3.10 Fool's Red Heart
The blizzard, throbbed of betrayal, roared, flakes of snow slashed across the line of sight, and in an instant they were thrown into the vast darkness.
Above the frenzied blizzard, the entire pitch-black River Styx flowed, dripping with darkness splashing down like tentacles, greedily touching the white snow of Fenris.
The whole planet seemed to tremble,
[—Magnus!! 】
The Wolf King wiped the blood from his face with one hand and grasped the Bacchus Spear with the other, the shaft of the Radiant Gold was cold and merciless in his hands, urging him to start a slaughter that judged the traitors.
He stared at the man in front of him, and white gas erupted from Ruth's clenched mouth,
There Magnus was, the damned Scarlet Sinner, who was now a far larger figure than he had been before, light psionic armor draped over his crimson skin, and a pair of adorned horns cocked over his shoulders, staring haughtily at Riemann Ruth.
【Barbarian,】
Magnus said contemptuously, grinning in the depths of his magnitude, the sinner's red hair scattered in the storm, floating against gravity, his hands outstretched, each with arcs of lightning piercing the wind and snow.
The strange bright blue color surrounded Magnus, and at this moment, the wolf king was sure that his brother's entire lifeline had fallen into the abyss of treachery.
Riemann let out a broken and angry wolf howl, and without hesitation, he rushed straight towards Magnus.
The spear in his hand was as cold as his heart, and if he stabbed Magnus with the Bacchus spear, Riemann Ruth thought, then Magnus would at least know what the hell he was doing!
Those who are stabbed by the Dionysian Spear will gain a great deal of knowledge about the Emperor in a very short time, at which point the wounded will fall into a coma - and when Magnus has passed out, the Wolf King will decide whether to kill the damned traitor or not.
Even if it's dead! Riemann Ruth will also do what his father has entrusted him!
He will never let Magnus the Sinner commit his sins again!
The wolf's howl pierced through the wind and snow with absolute determination, and the original form rushed towards Magnus at an alarming speed, the tip of the spear turning into a golden thread and heading straight for the Scarlet Sinner.
Magnus laughed contemptuously, at this moment, he was depriving Fenris of his power and accepting the power of Tzeentch, and he no longer took the wolf king seriously.
[I'm right. 】
Magnus raised his hand, and at his fingertips, brilliant lightning rose like a giant python, piercing through the wind and snow, crackling straight to the throat of the wolf king.
The sound of the explosion was accompanied by the scorching stench, Magnus smiled, he felt so good now, his soul was now slowly soaked in a sea of treachery, they filled him, and made him stumble like drunk.
It's bound to happen, and the deal is always so, sweet and charming.
But it's not enough.
Magnus thought, he greedily thought, pleading with His favor like a hungry traveler in the desert for months, he needed strength, strong enough to easily trample Riemann Ruth under his feet.
Strength......
Magnus thought that he would kill Riemann Ruth, rebuild his army of a thousand sons, and build a new homeland.
The wonderful ocean of vastness soaked him, he was completely immersed in his unwillingness and desire, and the scorching blue light broke through the blizzard sky like holy light, and swayed on his body,
From a distance, the few rays of light looked like the lead of a puppet.
Above the snow, something giggled.
It's over, he's got Magnus in his hands completely, this little, knowledge-addicted, greedy little creature is now his, he may have been a little cautious before—but he is no longer able to resist being swallowed up by the power of the Lord of Change.
The two little men began to wrestle again, but he had no time to pay attention to the small, happy farce, and he carefully lured the behemoth around the delicate stage, trying to make it realize that there was a more tempting sweet fruit beneath the planet.
Oh, and under the white snowfield, through the dim caverns, you will enter a perfect world of golden honey and sweet wine.
Eat big and have an appetite.
A corner of the cavern cracked, and the surging darkness groped for its lowered tentacles, and he laughed and listened—listen, did you hear the roar from Terra at the end of the tunnel?
Of course, this monster can't kill the emperor, but they don't need to kill him either—they just need to lose both.
Of course, there is hope for humanity, and these things can only happen in Terra, and the rest of the four corners of the empire still hope to live forever, in order to prevent their dear Neos from doing stupid things.
They will continue to give him hope.
The Himalayan cold wind was howling, and under the palace, at the gate of the trembling network channel, a pair of golden eyes were shining, the golden light was shining, the golden light was lit up, billions of pious whispers sounded, and the golden arc slid across the helmet of the forbidden army who were waiting for it.
The Emperor is ready to fight the monsters, and if the [Deceased] does rush into the net—then the first thing to worry about is not the broken net.
"My children......"
