Warhammer: I don't want to be a stinky can! ! !

Chapter 310 301. God Emperor
Hades smiled politely, although there was more helplessness hidden in his smile.

He had thought that the Emperor... at least... would keep him at a distance, or rather, a sense of mystery.

Just like that letter from the past.

Hades expected the Emperor to be more of a monarch than a... ahem.

Based on the emperor's series of silky social combos just now, Hades suddenly had a bad guess in his mind.

The Emperor, Neos, seemed to really wish to just chat with Hades—on an almost equal footing (though Hades wouldn't dare say it was a full equality).

From his repeated corrections on what Hades called him, to his unsolicited candor, it seemed the Emperor was really trying to communicate with Hades.

Hades blinked heavily. Before that, he had respect and admiration for the Lord of Men - not the Primarch.

but now……

Hades took a deep breath, and he took the initiative to speak,
"Nios...I entrust my loyalty and frankness to you, so...I want to ask, why me? Why do you trust me?"

The Emperor smiled, as if Hades finally asked the question,

"Then why do you trust me?"

Hades swallowed, he decided to try it out,
"We just talked about being honest, Neos, because of my own cultural literacy, I can't understand rhetorical questions, metaphors, analogies, parallels, allusions...etc. A series of required comprehension skills are relatively high language."

The Emperor's smile deepened,

"I appreciate your sense of humor."

Hades nodded,
"Thank you for your appreciation, and I don't think it is necessary to change the subject."

The Emperor's smile froze for a moment, and he paused, as if he was not used to this, but he still spoke,

"I choose you because I know you will only choose humans, just as you know that I will only choose humans."

"Besides humans, apart from the empire, we cannot accept anything else, nor can we tolerate anything else."

Although the incident of entering Warhammer made Hades sad, it was indeed a fact, and Hades could only affirm the Emperor with silence.

The Emperor went on, wondering how to avoid metaphors, which may be a trivial challenge, which means more words, explanations.

"You were not my original master plan, but your growth and ability proved yourself, so I chose to change my plan."

Hades stared at the emperor and said softly,
"What was your original master plan?"

"Webway, Imperial Truth."

The emperor said calmly, his expression became serious again,

"what about now?"

"Network Road, state religion."

Even though he had made sufficient psychological preparations with Malcador, when the middle-aged man, the Emperor, personally spoke out about the state religion in front of Hades, Hades still felt a chill behind him.

Hades slowly, considering his words,

"So...going to Perfect City this time, do you want...to establish a state religion?"

"Yes and no."

The emperor spoke naturally,
"The Church of the State has always been one of our many backup plans, but for a variety of reasons we have put it on hold."

"Then you enabled it again because of me? Why?"

The Emperor paused for a moment. He got up from the end of the conference table, walked across from Hades, and sat down again.

He stared brightly at Hades, with his hands folded, olive laurel gleaming in his dark hair,
"I envy you, outlander, the laws of physics are the basic laws of the world you live in."

"But here, in my home world, the warp and the physical universe are mingled together to give birth to life."

"Imperial Truth confuses you because it's so similar to your old habits, doesn't it?"

Hades coughed, he had been modified so that he would not cough, the Emperor didn't know if it was because what he said hit Hades' psychology, or he just used a rhetorical question in violation of the rules.

But according to his usual speech habits, it is time for him to continue talking instead of pausing.

"The Great Crusade is accompanied by heavy and huge negative emotions. They continue to tear the curtain and catalyze the erosion of the physical world by the warp."

"And the promotion of the Imperial Truth slows down the process, and wins for the Crusade what little sand is left in the hourglass."

"Do you understand, Hades?"

This time Hades didn't cough, so the emperor classified Hades' cough just now as the first conjecture, and at the same time classified Hades as a person who was not rigorous.

"I understand,"

Hades' voice was a little low,

"As long as the Great Crusade collects enough resources and builds a webway, humans will have a space to temporarily avoid the erosion of subspace."

"But if my memory is true, you have failed on this road of Imperial Truth and Webway, Neos."

The Emperor smiled casually and shook his head, the double-headed eagle emblem on the wall behind him seemed even more dazzling,

"You only remember one ending? I thought you knew enough routes that they were all true."

"Even on the path of failure that you firmly believe in, I have held the blade of victory."

Hades blinked. He was thinking about it too, but it seemed rather boring to think about the old way now, because they both knew that now the Empire had found a new, very different way.

