Warhammer: Emperor's Ravenbringer

Chapter 110 The End of the Gods

"Those things that wander in the eternal void?" The Emperor frowned.

Ao nodded.

"The heavens are vast and boundless, without beginning or end, and there are countless universes."

"Each universe is born from nothingness, and at the end of the universe, it will return to nothingness and be completely annihilated."

"However, no one knows when it started. A group of ancient beings appeared in the void. They were born at an unknown time and for unknown reasons. They are immortal and exist forever."

"Maybe they lived too long, or absorbed too much negativity from those universes."

"These ancient entities have been transformed into sources of pollution one by one"

"Even if they have no malicious intent, the mere concept of their existence will cause irreversible pollution to the universe itself."

"It's like a mass of black ink. No matter whether they are good or evil, as long as they enter the clean water, they will pollute the water."

"Which universes have been polluted?" Raven asked.

"There are many, some of which I don't even know the names of."

Ao stretched out his hand and drew in the air.

The surrounding environment changes.

They shattered and fell like glass.

The scene changed, and Ao brought the Emperor and Raven to a magnificent universe.

The universe is filled with terrifying beings.

A gray-white slimy giant that is larger than a hundred thousand stars, filled with immortal incense, its strange body shrinking and expanding disorderly.

A giant creature made of flesh and blood sat cross-legged in the void, with a white halo made up of giant eyes behind it, like a strange god.

The bloated mass of flesh has countless umbilical cords growing on it, floating in the water, and countless eyes blinking and closing at the same time, which makes people feel a sense of claustrophobia.

There are many such creatures.

Countless.

The boundless void is filled with strange colors that change like a kaleidoscope.

The entire universe has been corrupted and turned into a horrific place based on distortion and abnormality, with a shocking sense of evil!!

The raven felt something.

The fate of this universe automatically appears in your eyes.

Although it was messy, he still managed to intercept a lot of information.

"Is this the Dao Gui Universe?"

Raven's voice was filled with surprise.

He had once had his eye on this universe, wanting to use it as a testing ground for the Primarchs.

But later he felt that this universe was too weird and scary, and was afraid of driving the Primitives crazy, so he gave up and chose the relatively safe Marvel Universe.

"It doesn't matter what it's called." Ao's voice was unusually calm. "What matters is that it has lost its rationality and order."

"Both the gods of this universe and the creatures of the mortal world have been polluted, causing terrible corruption and becoming indescribable."

"What contaminated it?" the raven asked curiously.

Ao looked at the raven, "Things that wandered in the void passed through this universe and turned it into this."

Raven felt a little scalp tingling when he heard this.

"Just passing by has caused the universe to become like this?"

"Yes." Ao nodded, he stretched out his hand again and waved it in the air.

The surrounding space changed again.

The two men and the crow came to a space shrouded in darkness.

Several balls of light emerged, revealing many strange scenes.

Some universes are corrupted, and even the planets have become strange.

The planet grew fangs and eyes, revealing a hideous grin.

The stars turned scarlet like blood or gray like rotting flesh.

The space peeled off like moldy wall paint, revealing densely packed eyes or small tentacles.

The surviving lives live in a world full of terrifying things and evil laws, and they live a hard life.

In some universes, an ancient corpse fell into them, causing unimaginable dark turmoil that lasted for countless epochs.

Countless lives were harvested, then tenaciously reproduced and rose up, and then were harvested again.

It's an endless cycle with no end and no hope.

"These are just the ones I found, there are definitely more universes that have been contaminated."

Ao said calmly.

"These universes have completely collapsed, and the laws of time and cause and effect are corrupted."

"The souls therein are forever trapped in a hell of despair and pain, with no possibility of escape."

"I have a feeling that the universe I protect will soon be threatened by those things."

“Once those things get close, even if I am a god among gods, I will not be able to resist.”

"So, I need an ally, one who can provide support and, at the critical moment, end my life."

Raven's eyes widened when he heard Ao's words.

"The end? Does that mean I will have to kill you myself one day?"

"Yes." Ao's tone seemed like he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"As the guardian of the universe, corruption is the most fatal to the universe. Once corrupted, it is possible that the entire universe will be corrupted."

"Just like the Daogui Universe you mentioned, the first thing to be corrupted is the will of that universe."

"It went crazy, causing the God of the entire universe to go crazy as well."

