Emperor's Bane

Chapter 174 From Mother's Disappointment

[I am from Avalon, the Avalon galaxy in the Eden star region, in the Far East star field. 】

[As long as you start from the sacred Terra, cross the maelstrom area, and then go southeast for a certain distance, you can find its location on the star map. If the distance from the maelstrom to the five hundred worlds is compared to a road If it is a straight line segment, then my parent star is exactly at the midpoint of this line segment. 】

[It’s not too far from the northern border of the famous Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, surrounded by worlds that have inherited civilization, and even one or two colonies developed by Mars, but generally speaking, It is still a relatively quiet place. During the 5000-year-long era of strife, it was rarely disturbed by the outside world. The local people even believed that above the clouds lived gods. 】

[If we take a compass and divide the two points into the Avalon galaxy and the Ultramar galaxy, then take my home star as the center and the distance between it and Ultramar as the radius, If a circle is drawn, then this circle will cover about two-fifths of the Far East star field. 】

[The eastern part of this circle will cover Damocles and the mysterious region east of the empty ocean, while the southern part will touch the junction of the Far Eastern galaxy and the Storm galaxy, and its western border contains the home star of the Salamander Legion Nocturne, and Chokoris, which gave birth to our brother Jaghatai Khan, and in the most northwest corner of this circle, we can barely touch a galaxy named Badab in the Maelstrom area. 】

【Ah... but these are not important. 】

[Let's talk back to my home planet: Generally speaking, Avalon is a huge, rich and relatively dangerous world. Oceans, but not all land is suitable for human survival. 】

[Whether it's a fertile plain, a verdant valley, a soft sandy beach, a desolate mountain range, a harsh desert, a cold glacier, a continuous black forest, or a wasteland full of moss and strange rocks...]

[As long as it is the topography and landform you can imagine, as long as it is the place mentioned repeatedly in human geography books, you can find corresponding products in this world. Not all of them are suitable for villages, towns, cities and towns. The emergence of civilizations has magnificent scenery and unique products without exception. Although dangers have always existed, they never have to worry about crises related to land, food and drinking water. As long as they plant seeds sincerely and work hard, everyone Neither will go hungry. 】

[The only problem is that no matter where in Avalon, the mineral resources are always very poor, which more or less delays the progress of technology and civilization]

[There is no doubt that it is a land to be proud of, and in the oldest local documents, it is more than 5000 years ago, the beginning of all historical records, so the world is called Avalon, the land of the gods, is An island of pleasure built by the gods in the clouds. 】

[Those kings and priests believed that at the very beginning, a god on the cloud drove his silver ark to the highest peak in the world: Eternal Peak, where he created the legendary secret place in the lake, which is forever calm and magnificent. In the center of the jeweled lake, the god raised up ten islands one after another, and planted a golden apple tree on the centermost one. 】

【After the golden apple fell to the ground, He distributed it to the people, so the earliest civilization and kingdom appeared. 】

[After that, the god would occasionally come to the ground to punish those princes who were too arrogant and crazy, but since a certain point 5000 years ago, he never showed up again. 】

[Yes, Horus, probably at the beginning of the age of strife. 】

[After the gods disappeared, the power of the king finally surpassed the priests. Feudal kingdoms, large and small, began to appear on those fertile plains and lowlands. The fiefdoms of the earls and knights soon became insufficient. Expand to mountains, deserts and forests, but meet terrible opponents there. 】

[Powerful savage behemoths, numerous wild beast settlements, and those barbarians who are also human beings who master strange spells, some of them even have loose countries, not to mention, in the depths of the dense forest, there seems to be There are many secret realms and wizards, like those monsters in the depths of the ocean, possessing unimaginable power. 】

[The war broke out and lasted for thousands of years. More heavily armed knights and more and more full-time legions appeared in various countries one after another. Those wizards who could fabricate flames and lightning out of thin air were hired by every court with a lot of money , Codex, gunpowder and compass became popular in society one after another, bringing new opportunities. 】

[Accompanied by hundreds of years of unremitting exploration and voyage, the whole world has also been connected at some point: Although the kingdoms on each continent have not been unified, they have traded and communicated with each other, and the interaction is ongoing Impact and learning, and depending on the location, have their own characteristics. 】

