Hades announced that he ranked the current situation among the top three situations that made him want to die the most.
Even though Hades once beat up a bunch of technical sergeants who envied him on Mars without batting an eyelid, and even though he once ate up all the food quota of the Death Guard for the day while being watched by others on the Death Guard, Hades never wanted to die as much as he does now.
Hades is now on the forging satellite orbiting Barbarus. The Graeae sages invited him to come here to take a look at the equipment to be produced in the future, and told Hades that there "happened" to be a "small" completion ceremony here and they hoped he would attend.
The thought of negotiating future equipment led Hades to come unsuspectingly—
Looking back now, Hades wanted to strangle his overly naive self.
The towering top of the church outlines the myth, the history that has been sung to this day merges into a new fork here, servo skeletons hover and dance out hymns, and deep in the church, the figure of the Titan is looming.
The binary hymn is spinning around Hades. A sage in a red robe slowly walks out. The holy scent of motor oil permeates every gear here, and luxury is revealed in every detail.
The sages happily invited Hades to sit in the "VIP" seat. But whose VIP seat is right in the center of the fucking venue?!
Not only that, behind the seat where Hades is going to sit is a huge statue. Unlike the traditional god of all things, this statue is carved to look like it is covered with a layer of black cloth. The vague edges and corners can be seen through the stone, and a feeling of depression and gloom comes to the face.
The corner of Hades' mouth twitched, and he took back his promise to Mortarion. Run, run, help!
But the worst thing is not just that.
Before Hades completely handed over the Black Stone technology to the Sisters of Silence, Charon and Black Magic promised him that they would always watch over his safety to ensure the completion of their mission.
That is to say
Hades is now accompanied by a Custodian of the Guard and a Sister of Silence, uh ah!
No, these sages, can't you see that there is such a huge golden imperial guard around him? ! Or is it really that big
You don't really think he's an ordinary security guard, do you
Wait, there seems to be room for two more people to stand on both sides of the VIP seats, could it be what he thought?!
Hades felt that the Silence Sister Blackfa was about to execute him on the spot. Blackfa's hand moved to the gun handle and slowly grasped the pistol.
As for the guard Charon, because he was wearing a helmet, Hades could not judge Charon's attitude at all, but Charon seemed to stop Sister Blackfa's actions.
Hades seemed to see heaven waving to him in a trance.
No, I have to run!
Hades slammed on the brakes, and the sages following him stopped in confusion, while the sage in front of him who was pulling Hades to his seat almost stumbled.
Although this sage was very strong, Hades was heavy enough after all, so he successfully prevented the leading sage from dragging him away.
“.”
"What is this doing?"
A low and hoarse voice sounded, which was out of tune with the loud and clear hymns in the church.
"A ceremony, my lord, to consecrate this newly constructed forge satellite."
".I suddenly remembered that I have something to do. The commander of the Death Guard asked me to go back. I'm sorry that I might miss this ceremony."
This is a lie.
Barbarus, which has entered the reconstruction stage, needs a large amount of vegetation restoration, and the Death Guard also needs a lot of biological weapons. So Mortarion, who is good at biochemical research, happily went to play with the biological sage druid in charge of Barbarus, and has not paid any attention to anyone recently.
Unlike other Primarchs, Mortarion went a long way in biochemical research, specifically in the preparation of different types of poisonous gases, poisons, and explosives.
So Mortarion didn't look for Hades at all, but Hades now had to use an excuse that was not something he could decide on his own to escape.
Moreover, in the eyes of these Graeae sages, although Hades is an agent, he is still working in the Death Guard system. If Hades is punished by the Legion because they violated the orders of the Legion Commander, it would be a sin for the sages to let the agent of God suffer misfortune.
If I were really pressed on that seat, I would probably be close to death, Hades thought with his dying breath.
Sure enough, after hearing what Hades said, the Mechanical Sage turned his head cautiously. At the same time, Hades also felt that the radio wave section in this space suddenly became lively - this group of sages began to discuss.
"Are you really going, my Lord?"
Hades smiled and said, "Look at the imperial guard Charon and the nun Hefa who are with him now. Believe it or not, if he doesn't leave, he will probably die here."
By the way, even if he got out of here, there would be a high probability that someone would die.
Hades looked up at the towering church dome. The tiny skeleton angels were looking at him from the ceiling. Hades accepted the fact that he might die today.
But Hades' desire to survive forced him to say the next sentence.
"I want to go."
"Sir, for a satellite casting, the completion ceremony is of great significance. It is a ceremony to pray for the wisdom of the God of All Machines to bless this place."
In such ceremonies, sages with outstanding scientific research achievements in the Forging World would be invited to participate as much as possible, because the smarter the sage, the more outstanding the scientific research achievements, the more likely they are to be considered as people who have received the wisdom of the God of All Things.
In reality, however, the more outstanding the scientific research achievements of the Sages, the less they believe in the teachings of the Mechanicus. But whenever there is such a ceremony, they will gladly go, because after all, it is a good opportunity to improve their reputation and fame in front of those lower-level Sages.
Generally speaking, most of the lower-level Sages believe deeply in the Cult of the Mechanicus. It is unclear whether they are low-level Sages because they believe in the religion, or they believe in the religion because they are low-level Sages.
After all, the teachings of the Mechanicus are not innovative, but rather rather old-fashioned dogmas. If one really wants to fully abide by the teachings and codes of the Mechanicus, those scientific research results that require a slight "innovation" will probably never be developed.
Therefore, generally speaking, smart and high-level sages never say that they have "invented" anything. They would say that they have been favored by the God of All Things and have restored things according to their original structure.
There are many sages who preach the doctrine but secretly conduct quite bold experiments.
There is even a tacit understanding within the Mechanicus regarding these unconventional sages: you don’t say anything and I don’t say anything, and everyone is in harmony. However, there are also a few senior sages who are fanatical believers.
Most of the lower-level sages still follow the teachings.
After all, from another perspective, the teachings of the Mechanicus can, to some extent, protect knowledge from being contaminated.
Most of those who participated in the completion ceremony today were low-level sages. After all, high-level sages would not easily leave their own forging world to accompany a legion in forging a satellite.
For lower-level sages, doctrines can keep them staying, but for higher-level sages, they should be moved by benefits.
The wise man who believed in the teachings looked at Hades who wanted to leave.
"The guidance of the God of All Machines will bring destiny to this forged satellite."
"So you can't be absent."
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(End of this chapter)