"If I show signs of corruption one day, you must put an end to me and not let me become a source of pollution."

Ao said a lot of secret things.

It's all about those sources of pollution.

Pollution sources have no fixed appearance and are unable to dialogue or communicate.

They wander aimlessly, and when they find an opportunity, they will pollute and distort the rationality and order of the real universe.

Ao and the Emperor formed an alliance.

The current emperor is not strong enough.

But with the help of the Ravens, Ao believes that the Emperor will become the most powerful being in the universe.

"Now that we are allies, please give me all the knowledge of this universe."

After signing the contract, the emperor looked at Ao sincerely.

Raven raised his eyebrows slightly and showed a smirk.

The serious big guy is just an illusion.

The big guy who is always thinking about getting something for free is the real person.

Ao shook his head, looking helpless.

"It's not that I don't want to give it to you directly, but the universe has its own laws, and equivalent exchange is the most basic law."

"You must change the predetermined destiny and push the universe in a new direction to receive the reward."

Even if you are the guardian of the universe, the most powerful god among gods, you cannot ignore the rules that govern the universe.

As the guardian of the rules, if he breaks the rules himself, it will bring terrible consequences.

"Okay, but you have to give me some support." The Emperor said, "We are allies now, grasshoppers on the same rope."

"I will relax the restrictions on you and ensure that you have enough power to deal with all enemies in this universe." Ao said: "I will also secretly restrict the gods and hell demons who intend to deal with you to ensure the rise of the human empire."

"Are you going to give up the gods?" Raven asked, "Will this weaken the protective power of the universe?"

"The so-called gods are merely representatives of the order of the universe. Even if they fall, they can use their divine power to reshape new gods." Ao said: "Many gods have now become over-inflated, forgetting their responsibilities and thinking that they are above all living beings."

"They have forgotten that the duty of gods is to serve as servants of all living beings, not to be superior to them."

Raven's eyes widened as he looked towards Ao, and he suddenly felt that the other person's figure was somewhat tall.

Everyone can imagine that gods are servants of all living beings.

It's a pity that the gods worked so hard to climb to that position, how could they be servants of mortals! !

Do not abuse your power, do not wield the authority in your hands, do not show off your status, do not favor good-looking believers, and do not toy with mortals who resist you.

Then what is the meaning of becoming a god?
What is the meaning of hard work?

"You are qualified to kill any god who hinders the rise of the human empire and send someone to replace him."

Ao rules over all the gods in this universe.

Without his permission, even if one meets the conditions for becoming a god, one cannot become a god.

Now, his words undoubtedly gave the Emperor the power of life and death over gods.

"Why not abolish the gods?" the Emperor asked.

He had never had a good impression of the gods.

"The divine system is currently the most suitable system for this universe. If we allow those worlds to develop in disorder, they may be in danger of being contaminated or corrupted by foreign creatures."

Ao explained.

The situation in each universe is different.

The universe is under threat from alien sources of contamination.

Although the system of gods is inefficient and bloated, it provides necessary protection.

After discussing the details of the alliance, Ao left.

"Everything on the main material plane is now in your hands. The rise of the human empire may unite the power of the entire universe. In that case, we may be able to effectively fight against external pollution sources. Please continue to work hard."

After leaving these words, Ao walked into the light and disappeared.

With his departure, the frozen time began to flow again.

Everything in the world is back on its unstoppable path again.

Everything that has been stopped is rushing to make up for the time that was lost.

Almost instantly, everything happened.

In the silent space, the distant sounds quickly returned and the surroundings became very noisy.

"Mr. Raven, please try this."

"this is delicious."

“No, this is the most delicious.”

The three Primarchs vied with each other to take out the French fries they had collected with great effort during this period of time and let Raven taste them.

"All right."

The emperor's voice sounded.

The three Primarchs were startled, and hurriedly piled the French fries and ketchup in front of the Raven, then turned around and saluted the Emperor.

"Father."

"How is the progress of conquering the world?" The Emperor looked around at the three Primarchs and asked calmly.

"Most of the continent of Zakara has been conquered. The Empire's forces are unstoppable."

Luo Jia reported on his work during this period.

"Religions that refused to bow down to the god of chips and ketchup were outlawed, and temples to false gods were torn down."

