Emperor's Bane

Chapter 220 Robert Morgan

After leading the legion and the fleet, and once again descending on [Avalon]'s thirteen Terra standard hours, Morgan completely subdued his home planet.

All continents, all royal powers, all emperors, heads of state and consuls knelt at her feet, respectfully offered crowns, scepters and kingdoms, and kissed her boot toe as the highest reward in the world.

There was no resistance, no twists and turns, and no unexpected rebellion: relying on one's own strength and Semiramis' continuous cleaning for more than 20 years, it was like picking a ripe tree from a branch that was pulled down. Like the fruit of a man, Morgan completely grasped the world in his hands when he raised his hand.

All the kings and consuls gathered in the palace of Semiramis, waiting for her reception, or those [Shadow Kings] who hide in the depths of their own bunkers and actually manipulate various interest groups They, their thoughts and wills are as vulnerable as the Greenskins' desire for peace when facing the Queen of Dawn from beyond the stars.

The Lord of the Second Legion carries the modified ship provided by the Primarch of the Iron Warriors, which can travel freely through the atmosphere, and in full view, descends on the most sacred Eternal Peak in all Avalon myths: The palace of Semiramis, the queen of the world, stands at the foot of the Eternal Peak. Here she built a luxurious palace like a garden and a magnificent new city to welcome all the kings and nobles and accommodate those who are about to attend Selected young warriors.

Under the gaze of millions of pairs of the most noble and important pupils, the Primarch of Dawnbreaker radiated a light that was more dazzling than twenty suns at the moment of its existence. Her blue pupils were as far away as Stars from other worlds are shining in front of everyone's eyes. Her indifferent voice is as ethereal as autumn leaves, but it easily knocks on the chest of every dissatisfied person. She seems to be standing on the top of the mountain, standing in the clouds She seemed to stand beyond the stars, at the heart of all nations, but in the end, when all looked up, she stood at the end of their eternal admiration and awe.

In her light, among those huge iron birds that descended from the sky, far exceeding the imagination of the Avalonians, tall warriors in silver armor stood before people's eyes one after another, as if The servants of the god king who slowly walked out of the oldest picture scroll had a face as indifferent as their genetic mother, with a perfect face like a marble sculpture. In front of them, the greatest hero would be like a mediocre Strange mediocrity.

They are enough to conquer the stars, enough to destroy kingdoms and armies with ease, just as hungry wolves are enough to devour trembling lambs in the blink of an eye: perhaps, there are only 1000 silver armored warriors standing here, but no one doubts, They can do it.

The king trembled in their shadows, and the young warriors who had never surrendered looked up at the thick armor and heroic faces with the most fanatical eyes. They had long known that they might become one of these angels of death: As long as they are willing to give everything, to fight for that precious opportunity.

Of course they are willing. At this moment, ten thousand-year-old hero legends and ancient scrolls are blooming in their hearts, so that these outstanding people who once galloped among hordes of bandits and stood out in the sea of ​​monsters and flames of war are sure that they are The luckiest generation.

And everything, all the frenzied light brought by fear and admiration did not affect the pace of the Dawnbreakers at all. They came to the foot of the mountain slowly and orderly, and surrounded Semiramis at the most standard distance. The palace, facing the mortals gathered in the square, stood like a silent warrior sculpture, waiting for the action of their genetic mother.

This kind of display and deterrence went on for a while: above the clouds, the Lord of the Second Legion cast his eyes on every mortal at the foot of the mountain at the same time, watching with satisfaction the admiration and astonishment in their eyes, just like a Complacent collectors get countless surprises at their self-satisfied exhibitions.

This scene lasted for a few minutes, until the huge projection instruments brought in advance by the mortal slaves of the Second Legion. Then she stood up and started her next move unhurriedly.

Morgan stretched out his finger, pointed to the Semiramis Palace at the foot of the mountain, and gently drew a circle there, while whispering spells about gravity, space and water flow in his heart.

Almost at the same time, waves of panic swept over the noblest kings and bravest warriors like waves, and mortals from all over Avalon marveled in panic and amazement at the miracle of reality happening before their eyes : Hundreds of meters away from every angel of death standing quietly, an invisible thin line cut through the originally impenetrable hard rocky ground soundlessly, as if the invisible hand of the gods had reached into it. In the soil in front of everyone.

