Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Loken looked at the golden statue. He was sure that it was the image of the Emperor, at least the prototype. The Emperor statue sat cross-legged on a platform similar to a throne, with several petals opening and closing around the edges. , as if the Emperor was sitting on a flower, or was born from a flower.

The statue of the emperor overlooked all living beings. He was extremely tall and draped in a slender monk's robe. The well-proportioned edges were covered with lines of cloth dragging down, and the dents were carefully polished and woven, making the statue look like a statue of the emperor. The robe on the statue looks like it was actually made of cloth.

Loken stared at the statue for a moment, and he soon discovered several soldiers under his command standing in front of the statue. They were holding bolt guns and standing among the corpses around them. Apparently, there had just been a battle here. , to be precise, it was a massacre. Most of the people left here were old people and children, and they had no power to fight back against the Astartes.

But don't rush to mourn for them. If you also look at the faces of those "children", you will no longer have any sympathy and pity. I believe you will make the same choice as the Luna Wolf.

Loken walked down the stairs. He inserted the power sword in his hand into the scabbard and came among the soldiers. Their sergeant stepped aside to make way for Loken. The soldiers under his command also consciously stepped back with their guns in hand. After a few steps, Loken came to the statue and looked up at the golden giant statue in front of him.

He is located in the center of a vast circular grotto. The rocks above it are polished to be extremely smooth. Countless silk cloths are stretched across it and cover the sky. They fall down layer by layer, making this place look like A dyeing workshop or a tailor's shop.

Loken looked up at the various colored cloths above his head, which were all painted with circles of the moon. Those curved crescent moons of the same shape extended above his head, like a starry sky filled with moons, and there At the highest point, above the dome, a huge crescent moon symbol is painted.

"Legion Commander Loken, what is this? A statue of the Emperor? I have never seen such a statue of the Emperor." The sergeant on the side asked in surprise, and Loken also lowered his eyes to look at the statue surrounded by cloth. The golden statue, no wonder the sergeant was so surprised, because under that hood was indeed the face of the Emperor.

And it seems that in order to prevent ambiguity, the builders did not carve the emperor's face into a human face like many churches, but directly carved it into a skull, which was the most unified image of the emperor in the entire empire. No one can argue otherwise.

The holy skull symbolizes human purity. It is hidden under a hood. The robe hangs down from its shoulders. It bifurcates at the chest to reveal the dry ribs. The skin is attached to the bones and is processed through gold. Vivid carving, with his withered hands held in front of his belly, like an enigmatic monk.

No wonder those people firmly believe that they believe in the Emperor. If it were the first time he saw this statue, Loken would also think so. Except for the difference between his clothes and the "throne" below, the statue of the Emperor in front of him is Just like the Emperor himself.

"This is a trick used by Tyranid infiltrators to deceive the locals. They use the Emperor's name as their own smoke bomb to spread pollution and recruit believers. Many true believers of the Emperor are unable to distinguish between true and false. Just like you did before."

Loken said, pointing to a baby lying on the ground beside him. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes and held tightly in the arms of a dead woman. But when you see the inhuman face of that baby, you will sincerely I'm glad "he" is dead.

There are many similar existences around here. Loken pointed at "them" with his finger. "They use this to deceive people and induce them to combine with Tyranids and give birth to these contaminated offspring. Eventually they will infect the entire planet." Planet, if we don’t arrive on this planet in time, I’m afraid the entire planet will be replaced in a few generations.”

"Replace it with these things?" Another Luna Wolf said in shock. He looked very surprised and looked at the corpse of a gene stealer lying on the ground that had almost completed its return to its ancestors.

"Yes, so fortunately we terminated this process in time. You did a good job. These filthy heirs must be terminated, and this statue too. He can no longer be allowed to bluff and deceive the people of the empire and destroy it."

After Loken said that, he walked aside. The sergeant behind him nodded to the soldiers under his command. They quickly took out the melta bomb from their tactical backpack. Not long after, there was an explosion behind Loken. The golden statue collapsed suddenly, and the sound of its collapse was like the heaven and earth cracking.

But Loken was not attracted by this. He walked along the circle of moon depicted on the ground. He couldn't help but follow the moon's trajectory and walked half a circle along the surrounding walls, finally at the boundary of the moon's crescent. Stopped, that was the end and the beginning of the other end.

And directly opposite the crescent moon is a wall, a huge wall. It is part of the circular grotto. A beautiful mural is carved on it. It forms a complete story structure with other surrounding murals. It describes The emperor is great, but the content of the narrative is different from the facts.

It describes the Emperor descending from the sky. He led his angels to arrive here on a ship that traveled across the universe. He descended from the sky to bring enlightenment and light to the people in the dark age. This part is not wrong. This is indeed the case with the Great Crusade. progressed, but problems began to arise in the latter part.

Along the second half of the scroll, it depicts that the emperor left a "divine messenger" who led the people to create a new era, build cities and the fruits of civilization. After hundreds of generations of hard work, the divine messenger was finally Created a great civilization under his leadership.

Loken knew that it must be false, because the envoy on it was definitely not a Primarch, and he did not remember any Primarch staying on the conquered planet for so long, even if it was famous for rebuilding and bringing development. Guilliman, and Lorgar, who was keen to spread doctrines and promote faith widely on the planet, they would not stay for so long.

