Warhammer: I don't want to be a stinky can! ! !

Chapter 296. 287. Guilliman wins, wins, wins
After the enthusiasm for eating the melonoids faded, Hades suddenly realized a terrible fact——

Mortarion had changed.

This is a kind of... indescribable change?Hades didn't know if this was what Mortarion was all about, or if he had sublimated himself during the fight with Konrad Curze.

Not only was Mortarion's madness and frightening sensitivity to the battlefield when he was fighting Konrad Koz...

...Is this what Mortarion looked like before?Wait... It seems that Mortarion did show this tendency at the Battle of Galaspar.

But not the same?
Most notably, when Hades finally emerged from the infirmary and returned to his office, he found that the number of documents he needed to approve had been greatly reduced.

Hades even took a second to conspiratorially wonder if he was going to be emptied, because there weren't any new files on his desk, and even the old ones disappeared.

Later, he found out that there were no legion affairs to be dealt with. Vaux and Gallo moved all the legion affairs to the legion chief's desk, while Mortarion approved the documents with a calm face (actually more like he was dead).

Seeing Hades coming, he just raised his eyes lightly, and then continued to write documents with a dead face.

Hades looked up and saw two newly hung photo frames in the Primarch's office. The blue and white envelopes and the gold and white envelopes were quietly displayed, which were incompatible with the gloomy style of the whole room.

Before that, Mortarion's room would have been nothing but the Death Guard banner.

Hades opened his mouth, Mortarion finally mad?He walked over and looked at the two letters carefully - he seemed to know where the limited letter paper in his treasure cabinet went.

"...Mortarion, is this?"

Mortarion didn't even look up.

【decorate. 】

Haha, Hades doesn't believe this anyway.

Hades turned his head, glanced at Mortarion who was still struggling with the immersive file, and then he quietly reached for the photo frame—

"Snapped!"

In an instant, a pen stabbed impressively against the wall. The high speed even made the body of the pen tremble slightly, and the sharp pen tip was only a few millimeters away from Hades' hand.

Hades took a breath, turned his head slowly, and saw Mortarion took out another pen from the pen holder, and continued to write the plan with his head down.

[You don't need to read these, Hades. 】

Hades retracted his hand silently,

"Ah...haha, ha...ha..."

Hades swallowed,

"Mortarion... If you have something on your mind, tell me in time, early detection and early treatment."

Mortarion looked up from the pile of documents, and looked at Hades calmly and resentfully. Hades suspected that the pile of documents was going to kill Mortarion successfully.

[If you really have nothing to do, then I don't mind letting you be responsible for some content. 】

Mortarion said quietly,

"Ah, I remembered that the foundry hall recently asked me for something, and the purchase price of the No. 3 screw was half the price——"

"Ahem, no, Mortarion, what's going on with the Moon Wolf? There's also the Night Lords and the Empire. I haven't received any news at all."

[Everything is smooth. 】

Mortarion said silently, and then he saw Hades stride away from the damned picture frame, across from his desk.

Hades looked at Mortarion with a serious and calm face,

"Tell me the details. The matter of Mortarion, Galo and Vox is not over with me. The surveillance video in that area, as well as the video recording of Vox's helmet, have been artificially deleted."

Under Mortarion's mask, there was a soft sigh, and he looked up at Hades calmly.

【Do you know what Jia Luo said to me at that time? 】

Hades was taken aback,
"what?"

【He wants me to be a qualified legion commander. 】

Mortarion said helplessly,
Mortarion watched Hades blankly, the expression on Hades's face changed from astonishment to an expression of being unable to hold back, and then Hades did not hold back, he started laughing, even tearing apart because of laughing too loudly. He had a wound, so he had to squat down and continue laughing.

Finally, Hades, who was trying to hold back his laughter, stood up,

"I understand Jia Luo, let me guess, did you want to take risks, and Jia Luo wanted to keep you? He was trying to provoke you?"

【He almost succeeded. 】

Mortarion said matter-of-factly.

Hades made a serious expression,

"You really should pay attention to internal affairs and foreign affairs. Gallo and Vox are under a lot of pressure, and the workload of other management is also heavy."

It's actually you, Hades, who have the most work.

Mortarion thought silently, but he said nothing.

