When Malcador left the inner chamber, he saw Hades and Sevatar talking.
Seeing Malcador coming over, Hades raised his eyes and smiled at the old man. The swaying oppression that enveloped the entire hall quickly subsided.
Sevita wanted to stand up and salute, but was stopped by Malcador's eyes. The old man picked a seat and sat down slowly, looking at Hades and Sevita with his deep eyes.
Hades raised his eyebrows and glanced in the direction of the inner room, while Sevita also glanced uneasily at the inner room. Malcador ignored their actions and sighed.
"I underestimated how difficult it would be to communicate with them."
Hades blinked, "At least Mortarion himself has ill intentions towards you. If he can sit down and talk calmly, it means he has tried his best."
Facing the imperial regent, Sevatar was quite reserved. He looked silently at the old man, the judge sent by the empire.
After hearing what Hades said, the old man sighed again. He thought of Leman Russ, a smart boy, who was at least willing to listen to him.
As for Mortarion and Konrad Curze... they were either giving some ridiculous examples to refute the opponent, or they were blaming Malcador.
The position of Imperial Regent is not an easy one to hold. When Malcador stood in this position, it was destined that most of the Primarchs would be at odds with him, and few Primarchs could truly understand mortals.
Malcador calmed down. The quarrel between the two original bodies was really a headache. He spoke and put things on track again.
"How are you discussing how to deal with the Night Lords?"
What responded to him was Hades's teasing eyes and Sevita's shocked eyes.
Hades said jokingly,
"I guess they didn't discuss any substantive content or measures?"
Hades said while taking another look at the location of the inner room. Because of Malcador, he had put away the Black Domain, and now he could no longer observe the movements of the three original bodies.
Malcador looked at Hades calmly. The old man suddenly discovered that this provocative cold humor also appeared in Mortarion and was used by the original body to deal with him.
"They are blinded by their own personal emotions and find it difficult to calm down and deal with legion affairs."
Hades looked at Malcador,
"It's understandable that for most Primarchs, their emotions are obviously a higher priority than other things."
Sevatar was silent on the other side. In the conversation just now, he had realized that the Death Guard commander did not look down on the original body - this was quite rare.
As far as he knew, the only space warrior similar to Hades in front of him was Astlan from the First Legion.
But because of this attitude, Astlan, the Space Marine, did not do well in the Legion... and Hades became the second-in-command with real power in the Death Guard Legion... He even had the ability to correct the original The power of body error...
In Hades, Sevatar saw another way for the Legion to operate normally... but he did not dare to slip in that direction... disobeying the original body's wishes was unimaginable.
Hades regarded this as a common occurrence. In the conversation just now, Sevita could realize that Hades was deliberately leading his thinking astray...
Sevatar swallowed, if...
The wound on his chest ached faintly, but a self-deprecating smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Opposite him, Hades and Malcador had already begun to talk about some very inappropriate topics about the original body, but in the end Malcador coughed and changed the subject.
"So do you finally come to an agreement, or are you the same as your Primarch?"
Sevatar spoke hoarsely,
"The Night Lord...is willing to accept the punishment."
Under the hood, Macado's politician-like face showed a smile.
"At least this meeting wasn't all for nothing."
The old man looked at Savita with encouraging eyes and motioned for him to continue speaking.
"The Night Lords are willing to go to those star fields that are difficult to conquer and exchange blood for forgiveness..."
Sevatar turned his gaze to Hades, and the Death Guard was looking at him indifferently. There was no light in the black pupils, and it was so dark that it was terrifying.
"The Corps accepts reductions in logistics dispatch resources."
Sevatar continued, smiling like a corpse that has been forcibly torn open with its hands,
"At the same time, the Night Lords are willing to compensate the Death Guard with the fine gold minerals from their home planet and reach a long-term agreement."
"...These punishments will continue until the Legion once again proves our loyalty to the Empire with sacrifices. The specific time will be subject to the arrangements of the Empire,"
Malcador fell silent, and the old man asked Hades seriously,
"Did you propose these?"
The inevitable consequence of sending the Night Lords to areas with high war intensity and reducing material supplies is that the legion will rapidly shrink in size in a short period of time.
Malcador did not know the specific situation within the Night Lords Legion. In the old man's opinion, this was already a quite severe punishment.
As long as the first two are executed, all legions will be able to see what price the Night Lords paid for Konrad Curze's madness——
Although Malcador didn't know why the Death Guard was obsessed with Nostram's adamantine mines, Nostram and the Death Guard were far enough away that they could seek resources within this star field.
Sevatar looked at Hades, did they seem to be confronting each other?
Sevatar didn't know how much Hades knew about the Night Lords. These harsh measures were more like giving the Night Lords a chance to reshuffle their cards than punishment.
