———— the age of apostasy————

Starting with Mortarian's assassination of St. Giles, culminating in the failure of St. Giles' ascension to heaven, and as a result of mortals accusing and attacking each other, the primordials have withdrawn from the stage of history, this is an extremely dark era, ignorance and depravity are the main theme of this era, the glory of the millennium has been burned, and all that remains is the flies and insects called the corpse of the empire to survive.

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Assassination: Motarian fails to assassinate St. Giles.

Pope St. Giles was seriously wounded.

Instead of fleeing, the Pale Lord, who was also badly wounded, chose to stay in the physical world, explaining to Killiman and Angelon why St. Giles must die, trying to convince his former comrades of the Second Empire to kill St. Giles.

Controlled by the combined efforts of the three primitives, Motarian knelt on the ground, emphasizing over and over again that the archangel himself had long been polluted by the power of subspace, and the emperor himself had been countered by the power of faith.

As early as his argument with St. Giles, the original body had already realized that something was wrong.

Motarian even asked Angron if he knew of the Emperor's phalanx around Hades' neck, the best evidence that power would tain, and that the phalanx was not just a token to restrict Hades' movements, but also a tool used by the Emperor to wash away the filth.

St. Giles has been polluted, Motarian said, sincerely,

The power of faith of such span and intensity should have driven a primordial insane—but he didn't know—why the archangel had been slow to show symptoms.

Perhaps, Mortarian suggests, an even more terrible reality is that St. Giles had been tainted long after the end of the Great Rebellion.

The archangel they came into contact with was St. Giles, who had been polluted.

The reason why they didn't notice the anomaly of the angels was because the [Archangels] who had been with the original bodies the longest were the angels who had been polluted.

It is the archangel who has been praying for the dark side of the empire for a hundred years.

During the Great Expedition, only the original Horus was familiar with St. Giles, and the rest of the original bodies only had a vague silhouette of St. Giles.

And after the Great Rebellion...... Conrad Coetzes, Leon Johnson, and Corax, who had worked with St. Giles for a while, all disappeared in a very short period of time.

In fact, as the first primordial to awaken to the nature of subspace, Motarian states that as he wields more and more subspace authority, the more chaotic and disorderly he becomes.

It's like the four gods of the subspace who are bound by their authority and gradually move towards the position of [gods], but they are also repeating this process.

Mortarian was on the verge of spiraling out of control once after the end of the Great Rebellion, but was brought to his senses by the Death Guard, the Silent Retreat, and the Mechanical.

Since then, Motarian has begun to actively cut his own subspace concept by summoning the underworld from time to time by soulless people.

At the same time, Motarian established the Cult of Hades in the Stormstorm Domain, and although he risked putting his best friend Hades in the collapse of power, Mortarian still chose to use the power of Hades to counteract the negative effects of the power of faith for the emperor as much as possible.

No one is spared - not even Machado, even the Lord of Humanity, cannot escape.

And now, Motarian is convinced that St. Giles has long been polluted—the archangel himself has shown signs of similar sanctification, and the emperor himself must not awaken now.

Motarian tried to convince Angron and Killiman what he said, in fact, according to the degree of development of the state religion, St. Giles has reached the critical point of [ascending to the gods] at this moment, St. Giles can no longer move forward, if the archangel takes another step forward, humanity will face another subspace monster.

Or worse, the Ascension of St. Giles will also lead the Lord of Mankind to destruction.

In fact, the current situation of the Lord of Mankind is not optimistic.

However, Motarian's words were long since disbelieved by Killiman and Angelon, and in fact, the two Primordials did keep a close eye on St. Giles for a long time - but other than fatigue, St. Giles did not appear to be abnormal.

In the face of Motarian's accusations, the seriously injured St. Giles did not speak, the archangel lowered his eyes, his long hair covered his bloody eyes, and he was silent.

In desperation, Motarian pointed out another solution, where St. Giles could use the power of Hades to cut off some of the power of faith.

Only Hades – and perhaps only Hades – can save the day again.

This proposal completely caused Motarian to lose the trust of Killiman and Angelon, and the two Primordials believed that Motarian might have gone crazy in some way.

He may ...... Immersed in the disappearance of his old friend, he gradually went insane.

