Warhammer: Beginning with Planetary Governors

Chapter 542: Savior: Wow, what a powerful psychic power!

Ron sat in the luxurious dark gold hovercraft and rushed all the way to the throne palace.

Afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up.

He read the post again, trying to analyze the reasons for this incident, and more importantly, to know what the emperor was thinking.

Why did he suddenly post a message to condemn the Ultimate Primarch Guilliman? Was it just a simple foul-mouthed joke after his split personality, or was he really condemning the Primarch and his son?
Finally Ron came to the conclusion:

“Of course this is due to his personality changes, but the emperor has probably been holding back his anger for a long time.

After the recent real-life activities, I thought about meeting Lao Ji offline to let him feel the fatherly love. "

The trigger of the incident was most likely a series of measures taken by the Ultimate Primarch Guilliman after the Horus Heresy, including the classic toilet paper "Codex Astartes".

After the end of the Horus Heresy, the Empire had almost eliminated the main force of the rebellion, and this was the time when unity was needed.

Furthermore, this Heresy War had proven the loyalty of the Loyalist Primarchs and Space Marines.

But Guilliman was afraid that the same thing would happen again, so he summoned the other Primarchs and announced the dissolution of the Legion, breaking it up into smaller chapters.

This is equivalent to destroying the legionary combat capability of the Empire's genetically modified warriors, and the combat effectiveness of the Empire's strongest armed force has been greatly weakened.

This is also one of the reasons why the empire had such a hard time facing war later on. It was like cutting itself in the foot after the civil strife.

There is no comparison with the Great Expedition.

Of course, Guilliman had his reasons for doing so.

The rebellion of the Fallen Primarchs and the Space Marines caused the war to spread from the edge of the galaxy to the heart of the Imperium. Most of the Imperium was destroyed, and the humans on Holy Terra suffered heavy casualties in the fighting between the two sides, with only billions left.

All this led to a strong distrust of the Primarchs and the Space Marines in all aspects of the Imperium.

After all, Horus and the Luna Wolves were once models of the Empire. They both betrayed. Who believes that the remaining Primarchs and Space Marines will not betray?
In this situation, Guilliman had no choice but to compromise and reduce the threat by disintegrating the legion in order to gain trust.

When he replied to the post, he also made an analysis:

"I once thought it was the right thing to do. I followed the Emperor's will and allowed Man to govern Man's affairs.

There was another more important consideration at the time. I did not want to allow a group of Space Marines to rule a large part of the Empire.

Although this takes the power of rule away from potential tyrants, it makes the Space Marines themselves tyrants, which has no benefit.

If the Ultramarines remained masters of the Five Hundred Worlds, that could only open a potential path to corruption, allowing Ultramar's existence to serve as an excuse for the creation of a thousand smaller empires.

I also don't think other Space Marine groups will be able to replicate our homeworld. There will always be inferior lords among the Space Marines, and the possibility of gaining a new Ultramar is not high.

It is more likely to produce a cruel and bloody regime.”

Guilliman's meaning is very clear, that is, except for me and the Ultramarines, everyone here is rubbish when it comes to managing territory.

He felt that other Space Marine groups were incapable of managing the Empire's borders, and that it would be better for them to disband and give up power.

This led to a further split among the remaining loyal Primarchs, creating Codex and Anti-Codex factions, and nearly sparked a new struggle.

Fortunately, the holy book was finally enforced.

Of course, in Guilliman's view, that was just a preliminary adjustment to resolve the current crisis of confidence.

In the future, we will continue to optimize and reorganize according to the trend of the empire.

If he can continue to optimize, there may be a good result.

But who could have thought that not long after, Guilliman would board the Fallen Phoenix and break into its lair, where he was stabbed with a sword and put into the ICU for ten thousand years.

After that, the situation in the entire empire got out of control. More large-scale wars broke out, but the imperial army had no legions to deal with them.

The only way is to fight with a large number of lives.

More loyal Space Marines did not gain much trust as a result and were still suspected by humans. During the Atonement Crusade, they were sent into the Eye of Terror in batches.

It is equivalent to delivering food and combat power to the Chaos Gang.

What Guilliman didn't expect was that one of his biggest reasons for disbanding the Legion - letting humans manage humans - did not produce very good results.

Even a mess.

Those humans had greater ambitions and found it more difficult to restrain their desires. After gaining imperial power, they launched rounds of struggle.

Moreover, due to the lack of a unified leader, the empire became a loose sand and moved further towards the abyss.

On the contrary, the areas of the Empire managed by the Space Marines maintained a good state of order and military force.

Able to deal with the incoming human enemies and avoid being overwhelmed.

