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

Chapter 797 【239.】Gemini

[I have a premonition that something bad is going to happen, something very, very bad. 】

In the shivering wind, the whimpering voice of the Night Lord's original body was carried far away.

"?"

Next to him, Saivita picked up the little cub stuck in the mud. He didn't look at their great father at all. Instead, he pulled the little cub up with concern and patted the little cub's back hard.

Sevatar was a little too concerned about the newcomer in the legion. This was his attitude towards his successor, and Conrad was dissatisfied with it——

But the control of the legion was not in his hands.

Thinking of this, Conrad's dissatisfaction returned.

[Destiny is like a spiral that continues to decline, never ending. What we will face will only be the cold eyes and incomprehension of the world, and suffering——]

"So what exactly will it be, my lord?"

Sevatar interrupted Conrad directly, ah... He had never been like this before.

Ever since Konrad threw him to Terra last time and led the Legion to fight against the Tau Empire, Sevatar had learned to talk back to the original and interrupt his speeches.

This must have been what Karas taught Sevetar, that damn Death Guard, who was just as annoying as Mortarion.

The fatigue from the long battle made Conrad a little weak. He wiped the blood that overflowed from the corner of his mouth, raised his head, and let his long and messy hair cover his pale face.

[I can't see clearly what it is...but I hear cries...blood...angry ones...]

"Khorne?"

Sevatar muttered strangely. He tightened his grip on his chain saw and looked up into the distance, where the Necrons were strung together.

"It's indeed very similar."

Sevatar said cautiously that the Necron had no blood, but when fighting Khorne, they would leave behind a stinking liquid like blood.

"But...what is Chaos doing here?"

Sevatar looked at Konrad. He saw his original body facing the wind, closed his eyes and shook his head.

Anyone else would have thought that the Primarch was deep in thought at this moment, but Sevatar knew that Konrad was either in a daze or savoring the smell of Eldar smoke.

【But I always feel something is wrong. 】

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【Another fate line】

The eighth Primarch [Conrad Curze] was set by the [Emperor] to be the one to punish sins when he was first set up.

Therefore, during the month or so on Terra, [The Emperor] focused on teaching [Koz] many matters such as justice and conviction.

After the accident, [Conrad Curze] was thrown to Nostramo by a warp storm.

At that time, Nostramo was dirty, depraved, and filthy. People in the dark alleys were fighting like beasts, gangs were rampant, and the rentier class regarded human life as nothing.

Even in the chaotic 30k empire, Nostramo can be undisputedly called the moral sewer in human history and the burial ground of justice.

but.

[Conrad Curze] arrived at Nostramo.

The Grand Inquisitor, the Judge of Sin, the Ender of Sin and Evil, has arrived.

Ever since a star broke through the darkness.

For five days, nothing happened in Nostramo.

Five days later.

The trial has begun.

At 0:00, in the midst of the pounding rain, in the largest industrial city of Nostramo, the long-abandoned bell rang, along with the corpse of the biggest gangster in Nostramo.

The thin, ragged monster stood at the highest point of the entire planet, ominous white lightning exploded beside him, and amid everyone's astonishment, he spoke his first words after arriving in Nostramo.

He said,

[On the first day, according to the law, anyone who kills more than a hundred people will be hanged, and those who don't obey will be punished. 】

A purge that was deeper and more bloody than the rainy night began.

Initially, people were stunned.

Subsequently, the gang began to hunt down the monster - but in the face of the mighty power of the Primarch, everything was like a mantis, and he disappeared into the darkness like a ghost, never to be seen again.

At first, no one listened carefully to his words.

But the first person to be tortured has already appeared, and people found him kneeling in pain in the center of his gorgeous office, with layers of flesh and blood being carefully pushed aside, with a white skeleton in the center, and flesh and blood lotuses blooming layer by layer.

What was even more horrifying was that he was still alive when people found him.

The guy with a little bit of flesh and blood attached to his skull was trembling, and his half-cut lens stared at the people coming forward in his eye sockets with extreme fear.

The last words of the first person to be executed were:

"Kill yourself."

Then, boom!