Even if Motarian himself had become more eloquent, more tactful, and more sincere over the millennia—his former comrades would not believe him in the face of a badly wounded, bloodied St. Giles.

Killiman and Angelon just looked at Motarian with anger, regret, and disappointment.

St. Giles also disagreed with Motarian's views and proposals.

Eventually, with the Archangel's forgiveness, Motarian himself was imprisoned in the Static Force Field, and the Storm Domain, which had been deliberately ignored by the Primitives, ushered in the judgment - the Empire began to clear the Pluto Cult and the Tempest Cult of the Mechanics.

and the Death Guard, and its sub-regiments.

Due to the instructions of the Pale Lord, both the Cult of Hades and the Cult of the Mechanics in the Stormstorm Domain hid as much as possible at the edge of the Stormstorm Domain, or on the planets bordering the Extreme Domain, disguised as normal planetary powers.

The Death Guards took the initiative to find the nearest Blood Angel Legion and laid down their weapons.

According to the statistics of the imperial side, the number of death guards and their sub-regiments who voluntarily surrendered alone was more than 100,000.

During the period when the Empire was searching for heretics in the Stormstorm Star Domain, due to Motarian's advance orders, no major conflict broke out between the two sides.

However, skirmishes are inevitable, and a combined team of Catholics, the Inquisition, and the Assassin Tribunal, led by the Young Priest Gog Van Dier, is trying anyone who is defined as a heretic.

As time went on, and the Terra side was overwhelmed with the Primordials, Van Dier's liquidation became more and more rampant.

At the same time, the Cult of Mechanics of Mars also took advantage of this operation to begin the liquidation of the Tempest Star Domain's forged world, and although the Imperial Regent Killiman warned the Martian Cult, this group of academic lunatics still moved forward.

In the search for the Tempest Star Domain's casting world, the Martian Mechanics found a lot of extremely blasphemous clues.

The Empire's manhunt is still slow but steady, and if time passes, the manhunt from the State Religion will sooner or later reach every corner of the Stormstorm Field.

However, the manhunt lasted only one standard Terra year.

Because a year later, it was realized that what Motarian said was right.

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As a result of the assassination, St. Giles, Killiman, and Angron, urgently returned to Terra.

The Archangel realizes that the damage from the original form of Mortarian is continuing to disintegrate him, and the toxins and diseases are slowly eating away at him, and the Archangel's power is beginning to wane.

At this moment, there are more and more events from within the borders of the Empire that mark the resurgence of the Lord of Humanity.

Motarian definitely has a back hand, and now, the weakening Archangel is the best proof of this.

At this time, the awake Primordials realized that the moment Motarian stabbed St. Giles, the Pale Lord's goal was half achieved, and the disease would ensure that St. Giles would never return to the top.

This is also the reason why Motarian surrendered on his own initiative.

He's done what he wants.

After locking himself in the house for four days and four nights, St. Giles, who was perfect, barely visible as injured, walked out of the room.

After a brief meeting between the three primitives, St. Giles summoned Valdo and asked the Praetors about the Lord of Humanity again.

After receiving Waldo's affirmative reply that the state of the Lord of Mankind was on the rise, St. Giles decided to immediately begin the ritual of awakening the emperor while his power had not yet been lost and the power of the state religion was still at its peak.

During this ceremony, St. Giles, as Pope, will try to communicate with the Lord of Mankind.

After a brief hesitation, Killeman and Angron agreed to St. Giles' plan.

It should be noted that Angelon and Killeman are not biased either, in fact, Anglon and Killeman have had many private talks on this matter, and in terms of politics, Robert Killeman has repeatedly reviewed and believes that St. Gilles is not abnormal.

After removing the nails, Angron can directly perceive the existence of human emotions, and if St. Giles really has a different heart - then Angron will be the first to discover it.

It was also Angelon himself who chose to believe in the Archangel after examining St. Giles many times and not detecting the abnormality.

So, after intense preparations, the empire ushered in that day.

December 25th.

All those born in this age will remember this date, the day when the curtain of darkness really opened.

Since then, wisdom and courage have vanished, loyalty has vanished, treacherous treacherous men have reigned, and darkness has returned.

This day is not officially named by the Empire, but it is known as the Day of the Ascension of St. Giles among the people.

(End of chapter)