At the next moment, with the most precise cutting and incredible power, under the eyes of the most panicked crowd, more than [-] hectares of land began to float away from the constraints of the earth, gravity, and any laws of physics, and began to float towards the mountains that could rival any mountains. In the high sky of the summit: those lands that have been cut by invisible blades are clearly displayed in front of people, and they are now as hard as the best steel, maintaining an indescribable, wonderful arc in the mathematical sense.

A thousand Dawnbreakers still stand indifferently around the palace, no matter the chaotic voices of panic or piety under their feet are getting farther and farther away from them, no matter the icy air and approaching clouds remind them: if they fall at this height If not, even if they are Astartes fighters, there is no possibility of them surviving.

But even so, every Dawnbreaker is still like a statue, maintaining his duty as a guard in the empty sky solemnly, and most of them have no advance foreknowledge of this change, but this is not the case. It doesn't prevent them from trusting their genetic mother from the bottom of their hearts, trusting that her mighty power is enough to shape and deal with anything.

Until they ascended hundreds of meters into the sky, until the distant border of the mortal world appeared in their pupils, until the exclamation of millions of mortals under their feet had unconsciously transformed into something Fanatical worship and the pursuit of miracles, even the most cold and rational kings or scholars, when they see this mythical scene appearing in front of them, become slaves to their eyes and hearts, and become slaves in a certain sense. Fanatics.

Until this moment, the Lord of the Second Legion finally appeared in front of her new subjects. She stood on the top of the Eternal Peak, but the projection of psionic power turned into a phantom goddess bigger than a Titan behind her. , so that the most distant pupil can see clearly.

She waved her hand, and layers of mist emerged out of thin air, covering the entire Eternal Peak in a milky white fantasy, turning it into an ethereal kingdom in the world.

She pointed down, the rushing turbulence was like the mercury in Hecate's palm, coming slowly from the top of the Eternal Peak, clusters of mist turned into elegant clouds, dragging the river around Every important corner of the Eternal Peak, large and small quiet ponds and deep springs are like the snow-white Jormungandr surrounding the legendary holy mountain, and the end of this turbulent flow is surprisingly that The great trauma left behind after the royal court of Semiramis ascended to the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the blue lake filled the entire artificial huge lake, and even overflowed, surrounding the entire Eternal Peak, forming a moat that was always surging, and part of the fog on the mountain was also separated. This pure water source is also shrouded in almost eternal mystery and remoteness.

Fairyland is done, and Morgan stands upon her wonder, enjoying all that she desires now: all kings and lords bow before her devoutly, enshrining her as the mythical master of all things, their spirits Disintegrated in front of this stalwart miracle, becoming fragile and hesitant, the Spider Queen only needs to gently pluck the strings in her heart, and she can easily occupy their thoughts and souls. , Lay a firm mark that belongs to Morgan.

When they return to their country, when they become the rulers of Avalon again, the imprint in their minds will make all of them unconditionally submit to any command of the Spider Queen, and With these most noble people as the core, the same infection and cognition will gradually permeate into the palace, the city and the countryside, and eventually the whole world will become the property of the Queen of Dawn, and she will give everything for her every frown and smile.

Nothing could stand in the way of this, and when the kings departed with the miracles they remembered, within thirteen days and nights of their arrival at home all Avalon would be Morgan's slaves.

She conquered the world.

Not a single bomb was used.

Donate a drop of blood.

Not even a single word was uttered.

Everything fell at her feet: myths, traditions, and reverence for the unknowable were so powerful that they could sweep the world in an instant.

Perhaps, this is the innate power and favor of the Primarch: Unless it is a pathetic person who is teased and despised by all fates, which Primarch cannot even unify his home planet?

Morgan had succeeded: as a primarch, scion of the Emperor, she had succeeded as she deserved.

but……

Is everything really that simple?

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[It's that simple. 】

The Lord of the Second Legion sat on the throne that originally belonged to Semiramis, lazily kicked off his boots, and put his feet on the expensive custom-made long table.

