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

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Why are they sanctioning you?

His gaze, which had been fixed on Hades, drifted aimlessly down to Hades' stomach.

“…Angron, since you woke up, have you felt like vomiting… uh… or just want to throw up something?”

The second update, though short, is also quite cute.

Chapter 355: The Darkness That Shines, Do You Like It?

It turned out that, apart from blood, saliva, and fragments of brain tissue, Angron couldn't expel anything else... Hades would have preferred what he vomited.

After several attempts, Hades decided not to force Angron any further and wait patiently for news from the Emperor in the Vortex region.

Within the vast star systems of the Empire, even with the use of subspace travel, long-distance travel is an extremely time-consuming process, making patience clearly essential.

Hades also had the unpleasant thought that because he was unable to access the warp, he would be trapped in the Great Vortex and forced to watch the Great Rebellion unfold.

Even for the Four Gods, it would be difficult to stir up a storm in the galaxy. Hades carefully reviewed the overall situation of the Empire when he left the City of Perfection and believed that the scenario Hades least wanted to see should not occur.

However, with the finger bone already lost, worrying is pointless. It's better to take this opportunity to develop. Both Zarem, who forged the world, and the World Eater, were severely weakened after their battles with Khorne and the Star God and are in dire need of recovery.

Hades first personally directed the sages of Zalem to clean up the ruins left by the battle with the Star God. The once vibrant red planet was now withered and rusted red. At the very heart of the war, a thin layer of metal had been poured over the vast wasteland.

That was metal forged by Hades using the roar that the Nightbringers unleashed in their final moments, and most of its raw materials came from the skeletons of the undead.

Hades first carefully confirmed that there were no remaining space undead beneath the planet, and then checked again to make sure there were no residual chaotic interferences on the planet.

Hades stood in the cold wind, the biting wind crackling against his armor, but instead of blood and gore, it carried fine metal particles.

In the distance, the dim outlines of countless Titans were faintly visible.

These fragments are the corpses of machinery.

He slowly turned around and looked at Hysen and his group who were waiting behind him.

“Salem can forge this planet into your forging world.”

He watched as the Great Sage Hysen bowed with feigned composure, while in the howling wind, Hades saw the waiting crowd further away begin to cheer.

As Hades inspected the planet, he could sense the expectations these "not high enough" people had of him.

The cautious gaze of the Guardians, the supposedly discreet tracking of the Sage, and the people following him as if simply following him was all that mattered.

A sudden shout came from the crowd in the distance.

"God! Please name this land!"

The voice was clearly an insult from a sage of "insufficient rank." Hades saw Hysen flinch, about to apologize to Hades.

Hades raised his hand, gesturing for Hysen to stop, and asked softly,

"Haisen... are you willing to grant that sage's wish?"

Hades found it amusing to see Hesen's indicator light flashing wildly, and his final answer was naturally yes.

Hades smiled and raised his voice in the wind.

"My brave seekers of truth!"

Hades shouted, his voice tearing through the cold wind.

“You have shown me your determination and will. In this chaotic vortex star field, you are the light. Let the light of human reason shine on this land again—Phoss, this planet is called Phoss!”

"Faos!!!"

The crowd erupted in thunderous cheers.

Phaeus, the first day of creation, the day God brought light, the day the beams of salvation from believers tore through the dark clouds.

Hades smiled; he would never forget the day he looked up and saw the first Titan streak across the sky.

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After obtaining Hades' permission, the Zalem Forge began to transform the entire planet with extremely high efficiency.

Half of the sages returned to the main forging world of Zalem to mobilize large-scale construction machinery, while the other half followed Hades to plan the future of Faos.

The first thing they need to consider is the cage that binds the Night Embracers.

Imprisoned by the four black pillars, crackling electric arcs sounded like human screams. Hades pondered how to deal with this star god, and finally decided to give the fragment to Faos for safekeeping.

The premise is that the Emperor and Macardo do not ask him for the Star God Fragment.

Hades' reason for doing so was rather simple: if he decided to take the Stargod fragment with him and place it on the ship, it was hard to say whether it would affect the structures that were mainly composed of black rock during a warp jump—not to mention that the ship's state was not stable.

