Tragic.

One tragedy after another.

Innocent people were mercilessly executed by angels, and the pavilions of reason were crushed in front of the tracks.

This is what Elaine sees through the eyes of the Speakers.

She stared at the iconostasis in front of her, remembering everything her father had said to herself.

- Luo Jia's fate has always depended on him alone.

- He knows my attitude towards the truth and religion of the Empire, but he still ignores it and imposes that fallacious theory on everyone.

- Whether or not the destruction of the Perfect City depends on Kiliman, whether the faith in his heart is completely destroyed or not, henceforth... He's going to go to even more extreme extremes.

- Regardless of the direction, the result is not destined to be too good.

- As long as he retains meaningless illusions about faith and obedience, the rift between him and the Empire will grow.

- until it is irretrievable, until it is completely broken.

- At that time, I will personally decide his fate.

- Even you, Elaine, you can't stop my will.

The cold words spoken by those human lords seemed to be vivid, and Elaine slowly clenched her fists.

The steps towards destiny are undoubtedly daunting.

Obviously... Even though Erebus and Colfaron have died under their influence, it is clear that the Bearers are now on the wrong path.

And in this case, Luo Jia actually chose to give the Whisperer an order to completely destroy the City of Perfection and leave no one alive.

Perhaps this order seemed very reasonable in the eyes of Loga, because it was here that Erebus was discovered to be heretical and received an order from the emperor to destroy the city, but it undoubtedly highlighted Loja's blind obedience to power.

He took it for granted that the Emperor had taken out his anger on Erebas's betrayal to the City of Perfection.

The Emperor, on the other hand, only provided a plausible cause for Elaine's execution of Erebas.

"Lorga..."

Feeling the artillery fire and screams coming from the city, Elaine gritted her teeth.

As the Emperor's overseer to Loga, Elaine had command over the vast majority of the Speakers in the City of Perfection - however, she had no idea that Loga would give the order to leave no one alive.

In the original history, Lorgar was completely denied by the emperor for his faith and the value of the Legion, so that Erebus and Colpharen had a chance to take advantage of it, until Lorgar mistakenly fell to the faith of Chaos in the Great Rebellion, such as launching a shadow crusade against the Five Hundred Worlds and other rebellions.

Just like with Perturabo, Elaine wanted to rewrite this tragedy, but inadvertently brewed an even more tragic tragedy.

Yes, she didn't expect Loga to carry out the emperor's orders in such an extreme way, and the reason why Loga's extreme religious fanaticism was completely aroused was inseparable from Elaine's execution of Erebas.

Elaine had already thought of many reasons, but before she could explain it to her brother confront, the Emperor descended on the City of Perfection at an unexpected time, and after the disagreement between father and daughter was over, the Emperor gave Loga the cold order to destroy the Perfect City.

Obviously, the presence of the Lord of Humanity meant more than just a dispute between the Seventeenth Legion and the Twelfth.

It's a question of the 'loyalty' of the entire legion of the Bearer to the Empire.

In fact, ever since rumors of a mutiny were spread that the chief priest and the commander of a company of the Bearers had been exposed, the entire empire had been shocked.

Especially Riemanrus, although the wolf king is still fighting for the empire at the front of the Great Expedition, the star language from the space wolves has crossed most of the galaxy to come to accountability, perhaps because of their duty as 'executioners', or maybe because the wolf king is not as rigorous as the surface savagery.

Rumors of the Second and Eleventh Legions were also circulating among the veterans of the major legions at this time, and it was clear that the Seventeenth Legion might also usher in the sad end of being erased from history.

Anyone can see one thing, and that is that the position of the Bearers in the Empire is about to be in jeopardy.

So much so that Elaine, who was at the center of the vortex, shouldn't have made any big moves—in her communication with her father, she knew that the emperor had always had a bad opinion of Loga, especially after learning about the future revealed by the cursed knowledge, and the father seemed to have left several behind.

Whether it's to the legions that should have rebelled, or to the legions of those loyalists, or to ... Herself.

Thinking of this, Elaine looked at her right arm.

The delicate prosthetic limbs reverberate the touch of a real arm in a way beyond the comprehension of the Lord of Humanity, and the dazzling golden glow that emerges from the cracks in the arm still gives her a vague premonition, just like the pair of chainsaw axes she was given when she first returned to the Empire.

Elaine could feel that this arm would come in handy in the not-too-distant future.

But everything... It has to be done after the matter in front of us is over.

The slight readings on the dashboard made her frown.

[—Turn right, then go straight.] 】

Under the influence of the voice of the heart, a Riemannus tank, which was heading towards a very secluded but large gathering of refugees, suddenly turned around, its blood-stained and minced tracks driving away without hesitation at the command of the genetic protogen.

"Ugh..."

Elaine sighed slightly.

She didn't know how many times she had carried out such orders, just so that the refugees could survive the wrath of the Speakers for a few days.

But only for a few days.

Under orbital bombardment, I don't know how long ... There will be no living people left in the city.

Although the genogen can comfort itself, it can alleviate the suffering of innocent believers in this way, so that they do not have to die under the execution of angels and the collapse of their faith.

But, needless to say, this is a hypocrisy.

Even if Elaine did all this to save a doomed future, her execution of Erebus was the source of destruction.

The emperor did not take Killiman with him, symbolizing that he had entrusted this burden to himself.

And she personally pushed the 17th Army to a point of no return.

But no one could understand what she had done, and it had caused an even heavier calamity for the City of Perfection.

It's like what the Lord of Humanity has said to Elaine is the only truth in this dark universe.

No matter how great your ideals and visions are, no matter how tenacious your will and soul are.

- Suffering and tragedy will always be with you, never leaving.

She clenched her fists.

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