Human beings are creatures with subjective agency.

So Hades chose to spend his time sailing to Nikaia aboard the World Eater Conqueror, rather than the Ashram Kokutes, which Hades said he was allergic to.

To further develop his initiative, Hades brought the Maculag blanket from his Cokutes' bedroom to his lounge aboard the Conqueror.

Angron had asked Hades what it was, and Hades was very honest in telling the Lord of the Red Sands that it was his brother, Robert Killiman's home planet, and Anglon expressed his sincere bewilderment at this act.

[Brother, you're not...... Aren't you from the Silent Retreat? 】

Hades blinked, why did he always feel like the edge of this carpet was pilling? He didn't remember that he was tossing this blanket.

"The Silent Order is not a complete legion, Angelon, uh...... To tell you the truth, I'm the Death Guard of the Fourteenth Legion. ”

Angelon suddenly realized,

[Ah, you're the original body of the Death Guard? 】

Hades coughed violently,

"Nope! No! I mean, I'm the commander of the Death Guard - and ...... by blood."

Hadiston paused, as if thinking about something complicated, some chaotic generational theory that Ohm Messiah's mind couldn't figure out,

"Hmm...... Anyway, you and I can't be considered brothers, I mean in the sense of blood. ”

Angelon first laughed and patted Hades and told him that the friendships forged on the battlefield were far more reliable than blood ties, and then Angelon paused and asked with some caution,

[Brother, I said, so the Fourteenth Legion, the Death Guard has another original body? 】

Hades nodded wildly,

"Lord of Death, Motarian, when we get to Nikaia, I think you'll meet him, he's very knowledgeable about pharmacy and anti-psionic powers......"

"And numerology."

Hades paused, and then he said thoughtfully,

"Although I see every day that Motarian is either dispensing poison or on his way to dispensing poison, he should also have some research on treatment and rehabilitation, and I will see if he can help you see it when the time comes."

Hades glanced at Angelon's nails, which had turned into decorative braids, with layers of blood at the bottom, traces of the original brain's growth, struggling to squeeze out the nails.

It was rare that Angelon did not speak immediately, and Hades did not realize that Angelon was completely confused by him, and he quickly continued to say what he imagined,

"I'll introduce you to Motarian when the time comes, he's very nice, but he's not very good at interpersonal communication, but he won't poison you, don't worry."

It's just that I might draw some blood from you, Hades muttered inwardly.

[Wait a minute, bro, so ......]

Angron said hesitantly,

[You're the commander of the Fourteenth Legion, and you're the leader of the Silent Retreat—but you're hanging a blanket of the Thirteenth Legion in your lounge?!] 】

Hades blinked innocently,

"yes, what's wrong?"

Angelon thought a lot about it in that moment, and finally the original decided to attribute the inability to figure it down to the fact that he had been away from the center of the empire for too long, which was probably some kind of common phenomenon, but he didn't know it.

Angelon grinned,

[Then I'll go back and send you some good things from the World Eater, whatever you want, Hades, take whatever you want. 】

Hades pondered that he couldn't hang two axes on the walls of the common room, although it seemed okay.

He waved his hand,

"Thanks, Angelon, I'll just get two axes from your arsenal then."

A week later, Hades received a gladiatorial ring blanket that was slightly larger, bulkier, and at the same time had rougher stitches than the Maculag blanket.

By the way, two axes are attached.

Hades held up the blanket, and he stared speechlessly at the wild bloody gladiatorial arena above, which looked like it had been stitched improvised.

I just don't know who is so unlucky to be called over by the Lord of the Red Sand to do this kind of thing.

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[Gotcha!] Enough, enough! You've said it many times. 】

Angelon patted Hades's shoulder armor with one hand, and plucked his ear impatiently with the other,

[Rather than the relationships of my brothers, you might as well learn a few more axe dances from Karn.] 】

Hades shouted,

"You have to listen, Angelon! You're going to the Nikaia Conference! ”

Angelon frowned,

[This is a meeting, and it's not going to fight, why do you attach so much importance to it? 】

Hades squeezed his eyes,

"Sometimes, a single sentence at a meeting of the upper decision-makers can set off countless wars, Anglon, you have to be a qualified decision-maker, not just a general."

Angelon shrugged indifferently,

[I can't fight, I can't even be called a general now. 】

Hades laughed, and he mockingly began to swing the axe in front of Angron,

"It's been a long time since you've been fighting, and your hands are itchy, right, right?"

A millisecond before Angelon bared his teeth and his emotions began to turn to anger, Hades decisively threw away his tomahawk in a gesture of surrender, and at the same time began to speak quickly.

"Okay Angron you still have to listen, listen to the Nikaia Conference is a multi-person primordial meeting initiated by the emperor, you will serve as the primordial of the World Eater in the meeting, express your own unique views on whether to support the dissolution of the think tank, and gradually unearth the chaotic interpersonal relationships of many primitives."

