Warhammer Inquisitor

Vito emerged from the mist, or rather levitated, his feet floating a few feet above the ground, but shining like Tesla coils between power stations.

The pervasive poisonous smoke degraded and disappeared in front of him, distorted and smoked like a non-existent dream. He walked out of the electric light and distorted space, like an avatar in various fairy tales. Mortarion looked at him In the battlefield between him and Guilliman demigod just now, a real demigod ushered in in the blink of an eye.

Compared with the Primarchs, Vito is the real demigod, or infinitely close to the existence of the true god. Nurgle once told Mortarion that there are only two Ascendants in this galaxy, one is the Emperor and the other One is Vito, but the Emperor was the first to complete the ascension reluctantly because of the accident of the Horus Rebellion.

And Vito is still in this world. If one day he voluntarily or involuntarily accepts his godhead, then the subspace will set off monstrous waves to welcome a new god. There will be a purpose, a purpose that makes the evil gods far more fearful than the emperor.

"Hello, Mortarion." Vito said, his words were more like a weird voice composed of lightning, thunder, and electric ions tearing each other in the air, like the notes played by an ancient accordion, but But more vitality.

"Master Marshal, I thought you were in the Leviathan-class command vehicle, but it seems... that is fake, and this is the real you." Mortarion smiled vigilantly, the holy sword still stuck in his chest There, this made Mortarion fall into a great passivity. Now he needs to resist the erosion of the emperor's power, and at the same time, he also needs to guard against Vito.

At first Mortarion was convinced that Vito was in the rear, in a command vehicle far away from here, so he dared to come here so openly, find Guilliman, corrupt or kill him.

Even if he was stabbed by Guilliman at the last moment, this is not a problem. Guilliman has no power to fight back. Mortarion just needs to spend some time to repel the power of the holy sword invading his body and pick it out That’s right, Guilliman is not their father after all, and there is no way to maximize its power.

If it was the Emperor just now, Mortarion would have been wiped out with a stab, but now someone who can do it has come, Vito suddenly came, Mortarion has no way to fight against him in this situation .

"How did you become like this? Is it Guilliman's trick?" Mortarion can only delay time, wait until Nurgle kills and corrupts Guilliman, and flank Vito back and forth with him. There are some odds.

But his plan has long been seen through. There is no doubt, suspicion or hesitation in Vito's twinkling eyes. He raised his hand and waved his finger lightly. The body of the demon engine behind him was instantly torn apart, and a steel thorn roared. The one that came out pierced the death guard who raised his gun.

"Don't be so nervous, and don't think about playing tricks, Mortarion, I didn't come to fight with you." Vito said affirmatively, the words were as plain as water, Mortarion did not hear the meaning of deception in it, But he wouldn't just believe that, it was Vito, the conspirator alongside Tzeentch.

He has already proved his ability to trick, even without the help of Ms. Qidu is keen to play those complicated games with him, with endless changes.

Mortarion has also suffered, so he won't believe a mere word, but he won't show it either, "Is it? This doesn't look like a negotiation, Marshal."

Vito walked over, and Mortarion put his hand quietly behind him, holding the poisonous blade full of divine plague in his hand. When Vito approached, he suddenly exerted force and stabbed the dagger at Vito viciously. Tor, that's the god-killing venom, he can kill Vito in front of him, just like when he attacked Guilliman.

But the dagger suddenly stopped in mid-air, and Mortarion's hand was hanging stiffly in the air. He wanted to struggle, but found that all his limbs were locked, and the power armor seemed to be paralyzed after losing all power. , holding its owner firmly in place.

"I'm not Guilliman, I know you've learned tricks and concealment, I could kill you right now, like crushing a bug, but I won't." Vito pulled out the splinter on Mortarion's chest The sword, and then pushed him away lightly. Mortarion took a few steps back, urgently invoked the power of the plague in his body to heal the wound, and looked up at Vito.

He held the flaming holy sword. The emperor's weapon had completely different reactions in different people's elbows. In Guilliman's hands, it was just an ordinary divine weapon shrouded in flames that expelled demons, but in Viking Holding it in his hand, its power was instantly aroused, and the fire and lightning fused together, turning into a white-gold dancing energy field.

The space around him began to distort, and the ground under his feet scorched and shattered. He could now kill the half-mutilated Mortarion with a single blow, knocking him out of existence, just like the Emperor did to Horus. , but he didn't do that, but looked over with powerful eyes.

"I'm here to negotiate, tell your master, I know he's listening, I need Guilliman alive, let him back." Vito said calmly, as if it wasn't a request, but a demand.

Mortarion frowned, showing a mocking smile, "Why? The Emperor's tool has fallen into our hands, and we will let it go with a few words from you? Exchange it to the Emperor?"

"There is no Emperor, Mortarion, you laugh at Guilliman's ignorance, but look around you, is he really here?" Vito asked, motioning around, he raised his hand, gently Guilliman touched the poison ivy on his body, and the vine exploded in the blink of an eye.

"If he were there, would your childish tricks work? Do you think he would allow you to take his tools and send them to Nurgle's garden without doing anything?"

Vito's rhetorical questions kept Mortarion silent, and at the same time he reacted, yes, it was too smooth, he was angry because of the conversation with Guilliman just now, since he didn't react for a while, he both It succeeded so smoothly.

