Warhammer: I don’t want to be a can of worms! ! !

Chapter 296 287. Guilliman Win Win Win

After the enthusiasm for eating melon-plasmas faded, Hades suddenly realized a terrible fact——

Mortarion had changed.

This is an... indescribable change? Hades didn't know whether this was how Mortarion was originally, or whether he had sublimated himself during the fight with Konrad Curze.

Not only was Mortarion's madness and terrifying battlefield sensitivity shown when fighting Konrad Curze...

...Is this what Mortarion looked like before? Wait... It seems that Mortarion did show this trend during the Battle of Galaspar.

But not quite the same?

The most significant point is that when Hades finally came out of the medical room and returned to the office, he found that the number of documents he needed to approve was greatly reduced.

Hades even spent a second conspiratorially thinking about whether he was going to be ignored, because there were no new files on his desk, and even the old files had disappeared.

Later he found out that there was no such thing. All the legion affairs to be handled were moved to the legion commander's desk by Vox and Gallo, while Mortarion was reviewing and approving the documents with a calm face (actually more like he was dead).

Seeing Hades coming, he just raised his eyes lightly, and then continued to write documents with a dead face.

Hades looked up and saw two newly hung photo frames in the original body's office. Blue and white envelopes and gold and white envelopes were quietly displayed in them, which were incompatible with the dim style of the entire room.

Prior to this, Mortarion's room would only have the Death Guard banner and nothing else.

Hades opened his mouth, Mortarion finally went crazy? He walked over and looked at the two letters carefully - he seemed to know where the limited stationery in his collection cabinet had gone.

"...Mortarion, what is this?"

Mortarion didn't even look up.

【decorate. 】

Haha, Hades doesn’t believe this anyway.

Hades turned his head and glanced at Mortarion, who was still struggling with the immersive file, and then he quietly reached for the photo frame——

"Snapped!"

In an instant, a pen suddenly stuck on the wall. The excessive speed even made the pen body tremble slightly, and the sharp pen tip was just a few millimeters away from Hades' hand.

Hades took a breath. He slowly turned back and saw Mortarion casually taking out another pen from the pen holder and continuing to write the plan with his head down.

[You don’t need to see this, Hades. 】

Hades retracted his hand silently,

"Ah...haha, ha...ha..."

Hades swallowed.

"Mortarion...if there is something on your mind, tell him immediately so that it can be discovered and treated early."

Mortarion looked up from the pile of documents and looked at Hades calmly and resentfully. Hades suspected that the pile of documents was going to successfully kill Mortarion.

[If you really have nothing to do, then I don’t mind letting you be responsible for more content. 】

Mortarion said calmly,

"Ah, I remembered that the foundry hall had something to do with me recently. The purchase price of No. 3 screws was half price——"

"Ahem, no, Mortarion, what's going on with Moon Wolf? There's also the Night Lords and the Empire. I haven't received any news at all."

【Everything is stable. 】

Mortarion said silently, and then he saw Hades striding away from the damn picture frame and reaching the opposite side of his desk.

Hades looked at Mortarion seriously and calmly,

"Tell me the details. The matter of Mortarion, Garro and Vox is not over yet with me. The surveillance video in that area and the video record of Vox's helmet have been artificially deleted."

Mortarion let out a sigh under his mask. He raised his head and looked at Hades calmly.

[Do you know what Jia Luo said to me at that time? 】

Hades was stunned,

"What?"

[He hopes that I will be a qualified regiment commander. 】

Mortarion said helplessly,

Mortarion watched expressionlessly as the expression on Hades's face changed from shock to an unbearable expression. Then Hades did not hold back as expected. He began to laugh, even tearing himself apart from laughing too loudly. He had a wound and had to squat down to continue laughing.

Finally, Hades, who was trying not to laugh, stood up.

"I understand Jialuo. Let me guess, did you want to take risks at that time, and Jialuo wanted to keep you? Was he trying to anger you?"

[He almost succeeded. 】

Mortarion said matter-of-factly.

Hades turned serious,

"You really should put some thought into domestic and foreign affairs. Gallo and Vox are under great pressure, and other management also have a heavy workload."

In fact, the one with the biggest workload is you, Hades.