Hades' enthusiasm has always been the highest one. He originally thought that Hades liked to manage the affairs of the legion. In fact, Hades did show it like this.

Mortarion was never a power-hungry tyrant, and he believed in Hades, so he naturally gave it all to Hades.

But now he realizes the stress behind the workload, and what's really going on inside him when he's faced with the uninteresting paperwork.

To a certain extent, Gallo was right.

Mortarion looked away silently, his eyes stayed on the blue and white envelope for a moment, then he took out a few documents from the file, handed them to Hades, changed the subject,

[Because I had another private chat with Koz, at least the personal grievances were resolved. 】

Mortarion said sarcastically,

[Moon Wolf looks relieved, and I never expected Horus to show that expression——]

[To be honest, if I hadn't communicated with him remotely in the channel and told him the result, God Shepherd would have immediately...give me a hug that dislocated my skeleton. 】

[He then contacted the Midnight Lords again, and I think the answer the Midnight Lords gave him was probably not bad, so he is now busy talking to that human civilization, and preparing to meet the people on Terra—then Side's answer is always fast. 】

Hades flicked through the files...

"Wait, negotiate a peace?"

[Yes, peace, when we confronted the midnight lords, Horus obviously didn't only care about one thing, he was very keen to eliminate as much trouble as possible, because he realized that the death guard was impossible The fact of cooperating with the Night Lords, so he contacted that human civilization without authorization...]

Mortarion said a little irritably,
[Horus chose to give that kingdom some preferential conditions to allow them to surrender voluntarily—this happened more than once or twice, the Shadow Moon Wolves often do this kind of thing. 】

Mortarion pulled out another stack of papers, which Hades recognized as the documents Mortarion had been reading in the ward.

[There is no tithe in the first tax season, and a 10% tithe will be charged in the second tax season. Every quarter, the tax will be increased by 20% until the full tax is collected. 】

Hades carefully looked at the terms of the document. In addition, the document also marked the benefits given by the empire——

At the same time, open the empire's borders to the civilization and obtain the right to connect to the foundry world...

Hades spoke softly,
"He's portraying it as a ... more of a partnership-like thing, with taxes like membership dues and a lot of autonomy."

... Horus puts some kind of ... moderate packaging on his language.

In fact, except for those civilizations that do not conform to the truth of the empire, the autonomy given by the empire itself is extremely great-because the empire cannot control it at all, but generally in the signed documents, the various powers are actually set very rigidly. At first glance, the planet doesn't have much autonomy at all.

It stands to reason that this should be the case, but unfortunately, apart from the tax department, the empire has not established other effective institutions.

Mortarion nodded.

[The document Horus gave the Death Guard is also asking us whether we agree to this method-because if the tax cannot be collected immediately, this kind of recovery cannot be called "glory and glory". 】

"The Death Guard don't care about that."

Hades said softly,

[Yes,] Mortarion laughed, [We don't care. 】

He says,

[It depends on whether the Wolf God can completely convince the opponent. As far as I know, they are still negotiating. Horus even exposed the positions of the three legions—in order to make the opponent realize that they have no chance of winning. 】

"It's a little risky."

Hades commented,

Mortarion spoke indifferently,
[The closest to this civilization is the Legion of the Night Lords, the Eighth Legion is also the farthest from Mandeville Point, followed by the Luna Wolves, and finally the Death Guard. I even expect this civilization to have the necessary spirit of resistance . 】

...For a moment, Hades thought in his heart, it is not impossible.

It's just using a legion as a bait... If it were another legion, Hades might still advocate reducing the casualty rate as much as possible, but the Night Lord?Forget it anyway.

In the middle and late stages of the Great Crusade, the Night Lords' soldiers were all criminals and scum, and Sevtar was a rare mutant bat.

Not to mention that Conrad Koz is still a lunatic.

And...if this is the case, Horus's rash action this time becomes... worth pondering.

Although Mortarion has already punished Konrad Curze on a personal level, Hades still needs to ensure that... after this, and even in the future, the Night Lords will not cause substantial damage to the Death Guard the threat of...

"What did the people from the empire say?"

