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

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Kirkland roared, and Vox spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I'm almost out! Only one left!!!"

"You little bastard who goes to the battlefield without a gun! Hades despises you!!!"

Kirkland screamed and struck the head of the Imperial Guards again with the axe.

Vox cursed under his breath; he'd already thrown over a dozen white bombs! He'd only used one black bomb!

"What are you afraid of! The Silent Sisters will be here soon!"

Bjorn roared,

It can't be the Silent Sisters! They need evidence, not even video evidence! The soulless will drive out their last hope—

"It can't be the Silent Sisters!!"

Kim and Kirkland shouted at the same time, followed by Kirkland's roar.

"Blow up the ground! Blow it up!!! The main hall is underneath!!"

"What the hell are you doing?! Kirkland! You think you can blow up the floor of a defensive structure?!"

The electronic sound of gold crackled and exploded, but Vox saw the limbs protruding from beneath the Great Sage's red robes, holding—

Explosives.

"By the Father above! What are you doing?!"

Bjorn shouted angrily and in confusion, but the three madmen who came out of the Death Guard ignored him.

"That's right!!"

Kirkland screamed hysterically, the Sage's body trembled, and parts and explosives fell to the ground at the same time. Vox suspected that the Sage had removed all the explosive parts.

Vox realized with despair once again that he shouldn't be there, but remembering Mortarian's instructions, he gritted his teeth and roared...

"No!!! It's trying to escape! We can't do anything about it—"

The Imperial Guard convulsed violently, and the psychic light suddenly intensified. Vox seemed to hear the monster's desperate cry.

Someone is strengthening its connection to this space!

Vox was overjoyed. He praised this kind-hearted man and hurriedly removed all the black bullets from his body and threw them to Kirkland, which earned him another kick from the Imperial Guard. His facial bones must have been fractured.

"In the name of Hades!"

Hades instinctively raised his head.

Kirkland roared, and the Sage fired at the mountain of explosives surrounding the Imperial Guards, the first sparks flying—

"boom!!!"

Thanks to the electronic eyes, Hades was probably one of the few people in the entire event who saw the whole thing clearly.

Time seemed to slow down, and countless things happened in an instant.

The ceiling of the towering stage was blown open, thick smoke and dust obscuring the entire scene, and he saw a thing falling—

Hades recognized Vox, a Space Wolf, a Custodian, and Gold.

Before Hades could even form a question mark in his mind, he saw a mechanical arm extend from the gap and, with lightning speed, pull Jin, who was clinging tightly to the Imperial Guard, back to his body.

The light shone on the straight-falling debris and dust, where Vox, wolves, and the Imperial Guard were.

Their landing location was—Hades lowered his gaze and saw Magnus, who was still in shock, with a successful smile on his face. The spirit summoning circle was emitting a light that looked like it had succeeded—right in the center of the spirit summoning circle.

At that moment, the archangel stood up in terror, Dorn stood up and was about to draw his sword, Mortarion's hand was halfway to grip his gun, Fugan's mouth was already open as he shouted, and Corax tried to disappear into the darkness.

Is this considered a major opportunity for Tzeentch?

Hades thought to himself, and raised his sword. He was the first to react, having been warned in advance by Kirkland's prayers.

He watched as the mass of objects crashed straight into the magic circle. There was a moment of silence as they landed, but most people still didn't react. Magnus finished speaking the last note by relying on momentum.

A soft explosion was heard.

Psychic energy erupts!

A distorted blue figure flashed across everyone's retinas for a fleeting moment, so brief that no one could tell whether it was an illusion or reality.

Hades leaped up.

The screams that hadn't yet been uttered were abruptly extinguished, and the darkness was illuminated for a moment like a broken record. When people realized with astonishment that they were standing, tears streaming down their faces, and trembling as they looked toward the center of the stage, they saw the Lord of the Order of Silence standing beside Magnus, who had collapsed to the ground.

The broken sword stood lightly beside the Crimson King, as if it only required the slightest exertion...

Hades lowered his head, absolute darkness shrouding his face, while a crimson light stared straight at Magnus.

A blinding light shone down from behind Hades, casting a dazzling silhouette on his face.

"Others may not know,"

Magnus,

Hades spoke softly, so softly that only Magnus, who was panting heavily, could hear his whisper.

