Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

Sanguinius responded fiercely to the Grand Inquisitor's warning in the name of the Silent King.

The words were so intense that Dante felt a little worried. He had seen the power of this damn alien species before and knew how unfathomable they were. He also knew that what he and the original body were facing now was not the one who had helped in the Battle of Baal. A traveler, but an incarnation of the Silent King of the Necrons.

But worrying is an inevitable instinct of a carbon-based creature, but Ding really doesn't think that he and the father of genes will have to fight their way out in the end.

Because the last time he met the undead, Dante had vaguely heard about the alliance established by the father of genes and this alien species.

What the covenant is is currently unknown.

"The Silent King reminds you out of kindness," the Grand Inquisitor said.

The Silent King Szarak showed no reaction at all. He leaned on the armrest of the throne and looked down at Sanguinius and Dante, not caring at all.

"Even if you are an enemy, after we provide help, we will not take it back just because we are not talking about it." The Grand Justice looked up at the tall Sanguinius, but his digital eyes simulated contempt, "This It’s called civilization, it’s called etiquette, it’s the ethics and tolerance of an ancient civilization that was born tens of millions of years ago.”

Sanguinius said nothing.

Dante didn't even look at the high justice, but he already cursed these people in his heart.

He felt as if the Necrons, the successors of the Necrontyr, and the Eldar were all a group of arrogant pretentious criminals.

If he had to talk to a Necron, then Dante wanted to talk to Trazin the Endless. At least this guy knew how to appreciate the past and future of the young race.

"What do you think of the one you say you don't know whether he is a god or a man?"

Sanguinius asked what he wanted most, feeling that he must probe the Silent Lord's tone and attitude.

"It's a long story... The Forger is a relatively positive Star God." The Grand Justice said, "It's also very cruel. Once, because a dynasty couldn't completely control the technology it gave it according to its requirements, it forged a The weapon forged by the Void Dragon completely destroyed a dynasty."

Mentioning this past memory of the Star God, the Grand Justice spoke Gothic a little slower, which meant that he felt heavy.

"The dynasties that are good at forging trembled, accepted its trials one by one, and lined up to be destroyed by it, until it thought that a dynasty named Casa was doing a good job."

"Like I said, it is also cruel, but at least it is elusive and certain cruelty."

"Do you know how reassuring this kind of elusive cruelty is in such a pathetic and hateful group as the Star Gods?"

"The Burner may protect his followers with all kinds of gifts one second, and burn them to ashes the next."

"..."

After listening to the Grand Justice's narration, Sanguinius recalled Qin Mo's behavior, and then he believed that Qin Mo should have the power of the Forger, rather than being parasitized by the Forger.

The Grand Justice continued to explain the meaning of Silent King Szarak: "No wonder you protect that guy who doesn't know whether he is a human or a god. We also think that guy is okay."

"We observed the Forge, tracked it, and prepared to crush it, but it was hit by a force that tore the real universe apart, and then disappeared."

"Later we detected its energy again, and we sent people to sneak in, and found that it seemed to have not fully recovered its strength at that time, and was serving as a prisoner on a human planet, and that human planet named Tyrone was resisting the gene stealers. attack."

"When his position was about to be breached by the Gene Stealers, we ordered a Death Mark to blow up one of the Gene Stealers' lairs, forcing the Gene Stealers who attacked his position to retreat. We did him a favor."

"Then we saw aspects of him that were completely different from the Forger...and we saw a possibility."

Hearing this again, Sanguinius frowned: "What possibilities did you see in Qin Mo?"

The Grand Justice looked back at Szalak, and Szalak nodded slowly.

Then the Grand Justice turned his head, stared into Sanguinius's eyes and said: "The possibility of ascension. The greatest prophet and astrologer of our species has been studying how to control the power of the Star God and ascend to something similar to the star. God’s transcendent presence.”

Ascend.

Sanguinius slowly looked at Dante. The father and son looked at each other in surprise, both shocked by this attempt.

What also shocked the Primarch and Dante was something else the Grand Justiciar said.

That was once the Lord of Tyrone was a prisoner.

"You..." Sanguinius became alert, "You said he was a prisoner...Are you planning to use this thing that you think is a fact to undermine his prestige in a sector, or do you have something? Any other intentions?"

"We just told a truth." The Grand Justice spread his hands. "The truth is the most fragile and useless. It has no offensive power. You actually think that we will use this truth as a weapon. Suppose an alien comes to fight with the Tyrones. Saying that your leader was once a prisoner, it is not legally legal for him to become the master of a sector. The Tyrones will not think this is true. They will hang the alien who tells them the truth and warn everyone who dares to do so in the future. The fate of those who spread rumors.”

Sanguinius thought about it for a while, and gradually became relieved. In addition, he also felt that what an alien said was not very credible. It was not just that the Grand Justice said that Qin Mo was once a prisoner, Qin Mo really was.

The Grand Justice said: "In general, we do not regard the Forge as an enemy. The war between the Cologne Dynasty and the Forge was a misunderstanding. We will not raid his territory after the Golden Crusade."

Just when Sanguinius was completely relieved, the words of the Grand Advocate made him worried again.

"But who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Our species is also full of internal contradictions. Maybe one day we will need a powerful enemy to divert our internal contradictions." The Grand Justice said, "Maybe, just maybe. But between the galaxies There are so many enemies, and we also have enemies that are more suitable for diverting conflicts than Forgers, such as the enemies you are fighting. "

"Contradiction?" Dante looked around, "Do species like yours also have conflicts with each other? I thought the relationship between one of your generals and those warriors was like the relationship between your Silent King and other dynasty leaders. , it’s all about controlling and being controlled.”

"Our species will no longer have conflicts, but for various reasons, the great Silent King voluntarily gave up the absolute power it could have had, which is the master control agreement." The Grand Justice replied.

"Why did it give up? It didn't think about the consequences that would happen after giving up, such as the reappearance of insurmountable conflicts in a species like yours that could have been united?" Dante asked again.

The Grand Justiciar looked at Szarak.

Szarak's brain recounted the Necrontyr's first communication with the Star God, then being devoured by the Star God, and now... everything flashed rapidly in his brain, which was more advanced than other undead.

In the end, the Grand Justice just simulated a sigh, shook his head, and said nothing more for Szalac.