Emperor's Daughter of the Red Sands

Chapter 36 Farce
After completing the burial of her children, Elaine found the great sage Redjak in the corner of the ancient temple.

Thanks to his intimate knowledge of the ancient temples of Salem, the Great Sage was able to flee the scene under the cover of the Astartes, hiding in a place where the Khorne daemon was hard to find.

However, the other accompanying technical priests were not so lucky.

They couldn't even escape from the temple where the demon was sealed, and they were turned into unrecognizable corpses under Salam's power sword.

"Tell me, Redjack."

"What is your loyalty worth?"

Elaine looked down at the hunched great sage in front of her, her tone was extremely cold.

She knew that the reason for the release of the Khorne demon named [Blade of the Beginning] could never be separated from Redjak—it could only be said that it could only be the mechanical pagan leader who knew Salem well. .

"I... I didn't want to release the machine soul that had been sleeping for thousands of years... It's just those tech priests from Mars..."

"They're dead. And I don't want to hear you attribute that responsibility to the dead, unless you want to be like them, Redjack."

"K-Ka...Ka Ke...I thought it would be less dangerous to the outside world...——Its distorted and deformed appearance is definitely not my intention, my lord..."

"So, you knew of its existence from the very beginning, but concealed it? Very good."

"No, no... my lord, please listen to my explanation..."

Facing the almost outburst anger of the Primarch in front of him, Redjack's remaining fluke was completely dispelled, so he had to answer truthfully tremblingly.

"At first...I set off from Mars in the distant age of strife, to seek the endless knowledge hidden in the stars...Until I came to Salem, the value hidden under the curtain of darkness is unimaginable, so...I Finished settling here. Then I discovered 'it' existed..."

The hoarse electronic voice of the great sage revealed a little fear, but when he mentioned that period of the past, he was full of a little pride.

As the founder of Mechanical Paganism, Redjak has studied the "machine soul" hidden in the depths of the foundry world countless times. The countless ancient technologies and foundries on the planet are also related to it. During the years of strife, Redjac discovered more unknown and precious knowledge for this forge world by studying this sleeping 'machine soul'.

Moreover, after realizing that the existence of this 'machine soul' relies on the core of the entire planet, the great sage relaxed his vigilance.

"Through its ravings while sleeping... I got the key to the treasures on this planet, it is the key... Its whispers can connect the ancient past and the present, and it unlocks the production authority for countless sleeping military STCs ..."

"I began to believe in it, my lord... To this day, I can't believe that it is a dirty and filthy creation of the warp-if it is really such a dirty existence, then what is my belief... ?”

"The 'faith' in your mouth has slaughtered two teams of loyal Astartes - among them are my sons, recognize your position, Redjack."

Elaine interrupted Redjac's self-questioning indifferently, what she wanted was the result.

"Okay... okay... my lord, when I was ignorant and blinded by the filthy knowledge in front of me... I put my humble beliefs on this planet... Naturally, including... it."

Redjac's voice was a little choked.

Because Redjac thinks that 'it' is the mechanical soul bestowed by the God of All Machines on this forging world, and it is Omnissiah's reward for his exploration of the lost world in the era of disputes.Even, based on this, the foundry world Salem gave birth to a branch of the Mechanic Apostle belief-Mechanical Paganism.

It can be said that most of Salem's current affairs are based on the core of this foundry world.

Now... everything is just a lie.Everything is pointless.Whether it's belief, or the precious knowledge he has preserved for thousands of years, the ancient STC that he tried his best to protect... everything is stained with the filth from the warp.

"So... so, when the priests from my hometown came, I immediately brought them here..."

Redjac's mechanical vocal cords began to tremble, and his stooped figure grew haggard under the Primarch's icy gaze.

Yes, Redjac once proudly believed that the Mechanical Paganism based on Salem would become an important branch of the Martian religion, and the religious significance it contained could also make his identity soar — After all, he has found countless Omnissian miracles.So much so that when the technical priests in the hometown of Mars asked for a visit, Redjak immediately led them to meet the long-sleeping 'world machine soul'.

That was also the moment when his proud dreams were shattered.

"...In my data video, each of us chanted the binary prayer beside it, and although the prayer was slightly different after the entire era of strife, 'it' was still sleeping..."

"Until...we were about to leave when it...suddenly woke up."

A pale blue hologram beamed from Redjac's electronic prosthetic eye, and it recorded the binary chant of the Tech-Priests escorted by two Astartes escorts, and even the The hoarse but proud voice of the great sage, at that time, none of them felt that the "soul of the world" in front of them would wake up, even the two teams of Astartes didn't care: in their eyes, these Oil guys' religious zeal is difficult to understand, but they don't interfere too much.

However, to everyone's surprise, when the scientific expedition team was about to leave - the Khorne demon named Salam suddenly woke up.

The scarlet figure quickly came to the side of its destined person, the Iron Warrior named Volker.

……

Looking at the holographic image in front of her and the trembling great sage, Elaine fell silent.

...which was not at all what she had imagined—it wasn't mentioned in the plans and plans.

There must be something wrong, it shouldn't be like this.

The Primarch's thoughts were a little confused.

"grown ups…?"

Redjac looked up at the silent Elaine with some doubts. In the darker golden pupils, he didn't know whether his explanation would satisfy the god.

In Elaine's mind, however, there was no longer any trivial matter about Redjac - in front of her eyes, there was only a series of intricate conspiracies.

The dark blue bird feathers falling on it can be vaguely seen.

—I should have expected it.

Elaine thought angrily.

This team of Iron Warriors... was approved by her without realizing it.

Even though she had expected the existence of Salam, she couldn't imagine that the development of the matter would lead to the present situation.

She knew that the Iron Warrior named Volker would be taken by Salam and become an enchanted space warrior named Volker Salam.

In her comprehensive and rigorous plan, this demon will be safely dealt with in the not-too-distant future. Even before the expedition, she has already prepared dozens of plans for how to deal with it. No space warrior will be there in that battle. Died in battle.

However, as if Elaine didn't know about it, during the conversation with Perturabo, he sent out a team that he hadn't seen carefully, and it happened to include a soldier named 'Salam'.

In the established future, it should have awakened when Perturabo came to look for Angron during the Great Rebellion, and possessed the Astartes who had not yet entered the Dreadnought Mech, and the two would merge into Enchanted Space Marines known as 'Destroyers', who spread dangerous cyber-demons, aided the Warmaster of Chaos in laying siege to Terra.

And yet...they now meet each other at a crossroads of fate.

Under Redjac's bewildered gaze, the Primarch turned silent and left.

However, her stalwart figure... seemed a little stooped at this moment.

—I made it all happen with my own hands.

The weird and funny truth was completely revealed, and Elaine only felt extremely cold, and the self-confidence that was considered exhaustive in the past... also appeared cracks at this moment.

Her face was shrouded in haze.

Yeah, she should have expected it from the start.

From the agony of the ties of blood, from the corrosive whispers of the power of the Warp.

From the time when two fools who claimed to have escaped fate but never escaped the cage of fate met.

Blood God's eyes never left.

He still sat on the brass throne, admiring the farce.

……

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　Second update~
　　A parody of Hammer's tragedy:

　　Although you fight for seconds, but you lose everything in the end.jpg
　　(I wonder if I will be scolded for writing this kind of embarrassing plot)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)