I am the magnetic field maniac

Thinking of this, Guilliman instantly became furious!

"Why am I still alive!" Guilliman roared

"What more do you want from me? I gave everything I had to you, to them; and look what they did to our dreams!"

"There is no longer a trace of reason and hope in the bloated and corrupt remains of the Empire. Only fear, hatred and ignorance keep this zombie alive! Even if we are all buried in the fire of Horus' ambition, it is better than living to witness all this!"

Guilliman knew that everything he said was just angry, but how could he not get angry?

Look what the Empire did after he and his brothers left!

Those mortals whom the Emperor trusted, those mortals whom he, Guilliman, was willing to love and forgive, what did they do!!

They were almost defeated by a group of greenskins on Terra. Even when those greenskins came in front of them, those high lords and those insects still wanted to submit an agreement with the greenskins!

If it weren't for his brother Vulkan, these mortal-ruled empires would have been fucking finished!

And then, that bastard named Gauji Vandire, that madman, what had he done to the empire he and his brothers had built?

Replace the rationality with blind obedience and faith, replace the Imperial Truth with the pseudo-scripture written by that bastard Lorgar... Then, in the name of the Emperor and the Primarch, fucking persecute the people of the Empire! !

Look at those corrupt Ecclesiarchs, look at those who talk about serving the Emperor but are full of depravity...

They are just fucking insects that are not even as good as the Word Bearers and the Teachings under Lorgar during the Great Crusade!

Guilliman hates the Word Bearers, but he thinks they are a thousand times better than those garbage!

And even if later, the rational teachings of Saint Sebastian replaced the rule of that madman, so what? Did the empire become better?

Those mortals, those high lords, those planetary governors, those nobles—

Darkness. All Guilliman saw was a darkness so thick that it could not be dissolved!

He began to feel sad, not for himself but for the innocent children born in this era.

They are children of this Dark Age, and have seen nothing but hardship, suffering, and endless conflict throughout their lives... Despite this, they fight unyieldingly and remain indomitable even when faced with many enemies.

But they could not see any light, nor any hope. They were not as lucky as Guilliman and his former comrades.

Guilliman was fortunate enough to be born into a better age, a golden age of hope and triumph.

Even though he and his brothers' expedition was full of difficulties and dangers...

But they all have something precious that most people in this era do not have.

That's hope.

When the great crusade set sail from Terra, when the last Thunder Warrior left the Emperor, when the first Space Marine was born, and before the Horus Heresy -

Every Space Marine, every soldier, even those basic workers, they are full of passion and hope, why?

Is it because their lives are better? No, it is because they know that even if it is hard, their efforts are valuable, and they are working hard for a great ideal!

Moreover, they could see that they were not the only ones who suffered. Those powerful Space Marines, those mythical Primarchs, and even the Emperor whom they regarded as a god - they were also fighting, and they kept fighting!

If those who lead us can devote themselves to such a great cause at the cost of their own lives, what reason do we have not to work hard?

It was a beautiful golden age, dazzling and eye-catching, and the light of hope was so bright that even Horus's Heresy could not tarnish it.

Because even those who followed Horus in his rebellion had hope - they believed in the wolf-god, they believed in a great ideal, and they believed even more that their leader was fighting with them.

But looking at the empire now, what do we have? What is left?

Except for the seemingly vast territory and power, we have nothing! The people are desperate, the rulers are corrupt, everything is rotten, it's fucking rotten and unbearable!

Father, is this the beauty you promised? Is this what you said would happen when we, the Astartes, are gone and the mortals rule?

The double blow and severe pain both physically and psychologically nearly made Guilliman faint...and what made him even more depressed was that at this moment he didn't even have anyone to talk to!

Since waking up, and once again, Guilliman wished so much that he had a brother by his side, with whom he could talk freely;

Perhaps only they can understand what he feels at this moment.

Was there? In fact, Angron was listening, but he would only give Guilliman this response...

"Hahaha, Guilliman, how do you feel now? How do you feel!!"

Angron looked at the collapsed Guilliman and laughed wildly, holding his stomach. He was just happy about Guilliman's current miserable appearance!

Even Lorgar, who was stabbed by Angron and was dying, managed to force out a few smiles with miraculous skills.

"Shut up! It's all your fault, traitors!" Guilliman roared.

"We? Come on, the number of humans I have killed personally in the past ten thousand years is less than ten billion." Angron sneered.

