Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monsters

Chapter 505 From Fake to Real: How to Make the Crow King Return

Rhodes uttered the name, eliciting disbelief from everyone present. This name represented a taboo within the Empire; this man was the first Primarch to betray the cause, and it was he who led to Horus's corruption.

“Rhodes, I think I’ve already told you, don’t say anything about that guy again. I know you really want to save those corrupted brothers.”

"But Magnus and Horus are enough; the rest aren't worth saving." Guilliman shook his head at Rhodes.

Please, brother! How can I make you understand? In the entire empire, nobody likes him, nobody has a good impression of him.

Even so, the importance of the state religion to the empire now is self-evident!
"Even more important than the Cult of Mechanics, because without their faith, the Emperor wouldn't have his current power, let alone be able to suppress the Dark Lord," Rhodes said.

"Luojia can't return. Even if I wanted to, he could never come back! He has completely sided with Chaos," the Emperor said.

The Empire has people capable of writing missionary texts for Rhodes; there's no need to bring that traitor back!
And if we bring him back, where will we put our face? Back then, he was the one who personally carried out the destruction of the Perfect City, together with Guilliman.

"I'm not talking about Luo Jia himself, I'm talking about his clones, the Emperor and Guilliman. You should know that after I defeated that space necromancer overlord."

"Having obtained his spoils, Fabius Beyer had cloned many prototypes, including a clone of Luo Jia," Rhodes said with a smile.

Of course, the real Loja couldn't be invited back. Given the Primarch's arrogance, he would never surrender to him. Rhodes had already anticipated this, which is why he used the clone to write the missionary classics for the Necromancers in space.

Since you can write the missionary classics for the space necromancers, and you originally wrote the ones for the human side, it shouldn't be a big problem for you to modify them a bit.

“Clones? Rhodes, didn’t you tell me that you destroyed all those clones?” Guilliman said.

“Luo Jia begged me for mercy, and my psychic senses tell me that keeping Luo Jia alive will be useful to me; he can help me in the future,” Rhodes said.

Don't ask. The answer is that my psychic powers sensed something. In any case, psychic powers also have the ability to foresee the future. Right now, Rhodes' psychic powers are not much weaker than Magnus', and he can even hold his own for a while while sitting on the Golden Throne.

“Rhodes! How could you keep him alive? This clone, you mean to have this clone write the scriptures? But in what capacity?” Guilliman asked.

Rhodes is really daring! Just how much do you like Luo Jia? If Da Yuan were real and you appeared, you two would definitely become good friends, right?

“We can let Luo Jia hide his identity, since he’s not the real person anyway. We can even give him a new name and let him get into the upper echelons of the state religion, wouldn’t that be great?” Rhodes said.

This matter is quite easy, just like how Aliman became Alimu, and how the heartless Xiulun became Commander Xiulun!
In any case, ordinary people have no idea that Chaos exists, and who has ever seen a Primarch? The appearances of the rebellious Primarchs have all been erased by the Empire.

“Those Word Bearers Chaos Space Marines will definitely find out; they can’t possibly not recognize their Primarch,” Guilliman said.

The gene seed originates from the gene archetype, so it carries a trace of psychic power. This psychic power absorbs some subspace energy to corrupt the gene seed.

It also closely links the Primarch with its genetic offspring; the genetic seed allows the genetic offspring to form a very intimate bond with their Primarch.

"But the problem is, none of the Word Bearers are my genetic offspring, the Luo family's offspring; they are just clones!"

"He has absolutely no connection with those skeptics," Rod said.

Abaddon, that guy, could chop his own father's clone in half with his greatsword, let alone those who doubt him?

Moreover, almost all the Word Bearers have now joined Abaddon's ranks, and the Primarch is basically staying at home and doesn't dare to go out because a certain Raven King is waiting for him.

After awakening his warp nature, Raven King could single-handedly defeat a group of Chaos Space Marines, making him incredibly powerful.

"Rhodes, have you already given him the cosmic beast?" the emperor, sitting on the golden throne, suddenly asked.

When Luo Jia was created, he was actually meant to be a communicator and should have served as an ambassador, but he ended up becoming a charlatan.