A broken cry erupted from the corners of Riemann Ruth's mouth, blood coughing up from his mouth as he collapsed on top of the snow, Yin Yin scarlet as he poured down his spine, mixed with jelly-like semi-solids.
The earth around them seemed to have been struck open by countless thunderbolts, and tyrannical scars fell on the snowy field.
【…… Magnus. 】
The sound of gritting his teeth seemed to be eager to bite the Scarlet Sinner to death, Magnus laughed happily, as if he was reminiscing about the picture of playing the wolf king with psionic energy just now,
Floating in mid-air, he fell, stepping barefoot on the snow and ice.
[Ruth, make the first sacrifice.] 】
Magnus chanted a spell linking the Lord of Change,
He walked over easily, and was about to pick up the wolf king—
The wolf king, who was crawling on the snowfield, jumped up in an impossible posture, and the Bacchus spear burst out with a strong light in the wind and snow!
Magnus's foolish roar rang out, and he hurriedly raised his hand to try to move away from the raging Ruth, but he was a step too late,
As time slowed down, Magnus could clearly perceive the spear piercing his skin, cold metal breaking through the red-hot flesh, beads of blood flying.
Ruth's eyes lit up with the joy of the moment of success, and the corner of the wolf king's mouth grinned, but the sharp pain in his back made his expression hideous, and he seemed to think that he had succeeded, and his forcibly jumped body slammed into the snow again, splashing a burst of snow.
Riemann Ruth grinned in the snow, his vision obscured by the thick snow, but he still relied on his powerful instinct to crawl forward—
Stabbed by the Bacchus Spear, Magnus may have fallen now, and he needs to seize the last opportunity.
For... Finish... Whole...... Father.
The wolf king struggled to think that he was going to be an executioner again, but he was willing.
At least he fulfilled the task of the whole father.
The wolf king thought, and he struggled forward and prostrate, a long trail of blood dragging behind him, and it was about to arrive—
[What the hell?] 】
Magnus's fuss rang out, and at the same time, a foot appeared in front of the wolf king's eyes, and it crushed Rieman's hand that held the Bacchus spear, making him unable to move.
At that moment, Ruth's heart was like falling into an ice cave.
What the hell is going on?!
【Oh,】
Magnus smiled and said,
[I know, Bacchus Spear - it turns out that the Puppet Emperor gave it to Ling. 】
Magnus bent down and forcibly drew his spear from the wolf king's hand, and the bones of his hand were broken by psionic roots.
[Barbarian——]
Magnus was angry, [Don't you really think that everyone is like you, and you will be dizzy when you look at a little knowledge? 】
The Bacchus Spear contains some of the Emperor's wisdom, but the Wolf King doesn't know that the Emperor has already forcibly poured a huge amount of knowledge into the Crimson Sinner at the time of Nikaia's punishment.
In other words, Magnus at this moment is not afraid of the Dionysian spear.
Magnus pursed his lips, he threw the spear into the snow, and it was over soon, the monster was about to come completely, he heard the Lord of Change approving him, and he allowed Magnus to satisfy his greed when the plan was about to be perfected.
After all, He had mastered Magnus completely.
Magnus smiled maniacally and made him think...... How could he get back what he had lost from the Wolf King?
The loss of a thousand sons, the ignorance spurned by everyone, the years of imprisonment, and ......
Magnus subconsciously touched his smooth eye sockets, which was one of his obsessions,
His eyes.
Oh, Magnus thought, and the dog still had one of his eyes on it.
However, just as Magnus subconsciously touched his eye sockets, Riemann Ruth suddenly realized something.
The original body immediately reached for his waist, and he touched the Magnus one-eyed that his father had given him, and a faint growl came from between the wolf's teeth—
The whole father didn't tell him what the use of this eye was! And how to use it!
The wolf king's small movements were immediately noticed by Magnus, and Ruth was lifted by psionic energy, and his feet hung in the air like a dog with his spine removed.
You are not worthy of my eyes—neither is he. 】
Magnus said, mobilizing his psionic energy and ordering it to take his eye back, but then, the Scarlet Sinner was annoyed to discover that his psionic energy could not get close to the one-eyed, which was shrouded in the breath of the emperor - because he had sacrificed it to the tyrant in the first place.
Magnus pulled Rieman Ruth closer, and in a fit of rage prepared to physically retrieve his one-eye, but the wolf king, who had been suppressed by psionic energy, smiled defiantly.
From the psionic perspective, Magnus was shocked to see that Ruth was trying his best to resist his psionic suppression, and his bones were broken and twisted into abnormal angles.
Magnus's fierce resistance forced Magnus to strengthen his psionic power, but Fenris, who was betrayed by him, began to interfere with Magnus's psionic power with all his might.
Magnus cursed in his heart, at this moment, every time Fenris's psionic energy was dispatched, it was strengthening Magnus's control over it.
