"An old stubborn fellow!"
Orrik the Scryer cursed, and the Necron swung its fist, hitting its mortal enemy hard.
"Bullshit! You are the one who should be buried in the grave!"
The Infinite Trazyn retorted, mobilizing his energy reserves and struggling hard. The Scryer was riding on it and hitting it in the face. Trazyn had to protect its head with one hand - being hit in the face with a fist was obviously undignified.
The secret weapons of both sides were exhausted in the previous battle of wits and courage, so the two gladiators returned to the purest duel method, using their living metal bodies to hit each other, making clang! clang! sounds.
If it were the days when they were afraid of the dead, these two "civil servants" obviously would not be able to beat the other side as fiercely and happily as they do now. Their bodies might not be able to withstand such intensity.
"You are messing with fate—"
Orikan shouted angrily, elbowing Trazyn!
"The timeline I worked so hard to straighten has been destroyed again! The stars are out of place, the sun is in chaos - Trazyn!!! All of this - is your fault!!!"
"If you can't calculate, stop barking here!"
Trazyn covered his face with his hands. A hole was smashed in his metal skull.
"For your self-proclaimed '100% accurate' prediction! How many times have you used the time-rewinding device?! Just to make the 'facts' be as you predicted?!"
It gathered its energy in the joints of its legs, preparing to deliver a blow to the crotch of the astrologer who was sitting astride its waist and beating it.
"You don't call this a prophecy!" Trazyn roared, ready to go. "You call this a self-directed and self-acted script!!!"
Use your strength! Boom!!!
Orricken let out a scream, and Trazyn seized the opportunity, got up from the ground, and staggered to kick the Scryer.
Beside the platform where they were fighting, the last few Undead Overlords who walked out of the court and prepared to return to their own dynasties silently averted their eyes. They obviously thought it was inappropriate to watch this scene.
“Of course I—” Orikan shouted, and he tried to stand up, but Trazyn kicked him to the ground.
"Of course I can do that! I shouldn't just succumb to time and fate anymore! Why don't I rewrite the script myself!"
"Is this the reason why you misused the time-reversal device?!"
Trazyn roared and lunged at Orrickan.
"I changed my fate, and my museum has less collections because of it! How are you going to compensate me?!"
"Compensation is bullshit!"
Orrickan roared, ready to meet Trazyn's leaping slash. They wrestled together again, and a new round of free 1v1 fighting on the ground began. There were no excessive techniques, only personal true feelings.
"Do you know what you're doing?!"
Orikan roared, grabbing Trazyn's arm tightly with his hand to prevent the Infinite's hand attack - without any hesitation, Trazyn suddenly tilted his head back, and then - headbutt!
clang!
This obviously had some effect on the balancers of both of them. Both Necrons felt a little confused. Trazyn's eyes flashed with bright green light, and he said in a voice that only the two Necrons could hear:
"In the name of collection, you raised a monster with your own hands,"
Orikan said,
"The fluctuations of fate are so chaotic - humans have gone crazy!!! The timelines are overlapping. Do you know what the guy you raised wants to do?!"
The whispers drifted by, and Trazyn was silent for a moment, and it made a hoarse low sound,
"I… "
The Endless hesitated for a moment. Did it really know what it was doing? It might have come with the interest of investing, but it never thought that Hades could grow to such a level—before it realized it, it couldn't stop.
"I'd love to!"
The Endless One shouted, and with another blow to the head, Orikan let out an angry scream, while the Endless One continued to defend itself.
"What else can we do?!" Trazyn roared, "No matter how hard you try to turn back time, we will still be in this state!!"
The pitch of Orikan's scream suddenly increased. The Endless knew that it had hit the sore spot of the Scryer. Orikan's scream almost pierced the entire hall.
"That's fate—"
Orikan yelled, "Inevitable, futile fate - no one could have stopped that foolish decision! I tried! I tried!!! Trazyn! Have you forgotten who captured me in the end?!"
"Don't put the blame on me!"
The Endless One broke free from the Scryer's grasp and struck Orikan once more with his arms.
"I was hiding in the library! You followed the guards here!"