"The number of people killed by Lorgar and I in the past ten thousand years is not even as many as the number of people killed by your imperial bureaucrats in one day. Your corruption is your own problem. Don't put the blame on us!"

"Chaos is a bunch of stinking shit that should be destroyed! But aren't humans also part of this shit?"

Guilliman could not refute Angron's words.

Because this is the truth! In the rotten body of the Empire, the abscesses that are directly affected by Chaos and Aliens do not account for the majority, and most of them are still diseases induced by human problems themselves!

The most exciting thing in Beast Wars is not the power of the beasts and greenskins... but the various internal conflicts and pig-nosed operations of the High Lords' Council in front of the greenskins.

Vandir's bloody reign has nothing to do with Chaos...

It was purely the madman Vandir and his tyrannical priests of the state religion who persecuted the people of the empire in the name of the God-Emperor. What's even ridiculous is that this madman is a "loyal" guy.

"I don't have time to die!" These were the only words of this dictator and religious madman before his death!

The most terrible problem facing the empire now does not even come from external enemies, but from the endless internal strife and disputes, corruption and unbearableness!

These viruses ensured that the empire would still decline and die even after winning victory after victory. These blood-sucking insects lying on the huge corpse of the empire spent 10,000 years turning the empire he and his brothers had built into what it is today!

Those who have only a vague understanding of Chaos will always blame all corruption on Chaos - but the evil gods are not so idle, and they do not need to project their attention and influence on reality.

The subspace is originally a reflection of intelligent life, a reflection of chaos, and it is the ugliness of human beings themselves.

Damn it, how can we build an empire with these mortal insects!

Guilliman felt dizzy and couldn't help feeling discouraged at the thought of just giving up like this.

But he is still Guilliman after all, the idealist, and that may be the only hope.

If these children who still hold on to a glimmer of hope in these dark times will continue to fight, then how can Guilliman allow himself to give up?

What right did he, one of the Emperor's extraordinary sons, have to feel sorry for himself?

How indulgent and willful would it be to show weakness and helplessness in the face of these followers who were born in darkness but whose courage and strength have never diminished?

"All these tragedies..." Guilliman said hatefully, "All these sufferings and pains should not be the fate of our race. Humanity has never done anything wrong. The culprits are the traitors who betrayed their own race. For too long, the children of Chaos have toyed with the fate of our race, and I will not allow them to continue."

Guilliman felt a new strength filling his body. He cheered himself up and locked all the sadness and desolation deep in his heart, leaving only the righteous rage - that would be a powerful weapon.

To ignore the shortcomings and corruption caused by humanity itself over the past ten thousand years, and to blame all problems on aliens and on humanity's enemies.

Guilliman forced himself to believe that humans were not such a rotten race... The corruption of the Empire was the result of being forced into existence by these omnipresent foreign enemies.

It's an escape, it's shameful, but it's very useful.

It is always better to point your knife and hatred at groups that are hostile to humanity than to direct your anger and hatred at humanity itself.

Quickly steadying his breathing, Guilliman regained his senses... and recovered from the vision of the Imperium's despair that the Emperor had shown him.

"There is still hope," he whispered.

Then, he looked at Angron, who was gloating, and hesitated for a moment, but still responded resolutely...

"Angron, I cannot meet your request!"

107. Slap the Emperor Three Times, Three Times

Is Angron's request excessive? Of course not, it's just a small star region.

In the face of the one million planets, countless star sectors and even a large number of star regions ruled by the Empire, a small galaxy, even an important forge world hive, is just insignificant to the Empire.

What's more, the hazy star field where the Calixis star zone is located is far away from the center of the empire...

Although it includes important worlds such as Caliban, the home world of the Dark Angels, and Cadia, which controls the Eye of Terror, it is still a frontier area close to the "front line".

From a material perspective, Guilliman would be happy to hand over a sector... As long as it can calm Angron down and allow Guilliman to free his hands to reorganize the Empire, a temporary appeasement policy is acceptable.

Although everyone says that not an inch of the Empire's territory is redundant... but as one of the few politicians among the Primarchs, Guilliman's bottom line is very flexible...

But Angron's "request" eliminated this possibility. Guilliman would never agree to Angron's conditions!

Leaving the Calixis sector is a small matter, but what he requested is a public announcement through the Council of High Lords, which is a big deal!

What does that mean? If Guilliman really did this, then things are going to be very serious!