[Some countries are still obedient in front of powerful kings, while others are usurped by secret wizard associations, and some are even more peculiar, those Gulf regions that are keen on trade have allowed a more democratic system to rise. As for those Not to mention the tribes running on the grasslands, or the kingdoms still kneeling before the statues of gods. 】

[That was about 500 years before I landed: but sadly, due to various reasons, the pace of civilization also stopped at that moment. 】

[A more powerful production method has never been researched. When I grew up and learned a little bit, what I saw was still a film about various heroes and beasts, swords and magic, and electors and princes. Land of religious wars. 】

[The children of the nobles took up the sword and became knights, while the children of the peasants practiced the longbow and became rangers. They explored the vast wilderness and forest alone or together, dreaming of becoming a well-known hero and obtaining the nine treasures in the lake. Favored by a fairy, or passed down in a mysterious secret realm. 】

[Every king is fighting for their claims and marriages. They greedily spy on every piece of land, and at the same time exploit the authority of their vassals day after day. In the war they provoked, those vicious Mercenaries and knights took the opportunity to find their own careers. 】

[Some religions span the continent and are in full swing. Some religions are old and have long since ceased to exist. The war for beliefs and idols can even spread to more than ten generations. For a holy city with history, there will be success. Thousands of knights left their hometowns, setting off wave after wave of frenzied expeditions. 】

[You can see pirates looting every merchant ship and every monastery, you can see those poor priests attacking how wrong the bishop’s beliefs are, you can see someone loudly denying Kings and gods promote the power of science and reason. You can see that the pockets of merchants are getting bigger and bigger in countless busy trades. They can even influence the rise and fall of those ancient dynasties. 】

[Everything is prosperous, even hopelessly prosperous: because this kind of prosperity has lasted for hundreds of years, and for hundreds of years, everything has been stagnant. 】

[The history books of heroes are getting longer and longer, there are more and more busy seaports, the cumbersome titles and intricate blood relationships of the rulers have reached the point where they can't fully figure it out, but there are still more beasts in need Killed, but there is still more land to be explored, everyone, whether king, bishop or peasant, they are just repeating the story that has continued for generations. 】

[Whenever an opportunity to advance civilization arises, it will die prematurely due to various reasons. 】

【It's like I can't find all the history of this world before the arrival of the so-called god. 】

[Civilization seems to have appeared suddenly, and it seems to have been frozen in a certain moment. 】

[Until my arrival, until my appearance and rise, my adoptive father ignited the ambition that every emperor would have. He declared that I was the heir of the gods, and let the people on the cloud give me a gift for his hegemony. one's gift. 】

[They didn't believe it at first, until I leveled a city, then let the warship walk out of the sea, landed on land, and broke through a city that claimed to have never fallen to the queen. 】

【Thus, they succumbed under the force. Although my adoptive father still cannot create a true unity, he can take over the crown of the High King and become the nominal co-lord of all people. 】

[However, I didn't stay on my home planet for too long: less than ten years later, the empire's fleet arrived. 】

[Then, there are those stories you know. 】

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Morgan's narration came to an abrupt end, because they had already arrived at the destination of their trip, and the vanguard warship of the Shadow Moon Wolf Legion also sent back a problem that needed attention.

The target galaxy they just arrived is not empty, and a Ran Dan fleet is cruising in the orbit of the target world, but their size is doomed, they are just trouble.

Horus was proudly raising his head at this time, and he observed this desperate opponent through the divination box on the battleship: they didn't even have twenty battleships, they were like mango pieces on a cream cake .

The Wolf Shepherd just casually glanced at these opponents: Although he had collected some information about Ran Dan, he never paid more attention to it. After all, he was Zhuang Sen's prey.

Although it seems that Horus and the emperor together won the victory against Ran Dan in that nameless galaxy, everyone in the empire knows that only Zhuang Sen and his legion are the only ones who can defeat Ran Dan. The greatest hero of the Dan Empire, and the God of Wolf Shepherd will not snatch this honor: he will never do such a worthless rubbish behavior.

Ran Dan belongs to Zhuang Sen's record, and belongs to the immortal monument of the Dark Angels, there is no doubt about it.

But then again...

Horus narrowed his eyes.

