Helle Pass, Hades' home.
The second night after escaping.
Hades sat on the ground in silence, his left arm carefully bandaged. He held a small stick and stared blankly at the roasted horse meat on the fire in the middle of the room.
Don’t ask him why he can make a fire in the middle of the house. Just look at this small mud house with half of the mud wall at the door collapsed, turning it into a semi-open-air mansion!
After Hades escaped from the Pale Smiler's pursuit range, those strange creatures became angry and destroyed half of the wall of his house.
The good news is that the roof on the kang side didn't fall off, so it can still be used.
At this time, Carastiphon was sitting on the other side of the fire, staring at the roasted horse meat with shining eyes.
Mortarion was standing at the door like a sentinel, holding an axe in his hand.
The man believed that his adopted father would come after them and kill them all, so Mortarion had basically been standing guard at the door since they returned.
Hades tried to persuade him, but it was no use. Lao Mo has been stubborn since he was a child.
The villagers, who had just experienced the attack of the Pale Smiler, became even more frightened when they saw Mortarion guarding the gate.
(His concerns were justified, though; if Hades hadn’t read the script, he would be as wary as Mortarion now.)
He looked speechlessly at Mortarion who was standing guard at the door, and then continued to stare blankly.
As a hybrid of alien and human, Karastiphon is not liked by the villagers. He often wanders around various villages just to find something to eat.
Mortarion is an ignorant young man who was just abducted.
To put it bluntly, these two big brothers have nowhere to go right now.
Out of selfish motives, Hades took them both to his home.
He poked the meat with a wooden stick and it looked like it was done, so he turned it over and continued grilling.
They were driving the truck at full speed, and then near the valley, Hades successfully scrapped the vehicle, and the truck suddenly slid away.
If Mortarion hadn't been holding him back, Typhon would have jumped out of the cart.
Thank you Mortarion.
"Fuck! You're trying to murder me!"
Typhon cursed, trembling with fear, and climbed out of the car with trembling legs after it stopped.
(It was only much later that Hades realized that it was the Untouchable's physique that was at work.)
After that, they walked back to the village, encountering some low-level monsters. They got up and were killed instantly by Mortarion.
So cool.
Hades thought silently.
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After returning to the village, the crying of the villagers deeply stimulated the three people who had returned. After the attack of the Pale Laugher, the slave-hunting team came here again to search - although they did not catch many people.
The villagers cried as they bid farewell to the dead, while those who managed to escape cried as they reunited.
As the first contributors to their escape, Mortarion and his crew should have been welcomed and loved by the villagers.
But all they received was fear and rejection.
The villagers gathered together and whispered, fearing that the Mountain Lord would come down for revenge. Some even suggested killing Mortarion and Typhon and sending them back to the Mountain Lord.
Hades rolled his eyes silently in his heart. Although there was nothing wrong with the villagers' thinking, they were playing with double standards. They only mentioned killing Mortarion and Typhon, but did not mention sending away their relatives who had just escaped.
After all, we all escaped, so why only send people you don’t know well
Besides, Mortarion, you are a Primarch, and people are afraid of you, which makes you look very unlucky...
Hades thought about it silently again, and decided to attribute this matter to this world that values appearance.
It stands to reason that there are no ugly Primarchs, but in reality, the twenty-one Primarchs have different levels of affinity with people. Some, such as Sanguinius and Fulgrim, have extremely high charisma, and a smile from them can make strangers pick up their infant selves and take them home to raise them.
As for Mortarion, uh... this is a case of his charm being maxed out in the opposite direction. Actually, if you look closely, Mortarion is also a Primarch who looks like a marble sculpture. He is very handsome, but his temperament is too scary. He is tall and thin, like a stick, with a pale face, sunken eye sockets, and a hoarse voice. At first glance, you would think he is the god of death.
People's first reaction when seeing Mortarion is to hide, instead of being infatuated with him like they would when seeing Sanguinius or Fulgrim.
So in this matter, the villagers were quite tacitly prepared to vote out Mortarion, who looked like a monster god of death.
Even though he is a hunter with musou enabled, not a werewolf.
Alas, this world where appearance matters.
But there were still some grateful villagers. Some of the families of the villagers who escaped back gave them some straw and food.
After the desperate escape, the three of them were very tired. Hades just ate a few mouthfuls of porridge and felt very sleepy. Although the wound on his left arm had begun to fester, he just bandaged it hastily and lay on the bed and fell asleep.
