Chapter 381 370. Magnus’ decision
Magnus trembled.
[Is this Malcador’s mission...Okay, okay. ]
[I... to be honest, I don't know. ]
He lowered his head and said softly,
[I, I was scared at the time - you won't understand! No one can see him in anger and not tremble! He simply didn't look like...]
Hades sighed and interrupted the second half of Magnus's sentence,
"I understand. I won't laugh at you on this point. After all, you faced him head-on. Angry."
Magnus took a deep breath and continued to speak in a lowered voice,
[He showed me...everything. I couldn't think anymore. I just wanted to tell him not to be angry anymore, not to be angry anymore. Sad...]
"Can you feel his sadness?"
Magnus nodded silently, and the original body lowered his head, as if looking at his futile hands again, but he was already blind.
[I feel guilty, I subconsciously want to make up for all this, I hope he forgives me...but...this...he doesn't accept it...he doesn't accept it...]
"You didn't answer my question, Magnus ."
Hades' plain voice was still ringing,
"Why eyes?"
[Because it wanted eyes at that time! The eyes are the windows to the soul, an organ of great occult significance - you should read some basic occult books! 】
"Okay."
Hades said slowly,
"Let the psykers worry about mystical matters. After all, you did it in front of him." "So you just
hope to calm him down." Anger, right?"
[...and make up for the mistakes I made. ]
Before Hades spoke, Magnus smiled bitterly and said,
[I did something wrong again, didn't I? ]
"I'm not a judge, don't ask me."
Hades said,
"But I suggest you try to only do what he asks you to do, and don't take the initiative to do anything else."
Hades slowly said Pacing in the room, he felt that there was a trick here. Why did Magnus subconsciously give him a look? But he also felt that since the Emperor was directly present at the time, it should be nothing serious.
Even if there is, it's not something Hades can control.
But at least he knew what Magnus was thinking, and Hades understood this. He had indeed seen people who subconsciously wanted to punish themselves to gain inner peace because they knew they had caused disaster.
"Then where are your eyes now?"
Magnus paused and said dullly,
[Emperor. 】
That’s okay, Hades thought, the emperor is already the most reliable person on the human side, even if this guy is indeed a bit gambling.
"Okay..."
Hades drawled his voice,
"Makado does have something to do with you, Magnus."
Magnus was silent, and so was Hades. The Red Sinner listened to Hades From the sound of footsteps, from the change in the regulator's attitude, Magnus could tell this wasn't going to be easy.
None of this was meant to be easy.
Magnus thought sadly, and he spoke in a voice as soft as a fly,
[I can accept it... Just say it. 】
Hades stopped pacing, and he spoke calmly,
"The army has arrived in Prospero now, Magnus."
Magnus trembled suddenly, and he thought of Prospero's capital, Tiz. The warm sunshine on the streets of Tizka, the spire of the pyramid library in the distance emits a crystal-clear light, and the hot and humid sea breeze comes from the sea side of Tizka. Scholars hold books and walk on the street talking and laughing. On the spacious street.
The stench of gunpowder smoke passed into the tip of his nose, and he saw billowing black smoke rising from the blue sky, and the roaring flames burning everything. People screamed and fled. The war will destroy this place, and all tranquility will go away—— [They want to
destroy Prospero, right? 】
Magnus said tremblingly, these words made him feel his tongue burning.
"I am not the commander, the emperor is."
Hades's voice was still calm, cold, and cruel. Magnus took a deep breath, and he even felt that his words were tinged with humility,
[Don’t—don’t hurt the people there, only eradicate the psychic parts. They are not wrong, they just want to find someone. A place where academic discussions can be held freely. 】
Hades stared at Magnus,
"Is there a part of Prospero that does not have psychic energy at all?"
Magnus buried his face deeply in his hands, his voice seemed As if dead,
[...No. ]
Magnus was personally responsible for the application of psionic energy in Prospero. The original body was obsessed with using psionic energy to benefit the general public, so much so that some tasks that could be completed with a little human effort were replaced by psionic energy.
"I think he will tell the difference clearly."
Hades's voice sounded,
"After all, he is the master of mankind..."
"So he gave you a task, Magnus."
[What? ]
Magnus raised his head, and his eyes covered by white cloth seemed to be looking at Hades in confusion.
"He wants you to order the army on Prospero to surrender."
Magnus smiled bitterly in disbelief and trembled,
[I know... I should have known. ]
He buried himself deeply in his hands again, as if it was difficult to accept all this,
[But... it is too cruel to make people give up resistance... to give up the homes they have built for survival... it is too cruel. 】
Hades wanted to comfort Magnus and said that he was also cruel when he abandoned his comrade-in-arms Space Wolves, but in the end he did not say it,
"The Emperor himself promised that if you want them to surrender without a fight, then those who are not contaminated Those people will be treated well by the empire."
Magnus murmured to himself in a low voice,
[Is there really someone who is not contaminated? 】
Hades thought for a while,
"You should have some confidence, Magnus."
If Tzeentch wants the Emperor to join the game, then he will definitely not be able to provide a dead end, and he will definitely show some sincerity to the Emperor.
Magnus was silent. He didn't speak for a long time, and Hades stood in front of him silently, waiting for Magnus's decision.
Finally, an almost inaudible voice sounded,
[…I can’t speak. 】
Hades sighed,
"If you don't say it, Magnus."
Hades's mechanical eyes flashed red,
"I think the empire will forge your orders. This can be obtained by easy reasoning." Conclusion."
Magnus smiled bitterly,
"It's too cruel. ]
"Perhaps you should gradually adapt to this, Magnus."
Hades said kindly.
"Perhaps this universe has always been so cruel, but you were deceived in a lie before - and did not realize its truth. ."
Hades continued, lowering his voice,
"It's time for you to take a good look at this cruel world, Magnus, if you want to hear the story of Mortarion, or the story of Angron, I I can tell you at any time."
Bloody tears oozed from the place covered with white cloth again by Magnus, and he said dryly,
[I am not someone who takes pleasure in others' misfortunes, Hades... tell me when I can tell you My people speak. ]
"Are you really ready?"
Hades asked.
【maybe. ]
Magnus was silent, and he was once again enveloped in great sadness.
No more, okay
(end of chapter)