Warhammer: Emperor's Ravenbringer

Chapter 149 Corax: "This crow is pretty weird!!"

Qile's words made Locke and the members of the Poison Rose Squad frown.

If Zhu Bo’s incident were to be made public.

It would be an unimaginably heavy blow to the reputation of the Sixteenth Legion.

Their honor and achievements will be covered in dust.

Other legions will view them as uncontrollable, unreliable allies.

If the situation is serious, the 16th Legion will be ostracized and slandered.

The present-day Imperium is not completely ignorant of the Warp.

The Night's Watch organizations and Psychic Academy established in various places are to deal with those strange things.

Terra, the Empire's power center, will also lower the trust level of the Sixteenth Legion.

It is very likely that the 16th Legion will be taken out of the ranks of the main legion.

The members of the Poison Rose Squad stood behind Qi Le, blocking her retreat.

No matter how heavy the price, they would not allow the Sixteenth Legion to be humiliated.

"You can't just shout about freedom of speech when it benefits you."

Qi Le realized something was wrong and held the video equipment tightly in her hands.

Yelled at Horus and Raven.

Horus looked at the Raven, questioning his attitude with his eyes.

To be honest, Horus was more inclined to resolve the matter by force, as he did not want the reputation of the Sixteenth Legion to be damaged.

"You do make a lot of sense." Raven's words made Horus, Loken and others look surprised and a little embarrassed.

Could it be that Raven supports spreading the news about what just happened?

Thinking of this, Horus clenched his fists.

There is a feeling of powerlessness and betrayal.

He could accept being betrayed by others, but he could not accept Raven or the Emperor making such a decision.

He loved them more than he loved himself.

If faced with danger, Horus was certain that he would sacrifice his life to protect the Raven and the Emperor.

A sense of martyrdom arose in Horus' heart.

If this matter gets out, he will no longer be qualified to compete with the Lions.

People will be more inclined to favor the male lion, believing that he is the real eldest son.

Even though he knew that he could travel to other universes in the future, he still wanted to get the title of eldest son.

The wolf god is no worse than a lion.

But now, it is the raven who makes the decision.

What else could he do but accept it.

What's the point of resisting?

Compared to the loss of honor, he was more heartbroken by Raven's attitude.

A smile appeared on Qile's face, she thought the raven supported her idea.

"But there are some truths that cannot be known to the people of the empire." Raven added: "The people have the right to know the truth, but we also have the obligation to protect them."

"The Astartes are the elite of the Empire. Can you imagine what the consequences would be if the news of the Astartes being polluted and corrupted were to be publicized?"

Before Qile could speak, Raven continued.

"It will bring panic and anxiety. People will be worried, frightened, and anxious all day long, and finally fall into despair and find it difficult to extricate themselves."

"Do you think Samus is an isolated case? Do you think what you just saw is the most terrifying thing in the universe?"

The raven flew in front of Qile.

Two rays of light flowed out of his eyes and shot into Qile's eyes.

Transmit part of the dark memory and truth into the other party's memory and thinking.

Qile saw an extremely dark galaxy full of despair.

An unimaginable darkness lurks beneath the real universe.

The evil power of Chaos poisons the entire warp.

The nightmare-like horror vision erodes the dream world like volcanic ash
Evil light flickers among the stars, filth lurks in the curtain, and drooling fangs and terrifying compound eyes peek at reality.

Those evil creatures have blasphemous and terrifying bodies, and they scream weirdly every moment.

The strength that Qi Le had just recovered disappeared again, and she collapsed to the ground.

"Fear will make them lose their minds and finally throw themselves into the arms of the enemy. I won't force you to do something you think is wrong, but this world is not simply black and white."

The raven strolled in the air with a steady voice and opened a transmission channel.

Leading to Schindler, Mesati and other preachers and recorders.

The recorders looked at the opened passage with a look of surprise.

I don’t know who else is coming.

They all turned their cameras and gazes over.

"You can make a choice to tell them the truth, or to bear the truth alone until the people of the empire can accept it."

Raven looked at Qile and said, "The fate is in your hands. The honor and disgrace of the Sixteenth Legion is also in your hands, Qile."

