Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monsters

Chapter 578 The Wolf King Bound Back to Holy Terra, Guilliman's Little Secret.

“Great master, you have been gone for a total of 35 days,” Tartarus said.

These days, he has been strictly following his master's orders, constantly observing the planet's movements. For 10 days, his master was falling from the sky above the planet, moving slowly as if in a still frame.

Over the next 10 days, the owner negotiated with the members of the Space Wolves on the planet, and then led them back to the planet's atmosphere.

This planet is truly terrifying, possessing an absolute power of time. If Tartarus hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought that this special planet beneath his feet was a black hole.

This situation is almost identical to the conclusion drawn after entering a black hole. However, if you enter the vicinity of a black hole, your time will be permanently frozen at the moment you move forward. From your perspective and from the perspective of others, you will appear to be stationary.

“35 days! But I spent less than four minutes on that planet, or to be precise, three minutes and a few seconds. I only spent one minute on the ground, and the remaining two minutes were spent traveling back and forth,” Rhodes said.

It's easy to imagine how terrifying the flow of time is here. If we delay any longer, the Emperor might have already completed the stripping of the Chaos Godhead and the entire Holy Terra might have been swallowed by the warp!

"Master, ninety percent of the Chaos Godhead has been stripped away, and there should be about a month left."

"The Emperor is about to finish his work. If you haven't returned by then, I will use some forceful measures," Tartarus said.

This was a plan he and his master had agreed upon beforehand. If any unexpected situation arose, he would immediately use his spatial abilities, time manipulation skills, and other abilities to forcibly take Rhodes away.

Even if it means destroying the planet, we would not hesitate to do so.

“This planet is really strange. Do you think the reason this planet has this effect is related to the Tree of Life below? It has a very high mass,” Rhodes said, looking at the giant green tree on the planet.

The Tree of Life possesses an extremely powerful life force, constantly radiating life energy. This immense life energy also causes the Tree of Life's mass to increase infinitely.

The enormous mass will produce gravitational wave effects, and the enhanced gravity can alter the flow of time.

The problem is that if gravity increases, the Space Marines' bodies won't be able to withstand it, especially the original Space Marines.

They're already doing well if they can withstand a few times the pressure; anything more than 10 times the pressure would cause their bodies to collapse. Even the original genetic bodies can't withstand such terrifying pressure.

Moreover, the planet beneath their feet should not be able to withstand such terrifying pressure, so this planet is very strange, so strange that it cannot be explained by physical phenomena.

“I think this phenomenon is quite normal, Master. This place is in the subspace, the Eye of Fear. There are some chaotic planets here.”

"As far as I know, chaotic forces can even corrupt an entire star. The Tree of Life on this planet is a product of a warp deity; it doesn't belong to the physical universe, so we can't speculate about it using conventional physical methods," Tartarus said.

“Yes! You’re right. Let’s go, let’s leave this place. In any case, this planet is too dangerous for me to explore for the time being,” Rhodes said.

Now you know why Elsa didn't want to come to this planet to capture the Wolf King? Whether they send the Demon Prince or the Great Demon, not to mention whether they can defeat the Wolf King, it's uncertain how long Lemanrus would stay on this planet after arriving.

All he got was a captured Primarch, who, in the eyes of the four Chaos Gods, was just a fun toy.

Once one's strength reaches a certain level, some powers that are unimaginable to ordinary people become laughable toys to the four students.

“Master! Perhaps we can try a different approach. How about you try destroying this planet?” Tartarus stroked his chin and suddenly spoke up.

"??? You mean destroy this planet? What's the point?" Rhodes asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Great master, there are still about fifty years left before you send me back. You need to upgrade the system shop to the highest level as soon as possible and then redeem me.”

Otherwise, the time loop cannot be completed, resulting in a new timeline and creating two separate spacetimes.

"Don't worry about that, I'll soon have enough upgrade coins for the highest level system shop."

"Once I've accumulated enough system coins, I'll upgrade as soon as possible, and then I'll accumulate enough to buy the amount you need," Rhodes said.

He had naturally given the issue of a closed time loop a lot of thought, and there was plenty of time to resolve it.

"Great Master! The planet beneath our feet possesses immense life energy, especially the Tree of Life, which contains such vital energy!"
It surpasses everything I've ever seen before, and the gold coins you recharge in your system are actually a kind of life energy, while those warp demons provide special life energy from the greater space.

"If you destroy this planet, I think we can get at least 1 million system coins, or even more, which will save you at least several years of your time," Tartarus said.

There was a reason why he suggested that his master destroy the planet: destroying the planet would yield a massive amount of system coins.

“Your suggestion is good, but I don’t have the ability to destroy this planet right now,” Rhodes said.

Moreover, if this Tree of Life is truly so powerful, then destroying it would be a great pity!
"After the glass of the Chaos Godhead is completed, Master, you can strengthen the power of the Dark Universe Emperor's Root and the Destruction Angel Zog."

"When the three of you join forces, you should be able to shatter this planet beneath your feet." Tartarus began to advise Rhodes.

According to his estimation, once his master absorbs the monster enhancements from the Dark Universe Emperor and the monster enhancements from the Origin Destruction Angel Zog, his strength will surge to the near-legendary level under the fusion of light and darkness.

His life level will also become that of an ultimate life form, just like his. At that time, destroying a planet will not be difficult. He may even be able to destroy a planet himself, but the master will not receive any reward for the planet he destroys.