The two began to fight each other meaninglessly again, until the energy reserves of the two Necrons were about to be exhausted. The two Necrons stared at each other fiercely with eyes that wished they could tear each other's metal bodies apart.
"He's coming back,"
Orikan said sarcastically, "I predicted that Yao Zi's galaxy would be broken. This will be a wake-up call for him to come back. The good news is that he has become senile and confused. The better news is... Do you think he will discover your little trick?"
The Endless knew who Orrikan was referring to—the only Necron, the one being who could command all Necrons, the Silent King.
"What do you think your still sleeping emperor would think of you?"
The astrologer joked,
This made Trazyn feel unhappy. The Necron dynasty that Trazyn belonged to was the Nisilaq Dynasty, the richest Necron dynasty. If the Silent King returned, he would definitely seek the support of the Nisilaq Dynasty.
However, Tarazin is not the Pope of the Nihilak Dynasty. He is only the master of one of the tomb worlds. The Pope Chrispek who is still sleeping is the real ruler of this dynasty.
The worse news is that Emperor Chris Peck clearly supports the Silent King.
The class rule of the Necrons continues the characteristics of the rule of the Deathly Haunted. Through the protection of various agreements, subordinates need to unconditionally obey their immediate superiors - this is the underlying logic of their program.
"None of your business," Trazyn whispered. "As if you can disobey it."
The Silent King holds the [Master Control Protocol] that commands all the Necrons. This protocol ensures that all Necrons are his slaves and pledge their loyalty to him.
Orikan laughed.
"I have figured it out," it said happily, "I will be free from the shackles, and you, Trazyn, you should first think about how to explain to your emperor."
The Scryer struggled to get up and limped away, while Trazyn dragged its beaten body and tried to look up at Orikan.
"Hey! Wait! Wait—"
The Endless yelled, "Where are you going next?!"
“[When the stars return to their proper positions, I will be promoted to the master of time and destiny.]”
Orikan waved his hand.
"Time is too confusing. I have to sort it out again - but don't worry, I will see you when the Silent King returns."
Orikan laughed.
"I hope that the next time I see you, you will have been hanged for treason."
"God, maybe I have to find a way out for myself. Taraxin, oh Taraxin, you are still too greedy."
The Emperor is still asleep, which is why he is still free.
It must seize this freedom—rather than being grabbed and thrown into the furnace of biotransformation as it had been in the past.
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"Ni-Shi-La-K Dynasty?"
Hades frowned and read out the necromancy words on the black stone fragment word by word. He had a vague memory of this group of words. This seemed to be the dynasty to which the King of Figures belonged.
Opposite him, α3 Alina was looking at Hades expectantly. As early as May ago, Hades had promised to dig the grave together, but then there was the update of the [School of Athens], the Hades Moon Gathering, and other big and small things, so this matter was put on hold again and again.
Now that the Hades Moon is coming to an end, Sage α3 Alina believes that it is time to dig graves. The great Hades should focus on more important things instead of talking to those Hades cultists from the marginal worlds.
Hades finally agreed to this application that had been repeatedly delayed. Sage α3 Alina believed that there might be something fishy going on here, but no matter what, it was a good thing that Pluto agreed.
Hades obviously has his own considerations. Now that Malcador is still fighting outside, he must go to the Storm Star Region again.
To personally investigate the extent to which the Death Guard in the Storm Star Region had grown in strength, and... his little selfish motive.
At least for now, Malcador will not suddenly return to Terra. If Hades does not leave, he will obviously not be able to leave again when Malcador comes back.
Hades asked Mortarion about this matter. The Pale Lord remained silent at first, but later acquiesced that Hades would return to the Storm Star Region.
Therefore, Hades prepared to set off for the Storm Star Domain, ostensibly on the pretext of visiting the Storm Star Domain's Hades Cult - and to dig up the undead graves in the Storm Star Domain along the way.
He handed the approval notice to α3 Alina, and then the sage began to screen the tomb worlds that were along the way and of suitable size, and then - this was it.
Hades turned over the fragment of black stone between his fingers.
