Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor - #700 - Chapter 681 Doomsday Storm: Change of Life

Vito walked out of the mist, or more accurately, floated out. His feet floated a few feet above the ground, but they shone like Tesla coils between power stations.

The pervasive toxic smoke degraded and disappeared in front of him, twisting and turning into smoke like a non-existent dream. He walked out of the electric light and twisted space, like a god descending from various mythological stories. Mortarion looked at him. Just now, the battlefield between him and the demigod Guilliman ushered in a real demigod in the blink of an eye.

Compared with the Primarchs, Vito is the real demigod, or the existence that is infinitely close to the true god. Nurgle once told Mortarion that there are only two ascenders in this galaxy, one is the Emperor and the other is Vito, but the Emperor completed the ascension unwillingly because of the accident of the Horus Heresy.

Vito still stayed in the world. If he voluntarily or unwillingly accepted his godhood one day, then the subspace would set off a huge wave to welcome a new god. He would have only one purpose, which would make the evil gods more terrified than the Emperor.

“Hello, Mortarion.” Vito said, his words were more like a strange voice composed of lightning, thunder and ions tearing each other in the air, like the notes of an ancient accordion, but more vital.

“Marshal, I thought you were in the Leviathan-class command vehicle, but it seems… that was fake, this is the real you.” Mortarion smiled vigilantly, his holy sword was still inserted in his chest, which made Mortarion fall into a very passive situation. Now he needs to resist the erosion of the Emperor’s power while guarding against Vito.

At first, Mortarion was sure that Vito was in the rear, in the command vehicle far away from here, so he dared to come here so openly, find Guilliman, corrupt or kill him.

Even if he was stabbed by Guilliman at the last moment, it would not be a problem. Guilliman had no power to fight back. Mortarion only needed to spend some time to repel the power of the holy sword invading his body and pull it out. After all, Guilliman was not their father and could not exert its power to the extreme.

If it was the Emperor just now, Mortarion would have been annihilated by a single stab, but now someone who can do it has come, Vito has suddenly arrived, and Mortarion has no way to fight him under such circumstances.

“How did you become like this? Is it some trick of Guilliman?” Mortarion can only delay time, and wait until Nurgle kills and corrupts Guilliman, and then attack Vito from the front and back with him, so that there is a chance of winning.

But his plan has long been seen through, and there is no doubt, suspicion or hesitation in Vito’s flashing eyes. He raised his hand and waved his fingers lightly, and the body of the demon engine behind him was instantly torn apart, and a steel thorn whizzed out and pierced the Death Guard holding a gun.

“Don’t be so nervous, and don’t think about tricks, Mortarion, I’m not here to fight with you.” Vito said affirmatively, his words were as plain as water, and Mortarion did not hear any deception in them, but he would not believe it just like that, that was Vito, a conspirator on par with Tzeentch.

He has proven his talent for trickery. Even without the help of Lady Phantom, he is still a person who cannot be seen through. For thousands of years, he has used this talent to teach the followers of the Chaos Gods many times. Even Tzeentch is keen to play those complex and ever-changing games with him.

Mortarion has also suffered losses, so he will not believe that mere sentence, but he will not show it, “Really? This does not look like a negotiation, Marshal.”

Vito came over, and Mortarion’s hand was quietly placed behind him. The poisonous blade full of God’s plague was in his hand. When Vito approached, he suddenly exerted force and stabbed Vito with the dagger. It was the poison of killing gods. He could kill Vito in front of him, just like when he attacked Guilliman.

But the dagger suddenly stopped in mid-air. Mortarion’s hand hung stiffly in the air. He wanted to struggle, but found that all the limbs of his body were locked. The power armor was like paralyzed after losing all power, firmly fixing its owner.

“I am not Guilliman. I know you have learned tricks and concealment. I can kill you right now, just like crushing a bug, but I won’t.” Vito pulled out the sword from Mortarion’s chest, and then gently pushed him away. Mortarion retreated a few steps, urgently called on the plague power in his body to heal his wounds, and then looked up at Vito.

He held the burning holy sword. The Emperor’s weapon had completely different reactions in the hands of different people. In Guilliman’s hands, it was just an ordinary artifact, shrouded in the flames of exorcism, but in Vito’s hands, its power was instantly stimulated, and the fire and lightning merged together, turning into a white and gold dancing energy field.

The space around him began to distort, and the land under his feet was scorched and shattered. He could now easily kill the half-crippled Mortarion with one blow, and beat him to death, just like the Emperor did to Horus, but he did not do so, but looked over with powerful eyes.

“I’m here to negotiate. Tell your master, I know he’s listening. I need Guilliman alive. Release him.” Vitor said calmly, as if it wasn’t a request, but a demand.

Mortarion frowned and smiled mockingly, “Why? The Emperor’s tool has fallen into our hands, and we’re going to release it with just a few words from you? In exchange for the Emperor?”

“Without the Emperor, Mortarion, you laugh at Guilliman’s ignorance, but look around you, is he really here?” Vito asked, motioning around. He raised his hand and gently touched the poisonous vines on Guilliman’s body, and the vines burst in the blink of an eye.

“If he is really here, will your childish tricks work? Do you think he will allow you to take his tools away and send them to the Garden of Nurgle, and then do nothing?”

Vito’s questions made Mortarion silent, and at the same time he reacted, yes, it was too smooth, he was just angry because of the conversation with Guilliman, and since he didn’t react for a while, he succeeded so smoothly.

