Emperor's Bane

Chapter 751 An unexpected surprise
＋Sometimes, I wonder. ＋
＋Wasn't it too risky to give her all that power? ＋
To the most powerful spirits in the galaxy, traveling from one end of a Glorious Queen to the other is a short voyage that takes only the blink of an eye.

Even though she only inherited a tiny bit of the remaining brilliance from the original body, for Lucy, the city of Avalon before her, which was carefully built by Morgan over a hundred years and with all the financial resources of the entire Far East frontier, is still a free place where she can come and go as she pleases.

Whether it was the Spider Queen's secret influence that had already penetrated every corner, or the Dawnbreakers' secret outposts and passages that stretched in all directions, they were all clearly visible in front of her: she calculated the almost impossible time difference between the night patrol teams that no one cared about, just because the Emperor's projection wanted a moment of peace.

She needs space and time to ask and answer her own questions in her own world.

+ Strength, wisdom, curiosity about everything, and a clear understanding of one's own goals: you only need to master one of them to gain a foothold in this galaxy, but I let her dabble in all areas, and she has achieved something in all of them. +
There is a voice rippling in my heart, but I can’t tell whether it is a sigh or pride.

+ I used Magnus as a model, gave her the power to survive, and ensured that she would be weaker than Magnus: but my pitiful son failed to discover even a tenth of his full talent, burning priceless essence in exchange for temporary dregs. +
Lucy shook her head.

+ His mistake on Nikaea seemed to show his endless power, but in fact it ruined his future: not to mention his shattered soul, his body alone had been distorted by the warp and was so dirty that even I couldn't use it. +
＋This is ridiculous. ＋
She raised her arm and looked past the seemingly smooth skin: she saw the jumble of muscles beneath it. No order or logic. Just a bunch of discarded objects tied together with silk thread.

+Even my pathetic offspring, whose name needed to be erased, left a body purer than Magnus's: a little self-mutilation and transformation, far less taint than the taint that permeated the Warp. +
+Magnus is dead. +
＋Even I can't imagine what use he will have to me next. ＋
The most ruthless verdict can only be made by the most ruthless side of the emperor.

＋Except for the little essence of the Primarch in the deepest part of his soul that has not been completely devoured by the warp, I can't think of any part of him that can be used: but at the same time, I can understand it, and those guys can't fail to understand it. ＋
+Are they just going to let such a precious cargo go to waste? +
+Or do they already have a better target than Magnus? +

Thinking of this, the Emperor couldn't help but think of his only daughter: Although Morgan's initial power was far inferior to Magnus', after a hundred years of increase and decrease, her power was indeed worthy of the gods' covetousness.

But more importantly, it was the essence of Morgan's soul, a power that not even the Emperor could grasp: otherwise, he would not have given up his only daughter and treated her as a unique experimental subject.

But now that I think about it, the essence of the Spider Queen is indeed more important: that was the "Spark" that the Emperor had used all means to snatch in the depths of the Warp. Only Morgan and the lost Primarch could use their souls to contain this powerful force.

Now that the Lost One is dead and his share of the Fire has returned to the Emperor, it seems that the only one left is Morgan, and this is why Lucy came to Avalon: not only for her own exile, but also to place a guard by the Spider Queen's side.

He knew that the Four Gods coveted the dignity of [Spark]. At least the Prince of Pleasure in the Silver Palace unabashedly desired it: the Lord of Mankind's victory over Slaanesh was a thorough defensive counterattack, caused by the newly born God of Pleasure wanting to directly take away the Spark that the Emperor himself carried.

He failed: and His gaze turned once more to the Emperor's Daughter.

His desire for revenge on the Emperor, his greed for power, and his obsession with completely taking possession of the Lord of Mankind's soul, the only one in the galaxy, were all transferred to his daughter.

This was all part of the Emperor's plan.

From the beginning, he knew that Morgan could not escape the gaze of lust, so he was willing to give her more elements to keep the Prince of Pleasure's eyes firmly glued here: then, the greed unique to the Lord of Mankind came into play.

He began to think and try: Could he give this daughter who was destined to be abandoned more power so that more gods would focus their attention on her, thereby preventing other creations from being polluted and reigniting the endless fight between the gods?

It's not impossible.

The Emperor knew the Four, and knew their hatred and jealousy for one another: even if they conspired to divide the Primarch, they would never tolerate their brothers getting more, and [one for each] was the most likely answer.