Generally speaking, in the same dynasty, the masters of the tomb worlds are different. If he goes to the tomb world that does not belong to the world of the Figure King under the Figure King Dynasty... there should be no problem... right
Hades was silent for a moment. He fumbled to pull out Trazyn's letter from the filing cabinet. The King of Figures did not leave any contact information, nor did he say that he could not dig up the grave of its dynasty.
That's fine.
Hades thought,
"Okay," Hades said, "let's get started."
Hades took two days to approve and prepare, and before the Emperor could react, Pluto had followed the returning Hades ship to the slingshot attached to Mars, ready to launch.
"I didn't run away. I went home."
This is the leave note that Hades left for the Lord of Mankind.
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This is a tomb world that is geographically close to the Forge World of Graeae.
α3 Sage Alina chose the planetary environment she was most familiar with - a rainforest planet. According to the sage, the tomb world of the Necrons is generally not built on a planet with too many living things. The reason for this is that after the Necrons fell asleep, the surface of the planet changed drastically, and finally a rainforest was formed.
Intensive rainfall, vegetation changes to the original soil, and river infiltration mean that the tombs of the dead in this world are easily affected and become unstable, causing some confusion in the operation of the program...
In short, it is suitable for shoveling whenever you have time.
In order not to alert the anti-chaos program of this fringe world, the Empire's ships used quantum slingshots to reach here. Due to the existence of Hades, four-fifths of the ships successfully reached their destination, and the others were scattered in nearby star fields.
Sage α3 Alina's advance team had already completed the investigation of this galaxy. After the main fleet arrived, three black ships with black stone obelisks immediately surrounded the sky above the tomb world, building a weak physical barrier.
Hades followed the principle of not intervening unless necessary and watched the sage's operations.
After them came six ships carrying psychics. According to rigorous calculations, they were scattered in more distant places. As the psychics on board chanted, the Supreme Heaven began to fluctuate and a psychic barrier unfolded, isolating the planet from communication with the outside world.
Hades restrained himself here, and finally chose to enter the field of the black ship's internal construction - trying not to think about the ship full of psykers.
In this way, stabilized by the black stone field on the inside and isolated by the psychic field on the outside, this marginal tomb world quietly lost the possibility of communication with the main dynasty.
Next, to deploy the troops, in order not to alarm the automatic minds of the undead above, α3 Alina chose the mortal troops she had raised, the Partridges, and the Ogryn troops.
For example, Space Marines and first-class Psychics would most likely directly activate the second-level defense of the tomb. There is no need to take risks.
According to α3 Alina, this team is composed of gravediggers she gathered from various worlds—each with their own expertise.
The partridges quickly followed the trail of the undead scarab and tracked back to the entrance of the tomb. Seventeen tomb entrances were confirmed, three of which were severely collapsed.
Monitors disguised as small local creatures were deployed, and the biological sages under α3 Alina remotely controlled the nerves of these creatures and probed into the interior of the tomb.
"Please don't worry. We have geological sages who can disguise themselves as rolling stones and enter the cave. As the old saying goes, every profession has its own expertise. When it comes to finding the truth, the Chanshan is a professional, Pluto."
Hades watched in silence as the people who called themselves "Partridge" on the monitor skillfully began to use echoes to build a map of the inside of the tomb, and decided to believe what α3 Alina said.
Every field has its own talents.
If it were Hades, he might just choose to use great force to create a miracle.
They spent a day building a map of the shallow layer of the tomb. As α3 Alina had expected, most of the shallow tombs had collapsed and were seriously flooded - the entrances of two of the tombs were connected to a river.
The machine soul didn't even care about the landslides, which further proved the collapse of this marginal world.
The plan went smoothly at first. Next they needed to go down to the middle-level tomb, then find the technician's tomb at the deepest part of the middle-level tomb, invade the technician's mind - get the key, and then evacuate.
This step requires a sage who is capable enough. Only a sage who specializes in this area can complete the task of obtaining the key. For this, α3 Alina and Jin are ready to go together.
Come experience a thrilling "physics hack".
Hades has no plans to go down to this world in person for the time being. If he is discovered by the undead army of this world, the Anti-Star God Protocol will immediately awaken all the undead on this planet.
He came here... just to ensure and verify that α3 Alina's plan was feasible and to serve as a backup.
(End of this chapter)