Back then, Fulgrim did the same thing and almost lost half of the Emperor’s Children Legion. His handsome face was also left with wounds caused by Guilliman’s sudden and fatal blow. He almost died for this. Until now, he needs to use illusion to cover up the scar, but he did it. He was stabbed in the chest, but he didn’t die.

“He is not here. He has given up Guilliman because he and I hindered his plan. He just used you to get rid of the enemies that displeased him. After Guilliman’s death, he can use the grief and anger of the Ultramarines to control the entire Ultramarines Legion, the most powerful Space Marine force, and no one will doubt him, let alone stop him.”

“Then his plan will be unstoppable. You are being used, Mortarion, always.” Vito said as if he was giving a reminder to a child. He looked at Guilliman with regret, sympathy and anger in his eyes.

“What plan? What is he brewing? Vito Constantine, what made you choose to contact us? Are you betraying him?” Mortarion’s voice changed. In an instant, it was endless anger, and then suddenly turned into another ethereal and heavy voice. His eyes were filled with light from another world in the blink of an eye, and another pair of eyes were looking through his vision.

“Betrayal? No, he betrayed us. I am the guardian. I only did what I should have done a long time ago.” Vito raised the holy sword, and lightning and fire flashed in front of his eyes. “But it’s not too late to do it now, so yes, I am seeking cooperation from you, Nurgle. I can’t tell you what it is now. I haven’t seen your sincerity yet.” Vito said majestically, like the king of the empire welcoming foreign envoys. His words and deeds are full of unquestionable authority, making you dare not doubt him. “But what I can tell you is that if you want to protect everything you exist and rely on, you want to protect everything you defend as an agent of the cycle of life, then listen to me, otherwise, even if you corrupt Guilliman and take away the entire empire, I will not do it again. I don’t care, because I won’t fight you for a piece of ash. “

Nurgle, or Mortarion, fell silent. After brewing for a long time, he slowly said, “Tell me your conditions, Guardian.”

This can be regarded as accepting the result of the negotiation. Vito snorted and lowered his sword, “Put Guilliman back, eliminate all the viruses in his body, and then withdraw all your forces. The Plague War will end here. I need all the strength of the Ultramarines and Ultramar as capital to fight him in the future. This is my condition. “

After another long silence, Nurgle nodded, his eyes flickered while overlooking Guilliman in the garden. The latter stood in the garden of plague and looked up at the magnificent existence on the throne of flesh and blood.

“That’s it, Guardian, I will put him back and return him to you, but you owe me an explanation. After that, you must come to give me an answer. For this… I will leave insurance. “Nurgle said, and gently tapped Guilliman with his fingers. A mark appeared on his body instantly. Guilliman was instantly in pain, but he couldn’t move.

His body was devoured by the garden, vines and soil climbed up his body, as if he was imprisoned in a cage, and he could only let Nurgle leave the burning marks on his body.

“If you deceive me, I will use this to kill him. Remember, the plague is still in his body, and the Destiny Armor can’t save him. No one except me can remove the virus, and only I can activate the virus and kill him.” Nurgle roared threateningly, not for Guilliman to hear, another voice responded to Nurgle from the distant sky, a woman’s voice.

“Fair enough, stay, we will meet in a suitable place, where the Emperor will not find out.”

“It should be so, he will not know about today’s conversation, my poison fog will obscure his vision, and now, go back, my property, remember, you still belong to me.”

Nurgle said, it raised its hand and slapped Guilliman, who was slapped down and fell into the garden. Guilliman’s eyes were dark, as if he fell into an endless abyss. Finally, he fell to the ground, and the real touch and pain were coming. Guilliman opened his eyes and saw the girl covered with light.

She saved Guilliman from the poisonous vines and put him on the ground. The girl’s face could not be seen clearly. She stroked the cheek of the Primarch, and Guilliman recognized her, “Vito? All this…”

“Hush, child, you didn’t see anything, but you will remember it, deep in your heart.” Vito leaned over and kissed Guilliman on the forehead. The mark of shielding the Emperor’s observation was left on Guilliman’s forehead. The red lips flickered, and then disappeared as if they had never existed.

“Now, you are truly free.” Vito stood up, released Guilliman and let him lie on the ground, turned around and walked into the fog, saying, “Don’t shoot, the negotiation is successful.”

That was not said to Guilliman or Mortarion, but to another person in the rumbling fog. Behind a flipped Rand in the depths of the fog, Curze put down his sniper rifle. His chamber was loaded with two bullets containing the real plague. Two bullets, for two people.

Curze quietly disappeared behind Rand, as if he had never appeared there. Mortarion also retreated into the depths of the poisonous fog and disappeared. Vito’s body turned into dissipated light and drifted in the poisonous fog. He gradually went away until he finally disappeared at the end of his vision.

Guilliman looked up at the sky, the thick poisonous fog dissipated, the plague storm that enveloped the whole world disappeared, and the light of the sky pierced the clouds again and shone on Guilliman.

He looked at the sun, the sun in the sky, and at that moment Guilliman knew that he had left himself. He knew that he had just abandoned himself.

“Horus, I understand now… everything.” Guilliman closed his eyes heavily. The ignorant child finally woke up today. The mark of Nurgle was flashing at the place where the poison blade stabbed his shoulder.

In the year M42.005 of the Imperial calendar, the Plague War ended according to records. In that war, the Emperor’s favorite son defeated his traitorous brother and saved Macragge and the Empire, and the saint girl who helped him win also disappeared. We still know very little about her. It is said that the state religion said that she has returned to the Emperor.

—————”The Beginning and End of the Plague War” by Suleiman