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

Chapter 816 [258.] That Other Nightmare

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【I think I should stay away for a while? 】

Sanguinius spoke slowly, and the ghoul beside him fell into a rare long silence - he was obviously thinking.

The archangel could understand why the ghoul was silent now. There was obviously something interesting behind what the maniac Angron said.

The ghoul's subconscious silence clearly confirmed that he knew of Horus's rebellion, but there was a more urgent question that might need to be resolved now, that is, whether Guilliman knew about this.

According to common sense, Guilliman can control the strength of each Primarch's Warp power. At the same time, Guilliman also attaches great importance to the ability of Angron the Desire. Before Angron fell into the path of Slaanesh, Guilliman often used Angron's ability to see through people's hearts to make plans.

But, the question now is, is Angron really on the same page with Guilliman? The ghouls think this is not an absolute answer. Angron, who is looked down upon by everyone, obviously has his own plans and considerations.

Taking a step back, even if Angron did not tell the evil king Guilliman about this, even Angron could see what Horus was thinking...

Wouldn’t that old fox like Guilliman notice something?
Of all the Primarchs, the one who should not be underestimated is Robert Guilliman, even though that guy sometimes looks arrogant to the point of madness.

Even the seemingly modest and cautious Mortarion eventually lost in the confrontation with Guilliman.

The ghoul Sanguinius felt a chill running down his spine. He thought that Horus only complained about this to the people he trusted the most...

But Guilliman also had many spies inserted into each legion, and he completely tamed the Alphas so that the twins would serve him.

Perhaps all this is just the ghoul's fantasy, but the facts are proving his uneasiness——

For this expedition, Guilliman did not dispatch Horus and the Luna Wolves, but only sent Sanguinius.

Although the combat power of the Luna Wolves was not outstanding in the Empire, if they were used as advance line fillers... Sanguinius thought that Guilliman would definitely not feel bad about it.

On the other side, the [Human Empire] is currently guarded by the abomination [Fenus Manus].

[Fainus]——Guilliman's most trusted Primarch.

[Finus Manus] is the one whose thinking mode is closest to [Robert] among many Primarchs. The only difference between them may be that [Guilliman] is more interesting and can entertain himself. He also has more ambitions and a preference for war.

During the Terra Incident, Robert Guilliman, with tears on his face, personally sent Fulgrim, who was killed by Perturabo, back to Finus Manus, and barely used his psychic power to keep Fulgrim's soul alive. Since then, Finus Manus has always been grateful to Guilliman.

It is worth mentioning that when the Lord of Mankind proposed to delay the progress of the Great Crusade, Finus was the first person to agree with Guilliman's point of view. Because of their similar views in some aspects and Guilliman's efficiency far exceeding that of other Primarchs, Finus has always regarded the Lord of Macragge as a role model.

After Fulgrim's death, Finus, who shared the same political views as Guilliman, decided to follow the King of Evil completely.

At the same time, due to the death of his former best friend [Folgen], [Fenus]'s already few emotions became increasingly thin until they disappeared completely.

He gradually became the most efficient machine under Guilliman, and even Angron sometimes did not bother to cast his eyes on Finus, unless the maniac wanted to sneak into the Abomination's most hidden workshop to find the silver-haired Primarch who was always sleeping.

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If we order Finus to kill Horus while most of the Primarchs and Legions are on the march...

The ghoul felt cold sweat running down his forehead. He obviously couldn't apply to go back now. If he rashly applied to return to defend, it would confirm Horus's treason.

But the Luna Wolves are unlikely to be a match for Finus, who controls the entire human empire's military.

Now how to do?
The ghoul's mind was in a mess, and he was too concerned. His fangs were bared, as if he was craving for blood and flesh.

There is a solution, but it requires him and [Horus] to have absolute tacit understanding and reason. If the [Empire] really launches a siege against [Horus]...

As long as the battle line here collapses, Guilliman will be faced with a choice - where to prioritize the limited forces?

Compared with [Horus], the pressure and threat faced by the entire empire here is definitely greater.