So the planning began.

Just as he gave Morgan a power weaker than Magnus, the Emperor also gave his daughter wisdom, but she was not as pure-minded as Chagatai Khan and could not always see clearly.

He gave Morgan firmness, but this firmness was far less than Rogal Dorn: the Spider Queen was destined to be unable to have the mentality of delving into the same thing to the end. She would not be the most outstanding figure among the Primarchs in any field, but she would not be the unknown one either.

Later on: slightly inferior political management ability than Guilliman, a level lower in charisma than Sanguinius, a level weaker in battle command than Jonson, a degraded logical thinking compared to Perturabo, and a communication ability that seems like a counterfeit of Horus...

His only daughter was like a kaleidoscope, filled with countless [specialties] that could arouse the interest of those four subspace bastards, enough to attract their attention to one place: In this case, the conflict between the gods would reappear, and this was an outright conspiracy.

The four gods certainly knew it well: but they also saw that they didn't care. Greed was the weakness of all the creatures in the subspace. No matter which god it was, they would definitely want to have another Primarch in their hands, and the fight between them was foreseeable.

But this is not the fundamental reason: what is truly worthy of the attention of the gods of the Warp, and even the fire in Morgan's soul, is a great tonic even for the Four Gods, and a sharp weapon that can break the balance in the Great Game: as long as Morgan still has this thing in her arms, there is no need to worry that the Four Gods will not fight each other.

On the other hand, the fire was of little use to the Emperor, for he was afraid of sinking too deeply into the Warp: and this was what the Lord of Mankind feared most, so much so that the Four Gods chose to give up and put their plans on hold in the face of his, and join forces to plot his expedition and great cause.

To avoid this, giving up a Primarch was a sacrifice worthy of consideration.

He really didn't expect that he would be betrayed at the first step of his plan, and all his plans were overturned at once: and the bait in Morgan's plan actually became a force that he had to pay attention to now by relying on his flashy and unrealistic bad cards.

To be honest, even though he hadn't fully thought out how to use his only daughter in the future when he stuffed all those seemingly gorgeous but actually messy and unrefined things into Morgan's genetic sequence, Morgan's current development path had completely broken through the Emperor's original blueprint.

But it doesn’t matter: there are many people and things that deviate from his predictions, so this one is not a big deal.

Compared to the possible threats Morgan might pose in the future in the Warp, the Emperor felt that he needed to pay more attention to the present: compared to the ups and downs in the Sea of ​​Souls, it was more likely that his filial daughter would do something big for him in the real universe.

Magnus is a good example.

not to mention……

After dodging three times, the Lord of Mankind, who was standing firmly just a corner away from Morgan's throne room, finally chose to lower his head and take a good look at this strong-brained cat that was almost the same size as him.

You know, Lucy's physique is that of a typical girl of twelve or thirteen years old. It would be very scary if a cat as big as her: this strong-brained cat in front of him, which is said to have been taken care of by the Spider Queen for a full hundred years, is not only much larger than its kind, but the psychic aura on its body makes the emperor frown.

This was the Warp: he could vaguely smell a sickening stench of decay.

But beyond that, Morgan’s own influence seems to be even deeper?
Or maybe his daring daughter also...

At this moment, the Emperor thought of the Star Maids who were entrenched around Morgan and were called daughters by the Primarch: To be honest, if Morgan was not a Primarch and had been deliberately controlling their numbers, the Emperor would have already brought down a punishment like the Perfect City.

This was crossing a red line. No matter what means the Spider Queen used, the state her Star Maids ultimately displayed was no different from that of the abominable intelligence: if it were not for Morgan's psychic influence, they would not have any sense of belonging to humans at all.

And their abilities are enough to cause a military disaster at the star sector level.

But what really matters is the Spider Queen's means behind this: The Emperor does not actually care about the power of the Star Maid, what he cares about is how far his only daughter has gone on this path of [body transformation integrating subspace elements]?
This is a problem big enough to cause a Primarch and her Legion to disappear.

Moreover, this no longer seems to be a subjective issue for Morgan.

Lucy stroked the cat in her arms: she didn't hug the creature, because the strong-brained cat was too big. Lucy just grabbed its head and two forearms, and its entire hind half was dragged on the ground. The man and the cat moved forward in an extremely awkward posture.