[Where did you know so many strange sentences!] 】

Angelon shouted, picking up the axe and throwing it at Hades, motioning for him to shut up,

[Didn't you say that Motarian and the Death Guard were not good at words?!] Why do you have so many words! 】

Hades took a deep breath,

"It's because I said it that they don't have to speak! I'm just a poor microphone! ”

[Then you are now the microphone of the World Eater, brother!] 】

Hades stopped abruptly and looked at Angron with a serious face, and Angron looked at him in surprise,

[What's wrong, brother? 】

"Actually,"

Hades said sincerely,

"I don't know what I'm going to Nikaia for, I can still deduce that the legion went to Nikaia to give an opinion and vote, I really don't know what I'm going to do."

【Emperor...... Didn't my father tell you what were you going to do? 】

Angelon paused,

[Hades, aren't you the master of the Silent Retreat, since it is to discuss the issue of psionics, there will definitely be a place for you. 】

"I ...... I'm not sure if the Emperor needs me to play? ”

Hades touched his nose weakly,

"Brother, I don't think everyone has accepted my existence so well with you."

Angelon wondered again.

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Vaux stood with a serious face, and behind Motarian, the Lord of Death was tiredly busy in front of his apothery, a pungent stench wafting into Vaux's nostrils.

[My company commander, you will go and meet the wolves at that time. 】

Motarian said hoarsely,

[The wolves are rough brutes, and I don't expect you to get along well with them. 】

Motarian watched as the liquid slowly dripped into the flask,

[But they have evidence that they can checkmate Magnus, Vaux, we need the death penalty, words can't kill, we must get evidence of the crime.] 】

Vaux paused for a moment, then he asked cautiously,

What have the wolves discovered, my lord? It is enough to sentence a thousand sons to death. 】

Motarian put down the tube of reagent that was shaking in his hand, and he turned to look at Vaux,

[One person. 】

"Alone?"

Vaux was stunned, he watched as Motarian narrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction and turned back again,

[The Wolf King claims that he has found the fact that Chiko is playing with the fate of others in order to spy on the secrets of other legions.] 】

[But,]

Motari settled,

[Unfortunately, while I expect Magnus to die in the swamp with his thousand sons, I don't think the evidence of the Wolf King will make the liar die directly—perhaps we should try indefinitely.] 】

Vaux thought to himself, he hadn't attended the banquet of the Lord of Death and the Crimson King, but he had gone with them, and the ill-natured Garo had clearly explained a lot when he returned.

Mortarian was very clear and clear against Magnus, and Volx knew it,

But—

"Father, what do you think of think tanks?"

Vokes cautiously asked, the main topic of the Nikaia meeting was still the think tank, but it seemed that Motarian was reluctant to abolish the Undertakers in the Death Guard, which seemed to be a departure from the opposition to Magnus.

Motarian's calm voice rang out,

[There can be a small number of think tanks in the Legion, and they will be the best existence in the subspace to be alerted in advance, but my brother Magnus has obviously gone too far, and he needs to be punished. 】

Woxton paused,

"And what would you say at the meeting, sir?"

[Abolish think tanks.] 】

Motarian said without changing his face,

[Voks, there is no Think Tank for the Death Guard, and if someone asks about this, you say that the Death Watch has canceled all Think Tanks since one of the Death Watch Think Tanks lost control of their psionic abilities. 】

Vaux was silent, and the Lord of Death graciously explained to his dutiful company commander,

[Vaux, there is no think tank in the space wolf. 】

[But I think that when you go to meet them, you will find a wild wolf called Runemancer, and there may be quite a few of them.] 】

Mortarian bottled the potion, and he looked at the vial with satisfaction, then he turned and crouched down to pin the vial to Vaux's waist.

[Take it.] 】

Motarian said,

[This is the potion I refined from the forbidden army beside Hades, and the potion against the Silent Nun, Nikaia is the emperor's territory, and you will meet a lot of forbidden troops at that time. 】

Then Motarian looked up, and under his hood, he looked at Vaux with a fierce gaze,

[Listen, Vaux, you will appear behind the scenes as the death guard to witness the guilt of a thousand sons, and if the wolf king has the evidence, let him show it to his heart's content—but I don't believe Magnus will be indifferent.] 】

[If Magnus makes a move, remember, Vaux, your goal is not to stop Magnus, your goal is to make a big deal out of it, bring it to the forefront, and let everyone see that the wizard is trying to cover up his crimes, and make everything messy, and then we will have ironclad evidence to declare him guilty.] 】

Motarian whispered, he patted Vox's shoulder and sighed,

[Go with confidence, don't worry about the wild wolves, short-term cooperation does not mean that we are their true allies. 】

Mortarian got up, and he turned around again to clean up the apothery.

[Vaux, remember to go to the armory room and get more white and black bullets.] 】

The Lord of Death listened to the sound of Vaux saluting and leaving, seventeen years later, he wondered, will he see the Lord of the Silent Retreat at this meeting of Nikaia on the subject of psionic energy?

Either way, he will take Magnus seriously and make the ugly wizard tear off his mask, which is his most heartfelt curse against psykers.

3.3k, yes!

(End of chapter)