Man in Warhammer, starting Primarch

In the bizarre subspace, the Inner Fire leads the Imperial expedition fleet on its way to the Terra system.

"Da da da"

Amidst the sound of footsteps, the tall figure of Elsa, the goddess of life, was wrapped in a huge robe. Under the leadership of a team of nuns, she walked in the long and narrow corridor. After passing through the maze-like corridors inside the ship, the nuns finally brought her to Dukel's room.

The spacious metal door opens automatically, revealing the true interior.

The original body was leaning on a huge throne commensurate with his size, holding his head in one hand, as if deep in thought. The two saints, Efilar and Shivala, stood on both sides of the throne wearing heavy silver armor, with holy faces and the shape of angels.

"Lord Dukel, your follower Aisha sends you my regards."

The voice of the Goddess of Life brought the original body back to his senses from deep contemplation. He looked down at the other party and spoke slowly, with a heavy and powerful voice.

"As everyone knows, I am a person who prefers to speak my mind and never want to impose my will on others."

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There was obvious astonishment on Aisha's face, but soon countless tragic pictures quickly appeared in her mind. They were -

The Garden of Nurgle was smashed, looted and burned,

The space ape who was voluntarily sent to Yajin Energy Factory,

Trazin who was forcibly archaeological,

The Tau, who were hunted down for most of the star region and eventually destroyed their home planet,

Although she had only followed the Primarch for less than three Terran years, similar scenes of brutality were commonplace.

After she quickly recalled these scenes——

"You are right, your kindness is far more dazzling than the stars in the galaxy." Aisha said with great sincerity.

It was clear that she had learned a lot during her three years at the Primarch's side.

——Maybe this is just doing as the Romans do.

Elsa comforted herself in her heart.

Duker looked at her sincere expression and nodded with satisfaction.

"Aisha, you have grown up. I think back to when we first met in the Garden of Nurgle. You were still a little girl who was ignorant of the world. Now you have learned hypocrisy and self-comfort."

Hearing the voice of the original body, Aisha lowered her head and said nothing, but her fists hidden in her sleeves clenched unconsciously. But Duker's next question instantly made the goddess of life's whole body tense up unconsciously.

"Elsa, do you know why I didn't destroy you?"

"Because of the attraction of the Supreme Heaven's essence?" Faced with this question, Aisha answered cautiously.

"Confused, if I destroy you, your essence will also be absorbed by me."

"Please forgive me for my ignorance." Aisha knelt down on one knee and lowered her proud head.

"I naturally need your ability and authority to do this. As I said before, I am a person who is best at speaking up and never want to impose my will on others." Seeing in his words, Already a trembling goddess, Dukel revealed his true purpose,

"I need you to do something for me."

"Please show me." Elsa responded.

"Let me tell you a story first." Duker did not speak directly, but continued,

"A story about humanity, about the Emperor."

Then, Elsa heard the voice of the original body slowly ringing out,

"It may be hard for you to believe that the Emperor of Mankind has never had the idea of ​​ruling life. He is an eternal being who traveled in the wilderness and urban fields before human civilization was civilized. It is these long years , allowing him to accumulate unparalleled wisdom.”

Duker's voice was low and slow, telling the story of the Emperor of Mankind, the rise of a great being. These secrets of human beings shocked the goddess of life. Even if her stance was different, she was still shocked by the emperor's deeds. Noble qualities have never been divided into races.

In the other party's narration, a selfless god walks in the world as a mortal, participating in the historical process of mankind without any selfish desires, just to witness the growth of the human race.

A God who loves every human being, this nobility resonates with the Goddess of Life.

But then, Duker changed the topic and talked about the darkness that humans have encountered. The sadness hidden in his tone made Elsa's mood also become heavy.

"If that incident hadn't happened, perhaps the Emperor would have hidden himself among the crowd forever. Before that, humans had had a civilization, and it was a great era built solely by humans themselves."

"The STC template currently being excavated by the Mechanicus is a product of that era. As early as the fourth millennium of mankind, humans have discovered the existence of subspace, but like all young races, they have ignored the possibility of hidden things in it. crisis. At the same time, it also laid the foundation for the subsequent decline. A subspace storm and the rebellion of AI robots caused the civilization built by humans to fall apart."

