and shoving no longer took the step forward that they had dreamed of before. They slowly put down their secondary limbs that were beating each other, and the crowded crowd slowly moved back, consciously standing in a certain order. With.
In the fight just now, the World Eater, who was squeezed to the back by the sages, let out several strange roars, but no one paid attention to him. He could only see these sages who only left the back of his head. Nervously adjusting his robe.
What can be sorted out? Most of the sages' clothes are more like a few tattered strips of cloth than red robes. Karn, who was beside the World Eater, punched him to tell him to shut up.
Footsteps are approaching step by step.
The great sage who took the lead shouted a word of praise for Om Messiah. His distorted tone was extremely penetrating, and the ocean of praise began to rise and fall.
During the chanting, the engine roared harshly, and the sound of metal hitting the floor sounded again and again. People knelt down, lowered their heads, and showed their loyalty to the gods - even if they had already proved their loyalty with dripping blood
. , but everyone still trembled and lowered their heads as much as possible. They were still terrified. In front of the real gods, no one was perfect.
The footsteps stopped.
Then there was a long silence, which gave the crowd the illusion that they heard the sigh of the Om Messiah.
The corner of his robe shook uneasily.
"You don't have to kneel down."
The voice sounded calmly and without any doubt,
"Stand up so that you can get closer to the truth."
It's really strange. Obviously, as long as he sees a crack of lightning in the hand of the god, he will give it to him without hesitation. Believers in life hesitated when God asked them to stand up.
Maybe because the latter means disobedience.
"You have proven yourselves and there is no need to kneel."
Finally, there was the sound of metal and chains, and the sea of rags began to rise.
Believers wait silently for God's instructions, whether they are praise or criticism, joy or sorrow. The power is in His hands, not among them.
Hades wanted to sigh inwardly, but he finally held back.
Faced with this, what did the emperor do? Will he live up to these looks, even if they are not wise or even stupid?
What should he say to them? What should he give them?
As sacrifices and brave men, Hades should grant the sages as much knowledge and wealth as possible. As long as they are willing, Hades will give them wisdom and show them the way forward.
But what they want is more than just that. They are more greedy, but also more ascetic. Hades cannot use secular views to measure these sages who grew up in a religious atmosphere. Specifically, they need to let Hades Si inspired them spiritually and religiously.
In the darkness, Hades opened his mouth. He remembered the prayers he had memorized in the Martian church. He spoke softly and quickly, as if the language would corrode his tongue, "People from
Sarem , the gears that never stop prove your courage, the blood that never dries up proves your loyalty, the fire of knowledge deep in your soul makes me happy - so, what reward do you want? As long as I can give it, Then I won't hesitate."
Even if they don't want anything, Hades will gather supplies for this forging world. As early as the moment the war ends, Hades has already thought about what to give these sages, a large amount The materials and necessary technology are enough for them to station themselves in the star field of the Maelstrom and become kings. Now what Hades is asking is just an extra gift of gratitude.
Although Hades now only has the title of Lord of the Silent Order, he can later exchange for supplies by beating Malcador (being beaten by Malcador).
To a certain extent, the sages of this forging world are the saviors of Hades and the World Eaters, but now the status of the two parties has been reversed. This makes Hades feel uncomfortable, but these are indeed sages. What we want to see.
Hades only heard the roar of the Sage engine in the front row, which sounded like it was about to be overloaded by high temperature.
The sages in front of him were silent for a long time, and the World Eater behind him shook slightly.
They... what do they want?
The leading great sage Haisen was silent. He was not the leader of these sages, but their real great sage had already led the Titans to death after shouting for Ohm Messiah. The position list , the sages above Haisen have all been buried under the snowfield.
So he naturally got the status that he had dreamed of before, and that countless people could not get in exchange for it. Although there were three other people on his level who survived (the sages just pushed and shoved because of this), as one of them, Zeng Hessen, who was closest to the center of the battlefield, finally won.
So what do they want?
Hessen found that they did not seem to have considered this issue. They were just pushing and pushing to see the Ohm Messiah. At the end of the war, when the silver-white miraculous rain slid into the metal body, the most trembling thing in his heart was The emotion is that I have experienced a divine battle.
People happily stood on the ruins chewing their victory and recalling the magnificent scene they had seen before. This may be the most magnificent scene most of them have ever seen in their lives.
The dead were also overjoyed. They died in the holy war and fell on the land closest to the truth. There is no death more valuable than sacrificing one's life for the God of All Machines, let alone what they truly believed before they died. Received tears and blessings from Om Messiah.
If it weren't for the scar wrapped in silver teardrops on his left shoulder, Haisen thought he would be jealous of the deceased.
So what do they want?
Haisen realized with horror that he had been silent for too long, but he did not find the answer to this question. Whether it was him or Sarem, fighting side by side with the Ohm Messiah was the limit of their imagination.
If you ask a devout believer what his biggest dream is in life, he will say that he hopes to see his god with his own eyes.
So...what happens after this?
Hessen slowly fed electricity into the microphone, lifting his tattered robes as gracefully as he could and bowing.
"...We have nothing else to ask for, sir."
His sincere voice reached Hades's ears. Pluto looked condescendingly at the sage who was slowly saluting, and did not speak for a long time.
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