61. Macado's dining table
They may be dead.
It's just because of the monstrous wrath of the Hades.
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Admiral of the Supreme Lord of the Imperial Navy, Divine Emperor State Pope, Representative of the Pope of the Underworld, Director of the Imperial Ministry of the Interior, Commander of the Astral Army, Representative of the Inquisition, Legal Director......
and the [Mars] current temporary acting casting general Kirkland-584, who has just stepped down from the battlefield and has scorched on the feet of his robe.
The high lords of the past cowered or straightened their backs and stood together in front of the tight restaurant door.
The Praetorian Army and the Sisters of Silence lined up on both sides of the corridor, but it was the two Ultramarines who guarded the gates.
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"Good, good."
He seemed to hear the subconscious retching of the head of the Ministry of the Interior.
Samuel muttered under his breath as he elbowed the white-clad and gold-edged Anglican Archbishop Meslin, who was about the same age, but the Anglican archbishop had long, well-groomed, white hair and a white beard.
"A specialty from the hometown of Hades, Barbarus, with a special flavor added to the Grim Reaper's special liquor - the amount of liquor added to each bowl varies depending on personal preference."
The normal food was finally served, a salad, and along with the salad came two new pale faces pressed to the seats vacated by the deceased.
Drink it all.
The blood-soaked silver lid was opened, and the two heads stared at the people present.
"It's been a day, and I think you can't wait."
With the determination to sacrifice his life for righteousness, Samuel picked up the cup and motioned to the son of Hades behind him, and he raised his glass and drank it all.
"It's not all here."
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Religious madman, Samuel thought to himself, but it might mean he couldn't die for the time being, and Samuel put on a smiling face, letting his hand click as Kirkland pinched.
They can accept death, but they can't accept that the power of the past is nothing more than a casual defeat in front of other beings.
Samuel pretended to eat a little, his stomach was cramping, it was already a miracle not to vomit, and the Astral Army commander was stuffing vegetables in large gulps, as if he wanted to use the grass to detoxify.
Everyone is out of their seats.
Samuel took a deep breath,
Inside the white porcelain bowl, the pungent white corn soup was staring at them like an eye.
"Please."
The master has already started, and in the cold light of a candle, the high pressure almost grabs everyone's soul, making them breathless, in this atmosphere, people know what to do, but they dare not hold the silver spoon.
Machado said, "A little bit of my bad taste, I have endured these foolish mortals for too long. β
Samuel thought about it, now that he already has resistance......
William said, "Anwar is the presiding officer of the Astral Academy, and Hillard, the representative of the Navigator family. β
"Old horse," Hades muttered quietly, "isn't it weird to choose a restaurant?" β
Samuel felt his tongue fester, then his esophagus, the toxin eating away at him from the inside out, like the whispers of death.
"The second course."
William said, clapping his hands, and the second dish was soup, this time something that could be "drunk," but it wasn't a delicacy.
"Haven't you had anyone yet?" He said casually, "It's the Star Academy, the Navigator, and the Star Torch Academyβ"
The sound of the stool rubbing against the ground sounded from time to time, it was the nervous convulsions of the director of the Torch Academy, and he looked like he was about to pass out.
Samuel swallowed, he raised the spoon, the good news is that the followers of the Underworld Sect have often tasted the Pale Lord's small drink, and for a person of his rank, he has to drink it as soon as an event is held, he is not worried about this.
Samuel swallowed subconsciously, and the old man straightened up, hoping to die with as dignity as possible.
"Good evening, everyone."
Heavy footsteps rang out from the other side of the corridor, stepping through the pitch-black curtains, the undried blood on the helmets and boots licked by the carpet, and the new, smooth silver platters were covered with arced silver covers, and crimson blood oozed from the cracks between the lids.
Hades waved his hand, "Whatever you want, old horse, I still have something to do...... A little personal thing. β
There won't be any subspace reverberations, this scene is so simple.
However, the Commander of the Astral Army Lord and the Archbishop of the State Church behaved most similarly to Samuel's situation, except that his face was pale and his mouth was pursed.
Booz also followed, "For Hades." β
There was silence.
"You don't have to be so busy,"
Meslin coughed, silently moving away from Samuel.
