Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

"Although you may not believe it, the way we came to the hoop was not a special route. We just came in normally."

"If you think we have some treasure that can get us in and out of here in an instant, then all I can say is that you have unnecessary expectations of us."

Magnus looked down at Ahriman, his tone calm and cold.

Although as a clone of the original body, Magnus knew very well that the guy in front of him was just a descendant of his own body, but he still had the same memory as his true body, so it was inevitable that he would have subjective opinions about Ahriman, the person he met for the first time.

Magnus did not have a good impression of Ahriman. Even ten thousand years ago, when the empire was still on the rise, the two had differences.

Not to mention that Ahriman, the former Captain of the Thousand Sons, has fallen.

Regarding this matter, Magnus did not have the confidence to accuse or reprimand him. After all, his body had also fallen.

Magnus' attitude towards Ahriman was nothing but indifference.

"But we can still cooperate." Ahriman thought for a moment, seeming to have other plans. "The battle between the Emperor and Horus will eventually destroy us all. We must find a way to survive."

"Why would the battle between the Emperor and my true form destroy everyone?" Horus asked from the side.

"Psychic energy." Ahriman raised his index finger and tapped his horned helmet. "I speculate that the psychic energy agitation caused by the battle between them will become more and more frequent and severe. In the end, all of us with souls will be annihilated by psychic energy. This is a complicated knowledge and I can’t explain much to you.”

Hearing this, Horus looked at Magnus and asked his brother for confirmation with his eyes.

Magnus thought about it and nodded.

Even though he was in a safer place on the iron ring at this time, Magnus could still feel the pain and the power spread by the surge of spiritual energy.

"How is this possible? The Emperor and his true form are just echoes of the duel ten thousand years ago, and they will eventually dissipate." Mortarion objected.

"They are remnants of the past, but not entirely." Ahriman analyzed it with interest like a scholar. "They are psychic entities, just like demons in the subspace. You may not understand this. , but you could really feel the threat of the aftermath of their battle just now, couldn't you?"

Mortarion remained silent and did not answer.

"I was present when the duel began ten thousand years ago." Ahriman said. "I did not observe them in front of them, but I knew what they did. They did travel between the past and the future during the battle. , that is to say, they fought on Cadia ten thousand years ago, and they appeared and fought in the war that would determine the life and death of Cadia ten thousand years later."

A duel between the past and the future.

Although this kind of duel seemed incredible to the clone Primarchs, their understanding of psychic energy and the warp made them think carefully that Ahriman was right.

However, Ahriman was not only a witness to the events ten thousand years ago, he was also a powerful psyker.

When the reverberations caused by the duel between the Emperor and Horus appeared, everything that Magnus saw, Ahriman also saw clearly, even because he had many things that Magnus did not have. He could learn more about ancient relics than Magnus could.

"The Emperor and Horus outside are the echoes caused by the duel ten thousand years ago in the subspace. They have been fighting continuously, even after the duel had a winner."

"It is not without reason that they are drawn here, into the Eye of Terror."

Ahriman stated what he knew, which aroused the interest of the clone Primarchs, as they also wanted to know why the Emperor and the reverberations of Horus were there.

"I have to admit that Lord Tyrone is indeed a noble man."

"The God of Darkness took advantage of his characteristics, used his own power of destruction to drive his wishes, and then became an evil god in the subspace."

"But the Lord of Tyrone gave up his wish again. He wanted to understand what was important, so even the majestic power of destruction could not promote the outcome of his becoming a god."

"But the Ascension Ceremony and the Power of Destruction already existed, which set off a turbulent wave in the warp. The remaining spiritual energy of the failed ceremony became a power coveted by the Emperor and the reverberation of Horus, and they were attracted to it. It’s because of that failed ascension ceremony.”

When Ahriman said this, the clone masters knew what the cause of the whole thing was.

Magnus had seen the prophecy before, but he only had a guess in his mind and did not tell his brothers about it.

"The ascension ceremony?" Guilliman took a step forward and asked Ahriman, "That's nonsense. Do you know what power the Lord of Tyron uses? With the power of the Star God, how can he become a god in the subspace?"

"If he had only used the power of the Star God, he would have perished the moment he was drawn into the subspace during the Battle of Tyron." Ahriman did not shy away from observing the Tyron star sector in the past, "He can influence The Warp, and the Warp cannot affect him."

"He wants to become one of the dark gods?" Guilliman asked again, "otherwise the ascension ceremony you mentioned would not have been designed and carried out."

"It's not that he wants to be one of the dark gods."

Ahriman seemed to enjoy these intellectual discussions and the pleasure of teaching a primarch who was born to know.

"He has a wish that everything he rules will prosper forever and never wither."

"The Lord of Changes took advantage of this desire and his ability to unilaterally affect the subspace, and designed a ceremony for him to ascend to the gods."

"As long as he ascends to the gods, Lord Tailong's wishes will come true, indirectly. Do you understand?"

"Then the Lord of Changes sent his servants to find the relics of the first empire in the real universe, a throne called the Engine of Control, which is the medium of the ceremony."

"Then he instilled his own power, a huge amount of power, which had an auxiliary effect to drive the entire ritual, and then helped the Lord of Tailong ascend to the gods."

Ahriman paced back and forth, speculating and explaining.

"But the ritual failed, because the Lord of Tyron changed his will, and the power of the Lord of Change did not completely dissipate. The spiritual energy that was not successfully transformed in the failed ritual became the reverberation of the Emperor and Horus. The bait that shows up.”

"Although I admire this guy very much, he is indeed a wasteful person. He actually refused such a gift directly."

Ahriman couldn't help but imagine what he would do if he came across the ascension ceremony and gifts.

Of course, it is to ascend directly to the gods.

That's what he dreamed of.

Starting from the idea of ​​Vashtor's Discord Engine, Ahriman's purpose was to use the Discord Engine to enter the Webway Library of the Ancient Eldar Empire, and then find a way to ascend to the gods.