The ghoul remained silent for a long time. In fact, he, who had never revealed his prophetic ability to others, knew more - much closer to the essential truth than others.

such as.

He knew that their empire was ultimately nothing.

This is exactly the truth that the ghouls have been hiding from the world. In fact, this is not the first time that Horus has thought of betrayal.

Before this, in ancient times far beyond this point in time, Horus had hesitantly tried to persuade the ghouls to join him in opposing Guilliman.

Sanguinius smiled and rejected Horus's choice. He used words to persuade the wolf-shepherd god to give up this idea.

Because this [Empire] is ultimately nothing, it is better to leave in style after ten thousand years of enjoyment.

[Sanguinius] does not have a strong desire to survive. Life and death, the disappearance and existence of consciousness, are nothing more than the rising and setting of Baal to him. If he wants to survive like [Fenus] or [Guilliman], it is better to fall into a deep sleep as soon as possible.

But fortunately, he did not live such a painful life, because his friend [Horus] was with him.

Of course, the ghoul did not tell Horus his true thoughts. Unlike Sanguinius, Horus was a pragmatic guy. He needed something meaningful to exist. Therefore, the idea of ​​treason was never really given up by the wolf-god. In front of his best friend, Horus mentioned it again and again, as if he really hoped that the ghoul would help him.

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[You can't win.]
The ghoul said calmly,

[He controls the entire empire's supplies and troops—there is no chance of victory with just our two legions.]
[Horus] blinked and looked at [Sanguinius] eagerly, as if hoping that he would agree to rebel today.

[It's not just the two of us, Sanguinius.]
He said, spreading his hands earnestly,
[If we revolt, I bet Fourteen will respond to us.]
[But what happens after that? Three legions don’t stand much chance of winning…]
Moreover... [Mortarion] is a person under close surveillance. If there is any movement on his side, [Guilliman] will notice it immediately.

But the ghoul didn't say this out loud. He just spoke impatiently.
[Then you go and discuss it with him.]
[No, no, no, if I can't convince my best friend, how can I convince others?]
So Horus tried again and again, but the ghouls defended their city and refused to agree.

until……

Until now.

In another line of fate, the ghoul felt his hand holding the spear tremble slightly. As if to vent his anger, he raised the spear high and then dropped it, stabbing the twitching rotten flesh.

Regardless of whether it was Angron who leaked the secret or not, Angron's words just now had already reminded the ghouls that Horus was in a very dangerous situation.

And why did he say that... Why did he say that in front of two Sanguinius...

The ghoul believes that the maniac definitely did not say it unintentionally while taking too much drugs.

[Angron] also has his own demands - and now he wants to borrow the knife of the ghoul.

What made the ghoul [Sanguinius] even more angry was that he had no idea of ​​[Angron's] motive for doing so, and he was the one being held up. When the rotten meat was rotten to the point where it could not be rotten any more, the ghoul took a deep breath and regained his facial expression. On his calm face, he was wearing a slightly helpless smile.

[I have a question.]
He smiled and looked at the archangel.

[If you have a good relationship with Horus and Horus suddenly falls into crisis, what will you do?]
Archangel Sanguinius just looked at him, his eyes containing sympathy, sadness and understanding at the same time. None of them spoke a word amid the groaning of the flesh mass called Angron.

But they already knew each other's answer.

This is Sanguinius.

The good news is that the angel Sanguinius here will not have such troubles now.

In his mind, he had already tied up Horus and the Lord of Mankind with a smile on his face, and then released them both.

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Another fate line

"interesting……"

On a recently abandoned mineral planet, in an ultra-low temperature, high radiation environment,

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A middle-aged man wearing a blue and red flowered beach shirt and sunglasses was walking in the desert with his flip-flops dangling. Beside him, the tall Primarch also took off his armor and followed the Lord of Humanity somewhat stiffly.

Neos stretched out his hand, and circles of ripples flashing light blue spread out around his arm.

"Their physical world here has almost completely merged with the warp."

Neos was amazed. He immediately understood what had happened. After removing the fragments of the Star God that were still active in the galaxy, this empire chose to fully embrace the warp.