The skeleton smashed into the flesh and blood on the ground, and the flesh flew everywhere.

Countless similar scenes were appearing on Nostramo. No one knew how the monster was able to kill people so quickly, but when they opened the door, all they saw were bones and corpses.

The first day passed in panic and without knowing the rules in the rain.

The heavy rain washed away the blood, but the faint smell of blood lingered on everyone's noses and lingered all day long.

At 0:00 on the second day, the monster appeared again next to the abandoned clock. This time people no longer gathered and dispersed in shock, but still in vain.

Next to Lingchi's body, he said his second sentence.

[On the second day, according to the law, those who killed more than fifty people committed suicide by swallowing a gun, and those who did not obey were whipped to death. 】

So the rainy night continued.

The next day, the first suicide appeared. The sound of gunshots was so clear in the rain, bang!

Afterwards, the sound of gunshots was as frequent as raindrops falling to the ground, and the heavy acid rain hit the awning, crisp and loud.

The rain is still falling.

At the last moment of the second day, the number of Nostramo was reduced by one-tenth. Perhaps some people had not yet touched the "law", but in extreme fear, they chose to die.

Countless human body fragments scattered by the whip followed the water and blocked the sewers. Rodents squeaked and the water line on the streets began to rise.

Some of the guys who were cut in half were still screaming, which made people tremble and tremble when they heard it. Those people had already been sentenced to death.

The third day.

[On the third day, according to the law, those who kill more than ten people commit suicide by jumping off the building, and those who disobey will be executed with a stick. 】

The rain gradually lightened up.

But the sound of rain was even louder.

People replaced the raindrops.

Corpses were piled up in the streets, corpses, corpses, corpses everywhere. In order not to be killed by the monster in extremely painful ways, in an extremely tense mental state, countless people stepped onto the high platform and jumped.

There are no living people on the streets of Nostramo, and there are dead people everywhere. Honest slaves and rats huddle together in the darkness, and the old woman covers her childish eyes and sobs.

Monsters, monsters have descended on Nostramo.

The fourth day.

The rain stopped.

The crowd that had fled out of fear and fear once again gathered at his feet sparsely. Some people smeared strange words on their bodies with blood; some held torches high and shouted "Law!"; some knelt and cried in his shadow. , imploring him to let them go.

But so far, no one has told them what the law actually is.

He just spoke again.

[On the fourth day, according to the law, those who kill will be burned at the stake, and those who disobey will be beheaded. 】

Then blazing fire replaced the entire world.

Burn, burn, the night of the fourth day is bright, the day of the fourth day is bright, the firelight shines in people's turbid pupils, stinging their eyes and burning their souls.

So the fire just kept burning.

Like the Grand Inquisitor [Conrad Curze].

The flames lasted for a day and a night. As the fifth day approached, a thunderstorm and a sudden rain washed away everything.

On the fifth day, those who survived gathered in the square and knelt down to him.

He was still standing there, impartial and with a burning gaze.

[On the fifth day, according to the law, your death penalty is commuted, but you are still guilty. 】

[Labor and terror will be imposed on all bodies until the sins are washed away - but the guilt is so great that your generation will never be able to pay it off. 】

[Your children will be born guilty, and until they grasp the hilt of the sword of justice, and until my eyes witness their virtues, this guilt will continue forever. 】

So, on the fifth day, the Nostramos began to work.

Under fear.

……………………

【Now】

[That nagging guy...]

Heavily wrapped in blood and grime, his armor turned dry and dark red [Corax] said softly,

He felt that his sharp claws were about to move, and he longed to see the corpse hanging high in the sky, reflecting against the red sun, dripping with blood.

Khorne's beloved was panting vulgarly, eager to rush out and fight in the next moment, but the snow-white spine was rising and falling with his breathing.

To be fair, as the prince of Khorne, [Corax]’s appearance is not too exaggerated. Compared with his brothers, [Corax]’s appearance can even be called simple.

But the simple and easily overlooked [Corax] is the most bloodthirsty among them. Perhaps only Sanguinius can rival him.

[It’s hard to imagine... what you would look like here, Conrad? 】

The Grand Inquisitor [Conrad] never got along well with [Corax], and the two were both enemies and friends.