And the divine messenger finally established the church, which is where the church is. The mural depicts the believers worshiping him, accepting his enlightenment, taking the carved Holy Grail that released the light from his hand, drinking it, and then drinking it in the next scene. In the picture, the person who drinks the object in the Holy Grail stands side by side with the divine messenger and becomes an otherworldly being who is worshiped by everyone.

Loken speculated that the person who carved this mural might know at least part of the birth process of the Astartes. Therefore, he carved it in this way, adding another layer of so-called truth to everything that was full of deception. Born to sanctify what is in the Grail.

"What a well-woven lie." Loken said and walked to the statue. His eyes glanced over it, and finally stopped on the divine envoy in the center, on the relief of the envoy, and on his forehead. There is also a crescent moon symbol everywhere.

Loken stretched out his hand and pressed the relief, and then the entire body of the divine envoy sank. Following a rumble of rocks sliding, a mechanical sound came from inside the entire wall, and soon the stone surface The wall immediately opened, split in two in the middle, and then sunk inward to open a passage.

It was an extremely long staircase that extended into the darkness underground. Only the long-lasting candles lit in the shrines carved on the walls on both sides provided a source of light. Loken stood in front of the door and looked at the bottomless abyss below.

"It's strange that we didn't find that there is a road here before. The sound waves of the scanner seem to be blocked." The sergeant who came from behind Loken said so. His soldiers gathered around and stood next to Loken and looked towards the Looking from the end of the deep stairs.

Loken looked at the bottom of the stairs, then walked up with his head held high. He bent down and got into the cave that was not dug for the Astartes. The short space forced him to bend down and squat on the ground to enter.

"Contact the marshal and tell him about this tunnel. Remember to keep it secret and report it directly to the marshal." Loken said and turned on the light on his helmet. The pale light penetrated the darkness inside and illuminated the bottom. It is part of a long staircase that extends downwards seemingly without end.

"I'll go down and take a look alone. You go contact the marshal and no one is allowed to enter here. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir."

After the sergeant said that, his voice echoed behind Loken. Behind him came the footsteps of the soldiers leaving. The sound echoed in the deep corridor, echoing again and again. Loken bent down and walked down the stairs. As he walked down, the searchlight above his head illuminated the ancient stone walls on both sides.

There are many grottoes carved on the walls on both sides, in which many small statues of gods are enshrined. Candles are burning around them. The grottoes are filled with traces of melting after the candles burned out in the past. There are still candles burning here. Some are long and some are short, and it looks like someone is responsible for replacing them.

The light of the candle lit up the faces of the statues. Most of them had collapsed and damaged, or their faces were severely worn, and it was difficult to distinguish their appearance. Various bottles and jars were placed in front of the statues in the grottoes. It looks like some kind of sacrifice.

Loken's eyes under his battle helmet scanned the grottoes on both sides, and he walked down. This staircase was very long, and it took a lot of time to finally reach the end, and below it was a wide underground cave.

Loken bent down and drilled out of the cave at the end of the corridor. He stood up and stepped into this tall cave. The top of his head was filled with a large number of fallen stalactites. The humid environment caused water droplets to continuously fall and beat on it. On the ground, there was a snap.

On the ground of this huge cave is a shallow water surface, which seems to be part of the underground water. Loken is standing in it, the stream water is submerged up to his ankles, and in front of him, sitting on the ground in the center of the cave is a Most of the altar has been submerged by groundwater, and only part of it is still exposed.

And there stood a statue on top of it. It was a tall and thin being, with six hands spread out in all directions. Each hand held a dagger, and the ends of the slender legs turned into hooves. It also has two horns on its head and a curved tail hanging down behind it.

Loken stared at the statue and frowned. It was definitely not a statue of the Tyranids. It was a statue of a person. He was half a man and half a woman, with symbols similar to magic patterns carved on his abdomen.

Loken walked forward. He walked towards the direction of the statue. In front of the statue sat a tall body. It sat cross-legged, with giant claws on its legs, and a hard chitin carapace covering it. On the head, a paw was held on the face, covering its face.

On the ground around it and on the water sat a circle of creatures doing the same thing. A large number of purebred gene stealers sat cross-legged around the giant beast.

Loken walked forward, his steps flowing forward in the water. Suddenly, his steps stopped because he crushed a skull in the water, and as the sound of the skull's cracking spread throughout the cave, the man sitting in front of him The giant beast in front of the statue moved, and the giant claws in front of his face slowly released, and the slender claws fell downwards, revealing its face.

The human-like and dragon-like head slowly raised, its orange-red eyes flashed with light, and it opened its bloody mouth that spewed out white mist. After its sharp teeth slowly opened, the beast stood up, Several of his paws were placed on the ground to slowly stand up his huge body. He looked down at Loken, and his four arms slowly opened.

"The Genestealer Patriarch, the newborn." Loken looked at the Patriarch who had not yet completed the transformation and still had the exposed skin on his body. His slender tail swept the water on the ground, splashing a piece of water around him. They also started to move on the purebred gene stealers.

The group of beasts put down their claws and looked back at Loken. They opened their big mouths full of sharp teeth and roared at Loken. The latter looked at the giant beasts in front of the statue and slowly pulled out his waist. The sword between.

"You have to be cleaned up before the marshal arrives."