Warhammer 40: Mortal Gods

"The Old Ones Refuse to Share the Secrets of Longevity."

Szalak raised his hand, and the surrounding environment turned into a still picture. It was the tragic scene when the Old Saint and the Necrontyr fought for the first time.

"But I think maybe they really have no choice."

"It's not just the radiation sickness caused by the Star God's parasitism on the star that shortens the life of the Necrontyr. The existence of the Star God called the Night Holder will bring about conceptual death."

"What can the Ancient Saint do?"

Szarak defended the Necrontyr race's sworn enemies.

Qin Mo nodded: "If the King of Silence at that time had the same understanding as you, maybe the probability of these two races fighting would not be so high."

"My understanding of this matter comes from the King of Silence of that generation, who defended the ancient saints." Szarak looked at Qin Mo, "But the most important thing in this universe is often not the truth. You know this very well. For one thing, even if the Old Ones are innocent, will the Necrontyr not attack them and just sit there and wait for death amid their own internal conflicts?"

Qin Mo nodded.

Szarak waved his hand, and the endless darkness around him dissipated, and the tombstone also disappeared.

Qin Mo knew that after briefly talking about the race of the Undead, Szarak would use this as an introduction to talk about the current matter.

"It is indeed me who sent Trazin to deliver you the seal to awaken the Kasa dynasty." Szarak said.

Qin Mo asked: "Then you have never thought about why the Casa Dynasty would stand on your side after waking up instead of standing opposite you and the Storm King to kill both of you? Although this is impossible, But they do have such an intention, and you should know more about the members of the Casa dynasty."

"Oh, that's what Trazin told you. It read my mind, but it was wrong." Szarak said, "I didn't want the Casa Dynasty to be on my side. It's best The best thing to do is to launch revenge. All the powerful weapons of the Menak Dynasty cannot be used, and they are isolated and helpless, so they will be easily defeated by the Casa Dynasty. "

"Then."

"If such a bloodthirsty and powerful dynasty was defeated by the Casa dynasty, the Casa dynasty will receive due attention and vigilance from other dynasties."

"This dynasty will become the enemy of other dynasties."

"I will not win over the Kassa dynasty to my side, I will work with Imotek to deal with them."

After Szarak said this, Qin Mo thought about it for a while.

He couldn't believe it.

The Menak dynasty was actually used as bait and sacrifice by Szarak.

Szarak's real purpose is not to win over the Casa dynasty, but to make this dynasty the most threatening enemy in the eyes of other dynasties, and then transfer the conflict to this dynasty.

Qin Mo had speculated on Szarak's motives, but he could not believe that Szarak would use his most supportive and trusted right-hand man as a victim.

"No...impossible." Qin Mo asked after thinking, "The Casa Dynasty does not have the strength to become a public enemy at all. They do retain a huge number of war machines, but their weaknesses also allow them to be defeated. You can't Would like to make such a dynasty a public enemy."

"A public enemy doesn't need to be really powerful." Szalak replied, "It's enough as long as his enemies think he is powerful."

"What happens after that? If the Kasa Dynasty is destroyed by your united efforts, will the conflict between you and Imotek be over? Will it not rebel against you?" Qin Mo asked again.

Szarak replied calmly again: "Of course conflicts will still exist. But as long as we no longer maintain this state of gathering forces for confrontation, and as long as it attacks our target as a marshal, then I will have a hundred ways to let it The way to pay the price is to weaken its strength. I am the leader of the Three Saints Council. Once the war begins, Imotek must go out as the marshal, and I will still be the decision-maker. "

Qin Mo didn't ask any more questions. At this time, he was even less likely to think that Szalac was a fool like Burner.

Being able to plan a conspiracy is not difficult, nor is it a great thing.

This conspiracy can grasp the interests and needs of everyone involved, and then allow people who are on completely different positions from the planner to act as he wishes. This is the real power.

Qin Mo needs the Casa dynasty, an ally who may side with humans in the war between humans and Necron.

Szalak needs to divert conflicts and have a buffer between himself and Imotekh.

And if the civil war against the Casa dynasty begins, Imotek will not refuse to fight as a general and vanguard, because it needs the war machines of the Casa dynasty to fight against Szarak in armed conflicts.

Qin Mo could imagine that if Szarak had his way, when the Council of Three Saints ordered Imotek to lead troops into battle and formulated a series of ways to weaken it, Imotek would still smile and agree. Thinking that he had gotten a bargain, Szalac, the independent man, once again shot himself in the foot.

"If your idea still goes wrong, and the Casa Dynasty has no revenge, it cannot become a public enemy... Have you ever thought about this possibility?" Qin Mo couldn't help but ask.

Szalak was still very frank, explaining clearly as if he were to his comrades working together: "Then humans will be the public enemy. That would be even better. The size of the human empire will make Imotek's expedition into trouble." In the quagmire, I have more room for maneuver. But the entire race will also be trapped in the quagmire of war, so the human empire will not be my first choice."

Qin Mo stood there and thought for a moment.

He didn't sigh at how powerful Szalac's plan was, he was just thinking about what Szalac's intention was.

The purpose of this meeting.

From the Necrontyr's past history to his complete candor about his entire plan, Szarak is clearly intent on creating a sense of his own honesty in those he speaks to.

"Then what's your idea of ​​deliberately facilitating this meeting between us?"

When this question was asked, Qin Mo had already guessed how Szarak would answer. It wanted him to participate in the conspiracy, or to do something as a favor.

But he still wanted to hear an explanation from Szarak as an important reference.

"Abandon the Kassar dynasty and don't stand behind this dynasty like the Forger." Szarak said, "We are complicit. If you give up them, just like I gave up Menak, humans will no longer be prepared to fight with me. The people's war, the war between the two behemoths that you are worried about will set off a storm of negative emotions in the subspace, this worry will not appear. "

Looking into Qin Mo's eyes, Szarak promised: "I will tell you where those dynasties that have not yet awakened are sleeping. I will give you and your race room to deal with it. We can establish a communication channel to Avoid all possible friction.”

This series of promises coming from the mouth of an alien leader is inherently untrustworthy.

But when it comes out of Szarak's mouth, it makes people feel credible, because it doesn't want to deal with the Casa dynasty, humans, and Imotek at the same time. It just says things that are in its interests and benefit humans. come out.