After arriving on his home planet, [Corax], who was instilled with shadow and killing by the Emperor, immediately began to fight. He hid in the mines and took pleasure in killing the people passing by.

Primarch No. 19, [Corax], has always been murderous.

When the Imperial ship discovered him, the population of the Redemption Star was almost zero. There was only a strong psychic darkness moving in the complex mines of the Redemption Star, surging ominously.

None of the advance teams sent to explore the planet were heard from, and finally the Lord of Mankind determined that one of his descendants was on the planet.

Faced with [Corax]'s actions, the Emperor was greatly disappointed. He taught [Corax] to kill, but he did not expect him to present a Death Star.

Because of the tight schedule of the Great Expedition, the Lord of Mankind did not talk to [Corax] in person. He sent the child [Conrad] who was with him at the time to retrieve [Corax].

The Grand Inquisitor [Conrad] made a promise before the Lord of Mankind that he would definitely bring back [Corax].

No one knows what happened between them, but what is certain is that the battle between the brothers was intense.

A few days later, what appeared in people's sight was the bruised [Corax], dragging the seriously injured [Conrad] who was almost lifeless, and collapsed in front of the imperial column.

[Don't...don't let him die. 】

[Corax] said incoherently, and then collapsed to the ground together.

After that, [Corax]’s return to the empire to study was naturally handed over to [Conrad].

It is worth mentioning that when the Empire found [Conrad], Nostramo had become an orderly planet, with minerals being produced efficiently, no one committing crimes, no one committing suicide, and people working timidly, and dying young due to overwork and fear.

As a planet that efficiently produces adamantium, [Conrad] was naturally stamped with a qualified seal by the Emperor.

Compared with other brothers, [Conrad] likes black clothes decorated with adamantium, and likes to judge and study the law -

Therefore, for a long time, he was on good terms with [Guilliman], and [Guilliman] had found [Conrad] many times to discuss and study the laws of the Empire.

In addition, [Conrad] occasionally discussed the law with [Lorgar] and [Magnus].

[Conrad] also had a close relationship with [Motarion]. In fact, during the Great Crusade, not many Primarchs would dislike [Motarion], a truly polite, gentle, humble, and good listener.

[Conrad] originally thought that the guy he could talk to the most among the Primarchs would be [Guilliman], but when someone so similar to him appeared——

In the bloodthirsty Chaos [Corax], [Conrad] saw another fate, a wrong path that he might have taken.

It was also after [Corax] returned to the Empire that [Conrad] awakened his ability to predict, and as time passed, he was dragged into the quagmire of prediction.

But at the beginning, perhaps because of similar reasons, [Conrad] carefully guided [Corax], this Shrike in the shadow of the mine, how to integrate into society.

In [Conrad], [Corax] felt the existence of a certain kind of family affection, and the beast was gradually tamed, returned to the human empire, and even learned to care about his brothers clumsily.

This is extremely rare, which means that [Corax] originally had another possibility, but with the superposition of deaths on the Redemption Star, that possibility will never appear again.

Although he sometimes still went to Sanguinius or Angron for excitement.

Until——

Guilliman ordered Corax to kill Conrad.

At that time, Conrad had completely gone insane because of the prophecy and was no longer of value to the Empire. Because he was afraid of Conrad's prophecy, Guilliman personally asked Corax to kill Guilliman's so-called best friend.

At the end of that war, Corax did not drag back Conrad's body. He presented Conrad's lungs to Guilliman and promised that he had made Conrad into a blood eagle.

The blood eagle broke the ribs of the sacrificer, pulled out the lungs, and pulled them out and arranged them, like an eagle spreading its wings to fly.

But was Conrad really killed?

No one knew.

Only Corax's unclear bloodthirsty eyes occasionally remembered something.

[Heaven…]

The bloodthirsty bird was confused. Anyway, [Guilliman] asked them to mobilize, and he ran to the battlefield to kill a few people. It was very appropriate.

[When did Conrad become so sloppy? ]

Conrad just shuddered, feeling that someone was staring at him.