On the way here, in his conversation with the emperor, Horus noticed the vague intention in the emperor's words: everything about the Randan Empire, the Lord of Humanity seems to intend to seal them all, so that all Participants either forgot these memories, or kept their mouths shut.

In other words, the greatest achievement of his Caliban brothers seems to be [disappearing].

Horus shook his head in his heart. At this moment, he truly felt sorry for his brother Zhuang Sen, and he didn't know if Zhuang Sen would have another chance to achieve such a feat again... He felt very difficult of.

Without Ran Dan's glorious memories and military exploits, perhaps Caliban's King of Knights is destined to be the second-rate echelon among his brothers: his Dark Angel Legion is indeed very powerful, so powerful that the Wolf God would not even dream of fighting with it In any scene of being an enemy, but in Horus' heart, Jonson's command ability is more or less not worthy of the First Legion.

Jonson is too petty, without the grand mentality of Horus, and Ferrus, and Guilliman, he is a great fighter and tactician, but on a wider stage, his performance is inevitable Unsatisfactory.

As the Wolf Shepherd, he learned true kingship from the Emperor, while his Gorgon brothers, with icy calculations, produced the most terrible oppressions in the galaxy.

As for Guilliman, the king of Ultramar, the unquenchable fire of ambition in his heart has increased his magnanimity. Guilliman only needs to hold a quill to write more power and ambition. , and the separatist lord of the Ultramarines never concealed his arrogance and terrible ambitions. He kept talking about his five hundred worlds, but who knew if what he longed for in his heart was five thousand, fifty thousand, or even more?
Jonson... he's fourth at most, or a little bit worse: look at what he's brought to the prestigious First Legion, these Dark Angels will no longer be the opponents of the Luna Wolves in terms of merit and prestige up.

Horus thought of this, and he didn't even know whether to be happy first or feel sorry for his brother.

And just when he was struggling, his gaze subconsciously swept across his sister, and quickly caught something.

In her pupils, there seemed to be a kind of light of interest.

"Have you never participated in such a battle?"

[I've participated in a lot of bigger battles, but they are all too big, so big that people expect some kind of small-scale passion, but Johnson never let me waste time on those more subtle battlefields. 】

God Shepherd snorted lightly: That is indeed something his brother can do.

"Then what did he ask you to do in those times when there was no great war?"

[The director of the office... almost. 】

"Sit at his desk?"

【More than that, I sit in his seat and manage his legion. 】

"..."

"Hahahahahaha..."

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Horus laughed at the joke.

Why didn't he realize just now that his blood relatives had such a talent for humor.

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"So, how about a skirmish, Morgan?"

Horus laughed for a moment, then made a proposal, and he was satisfied to see the flames in Morgan's pupils blazing with the simple proposal.

[Hmm... But I only have six people, and you have at least 6000 people. This kind of competition doesn't seem very fair. 】

"Leave the war to my children. As for you and me, each of us only needs to bring sixty people. We can have a hunting competition and use Ran Dan's officers and battleships as our respective scores."

[But I don't have sixty people either. 】

"I can lend you Abaddon, and some Gastarins, and my best boys, who are no worse than any warrior in any Legion, I promise."

【... Abaddon...】

"What's wrong? Need me to change it?"

【Do not. 】

Morgan smiled, her eyebrows curved.

[In a sense, I actually like the kid Abaddon. 】

The Shepherd God smiled triumphantly.

"Yeah, it's a pity he's mine."

[But next, isn't he mine? 】

Horus froze for a moment, then continued to laugh.

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When the Wolf God laughed enough and began to order his offspring to operate everything related to war and hunting, Hector finally broke away from the arena and returned to his mother.

Morgan nodded, not seeming to care much.

But when the last Luna Wolf was also engrossed in Horus' orders, she quietly came to her son.

[How about it, did you win? 】

She asked softly, and then saw the melancholy face of her own blood.

"Um……"

"His Terminator armor was so hard, I wasn't impressed."

Hector uttered these words with difficulty, and then, he couldn't help but sneak a glance at his genetic mother.

Morgan looked at him, neither angry nor angry, she just took a quiet look at her child, and then.

He pursed his lips and frowned.

She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just patted Hector's breastplate quietly, then lowered her head.

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Hector took a deep breath.

Emperor...

throne...

Everyone is fine, come and kill him!
(End of this chapter)