"The duty of a recorder is to find the truth, protect the truth, and pass on the truth. But they also have the obligation to carry the truth in secret and protect humanity from being poisoned by the truth."

Qile took a step towards the transmission channel.

Loken and others subconsciously wanted to move, but were stopped by Horus.

Qi Le wanted to just leave and make the truth known to the public.

But the many scenes of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the destruction of civilization that emerged in her mind made her hesitate.

The truth may be important, but is it really more important than the interests of all mankind?

“Are those scenes real?”

Qile looked at Raven, her tone sounding somewhat desperate and overwhelmed.

Years of professional persistence and the future of mankind have formed a fierce conflict, which has caused her great suffering.

"You have witnessed Zhu Bo's transformation. Do you think those things are fake?" Raven said, "You have witnessed the truth. Why do you still question the truth?"

"I give you a choice, just like I give humans a choice. The future is forged by countless martyrs who bear suffering. Are you willing to be one of them, Qile?"

Qile retracted her foot.

She handed the camera to an Astartes next to her, then stepped into the transmission channel in silence.

"Don't you want to erase her memory?" Horus walked up and asked, "That would be safer."

Raven shook her head. "She is a recorder. From the moment she was born, she was meant to record the truth."

"If this matter were to be told, the consequences would be serious," Horus said, "We cannot take such a risk."

"It's no big deal. Nothing can be perfect, and she won't tell us, otherwise she wouldn't have given us the camera." Raven looked at Horus, "Don't always try to hide the truth and use lies to maintain your perfect image."

"If one day you can no longer maintain that false and perfect image, it will be easy to go astray."

"Accept your own imperfections appropriately. No one, not even the Primarch, can be perfect." After the raven said this, it turned around and flew in front of Zhu Bo.

At this time, the poor soldier had been helped up by his companions and was undergoing a physical examination.

The abnormality has disappeared and he has returned to his original state.

"He's fine. He just needs to rest for a while." Raven checked on Zhu Bo's condition.

Although he was eroded by Samus, Zuber's situation was not that bad as he was protected by the second-generation gene engine.

"Warp contamination is not a terrible thing. It can be easily treated and prevented." Raven added: "After a while, I will dispatch a team of demon hunters to follow the expeditionary force. They are very knowledgeable in this field." The appearance of Samus represents that the established destiny is still in effect.

The raven had to be on high alert.

The Chaos Gods, who are supported by those strange creatures in the void, will never give in easily.

They will certainly try every possible means to push the human empire towards destruction.

Horus was lectured by the Raven and did not dare to refute, so he could only nod repeatedly.

"Take care of yourself. If you have anything, remember to tell me in advance. I'm leaving now."

"Also, don't do anything about this matter. The fate of mankind is in the hands of mankind. Your future is destined to be brilliant. You will become the king who rules the universe. There is no need to rely on lies to maintain a false image of perfection."

"Even if you get the title of eldest son by lying, is it really what you want?"

After admonishing Horus, Raven did not stay for too long, but directly tore open the space crack and left.

Raven had originally planned to visit Russ Mortarion first.

But after careful consideration, he decided to go find Corax first.

This job was supposed to be done by the Custodians, but the coordinates provided by the Raven were not accurate enough.

The sent-out imperial guards did not find the planet where Corax fell - Lesia.

A planet is like a grain of sand in the Milky Way. Even if it has vague coordinates, the Imperial Guards will need to pay an unimaginable cost and time to find it.

Number 11 has been found, and is currently being escorted back to Terra.

Raven decided to get Corax back as well.

In this way, all the Primarchs returned.

Raven took action personally, reading the information of the entire galaxy, and quickly captured the coordinates of the planet Lesia.

Kavach is a technologically advanced foundry world.

Many human colonies fell into a period of decline due to warp storms and strife.

It still maintains interstellar trade and retains the technology and industry of the Golden Age.

The long era of darkness has caused the gap between the rich and the poor on this planet to become exaggerated.

The dignitaries lived in the minaret buildings of Kavach, enjoying the fresh air, beautiful gardens and natural, pollution-free fruits.

