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

Chapter 381 370. Magnus’ decision

Magnus shuddered.

[Is this Malcador’s mission...Okay, okay. 】

[I...to be honest, I don't know. 】

He lowered his head and whispered,

[I, I was terrified - you won't understand! No one can see him in anger and not tremble! He simply didn't look like...]

Hades sighed and interrupted the second half of Magnus' sentence.

"I understand. I won't laugh at you on this. After all, you faced his wrath."

Magnus took a deep breath and continued to speak in a low voice,

[He showed me...everything. I couldn't think anymore. I just wanted to make him stop being angry and sad...]

"Can you feel his sadness?"

Magnus nodded silently, and the Primarch lowered his head, as if looking at his futile hands again, but he was already blind.

[I feel very guilty. I subconsciously want to make up for all this. I hope he forgives me...but...this...he doesn't accept it...he doesn't accept it...]

"You didn't answer my question, Magnus."

Hades' plain voice still sounded,

"Why eyes?"

[Because it wanted eyes at that time! The eyes are the windows to the soul, an organ of great occult significance - you should read some basic occult books! 】

"All right."

Hades said slowly,

"Let the psykers worry about the occult matters. After all, you are completing this matter in front of him."

"So you're just hoping to calm his anger, huh?"

[...and make up for the mistakes I made. 】

Before Hades spoke, Magnus smiled bitterly and said,

[I did something wrong again, didn’t I? 】

"I'm not a magistrate, don't ask me."

Hades said,

"But I suggest you try to only do what he asks you to do, and don't take the initiative yourself other than that."

Hades walked slowly in the room. He felt that there was a trick here. Why did Magnus subconsciously give him a look? But he also felt that since the Emperor was directly present at the time, it should be nothing serious.

Even if there is, it's not something Hades can control.

But at least he knew what Magnus was thinking, and Hades understood this. He had indeed seen people who subconsciously wanted to punish themselves in order to gain inner peace because they knew they had caused a disaster.

"Then where are your eyes now?"

Magnus paused and said dullly,

【Emperor. 】

That would be okay, Hades thought, the Emperor is already the most reliable person on the human side, even if this guy is indeed a bit of a gambler.

"All right……"

Hades drawled his voice,

"Malcador does have something to do with you, Magnus."

Magnus was silent, and Hades was silent as well. The Red Sinner listened to Hades' footsteps and changed his attitude from the regulator. Magnus knew that this would not be an easy thing.

None of this was meant to be easy.

Magnus thought sadly, and when he spoke, his voice was as soft as a fly's,

[I can accept it... just say it. 】

Hades stopped pacing and spoke calmly,

"The army has now reached Prospero, Magnus."

Magnus trembled violently. He thought of the warm sunshine on the streets of Prospero's capital, Tizca. The spire of the pyramid library in the distance emitted a crystal-clear light. The hot and humid sea breeze came, and the scholars held their books and walked on the spacious street talking and laughing.

The stench of gunpowder smoke passed into the tip of his nose, and he saw billowing black smoke rising from the blue sky, and the roaring flames that burned everything. People screamed and fled. The war will destroy this place, and all tranquility will go away——

[They want to destroy Prospero, right? 】

Magnus said shakily, feeling his tongue burn at the words.

"I am not the commander, the Emperor is."

Hades's voice was still calm, cold, and cruel.

Magnus took a deep breath, and he even felt that his words were tinged with humility.

[Don't - don't hurt the people there, just eradicate the psychic part. They are not wrong. They just want to find a place where they can discuss academics freely. 】

Hades stared at Magnus;

"Is there a part of Prospero that is completely devoid of psychic energy?"

Magnus buried his face deeply in his hands, his voice sounded like death,

【……No. 】

Magnus was personally responsible for the application of psionic energy in Prospero. The primarch was obsessed with using psionic energy to benefit the general public, so much so that some tasks that could be completed with a little human effort were replaced by psionic energy.

"I think he will tell the difference clearly."

Hades's voice sounded,

"After all, he is the master of mankind..."

"So he gave you a mission, Magnus."

【What? 】

Magnus raised his head, and his eyes covered by white cloth seemed to be looking at Hades in confusion.

"He wants you to order the troops on Prospero to surrender."

Magnus smiled bitterly in disbelief, and trembled a little.

[I know...I should have known. 】

He buried himself deeply in his hands again, as if it was difficult to accept all this,

[But...it is too cruel to ask people to give up their resistance...to give up the homes they have built for survival...it is too cruel. 】

Hades wanted to comfort Magnus by saying that he was also cruel when he abandoned his comrade Space Wolves, but in the end he did not say it.

"The Emperor personally guarantees that if you ask them to surrender without a fight, those who are not tainted will be treated well by the Empire."

Magnus murmured under his breath,

[Are there really people who are not infected? 】

Hades thought for a while,

"You should have some faith, Magnus."

If Tzeentch wants the Emperor to join the game, then he will definitely not be able to provide a dead end, and he will definitely show some sincerity to the Emperor.

Magnus was silent. He didn't speak for a long time, and Hades stood in front of him silently, waiting for Magnus's decision.

Finally, an almost inaudible voice sounded,

[…I can’t say it. 】

Hades sighed,

"If you don't tell me, Magnus."

Hades's mechanical eyes flashed red,

"I think the empire will forge your orders. This is a conclusion that can be reached by easy reasoning."

Magnus smiled bitterly,

【Too cruel. 】

"You should probably get used to this, Magnus."

Hades said kindly,

"Perhaps this universe has always been so cruel, but you were deceived in a lie before - and did not realize its truth."

Hades continued speaking, he lowered his voice,

"It's time for you to take a good look at this cruel world, Magnus. If you want to hear Mortarion's story, or Angron's story, I can tell you at any time."

Magnus' blood and tears oozed from the place covered with white cloth again, and he said dryly,

[I am not someone who gloats in anticipation of other people's tragedies, Hades...tell me when I can speak to my people. 】

"Are you really ready?"

Hades asked.

【maybe. 】

Magnus was silent, once again enveloped in great sadness.

No more, okay