Warhammer: Should I also sit on the Golden Throne?

Chapter 97 The Shameless Enchantress and the Bloodthirsty Wild Dog Set Off from Macurag City

Who killed him...?

Hearing Zhou Yun's words, Connor Guilliman frowned imperceptibly.

If Connor had to find a single adjective to describe Robert's teacher... it would be "secret."

He clearly knew something about Robert's origins, which Connor could understand as the effect of a wizard's divination abilities, but his true intentions were something Connor couldn't figure out. He seemed to be intentionally teaching Robert, just like Connor, and guiding Robert down a different path from the one designed by his creator.

But Connor's intuition told him that Zhou Yun seemed to have some connection with Robert's creator.

Previously, Ewton had arranged for someone to investigate Zhou Yun and discovered that Zhou Yun was a Catholic.

Connor had some knowledge of the history of Catholicism, knowing that the faith originated in ancient Rome on Terra, and that the number written on the incubation chamber that carried Robert was the Roman numeral thirteen.

Robert's creator was likely a person who lived through the ancient Roman era... Could he be the one who believed in Catholicism?

If that's the case, does Zhou Yun represent his will?

Why then did Zhou Yun's teachings to Robert deviate from the original intentions of his creator?

Connor remained calm and smiled as he spoke to Zhou Yun, "Who isn't curious about their own death? I'm also very curious about who will kill me."

Connor could roughly sense that Zhou Yun asked the question without malice; he seemed to want to save himself from an unnatural death.

"You will die at the hands of your political enemy, Jalan," Zhou Yun said to Connor in a statement of fact. "He will incite a riot within the guards of Macurag, and in the chaos, assassins will kill you."

".....Hmm?" Connor frowned uncontrollably.

Jia Lan?

Will he die at the hands of Jalan?

"Professor Zhou Yun, it's not that I don't trust you, but I do have three questions I have to ask."

"First question: What is the principle behind the prediction of the future? When you predict the future, will the future change? Or is it that because you predict the future, the future moves in the direction you predicted?"

Connor's first question made Zhou Yun raise his eyebrows slightly.

He now really wants to capture that big, foolish spirit who cursed Anglon and listen to Connor's questions.

And the future Horus should also listen to this question and think about it.

This self-fulfilling prophecy is indeed a huge pitfall in this galaxy.

But what Zhou Yun just said can't really be considered a prophecy.

This was the original course of history that he knew from his previous life.

"It's true that prophecies can sometimes become self-fulfilling, but my prophecy won't be that type," Zhou Yun said to Connor. "If I hadn't interfered, this would have inevitably happened."

"It's bound to happen..." Connor frowned, clearly deep in thought. "If something is bound to happen, then there must be some extraordinary force intervening... So, my second question."

"The city's guards were reorganized from the troops I led on the expedition to Illyria. They are well-disciplined and loyal to me, and my reforms will bring them great benefits. What caused their rebellion?"

Indeed, at least so far, the city guards that Zhou Yun has seen are well-disciplined and loyal to Connor. How could they suddenly riot in the future?

Given Connor's political and military capabilities, could he really not even control the guards of Macurag?

Even if Connor is no good, would Robert Guilliman allow the guards of Macurag to get out of control?

In Zhou Yun's memories of his previous life, the reasons for the rebellion of the guards of Macurag City were also vague.

"It seems they accepted bribes and killed for money," Zhou Yun said, based on his memories from his previous life.

"Killing people for money! How could they have fallen so low so quickly!" Connor exclaimed in disbelief.

Yes, how could it have "fallen" so quickly?

Zhou Yun thought of the Slaanesh believers who were entrenched in the city of Makula.

"I have one last question."

"This is the most crucial issue."

"You may not be familiar enough with Makulag politics. Jallan is not my political enemy."

"On the contrary, Jaran is my most important political partner, and his position is extremely crucial. It was he, as a Supreme Court Justice, who helped my bills pass countless times."

"If he wants to be my enemy, as the Chief Justice, even if the Senate passes my bill, he has the right to declare that my bill violates the virtues and spirit of Macurag and reject it."

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"It was because I was a close political partner with Jalan, and because we trusted each other, that I helped him obtain the positions of consul and chief justice."

"I find it hard to believe that Jalan would betray me. Even Robert thinks that Jalan is one of the few trustworthy members of all the elders of Macurag, one of the few who is not a worm and a fool."

"I don't know what the future holds, but at least for now, Jialan is my friend."

Jarran was a political ally and friend of Connor, and Robert Guilliman also considered Jarran trustworthy.

The sky had completely darkened, and four bright moons hung in the sky above the city of Macurag. Zhou Yun walked out of Markuskiriman's mansion, heading home, his mind still pondering his conversation with Connor.

Both Connor and Robert believed that the former Jalan was trustworthy and had no ill intentions towards them.

Both of them have demonstrated their judgment. Robert Guilliman has indeed been deceived before. In the future, Luo Jia will take advantage of their brotherly relationship and Robert's desire to mend the rift, and launch a surprise attack on Koss, causing a terrible disaster.

But is Jia Lan a fraudster who can rival Luo Jia?