With those two old men guarding the night, he didn't have to worry about the enemy at all.
That night was one of the few times that Hades fell asleep without any warning.
In his dream, he was still painting stinky canned chess pieces, cursing the purchasing agent for raising the price again.
When he woke up, he found that his left arm had been carefully bandaged again, and Typhon was lying next to him, sleeping like a dead pig.
He silently wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth. He was definitely not so embarrassed when he was asleep... Definitely not...
I tried to stretch but failed, my whole body ached, and I almost got a cramp halfway through, so I stopped.
He sauntered to the door and saw Mortarion standing straight like a tall stick, gazing at the mountains in the distance.
He remained motionless until he sensed Hades approaching, then he slowly blinked and looked at Hades inconspicuously.
But apart from his eyes, Mortarion remained as still as a statue.
Hades was grumbling in his heart. This man was the ceiling he could reach at the moment. Apart from the Emperor and the Warp, Hades might not even be able to reach a higher being than Mortarion.
Then you must hold your thighs!!! Boss, please lead me!!!
If you suddenly traveled to the past and saw a gangster standing in front of you, and he needed you to do him a favor - at this time you recognized that he was Liu Bang before he became famous, and as long as there was no deep hatred between them, you would definitely do him a favor even if it meant selling everything you had.
As long as he becomes emperor in the future, and remembers that he was helped by you, and shows mercy to you and gives him some help, then wouldn't you also be able to rise to a higher level, become a small feudal landlord, and live a miserable life? Wouldn't that be wonderful
Although there are people who say this is too spineless, a real man should take the script and conquer the world on his own!
But Hades wants to ask, Brother, everyone dreams of becoming the richest man in the world, but let’s be realistic and become a civil servant first, okay
We really don't have the diamond drill at the moment, so why should we take on such a difficult job
Working alone is tiring and dangerous, and you will be slaughtered if you are not careful. It is better to follow the big guys, cheer them on, pick up the leftovers, and live your own life. Isn't that wonderful
And now he is in the world of Warhammer, where the fate of mankind is quite tragic.
The Long Aotian in Long Aotian—the emperor—must kneel, so why should he, a mere time traveler, join in the fun
What ability does he have to have the audacity to say that he can save the world
Not being crushed by this world is a victory!
Moreover, he does not want to shout "Long Live the Emperor" and then be used as firewood for humans. One more or one less of humans will not make much difference. In the original book, the sustainability of the human empire has been ruined for 10,000 years, but it is still struggling as one of the largest forces in the galaxy.
Besides, he was a scoundrel to begin with. Could he suddenly change his ways in a different world
In the original world, he had finally upgraded to a high-level worker, saved up for a small house, bought some action figures, and lived a peaceful life.
Just when he was ready to let his life go—
He came into this world inexplicably.
Uhhhhh!!! MD!!!
Forget about entering Warhammer, even traveling to Terra, Mars, Macragge, Chogorris... Which one is not stronger than Barbaros? !
At worst, he is not a human being anymore. Isn't it good to be a happy green skin? !
His start is only slightly better than that of the lower level of the hive...
And... why did he meet Mortarion?! This guy has a lot of inner drama, and is a well-known nitpicker and conceited person in 40k. His twisted personality makes it impossible to communicate with him.
Among the twenty-one Primarchs, Curze, Mortarion, Perturabo and Angron are the ones that people don’t want to meet at all!
…
No, Hades, you can do it. Think about the Mortarion in the setting before he met the Emperor. At that time, at least Mortarion was described as being a little dark, but otherwise quite normal. His actions could even be called true justice.
In fact, judging from Mortarion's experience as a rebel on Barbarus, Mortarion is also a brave, resourceful, and charismatic leader who loves his people.
So, which step went wrong
…
As for complaints, Hades is tired of them after traveling here.
In short, reality is cruel, and what can be done is simple: improve your ability to survive, improve the favorability of the Primarch Mortarion, wait until the Emperor comes to find Mortarion, and then become an Astartes to extend your life.
As for the rest, it is something to think about later.
And now, office slaves, show your spirit of licking your boss!
I'm a Death Guard fan, otherwise I wouldn't write this. (Macragge's Ultramarines, Fenris's Space Wolves, Baal's Blood Angels... Which start is not more exciting and easier to write than Barbaros' Death Guard)
It's just that Mortarion's personality is indeed one of the weirdest, and the positive comments about him cannot be higher than the negative comments.
We try our best to capture his personality (but we certainly can't write that flavor)
(End of this chapter)