"Darkness and terror have shrouded the fate of our race. Such dark years have lasted for thousands of years, and countless planets and humans have become slaves of alien races. It was at this time that the Emperor, who had been hiding himself among the human community, Unable to sit back and watch this young race go to destruction, we decided to take on the important task of saving humanity.”

"The Emperor understood that if humanity wanted to completely escape this dark fate, it must break away from its dependence on warp navigation. So he decided to build a great project, a piece of work that was painstakingly built by the Lord of Mankind and given to all mankind. Gifts, in a sense, today’s empire exists to create this gift.”

"Netway?" Aisha asked in surprise.

She naturally knows about the Webway. The Eldar still use the Ancient Sage's Webway to this day.

This method of navigation is undoubtedly more superior than space navigation.

But the creation of the Webway was an undertaking of unimaginable proportions, so she was shocked to learn that the Emperor had wanted to build it for humanity.

"Yes, as long as the Webway can be established, mankind will completely get rid of its dependence on subspace. Perhaps the Emperor has already foreseen the tragic situation of today's empire. Recalling those years ten thousand years ago, His Majesty's eager attitude at that time, Almost leading all mankind in a race against time.”

"Your Majesty has failed." Looking back at the current time, this is obvious, so Aisha said it very firmly.

"It is our Majesty. You have declared your allegiance to me, so naturally you agree with me." Dukel corrected, and then he continued,

"Yes, Your Majesty failed. In the fooling of the dark gods. My brother Horus became the puppet of the gods and set off a terrible war at the mercy of the dark powers. Magnus even used the spirit Power spells broke through the walls of the Webway. The stars cried out, and the dazzling galaxy was devastated. The Emperor was forced to sit on the Golden Throne, the most terrifying instrument in the galaxy."

The goddess of life was immersed in the story, and she could feel the despair in the words.

At the same time, she also vaguely realized the reason why Duker allowed her to stay.

"So, you want me to heal you our Majesty?" Elsa asked him.

"No." Duker shook his head slowly.

"What I wish is that you will bring life back to the Emperor's body, but you will not be able to heal him. You will maintain him in a state of living death until you receive my exact instructions."

"Why?!"

The goddess of life looked shocked.

Elsa really couldn't understand the purpose of Duker asking her to do this. As the greatest Holy Mother among the Eldar gods, the Emperor's noble character and selfless experience made her have infinite sympathy.

At this moment, she hoped even more than the Primarch that the Emperor could be healed.

Even her alien race was like this, so she couldn't figure it out even more. As a member of the Human Empire and the emperor's son, what was the purpose of doing this?

After hearing her question, Duker was silent for a while and then slowly said,

"Because I'm not sure of the Emperor's current state."

"What do you mean? The Emperor is an immortal. As long as life surges into his body again, his soul will return immediately. Are you worried that he will do something terrible after his resurrection?"

Elsa's expression changed, even though she had been imprisoned by Nurgle for countless years and knew very little about what was happening in the galaxy.

But as a god, she also knows secrets far beyond those of mortals.

Combined with the stories Duker told about the Emperor, these secrets were enough to help her deduce some bad guesses.

The despair and darkness in this speculation made the goddess of life very worried.

"Do you still remember the birth of Slaanesh? It is said that his birth was due to the bottomless madness of the Eldar. Countless soul fluctuations mixed with extreme joy gave birth to this terrifying dark power. The first scream of his birth Yelled, sucking the souls of countless Eldar."

"I will never forget this." Elsa's mood at this moment was extremely sad. As a witness, this grief has not weakened at all even after countless years.

"But. What does this have to do with the Emperor? He is so noble, but he will succumb to darkness?"

"This is not submission. On the contrary, the King of Darkness is his essence." Duker took a deep breath. In order to make the other party fully cooperate with him, he must confess the empire's biggest secret to the goddess of life.