"Nios, since you know that the original plan can also win, why did you change it?"

The golden flames burned in the black eyes, and the emperor stared at Hades' dark pupils,

"It's more successful this way."

said the emperor,
"That's all, Hades."

Hades understands why Malcador and others are willing to follow the Emperor. When it comes to the topic of the Empire and humans, the Emperor has an amazing, dazzling self-confidence-he sounds really confident of success.

If coupled with that sparkling psychic aura... Hades couldn't think of a human being who could reject the Emperor.

But the good news is that Hades is immune to the Emperor's psychic aura... At the same time, he felt that these words were like a pie drawn by his bankrupt boss before he ran away.

Now Hades has updated the image of the emperor to the boss who squeezed the subway.

Hades thought about it, and if this continues, he will be listening to the speech. He is too familiar with it, and it is still the kind that is full of pies, so he decisively changed the way of asking questions, asking questions from the details.

"I seem to understand, Neos, but I still want to know, why did you choose to burn Perfect City in your master plan, and at the same time...don't talk to your son Lorgar?"

Hades is very happy to see that the pyramid scheme-like passion in the emperor has faded away, and he refuses to verbalize the cake, starting with you and him,
"The Word Bearers..."

The emperor paused,
"They get their strength through their ideas and their beliefs, but their beliefs feed back at the same time."

Hades mused, he knew what the Emperor was referring to.

"Their beliefs have distorted you, Neos? They think you are solemn and ruthless, so you really start to become cold? Faith gives you strength, but at the same time makes you no longer yourself?"

The emperor nodded lightly,
"More than that,"

He says,

"There are many mortals under the command of the Word Bearers. Their beliefs have also distorted Lorgar and the Word Bearers. They began to forget the original mission of the Legion and indulged in their own religious world."

"As a concrete representation of the faith, the Perfect City needs to be burned, otherwise the Word Bearers distorted by the faith will eventually be expelled."

Hades blinked, he whispered, and at the same time said uncertainly,

"Why not just remove the Word Bearers?"

On the emotional side, if Hades is the decision maker, then he will firmly believe that all rebels should be shot before the big rebellion, and no matter how bad it is, the size of the army must be reduced.

...Although this is likely to lead to a replacement of the rebel faction.

The Emperor was silent, but he finally broke the silence,

"I created NO.17. He was the most obedient Primarch to me. He was a candidate for the state religion. In the hypothesis that no longer exists, I think he has the ability to change himself. He will be reborn from the ashes , laying the foundation for the establishment of the state religion in the future.”

"I know that every Primarch has the possibility of falling into the abyss, and I can see the turbulence in the future, but I never imagined that they would choose my most docile son as the first, on a strategic level, it would be a great challenge to the four at that time. God speaking, the Word Bearers and Lorgar are not the best choices, I thought they would choose..."

The emperor's voice dropped,
"It now appears that this is nothing more than a blatant mockery."

The Emperor said lightly that even without the psychic perspective, he could feel Hades sinking into deep contemplation, so he remained silent until Hades' relaxed voice sounded, but Hades' voice The opening is more like to ease the atmosphere, not that he finally finished thinking,
"I didn't expect you to have... so much affection for the Primarch?"

The emperor looked at Hades calmly, he obviously disagreed with Hades' statement,
"I created the Primarch, first to ensure the smooth progress of the Great Crusade, and second, to allow them to call me Father."

"No.17, Lorgar, the Word Bearers, as long as they haven't fallen into the abyss, then I'm happy to use them, even if they need to be warned."

Hades pondered, if you sort it out according to the emperor's logic...the current route is the webway and the state religion, that means——

"Won't the perfect city be burned down, Neos?"

"Do not,"

The Emperor shook his head,

"They still need to be corrected. If NO.17 still cannot be seen clearly, then I will send the First Legion, and Ryan will faithfully perform his duties."

"I will show you the current plan of the empire, Hades, so you won't have too many questions."

"first step,"

The emperor averted his gaze, and he lowered his eyes, staring at his own reflection on the desk, his black hair drooping down, and he saw the reflection of an ordinary middle-aged man.

"I will tell NO.17 on the ashes of the perfect city that I am a god."

Hades gasped.

　md, the conversation with the emperor has involved the core plot, and we haven't finished talking for a long time. Why do you talk so much?
　　gone today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)