Karas, squatting on the ground, rubbed the inactivated metal on the ground with his feet. The old soldier looked up boredly at the waves in the distance of the maze.
Beside him, Primarch Mortarion was standing upright, observing the Void Dragon's condition carefully.
Mortarion paused suddenly, and the Primarch withdrew his gaze with some confusion. Karas at his feet realized the Primarch's confusion, but Karas's reaction was still to empty himself.
[…]
Karas did not respond, and Mortarion slowly spoke.
[I feel... a premonition... coming.]
Karas responded by rubbing the liquid metal on the ground with his toes.
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"again."
Hades said quietly, now he remembered.
In the original book, there was indeed a routine quarrel between Trazyn and Orrickan. The battle took place on Serenade. Trazyn was slightly better in the doubles fight, but then found himself deceived by the Star God Deceiver. After that, Trazyn and Orrickan joined forces and finally took in the Deceiver who had fused at least three Star God fragments.
In the battle with the Deceiver, Orikan was briefly promoted to a Star God in an energy state. When the stars returned to their positions, this excellent astrologer could absorb a large amount of energy and ascend to a god.
Of course, the stars weren't aligned for that battle, so Pokémon Master Trazyn contributed one of his own collections - an Eldar gem.
…
Hades frowned and looked at Trazyn. Why did this guy appear there? Where did the Star God appear
And... the Deceiver fragment that Trazyn fed him before seemed to be the one he obtained from Serenade
Trazyn glanced at Hades and then looked away.
"I am also confused about this. I am just an ordinary overlord with some hobbies of my own."
Hades was silent. He stared at Trazyn for a long time. Seeing that Hades was silent, Trazyn picked up another piece of rare metal in the command room.
Because Hades' silence was too deafening, the Necromancer finally couldn't stand it anymore and coughed twice in an anthropomorphic manner.
"So," the Necron waved his hands irritably, "that's it. Another one, another one!"
"You just asked me if I had a desire for souls - maybe?"
After hearing what Hades said, Trazyn finally stopped picking up the items. The Necromancer was silent for a moment, then spoke in a serious tone.
"Orekan," it said, as if recalling a painful memory. "When Orekan ascended to godhood - I was sure I saw the look of greed and contempt in its eyes."
"You don't understand. Even though we don't like each other, the Orikan I know would never look at me like that. I know this. That look is cold and greedy enough. It's... I know it very well. It's the look of a Star God."
Hades seemed to be lost in thought, and Trazyn took the opportunity to glance into Hades' eyes again—the King of Figures was certain that Hades did not have any signs of danger.
"So... this is a normal phenomenon?"
Hades spoke after thinking for a while. In the original novel, when Orikan became a Star God, his way of thinking did change greatly. In the original novel, Orikan clearly expressed his disgust for his own kind, the "Necrons", and even understood the ritual of biological transformation.
But if Orikan had not ascended to godhood, the thought at that moment of his ascension would have been completely unacceptable to him.
Trazyn was silent, and glanced at Hades again.
These are two examples. How can we determine whether this is normal
"Since I was the only one who witnessed both of you," Trazyn thought for a moment and continued, "I have a theory."
"Tell me about it."
"Star Gods are pure energy bodies," Trazyn waved his hand, and a ball of energy appeared in his palm. "Every moment they exist, they release a large amount of energy, so Star Gods are extremely hungry for energy."
"So the Star Gods feed on stars,"
Hades held his face, "So what about the soul?"
Trazyn was silent for a moment.
“The soul itself is a kind of energy.”
It says,
"Or maybe it's a carrier of some high-energy."
The Necron looked at Hades, and saw an expression of sudden enlightenment on Hades' face, as if he had been enlightened.
"Haven't you ever thought about this before?"
Trazyn wiped his face.
"The physical world has matter and energy, and the boundaries and judgments between energy and matter are also clear, but the subspace is not very similar. You can understand it this way..."
Trazyn thought for a moment.
"In the warp, emotions and thoughts are carriers of energy, the 'matter' of the warp; the soul is a kind of living being composed of these 'matter'."
"Chaos itself is a collection of huge amounts of energy, gathered together according to the laws of the subspace - these laws can be understood as the four fundamental forces in the physical world."
"Psychics are beings that communicate between the two worlds. Because their physical bodies are combined with their souls, they can "mobilize" energy from the subspace and direct the release of energy through their will - the matter of the subspace."
That's a lot to say, Trazyn thought, but has no one really told this psychic Muggle about this before? Are humans so confident
…Could it be that the Empire believes that Hades knows this innately
Or is it because humans don’t understand this either? The words of those witches and sorcerers are too confusing.
Trazyn was silent for a moment, and finally decided to get back to the topic.
"That's why the Star Gods of the physical world are happy to absorb souls. Souls themselves have energy," Trazyn said, taking back the energy ball in his palm. "And... I'm not sure, but judging from your reactions, it's likely that these souls have different flavors, and you prefer them more than stars."
Hades remained silent. He began to try to recall how he felt when he lost control. Hades was horrified to realize that he could indeed "taste" psychic energy from different sources.
"Then we are back to the original question. I need to consume a large amount of energy to suppress the Star God's desires."
Trazyn nodded.