"According to unexplained rumors, an accident during the shamanic ritual of ancient humans inadvertently summoned the Lord of Darkness to the material world. And he was the Emperor. And in the tens of thousands of years that followed, too many people would Their beliefs attached themselves to the Emperor, and eventually became the characteristics of the Emperor."

"In the 30th millennium, the Emperor is still able to maintain his own rationality. The characteristic of thousands of people and thousands of faces allows everyone who sees him to see what they most want to see——

Divine, powerful, noble, childish or even ordinary. The characteristic of thousands of people with thousands of faces became a symbol of the emperor's power at that time. "

"But this does not mean that the emperor will definitely become a dark power. You and I also have the essence of subspace." The goddess of life retorted.

"Yes, if that's all, relying on the Emperor's will is enough to preserve his reason forever. But look at what these humans have done in the thousands of years since the Emperor ascended the Golden Throne. "

"They have forgotten the truth of the Empire. Billions of humans worship the Emperor crazily, perform all kinds of crazy rituals for him, and do things in his name. Massacre, corruption, madness, betrayal. It seems that all evil deeds can only be done in the name of the Emperor. The banners are all sacred. What is the difference between these extremely crazy beliefs and the joy that once supported Slaanesh?"

"Although I don't want to believe that the Emperor has been eroded by darkness." Dukel continued in a low voice,

"But in my previous contacts with the Emperor, I have clearly sensed that the Emperor at this time has gradually entered chaos, and his will has been distorted by the thinking of all mankind, becoming a huge, chaotic... , the aggregate of human will.

Amidst countless extremely crazy wills, the emperor's rationality has been squeezed to the point of being unable to breathe. "

Duker looked at Aisha and placed an extremely heavy gaze on her, which made the goddess of life feel suffocated for no reason. It was the weight of billions of lives, and she could only hang her head humbly.

It wasn't until the stagnant time moved around again that she heard the original body ask her,

"If you were me, would you dare to make this huge gamble? Bet on the souls of all mankind, and even the lives of the entire universe - bet that after the Emperor recovers, the one who rises from the throne will still be the Holy Majesty who loves all mankind. , instead of the dark king who has no reason at all!”

The heavy voice of the original body, every word was like a beating on Elsa's chest.

She seemed to have seen the scene of that thick and irremovable dark star destroying all life and souls.

The heavy pressure made Aisha almost lie on the ground. She stubbornly raised her head and looked at the man sitting on the throne.

During this period of time together, the impression of this man in her mind has changed too many times.

The one who tramples life without mercy, the destroyer who has no tolerance for chaos, the brave man who leads the warriors.

There are too many labels, and every one of them is just right when placed on this man.

Keisha had never imagined that this man would be carrying such a heavy burden while striding forward.

"What should we do? How should we face the existence of all living beings and spirits in this universe? Please give me enlightenment, my master."

The goddess of life was humble to the extreme, and she was sincerely convinced. This time she was no longer afraid of the other party's power and violence, but in awe of the other party's determination and courage.

"While you are healing the Emperor's body in the material world, I will go to the spiritual realm and personally kill those wills that confuse the Emperor." Dukel continued,

"My essence gives me the power to completely kill all wills in the spiritual realm, even the Emperor."

"What if you fail?" Elsa asked again.

"Then I will pick up a magic sword, the magic sword Drachanion. This demon was born from the first murder of mankind, and has the law that can completely kill the emperor. I will, before the disaster comes, Use this sword of sin to execute the Holy Emperor."

"What if you are defeated?" Elsa asked for the last time.

This time, Duker was silent. He turned his head and looked through the glass of the Soul Fire, looking at the shining stars, as if he wanted to absorb the power that made his heart throb again from these dazzling stars.

"If I fail, there will be successors."

After a long silence, he slowly spoke.

"I will implement your will and fulfill this great mission until eternity. I will serve by your side until the end of the journey." The goddess of life looked up at the original body of the empire, her eyes like broken stars,

"This is a road destined to be extremely difficult. Even your own people will spare no effort to block your progress."

"No one can stop me from moving forward." Duker retorted in a low voice. He smiled, and this smile filled the whole room with the smell of blood. He repeated again, "No one."