Warhammer: I don't want to be a stinky can! ! !

Chapter 753 196. Everyone has their own destiny
"He's there, the man who controls the machinery of the human empire."

Polonium Nivaan of the Water Clan said that the alien race spoke High Gothic fluently, but the High Gothic it spoke did not make Maiga feel the arrogance that those masters spoke.

On the contrary, this language sounded extremely familiar to this gray-blue-skinned foreigner.

Maiga swallowed his saliva. After betraying the Human Empire, he was assigned to a diplomatic protection team of the Tau Empire as the alien guard of the Water Caste diplomat Polonium Nivaan.

"Is he wearing a red robe? If so, we call this kind of person a Mechanical Sage."

"Mechanical Sage."

Polonium'Nivaan recited it thoughtfully, and then the Titanium bowed its head and thanked Maiga gratefully.

"Thank you for your popular science. I now remember that there are indeed people of this type in the Empire. But no matter what, thank you, Maiga, and thank you for your supplement.

It is people like you who are willing to serve as bridges between the two races that promote the development of peace for the greater good."

Polonium'Nivaan put its hand on Maiga's shoulder in a friendly manner - human masters rarely do this, as they despise Maiga's dirtiness and lowliness.

Maiga swallowed his saliva, his mouth felt dry.

"For, for the Greater Good."

He spoke somewhat parrot-like, and the Titanium beside him gave him an encouraging smile. The Titanium skillfully started a conversation with the human, and in the midst of those gentle words, they arrived.

"You came."

Maiga, who was standing behind Polonium Nivaan, almost subconsciously took a step back when he saw the Tau clearly. The Tau woman in the XV22 commander's specialized combat suit was tall and serious, and her gaze was like a sharp arrow, shooting straight at Maiga.

"Good day, Commander Shadowsun."

Maiga understood this alien language, and then Polonium Nivaan started chatting with the "Commander Shadowsun". In the gentle tone of the Water Clan, the Titanium woman with a strong face, as if covered by a layer of shadow, also became a little kinder.

Then Shadowsun nodded to them and opened the tightly closed door behind it. The Tau said a few words, and then the door slowly opened.

"Follow me, Maiga."

Polonium'Nivaan nodded to Maiga behind it, and then they walked in together. There was a long corridor behind the door, so they continued walking.

"I think you must be curious about what we are going to do."

Polonium'Nivaan whispered, and Mayiga became nervous again.

"We need to persuade a mechanical sage from the Empire."

Polonium'Nivaan said calmly, and after the Tau said this, Maiga understood why the Water Caste had brought him here - he would be a model, used to persuade the Tau to surrender.

This thought made him feel ashamed. In fact, Maiga could shoot at the soldiers sent by the Human Empire, but he still couldn't face a person from the Empire "alone".

Maiga swallowed again and touched his face.
"I understand, Nivaan, but - but I think this is a bit difficult. Mechanical sages are generally the strangest kind of people among humans. They are stubborn and unchangeable. I am not sure..."

"He is indeed a bit tricky."

Polonium Nivaan nodded, subtly interrupting Maiga's words. In fact, the Tau Empire captured a Mechanicus ship that suddenly appeared in their territory -

It was inferred that the ship had strayed into the territory of the Tau Empire due to the slingshot's loss of direction.

The Tau commander Shadowsun led his cores to capture the ship. After finding that they were no match for the Tau, the cores began to frantically destroy all the equipment on their ship.

But in the end, through clever tactics, Yingyang finally succeeded in capturing the leader of these people -

Ether believes that the Titanium needs to persuade this sage to surrender, because on this mechanical ship, the Titanium discovered a type of device called "Nirvana". According to the research of the Earth Clan, this device seems to be a branch of some huge information transmission system.

But the Nirvana device on the ship had already been locked, and only the sage knew the activation key. After discussion, the Earth Clan did not think they could break the firewall of the Mechanical Sage without triggering the self-destruction program.

"But don't be nervous, it's just a conversation."

Polonium Nivaan explained, and immediately added the next sentence,
"If you don't want to, we won't force you."

Maiga paused for a moment. In fact, he could just turn around and leave. These friendly aliens would not make things difficult for him - but it was precisely this ability to turn around and leave that made Maiga choose to stay.

He was not forced, which is why Maiga chose titanium.

"No no no no."

Maiga shook his head and took another deep breath.

"Please let me try, just for the sake of... the Greater Good."

He saw Polonium'Nivaan smile, and the Tau patted the human's shoulder. Seeing the Tau smile, Maiga felt a little warmth rising in his heart.

This was his own wish. Maiga came here for himself and was grateful to Titanium.

And hatred of the Empire.