Back then, Fulgrim did the same thing and almost lost half of the Emperor's Children Legion. His handsome face was also left with the wound caused by Guilliman's sudden fatal blow. He almost died because of it. , Up to now, he still needed to use illusion to cover up the scar, but he did it by himself. He was also stabbed in the chest, but he didn't die.

"He's not here, he's already given up on Guilliman, because he and I hindered his plan, he's just borrowing your hand to get rid of the enemies that displease him, after Guilliman's death, he can use The grief and rage of the Ultramarines, commanding the entire Ultramarines Legion, the most powerful Space Marine force, and no one doubts him, much less stops him."

"Then his plan will be unstoppable. You have been used, Mortarion, and always have been." Vito said as if reminding a child, he looked at Guilliman, and there was something in his eyes. Regret, sympathy and anger.

"What plan? What is he planning? Vito Constantine, what made you choose to contact us, are you betraying him?" Mortarion's voice changed, and it was endless in an instant. The anger suddenly turned into another ethereal yet thick voice, his eyes were filled with light from another world in the blink of an eye, and the other pair of eyes was watching through his vision.

"Betrayal? No, he betrayed us. I am the guardian. What I did was what I should have done long ago." Vito raised the holy sword, electricity and fire flickered in front of his eyes, "But now do , it is not too late, so yes, I am seeking your cooperation, Nurgle, I can't tell you what it is now, I have not seen your sincerity."

Vito said majesticly, like the king of the empire welcoming foreign envoys, his words and deeds are full of unquestionable authority, so that you dare not doubt him, "But what I can tell you is that if you want to protect your existence , everything you rely on, you want to protect everything you defend as an agent of the life cycle, then obey me, otherwise, even if you corrupt Guilliman and take away the entire empire, I will not care anymore, because, I will not fight you over a piece of ashes."

Nurgle, or Mortarion, fell silent. After a long time of deliberation, he slowly said, "Tell me your conditions, Guardian."

This can be regarded as accepting the negotiation result, Vito snorted and lowered his sword, "Put Guilliman back, eliminate all the viruses in his body, and then withdraw all your power, the plague war is over now, I Requiring the full strength of the Ultramarines, and Ultramar as capital against him in the future, that is my condition."

After another long silence, Nurgle nodded, its eyes flickering as it looked down at Guilliman in the garden, who stood in the garden of the plague, looking up at the majestic presence on the throne of flesh and blood.

"That's it, Guardian. I will put him back and give him back to you, but you owe me an explanation. Afterwards, you must come and give me the answer. For this... I will leave the insurance." As Nurgle said, he tapped his finger lightly on Guilliman's body, and a mark instantly appeared on his body. Guilliman was in pain for an instant, but he couldn't move.

His body was swallowed by the garden, and vines and earth climbed up his body. If he was imprisoned in a cage, he could only let Nurgle leave the burning marks on his body.

"If you lie to me, I will use this to kill him. Remember, the plague is still in his body, and the armor of fate can't save him. No one can get rid of the virus except me, and only I can activate the virus and kill him." Kill him." Nurgle yelled menacingly, not for Guilliman, and another voice echoed Nurgle from far away in the air, a woman's voice.

"Fair enough, stay, and we shall meet at a suitable place, where the Emperor will not find out."

"It should be so, he will not know today's conversation, my poisonous fog will obscure his vision, and now, go back, my property, remember, you still belong to me."

As Nurgle said, it raised its hand and slapped Guilliman, who was slammed down and fell into the garden. Guilliman's eyes were dark, as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, and finally he fell to the ground. A real sense of touch and pain was coming, Guilliman opened his eyes and saw the girl covered in light.

She saved Guilliman from the poisonous ivy and put it on the ground. The girl's face could not be seen clearly. She stroked the Primarch's cheek. Guilliman recognized her, "Vito? All this..."

"Shhh, kid, you didn't see anything, but you'll remember it, deep down in your heart." Vito leaned down and kissed Guilliman's forehead, the imprint that blocked the Emperor's observation was left on On Guilliman's forehead, the red lips gleamed, then disappeared as if they had never existed.

"Now, you are truly free." Vito stood up, he let go of Guilliman and let him lie on the ground, turned and walked into the mist and said, "Don't shoot, the negotiation is successful. "

That was not for Guilliman, or Mortarion, but for another person in the rumbling mist, behind a rollover Lander deep in the mist, Curze put down his sniper rifle, his There are two bullets containing the real plague in the gun chamber, and the two bullets are reserved for two people.

Curze quietly disappeared behind Rand, as if he had never appeared there before. Mortarion also retreated into the depths of the poisonous fog and disappeared. In the fog, he gradually moved away until he finally disappeared at the end of his vision.

Guilliman looked up at the sky, the thick poisonous mist dissipated, and the plague storm covering the whole world disappeared. The light from the sky pierced the clouds again and shone on Guilliman.

He looked at the sun, the sun high in the sky, and at that moment Guilliman knew that he was far away from himself. He knew that he had just abandoned himself.

"Horus, I now... understand everything." Guilliman closed his eyes heavily. The ignorant child finally woke up today. On his shoulder where the poisonous blade stabbed him, the imprint of Nurgle was flashing. with.

In 005 Imperial Calendar.M42.005, the Plague Wars ended according to records, in which the Emperor's favorite son defeated his traitor brother and saved Macragge and the Empire, while those who helped him to victory The saint girl also disappeared, we still know very little about him, and it is said by the state church that she has returned to the emperor.

————— "The Beginning and End of the Plague War" by Suleiman