"My troops are building floating fortresses to strengthen control over various areas and suppress the remaining resistance forces." Perturabo continued with Lorgar's words.

Mortarion talked about some things in the ghost realm and the dead plane.

The expansion of the empire is affecting every dimension.

Some mages are using the knowledge of the Tome of Nether to construct an inter-dimensional teleportation array and are about to launch a war against other main planes.

The emperor nodded in satisfaction.

The unification of the world of Toril is an inevitable trend that no one can stop.

The powerful empire will launch an exotic version of the Great Crusade to unify the various planes.

Just as the Emperor was about to tell the Primarchs about the new arrangements.

A shrill alarm sounded.

Waldo came hurriedly.

"Your majesty, the Githyanki are invading."

The Holy City floats above Silvermoon City.

Several magnificent magic towers emit a faint glow, covering the entire city.

Huge magic cannons are displayed on the towering city walls.

The magic puppets that guard the holy city are transformed into sculptures and displayed throughout the city.

When the Githyanki rode their dragons, they rushed out of the glowing astral gate and attacked the holy city.

These defenses are activated.

A blanket of magical beams gushed out, piercing through the sky, shooting the dragons and Githyanki.

Roar!
There was an earth-shattering bang.

The Dragon Queen Tiamat, released by the adventure team, flew out of an astral gate.

It is extremely large, with five necks twisting on its body like a majestic mountain.

The color of each head covers the entire corresponding neck and is embedded in the front of the dragon's body like a strip.

Its back and rump blend into three stripes of gray, turquoise, and purple, merging into a muddy dark brown tail.

Each one is hideous and terrifying, emitting terrifying magical fluctuations and possessing unique powers.

With the appearance of Tiamat, five terrifying dragon heads simultaneously spewed out dragon fire containing a breath of destruction.

Tear apart the entire city with ease.

Destroyed those towering defense towers and magic circles.

Behind it was a huge group of dragons.

They are of different colors and exude an evil aura.

They rushed into the city through the torn cracks in the protective shield, spewing dragon fire everywhere.

The Githyanki Queen, Vlaakith, also joins the battle.

Soon, the Supreme Queen faced off against the Primarch, Mortarion.

Vlaakith has transformed into a lich.

It looked like a blackened ancient corpse, with its emerald eyes burning with strange flames.

She wore a long purple robe decorated with intricate gold embroidery, a headdress made of gold and carnelian, and held a scepter with a red dragon head on top.

"Kneel, foolish mortal, and you will be shown mercy."

Vlaakis was suspended in midair, with a strange black mist surrounding her.

"Death is calling you." Mortarion rushed over with the death scythe in hand. With the change of the fate node, the suppression of the primarch by this universe was loosening little by little.

Mortarion becomes faster and his attacks more deadly.

Vlaakis lived an extremely long life and mastered strange necromancy.

He can be considered as one of the strongest mortals under the gods.

It’s a pity that it was facing the Primarch.

"Dead Binds."

"The Scream of the Undead."

Floating in the air, Vlaakis continuously released various terrifying undead attacks.

But they could never do anything to Mortarion, as he dodged their attacks or blocked them with his death scythe.

In the end, Vlaakith was split in two by Mortarion's scythe.

Part of the soul became food and was devoured by the scythe of death.

"I will definitely come back." Vlaakith's form screamed at Mortarion before disappearing.

Vlaakith is a lich who can be resurrected through a phylactery.

The death scythe in Mortarion's hand can only devour half of the opponent's soul.

You need to kill again to completely kill the opponent.

Mortarion smiled as he watched the High Queen dissipate into the ashes of the sky.

"Come back, then I'll kill you again."

On the other side, the battle between Perturabo and Lorgar was not so easy.

The power and defense of the Dragon Queen Tiamat are too terrifying.

As Hell invades, the laws that bind the gods begin to weaken.

Tiamat's suppressed power was also released.

The dragon fire it spewed out was extremely hot and carried a destructive aura.

Steel melts like snow.

The magnificent buildings were set on fire as if they were made of paper.

The solid dragon scales on his body contain terrible divine power that can withstand all deadly curses and attacks.

Mortarion, who had dealt with Vlaakith, joined the battle.

The three Primarchs fought against the Dragon Queen - Tiamat.

The more he fought, the more serious his expression became.

Tiamat's defense is too high.

Even the sharp death scythe can only leave a tiny wound on the opponent's body.

