Warhammer: My Brother Is the Emperor.

Chapter 183 Zandrek, the Demented Necromancer
Originally, in history, the Sotek Dynasty was one of the two strongest dynasties of the Necrons, comparable to the Menak Dynasty.

After the fall of Orpheus, Menak became inactive for some unknown reason, and the Sotek Dynasty replaced Menak as the number one necron enemy of the empire.

During the heyday of the dynasty, there were more than [-] tomb worlds, which separated and threatened the eastern part of the empire, so that the empire thought for a long time that Sotec was the necromancer, and the rest of the dynasty was just a branch.

Compared with other necromantic dynasties, Sotek is extremely aggressive, hoping to restore the past glory of the necromancers. If they are allowed to wake up, the extreme star field will set off another apocalypse-level battle.

The Empire would never allow this to happen, and on Mandegrara, the crown world of the Sotec dynasty, nine scientists from the Primarch, the Ministry of the Interior, the Mechanicus, and the Prince faction gathered.

In order to crack Necromancer technology, they joined forces to share wisdom and scientific research results, but the results were not satisfactory.

Perhaps as Traasin said, only the technology researched by civilization itself can truly master, and the research process itself is an integral part of technology.

Even if humans have obtained technology without research, it is still a flawed technology, such as the range problem of the void claws, which the empire has not yet resolved until this time.

This is still the case with the technology of the golden age, let alone the alien technology of the undead.

But scientific research is only one of the purposes. These scientists have another intention, to monitor the Sautek dynasty and prevent it from endangering the empire.

At the end of the 38th millennium, at the end of the Jihad Era, a geological disaster erupted in Mandegra, unprecedented in scale and intensity, never before seen.

Therefore, the scientists judged that a major change had happened to Mandegra, and urgently evacuated to the warship in low-Earth orbit, and dispatched scientific research ships to keep observation.

The cyclone torpedoes of the garrison fleet are always on alert. Once the situation changes, the extinction order will be immediately issued to Mandegra.

Immediately afterwards, under the observations of scientific research ships and microscopic scanning satellites, ancient and magnificent pyramids rose from the ground, and countless ghost beetles and tomb guards rushed out of the surface, searching and killing all living creatures.

Mandegra itself is a world of death, without any native life. In addition, the empire deliberately blocked it, and no foreign forces arrived.

After the scientific researchers evacuated in an emergency, the undead structures easily wiped out the surface of the planet and destroyed the scientific research facilities of the Empire.

Immediately afterwards, more Necron armies emerged from the pyramids and attacked other pyramids. Under the watchful eye of the Empire, a Necromancer civil war broke out.

In an instant, the entire Mandegra was in chaos, divided into hundreds of large and small separatist forces, attacking and killing each other.

Pyramids were constantly being destroyed, undead nobles were captured, forced to accept the control agreement, and the victor's power was strengthened, and the conquest continued until it was defeated by other warlords.

The nobles of the undead are allied with each other, and any rising overlord will be besieged by other forces. In a short period of time, the war will end in neither victory nor defeat.

The news was sent back to Holy Terra, and Said quickly convened a superhuman council. The participants looked dignified, and the war with Menak was vividly remembered, and they were particularly afraid of the Necrons.

At the beginning of the meeting, Said briefly introduced the situation, and said calmly: "Everyone, the Necrons are in a civil war, and soon there will be a King of France who will start war against the Empire. We must unify our opinions as soon as possible!"

Rogdorn said loudly: "What's the unification? Isn't there a long-standing consensus that once the undead wake up, an extermination order will be issued immediately?"

However, Mechanicism has a different view: "The consensus premise is that the undead have signs of threatening the empire. At this moment, the undead are in a civil war and pose no threat to the empire. The extermination order must be re-discussed."

Leon Johnson supports Donne's point of view: "His Royal Highness said that technology makes the empire strong, but extinction allows the empire to survive. In order to protect the empire, it must be extinct immediately!"

Vulcan supports Leon's claim: "The dead spirits are bound to threaten the lives of the people and must be removed as soon as possible!"

Guilliman thinks caution should be exercised, saying:
"According to the data, the Sautec dynasty is the strongest necromancer dynasty, occupying [-] tomb worlds, and we only occupy four of them. If the crown world Mandegra is destroyed, what will happen to the other tomb worlds?"

Malcador smiled slightly: "Isn't it good to change from a unified and powerful dynasty to a divided regime?"

Guilliman smiled bitterly: "Have you forgotten? Traasin once warned that once Mandegra is destroyed, other tomb worlds will wake up one after another!"

Logron retorted: "That's easier to deal with than the unified dynasty, isn't it?"

Guilliman shook his head and said, "It's not easy to deal with. The sporadic necromancer dynasty will emerge like whack-a-mole, leading to a protracted security war."

