Warhammer: I don't want to become a stinky can!

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"Then... what can we do?"

"It can be saved,"

The Emperor spoke decisively, and before Mortarian could react, the Emperor continued with his next sentence.

"But it's not easy."

The emperor frowned, and golden light began to burst forth from his body.

“Saving him will cost me dearly,” the Emperor said sternly, “but—”

What do you want?!

Mortalian shouted almost immediately, and the Primarch seemed to understand the Lord of Man's unspoken message. He shouted, his eyes almost blinded by the golden light before him.

【I—I can give you all of this! I'll acknowledge you as my father—what more could I want?!】

"This is so scary for the child," Hades thought, lying in bed pretending to be dead. "That's just a joke, don't scare him."

But Makado, standing beside him, used psionic energy to strike him.

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Wait a minute

"Okay," Hades thought, "I'll stay unconscious for a while longer and see what Old Man Huang is up to this time."

Consider it punishment for Mortarian thinking he was a fool.

Why did Mortarian think he was a fool when he was perfectly fine?

Hades felt furious just thinking about it!

So all his previous earnest advice and groundwork were dismissed as nonsense.

The Lord of Humanity sighed, tears welling in his eyes.

“I am so happy to see you do this, my child, I am truly delighted.”

He whispered, "I'm so sorry for leaving you. If only I could find you sooner..."

The emperor stopped.

"But reality doesn't allow me to do that,"

He said sadly,

"I'm leading a major expedition, which leaves me no time for anything else..."

Goodness, we've entered the main storyline. They're really good at conning people, Hades thought.

Mortarian gazed cautiously at the Lord of Man, as if he had some unseen premonition.

"...I created you to lead this great expedition, my children."

The Emperor looked earnestly at Mortarian.

"I will grant you a powerful legion loyal to you, but in return, I expect you to lead them to victory alongside the human empire."

You want me to fight for you?

Mortarian asked, Hades had said the same thing before... He wasn't offended.

"Fight for humanity, my son."

"I will," Mortarian said decisively. "If it's for humanity, then I will. In fact, I will fight for humanity forever—to exterminate all psykers and aliens."

Hades thought, "This will surely blow up Old Man Huang's good zone. It's a pity that Mortalian isn't a gold, otherwise the Emperor would probably be laughing his head off."

A genuine smile appeared on the emperor's face.

“I’m glad you said that, child,”

"Actually, I've been observing you all along,"

The Lord of Humanity said, “I worry that you have been corrupted by the outside world… but in reality, you have grown better than I imagined. I have seen Barbaros's progress—you are far superior to what I thought—”

"My lord,"

Macardo abruptly interrupted the Emperor, and the Primarch turned to look at Hades, who was sitting beside Hades' bed.

"The situation is not optimistic... It would require too many sacrifices to save him."

Macado said coldly,

“Even one of your offspring cannot make up for this sacrifice.”

Mortarian opened his eyes wide, but the Emperor behind him remained silent.

Mortarian suddenly turned his head and stared at the Lord of Humanity.

"I see it clearly," the Primarch said coldly. "He claims to be my biological father, yet all he talks about is self-interest."

Before him, as if realizing that he could not be moved, the Lord of Man's expression returned to calm, shining with dazzling golden light, causing Mortarian to feel a searing pain.

The Primarch chuckled coldly twice.

【what do you want? 】

Mortarian asked, "Besides Barbaross, I can give you anything—the life of the Barbarosians, and everything else. What do you want?"

Mortarion stood still, facing the Lord of Mankind. The golden light almost set the Primarch ablaze, and the being before him began to become inhuman.

"Good boy," the Emperor said, "I admire your unwavering determination and your will to protect the people."

The pressure exerted on him grew increasingly intense; Mortarian was nearly knocked down by the golden light, but he remained steadfastly standing there.

He recalled what Hades had once said.

I will be more outstanding than your other children.

Motalian said, "I deserve it."

Behind Mortalian, Hades, whose 48K gold was blindingly bright despite being obscured by the Primarch's figure, was almost moved to tears. Look at Mortalian's resolve.

And Old Huang has finally revealed his true colors; so this is what you were planning to do.

+This is just another form of blind arrogance. Among your brothers are those who can conquer an entire planet with a few hundred men, those who ruled an entire star system before I found them, and legendary figures who achieved hundreds of undefeated battles after taking command of a legion—and you, what makes you think you can? +

Blood trickled from Mortarian's mouth as he gritted his teeth and said...

What glory did the most accomplished of your descendants achieve?