"I'm impatient," said Macado, "and then I'll serve the main course." β
Still...... Well, Samuel deceptively comforted himself that his paper wasn't too big compared to the othersβhe hoped that Hades would use the same font size.
"All right," he said, making a prayer gesture, "praise be to Hades." "I walked into the darkness with a hard head, and the light on my head did not diminish the blackness by half a minute.
The little life was saved.
"This is the pastry that the Lord of the Red Sand loved back then," said Hades, who sighed again as he picked up another piece of cake, as if thinking of something.
Hades said, holding his glass in his hand, "Thank you for your help." β
It's cold here.
Across from Samuel was "William", the man staring at all of them with a sinister stare at him, who was he?
The son of Hades, hidden in the darkness, stepped out and served "appetizers" to the seated high lords.
"The death of the three High Lords."
The dessert was served, and the sweet breath seemed to ease some of the heaviness, and after death, Hades's aura was obviously lightened and eased a lot.
William said, and at the other end of the long table, a pair of hands stretched out silently, and then a pale face like a stone sculpture, reflecting his face in a faint glow.
Macado nodded, and the old man gave Hades a deep look, and then left the empty restaurant.
Buzz and Blake walked over, each holding a silver platter, while the Janissaries who followed behind him violently pulled a pale-faced man, the man almost completely incapacitated, bleeding from his seven orifices, and hollow in his eyes.
"The good news is," William continued, "our competent Torch Leader Seke is still doing his duty and hasn't crossed the red lineβI think the Psyker is in his ...... with him."
The electronic sound sounded, and the mechanical sage, who seemed to have been put together improvisely, whispered, and the mechanical body bowed with some joy and stretched out a hand towards Samuel,
Kirkland raised his glass first, "For Hades." β
"The rest depends on your wishes, go through the form, and someone will work with you next."
The blood dripped down and was quickly absorbed by the carpet.
The Astral Army Lord Commander followed him, the second High Lord to enter the cafeteria.
Macardo said calmly, "Don't be merciful to the executioners - your idea of equality is too ingrained, revenant. β
Cold, impersonal, but great and sacred.
Hades said,
"Next is the appointment, the Demon Pattern Machado, to take the position of the head of the Ministry of the Interior; Kirkland, the Martian Sage, who serves as the Casting General on behalf of the Mechon; Tours, for the time being, is the representative of the merchant fleet; Vinan, for the time being, is the representative of the Trial Chamber. β
On the plate lay a stack of papers, the size of which was different for each lord.
The sound of bones breaking sounded.
Butz and Kirkland picked up their spoons and began to drink the soup as if it were drinking water.
The Hades, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, and people's eyes instantly moved away from William's body, and they stared at the Hades in horror,
Samuel craned his neck, and he sat second to the right hand of the Immortal, and next to him was the Imperial Regent Buz Bella.
Some people can only have convulsions under the effect of poisonous soup.
Kirkland and Buzz also followed Hades directly to raise their glasses, but it was Makado, who looked at them coldly, picked up the cup, and the liquid in the cup was indeed changed, and slowly tasted it.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Samuel, I'm the new Casting General, and we will work together for the Immortal King in the future."
"You should trust me, old horse."
Buzz said lightly, not finding fault with the use of High Gothic and etiquette, and he walked to the front of the High Lord's line, holding a silver plate in his left hand.
Samuel felt the cold sweat fall from his forehead.
Appetizers first.
Not only the head of the Ministry of the Interior, but also the representatives of the shopping mall team and the court fell down in pain, and the rest of them also more or less choked their throats and whimpered in pain.
"It's a necessary standing."
"So......" Hades lowered his voice, "I still have to eat something." β
Hades picked up the silver spoon and naturally began to drink the soup in front of him, and anyone could judge that the soup in front of Hades was the most "deadly" bowl.
In the dead silence, Kirkland said briskly, "I can't wait to offer my lord my loyalty and victory." β
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"The air here is finally a little fresher,"
"Side dishes, the death of two psykers."
Samuel breathed a sigh of relief, but the "tea" that came up immediately afterward, shocked him again, saying that it was tea, but it was still the drink of death.
"I'm saving your non-existent image, Revenant."
The smile on William's face widened, and he waved his hand, and the stool was erected again, and he sat down contentedly, and the original dirt on the seat disappeared in an instant.
"There are no people yet."