The civilians live on the bottom floor without sunlight and breathe air full of toxins.

Those convicted criminals, people with lofty ideals who opposed the powerful, workers who failed to meet production quotas, or people who offended the powerful.

They were all taken as slaves and sent to Lesiaa, the satellite of the planet Kavach.

Lesia is extremely desolate, with a rocky surface, no atmosphere, and a large temperature difference between day and night.

Slave miners had to stay in underground mines all day long, mining ore for the slave owners in order to obtain the qualifications and supplies to survive.

As an infant, Corax was abducted by the Four Chaos Gods and happened to fall into Letheia.

Discovered by the slave girl Nasturi Avrenia.

The slaves hid him and taught him martial arts, street fighting, war tactics, as well as politics and philosophy.

When Corax grew up, he became an all-powerful leader, relying on his charm to unite the workers of Lesia.

He secretly prepared an uprising and ordered the manufacture of five atomic mining explosives to destroy the slave owners' army.

The day of the uprising is today.

The rebels hid their weapons and waited for orders.

Most of them are young and full of enthusiasm.

When I think about what I'm about to do, I get very excited.

To ensure that nothing goes wrong, Corax leaves his men behind and goes on the sabotage mission alone.

He planned to first paralyze the black tower that monitored the slaves and controlled the automatic weapons array.

At the same time, the commander was assassinated, leaving the slave owner's army leaderless.

There was darkness between the flickering lights in the underground corridors and the searchlights projected from the top of the black tower.

Corax uses darkness to act.

His entire body was covered in a layer of black camouflage.

Disguise is the smoke from the furnace.

It has the property of shielding technological equipment such as thermal sensors and infrared rays.

He cleverly avoided all surveillance eyes and ears and moved quickly towards the black tower.

The Black Tower covers a large area, about 20 hectares. The building is majestic and is made entirely of black boulders.

The entire structure is reinforced with plastic steel columns, sharp steel pipes with barbs are embedded in the outer side of the wall, and blades are installed on the windows.

Corax sneaked in in the darkness, using his superhuman mind to memorize all the firing points, high ground, firing positions, and everything else he needed to know.

Rounding a corner, Corax felt eyes on him.

After taking a quick look around, I found a lighted window on a tall building not far away.

There was a woman by the window, with her back to the window, holding a noisy child, patting his back constantly to comfort him.

And the child was looking at the tall warrior with his big innocent eyes.

"I'm not here." Corax said to himself.

The child's eyes were confused, and his little head began to lose his memory of Corax.

After a moment, the child forgot everything and put his cheek on his mother's shoulder, looking very satisfied.

Corax smiled, then left quietly.

This is his innate special ability, which allows him to erase his existence from other people's minds.

He used the exposed plastic steel pipes and protrusions to crawl on the building, running silently along the roof, sliding quietly in the dark night like a bat.

Jump from building to building, passing over the heads of the guards, and make your way towards the heart of the Black Tower.

He leaped up again, passed through the smoke, and landed on a dark angle platform.

Corax suddenly felt the feeling of being watched again.

He looked around and saw a black raven in the distance.

The other person's eyes were very bright, just staring at him.

For some reason, Corax felt a little guilty about being looked at.

He always felt that the bird was strange. The gaze did not resemble that of a bird, but more like that of some kind of elder.

"I must be crazy to think a bird is an elder!!"

Corax shook his head and laughed at himself in his heart.

Just in case, he activated his ability again, intending to erase his existence from the other party's mind.

However, the bird kept looking at him, without moving its eyes from beginning to end, as if it was not affected by his ability.

"What's going on?" Corax frowned, unable to figure out what was going on.

"It's an interesting ability." The bird spoke.

Corax's eyes widened, followed by an indescribable fear.

His first thought was that the bird was genetically modified and trained, and was the eyes and ears of the slave owners.

When he wanted to take action and get rid of the bird.

The other party spoke again.

"Don't be afraid. I have no ill will towards you, Corax. On the contrary, I can help you."

"Of course, help is not free, you have to pay a small price."

(End of this chapter)