Especially since Robert now doesn't seem to be as sentimental as he will be in the future, and Luo Jia's betrayal was foreshadowed, but Jia Lan's was not.

If Jarran wasn't a top-notch conman, then it means he suddenly fell into depravity and suddenly became an enemy of the two Guillimans.

The only explanation for this is corruption from the warp.

But Jia Lan could at least explain it; what about the city guards?

Why did the city guards, so loyal to Connor, suddenly degenerate into killing for money? Why did the entire city of Macurag suddenly erupt into riots?

Such corruption, permeating the entire city and eroding the hearts of so many, is something that ordinary cultists could not accomplish in a place like Macurag, where the veil is inexplicably thick.

Something must have weakened the warp veil near Macragge, establishing a connection between the warp and reality...

What method exactly is used?

The Black Stone Obelisk has been removed?

That shouldn't be the case... After the riot that killed Connor, Macragge quickly returned to calm, and there were no signs of warp activity for a long time. Obviously, the thickness of the veil was not permanently weakened, which means that the black stone obelisk was still in effect.

Those Slaanesh believers must have connected reality and the underworld through some temporary means.

Connor has promised to investigate whether Jalan has been in contact with cultists and to track down those Salamansi followers. Zhou Yun suspects that the assassination was also orchestrated by those Salamansi followers.

At the same time, Connor also hoped that Zhou Yun would continue to be Guilliman's teacher, but the teaching location was moved back to Connor's own mansion.

At the Marcus residence, Connor and Marcus explained the assassination attempt to the guards and servants as follows:

Zhou Yun protected Robert Guilliman and killed the assassins.

So much so that when Zhou Yun left the mansion, the servants all retreated in fear, and the guards at the gate were so frightened that their legs went weak and they almost fell to the ground.

"...Zhou Yun?" Suddenly, a screech of brakes sounded, followed by a voice that Zhou Yun recognized. Zhou Yun turned his head and saw a small truck with a canopy parked on the street behind him. A sharp, mechanical creaking sound rang out, and the truck's window squeaked and rolled down.

Zhou Yun's teacher, Lucretius, the chief professor of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, a historian, and also a psychic, poked his head out.

Not long ago, Zhou Yun's teacher went to investigate the ruins of the Wizard King's era near Odin City and has not been in Makurag City.

"Just finished the lessons for the child at Lord Marcus's house? It's so late, isn't Tita worried?" Lucretius reached out and opened the car door, getting out of the car.

He stomped his numb feet on the ground a few times, exhaled a few breaths of cold air, and pounded his back a few times, seemingly quite exhausted from the long journey.

"There was a slight mishap during today's lesson, which caused quite a bit of delay. Lord Marcus's servant has already informed Tita in advance."

Zhou Yun looked at Lucretius, his gaze lingering on the canopy at the back of the truck.

"How is your archaeological work going?"

"A major discovery!" Lucretius laughed upon hearing this. "I called you over to ask if you have some free time lately. I need a reliable and knowledgeable assistant to help me translate the excavated clay tablets and documents—I know you're probably not short of money these days, but could you please give your poor, aging teacher a little face and lend a hand?"

With that, Lucretius walked to the back of the wagon, opened the awning covering the cargo bed, rummaged around inside, and pulled out a clay tablet covered with cuneiform script.

"Look, this is a clay tablet unearthed from the ruins near Odin City."

"Based on the findings at the scene, I believe that Odin City was once the front line of the war between the King of War and the King of Wizardry."

"Furthermore, this clay tablet confirms my long-held suspicion...the goddess Simonetta participated in that war, and she was an ally of the King of War."

As he spoke, Lucretius handed the clay tablet to Zhou Yun.

"I could only barely decipher some of the cuneiform script related to Simeneta. The clay tablets unearthed near Odin City generally use more complex and difficult-to-decipher cuneiform script, which may be a sign that it is close to the center of the former rule of the Wizarding King."

The scholar's historical knowledge helped Zhou Yun understand what Lucretius meant.

During the reign of the Wizarding King, his followers and subjects often used a cuneiform script of unknown origin. The closer to the center of the Wizarding King's rule and the more important the documents, the more complex and difficult to decipher the cuneiform script became.

Zhou Yun's gaze fell on the mud slab...

"The shameless witch and the bloodthirsty wild dogs set off from Macurag City."

"The ridiculous woman and the foolish followers of the Blood God are approaching."

"Simonetta and the head of the Guilliman family have captured Odin City."

"The goddess Simonetta and the courageous King of War march on the royal court."

"Two deities walking among humans are expelling the curse of the King of Sorcery!"

Zhou Yun instinctively read the words aloud.

Lucretius stared wide-eyed at Zhou Yun, as if surprised that Zhou Yun could read the contents so fluently.

Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that it wasn't the scholar's memory that helped him identify these cuneiform characters... it was the knowledge of the archaeologists, the archaeologists on Prospero, that was at work.

The cuneiform script on it has an almost identical version on Prospero. Almost the instant Zhou Yun realized this, the archaeologist's innate spiritual gift, "the language of antiquities," was triggered.

The memories etched on this clay tablet began to surface before Zhou Yun's eyes. He saw lingering shadows of Macurag's past, and the figure of a woman...