Mortarion thought silently, but said nothing.

Hades has always been the one with the highest enthusiasm. He originally thought that Hades liked to manage the affairs of the legion. In fact, Hades did appear to be like this.

Mortarion was never a power-hungry tyrant, and he believed in Hades, so he naturally handed over all these to Hades.

But now he realizes the pressure behind the workload and what he is really thinking when faced with these boring paperwork.

To a certain extent, Gallo was right.

Mortarion looked away silently, his eyes lingered on the blue and white envelope for a moment, then he pulled out a few documents from the file, handed them to Hades, and changed the subject,

[Because I had a private chat with Curze again, at least we resolved our personal grudge. ]

Mortarion said with a bit of sarcasm,

[The Moon Wolf looked relieved, and I never thought Horus could show that kind of expression——]

[To be honest, if I hadn't communicated with him remotely in the channel and told him the result, the Wolf God would have immediately... given me a hug that would have dislocated my bones. ]

[He contacted the Night Lords again afterwards, and I think the answer the Night Lords gave him was probably similar, so he is now busy talking to that human civilization and preparing to welcome the people from Terra——the reply from there is always coming soon. 】

Hades quickly browsed through the documents...

"Wait, peace talks?"

[Yes, peace talks. When we were confronting the Night Lords, Horus was obviously not only concerned about one thing. He was very keen to clear as many troubles as possible, because he realized that the Death Guard would never cooperate with the Night Lords, so he contacted the human civilization without authorization...]

Motarion said a little irritably,

[Horus chose to give that kingdom some preferential conditions to let them surrender voluntarily - this is more than one or two times, the Shadow Moon Wolves often do this kind of thing. 】

Motarion pulled out another stack of papers, and Hades recognized that it was the document that Mortarion was reading in the ward.

[No tithe will be collected in the first tax season, and then 10% tithe will be collected in the second tax season. After each quarter, the tax will increase by 20% until the full tax is collected. 】

Hades looked at the terms of the document carefully. In addition, the document also marked the benefits given by the Empire - at the same time, the Empire's territory was opened to trade with the civilization, and the right to contact the Forge World was obtained...

Hades spoke softly,

"He portrayed this matter as something... more like cooperation, with taxes like paying membership fees, and at the same time giving great autonomy."

...Horus packaged his words in a certain... moderate way.

In fact, except for those civilizations that are particularly inconsistent with the truth of the Empire, the autonomy given by the Empire itself is great - because the Empire can't manage it at all, but generally in the signed documents, the various powers are actually set very rigidly, and at first glance, the planet has little autonomy at all.

It should be so, but unfortunately the Empire has not established any other effective institutions except the tax department.

Motarion nodded,

[Horus gave this document to the Death Guard to ask whether we agree with this method - because if taxes cannot be collected immediately, this recovery cannot be called "glory and honor." 】

"The Death Guard doesn't care about these." Hades said softly,

[Yes,] Mortarion laughed, [We don't care. 】

He said,

[It depends on whether the Wolf God can completely convince the other side. As far as I know, they are still negotiating. Horus even exposed the positions of three legions-in order to make the other side realize that they have no chance of winning. 】

"It's a bit risky." Hades commented,

Mortarion spoke without any concern,

[The legion closest to this civilization is the Night Lords' legion, and the Eighth Legion is also the farthest from Mandeville Point, followed by the Moon Wolves, and finally the Death Guard. I even expect this civilization to have the necessary resistance spirit. 】

... For a moment, Hades thought in his heart, it's not impossible.

It's just using a legion as bait... If it's another legion, Hades may still advocate reducing the casualties as much as possible, but the Night Lords? Forget it.

In the middle and late stages of the Great Crusade, the source of the Night Lords' soldiers were all criminals and scum, and Sevatar was a rare mutant bat.

What's more, Konrad Curze is still a madman.

And... if that's the case, Horus's rash action this time becomes... interesting.

Although Mortarion has sanctioned Konrad Curze on a personal level, Hades still needs to ensure... that the Night Lords will not pose a substantial threat to the Death Guard after this, or even in the distant future...

"What did the people on the Empire say?"

