Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

Under the protection of psychic energy, more and more people on the planet wake up and rush to the church.

The fraudster who had been staying in the Governor's Mansion didn't even know what was going on. It used its consciousness to look around the church and didn't see anything wrong.

Lane trained every young man who went to the church, teaching them how to use weapons.

It is not difficult to obtain weapons when the Deceiver is completely indifferent and waits for the planet to be included in the Tyron Gate.

Even the state religion forces on the planet gave Ryan a battleship, which was a battleship used for pilgrimage to Terra. It was equipped with a dimensional engine and a small number of weapons.

But there was only one battleship, and Ryan didn't take it to heart.

In this way, humanity trains and prepares for future wars under the protection of psychic powers and under the eyes of the Deceiver.

Even the church that was originally located in a small town was expanded, and the town near the church gradually changed from a small town to a city.

People on the planet call this city the "City of Words."

Because there is no need to observe the commandments near the city, even if you speak, you will not die.

Some people in the city began to build statues of the Emperor, wear Emperor's nameplates, and then spread these things to all corners of the planet.

Ryan hated this waste of materials to build statues of gods, but he was surprised to find that where there were statues of his father, people could live and speak, unaffected by the lies of fraudsters.

And this also made Ryan question the truth of the empire.

Zabriel said that the Empire's truth was a lie, and that he did not believe in the Empire's truth. This was Ryan's only dissatisfaction with him.

Imperial truth denies the existence of gods and respects materialism.

But in the case of the objective existence of faith and gods, it is a question whether the imperial truth that still denies their existence is materialism or idealism.

The days passed.

Perhaps due to the emperor's protection, Ryan discovered that people trained very quickly. Those civilians who were farmers the day before yesterday were like enlightened and became like veterans after a few days of training.

But those weapons that looked very damaged could still be used normally.

The flow of time seems to have been accelerated.

All this makes Ryan even more suspicious of the Empire's truth.

Zabriel's words that the truth of the Empire is a lie have been lingering in Ryan's ears.

Ryan couldn't figure out whether the Emperor was a god or a human being, and he couldn't explain what he saw and heard with the truth of the Empire. In the end, he chose not to think about it and focus on solving the matter in front of him.

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The day when the military training is completed and ready to go.

Ryan came to the church in the City of Words alone. He walked slowly in front of the emperor's statue, knelt on one knee, took off his helmet, leaned on the long sword, and lowered his head.

"Father."

The Primarch called softly.

The emperor's statue slowly opened its eyes, and the loving expression disappeared from the stone face, replaced by coldness.

The Emperor looked down at his heir.

"Did it really appear? I just came here to give it a try under the pastor's persuasion!"

Ryan roared in his mind.

He only came to pray in front of the Emperor's statue because of the persuasion of the priests. Those priests and people in the army hoped that the Son of God would pray in front of the Emperor's statue, and then come out and announce to everyone: "The God-Emperor told me that we will win!"

"Speech." The mouth of the emperor's statue did not move, but it could make sounds.

"Father." Ryan lowered his head respectfully and asked softly: "Is what the fraudster said about the Tyrone Star Region true?"

What Ryan wanted to know most was about Tyrone. His descendants were still helping people deal with the beasts on Caris. If it was really a false utopia created by the three gods, then Zabriel and the others would be in danger.

In addition, if the Tyrone Sector really uses artificial intelligence, or even Iron Man, then this is absolutely intolerable.

Among the many secrets of the First Legion are Iron Man and artificial intelligence. Ryan knows how terrifying those extinct relics called "Inferior Descendants of Iron Man" are. If they are really Iron Man, it will be a disaster for the entire human race. A deadly threat.

"Half-truth," the Emperor replied.

Ryan raised his head and wanted to ask carefully, but thinking of the Emperor's habit of not finishing his words, he lowered his head again.

The moment he looked up, Ryan saw the expression on the statue changing constantly, which showed that his father's will was not unified.

Ryan didn't want to ask at all now.

He judged for himself in his mind.

Deceiver... Judging from this name, that bastard doesn't look like someone who can tell the truth. In a star region led by a star god, how can gods like them care about the life and death of humans?

As for those powerful and advanced technologies... I guess they dug up STC from somewhere.

After answering himself, Lion asked the Emperor his second question: "Are you a god now?"

"no."

First came a cold answer.

Then the face of the Emperor's statue changed many times, and a violent rebuke reached Ryan's ears.

"Why do you think I am a god?"

"I want you to wake up and spread the Imperial truth, but here you are on this planet asking me if I am a god?"

"Has your brain been damaged in thousands of years of slumber? Why did you ask me this stupid question!"

The violent accusations were followed by calm and kind words.

"Don't ask me if I am a god. Just do what you have to do. We all have our responsibilities."

After hearing these answers, Ryan nodded silently. He felt that he should do his own thing.

Compared to Guilliman, Llane didn't complain as much.

Now that Imperial Truth has been consigned to the dustbin, the vast majority of humanity and even the Space Marines believe that the Emperor is a god...

The empire became corrupt, ignorant, cruel...

But so what?

You still have to live.

The truth of the empire is gone and the empire has fallen. There is nothing we can do about it. After all, it is the empire of mankind, and mankind must continue to exist.

You can't just throw away the blame and let everyone die.

Thinking of this, the Lion King stood up freely, put on his helmet and walked out of the church.

Outside the church, hundreds of thousands of people gathered and surrounded the church.

Facing the people with eyes full of expectation, Ryan roared with all his strength: "I asked my father! He asked us to act in his will and name! He will bless us to win! All humans on this planet All can be liberated from the oppression of aliens!"

"Praise the God Emperor!"

Morale was at its highest.

Although the army trained by Lion only had a few hundred thousand people with the Emperor's various blessings, fortunately there were not many Planetary Defense Forces.

Ryan's strategic arrangements were thought out long before entering the church.

Let the army attack the planetary capital, and then the soldiers will announce the location of the Primarch everywhere, attracting the deceivers to come directly to confront the Primarch.

This is not a good strategy, but it is a strategy that can resolve the battle as quickly as possible and cause as few deaths as possible.

Those Planetary Defense Forces weren't aliens either, they had been deceived by the Deceiver, so Ryan didn't want to fight a god on a battlefield where mortal armies were fighting.

"Set off!"

The Lion King raised his sword and gave the order, moving in the completely opposite direction to the army.