The rest of the high lords entered in turn.
The pharmacist rushed in.
Samuel's modified hearing heard the sound of bones clattering, and some of his former colleagues and political enemies, the high lords, began to tremble.
A calm old voice sounded, and a young, blurred face stepped out of the long table at the other end of Hades, and Samuel's eyes saw the eyes and mouth of the head of the Ministry of the Interiorβhe knew the little cub, and it was William, one of the men of the head of the Ministry of the Interior.
William said, and Samuel reached out with a trembling hand and picked up the piece of paper, which he opened...... Inside are some of the "little things" he had done before.
Hades stood up, rubbed his chin, and looked at the representative of the court, who had been ordered not to leave for the time being,
Macardo's gaze swept over Hades like a knife, and Hadeston paused,
"So,"
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Samuel recognized the living man, the presiding officer of the Torch Academy.
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It was not in the political struggle to the death, but it was arbitrarily and easily erased......
Hades said tiredly, "I've never eaten such a depressing meal, old horse, don't toss so much next time." β
As he put down his cup in a daze, ready to pour unconscious at the table, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the shocked Hades,
He was right.
The sweet smell of blood bypassed their nostrils.
Hades casually raised his glass,
Macardo said calmly, grabbing the high stool and bringing down the Interior Governor, who howled and howled out of his mouth with half-jelly blood, and was dragged into the darkness by something lurking in the darkness.
"It's nonsense......"
Hades sighed, he didn't want to eat with all the bells and whistles.
His vision began to dim, the interior seemed to brighten, and he saw the structure of the dimly lit dining room, with a Mona Lisa hanging on the main wall, staring at them condescendingly.
Samuel tried to keep his eyes open, tears of reason streaming from his eyes, but it was still pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.
"Why aren't you letting us in?"
It was as if the Immortal would not drink anything other than Motarian's wine.
It was pitch black on the main seat, and the candlelight could not penetrate the absolute blackness at all, and the high lords stared at the plate in front of them with their noses and noses and hearts.
They are all people with blood on their hands, and they have faced countless moments of life and death, but when they really see someone with equal power to them fall off their horses and die shamelessly, it is another shock.
"Hello everyone."
"Makado...... We should believe in the wisdom of future generations, because individual abilities are ultimately limited. β
If you think about it with your toes, you can know what's inside.
In the other two seats, the representatives of the merchant fleet and the Inquisition also fell, death fell on them, and the bodies were then brutally dragged into the darkness.
Opposite him and beside him, there were two "empty seats", the silver plate that Hades was holding in his hand had been placed in front of the empty seats, and blood was oozing down the cloth.
"Then you should understand meβI want to."
Darkness shrouded the hall, and a lonely green light burned on the long table, reflected on the silver platter, which successfully made people have no desire to eat.
"I am Buz Bella, son of the Immortal, regent of the Empire of the pastβin the name of the Immortal, welcome to the dinner."
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Seeing that Samuel had moved, some of the other high lords exchanged glances with each other, and some directly picked up the spoon as if they were dead.
Samuel heard a violent cough, a sound of vomiting, and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seemed to squirt out, vomit spilled all over the cloth in front of him, and he struggled to clutch his chest and pour into his own vomit.
Hades ignored them, the bowl in front of him was already empty, as if urging the food to be served, Hades looked at William opposite.
William walked behind the head of the Interior who was in pain,
Samuel felt his heart pounding, not because he was afraid of death, but because he really witnessed miracles, these worms...... He used to kill a lot of people in order to give them a small stumbling block, but now he ......
Makado smiled,
William said, ignoring the stunned eyes of the head of the Ministry of the Interior, "Then let's not say anything and serve." β
Kirkland took his robe and saluted, but no one but Kirkland, the rest of the people, Samuel, too, slowly opened the door......
Samuel thought that he thought he had understood everything, and that all that was left was Hades' "own people", at least those who had survived Hades' first round of scrutiny.
Buzz made a gesture of please, but no one moved, Kirkland was not in a hurry at this time, and the mechanical sage looked at the high lords playfully.
At this moment, William's red hair was gray.
ββ¦β¦ Don't be afraid," Hades said, "can you call the Grey Knight now?" I asked them something. β
The red stone around Hades' waist flickered.
(End of chapter)