pain.
A vague feeling of uneasiness, darkness, and pain.
There was a rustling sound. In his hazy consciousness, Hades recognized that it was the sound of paper rubbing against each other. The type of paper was the same as the one that Seganus had flipped through.
He opened his eyes.
The familiar ceiling was staring at him in the dim light, with the pungent smell of disinfectant and the slight odor of medical gel.
Why is he staying here again
Hades opened his mouth slightly and let out a painful and resigned groan.
"water."
The moment he said this, he realized that he had said it wrong. He subconsciously spoke in Babarus, and the pharmacist who usually took care of him was of Terran descent.
A glass of water moved above his sight, Hades took the water and said thank you.
He stood up with the glass of water, drinking it while turning his head. The feeling of the cold water flowing through his esophagus made him feel much better.
Then Hades saw Mortarion, who was almost tied up like a dumpling with bandages, Vorcus with a brace on his leg, and Garro, who seemed to have lost one arm.
Realizing that Hades had woken up, the three of them raised their heads from the documents in their hands and looked at Hades.
… ah
Hades was offline for a short while, and he began to recall what happened before he fell into a coma. Finally, he remembered that he just wanted to tear Konrad Curze apart with his bare hands, and seemed to say something to Mortarion...
… He hoped the situation was still under control.
Hades raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at Mortarion, who was wrapped like a mummy. Facing the Primarch, the pharmacist could only do some simple treatment for the external injuries.
"Koz hit me?"
The joy in Mortarion's eyes immediately disappeared, but the Lord of Death unexpectedly did not get angry. He just nodded silently.
Hades looked at Vox and Garo again, and pointed at Vox, who was in the second closest bed to him.
"Midnight Lords... Shang fought?"
Did they really go to join the gang
Facing Hades' shock, Vox looked away guiltily.
"no."
"That's... the other Night Lord, who?"
Not only was his leg broken, but Walker's entire body was covered with scars that almost exposed the bones. Hades was well aware of Walker's strength. Could it be that there was another ruthless person hidden among the Midnight Lords
Or... if the situation gets even worse, could it be that the Moon Wolf has also taken action? !
Vox muttered quietly.
Hades didn't hear clearly.
"What did you say, Vox, who did it?"
"Senior Garo."
HadesBrain.exe is not responding.
Garo silently watched Hades look at him in a trance. Before Hades could ask, Garo spoke first.
"Vox did it."
Garo felt a little funny. He had never seen Hades with such an expression before. He watched Hades silently put aside the cup that the Primarch handed to him, and then lay down again trembling.
Finally, Hades closed his eyes peacefully, as if he had passed away.
What made Garo laugh even more was that upon seeing Hades' reaction, Mortarion and Vorcus fell silent.
Of course, Garo would not use the word "guilty" to describe the Primarch.
As the most relaxed person in the entire medical room, Garo appreciated the reactions of the others with a wonderful feeling. The wound under his ribs torn by Vox's sickle was still aching slightly, but it did not prevent him from feeling a certain kind of happiness.
Finally, Hades opened his eyes with a look of despair. The commander was lying on the bed, his face ashen as he turned his head.
In front of him were still the dumpling Mortarion, the one-legged Vorx, and the one-armed Garo.
Hades suddenly jumped up from the bed and sat up. He gasped because he sat up so suddenly.
"All right,"
Hades asked with a look of despair.
"Tell me what happened, I can handle it."
Garo noticed that Mortarion, who had been frozen by Hades' actions just now, was obviously relieved.
[Great... I thought you were out of your mind, Hades.]
Mortarion muttered, and he casually patted Hades with the document in his hand, motioning him to lie back down.
[Recover from your injuries first, the matter has been resolved. ]
Then Mortarion helplessly saw Hades staring at him in a daze with a dreamy look on his face.
Hades just couldn't figure it out. The problem was solved... Then why were Garo and Vox also in the medical room
What kind of plot development would lead to the scene before his eyes
Hades finally chose to give up thinking for a short time. He couldn't figure it out. He needed more information...
Finally, Hades chose to ask the question that concerned him most. He stared at Mortarion seriously and asked,
"Did you win?"