But the enraged Fenris didn't care about any of this, and angrily slapped Magnus with the flames of ice and snow in a final fight.
The two primordials began to wrestle, and blood flowed from Riemanruth's eyes and ears, and he resisted Magnus with all his might.
For...... Finish...... Whole father.
The fangs pricked out, and the bones of his arms shattered into pieces that squeezed out of the flesh and squeezed his skin into pimple pits.
【…… Traitor. 】
Riemann Ruth said, and at the same time, his hand holding the Eye of Magnus managed to reach his mouth—
What the fuck are you going to do?!!! 】
Magnus exclaimed, a mouthful of blood spurting out of his mouth, and the Crimson One jerked away from Fenris's suppression, his hand reaching forward, trying to reach the Wolf King—
Riemann Ruth put his eyes in his mouth!!!
At that moment, Magnus screamed, but the wolf king bit down without hesitation, and the faint golden light burst open, and Magnus's scream suddenly changed its tone and let out a short scream.
Bang!
Magnus's figure sinks straight into the snow!
At the same time, Riemanrus, who had lost Magnus's psionic suppression, also fell into the snow.
He...... Did it succeed this time?
Riemann Ruth's hazy brain, clouded by the Emperor's psionic energy, thought sluggishly, and he spat out his bitten eyeball, which was split in half, and the half-transparent red saliva wrapped around it, sliding down viscously.
But...... He seems to have failed.
The Wolf King thought in despair, for even though Magnus fell, the plague that shook Fenris did not stop.
…… Failed?
[Silly Dog,]
Magnus's calm voice sounded beside Ruth, who was buzzing in his ears, and the wolf king raised his head strongly, and in a trance, he saw Magnus,
The Scarlet Sinner staggered to his feet, and he felt the abundant power, the power of the Lord of All Changes,
But his soul was weary,
[I shouldn't have counted on your dog brains. 】
Magnus said wearily, standing in the midst of the snow and ice, he took a deep breath and raised his hand from the cold of Fenris's roar,
The erosion of Tzeentch's power can cause people to lose their minds, even if it is the original body.
If Tzeentch is to be deceived, then Magnus must fall, he must be completely degraded—
He can't have the ability to keep himself awake on his own initiative.
In a sea of greed, unwillingness, and anger, Magnus was dragged to the bottom of the sea.
He was watched, his soul was completely played with by Tzeentch, and Magnus was destined to be unable to resist.
Therefore, Riemann Ruth must remain pure.
Because he has the presence in his hand that clears Magnus for a moment - the Eye of Magnus.
Magnus was unaware of the existence of the Bacchus Spear, and to him it was only a minor episode.
The Crimson Sinner staggered, he smiled wryly, he had already said that his own actions were in the hands of Riemann Ruth.
But even so, now, except for a small Hades rift in his soul, Magnus has given himself to Tzeentch.
The effect of that eyeball was only to allow [the Emperor's Magnus] to occupy this body for a short time.
If Magnus hadn't fully immersed himself in Tzeentch's river, it might have been saved, but for now, it was just a moment to wake up the Crimson Sinner,
The emperor did not trust him, and as a result, he gave Magnus only so much.
But a moment of sobriety is enough.
He only has thirteen milliseconds.
Magnus didn't need to resist.
Magnus pressed his hand against his chest, his fingertips straining, blood pouring out,
But someone else was willing to trust him and gave him a chance!
Magnus felt Tzeentch trying to pull out his strength—too late! Magnus mobilized his power, the power he usurped from Fenris, and firmly held Tzeentch's lifeline.
Tzeentch's power writhed in his hands, but how could they, who had long since become one with Magnus's soul, escape?!
They merge with Magnus to the death, as Tzeentch needs to make sure that Magnus does not betray the Lord of Change himself.
That's what Magnus wanted to see.
The corners of Magnus's mouth showed a smile that had succeeded in his plan, and while Tzeentch was impregnated with Magnus's lifeline, Magnus was not infected with Tzeentch!
Magnus chanted, the last incantation flashing from his mouth,
Crimson flowers bloomed from his chest, and Magnus grasped his beating heart, feeling Tzeentch's position earnestly, and raised the heart in his hand to the direction of Tzeentch
He didn't need to resist, he couldn't directly attack Tzeentch with his psionic energy, and he couldn't sacrifice to other beings, such as the emperor - the Lord of Change was very cautious.
But Magnus knew what he had to do.
[O Lord of Change, the great being who has made a pact with me, I have failed my pact with you, therefore, I give you my soul and my flesh completely, please take away my spirit, my soul, and the sparkle of this winter star. 】
Magnus cried out, and the sacrificial, exalted heart dripped blood, dripping from the corners of his hollow eyes,
He knew he was late, he woke up too late, and the network still cracked ominously - but not so late, and it was just in time to be saved.
