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Magnus, even if you're stupid, you wouldn't be stupid enough to accept help from someone without saying a word, would you?
—Then the Emperor saw Magnus excitedly preparing to receive the power impact on the net.
......
Emperor: "..."
Casca is right.
He didn't misunderstand the person; Magnus was a fool!
Even if I personally blocked his memory of this incident and played Tzeentch in the illusion to lure him into breaking through the net, he still fell for it!
With unstable psionic energy emanating from his body, the Emperor slowly approached Magnus.
Back in Nicaea, although Magnus remained obstinate and failed to recognize his mistakes, the Emperor was always willing to give him a chance to correct them.
Even though Magnus did absolutely nothing human, the emperor did nothing to him.
An emperor needs to act like an emperor; he needs to be calm, composed, and not show his emotions.
Emperor: "..."
Although the main reason is his social anxiety, it seems that this tough and taciturn demeanor is more likely to win people's affection.
In the presence of the Primarch, the Emperor insisted that he should be a good father.
When children have problems, you should look for the problem within yourself instead of resorting to physical violence, as this will only provoke the child's rebellious tendencies.
Regarding Magnus's obsession with psionics, he had always tried to correct him through non-violent means, patiently guiding him to understand that he was not against Magnus using psionics, but rather that his behavior had gone too far.
At the same time, his own judgment is like that of a three-year-old child; he believes whatever others say (but refuses to listen to the emperor's advice). If this continues, he will definitely be lured into the abyss.
But Magnus wouldn't listen.
Not only did they ignore him, they even staged a riot in front of him.
Emperor: "..."
"I'll just have to put up with this!"
Forget about the image of an emperor; this is the subspace, and no one can stop him!
In Magnus's horror, the golden figure seemed to draw some kind of weapon, a dazzling golden whip that lashed out at him!
"Ow!"
An indescribable pain filled all of Magnus's nerves at that moment.
smoke!
Using psionic energy, right?
I'm telling you to use psionic energy!
"No need! Never again!"
Human sacrifice, a witchcraft ritual, right?
I told you not to perform witchcraft rituals!
"I'm done, Father! Spare me!"
You want to blow up the net, huh!
I'll teach you to blow up the internet!!!
"Awoooooo!!! No, I'll never do it again!"
"You want to do this again?!"
"No, no, no! Ouch!!!"
......
In the vast ocean.
Magnus began to rotate.
......
The sign of faith, the flagship of those who cherish words.
Luo Jia, who was traveling through subspace to Prospero, was currently resting comfortably in his cabin at the bow of his ship.
"......?"
Suddenly, an innate sense of foreboding made him sit up straight from the recliner, his eyes gazing blankly out the huge floor-to-ceiling window.
Something's not right; a familiar presence seems to be approaching.
That is......
Emperor?
Luo Jia rubbed his eyes, even though he didn't use that organ for his senses.
But the Emperor should have returned to Holy Terra after Nicaea, so what is this aura?
Luo Jia sensed that the other party didn't seem to be targeting her.
During meditation, the fluctuations in the subspace remained as pronounced as ever, and Luo Jia could even sense that this aura was getting closer and closer to her...
coming!
Luo Jia suddenly opened her eyes.
Wow!
Why is it light in the sky?
It was a figure filled with golden light, seemingly spinning like a top, whipping another screaming being beside him forward.
It flew past them while spinning.
It's the Emperor!
The Emperor is spinning a top!
Who is the spinning top?
A spinning top is... Magnus?
Luo Jia's mind was constantly analyzing everything that was happening at that moment.
This was an imperial form he had never seen before.
Fierce, terrifying, but equally powerful.
Was that an emperor?
Luo Jia asked himself honestly, and he couldn't believe that this was the emperor he remembered.
Although the figure was still golden, it gave Luo Jia the feeling of a cold, dark sun in space... terrifying.
Under the Emperor's might, their journey through the Warp was but a blink of an eye.
The dazzling golden figure appeared in Luo Jia's field of vision for only a moment before flying away to the distant horizon.
But it was enough to leave him with an unforgettable impression of Luojia.
......
Prospero.
With the aid of the ritual, Magnus's body submerged into the subspace to transmit information.
But to Amon and Ahriman’s alarm, the moment Magnus set foot on the vast ocean, they lost their communication with the Primarch.