No one felt the pain of the Empire more deeply than he did. As the most insignificant member, he huddled in the trenches, watching the fat commander scolding his comrades to face the enemy's artillery fire.
A consumable that will be consumed quickly has no human rights. They struggle in the mud, hungry, and tortured by cold, heat, thirst and disease.

If you don't die, then you will face a gloomy and hopeless next day.

The Empire did not promise them warmth.

Soon they reached the end of the corridor, and a pair of identical doors opened. Maiga smelled a bad smell, like a mixture of motor oil, rust and blood.

He subconsciously wanted to retreat, but still gritted his teeth and followed Polonium Nivaan. Maiga turned his head and saw the horrific scene in the room.

A Titan from the Water Clan sat at the table.

Opposite it, a sage, whose lower body mechanical prostheses were completely dismantled, was suspended in mid-air by heavy cables. The hideous junction of flesh and metal was exposed on his waist and abdomen, and the mechanical parts of his arms were also removed, leaving only half of the flesh on his upper arms. The cables extending from between them were pulled out and became chains to hang him up.

Maiga had hoped that the sage had completed the entire facial transformation - that way he might have less psychological pressure.

But the sage only modified the lower half of his face. At the same time, the metal jaw on his lower face was also removed, and it was now wide open in a comical way.

Only his eyes were left, so bright, so sharp, burning with hatred.

And he was staring at Maiga.

Maiga shuddered subconsciously, but Tau did not notice his little movement. Polonium Nivaan chatted with the Water Clan for a few words, and then the Water Clan stood up and left the table, speaking to Maiga in High Gothic.

"I'm sorry you had to see your kind suffer like this,"

The Water Clan member said this, and then showed an apologetic expression.
"We didn't mean to, but if we didn't he would have started to self-destruct immediately, so we had to take the mechanical parts off him, but other than that we didn't mistreat him."

"at the same time,"

The Water Clan turned their heads and looked at the sage.
"If he made some requests, Titanium would satisfy him, but he is not willing to do so."

"Let Maiga try."

Polonium Nivaan turned sideways and motioned for Maiga to sit over there at the table, facing the sage.

"Zerul is an excellent diplomat, but it is also unable to complete its mission, so we think only you can try, Maiga." Polonium Nivaan said as he gently pushed Maiga to sit in that position. Despite Maiga's slight resistance, the Tau blinked and said,
"Just try. We won't judge you for your failure."

Polonium'Nivaan patted Maiga's shoulder with three fingers in encouragement, and then the two Tau left the room as Maiga watched.

The door closed again.

The room suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of Maiga's violent heartbeat and the buzzing sound coming from the Mechanical Sage's body.

Maiga struggled to turn his gaze back to the sage, and he was almost subconsciously startled again. The sage was now staring at him without blinking.

"traitor."

An electric sound came from the sage's throat, and he used a voice generator to make the sound.

This word hit Maiga, but Maiga did not hide. He grinned subconsciously. Maiga stared at the sage's tattered red robe. With such texture... he must be a big shot.

"traitor?"

Maiga asked back, and to his surprise, his voice was unusually calm.

"The Empire has never acknowledged the ants under its feet. He doesn't care about my life or death, so why does he care about my loyalty?"

"I just want to survive, that's all."

Maiga stared into the sage's eyes, very calm.

"Before this, I worked for the Empire in the hive, I worked for the Empire on the front lines, I mortgaged everything I had to this behemoth, I lacked sleep, I was hungry, I was always worried, but what did the Empire give me?"

Maiga swallowed his saliva. He faced the sage's sharp eyes. His tone became fierce and his voice subconsciously raised.

"I eat food worse than pigs and dogs, struggle among garbage and corpses with the worst equipment, and the clothes the empire gives me can barely keep me warm. And anyone with a higher official position or bloodline than me can beat and scold me! Abuse me! If they want, they can even kill me for fun!"

"Before I joined the Astra Militarum, my wife died from a plague that spread in the hive. She was still alive! But the bio-magus shot her to death! And then burned her in front of me and my child."

Maiga felt himself getting more and more excited as he spoke. His heart was pounding and he felt tears subconsciously flowing down his face. If his wife and children were still alive, he wished they could live the good life he was living now!
"I joined the Astra Militarum just to keep my children alive. I fought so hard to stay alive on the battlefield so that they could get an extra month's pay, but they still died, and I don't even know how they died."

Maiga's eyes were blurred. He was at the front line at the time. When the commander gave him the obituary letter of the children, he stared at the letter and burst into tears, but it was too late.

He wanted to leave the army, but leaving without permission was not allowed.