Every strike from Perturabo's hammer and Lorgar's scepter only produced sparks and was unable to cause any effective damage.

"Without awakening the essence and implanting the gene engine, the combat effectiveness will always be a little lacking."

Raven also saw the performance of the three primarchs.

He was not surprised by the result.

Under normal circumstances, the Primarch's combat power is very strong compared to ordinary people.

But facing an ancient being from another universe like Tiamat, it is not enough.

Even if the three of them joined forces, they could not defeat Tiamat.

In the end, Valdor, the commander of the Imperial Guards, also joined the siege.

As soon as he came on stage, he turned on the overclocking mode of the genetic engine.

"Space tear."

Valdor collapsed the space around Tiamat into two dimensions.

After tearing the two-dimensional space into pieces, it is restored to three dimensions.

Tiamat was immune to this attack thanks to her strong dragon body.

But the men around it were torn to pieces.

The dragon body, which was immune to magic and possessed terrifying defensive power, was like paper in the face of the power of spatial dislocation and was easily torn into pieces.

"So strong."

The three Primarchs looked shocked when they saw Valdor's move.

All three of them knew about the existence of the genetic engine.

He also knew that Guilliman and the others had implanted genetic engines.

But they had never seen the performance of the genetic engine on the battlefield so intuitively.

To be able to distort space and change the surrounding rules so arbitrarily is already the power of God.

“These outsiders!!”

The Dragon Queen Tiamat witnessed this scene and felt a sinking feeling in her heart.

I thought that with my current strength, destroying this so-called human empire would be an easy task.

Who could have thought that the power of these outsiders was so terrifying.

He killed so many of her men in one move.

Tiamat was immediately frightened and did not dare to fight any further.

The five heads spewed overwhelming dragon fire towards Waldo.

Then he turned around and fled towards the Star Gate which was still open.

"Go back in time." Waldo activated his time ability.

The scene around Tiamat changed.

It was flying towards the Star Gate, but instantly returned to its original position.

The five ferocious dragon heads looked bewildered for a moment.

It's a bit unclear what happened.

Waldor's figure flashed and appeared behind Tiamat.

He gripped the spear tightly in his hand and thrust it into the opponent's body.

The spear covered with the tearing force field easily penetrated the opponent's body.

The hot dragon blood gushed out, causing puffs of steam to rise in the air.

"Perhaps we can talk." Tiamat pleaded in pain.

"There is nothing to talk about. Kill it." The Emperor ordered Valdor.

The Dragon Queen - Tiamat roared in despair.

It staged a final resistance.

However, it failed due to the combined efforts of the three Primarchs and Valdor.

Five heads were chopped off.

The deep red dragon blood sprayed onto the charred ruins.

The huge dragon body fell to the ground.

With a loud rumbling sound, a terrible deep pit was created, and countless cracks spread like a spider web.

The High Queen was killed, and the Dragon Queen - the incarnation of Tiamat - was also beheaded.

The war launched by the five-colored dragons and the Githyanki against the human empire ended in failure.

With the opening of the portal, a large number of magical battlefields returned from all over the world and joined the battlefield to wipe out the remaining dragons and Githyanki.

"They started the war, but they cannot end it."

"Now it's our turn to take action."

The Emperor's tone was very tough, and he demanded that the Githyanki pay with blood.

Astral gates opened one after another, and the assembled imperial army boarded magic warships to travel to the astral plane to sweep through the Githyanki strongholds.

The rampant interstellar pirates ushered in an unprecedented disaster.

After the Emperor's reforms, coupled with the popularization of magical knowledge, the development of the magic industrial system, and the integration of the world's resources.

The current strength of the empire has left the Githyanki, who rely on looting, far behind.

Faced with the empire's counterattack, they were unable to organize any decent resistance.

Mortarion led his troops to burn down a stronghold.

An old Githyanki knelt in front of a burning house, holding his dead child, and cried to the sky.

"Why? Why do you let us suffer like this? God? Open your eyes!"

Mortarion was extremely cold, and with his scythe in hand, he cut the Githyanki in two.

He took one look at the dead man lying in a pool of blood and then walked away.

Just like the cold embodiment of death, without any mercy.

Toril is the third planet in the Crystal Wall system of the Kingdom Sky Realm that orbits the sun.