Then Hades looked at Mortarion in horror as he gave him the brightest and most terrifying smile.
[I won—]
Mortarion said calmly and complacently.
"good!!!"
Outside the medical room, pharmacist Io at the end of the corridor listened to the earth-shaking shouting in confusion... In the end, he decided to call his pharmacist teacher Leo who was taking a break...
It seems that Lord Hades has awakened, and Io doesn't think he can face the Legion Captain, the Commander, the Captain of the First Company, and the Captain of the Seventh Company on his own.
Especially the commander.
Just as Io was urgently calling for help, the medical room was already in a state of excitement. Hades laughed and high-fived Mortarion, who was also laughing, and greeted the Night Lord in Barbarus, leaving Vox and Garro stunned.
Hades didn't know why he wanted to laugh so much, even though the wound on his chest began to hurt from laughing so hard.
Although he might have to face the endless consequences of Mortarion's actions later, let him enjoy Mortarion's Veil Curze for a while now.
To be honest, when it comes to revenge and grudge, Mortarion is definitely the most petty person Hades has ever seen.
As early as on Barbarus, Mortarion had already learned taunting without any guidance. If a lord caused the Death Guard to fail temporarily, then in the final lord beheading... Mortarion would definitely get it back.
Hades had already thought that this battle would probably be quite brutal.
They laughed for a while without caring about their image, and then Hades stopped laughing, although the corners of his mouth still couldn't stop curling up.
"Mortarion, let me ask first, what is the current situation? Are we going to face the revenge of the Night Lords or the boarding of the Lords? And have we given an explanation to the Luna Wolves?"
Mortarion waved his hand indifferently.
[It's all resolved. You don't have to worry about it for now. ]
Hades raised his eyebrows.
"Why am I so unconvinced?"
Mortarion straightened his chest and pointed to Vorcus and Garro behind him.
If you don't believe me, you can ask them.
This is not something that can be said, Vorx broke out in a cold sweat, but it is clear that Mortarion and Hades himself do not care about these things.
Vox watched as Hades' eyes moved toward him, and he swallowed, preparing to answer—
Senior Hades looked away.
"Garro, is there any emergency in the legion right now?"
"No."
Vox felt as if he was stabbed in the leg again. Compared to him, Senior Hades obviously trusted Garo more!
Why—why is this?! He is obviously a Barbarusian, why does Hades always believe in Garo? Vox certainly knows some political twists and turns, such as winning over the Terrans...
"By the way, why did you two fight?"
This time Hades asked while looking at Vox.
Vox's inner thoughts were instantly interrupted.
Well, Vox knew why Hades-senpai trusted Garo.
He... he was unwilling!
But if Vorkes were given the choice again, he would still choose to follow Mortarion without hesitation. It was because of the Primarch that he existed, and Vorkes knew this very well.
Perhaps Vox's silence was too long, and Garo's calm voice rang out.
"Nothing. After you fell into a coma, we had a disagreement, and Vox and I had a few words. Maybe because Vox cared too much about you, his emotions were not stable at the time, so we started fighting."
Vox quickly spoke up, following what Galo said.
"Yes, I was quite angry before and misinterpreted Senior Jialuo's advice, which led to some conflicts."
Whose legs are broken when there is a conflict
Hades shifted his gaze back and forth between the two of them in confusion.
Hades certainly didn't believe it. Could a conflict lead to such a brutal attack? He even suspected that Vox and Garo had killed each other.
And facing Hades who just woke up from a coma... the three people present tacitly downplayed the conflict.
…Everyone knows that the commander is the one who is most afraid of seeing conflicts within the legion.
It was rare to see three people speaking in unison... and even having a harmonious atmosphere, so Hades decided... to play dumb for now.
After all, since Jialuo said that everything was fine, it proved that the unpleasantness was over.
Although Hades was still very curious about how Garro and Vox fought? No matter how he deduced, they couldn't fight each other, right
... Is Mortarion planning to do something radical, and Garro disagrees? Is he the only one who can persuade him with force
Hades pondered silently and looked at their reactions. This was most likely the answer that was close to the truth.
That's really hard to say...
Hades turned his gaze to Vox, who was obviously badly beaten. It was very likely that Garro was really ruthless. He spoke,
“Garro… maybe you could be a little gentler next time.