At least, things don't get to the worst,
All you need to do is ...... Magnus took a deep breath with a shudder, he just had to make him that traitor, he just had to sacrifice the good fool.
Magnus held his heart high desperately, his red flesh beating in the roar of the ice, he had been through it all—so Magnus knew what it would be the most favored flash of the Immortal.
In the subspace, Magnus was shining, like a newborn sun, the crimson sun beating, so beautiful, so dazzling, so bright—how beautiful, how seductive.
There were even cracks on it that he was familiar with, what a presence, into which Magnus's superfluous overflowing psionic energy poured in, his abundant and fragrant psionic energy poured into it, and fell into the bottomless abyss.
The greedy, cold, ignorant god turned his gaze.
A smile tugged at the corners of Magnus's mouth, and the last character was pronounced, and he felt himself come out of his heavy shell, he became light, truly free from the confines of his body, and he floated towards the sky.
【…… I'm not a traitor. 】
The last whispers spilled over the earth.
Magnus glanced at the snowfield with his last glance, and he saw his broken eyeballs staring at him sadly, and in the midst of it, he saw a gaze that was not his.
Magnus smiled sadly, he didn't trust him, Magnus didn't have much to say about it.
O Hades...... Please...... Magnus thought with a shudder...... Please grant him the last dignity and decency...... Please...... Please......
But Magnus knew that this seemed impossible, his fate would always be so cruel, he was a harlequin, and he was despised by everyone on the stage.
…… But he has no regrets.
Separated from the flesh, the original obstruction of Magnus by flesh and blood is gone, and the awakening of the emperor's spiritual energy to him has passed away like winter fireworks—
Magnus is back to what he "should be".
In order to gain Tzeentch's trust, he must completely surrender himself to Tzeentch, and the "sobriety" just now is more like a short-term manifestation of dementia after being eroded by "chaos".
Magnus was horrified to see the monster approaching—he screamed in reluctance and irritation, he roared and asked the Lord of Change what to do, and he ran desperately to the Lord of Change to stay alive,
The turbulence of psionic energy has long been unchangeable,
In the vastness of the ocean, Magnus swooped down on Tzeentch with the power of winter, and behind him, the abyssal jaws opened to him as the darkness that had changed its purpose.
Magnus screamed in fear, he felt his soul shatter from the crack, the morning sun torn apart, he twisted in pain, the powerful desire to survive forced him to run more urgently towards the Lord of Change.
The light of the Lord of Change is so warm—and no sapient creature would want to fall into the mouth of that monster! Magnus ran desperately towards Tzeentch, but on the other side, the power of the Lord of Change was rapidly fading—he didn't want to deal with it alone!
The Lord of Change angrily tried to shake off Magnus, but Magnus, who had long been bound to him, Magnus who was desperately fleeing with the desire to survive - he couldn't get rid of it at all!
He needed the power of other beings, and his power began to point back at Cadia, and behind him, the shattered fragments of Magnus and Fenris scattered scattered among the stars.
The shards were scattered too far, some devoured, some not, aimlessly scattered through the galaxy, slowly carving a path towards Cadia.
The Lord of Change roars angrily about change! Variation! Magnus !!
Behind him, Magnus called out for Tzeentch's protection—the more he called, the slower the Lord of Change—the easier it was for him to watch!!
Magnus !!
Tzeentch's roar echoed through the subspace.
And at the other end of the spectrum -
[-Don't leave me behind!!] O great Lord of Change!! 】
Darkness chased them.
+ My child, +
The Emperor said calmly, and he walked step by step towards the high platform, the network was broken, but because Magnus still had the possibility of repairing the network at the moment—it was not badly damaged.
The Golden Throne was there, on the high platform, and the Emperor sat down, his psionic shroud, fighting against the darkness of the broken net.
The emperor's gaze penetrated thousands of galaxies, and saw the distance, the absurd scene, the unbelievable scene,
He heard Magnus's voice praising and crying out to the Lord of Change,
+ My pride, +
The emperor said,
+ My fifteenth son, the Crimson King. +
An invisible teardrop fell from the emperor's cheek.
Above Fenris, the storm stopped, and the wolf king's gaze blurred into the darkness,
At that last moment, Riemanrus thought,
Magnus ...... Are you a traitor or not?
In front of the wolf king, there is an ice sculpture of the crimson monarch holding his heart high, and his red body has long been frozen into a sculpture by the wind and snow.
Throughout, all the prophecies that Magnus saw were true.
No, yes!
The arrow fired in September finally hit its target today, December!!
(End of chapter)