Even the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar are basically managed by the Ultramarines, and there is not much so-called human management of human.

Guilliman himself was over-worshipped and deified.

It can be said that his reform was a failure among failures.

It is estimated that Guilliman, who woke up later, also figured it out. The Human Empire needs a strong leader to lead it out of the predicament, just like the Emperor did.

Moreover, high-level Space Marines are more self-disciplined, have stronger beliefs and can restrain their desires than simple humans, and may be better able to serve as managers of the Empire's territory.

Therefore, after waking up, he seized power and became the regent, and even restored the Extreme Marines into a legion in a semi-public manner.

It can be considered as redeeming the previous mistakes.

From Guilliman's perspective, there was nothing wrong with this.

He thought I was just making an emergency adjustment at the beginning, but who knew that after I fell into a coma, those guys didn't optimize at all and just carried out the execution rigidly for ten thousand years?
Fortunately, I woke up in time, turned the tide, and saved the empire from darkness. I was the empire's hope in despair.

Who among the Primarchs could do it better than me?

In short, Guilliman felt that he was the MVP among the Empire and the Primarch, carrying the game in 13.0. Without him, the Empire would have been finished long ago.

Now suddenly a so-called "Roman Prodigal Son" comes out and says that after the settlement, I was 0-3 and scored 3.0, and that I am just a rookie, and asks me to find my own problems?

They also criticized him for delaying the opportunity to defend Holy Terra. Was he just a casual winner in the Horus Heresy?

Then it was my fault that Curze came to Macragge to assassinate me; it was my fault that my teammates were killed in the Horus Heresy; it was also my fault that I led more than 3,000 warships back to Holy Terra to support her, and encountered 6,000 Vengeful Spirits in the Warp on the way?
And why do I want to duel with the Fallen Phoenix? Is it because I want to duel with him? If I don’t go to the Empire, who else can go?

Is that my problem too?
Guilliman felt quite aggrieved. Why did everyone care so much about whether he had fought the final battle? If one only looked at these, it would simply alienate his role in the Great Rebellion!

If he hadn't been outside stabilizing the situation in the galaxy, the empire would probably have suffered more trauma.

What's more, he later led his troops back to Holy Terra to rescue the post-war situation.

So Guilliman angrily rebuked the "Roman Prodigal Son" and even challenged him to a duel between men.

But from the Emperor's perspective, the ultimate Primarch, Guilliman, is another person in another way.

During the Horus Heresy, when the Emperor was struggling to hold on to the Golden Throne, Guilliman and his brothers established the Second Empire in Ultramar, acting as if their father was dead and the Empire was now dependent on them.

A small celebration was also held.

Later, knowing that the Emperor was not dead, the Second Empire was quickly disbanded, and Guilliman quickly sent troops to support Holy Terra with great momentum.

However, the siege of Terra was going on, the Emperor was waiting anxiously, but the reinforcements did not arrive, and that guy was always on the way.

Guilliman later explained that his reinforcement fleet had problems in the Warp and encountered a wall of enchantment and many Vengeful Spirits, so they did not arrive in time.

That's also something that can't be helped.

But the Emperor is a rather strict person, he only looks at the results. No matter from which angle you look at it, Guilliman's behavior is a manifestation of delaying the opportunity to fight.

In particular, the establishment of the Second Empire took a lot of time.

Guilliman's performance afterwards made him even more angry. After the rebellion, a strong leader should have come to clean up the situation and lead the empire.

Then recover lost territory and restore and rebuild.

Even he himself retired and handed over power only after the Great Crusade, when everything was stable and the empire was thriving.

As for Guilliman, the crisis wasn't over yet and there was a lot of mess, but he just disbanded the legion.

Neither his ability to lead nor his ability to judge the situation is very good.

Too conservative.

If Guilliman can handle the corresponding affairs after disbanding the legion, he can restore and rebuild the empire.

That's not bad.

However, this Primarch's son did not do so. Instead, he was defeated in the battle with the Fallen Son Fulgrim, was severely injured and dragged back, and fell unconscious in the Stasis Throne.

One sleep lasts for ten thousand years.

What’s the difference between giving up halfway?
In the Emperor's view, this meant that he had fallen into a trap and lost the fight with his fallen son.

That's the dish.

Abandoning the task halfway is even more unforgivable.

But he didn't expect that Guilliman not only refused to accept the criticism, but also dared to curse his own father and even threatened to fight with him.

Don't let yourself cry or kneel down and beg for mercy when the time comes.

How could the emperor tolerate this? He had to teach the other party a lesson offline.
Ron could probably analyze the thoughts of both parties from a third-party perspective.

He made no comment on all this.

Neither the Emperor nor Old Ki is wrong. It's this fucked up galaxy and the Chaos Gods that are wrong.