The cat is the problem.

The Emperor was certain that his daughter had made no changes to the pet cat, allowing the laws of life to be fulfilled: but the creature eventually changed, and its [Rejuvenation] and [Wisdom Enlightenment] were not simple Warp abilities.

Considering that creatures like the Strong Brain Cat always like to find a powerful psychic as their keeper, and will instinctively become more and more like their keeper as they spend time with their owner, this is most likely Morgan's secret influence.

The Primarch just sat there, unintentionally emitting her own warp energy, which could bring dying life back to life and spark wisdom in the minds of beasts: and she herself did not even notice all this, which meant that she could not stop this evolution subjectively.

what does this mean?
This is the case with pets only. Then, in the concept of the subspace, what about those beings that are closer to the Spider Queen?

Her offspring? Her territory? Her ships and kingdom?

After hundreds of years of immersion, how will they be affected by Morgan, this powerful subspace energy source?
Again.

Magnus’s example is not far away.

And Magnus alone is enough to have such a huge impact on the empire.

If the entire Far Eastern frontier...

Lucy's eyeshadow was a little heavier.

She took a step forward and swaggered towards the Spider Queen's living room, ignoring the Dawnbreakers who walked past her: those who looked more immature seemed to want to stop her and ask something, but were quickly pulled aside by the old man next to them.

"Don't waste your energy." The old soldier lowered his voice.

"That's another daughter of the Primarch."

"again?"

The recruit turned his head and looked.

"Yes, it is said that he is particularly favored."

The veteran nodded.

"Rumor has it: She is so favored that the other star maids are dissatisfied with her."

"really interesting."

The recruit smiled.

"I thought I only saw this kind of scenario between the Primarchs and the Emperor?"

"Who knows?"

The old soldier muttered.

"Perhaps the mother considers her daughters as her own Primarchs?"

"Then what is she going to do?"

"Choose a warmaster from among your daughters, and then return to Avalon to live in seclusion?"

"Absolutely impossible."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because Avalon's gravity is too high to support our mother's sweet tooth."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The laughter gradually faded away and disappeared completely from Lucy's perception. After a few seconds, she walked to the door of the Primarch.

Naturally there are people guarding here.

＋Rana. ＋
Lucy raised a brow.

＋What are you doing here? ＋

"Ah...nothing."

The Spider Queen's most trusted chief of guards was seen sitting in a corner, the chair under his buttocks had obviously just been dragged over: in his hand was a lunch box, which was still warm. Both the presentation and the dishes were very good, and the Dawnbreaker was eating with relish.

+Did you order a midnight snack? +
"Um……"

Lana was a little confused. He was not familiar with the little girl in front of him, but this youngest star maid always gave the Terra veteran an inexplicable sense of oppression: as if lying in front of her was a fatal mistake.

"Actually: The primarch made too much dinner tonight."

＋Really? ＋

Lucy smiled.

＋After cooking so many meals, how could you make such an elementary mistake? ＋
"..."

Lana was silent.

Although he had heard rumors that the youngest daughter was particularly favored, wasn't it a little strange for her to be so arrogant?

"Do you want to go in?"

＋Open the door.＋
The chief guard said nothing: he was well aware that the atmosphere inside the gate was actually very subtle.

"Good luck."

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+I don't need luck. +
＋What I need is a midnight snack. ＋
【…】

Morgan could never have imagined that this old bastard could stand in front of her so calmly, and...

【night snack?】

The Primarch was certain that her tone was a powder keg ready to explode: but the Lord of Mankind showed no reaction.

+ Of course. +
+Your reputation as a glutton has spread from Macragge to the Eye of Terror. Don't you have any food prepared in your room? +
【…】

Morgan was silent for a long moment.

Then, laughed.

[Yes...indeed.]

She pointed to the fridge in the corner.

But you have to do it yourself.

Lucy didn't answer. She seemed to mutter something softly, and then under the Spider Queen's half-smiley gaze, she opened the unreasonably large refrigerator.

+Do you use it to store food? +

【No. 】

The Primarch smiled brightly.

【I use it to store...food ingredients.】

+...+
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In the snow, I watched the neatly arranged, bright red, delicious boxes of livers, organs, kidneys, and stomachs...

For the first time tonight, the Lord of Mankind fell into a long silence.

(End of this chapter)