Later, during a long blockade, in order to avoid eating the corpses of his comrades, Maiga read the letter again and again with tears in his eyes. Then he tore the letter into small pieces, held it in his mouth, and swallowed it bit by bit with saliva.

The obituary letter announcing his child's death became the stepping stone for his new life. Maiga successfully held on until rescue arrived - but the rescue did not come from the Empire, but from Tau.

"For an ant like me, believing in the Empire will only lead to a painful death."

Maiga wiped away his tears and tried to calm himself down.

"Following the Titanium, they gave me food, clean water, single dormitories, and cared more about the soldiers' weapons and vehicles. How ridiculous! On this side of the alien race, I felt that I was treated as a real person, not a consumable that could be wasted and discarded at any time."

These Titans talked to him in a friendly manner and made friends with him. As long as he worked normally, he would have a comfortable living environment.

He laughed and challenged the Mechanical Sage directly.
"I know what you want to say. You people only blame us for our cowardice and betrayal. But why has no one seen our sacrifice and pain before? The superiors whipped us and sucked our blood from our backs."

"Superiors like you will never understand us. It is Titanium that gives us real life."

Maiga said sadly and relievedly that he was sorry for not being able to help Titanium. His words did not sound like an attempt to persuade him to surrender, but rather just a simple rebuke.

But he had been wanting to say these words for too long.

"traitor."

The mechanical sage spoke in a monotonous tone, which made Maiga mistakenly believe that the sage was unable to refute him, but the next moment, the sage spoke.

"If the empire needs it, everyone will sacrifice and accept the pain."

He stated the facts.
"Everyone is suffering, but you only see your own pain."

"This is the only way to fight against the brutal Galaxy. You surrendered only because your tiny eyes have never seen the real beast. Do you really think that the Titanium took you in out of kindness?"

"No,"

The wise man said coldly,
"It is precisely because the human empire still exists that you have value to the Tau. Your current comfortable life is only because of the existence of the empire. You betrayed it in exchange for your current life. You exchanged the loyalty you could have had for a worthless life and enjoyment."

"No!"

Maiga slammed the table.

"The Tau, who believe in the Greater Good, will tolerate races that establish diplomatic relations with them. In the cities built by the Tau, you can see different races living in harmony. The Kroot have become a member of the Tau Representative Council - the Tau are not as sick as the Empire."

"So what did the Kroot pay for their status? The lives of their people on the battlefield, right?"

The wise man said,

"Benefits. The temporary benefits of their existence make Titanium still welcome them. When the value is gone, how will Titanium deal with the aliens?"

"Even if you claim to work for them, you will always be a second-class race to them. If the Empire disappears, what do you think the Tau will do to you? They will destroy you immediately. Your comfortable life now is because of the existence of the Empire."

Maiga gritted his teeth and uttered a few words between his teeth.
"Each race will find its own place in the Greater Good, just like the Water Clan, the Fire Clan—"

"They will only treat you as pets and slaves. These clans will always be inferior to the Ether. This is the truth. The moment you give the right to shoot to the aliens, you are destined to be their slaves."

"But at least it's better than being a slave to the Empire!"

Maiga shouted,
"At least the Titanium respect me! Give me food and shelter! Give me my own life! Give me - give me the environment to continue living!"

If his children had been among the Tau they would have grown taller than Maiga, but instead they lay dead, alone in some dark, bitter corner.

"Heheheheheheheh."

To Maiga's surprise, the Mechanical Sage laughed, but the electronic simulated laughter made him shudder.

"The innocent race,"

The sage began to twitch. Maiga looked at the inhuman sage in horror.
"They are so tolerant of you only because they have not yet seen the truth of the galaxy - when they realize the truth, they will realize how wasteful and extravagant their previous actions were."

"As an inferior race, all that awaits you is hypocritical backstabbing."

Electricity exploded through the Sage's body, and Mayiga stood up suddenly. He called out to his Tau friend Polonium'Nivaan. Mayiga realized that the Sage was trying to commit suicide.

"You could have gained your loyalty, and the Emperor and Hades would have accepted you - but you betrayed, traitor, you betrayed the pain and loyalty of others, and judgment will eventually fall on your head, traitor!!!"

"I just--I want to live!!!"

Maiga screamed, he just wanted to live! He wanted food! He wanted water! He didn't want to be a slave of the nobles anymore!! He wanted his wife and children to be alive!! He just chose the life he wanted!!!
"If loyalty is so valuable!!! Then I am willing to exchange it!!! Rather than die in pain with it!!!"

Maiga's scream was drowned out by an even more violent roar. At the last moment when his whole body exploded, the sage's shout broke through the walls.
"For Ohm Messiah!!!"

(End of this chapter)