Moreover, he had no reason to stop his father from teaching his son a lesson.

What's more, Lao Ji was indeed careless. He did not see the other party's true identity and even challenged him to a fight, wanting to smash his own father's head.

Fortunately, the emperor’s personality has become much more harmonious now, and he is not as cold and ruthless as before, otherwise Lao Ji would have been in trouble.

This time, Lao Ji’s life shouldn’t be in danger, but he can’t escape a beating like that of a belt dipped in iodine.

What Ron didn't know was that the reason why the Emperor was a little angry was related to him, the savior.

Everything the Savior did was in stark contrast to the Primarch's children.

Not only did he forcefully seize power in the empire and suppress all the major forces, he also reorganized the situation in the empire. He was so enterprising and ambitious.

It completely meets the standards he has for a successor, which makes it seem that the original body's own children are not good enough.

The Emperor sometimes wondered if it would be better if the Savior led the Imperium after the Horus Heresy instead of Guilliman, that overly conservative guy.

Or the ending would be very different.

Human beings would not fall into such a situation.

"There shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Ron sighed slightly. Having said that, he was still a little worried.

Soon, the outline of the throne palace appeared before their eyes, and the luxurious car sped up and rushed in.

……

The black throne hall. The throne shone with golden light, and the glow continued to spread around, adding a touch of holiness to the cold mechanical hall.

The Emperor's clone rarely stood up from the throne and moved his body.

There was even a hint of anger between his brows.

But after sensing the arrival of the White Scars and the Ultimate Primarchs, the Emperor sat back on his throne and returned to his normal self.

Guilliman followed the Khan into the throne room.

As he got closer to the father, he couldn't help but become more nervous, wondering how to explain to him why the Emperor's Sword was lost.

"Father!"

The moment he saw the Emperor, Guilliman's knees weakened and he half-knelt down.

When Ron rushed to the door of the hall, he saw this scene: After Old Ji knelt down, his head almost dropped to the ground, looking as if he was admitting his mistakes and repenting.

He nodded and said, "Lao Ji is a very perceptive guy. Maybe he knows something and knows how to admit his mistakes.

I guess the Emperor won’t do anything to him.”

As we all know, when parents beat their rebellious children, it is usually not because of the mistakes they made, but because of their attitude after making the mistakes.

If you can admit your mistakes in time, cry bitterly, and express your deepest regret, you will most likely be let off lightly, or at least not be beaten so hard.

But if you are stubborn, you will be hung up and beaten.

However, the next moment, he saw Guilliman standing up, looking beaming with joy.

Looks a bit underwhelming.

"Father, it turns out that you were the one who took the Emperor's Sword. I thought the Holy Sword was stolen by a heretic alien and I searched for it for a long time."

After Guilliman bowed, he was about to admit his mistake and ask for help from the Emperor, the father.

But he soon sensed the aura of the Emperor's Sword and smelled the familiar scent of holy oil. When he looked up, he was surprised to see the Emperor's Sword right next to the throne.

The anxiety of the past few days was gone, and he stood up excitedly.

The former imperial regent resumed his usual dignified demeanor and was about to explain the situation to the emperor:
"Father, Brother Ron will need this holy sword for the ceremony. He may come to your place to take it temporarily."

Now that my father has returned to the galaxy, this sword no longer belongs to him, the Ultimate Primarch.

However, the Emperor did not respond to Guilliman's words and rose from his throne.

He walked down the stairs, his momentum growing stronger: "I heard that you are better at war than I am, and understand the situation of the empire better?"

"Fuck, the Emperor is starting to warm up..."

Ron watched this scene and held his breath: "No, the old man has already warmed up and pulled out his belt!"

He mourned for Lao Ji in his heart. It seemed that he couldn't escape the beating.

Facing the Emperor approaching step by step, Guilliman could not help but take two steps back.

He suddenly realized something and was shocked.

The Ultimate Primarch vaguely guessed who the Roman Prodigal Son and the Eagle Racing Lover on the anonymous forum were.

There was a hint of fear in his eyes, and he turned to look at the White Scar Primarch, wanting to confirm this matter.

"Brother... take care!"

Khan controlled his emotions, took a deep breath, and nodded heavily with a sad expression.

At the same time, he was still retreating, as if he was worried that the brother's blood would splash on him.

Although there were battles between Primarchs, it was quite rare for the Emperor to beat up a Primarch.

After confirming this, Guilliman closed his eyes in despair.

He began to recall what he had said to his father on the forum, calling him a crybaby and a green-skinned person with an uncivilized brain?

It is better to let the other party fight you like a man instead of kneeling down and begging for mercy.