Hades, what are you thinking about?
Nostram, which is the source of soldiers for the Night Lords, has long since betrayed the Legion. The corrupt nobles have regained control of the planet. They have left those people of high moral character for their families and sent a large number of criminals to the Night Lords as the soldiers of the Legion. .
After those criminals become Night Lords, they will use their identities as Space Marines to benefit the families they are attached to on their home planet.
By the time Konrad Curze became aware of this, the Legion was already filled with violence and depravity.
Sevatar suggested that Konrad Curze should purge these criminals of low morals, but the mentally disturbed Primarch refused.
So they soberly watched the legion fester little by little...
And now, Hades handed them a knife, a bone scraper to scrape off his own flesh and blood.
This is punishment, because it will inevitably bleed, and the Night Lords will be despised by the Empire for a long time. They will watch the Legion shrink in size step by step, spending every late night of shortage of supplies.
But it was also... some hope that would allow Sevatar... no, Konrad Curze to take full control of the Legion.
If it were just the first two punishments, Sevita would also think that Hades might simply want to punish them.
But the third punishment is directed at the Midnight Lord's home planet, Nostram.
If the Legion wants to deliver a large amount of fine gold to the Death Guard, it must regain the management rights of the home planet...
Even...the punishment time proposed by Hades is almost the time required to remove all the carrion from the Legion...
Savita felt her brain trembling;
What does this Death Guard, Hades, know? How does he know the Night Lords so well? Or was this just a coincidence that he was overly concerned about?
And if everything was as Sevatar thought, then why did the Death Guard, who was injured by his father, help them?
Hades, what on earth was he thinking? !
Sevatar couldn't understand. The only thing he couldn't understand was Hades' stance and position. All he could do was think about how to keep the Night Lord when Hades proposed every punishment measure.
He didn't know what Hades was doing. He could only judge that Hades's malice towards him was not that obvious.
Perhaps he stared at Hades for too long, and Hades smiled naturally at him. This smile was obviously much more natural than Seveta's... Seveta rarely saw this kind of smile in the Legion. , because most of the skilled veterans don't hold back on words or smiles.
Hades smiled and did not look at Sevita anymore. He turned his head to look at Malcador and spoke,
"Does the empire allow this kind of punishment?"
Macado paused.
"If both legions agree, the Empire will recognize the legitimacy of the agreement."
But...why did the Night Lord agree to such a cruel punishment without even a slight struggle?
Malcador frowned and asked Hades with his eyes, but Hades still had the happy expression of "I don't know anything".
"Believe me, Lord Machado."
Hades said briskly, his pupils bottomless.
Hades smiled. In the eyes of outsiders who didn't know the inside story of the Night Lords' army, this would be a very harsh punishment imposed by the Empire on the Night Lords, as Konrad Curze's punishment for his brother's unauthorized sword-fighting.
The legion will be rapidly reduced in size until the specified time limit is reached.
For Sevatar and Konrad Curze (provided he is awake), this is an opportunity for them to rewash the Legion, but this process is also accompanied by a lot of blood and pain.
As if he was afraid that they would not be able to think wrongly, Hades proposed a vague third item.
The Night Lords can use the excuse of war and reduction of supplies to consume those scum warriors, while also gaining more territory for the empire.
When the prescribed time limit comes, the Night Lords can gradually restore the size of their legion, and in the future when the home planet is regained control, the legion will obviously become healthier.
But if he only thinks about Hades this way, then he would be too kind——
Hades would not be this kind of person. In the situation where the Death Guard and the Night Lords have obvious conflicts, the first thing he must ensure is that the future Night Lords will not threaten the Death Guard.
Hades' game is not over yet.
His last step is hidden in the duration of the punishment. When these scarred bats are about to complete their atonement and gain new life, they will find that——
The great rebellion began.
That assumes, of course, that the Heresy started around that time, but even if it were delayed, the Night Lords wouldn't be able to restore their legions so quickly.
By then, the Night Lords will become the weakest force in the great rebellion. Even if they rebel, they will not pose a threat.
It's not like Hades didn't leave them with a way out. If the Night Lords really repented, they could retreat to their home planet of Nostram. Anyway, Nostram's location is far enough away.
Hades smiled, showing his kind smile.
"I'm glad my conversation with Sevita went well and that my cousin understood my good intentions."
Great!
3.2k words today
There may still be more, but don't wait, your hands hurt.
The group has exploded. I will create another group with 500 followers tomorrow, but I won’t cut it today.
There is still a full subscription group of ordinary book friends.
As for why Daqun exploded... I hope everyone will be careful in what they say and do, and why do a bunch of people who have never read my book get in and publish their own stories? You can go to other specialized Warhammer groups for this.
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