Hades had no need to take the fragment with him. The Necromancer's Hyperdimensional Cube Labyrinth currently only has two relatively stable uses: one is to release Nightbringers for combat, and the other is to sustainably supply energy outwards.

Given that this labyrinth was damaged in Hades' battle with the Nightbringers... Hades has no intention of releasing this entity again in the near future.

It would be better to stay here to provide energy for the sages of Zalem, and also to provide them with a more stable physical space.

At the same time, Hades was certain that the current chaotic state of the Great Vortex was just right to conceal the trace of this fragment, but if he took it out... it would likely attract the attention of other space undead.

Although it is essentially a space necromancer trap.

Hades pondered for a moment, then casually rubbed his index finger and thumb together, and a faint, almost imperceptible green static electricity lit up.

After the battle with the Nightbringers, Hades could clearly sense... a new power resurfacing within him.

The first thing to revive is the scorching green lightning that can be wrapped around the black armor for showing off.

To date, Hades' main application of this is to create a sense of grandeur by simultaneously darkening the entire arena with flashing lightning.

No one could help but marvel at Hades's swagger in this situation. With his Emperor-brand red electric eyes and the activation of the Black Domain and lightning effects, Hades was undoubtedly the most pretentious king of the entire event.

Hades thought to himself, bored, that he now had an extra flashing effect compared to Mortalian, who already had a built-in field-changing effect.

...Ahem, if we delve into its practical value, Hades pondered for a moment and discovered that he could control lightning to appear on any mechanical, metal, or black stone artifacts around him.

He can destroy, or briefly manipulate, these machines. The pulsating electric arcs also enchant the weapons, with an effect similar to high-temperature burning? The metal begins to slowly melt under the influence of the electric arcs.

Hades poked his face with his fingertip (after all, this was the only place without armor), and a green lightning bolt flashed by like static electricity. Unlike the high temperature effect it displayed, these verdant flashes felt cold to the touch.

Hades called over several other people for this, and their feedback was also cold, not warm.

After a prolonged lightning strike, the metal will completely melt into a liquid state, which Hades can manipulate to shape it into whatever form he desires.

But after several attempts, Hades decided to give up for the time being. A relatively regular cuboid was his limit; he could only make things that looked like bricks.

Hades gripped the brick in his hand, lost in thought.

...It's not that...it's not possible?

These liquid metals can also automatically wrap metal wounds. Hades conducted experiments on several old cars, demonstrating how they automatically reconnected broken wires, performed simple soldering on chips, and wrapped them with thickened armor plates.

In addition, Hades can automatically sense the degree and state of all machines within its field of vision.

It's worth mentioning that the mechanical beings with organic souls actually hold two different attitudes towards Hades.

Hades could sense that some of the machine spirits would completely submit to him, while others would try to escape, at which point Hades' control over them would decrease.

Hades deduced that although the God of Machines was a warp-like being, Hades himself possessed fragments of a physical Void Dragon, so the warp-like machine spirits might be hostile to him.

Those who submitted to Hades chose to believe the version of events presented by the god of machines.

Hades didn't know what those machine spirits were thinking, but it didn't matter; once the Dark Domain passed, it wouldn't be a problem.

However... if machine spirits have the potential to resist Hades' abilities, then is it only machine spirits that can do this, or can any machine with self-awareness do it?

Without finding a test subject, Hades was unaware of this for the time being.

Hades suddenly remembered the hot-tempered old car he had encountered on Mars, wondering how the old car would view Hades' treatment of its fellow beings.

In other words, Hades' awakened Void Dragon ability can significantly enhance his own mechanical units on the battlefield while interfering with the enemy's mechanical units.

He can use lightning to command and disrupt, and he can also use liquid metal to heal his own side.

In summary, he's a support role, but when the liquid metal accumulates to a certain amount on the field... Hades believes he can recreate his previous glory against Nightbringers, even though he was hiding between Angron and Titans, dealing damage cautiously, and only managed to deliver a fatal blow to Nightbringers at the last moment.

However... that strike also seemed to have granted Hades something.