“Let’s talk about this later! Consider this a backup resource. If we really can’t gather enough system coins to complete the time loop in the future, then we’ll come back here,” Rhodes said.

Tartarus nodded upon hearing this, then waved his hand to open a passage connecting to Holy Terra, and left with Rhodes.

Only the silent, peculiar planet beneath their feet remained, its Tree of Life radiating a vibrant green light. More than a month had passed since Rhodes' departure on Holy Terra. In that time, Chagatai Khan and Raven King Klax had each returned to their respective legion homeworlds.

Leading their armies, they have declared war on the forces of Chaos, and with two new Primarchs joining the battlefield, the dark side of the Empire has once again turned in their favor.

The overall combat capability of the Chaos forces is far inferior to that of the Empire. First of all, their high-end strength is not up to par. No Great Demon or Demon Prince can face several Primarchs who have been enhanced by the Cosmic Beasts at the same time. They can't even deal with some of the gigantic Imperial Guards and Dreadnoughts.

The war was one-sided; even though some Chaos Champions and Chaos Lords had been enlarged and strengthened, they were still no match for the original.

In the palace of Holy Terra, the Emperor breathed a sigh of relief after sensing Rhodes' presence. The kid had finally returned; if he hadn't, he would have had to slow down the progress.

However, slowing down the progress would be difficult for him, as this chaotic godhead had been struggling to break free from his control.

If the process drags on for too long, its power will weaken, and the Dark Lord might even emerge and be born prematurely.

Fortunately, Rhodes returned within the agreed time.

After Rhodes returned to Holy Terra, he presented the Wolf King Lemanrus and some of his wolf subordinates to Guilliman.

The wolf king Lemanrus and a large group of wolves were thrown around and left dizzy.

"Guilliman, you're absolutely right. Your method is definitely the best. It's best to just knock this guy out and bring him back."

"If we use my method, it could potentially delay things by a year or two," Rod said, clapping his hands.

Before Guilliman could even speak, the wolf-cat Lemanrus had already staggered to his feet, roared, and charged at Rhodes with his fists waving.

That damn bastard just ambushed me and knocked me down in one move!

I can’t stand it, I absolutely can’t stand it!
Given the wolf king's violent temper, he doesn't care about anything else now; fighting is the only thing on his mind.

However, Wolf King Lemanrus's fist struck an earthen-yellow cover, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not break it.

This special cover, like a giant bowl, trapped Lemanrus inside.

The one who made the move was Guilliman. He used the power of the cosmic mythical beast, the Cosmic Xuanwu, to create a giant barrier, trapping Lemanrus inside.

Sending Ruth to fight Rhodes now would be suicide!
“Guilliman! You did this, didn’t you? You bastard, I knew you weren’t up to any good!”
First you dismantled the various legions, and then you played dirty tricks on me. I know now, you must want to become the emperor of the empire.

"I knew it when you created that Second Empire." Lemanrus immediately launched into a tirade against Guilliman.

I just heard that the reason I was beaten up was entirely because of Guilliman.

The mention of the Second Empire caused Guilliman's lips to twitch. The Second Empire was a source of eternal pain for him, Saint Gilles, and Leon the Lion, and a permanent dark chapter in their history.

The problem is, everything about the Second Empire back then was erased. Even Rhodes never mentioned any information about the Second Empire. How did Lemanrus know all this?
“Rhodes Ruth might be a little out of his mind. He's probably been in that place for too long and is talking nonsense. Don’t take it to heart,” Guilliman said somewhat awkwardly.

"You're still playing these tricks on me? What kind of Second Empire is that? I already knew. The truth will come out eventually." Rhodes rolled his eyes and said.

It's one thing to hide your so-called Second Empire from others, but to hide it from me?

These words created an awkward atmosphere, and Guilliman's smile froze.

For example, imagine you've been hiding your biggest secret, but the other person already knew it. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
"Hahaha!! At the time, I was just doing this as a precaution. You know, I didn't know the rebels' movements back then, and I even came to a conclusion."

"My father has even been killed, so I founded the Second Reich to preserve the human race," Guilliman said, quite embarrassed.

The reason why the Second Empire was established was actually related to his adoptive mother. In her eyes, after his adoptive father died, the emperor was a bastard who suddenly appeared and took away their son!
The Second Empire was founded around the world of Altera 500, and at that time, all power in the Second Empire was in the hands of Guilliman!

However, he recommended Saint Gilles to become the leader of the Second Empire, which was actually a way of finding a reason to show that the empire was not his personal fiefdom.

“Do you know that the Dassault Lighthouse you built to replace the Star Torch is actually an alien technology? While it can prevent Imperial ships from getting lost in the warp, it has attracted another group of predators,” Rhodes said.

"You even know about this! Wait, you just said my lighthouse attracted a group of predators?" Guilliman suddenly seemed to realize something.

“That’s right, just as you thought. The Tyranids were actually drawn here by your beacon. Although it was only a matter of time before they discovered the galaxy and came here, your beacon did indeed guide them,” Rhodes said.

This thing that the Second Empire came up with, something like a new TV show, is actually quite useful, it's just that its brightness is a bit too strong.

"Are you two pretending I don't exist? Guilliman, you're in charge of the Empire now, aren't you? How are the other brothers doing?" Ruth roared.

"Russ, the empire is now ruled by Father, and it always has been. Father has awakened from the golden throne."

"And you haven't just been away for a little over 100 years, you've been away for a full 1 years!" Guilliman took a deep breath!

He came before Ruth and told him the truth.

(End of this chapter)