Imagine a loyal primarch who came back to life asking the High Lords Council, which now holds power in the Empire, to completely cede a sector to a traitorous primarch. What a big fucking problem that would be!

Guilliman knew clearly the temptation of power to a person. If he wanted to change the empire after waking up, he would have to intervene in power, and would inevitably have to engage in a power game with the Council of High Lords.

And the high lords will never give up the power in their hands - not because they are greedy for anything, but precisely because they are all "loyal".

The more loyal they are, the more stubborn they are, and the more they believe that what they are doing and the system they maintain are the only way for the empire to survive.

Anyone who attempts to challenge and subvert this order, regardless of good or bad, regardless of identity, is considered a "traitor" who is plotting to subvert the empire in the eyes of the high lords.

Even if Guilliman is a Primarch and has the identity of the so-called "Son of God", it cannot change this!

It is precisely because Guilliman is a Primarch that the High Lords will go all out to fight him.

Those who can rise to the position of high lord are all real powerful figures, if not the top nobles of the old Terra Banner.

They will not be fooled by the State Religion with a revised version of the Holy Word... They will not believe that the Primarch is truly the sacred and inviolable Son of God.

To say the least, it might even be blasphemous to say that among these high lords, there are probably only a few who truly have faith in the Emperor!

The closer people are to gods, the less they believe in them.

Unlike others, these high lords who clearly knew the whole story of the Great Rebellion were absolutely highly wary of the return of the Primarch, and were seriously opposed to the Primarch returning to power!

These guys were afraid to give even the title of "Warmaster" to a mortal like Macharius... let alone giving Guilliman the greater power of "Regent".

But despite this, Guilliman still has the confidence to take down the High Lords Council of Terra with minimal losses.

Although he has been asleep for ten thousand years, Guilliman's political level is still unrivaled!

But if he agreed to Angron's terms...

Guilliman had reason to believe that those High Lords would dare to use this as an excuse to label him a rebel Primarch, a Chaos element, a demon who was plotting to overthrow the Imperial regime, and then go directly to war!

After all, this matter is only about the jurisdiction of a star zone at a smaller scale, and at a larger scale, it means that the Primarch wants to restore the Great Crusade and establish Primarch warlordism, or even at a larger scale, he is trying to split the Empire.

There was a guy named Huron who did this, although the reason given by the High Lord was anti-taxation...

But in reality, they are afraid that Huron will become the second "Warmaster" after controlling the Great Vortex - oh, by the way, Huron seems to be the descendant of Guilliman?

Such an excuse is enough to start a large-scale civil war among humans.

This is not an exaggeration. After all, war can be said to be an extension of politics, and the purpose of all human wars can be classified as political issues.

This was fucking politics, something Guilliman was great at, but extremely disgusting.

What's even more troubling for Guilliman is that if the High Lords use this as an excuse to tie the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition to their chariots, that would be real fun!

Because by then, even if the emperor stepped in, there would be no way this civil war would stop!

Because those high lord insects and those extremely self-righteous state religions and the Inquisition really dared to label the Emperor a heretic -

Anyway, the real Emperor has not yet ascended the Golden Throne, and they have the right to interpret any miracles of the Emperor as heresy and sorcery.

Heretics are more hateful than pagans!

For those who regard faith as their life, the right to interpret religion is their instinct for survival.

Any other interpretation of the doctrine, even from the Emperor himself, would be considered fucking heresy.

Those Ecclesiarchy and Inquisition insects have been shouting about heresy for 10,000 years, and this is not the first time they have actually labeled the Emperor (Children of the Stars) as heretics and wanted to kill them.

When that time comes, will Guilliman bring together the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition to kill them all, and then ban them all?

Don't get me wrong, Guilliman really wants all these charlatans to die!

But his reason told him that with this group of religious fanatics, the empire would be destroyed sooner or later. Without this group of religious fanatics, the empire would be destroyed in the next second!

Everything that held the empire together was gone, leaving only a shallow belief. If faith was gone, the empire would inevitably fall apart.

In fact, this might not be a bad thing. As the saying goes, things that come together for a long time must be divided. The empire’s current predicament is largely due to its overly large territory.

Especially Macharius' expedition, the excessive number of worlds he conquered was the biggest problem that continued to bleed the empire for thousands of years.

The split power will help the various factions to integrate their own power, clear up internal conflicts, and even gain stronger capabilities. When a fist that is too tight is loosened, it may hurt more.