One of her hands was resting on the table, while the other hand was playing with a small holographic projection about the entire world of Avalon, watching those continents and oceans carefully, those places that gave birth to a prosperous culture. The country, and the wilderness where no one has dared to set foot.

But even so leisurely, the genetic mother of the Second Legion was not resting.

Beside and around Morgan, more than a dozen holographic projections almost submerged her, and each holographic projection continuously delivered information and the latest reports in seconds.

The grouping and voyage of the entire fleet in low-earth orbit, the continuous reports and data collection of more than one hundred conscription points set up at the same time in Avalon, the secrets and secrets of various places picked in the minds of hundreds of kings and rulers The actual situation, the information sent back by the exploration fleet far away from several or even a dozen galaxies...

Marshall's, Bayar's, Semiramis', Rana's, Luthor's, even those of Rizal's bishops and rough generals from Catachan...

Hundreds of souls are waiting for her reply and answer, and tens of thousands or even more messages are rushing to the projections around her like the raging tide of the full moon season. Some of them may be useless, and some of them may be useless. Another part that is close to the same may become the key to some problems: no one can distinguish them, except Morgan, because the Spider Queen does not allow anyone around her to know the whole picture of any core problem, even the soul that is closely related to her The fragments can only wait for the response and command from her.

More than a dozen projection devices that are as tall as a person are running at full power, and they will be completely updated every few seconds, throwing the previous content to the recycle bin that no one can fully count, and sitting among them The Lord of the Second Legion would go through them all every second, sifting out the useless ones as quickly as possible, answering the necessary ones, and then throwing all the really important questions into the last projection, her little The maid was staring at the content on the projection all the time, and the sound of the recording pen across the electronic board was like the barking of hungry rats, without stopping for a moment.

Countless information filled the blue pupils of the Spider Queen, and they were quickly resolved in milliseconds: If a psyker stood here and listened carefully, he could find that the Lord of the Second Legion Behind the indifferent high-efficiency and multi-threading, there seems to be countless wails of strange shapes.

Morgan was sitting on the seat, leaning on her face lazily, which showed that she hadn't put all her energy into it. While browsing and screening countless pieces of information from more than a dozen projectors, she used her fingers to Randomly fiddled with the world projection in front of her, looking for places that interested her, and in addition to these two tasks that were enough to kill most of the Primarchs, the Lord of the Second Legion still had enough time and energy to stand in front of him. Semiramis in front of her was chatting away after a while.

[Yes... multi-threading, I accidentally discovered that I have this ability, probably a few years ago, on the first day when the files sent by that bastard Zhuang Sen flooded me, I found that I could actually think a lot at the same time matter. 】

[Compared with ability, I think it's more like a realization after some kind of despair...]

[Of course it’s not free, but it’s just a few souls. Any battle can keep me in this processing state for a long time. Although those alien souls have no value for food or collection, they are simply used for consumption The product couldn't be more suitable. 】

[No, no, although I have not met him yet, according to the information and rumors I have collected, I am not as good as that Guilliman of Ultramar in this respect, just like if we only talk about psionic power I am not as good as Magnus in the research depth of the subspace. It is difficult for me to compare with those brothers who specialize in single items, but my strength is that I can integrate and combine different items. 】

[The exploration team is conducting investigations on the planet adjacent to Avalon. There are sufficient mineral resources there, which can just make up for the unreasonably scarce mineral deposits on Avalon. However, the cost of transportation back and forth seems uneconomical. If we can Bypassing those Rizals, what on earth do I want to put those production lines that Jonson gave me in that world. 】

[After all, according to the arrangement of the Avalon galaxy, it is Mars, isn't it? 】

[Knight family?Well, a good idea, but I don’t have it yet, but I vaguely remember that there was a report by a rogue trader just now about an extremely dilapidated world of knights. A force that can be drawn. 】

[As for those Reza people, throw those mineral worlds out and let them fight for themselves for a while. I can’t break away from their support in a short time, but they must not be my only option, just like the emperor will not Depends on Mars as well. 】