Hades looked helplessly at the uncontrollable smile on Garo's lips, and at Vox who seemed to be thinking about restarting his life. When did Garo become like this
Mortarion coughed.
Hades seemed not to hear, and he continued,
"Garro, Vox, are you guys here... reviewing documents?"
"Yes, because the legion commander insisted on being treated in this medical room while working at the same time."
Hades waved his hand.
"I'll take care of the rest. You guys go back and rest first."
The two men knew what this was for, so they saluted and left. The two pharmacists who had been waiting outside the medical room also changed the dressings and provided other treatments for them.
As the voice faded away, Hades smiled and stared at Mortarion with shining eyes.
"Hurry up, Mortarion, tell me how you fought. I want to hear the details!"
Mortarion chuckled and decisively threw the documents in his hand onto the bed. Then the Lord of Death used his only ability in his life to describe the scene vividly and began to tell Hades in detail how he captured the damn Curze.
As he spoke, Hades was amazed.
Mortarion recounted how he wrote the letter to the Night Lords, and how the Primarch skillfully used the art of language and pressure, forcing the Night Lords to choose an internal struggle that would calm his anger.
He then recounted how he had surmised Konrad Curze's image and psychology, and the Lord of Death smugly said that, thanks to Horus, if it had not been for his quarrel with Konrad, Mortarion would not have understood Konrad's claims so well.
As for the prophecy, relying on the visions he had seen before and Konrad Curze's sudden rise, Mortarion could roughly guess that the Lord of Night was greatly affected by the psychic prophecy.
Mortarion recounted how he had grabbed Curze and crushed the white bullet right in front of him, and how he had swung his scythe to cause Curze as much pain as possible.
And language, Mortarion used language to wreak havoc on Conrad, picking out a few of the finer sentences he thought were good and sharing them with Hades—some of them even rhymed!
Hades listened with great interest at first, but gradually he realized something was wrong... Wait, a one-on-one duel, huh? What, he didn't even try to win over Horus
Mortarion deliberately skipped the part about his final contact with Horus, because he knew Hades would definitely be able to tell what he was trying to do from those words...
Although Mortarion had said what he was doing, he still thought... that there was no need for Hades to hear those words.
Hades gradually went from listening with great interest to listening with fear and trepidation.
Even though Mortarion had previous combat experience, fighting Curze was definitely not an easy task. If he wasn't careful, Mortarion might...
…Looking at Mortarion in front of him, smiling and reminiscing about the past, Hades suddenly realized that Mortarion was really angry this time.
And very, very angry.
Hades swallowed silently, realizing that the Night Lords were unlikely to launch any attacks, as the only two people in the legion who could command large-scale operations were probably lying dead.
Finally, Mortarion finished speaking, but the Lord of Death was still not satisfied and decided to let Hades see the video he recorded now.
But before that—
[How about it?]
Hades nodded.
“…surprisingly good…very good.”
Hades added,
“It’s very exciting.”
Mortarion's actions... silenced Hades. He looked at Mortarion meaningfully.
"So... you let Sevatar live on purpose?"
[No,]
Mortarion said,
[I don't know whether the bat kid is alive or not.]
Hades opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Didn't you give me the antidote?"
[Yes, that's because he rescued you. ]
Hades suddenly realized something.
"Wait, the bullets you gave to Coze were white bullets, right?"
[no,]
Mortarion shrugged nonchalantly and began to turn on the projector.
[It was just an ordinary grenade.]
Hades pupils tremble,
"… Why?"
[I am running out of bullets. I need to save some for the trip back home.]
Well, it's open, Mortarion thought with satisfaction, and once again began to enjoy his "brother's" suffering.
Hades turned his head slowly... He saw the tortured, bloody face projected...
He was glad to see Curze getting his comeuppance, but... what about Mortarion
Hades once again refreshed his understanding of Mortarion.
… Mortarion is terrifying.
It's so scary.
The film ended with a scream. Mortarion crossed his arms and recalled the scene. He felt that he needed to play it again.
And Hades' voice sounded faintly,
"Mortarion..."
[Um?]
"You're being a little... extreme."
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