“But I know exactly what you’re doing.”

"So, Magnus, do you now understand what you're doing?"

Magnus looked tremblingly at the summoning array. The light had already gone out, and he saw the Imperial Guard lying there, barely alive.

He gasped for breath, unable to control himself. As the initiator of the magic circle, it was natural for him, natural for him—Magnus gasped and gagged violently.

The human ruler rose from his throne, his eyes, though not angry, swirling with a terrifying golden light.

Magnus, do you know your crime?

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Out of everyone's sight, Mortarian silently kicked Vox, who had just been kicked down by Hades and was covering his mouth, trying not to groan, behind him.

The wolves on Russ's side suddenly lay obediently beside the wolf king, forming a small mountain.

Kim and Kirkland, who were clinging to the gap in the ceiling, gave each other a high five.

For the sake of Hades, the two cheered each other in the binary code, and incidentally packaged the virus into the message as well.

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Chapter 371 Review

Depressing, dim, uneasy.

A subtle restlessness.

An overwhelming rage assaulted everyone's fragile nerves. The Imperial Guard and the Silent Sisters were all mobilized, and everyone was ordered to stay in their private rest rooms, forbidden from leaving.

The Emperor himself stepped down from the throne, his eyes filled with fury. Everyone present was momentarily stunned. Perhaps only Hades and Macardo saw the Emperor grab Magnus by the back of his collar and drag him out of the main hall.

The tip of the sword scraped against the ground, making a soft hissing sound.

Magnus looked like a rag doll, his red skin turning deathly pale. He seemed to want to explain, but was too frightened to speak. He stammered, but the words stuck in his throat.

Hades thought that Magnus might have caught a glimpse of the true nature of the "Guardian Spirits" in that instant.

Hades now stands expressionless outside the Emperor's private room. To his right, darkness shrouds him, and he holds a scythe. To his left, Macado stands silently with his eyes closed, the golden light on his scepter burning brightly.

In the dimly lit corridor, the clanging of armor made by the Imperial Guards and the Silent Sisters could be heard from time to time as they moved.

Further away, in the main hall, the Thousand Sons were kneeling on the platform. The Death Guard and the Space Wolf patrolled among the scattered kneeling Thousand Sons with the air of victors, while the Silent Order quietly stood guard around them.

They need to give the Emperor some time and private space.

Hades could hear angry rebukes and desperate roars from the other side of the door. A faint psionic pressure seeped out from the crack in the door, carrying a power that was enough to make Hades tremble. The loud crashing and shattering sounds continued.

The screams and cries that would send chills down anyone's spine could be faintly heard. Hades glanced at Macado out of the corner of his eye; the old man was still resting with his eyes closed, as if nothing had happened.

Another piercing scream rang out.

Hades took a deep breath and closed his eyes, letting the extremely diluted black domain act as his five senses. Makado's swaying golden psionic energy shone with disgust in his black domain, but at this moment, neither of them made any statement.

Because they could sense the Emperor's intense emotional fluctuations within the Sea of ​​Psionic Energy.

Hades "looked" at the spiritual fire of everyone in the Dark Domain. After confirming that there would be no sudden crisis, he began to think about how the whole thing had happened. This matter was too outrageous, so outrageous that even Hades could not believe it.

First, there's Hades. He hoped to trick Magnus into contacting the Tzeentch archdemon, but through Magnus's long summoning, Hades was certain that no Tzeentch archdemon was willing to be summoned by Magnus.

After his first attempt failed, Magnus, unwilling to give up, began trying to sense the nearest Tzeentch Lord—because the so-called "Guardian Spirits" were quite similar to the Tzeentch Lord's psionic fire in the warp.

Then... he sensed the treacherous demon "Amon" directly above the main hall, who was trying to plant a prophecy in Hauser to confuse Magnus.

This Tzeentch demon should have been able to complete his mission normally, give Hauser the prophecy, and then escape unscathed.

But it encountered Kirkland and Vox.

First, regarding Kirkland, Hades contacted the two sages before sending Sister Silent to the Chamber. Hades' orders to them were to be wary of the Custodians and protect Hauser.

After all, Hades couldn't have come up with such a brilliant idea as blowing the floor apart.