+104 consecutive victories; two-thirds of the conquered planets can be directly added to the Empire and immediately put into production.

Old Huang, you're a damn bastard, aren't you?!

Hades was about to stand up and yell at Mortalian, "Don't listen to this bastard! Which Primarch is that powerful?!" This was just a damn attempt to provoke him!

Hades immediately stood up, but Macado, who was next to him, suddenly pressed Hades' wrist down with his hand.

A burst of golden light exploded in Makado's hand!

Hades was instantly paralyzed!

Hey, so your mom was plotting against him here?!

Hades immediately began to struggle, but how could Macardo, who was determined to risk everything, be incompetent?!

At the same time, the golden light emanating from the Emperor began to choke Hades's dark domain, and the two Yin brothers who had been prepared beforehand! Together with Makado, they pinned Hades to the bed, rendering him unable to move.

Hades struggled desperately, making muffled noises, but the cunning old man Huang activated the psionic mute card, which completely blocked such a small sound!

Mortarian couldn't hear Hades' shouts behind him!

Your mother's old yellow head! Your mother's old horse! Colluding with each other! Colluding with each other!!

The Primarch stared directly at the Lord of Man, the Emperor's aura having surged hundreds of times in that instant! Mortarion was in tears, his heart pounding violently.

Okay, I will bring you a 105-game winning streak.

Motalian said,

I will become the one under your command who brings you the most glory.

[If only you would save Hades.]

Hey! Don't get kidnapped so easily!

Hades struggled desperately, screaming in vain, but Macado held him down tightly. When did this old man become so strong?!

Hades cursed silently as the Dark Domain began to erupt; he was about to get serious! The Emperor's figure swayed.

+Language is easily lost. +The emperor said, swallowing the condition he had prepared to add, and stretched out his hand.

Mortarian stared at him, then without hesitation placed his hand on his.

Ahhhhhhhhhh! ! ! ! !

Don't be stupid, bro!!! Old man Huang, your psionic aura definitely has brain-depressing energy waves in it, right?!

In his struggle, Hades suddenly rammed his head into Macado, who coughed up a mouthful of blood.

A burst of golden light exploded in their hands, and the Lord of Humanity released his hand with satisfaction.

"Alright," the Emperor said, sounding rather lighthearted.

Moreover, the Lord of Man stared at Mortarion, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Actually, I began treating Hades the moment I entered. You are my son, so of course I will grant your request. What happened just now was merely a test of your resolve, to see if you are capable of taking over my legion.

A smile appeared on the emperor's lips, and the blood at the corner of his mouth was burned away by the golden flames.

Now, I am very pleased.

Also, my dear friend Hades is safe and sound.

Mortarian turned around abruptly and saw Macado spitting out blood, and Hades, his eyes wide open, seemingly dying with his eyes open, convulsing.

Macardo, panting, propped up his scepter and immediately returned to the Emperor's side.

Mortarion stepped aside to let Macardo walk back. He could see... the Emperor and Macardo's exhaustion... they had indeed sacrificed a lot to save Hades.

The Primarch silently remembered.

But Hades was the priority now, so Mortarion rushed over to check on Hades' condition.

Hades looked terrible, but the good news was that he woke up.

"Motalian..." Hades coughed up blood, "I didn't sleep at all..."

Mortarian lowered his head and let out a sigh of relief.

That's the effect of the medication... You won't realize it yourself... I'm so sorry... I didn't believe you...

Hades stared at the Lord of Man, behind the Primarch. The Emperor mouthed a few words—

Do you think he'll believe you didn't faint?

Hades glared at Mortarian through gritted teeth. "I'm not asleep, Mortarian."

Mortarian stared at him. "You've been unconscious, Hades. It's already the afternoon of the second day."

"That was me pretending..."

Hades couldn't continue.

He couldn't very well say that he was pretending to be asleep to watch Mortalian have his fun, and that he was listening to Mortalian and the Barbarusians have their amusement while they were crying, could he?

After all, many other Barbarosians wept and fainted because of this incident.

Hades could accept that Mortalian was deceived, but what about Herrera and Lysa's group...?

Hades swallowed the words he was about to say.

Hades gave the middle finger to the Dark Domain, while the Lord of Mankind smiled heartily. Beside him, Macardo pulled down his hood and laughed sinisterly.

As the two left, before departing, Macado gave Hades the middle finger with a sinister smile.

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Welcome Back to the Empire

Hades's impotent rage!

If he does wake up, it's because he's been literally woken up by anger.

Beside him, Mortarian was relieved that he hadn't made a serious mistake.