【Yes, I won’t stay on Avalon for too long. The only thing worthy of my attention here is conscription. Other things are not the top priority for the time being. Just deal with it according to your previous practice. 】

[Yes, the top priority is always to deal with the traces of chaos: I allow you to kill a lot in this regard, and you would rather kill a thousand by mistake than miss one. 】

[As for Leng Yuan... there is indeed something wrong with that continent, but you don't need to worry about it for a while, continue to arrange your people to stare there, those characters from Miska Continent want to form a team to explore, let them go, I After dealing with other things at hand and making enough preparations, I went back to explore the place: I had a general guess of what would be in that place. 】

【Yes...let me think...】

[According to the priority, I will recruit troops in Avalon first, fill up my legion as quickly as possible, and then expand to the remaining worlds in this star area. The top priority targets are those worlds with human colonies. 】

[After I have completely conquered this star area, I will pause temporarily to carry out a large-scale adjustment and political layout: superficial work is always done, I will establish a complete parliamentary system, and the world will There are councils of worlds, and sectors have councils of sectors, and councils of councils, plus the sons of my choice: let them chase eternity in a war of words. 】

[Anyway, when Terra asked, the highest government agency here is an elected parliament composed of most mortals and a small number of Astartes. For the benefit of the empire and their family, they will give full play to their wisdom and strengths in the parliament. 】

[As for whether their wisdom can defeat the wisdom from other worlds, and thus really bring benefits to his family: what does that have to do with me? 】

[After this, I will temporarily grant the power to conquer outside the star area to other people, such as Luthor and Marshall. I have already transferred Dantioch to Luthor's subordinates, and they get along pretty well. When the time comes Then hand over those Catachans and the newly formed auxiliary army to Luthor, give him the power to act cheaply, and see what answer he can give me. 】

[But before that, I have to perform a psionic surgery first, to see if I can make old Luthor alive again, maybe I can nourish his soul and make him rejuvenate in the spiritual realm. 】

[After completing these initial actions, I have probably spent about a year here?Then, I will take some of my descendants south to meet my brother Guilliman, who is known by others as an ambitious man. Although his five hundred worlds are still some distance away from us, who knows when We'll get in touch. 】

[After visiting the five hundred worlds, I will return to Avalon and continue my conquest and construction here. Maybe this time it will last for more than ten years, and I will recover hundreds of prosperous or desolate planets in one go , to complete the emperor's task for me: On the bright side, I don't intend to make my country too big, just keep about half of the size of the five hundred worlds. 】

【Then?Then there was a small disagreement. 】

[If Zhuang Sen can find Ran Dan's mother planet, then I will definitely lead my legion to respond to his call to complete the last massacre of Ran Dan, and go to Caliban to do some personal affairs by the way. 】

[And if Jonson doesn't find Randan's mother star as soon as possible, then I think I may be involved in another matter: The Emperor has recently put a lot of power into the exploration of the northeastern edge of the Milky Way. There is a lot of evidence on the surface, The Primarch of the Eighth Legion was there. 】

[I have a hunch that if the emperor really finds him, then he will definitely take me there. 】

[I don't know what kind of person this blood relative will be, but according to my past experience, there is a certain possibility that he...will be more independent? 】

[I don't know which unlucky guy will be assigned to guide the new blood relatives. 】

[Anyway, no matter what, these will be what I guess will happen in the next 20 years, and what I have to do is to complete them in an orderly manner. 】

[Then, let us start from the first step. 】

【Semiramis, when my exploration fleet finishes exploring this galaxy, I will hand over one of the worlds to your management. Your task is to build a school on it. 】

[Yes, school, we can't let those silver medalists who lost the Astartes do nothing, or be slaves, they have a better future to serve me. 】

[Governors, legal officers, technocrats, or lubricants in the parliament, they only need a certain amount of education and meticulous brainwashing, and they are always competent. 】

[Student?Believe me, my Semiramis, there will be no shortage of guys in every world who will do anything to climb up, not to mention besides them, don't we have a better choice? 】

【Hmm... Let me think about what else is important, oh yes, the name. 】

【It's just called... um...】

[Loyalty Academy, how is it? 】

(End of this chapter)