"The Battle of Orpheus proved that the imperial army is powerful enough to crush any enemy, even the space necrons with the highest technology! We simply revived Sotek, and then dispatched a large army to seek a decisive battle.

At this time, Said asked: "You mean... to fight another Orpheus battle?"

Guilliman nodded: "Exactly, after a comprehensive calculation, this price is even lighter!"

Said didn't express his opinion immediately, looked around, and continued to ask: "Any other suggestions?"

The rest of the primarchs expressed their opinions one after another, and they were generally divided into three types: immediate execution faction, moderate faction, and probation faction.

Vulcan, Malcador, Lion King, Rogal Dorn, and Leman Russ supported immediate execution, and advocated the immediate use of cyclone torpedoes to eliminate the Sotec dynasty immediately before it became a climate, and nip the danger in the bud.

Forge General and Fenus paid more attention to the Necromancer technology, and believed that extinction should be cautious, and they should be wiped out the moment before there is a threat.

The probation faction believed that the denser the grass, the easier it was to mow. They allowed the tomb world of the Sauket dynasty to be completely exposed, and the empire sent out a decisive battle to uproot them.

Guilliman and the remaining Primarchs stand firmly behind this claim.

At this time, Malcador asked: "Your Highness, what do you think?"

Said calmly said: "Everyone, have you noticed a phenomenon that the undead in the civil war are all low-ranking nobles at this time, and the real Three Saints Council, the overlord of the royal court, and the armory have not yet awakened."

The participants couldn't help being puzzled, and then a guess emerged in their minds. Malcador sneered and said:

"Could it be that low-level nobles want to be leaders, so they didn't wake up the real leaders?"

Saeed nodded: "Maxiang is right. The real threat is not the dead spirits of the civil war, but the high-level necromancers who are still sleeping. Once they wake up, the civil war will end immediately."

He also knew that among the sleeping necromancers, there was a crowned necromancer named Imotek, who would become the king of necromancers in the future and lead the Sokot Dynasty to expand everywhere in an attempt to make the necromancers great again.

So Said said decisively: "I support the idea of ​​immediate annihilation. Threats should be nipped in the bud. The empire cannot afford any risk!"

Guilliman was about to argue, but Saeed raised his hand and interrupted:
"If it's a green-skinned orc, I might agree to a suspended sentence. However, the enemy is the Necron, an ancient god-level civilization. I would rather fight a security battle with gophers than a decisive battle in Orpheus!"

"Guilliman, as the prince of the empire, I am not as optimistic as you. The imperial army is not sure of victory against the undead, so I support the immediate elimination."

Guilliman has nothing to say. After the Battle of Orpheus, it is a fact that the technology of the Empire is not as good as that of the Necromancers. It can only rely on its huge size to win.

It is easier to face division and isolation of many undead worlds than to face a unified dynasty. Although more resources are needed, the empire does not lack resources.

Therefore, although Guilliman insisted on his own opinion, he did not refute Said's decision, and quickly passed the minority to obey the majority, and decided to exterminate Mandegra immediately.

However, the Superman Council didn't know that somewhere in the galaxy at this time, Traasin contacted Said: "Your Highness, do you know the consequences of destroying Mandegra?"

Saeed nodded: "I know, you once told me that Sautek will rise up together and cause troubles to the empire, but compared with the unified Sotek, the threat is far less!"

Traasin continued to persuade: "If I tell you that the king of Sotek died in a deep sleep, can you let Mandegra go!"

The reason for the civil war in Mandegra was because the King of France died and the other undead nobles had not yet awakened, resulting in a power vacuum until Imotek appeared.

Said sneered in his heart: "The King of France is dead, and Imotek can take over, let alone let Mandegra go!"

So he resolutely refused: "You once said that once the undead world wakes up, the planet will be at my disposal!"

"If you persuade me to stop, I can go now. The bipolar cyclone torpedo has left the launch chamber and rushed to the surface of the planet!"

Traasin failed to dissuade him and left helplessly. At this time, the cyclone torpedo rushed out of the battleship, penetrated into the surface of Mandegra, reached the core of the earth, and exploded.

In an instant, cracks appeared on the surface of the planet, and massive magma spewed out, engulfing the undead in the civil war, and then the entire planet was torn apart and turned into a pile of meteorites.

At this point, the Sotek Dynasty was wiped out, and Imotek, the Storm King, was stillborn.

The enemy's hero, our enemy.

After traveling for so long, Said finally killed a hero ahead of schedule.

The Superman Council breathed a sigh of relief, and Leon Johnson asked: "Your Highness, there are still three undead worlds. Do you want to purify them together? Anyway, no results have been researched for many years."