For a charlatan like Luo Jia, the most important thing is a god. If he has a god to worship and that god thinks highly of him, then that would be the happiest thing for him.

He knew his son very well, if Rhodes was willing to be his god and grant him Primarch-level power.

So this clone, Luo Jia, will become Rhodes's loyal follower, the kind who would never betray him. "That's right, I've already given him a cosmic beast, and now it has upgraded to the level of a Primarch. It now worships me immensely, even regarding me as its god." Rhodes readily admitted his actions.

Anyway, they're all my spoils, and it's my business how I deal with them. Besides, I even rescued Rogdorn during this campaign against the space undead.

"I understand. Then let him change his identity and enter the state religion! I will appoint him as my living saint and let him personally compile the new scriptures of the state religion," the emperor said.

Now that he has decided to relinquish his power, he will not interfere with the things Rhodes does, as long as everything is for the benefit of the human race.

All he could do was bestow the title of a living saint upon the other party, and then have the other party conceal their identity and enter the state religion to compile scriptures.

“Father! Perhaps, perhaps this is an opportunity. We can use this to our advantage, maybe bring that guy Clarks back, or even attract some of the Chaos forces,” Guilliman said, his eyes darting around.

"Guilliman, are you planning to make use of this clone?" Rhodes asked.

“That’s right. I want to take advantage of this. Since the Empire has accepted it, Horus has accepted it, and Magnus has accepted it, then it’s not impossible for them to accept Luojia as well.”

We can release the news that Luo Jia has returned to the Empire. As for the method of clearing his name, we can borrow some of Horus's methods and some of Magnus's methods.

"This matter will surely reach the ears of the Chaos forces, the ears of Loka, and the ears of Clarks," Guilliman said.

This brother is the only one whose exact location he knows, so if he finds out about this, Clarks will definitely return to the Empire, because he will wonder what exactly happened!

Even the wolf king Lemanrus, who went to the Eye of Fear, could be lured out again.

"I'm not even sure if Clark is a demon prince or a Primarch now," the Emperor said.

While in the warp, Kluck had completely transformed into a demon prince. Although he was part of the Star Empire and part of Star's own egg, a demon prince is still a demon prince. After spending ten thousand years in the warp, his essence had changed.

“Father! Clark is loyal. He infiltrated the subspace to hunt down Luo Jia in order to avenge you and all those killed by the traitors!”

"If Magnus can return, and Horus can return, why can't Klax? Besides, Klax has never betrayed us," Guilliman said.

"If he is willing to return to the Empire, then I will naturally welcome him. I am very happy to welcome this son back," the Emperor said.

“This is easy to solve. The power of the cosmic beasts can purify the chaotic power of the subspace. As long as Clarks is still a member of the Star Empire, even if he has been compressed into space and transformed into a chaotic demon prince, we can still save him,” Rhodes said.

What's the big deal? It's just chaos energy. I can even convert Chaos Space Marines back to normal, I've even saved Magnus and Horus, and Kluck hasn't betrayed me yet!

"Then let's do it your way! Let the fake become real, and the real become fake. Let's say that Luo Jia, who became the Demon Prince, is a clone, a fake created by traitors."

"The true son of the God-Emperor has been slumbering in the Holy Terra, undergoing restoration." After a moment's thought, the Emperor immediately concocted a perfectly plausible reason.

This matter will definitely break down the defenses of that Luo Jia in the Chaos World. From today onwards, this cloned Luo Jia is the real Luo Jia.

The Emperor will also announce who wrote the true scriptures of the state religion, in order to promote the return of this clone to the Empire. The only one who will be hurt is the real Luo Jia.

And his son, Raven Clarke, will return to the Empire as soon as he learns of this to confirm it.

“Let’s do it that way!” Rod said.

After chatting for a while and discussing the specific details of the matter, Rhodes took his leave and went to the banquet hall to spend time with his wife and two sons, and to meet with a group of state church officials and imperial nobles.

After the banquet, they went to the secret base and met with the clone, Luo Jia.

He informed her that he would soon replace his original self.

(End of this chapter)