Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

This was the first time Ryan saw the Emperor sitting on the Golden Throne.

This handsome, tall man now looked like a wizened little old man.

The emperor sat on the golden throne, his legs as if something were placed on his knees, and his hands seemed to be pressing something on his knees.

That should be where the Emperor's Sword is placed.

That sword now belongs to Guilliman.

Beneath the throne were black ash, which Lion had heard would be used to make anti-psionic grenades for the Assassins of Qulithus.

"Father."

Ryan knelt down on one knee and called softly.

Just like before under the statue in the church.

The moment after the call, Ryan felt that the inside of his skull was boiling, his brain was burning, and something was invading his brain.

At this moment, Ryan felt as if he was in an abyss of will, with many powerful twisted wills surging here.

"Number one."

Lion heard the Emperor calling him.

"Executioner."

"A fool fooled by a rebellious scion."

"A warrior I am proud of."

Ryan heard many cold calls.

These voices broke Ryan's will. He knelt on the ground, unable to stand up or think, and could only passively accept it.

This was not a meeting at all, but a execution.

"Father..." Ryan said with difficulty.

Then Ryan saw Lord Cypher.

According to the Custodes, the bastard who followed Guilliman to Terra and sneaked into the palace to assassinate the Emperor.

Ryan saw that Lord Cypher was brought into the palace by the Emperor's psychic energy. This was not the fault of the Custodes, because the Emperor did not want the Custodes to discover Cypher.

Lord Cypher walked openly in front of the imperial army, like a ghost.

Then, after approaching the Golden Throne, Cypher shot himself to death because of the Emperor's decision.

But he didn't die.

Ryan believed that this was his father's display of Lord Seifer's attitude. After all, Lord Seifer was a member of the First Legion.

Ryan wanted to speak and ask his father to answer the doubts in his heart, but he couldn't speak and could only listen passively.

The Emperor took the initiative to answer Ryan's doubts.

The destruction of Caliban was not due to Ryan's fault or the result of Luther, the rebel.

The men in black robes called Watchers on Caliban are guarding the three artifacts and preventing them from becoming one on Caliban. The way to prevent them is to destroy Caliban.

Thus they contributed to the destruction of Caliban.

It was Lion's son named Azrael who finally destroyed Caliban.

But Azrael was not at fault, because the Watchers wanted to contribute to the destruction of Caliban and prevent the synthesis of the three artifacts, including the Tuchucha Engine.

Ryan's doubts were finally solved.

Then the Emperor answered another of Ryan's doubts.

Doubts about Tyrone, whom Ryan considers to be a possible enemy.

The Emperor first explained that he could not see whether the Tyrone Sector would become an enemy or an ally, as many of its people were not bound by the threads of fate.

Many wills are expressing their views.

Ryan felt hatred, disgust, expectation, desire, gratitude, extreme malice, and extreme appreciation. These conflicting views came together and were poured into Ryan's brain.

Finally, with all his strength, Ryan roared and asked the emperor.

It is not a verbal inquiry, but a communication of will.

Ryan wanted to ask the Emperor, what exactly do you need me to do? Should we destroy that place at all costs, work hand in hand with them, or ignore them and let them develop?

Whatever you want me to do, I'll do it in a heartbeat.

Immediately countless clues, facts and truths poured into Ryan's brain.

Ryan saw extremely primitive human DNA, the weaknesses and flaws of the human form, and the way of life of primitive humans.

Looking at the orbital dock filled with ashes in the sky at night, I remember the Lord of Tyrone who died in the battle in the bottom nest and shed tears for the victims.

The Lord of Tyrone was lying on a chair on the beach at Sea World, wearing sunglasses and pretending to be asleep but admiring a woman.

All this proves that the Lord of Tyrone is human in both physiology and character.

His genes originated from the ancient times of Terra and have not been modified in any way and have no psychic component. Although such a person does not have much significance except as a specimen and research material, he is a human being in the strict sense, even More human than the Immortals.

But just when Ryan thought Qin Mo was a pure primitive man, the emperor showed another scene.

A group of material gods born during the Big Bang.

They were found and given bodies by the Necrontyr's predecessors, the Necrontyr.

The C'tan devour the souls of the Necrontyr.

Then there was the scene where Qin Mo used the power of the Star Gods, swallowed the energy of stars together with the Star Gods, and then turned into meteors and smashed millions of Huron infantry.

"I...no...I don't understand..."

Ryan spoke in pain.

The Emperor ignored him and continued to display the scenes.

The Emperor revealed the two fates of the Tyrone Sector, which he could not predict, but could calculate.

One is that the Tyrone sector is just a repeat of the original incident where the souls of the Necrontyr were eaten, and everyone's souls will be eaten.

One is for the star region to reach its ultimate prosperity in eternity.

After showing all the endings, Lion still asked the Emperor what he asked him to do.

And all the Emperor's will finally came together.

"This time, it's you who makes the decision."

Ryan was stunned.

He did not expect that his father would give him the power to make decisions.

His father did not force himself to do something without completely ignoring his own ideas like before.

…

After Ryan recalled the process of meeting his father, he fell into deep thought.

Ryan was quite happy when he found out that he was the one who made the decision.

But thinking about it now, doesn't Ryan think this is throwing a big trouble on himself? What is the difference between dumping the blame?

Ryan thought about it more than once afterwards.

First of all, this star area is too weird. Those weird things called Star Gods in it have really done the thing of devouring souls. A race was wiped out by them and turned into a soulless iron puppet.

Secondly, they don't necessarily devour souls.

But the problem is that what to do depends entirely on the thoughts of those star gods. The fate of Talon's humans depends on the decision made by the alien gods in a single thought.

This is something Ryan cannot accept and is worried about.

"Ryan." Guilliman brought Ryan back to reality from his thoughts, "What did my father say to you? I told you what my father said to me before. Courtesy is reciprocated, you know."

Ryan didn't respond immediately. He leaned back on the chair and raised his head to look at the ceiling and ponder for a while.

Finally, the Lion King gave an answer to the Lord of Five Hundred Worlds.

"Father made me the war commander."