Magnus woke up from a dry feeling of powerlessness. When he woke up, he felt an inexplicable throbbing - it was the connection with the Thousand Sons. He seemed to hear the children being killed before they died. The wail of the guardian spirit taking possession of the body.
The Primarch struggled to sit up, and then he became aware of the ever-present, anxious footsteps. Magnus coughed dryly and tried to say something, but he was stopped.
"Quiet, Magnus."
There was a sound in his ears, and Magnus realized that the watcher was close to him, that Hades was in the cell.
The relaxed and nonchalant attitude that characterized his everyday speech was gone, replaced by emotionless words that reminded Magnus of the unvarnished words of the Magus Mechanicus.
"I was wrong before, Magnus. You are His mark. Unless I destroy your soul, I cannot eliminate His surveillance here."
Magnus heard the scream of the blade cutting across the ground. His muscles tensed. He wanted to do something, but felt that there was nothing he could do. He was played by Chaos. His Thousand Sons and Prosper Luo also disappeared.
"That is to say, He heard the conversation I had with you before - and He wanted to end this matter, and He did not hesitate to use your words. Is this a warning, or is it a joke?"
This sentence was said very softly, more like Hades talking to himself,
"What's more terrible is that I think the emperor also agrees with the opposite view. He saw something in Prospero, which may have changed his mind. I should go to more important occasions instead of guarding an abandoned son. "
The anxious footsteps sounded again, and you could never tell whether Tzeentch wanted you to stop doing this, or whether he wanted you to continue doing it.
After a long time, the footsteps stopped, and Hades seemed to be squatting next to Magnus, who was half-sitting against the wall.
"Let me tell you a story, Magnus. This is my last ditch effort."
He said that the sickle pole made a squeaking sound on the ground,
"There used to be an unlucky guy like you, who was attracted to you from the beginning, but the one who was attracted to him was different from the one who was attracted to you. He was unlucky all the time. On the established destiny line, he wanted to do what he wanted to do. All the great things that have been accomplished have failed.”
Hades' voice paused,
"Look, on the contrary, you should have had a smooth journey - it's a pity that you met me."
"But then he changed his destiny. On the one hand, he did change a lot of his bad temper. On the other hand... I am not boasting. Someone also needs to cut off the waves of subspace in order to make major changes - —”
【...You changed his fate? 】
Magnus's voice was trembling. He listened to Hades' silence for a moment.
"Yes, a soulless person is best suited to do this kind of thing, isn't it? Rather than using spiritual energy to carefully entangle with various waves of fate, it is better to cut them off directly, but unfortunately this requires a soulless person with sufficient abilities."
[Are you the only one who can do this? 】
"yes."
Magnus was silent;
[Did you just say Mortarion? He was also...also...]
"Hush, hush, Magnus."
Hades said,
"So you are the luckiest of the unfortunate, Magnus."
Magnus thought of Mortarion's unique aura of death and his morbid behavior. It was difficult to imagine what Mortarion had experienced in the past.
"It's not just you, it's not just him."
Hades murmured,
"I have also witnessed an entire legion being on the verge of extinction, and a man whose heirs were trapped in a pool of blood. He was unable to escape his fate. Currently, he... can be said to be far away from his destined destiny."
【...Angron? 】
Hades was silent,
"You should have seen the device on his head, so I say you are lucky."
Magnus was silent as if dead. For a long time, he asked slightly,
[You originally... came to help me get rid of... those things? 】
"perhaps."
Hades said,
"But you are different from them. Even in the most critical moments, their souls did not surrender for a moment. Magnus, you know what I am referring to."
Magnus had given part of his soul to Tzeentch from the beginning. What he faced was not a cruel curse, but lies wrapped in honey.
【Then...can I still...? 】
He opened his mouth in vain, it was just inertia,
"Don't think about that, Magnus."
Cold words rang in his ears. Hades' previous method was to isolate the gaze of the subspace, and then try to do something consistent with physics and psychology, but Magnus's situation destined that he would never be able to completely Separate subspace.
"Accept the cruel reality and atone for your sins. Magnus, this is my most sincere advice to you. Just do what the Emperor orders you to do and don't think about anything else."
Magnus tried to pull out a cracked wry smile at the corner of his mouth to prove that he was indeed numb and numb enough to accept it all, but he could only feel blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
[...My story has ended from the beginning, right? 】
Hades stood up and paced the small cell again irritably. This was what he hated about Tzeentch. When killing the opponent cannot be the solution, you have to think of other methods, but no matter what they are All plans will fall into the calculation of the Lord of Changes.
Judging from the Emperor's posture, Hades estimated that he wanted to use Magnus as a disposable bomb and throw it out at the critical moment to explode the pony, but the question was, was this reliable?