"Maru spicy!"

At this moment, Guilliman had only this thought in his mind.

The terrible psychological shadow left by the emperor and his father reappeared in his heart, making him tremble all over.

"Father...that was a misunderstanding."

Guilliman fell to his knees decisively, his voice hoarse.

He didn't have the courage to have a manly duel with his father, no matter which Primarch it was.

Even Horus, after being corrupted by Chaos, was not so natural when facing the Emperor.

But it was too late.

bang——

A dazzling psychic light burst out, and the Emperor's muscles bulged in the holy light as if they were made of pure gold.

He became increasingly angry at Guilliman's cowardly behavior:
"If you are still my son, don't kneel there and beg for mercy like a cowardly fart.

Didn't you say you wanted to have a man-to-man duel with me? Is this the only courage a former regent of the empire has, or have you not made any progress in these ten thousand years?

Just like before, I disbanded my legion out of fear and incompetence.

Stand up and punch me!"

Guilliman slowly raised his head and stood up, his eyes red.

He was also venting his emotions:

“Father, even though you look down on me and no matter what I do I can never live up to your standards, I have done my best for the empire.

But you never saw it, even a little bit!"

The Ultimate Primarch regained his momentum, a cloud of dust erupted from beneath him, and he suddenly rushed towards the Emperor, punching with all his strength...!
bang——

The Emperor took Guilliman's fist and smiled slightly: "At least now, you still have a little courage, my son."

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden phantom flashed and Guilliman flew out with a distorted face as if he was hit by a sledgehammer.

Ron only saw Guilliman flying past him not far away and slamming heavily onto the steel ground.

He had only one thought in his mind:
"What a powerful psychic force! It turns out that the Emperor has been holding back on me!"

The Khan's eyes were a little moist. Guilliman's words triggered the thoughts in his heart, or every Primarch had such thoughts in his heart.

That is to get the approval of that strict father, but the other party has never done so.

But he quickly wiped away the tears from his eyes. There is not so much empathy between people:

"Fortunately, I am different from Guilliman. My father praised me not long ago. I will show that guy the virtual image of that time. He will be so envious."

Khan caught a glimpse of the savior's furtive movements and was a little surprised: "You recorded the virtual projection?"

"Aren't you recording too?"

Ron disagreed. Such precious black history of the original body must be preserved.

What's more, judging from the current situation, a duel between men, communication and emotional release between the father and son seems to be more conducive to their relationship.

It's not good to keep some things in your heart.

However, soon, Guilliman's screams were heard. The guy was being beaten so badly that he screamed and every punch hit his flesh.

Ron's heart trembled.

This is not a duel between men, but Lao Ji is being beaten unilaterally!

Seeing that the old Emperor was getting excited about beating, the Savior and the White Scar Primarch looked at each other and moved away tacitly.

To avoid being accidentally injured.

The Emperor unilaterally pinned Guilliman to the ground, but the Ultimate Primarch also punched him a few times during the fight, making his eyes red.

This made the White Scar Primarch envious.

Being able to hit the supreme emperor, your father, a few times in a duel may be an indescribable honor.

Damn that guy Guilliman!

As the beating continued, the father and son began to reveal more of their true feelings to each other, and even cursed at each other.

The beating became even more severe.

Gradually, the Emperor seemed to be tired of fighting and stopped the duel between men:

"Son, you finally told me some truth.

I may be a little strict with you, but that's because I have higher expectations of you. Humanity needs a stronger you to protect it.

But I also admit that I neglected your feelings in the past, and I apologize now."

The emperor, who had once been willful and ruthless in commanding everything, apologized to his son.

That's not an easy thing to do.

He looked at Guilliman, his eyes full of expectation:

"From now on, the empire will be handed over to you. I believe you can fulfill your responsibilities and do better than I can..."

These words were not only spoken to Guilliman, but also to the savior and Khan present.

That is a trust of responsibility.

I hope they can unite and help the savior rule the empire and lead humanity to prosperity.

The Emperor returned to the throne and sat down, looking a little tired. Such a battle was also a burden for him.

His figure even revealed a hint of old age.

The Emperor and Lord of Mankind also realized that his era had come to an end, and it was time to step down from some of his responsibilities and hand over the human empire and the galaxy to these young people.

He only needs to sit on the throne and watch all this change and see humanity prosper.

He waved his hand, as if to drive him away: "I need to rest. Take Robert to the treatment. I know you have arranged for the treatment staff to wait outside."

On the floor of the throne room.

Guilliman lay there gasping for breath. He no longer had the strength to get up, and his face was swollen like a pig's head.

Tears even fell from the corners of his eyes.

But he is laughing.

(End of this chapter)