No matter how they called, there was no response. It was as if Magnus had never existed in the world at all; he simply vanished before their eyes.
—Until just now.
The crimson Magnus, as if it had been thrown into the ground, was tossed out of the warp rift like trash and landed in the center of the magic circle.
"My lord! You're back!"
The two psychic masters of the Thousand Sons exclaimed in surprise and stepped forward to greet them.
Although it was unclear what had caused Magnus's aura to become so weak and his spiritual energy to be almost depleted, he was still alive.
End your folly, my thousand sons, for I am about to descend upon Prospero.
The Emperor's voice rang in their ears at that moment.
If Ahriman and Amon had heard this voice at any other time, they would have thought that the Emperor's arrival meant they didn't need to worry about anything that was to come.
But if it were after Magnus violated the Nicaea's prohibition and unleashed a large-scale witchcraft...
It seems that what happened in the vast ocean is self-evident.
Amon and Aliman exchanged a glance, then smiled wryly and remained silent.
......
fifth day.
This was the fifth day since the order for Prospero's burning was issued.
Luo Jia came once in the middle of the journey, seemingly to mediate... but he seemed to be very frightened by the upcoming encounter with the Emperor, and left Prospero after only half a day.
Large numbers of planetary inhabitants boarded transport ships to travel to other star systems or star sectors, or followed the ships of pioneering merchant ronin to explore unknown star regions and open up new territories.
But Prospero can't leave anyone behind.
Despite the claim that the remaining inhabitants would be engulfed in flames along with the entire planet, many steadfast followers of Magnus remained in Prospero, attempting to organize and store the scattered books in the library.
They believed, "Magnus did nothing wrong!"
Magnus is innocent!
It was the Space Wolves who were instigating the trouble. Some of the Thousands even clashed with the Space Wolves on a small scale. The Wolves believed that the Thousands were evil wizards, while the Thousands regarded the Nicaea ban as a consequence of the Wolves' actions.
The two sides looked down on each other.
But soon, even the most steadfast Thousand Sons who stood firmly on Magnus's side seemed utterly ridiculous as the Emperor's message spread throughout the planet.
The destruction of Prospero was not only Lemanus's order, but also the Emperor's decree.
He will soon arrive in Prospero to complete the final work of burning this world.
As for the reason—he has found irrefutable evidence that Magnus was still using psionic powers after the Nicaea ban.
What idiots who completely disregard the Nicaea ban!
The order came from the Emperor himself, and Magnus was accused of abusing psychic powers by sacrificing psychics to perform large-scale magical rituals after the ban on Nicaea.
This caused a huge uproar.
Previously, Magnus was portrayed as the protector of the psionic beings, a group of wanderers in the universe, the guardian of the Prospero, and a scholar with wisdom and great power.
But after his crime of secretly conducting experiments to sacrifice psionicists was exposed, even the psionicists living in Prospero gradually lost their support for him.
He was actually secretly engaging in human sacrifice!
When he spoke of Nikaia, he did so in such a grand and dignified manner, talking about how he explored the truth and the reality of the universe... It seems that he was built up by the lives of his psionic brothers?
With the evidence irrefutable and all the information revealed... only Magnus's most steadfast followers remained in Prospero.
More Prospero people accepted Space Wolf's terms, grumbling as they boarded the transport ship carrying the population and sailed off into the distance.
All that remained were the Thousand Sons Legion and their mortal servants, or the old men who had dedicated their lives to the books in these libraries, and who had chosen to throw themselves into the flames with their own blood.
.......
But no matter how hard they try to escape, this planet can never escape its fate of destruction.
This was already destined.
On the seventh day of the order, the flagship Imperial Pride appeared at Mandeville Point in Prospero and docked in near-Earth orbit around the planet.
The Emperor and his Guard descended to the surface aboard the Son of the Emperor's flagship in landing craft, followed by Warmaster Fugrim and Kasgar.
The once bustling streets are now completely deserted, with messy pages of books flying wildly in the air. Many of these are "magic books" deliberately torn apart by the Space Wolves, drifting slowly down the streets on the breeze of the Tizka Oasis.
Seeing this, Casca also felt a little sad.
On his last visit, Magnus personally took him to visit the vineyards in this desert oasis and explained to him the most beautiful winemaking methods in his eyes.