Originally, Hades thought this was okay, but he realized that Magnus himself already had a bit of Tzeentch in him, so this was a big gamble.
And he couldn't confirm whether Magnus was a deception or the real key point, because the anchor point of Prospero has been removed, and Magnus's biggest key point in turning his fate has passed.
The Emperor obviously had this consideration in mind. In fact, he had already summoned Hades to leave. This was the last day Hades would take custody of Magnus.
"Okay, let me try one last time... Magnus, are you willing to give it a try that's better than nothing?"
Hades saw Magnus raise his hands in vain;
[Is this an order from the emperor? 】
Hades was expressionless. He turned on the channel and turned up the volume.
"Emperor, I will beat Magnus."
"Please."
The channel disconnected nonchalantly, and Magnus looked like he was about to scream silently again.
"It is now."
Hades said calmly,
"You have to cooperate with me next."
[Cooperating with you to beat me? ! 】
"Yes and no."
Hades said,
"Now...you have to hand over the authority of your soul to a soulless person."
Before Magnus could respond, the black realm surged up.
——————
Magnus screamed and rolled in the sea of spiritual consciousness. He tried his best to escape far away. He didn't want that kind of thing to touch him! ! !
But he was too weak. The Emperor's psychic suppression and the death of the Thousand Sons greatly weakened Magnus's soul light. In the past, he could have left directly and left the cursed object far away. behind.
He watched helplessly as the monster swallowed him up, like a dense swarm of insects crawling onto his skin, like he fell into a bottomless stinking swamp. His soul was worse than death, far hotter than the fire of hell. The flames burned his soul.
He resisted subconsciously, but heard roaring in the distance,
"Magnus - just bear with me! Malcador is stronger than you!"
Magnus suddenly remembered why he was here, and what the stinking cursed thing was, he might as well just die!
[Knock me out and stay away from me! 】
"I want to knock you out directly!"
Then Magnus saw that blue before his eyes - there - he remembered! The gorgeous waves of the vast ocean seem like just yesterday, at the top of the Great Pyramid of Prospero, the great power of the warp stepped down from the altar and signed a contract with him.
The darkness twisted and tried to penetrate into the depths of his soul.
A scream sounded from the depths of his soul, and he saw Prospero burning, and people's souls were burning, providing him with strength.
The darkness and the sickle stabbed him together, and the strange light suddenly exploded! After a moment of dazzling light, everything returned to its original position, as if nothing had changed.
Then Magnus heard the sound of falling to the ground, and then the sound of retching. The waves of powerlessness began to ebb, and he slowly re-grabbed the boundaries of the physical world.
He smelled blood, but it wasn't his.
【...Success? 】
he asked tremblingly,
"Failed."
Hades silently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He was worthy of being Tzeentch, and he was worthy of being the primordial body of the psionic system. Hades felt that the symbol Tzeentch buried in Magnus was stronger than the psychic energy of an entire planet. , coupled with the resistance of Magnus's soul to him... it was still too hasty, and he was impatient.
In the distance, the emperor's hand, which was studying the map, paused slightly.
"It turns out the fireworks are here."
He whispered, no wonder, at the same time the emperor opened the channel,
"Don't waste your efforts, Hades."
Hades took a deep breath,
"It's still somewhat useful..."
He whispered, looking at Magnus,
"I ended up tearing a small tear in your soul, Magnus... don't try to heal it, that marks where He is, you know what I mean?"
[...I will stay away from there. 】
Magnus said weakly, as if he was still immersed in the dizziness brought to him by the black realm just now, although Hades tried his best not to hurt him...it was not very harmful, but the nausea was very strong.
Hades frowned.
"I tell you that if you feel something is wrong, go find the Emperor or Malcador immediately."
This can be regarded as giving Magnus an early warning ability, but in a sense it also facilitates communication between Magnus and Tzeentch——
However, as long as Magnus wants to, Tzeentch can communicate with Magnus without any obstacles, so it can be regarded as giving Magnus a self-warning function.
The channel manager made a hissing sound of electricity, Hades paused, and then a brisk voice sounded.
"Well, I have to go finally."
As if nothing happened just now,
"Wish you a happy prison life, Magnus, and don't think too much of heresy."
"Reform through labor as soon as possible and become a new person. Listen to the emperor and don't mess around. After ten thousand years, you may turn over and become a new person."
The sound of iron bars opening, then the sound of footsteps, the sound of doors closing, and the clang of armor knuckles.
Magnus smelled the blood in his cell, and for the rest of his remaining years, he would realize that this was what he heard, a final word that blessed him and contained even a hint of trust.
He surveyed the soul, and he stared at Him as He had been silently staring at him before.
Magnus finally settled into the quiet years he had always dreamed of.
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(End of chapter)