General Casting, who originally advocated prudence and gentleness, immediately retorted: "They are the wealth of the empire and the wealth of mankind. Necromancer technology is the last hope for human sublimation, and it cannot be destroyed like this!"

Guilliman supports the views of the moderates: "Ryan, as long as the undead don't wake up, they can continue to study. In case the research results, the advantages of maintaining the status quo outweigh the disadvantages!"

Ryan did not refute, but asked Said: "His Royal Highness, is there any change in the remaining two undead worlds?"

Said shook his head: "Not yet, but it's hard to say in the future. If there is a change, should we continue the meeting, or just like Mandegra, directly deal with the extinction order!"

Ryan said: "I advocate a direct extinction order. In the future, the awakening of the Necrons will become the norm. It is impossible to hold meetings again and again, and the efficiency is too low!"

The other congressmen nodded one after another. Even the Mechanicus couldn't find anything to refute. No one wanted to experience the Orpheus War again.

After the meeting, Said was authorized to use the extinction order on any abnormal undead world. He used this power two months after the destruction of Mandegra.

The two tomb worlds are next to Mandegra and belong to the Sotec dynasty.

When the suzerain's destruction signal reached the vassals, they were awakened immediately, and then they were hit by the extinction order, the planet was shattered, and the threat was once again stifled in the bud, but Said did not relax at all.

They are only the worlds under the control of the empire. Said knows nothing about the worlds outside the empire's jurisdiction. He can only order the nearby space domains to strengthen their guard and send more star zone legions.

Half a month later, at the border of the Ultimate Starfield, the imperial world named Ilias was attacked by the dead. Just like Menak, the zero-inertia engine crossed the outer line of defense and easily broke into the interior of the galaxy.

When the galaxy fleet launched a counterattack, the light cruiser fleet was instantly blasted by the Gaussian arc, the void shield was as weak as a piece of paper, and then the star base was destroyed.

Immediately afterwards, the Necromancer Fleet came over Ilias, loudly broadcasting from the planet:

"Necrophobe traitors, I am Zandrek, King of the Sautek Dynasty. According to the "Noble War Agreement", I allow you to surrender and receive treatment that matches your noble status!"

"You have three days to think about it. If you are stubborn, you will be hit with deadly force!"

In every imperial world, there are puppets sent by Said. The planetary governor immediately found the puppets and asked, "Your Highness, how long will it take for the imperial reinforcements to arrive?"

The puppet comforted: "Don't worry, the Tribunal Legion will arrive in two days, and the main fleet of the Legion will arrive in four days. Stay loyal, and you will be protected by the Empire."

After placating the planetary governor, Said breathed a sigh of relief. Zandrek is a wonderful flower of the Necron. He thinks that he is still in the period of the Necrontyr, and that the other beings in the galaxy are traitors who split the country.

In his eyes, humans, Eldar, orcs, and Tau are all Necrontyrs, and Tyrannos are their war beasts. Since they are all compatriots, there is no need to fight to the death, and the "Noble War Agreement" should be followed.

On the battlefield, he disdains the use of death marks, underworld ghosts and other assassination units. As long as conditions permit, he will try his best to capture local commanders and treat them with courtesy.

In the original history, he had dinner with the prisoners of the Astral Army more than once, and introduced the cultural and technological wonders of the Necrontyr...

Until the subordinates secretly executed the prisoners and claimed to have escaped from prison or choked to death by eating too fast.

Although he is like a demented Don Quixote who can't distinguish between reality and fantasy, Zandrek is the most powerful Sotek necromancer overlord in military ability. Apart from Imotek, he is the most qualified to be the King of France.

While his thoughts were racing, Said couldn't help laughing, Zandrek was more suitable to lead the Sotek dynasty than the mighty hero Imotek.

If it can Sautec, the eastern part of the empire can stop a lot.

At this time, Traasin sent a message: "Said, what do you think of Zandrek? I want to support him to become the King of the Sotek Dynasty. If you agree, the invasion of the human empire will stop!"

Saeed asked, "Can you find a way to stop the fighting?"

Traasin nodded: "Of course, Zandrek and I are friends. I believe that for humans, he is a very suitable leader of the undead!"

Saeed said calmly: "What do you need the empire to do? First, it is impossible for humans to cooperate with aliens!"

Traasin shook his head: "You don't have to do anything, just stand still, and I will persuade Zandrek not to attack Gedrim!"

Ghidrim is located next to Ilias. After the imperial reinforcements repel the undead, they are bound to make an expedition to Ghidrim.

Said frowned: "This is not good, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch, and there is no dead spirit world allowed on the empire's territory!"

Traasin had no choice but to say, "Then I'll teleport the planet to another place, that's all right!"

　second night
　　
　
(End of this chapter)