[No civil war, no propaganda, and erase all records. ]

Motarion's tone became cold,

[I should have realized this long ago. Konrad Curze, my "brother", has committed many crimes. Horus said that according to "rumors", he had conflicts with Magnus, Guilliman, Dorn, and Fulgrim long before us. ]

[Of course, I still sincerely hope that he and Magnus will disappear together in the conflict. 】

Hades smiled with Mortarion's dry humor,

"Is that all the Empire said?"

[And,]

Mortarion said, staring at Hades,

[They hope you don't move, don't make a warp jump. ]

Hades's smile froze, he did feel something was wrong... but since he couldn't release the black domain on a large scale, he couldn't be sure what the golden psychic energy looked like now.

Mortarion said slowly,

[They...]

[They might take you away, Master of the Order of Silence. ]

Mortarion was silent. He stopped talking. For a moment, Hades even saw reluctance, regret, and even cautious temptation in Mortarion's eyes.

[What do you think, Hades? ]

After a moment of silence, Mortarion suddenly spoke,

[I know that compared with the Death Guard, the Order of Silence may be more suitable for your physique. You see, you chose to stay in the Death Guard, but... the Death Guard didn't give you what you wanted, right? ]

[Power? Corresponding to it is a more desperate responsibility, and your friendship with Barbarus has also faded after the Legion recruited new soldiers from other planets...]

[And... there is also this incident, and the cooperation with the Iron Warriors. ]

Mortarion's eyes were dodging. Was he staring at the two letters behind Hades?

[Leaving the Death Guard is not a bad thing for your promotion in the Empire. Compared with the second-in-command position in the Legion, you will gain more power and glory-instead of worrying about the Legion's materials and political status. 】

【So,】

Mortarion was still talking,

【If you choose to leave the Death Guard, I understand your behavior and have no dissatisfaction or objection to it. 】

Mortarion's erratic gaze suddenly moved back, and he stared at Hades cautiously,

【Really, Hades. 】

Hades didn't know whether he should be shocked that Mortarion could say so much in one breath, or should be shocked by the content of Mortarion's words.

It seems... Mortarion feels guilty about him?

A thought suddenly floated into Hades' mind, with a little bit of bad taste.

Mortarion looked at Hades, he was very happy to let Hades see Curze's apology - but that still couldn't erase the facts, the facts were like this, which made Mortarion sad.

He observed Hades... Hades smiled?

"You want to drive me away, Mortarion?"

Mortarion's head rumbled, he didn't expect Hades' reaction to be this.

It shouldn't be this sentence.

【...No. 】

"Not what?"

Hades waited for the answer slowly and methodically, and he continued to casually look through the documents on Mortarion's desk to continue to understand the current situation of the Legion.

[That's not what I meant. You are still an irreplaceable and important figure for the Death Guard. You have a very high authority within the Legion. Whether it is a new recruit or a veteran, the Death Guard does not want you to leave. If you leave, it will be a heavy blow to the Death Guard. 】

After dealing with the lethal amount of documents, Mortarion also learned to speak in official language, Hades sighed silently.

"Then why do you want me to leave?"

Hades mentioned it casually, and continued to deal true damage and crit,

[...I don't want you to leave. 】

"That's it."

Hades sorted the documents in his hand again,

"It still depends on the arrangement of Terra... My physical condition is indeed a problem for me, but at least I don't want to leave the Death Guard, otherwise all my years of work will be in vain."

"All my years of hard work will be thrown away in vain?"

Motarion immediately said seriously,

[No matter what, you will always be the one with the highest command of the Death Guard...]

Then Mortarion choked, as if he was ready to die,

[...Even if the Empire sent you to the Ultramarines. ]

...?

Ah?

"Why should I go to the Ultramarines?"

Hades' voice was not finished, he suddenly realized something, he turned around and saw the blue envelope——

He immediately ran to reach the letter.

Mortarion, realizing what Hades was going to do, also stood up in fear. The Lord of Death burst out with an astonishing speed of 10 or even 9 points, rushing to grab the letter that was already in Hades' hand and was about to be opened--

The final winner was Mortarion, and Hades went to the medical room again.

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Small drama:

Garro silently looked at the Ultramarines Blue in Mortarion's office...

There was no hope.

For the first time, this veteran deeply experienced this cruel fact.

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