143 Black Box
The heavy spiritual pressure imprisoned Gonzalez in place, and Magnus stepped forward slowly, his twisted body and fallen soul still showing the demeanor of a calm scholar, and his one-eyed face radiated an ever-changing brilliance.
Perhaps it was because of this that he was able to find his way through this ever-changing labyrinth.
A Thousand Sons Wizard pulls the meniscus staff from the chest of the loyal warrior he killed, and then follows him, intending to help the original execute the stubborn 3rd Company Commander.
"Stop." Magnus stopped the heir's movements.
Just as the rest of the Thousand Sons looked at Magnus in bewilderment, Ahriman suddenly stepped forward and broke Gonzalez's left hand with his black staff.
Immediately afterwards, a grenade that had not yet been pulled rolled to the ground from the palm of the 3rd company commander.
Ahriman bent down to pick it up, and while looking at the exquisite skull relief on the surface of the grenade, he said, "The Holy Relic Grenade contains a large number of so-called Sage remains...... Very effective against Chaos. β
Instead of being angry, Magnus laughed, though there was no trace of a smile on his abstract face.
"It is naΓ―ve but commendable to partially break free from my psionic confinement by will, and to try to detonate the Holy Relic Grenade at close range...... You are a good warrior, and according to the will of the Lord of Change, I should spare your life. β
Magnus said unhurriedly, taking the key to Warehouse 8 from Gonzalez's left hand:
"We have made a deal with the God of Blood, the Lord of Skulls, who will provide us with powerful military assistance, and in return, the Lord of Change will give him the most powerful warriors on this battlefield as a gift."
"I'm honored to recognize your will."
The Red Devil's polite voice slowly subsided, and an extremely intense sleepiness entangled Gonzalez's soul like vines coiled on top of a giant tree, dragging him into a deep sleep.
Leaving the sleeping Gonzalez in the care of Ahriman, Magnus turned around and activated the key to open the door to Warehouse 9, disguised as Warehouse 8.
Because of the mezzanine between the two warehouses, the space behind the door is very limited, not very wide, but very deep, and the already stretched space is densely packed with lines of unknown purpose and hysteresis field generators, imprisoning something in the center of the warehouse.
It was a black iron cube about 1 meter long, with skeletal markings representing human purity on all six sides β but no Imperial Double-headed Eagle β and "Low Gothic" transcribed words and poems.
Why Low Gothic? Magnus was a little curious.
Low Gothic is a derivative version based on High Gothic, which can be regarded as the lingua franca of the human empire in a sense;
But in fact, the lower Gothic languages spoken in each of the imperial colonies had varying degrees of localization, with multiple dialects represented by "Fenris" and "Medusa", and the resulting pronunciation differences and ambiguities further troubled communication.
As a result, the imperial bureaucracy and aristocracy often used the more "pure" and "pure" Proto-Gothic as the official written language, and regarded it as an essential skill for the upper class; The hodgepodge of low Gothic naturally became the "untouchable language".
If the Mechanics were to seal a dangerous piece of technology or STC, they would most likely carve a large amount of sacred binary code in the seal; The Church and the Inquisition would use the Emperor's Word in Gothic, or mythological tales.
Sealing forbidden items with poems written in low Gothic is rarely seen even by the learned wizard king.
"This grammar seems to be Fenris...... "Ahriman recognized the low Gothic language on the black box.
Suddenly, the emotions of the Thousand Sons Wizards in the cabin, who were still conscious, became subtle.
Fenris, the home planet of the Space Wolf. This planet has so much meaning to the Legion of a Thousand Children that they can't help but feel angry just hearing the word.
"There are references to 'Full Father' and 'Ruth' in the poem, which is the name of the Space Wolf for the Emperor and the Primordial Body, and there is no mistake, the seal on this black box was set by the Space Wolf." With his profound knowledge, Ahriman quickly deciphered the contents of the poem carved on the black box.
Magnus finished the interpretation before he did, but he wouldn't explain it to the Thousand Sons like Ahriman did.
"The poem records a covert operation of the 20th Army in the early days of the Great Expedition; Under the personal leadership of the 'Wolf King' Rieman Ruth, the Space Wolf assaulted a nest planet that had been semi-transformed into a demon world. β
"For the Empire, this world that has been infected too deeply by chaos is hopeless, and there is no value to save. However, under the orders of the 'Whole Father', the Space Wolf still threw himself into the attack on this half-demon world whose name has been erased with his entire regiment......"
"The war went on an ominous note, and in the end, the Wolf King took an item in the demon world and declared victory in the operation, leading the wolves to withdraw to Fenris."
"The Rune Priest of the Space Wolf sealed the forbidden thing brought back by the Wolf King at the behest of the 'Full Father', and the Emperor personally handed it over to the Dark Angel for safekeeping."
After that, there is no need for Ahriman to explain.
Robert Killman, the Genogen of the Ultramarines, promulgated the Astarte Codex, and the Dark Angel Legion was divided into warbands...... At least nominally, it was divided. The black box was entrusted to the Death Stalkers for safekeeping.
Interestingly, most of the other forbidden weapons handed over by the Emperor himself were stored in the "Monolith" fortress by the Dark Angel Mother; This item, which was captured by the Wolf King himself, was kept by a subgroup.
This is somewhat disgusting Ruth.
"Is it an item that Ruth personally recaptured from the Demon Planet, and now it is on the attention of the Lord of Change, and it has driven me to recover it?" Magnus's one-eyed narrowed slightly, his curiosity already aroused.
"What a coincidence~ I also want to know what is inside."
"Who!" The moment the outsider's voice suddenly sounded, the Thousand Sons Wizards reacted extremely nervously, and the scarlet warrior who was cleaning the corpse of the death pursuer suddenly burst into flames, and pounced in the direction from which the voice came from like a frightened beast.
There was no time to chant any incantations, and all the Thousand Sons Wizards, including Ahriman, chose to attack as quickly as possible using their thermal weapons.
The Legion of Wise Men who are all psychic beings were unexpectedly infiltrated to such a close distance...... In front of the original body, it is impossible for Qianzi to endure such a shameful humiliation.
However, their swift reflexes and ferocious assault had no effect, and one by one the Scarlet Warriors lost their strength as they flew forward, and collapsed to the ground like machines with a broken net, unable to move again.
The hellfire bombs fired from the muzzle of Ahriman's blessed gun also stood still in the air and dissipated eerily on their own.
While all the thousand sons were in panic and doubt, only Magnus, one of the strongest psionic beings in the galaxy, truly felt hopeless.
Because only his one eye can see what kind of terrifying monster the "man" who walked towards him politely.
"There's no need to be so nervous, I just want to see what's in that box."
Russell smiled and walked over to the trembling Magnus, and said softly, "Obedient, let me see?" β
(End of chapter)