Hades recalled the scene: when he was trapped in the state of the Void Dragon Fragment, he was completely unable to sense life; he could only judge the battle situation by the mechanical surroundings of the warriors.

After this strike, Hades was able to sense life.

No, describing it this way isn't very compromising.

The correct statement should be that Hades could sense the existence of something that was not yet dead.

He perceived death, not life.

That was all there was; Hades didn't notice that the darkness around him had deepened.

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The subspace whispers, and the physical realm is slowly rising.

That is not simply an "anti-subspace," but a true "physical dimension."

The dark path came to an abrupt end; the arrogant destroyed their own path.

No need to treat them kindly.

He must swallow the bitter fruit of his own making.

That's all... 3k!

Chapter 356 The Lord of the Great Vortex is Hades!

Give him some time, and he'll give you a world bursting with productivity.

The Emperor, the Lord of Mankind, once said that he alone was an army, the Regent of the Empire. Makado quickly added, specifically referring to his appetite.

He, the thorn in the side of the Four Gods, a rising star in the physical world, a man who drives countless motorists mad, the commander of the nth largest legion of the Empire, the terminator of the Death Guard canteen, the king of stealing tributes from Barbarus, and the reliable senior that technical sergeants dream of...

He is Hades, the god of the underworld.

Now, yet another heavy laurel wreath is about to be crowned upon his head—

A thunderous, blazing green light appeared.

Hades kicked over the strangely shaped sacrificial pole and casually threw a brick, killing the last cultist who was trying to escape in the distance.

Now, with Faos as the center, draw a circle within the great vortex, and the last planet in this star field declares its submission.

The entire vortex whispered his name, and on those planets that had been peaceful and serene for tens of thousands of years, dark monsters descended from the sky with a large number of madmen, shouting in the name of the Emperor, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil.

Living beings avoid it like the plague. Even on the most isolated and closed-off planets, the monster is mentioned in conversations—under the subconscious influence of the psionic race, they dare not even utter his name.

At first, they called him a monster.

After he burned the fifth planet with war, they called him the unspeakable blasphemer.

After he successfully conquered an entire peaceful star field, they respectfully and fearfully called him the Lord of the Great Vortex.

At the very center of the vortex, Hades, the master of the Great Vortex, the Star Slayer, and the Death Guardian Canteen Terminator, commented after a successful conquest, half-squatting while holding a brick:

Don't let me find out who gave me that title, or you'll be in big trouble. I'll burn your planet down, scatter your sacrificial offerings everywhere, and you'll still be calling me one of the Four Gods? I'll give you a brick and see if you still go crazy.

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A brilliant firelight shone brightly in the dim sky.

Another triumphant return.

Amidst the towering buildings of Faust, specks of red emerge from within, as industrial behemoths of fire and electricity roar, their gears never ceasing to turn.

Faos is still under construction. On the unfinished scaffolding, slogans on red banners are everywhere: "Production is the only way!" "Defeat all demons and monsters, victory belongs to mankind!" "If you have someone around you who suddenly falls ill or is easily angered... please contact the regional sage immediately."

I've heard this is a particular hobby of Om Messiah, but I don't know whose handiwork the slogan on it is.

The sages, who were temporarily free from their workstations, skillfully surged onto the streets and headed towards the docks, where the giant ship of Om Messiah was slowly approaching the harbor.

They could witness the glory of Om Messiah, cheer and feel the static electricity crackling in their robes, and if they were lucky, they might even be able to snatch the spoils scattered by Om Messiah—some sages even managed to grab a fragment of STC!

The giant ship came to a stop, emitting a deafening roar.

Hades paused, watching the Sage Hysen and Little Herrera behind him carrying their spoils, then smiled and strode off the ship.

The crowd erupted in cheers, and Hades snapped his fingers with practiced ease, instantly illuminating the scene with a searing green lightning bolt that drew screams from the crowd.

Hades strolled casually across the harbor, smears of semi-dried, sticky blood clinging to his helmet and boots. Behind him, a torrent of machinery flowed slowly; they had just conquered a mining planet and emptied its warehouses in the process.

Hades said, "Why not take it if it's free?"