[Civil war is prohibited, propaganda is prohibited, and all records are erased. 】

Mortarion's tone softened.
[Perhaps I should have realized this earlier, Conrad Kotz, my "brother", he has already committed many crimes, Horus said, according to "rumors", long before us, he had been with Magnus, Guilliman, Donne, and Fulgrim have all had conflicts. 】

[Of course, I still sincerely hope that during the conflict between him and Magnus, the two disappeared together. 】

Mortarion's cold humor, Hades smiled,

"That's all the empire said?"

【and also,】

said Mortarion, staring at Hades,
[They want you not to move, not to jump into subspace. 】

Hades's smile froze, he really felt something was wrong... But since he couldn't release the black domain on a large scale, he still can't be sure what the golden psionic energy has become now.

Mortarion said slowly,

【them……】

[They may take you away, Lord of the Silent Order. 】

Mortarion was silent, he stopped speaking, and for a moment, Hades even saw unwillingness, remorse, and even careful temptation in Mortarion's eyes.

【What do you think, Hades? 】

After a moment of silence, Mortarion suddenly spoke,
【I know, maybe compared with the Death Guard, the Silent Order is more suitable for your physique. You see, you chose to stay in the Death Guard, but...the Death Guard didn't give you what you wanted, did you? ? 】

【that power?Corresponding to this is an even more desperate responsibility, and your friendship with Barbarus has also faded after the legion recruited recruits from other planets...]

[And... there is also this matter, and the cooperation with the Iron Warriors. 】

Mortarion's eyes are dodging, he is staring at the two letters behind Hades?

[Leaving the death guard is not a bad thing for your promotion in the empire. Compared with being in the second-in-command position in the legion, you will gain more power and glory—rather than worrying about the material and political status of the legion. 】

【so,】

Mortarion was still talking,

[If you choose to leave the Death Guard, I understand your behavior and have no dissatisfaction or objection to it. 】

Mortarion's erratic eyes suddenly shifted back again, and he stared at Hades carefully,
[Really, Hades. 】

Hades didn't know whether he should be shocked that Mortarion could say so much in one breath, or should be shocked by the content of Mortarion's words.

It seemed... Mortarion was guilty of him?

A thought suddenly came to Hades' mind, with a little evil taste.

Mortarion looked at Hades, glad that he could show him Curze's apology - but that still didn't erase the fact, it was what it was, and it made Mortarion sad.

He watched Hades... Hades laughed?

"You want to drive me away, Mortarion?"

There was a rumble in Mortarion's head, he hadn't expected Hades' reaction to be this way.

It shouldn't be this sentence.

【……no. 】

"Not what?"

Hades waited for the answer in an orderly manner. By the way, he continued to flip through the documents on Mortarion's desk casually, in order to continue to understand the current situation of the Legion.

【I don't mean that. You are still an irreplaceable and important figure to the Death Guard. You have extremely high authority within the legion. Whether you are a recruit or a veteran, the Death Guard doesn't want you to leave. If you leave, the Death Guard It will be a heavy blow. 】

After dealing with the lethal documents, Mortarion also learned to be bureaucratic, Hades sighed silently.

"Then why do you want me to leave?"

Hades mentioned it casually, and continued to hit real injuries and critical strikes,
【...I don't want you to leave. 】

"That's it."

Hades classified the files in his hands again,

"It still depends on Terra's arrangement... My physique is indeed more distressing to me, but at least I don't want to leave the Death Guard, otherwise my work for so many years will be in vain."

"I threw away all my hard work for so many years?"

Mortarion immediately said seriously,
【No matter what, you will always be the one with the highest command of the Death Guard...】

Then Mortarion choked, as if with the consciousness of seeing death as home,
[…even if the Empire sent you to the Ultramarines. 】

...?
what?
"Why should I go to Ultramarines?"

Before Hades finished speaking, he suddenly realized something, he turned his head suddenly, and saw the blue envelope——

He immediately reached for the letter.

Realizing what Hades was going to do, Mortarion also stood up in horror, and the Lord of Death burst out at an astonishing speed of ten or even nine points, rushing to grab the letter that Hades had already held, and was about to The opened letter—

The winner was Mortarion, and Hades went to the infirmary once again.

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small theater:
Jia Luo silently looked at the Ultramarine Blue in Mortarion's office...

Hopeless.

For the first time, the veteran experienced this cruel fact deeply.

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