Relying on the prayers of many believers and the guidance of the Primarch, the subspace successfully began to overlap with the physical world, and gradually gained the right to cover the underlying logic and rules.

[It’s really… weird. ]

Horus spoke cautiously, the Primarch looked through the endless desert at the towering sculpture standing in the abandoned settlement in the distance. It was the sculpture of Guilliman. Around this huge sculpture, small abstract sculptures symbolizing the power of the four gods surrounded it.

The sculptures of the Four Gods do not depict specific images, but exist in an extremely general form.

Next to the sculpture that no one maintains, some demons are chirping around it, making as noisy as birds.

"Be careful. Although I can block those powers, it's better to go around them. If we are discovered in advance, it will be troublesome. My 'son' [Guilliman] has established an extremely large psychic system network."

Neos lowered his sunglasses, glanced at the sculpture, and then began to talk to himself again.

"This is really weird. How did the other me end up like this? I'm such a wimp. Can you please stop embarrassing me?"

"It's strange indeed. You can say that I am such a loser, but why was Malcador... persuaded by Erda to rebel? No, Erda? Forget it."

Neos talked to himself. Anyway, there was no one here who could hear him, and it was quite relaxing to be free from the affairs of Terra.
The emperor had quite a lot to say, because this line of fate really made him very unhappy.

It's fine if the other one is just lame, but why does Malcador look so reckless? Is Malcador the kind of person who can be easily persuaded by Erda? No way! No way!

So far, Neos has only been interested in two nodes in this destiny line, one is the storm on Terra, and the other is the Terra Incident.

However, when his words reached Horus' ears, the Primarch's expression looked a little bad - at least Malcador still did not leave a good impression on Horus.

Perhaps he should persuade his father, Horus thought, but he didn't know how to start. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the Lord of Mankind suddenly froze in place, his face filled with astonishment, his mouth wide open.

【? ! 】

The Primarch immediately became alert and drew the sword at his waist, but did not find any danger.

Then he followed the Lord of Mankind's gaze and saw a man.

The first human they met in this line of destiny.

Yes, in this line of destiny there was a very ordinary, very ordinary man, thin, malnourished, naked, with dull eyes, and he looked like a Chaos believer, with numbers and blasphemous prayers engraved on his skin. He had his back to them, kneeling facing the statue of Guilliman, his head raised to the sky.

Horus carefully used his psychic power to probe, but apart from the faint soul and the light of chaos, he did not find anything unusual. The believer was just like an ordinary Chaos believer, but why... why did his father -

Before Horus could react, the Lord of Mankind had already trotted towards the man eagerly, almost stumbling, completely disregarding his image.

The emperor ran up to the kneeling person. He stared at the wide-open eyes with trembling eyes, took off his sunglasses, and stretched out his hands as if wanting to touch the human, but his hands hovered in the air for a long time and he was unable to move forward.

The human obviously had no reaction to the presence of others, or no orders, so he didn't have to move, didn't need to act, didn't need to think, he just knelt on the ground and contributed his last value to the Empire.

【What's wrong, my father? 】

Horus ran over and looked at Neos cautiously.

Tears suddenly flowed from the eyes of the Lord of Mankind. He said nothing, but just looked at the man and cried silently.

After a long silence, the Lord of Mankind seemed to wake up from a dream. His expression became extremely serious, but his tears were still flowing.

"..."

"The people here have suffered far more than I could have imagined... No... It's not suffering anymore... Humans shouldn't be like this... How could this happen? Why did he choose this? No... It's impossible... He could have chosen any path, why did he choose the path that caused me the most pain?"

Neos said painfully, he finally stretched out his hand, a pale golden light shone, he closed the eyes of the broken soul, after a crackling flame, a little light disappeared.

"I want to see another me."

The Lord of Mankind said this with a firm gaze, and the tears made the golden flame in his eyes dim.

"I want to see another emperor."

"I'm going to ask him why."

His face became grim.

"Why? Why?! Why?!!!"

"Does humanity really deserve so much suffering for you? Are you just planning to take revenge on Guilliman?!"

(End of this chapter)