Moreover, Hades estimated that the chances of Magnus being severely punished on the spot were slim; it was more likely that the Emperor would punish Magnus after the incident because of the misconduct of the Imperial Guard.

Therefore, Hades envisioned that the two sages would discover the unusual behavior of the Imperial Guard in advance, protect Hauser, and at the same time, work with the Silent Sisters to subdue the Imperial Guard.

But he didn't expect that another person present, Death Guard Vox, would be given a tough task by Mortalian—to escalate the situation at all costs.

Hades's lips twitched almost imperceptibly; Mortarion's prediction had been remarkably successful.

Therefore, Vox, fully equipped with psionic effects, decisively chose to preserve as much evidence as possible—after weakening the opponent with the first black bullet and destroying the demon-possessed physical body with Mortalian Elixir,

Vox began using white bullets, using the sudden increase in subspace concentration to forcibly hold back Tzeentch, the Archdemon, who was trying to escape after realizing the incident had been exposed.

At this point, Kirkland also began to exert his influence, proposing the awe-inspiring idea of ​​blowing through the floor to show everyone the existence of warp creatures. Even more astonishingly, Kim, who had always been at odds with Kirkland, agreed to Kirkland's idea without hesitation.

Without the loving contributions of these two powerful sages, the floor wouldn't have been blown up.

However, Tzeentch could have escaped. With Sister Silent approaching and the depletion of Vox White Bullets, his physical body was breaking down. Tzeentch could have escaped before the floor shattered.

Unfortunately, Magnus stepped up his game.

Although the whole thing was very serious, Hades felt like he was about to burst into tears. If anyone could be named the best assistant in this matter, it would definitely be Magnus himself.

Magnus's summoning forcibly kept the Tzeentch archdeacon in this space, while the gravitational pull of psionic energy also drew the archdeacon over. Perhaps Magnus's psionic energy deserves some credit for destroying the floor as well.

Finally, the chaotic group fell. Kim was pulled back by Kirkland to prevent anyone from using this as an opportunity to target the Hades Cult. Meanwhile, the Tzeentch Demon, which had landed in the center of the magic circle, was finally freed from its physical body by Magnus's psychic power. It tried to run away, but the last white bullet on Vox's waist exploded.

And so, everyone saw that sudden, rampaging blue phantom.

Hades, touched by Kirkland's prayer before the explosion, sensed this event before anyone else.

Hades immediately activated the Dark Domain, which clashed with the psionic energy (maybe Makado also helped Hades). Everyone present went black, and Hades successfully used the opportunity to kick Vox and Bjorn, who were lying on top of the Imperial Guard and on the verge of death, off the field, thus clearing the two legions of suspicion.

Finally, Hades stood in the center of the stage and completed the conviction and trial of Magnus.

Hades blinked in confusion.

This is a truly exceptional task, one that cannot be completed if even one link in the chain fails.

Hades pondered the two sages who had made the most significant contribution to this matter. What kind of thought process could have produced such an extraordinary idea? Should he criticize them afterward, or should he reward them?

He then thought of Vox, who had taken a full kick from him. In the corner of his eye, the unfortunate Death Guard looked like he was on his last legs, but he still faithfully completed the mission that Mortarion had given him.

And then there's Bjorn, who looked like he was about to start cursing, but after Hades kicked him hard, the wolf managed to shut up (or perhaps he passed out) and save face for the wolf king.

This matter, especially the chaotic battle in the main hall, was completely out of Hades' control.

This idea terrified Hades, but his good sages and good death guards did indeed perform exceptionally well. (And perhaps Magnus should be added to the list.)

For some reason, Hades wanted to laugh; the corners of his mouth twitched, but he held it in, knowing he was representing the Emperor.

Judging from the fact that Tzeentch Demon kept trying to escape, perhaps the biggest source of amusement this time is Tzeentch. With the Emperor intervening, Magnus has no chance of blowing up the net.

However, Hades knew what Tzeentch would say—

JUST AS PLANED!!!

That's it! Great!

Chapter 372 The Angel's Actions

Primarchs were the first to be allowed to operate within a limited area.

Saint Gilles silently walked out of the Blood Angels' resting room. The archangel turned his head, and at the end of the corridor, darkness and golden light appeared simultaneously, clearly distinct. Hades and Macardo were guarding the door with their heads bowed, as immovable as statues.