It is the most populous, powerful and well-known planet in the Crystal Wall System.

From time to time, the gods would take away some species from this planet to populate the lifeless planets.

Therefore, the planet Toril has also attracted much attention from the gods and hell.

When the predetermined fate was changed and the future became chaotic, Hell immediately set its sights on Toril.

The Lords of Hell wish to conquer Toril, transform the planet's life, and then use it as a springboard to invade other planes.

They chose to land on the Kara-Tur continent connected to the Faerun continent.

“Kill! Kill!”

"Kill, kill!"

Countless monsters swarmed out of the gate of hell and slaughtered innocent creatures.

Imprison the souls of the dead, cast them into hell, and transform them into new demons.

The gods also opened the gates of heaven under the pretext of expelling demons.

The heroic warriors swarmed out and headed straight for Silvermoon City on the continent of Faerun.

Before sending the demons back to Hell, the gods planned to deal with the Emperor first.

They wanted to let this arrogant foreigner know that God cannot be insulted.

The incarnations of the gods, their heroic legions, angels, etc. surrounded the capital of the empire.

"Kneel down, stranger, and beg for our mercy."

An elven god with a halo behind him spoke in a condescending tone, arrogant to the extreme.

"Accept punishment, tyrant." A dwarf god roared, his voice like thunder.

However, at this time.

Ao ordered the gods who had not left heaven, including Selune, the goddess of the moon, Jaeger, the god of death, Mystra, the goddess of magic, and Heim, the god of neutrality, to close the passage to heaven.

The gods who were forbidden from entering the main material plane were not allowed to return, and they were also forbidden to continue to draw power from the heavens.

Sensing that the passage to heaven was closed and their divine power was disappearing quickly, the gods felt as if the sky was falling and fell into panic.

And at this time.

Once again the Emperor was prompted.

[The fate node changes by more than 30%, obtains the knowledge of the principle of crystal wall, the essence of godhood and divine fire, and soul reincarnation]

The invasion of the gods from hell and heaven caused the changes in the predetermined destiny nodes to reach 30%.

Unimaginable amounts of power and knowledge poured into the Emperor's mind.

It gave him insight into the origins of the gods.

He mastered how to shape crystal walls to isolate different galaxies.

They also know more ways to use the power of faith.

After digesting the knowledge he had gained, the Emperor had a new idea.

"We can use the souls of the loyalists to build a legion, just like the legions of heroes under the command of the gods."

Raven was stunned.

Isn't this the Cursed Legion of the future? !

After Horus's Heresy, the Emperor sat on the Golden Throne, but encountered a bug in his deification process.

But after tens of thousands of years, countless humans’ faith in him made him the God-Emperor.

Possessing various means comparable to the power of destruction.

The Cursed Legion and the Living Saint are typical examples of this.

No one knows where they come from, only that when the Imperium is threatened by Chaos.

The cursed army burning with hellfire will appear.

They are silent but have amazing fighting power. After helping the empire to victory, they will disappear.

"That's a good idea. I support you, big guy. But can we use this as the flag of the legion?"

Raven pulled out a McDonald's french fry doodle.

The emperor was speechless for a while, "What do you think?"

Raven nodded vigorously. "I think that's fine. I'll tell Malcador to make a flag right away. We'll use it once you create the Einherjar."

"I mean it's impossible." The emperor said word by word, "Absolutely impossible."

"Big guy, let's use this, it looks so nice." said the raven.

"Good looking? Absolutely impossible."

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The Emperor communicates with the ravens through the voice of the heart, which the gods cannot hear.

They could only feel the Emperor's rising power and the surging breath of the end.

When the fate nodes change by more than 30%, the Emperor will be able to break free from the shackles and gain full power.

The gods were completely numb.

They came here thinking this.

"Hehe, you stranger, let us see your limits. Let us play with you and let you know that God cannot be offended."

Instead of outsiders sneering at them and speaking arrogantly.

"Damn God, let me see the limits of you idiots! Then I will kill you all!"

The emperor, who had quarreled with the raven, was suspended in front of the gods, with the long sword in his hand emitting the terrifying fire of the end.

Even if one is a god, if he is infected by the fire of the end, he will be completely wiped out.

"I heard that you want the big guy to kneel down? And you say he is a tyrant?" The raven standing on the emperor's shoulder sneered and asked the gods.

(End of this chapter)