"Your current state is equivalent to low power consumption. Once you enter the state of a Star God, with high power consumption, your instinct will drive you to actively seek food, eat stars, or eat souls."
"The Necrontyr created devices specifically for the feeding of the C'tan - don't look at me like that, Hades."
Trazyn interrupted suddenly.
"I don't have the technology right now. In fact, the Necrons can no longer build such a device. The last remnants have long been buried in the corner of history."
Hades thought about it, and he dug out some key words from his vast memory.
"Breath of the Gods?"
He said uncertainly, and Trazyn nodded.
“Use the energy of the past and future to create new stars. If it gets out of control, the Breath of the Gods will completely destroy the galaxy.”
Hades was silent for a moment. The Breath of the Gods in his memory was indeed like this. A mechanical sage was determined to use the Breath of the Gods to resurrect the Void Dragon under Mars. He forcibly bypassed the anti-idiot button of the Necrons and activated the device.
Then the galaxy was about to be destroyed. Finally, the sages found a way to destroy that star field and completely buried the device in the annihilated star field.
The world is always like this, Hades thought. He was running the business here, and something might happen in some corner, and the whole galaxy would be ruined.
"That's not necessary. Stars are everywhere."
Hades said that Extinction of the Gods was built with the massive support of the Star Gods by the Necrons, but now he is the only half-baked Star God, and the stars of the Empire are everywhere, and at worst there are still the people in the Warp.
"Are you really going to keep eating?"
Trazyn suddenly came closer and said, "My suggestion is that you maintain this low power consumption state and don't play with transformation all the time. It's harmful to your health if you do it too much."
Hades scratched his head.
"I want to, but sometimes you just need to beat up something. Recently my good brothers are going to fight Chaos, so I have to help them out."
Trazyn glanced at Hades with his green eyes.
"I think you want to fight."
The Figure King pointed this out sharply, and Hades laughed awkwardly.
"This is not... I have a good knife in my hand, and I would feel bad if I didn't stab something."
"You just need to teach me how to eat stars, oh figure king."
Trazyn spread his hands. "How can I teach you this? I have only seen the Trickster eat the Star God fragments."
The Toy King raised his hand and made a gesture as if he was eating meat.
“That’s what it ate.”
Hades imitated it, "What?"
He asked, "I'm going to run to the stars and eat them with my hands?"
Trazyn spread his hands.
"I can't help you with anything else - you even touched the dirt on my head, Hades, when will you pay your debt?"
"And..." Trazyn glanced out the porthole thoughtfully, "Mobilizing the deep code, what do you want to do?"
Hades glanced at Trazyn and asked,
"What do you think I want to do?"
"… "
"Replace the management rights of the Automaton Soul?"
"Maybe we can go a step further," Hades said truthfully. He was caught the first time he tried it, so it looked like he couldn't try it rashly.
"Do you think we can go further?"
Hades asked slowly, "Perhaps we are in need of a guide."
Trazyn's footsteps echoed in the room, and the Figure King was silent, not saying a word for the first time.
The Necrontyr is gone.
Trazyn was filled with grief. Reality and logic told it that its fellow tribesmen were already empty shells, but it still could not accept this. Aliens were commanding on a large scale...
…No…it shouldn’t be like this.
But the visible prospects are tempting enough.
The Necrons were transformed by the Star Gods, a being that could cooperate and had the knowledge of the Star Gods. Trazyn believed that Hades could hand over enough chips to satisfy it...
It itself is still a captive beast. Either the Silence King or the Storm King is enough to destroy it. Even if it does not obey their orders, the Kings have the ability to cut it into pieces.
... Can it serve as the leader of the Necrontyr
But it's still... blasphemous... ridiculous.
"I need further confirmation."
Trazyn suddenly spoke up, "Before I promise you this, I want to confirm one thing and see one more person."
"Who do you want to see?"
Hades spread his hands.
"Mortarion."
Trazyn said, decisively ignoring Hades's eyes that suddenly widened, "I once had a little intersection with him. I hope he can be a little grateful."
It wants to confirm one thing, that is, whether the Necrons can still be restored to the Fear of Death.
Should it still hold out hope for its own kind
"Okay, but why didn't you look for him before?"
Hades asked casually, beginning to call out to Mortarion.
Uh... No response from the other party.
Hades was not surprised, Mortarion often went on passive strike.
"I'm afraid he'll chase me and hack me to death," Trazyn reached into his own dimensional maze and rummaged around inside.
"Remember, if he attacks me later, you will be responsible for stopping him, Hades—I have done you a favor."
Hardy paused.
"Of course I can, but later? Probably not. I can't contact him."
"Heh," the Necron sneered, "No need for you, I'll do it."
From its maze, Trazyn pulled out a struggling little Death Guard, which struggled hard in Trazyn's hands and uttered a thin scream.
"Call!"
Trazyn squeezed the little Death Guard.
"Call me now! Call your master Mortarion! Call!!!"
"What is this again?!!!"
The next moment Hades' high-decibel scream pierced through the entire ship, far louder and more effective than the scream of the little Death Guard.
… … …
Karas looked up and saw that Mortarion had an expression that made him want to kill people indiscriminately.
(End of this chapter)