The Emperor’s Angel of Death

“Sorry, I lost myself for a moment. It's just old history, I shouldn’t have brought it up again.”

These words seemed to have been bottled up in Kairo's heart for tens of thousands of years. After saying them, it was as if all the strength had been drained from his body. He sighed deeply and rubbed his face with his hands.

“We have done everything we could. The Primarch wanted perfection, and we could only pursue perfection. The Emperor issued the Edict of Nikaea, and we disbanded all the Librarius organizations. What did we get in return? Physical modifications led to the contamination of the Warp. The Primarch was controlled by a daemon sword, but because there was no Librarius, we knew nothing about it until everything was beyond saving. I have never defended myself, because it is meaningless. I just want to tell you that when we were all despairing of reality, Fabius was the only one who still had hope.”

“Hope?”

“As I said before, he has a unique faith. In fact, Fabius initially deeply admired and loved the Emperor. He believed that the Emperor had pointed out the path for humanity, a path of infinite evolution and infinite possibilities. The Primarch was the most representative work, and the Astartes were the new form of future humans. But then a series of actions by the Imperium gradually disappointed him. He felt that the Emperor was becoming conservative, and was too tolerant of those mortals who had not 'evolved', and even tried to suppress 'new humans' like the Astartes, allowing the weak to rule the strong, which he could not accept. After the Great Heresy, he intended to make humanity more perfect with his own hands, so he created many new humans that I cannot fully describe, and hoped that the new humans would bloom like flowers in the chaotic and decayed night, spreading the light of the Great Crusade to every corner of the universe. This is his ultimate goal, to launch another Great Crusade, to eliminate those so-called gods and beliefs, and to create a Great Crusade that belongs to true humanity.”

After listening, Solshen didn't know what to say. It was hard to tell how much of it was true, but he was definitely crazy enough. But after Kairo's introduction, this Fabius did arouse a bit of his interest.

There is a saying that the difference between genius and madman is only a fine line. This person is so crazy, which means his ability won't be too bad. Perhaps he really can crack some of the secrets of the Grey Seer.

But Sol also said that Fabius also has a characteristic of being fickle, greedy, and selfish.

“Kairo, what do you think of your mentor's character?”

Kairo blinked, then whispered:

“Very bad, almost the worst person I've ever met. Even Lucius seems not so bad compared to him.”

“Oh?”

Solshen chuckled.

“He is your mentor.”

“I'm just telling the truth. He is an extreme pragmatist. He can sell most things for profit, including compatriots and brothers. Let me tell you an interesting story. He once sold Lucius to the Dark Eldar of Commorragh, just to get the flesh and blood technology of those aliens. If there is enough profit, he wouldn't even care about the Primarch. Morality, bottom line, principles, and rules are all insignificant things to him.”

“Ha, judging from your tone, shouldn't this kind of person be killed directly?”

Kairo looked at Solshen and replied very seriously:

“If I didn't know the secrets you bear, I would definitely suggest that you must kill him when you encounter him, but his talent is unparalleled, and there are few people in the entire galaxy who can reach it, and it is a peak that I will never be able to catch up with. My technology can hardly help you and the great cause of the Eleventh Legion, but he is different. He may be able to give you unexpected surprises.”

Solshen fell into deep thought, tapping the table lightly with his fingers. After a few minutes, he opened his mouth and said:

“Cooperating with such a person is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger. And I heard that he seems to have grudges with the Eldar? He attacked a Craftworld?”

“Ah, there is such a thing, but this is just an insignificant one of his many actions. He was bewitched by Oriande Coe at the time, and united with the Shining Path to attack Craftworld Lagneish. Although it ended in failure, he killed many Eldar and learned a lot about the secrets of Wraithbone and Soulstones.” (Also, the Bloodthirster incident of the Blood Angels should not have happened yet. This happened after the end of the Rakiost Uprising)

Solshen narrowed his eyes slightly. The Fallen Light Lagneish is also one of the main supporters of Veronica's court now.

It seems that it is not enough to just ask Sol, but also to ask Veronica's opinion.

“What is Fabius's current situation?”

“I haven't contacted him for a long time. Since he was raided by the Dark Eldar once, his whereabouts have become very strange. I often hear news of his activities from different areas at the same time, so I have a suspicion that Fabius may have cracked the Blight and cloned multiple individuals, otherwise there is no way to explain it.”

“Hmm? Does he still have the Blight?”

“He is the only Third Legion warrior who still has the Blight, but he hides it very well. In order not to die from the Blight, he even developed the technology to transfer consciousness, or rather the soul, into a cloned body, but at that time he could only enter one body and had to be very close to it.”

Hearing about consciousness transfer, Solshen raised an eyebrow.

“Then if it's really like what you said, wouldn't this person be impossible to find?”

Kairo smiled and shook his head.

“In the galaxy now, there are only three people who can definitely find him, Fulgrim, Melusine, and me. Of course, if Oriande Coe is still alive, that would be four.”

“Who is Melusine? Who is Oriande Coe?”

“Melusine is a new human created by Fabius in the past using his own genes. I can't find a very appropriate word to describe her for a while, but it is indeed a perfect work, possessing the powerful combat power of a Space Marine, but possessing the lost reproductive ability of a Space Marine. However, she has been missing for a long time, and only Fabius himself knows her whereabouts. As for Oriande Coe, ha, an idiot, like me, used to study and work under Fabius, so he can be considered my colleague.”

Solshen shook his head.

“What an absolute madman.”

Then he looked at Kairo and asked the last question.

“If one day, we are going to fight Fulgrim, what will you choose?”

Kairo replied calmly:

“I will stand with the true Primarch.”

“Do you despise Fulgrim that much?”

“Our father is noble, pure, and kind, perhaps not necessarily perfect, but I realized early on that true perfection needs to be set off by small flaws. The Third Legion will start all over again. This time we will not repeat the same mistakes, even if the current Imperium can no longer tolerate us.”

Kairo looked at Solshen and said meaningfully:

“But perhaps we can try to create a new empire.”

“Your words are out of line, Apothecary.”

“Of course, I am just an Apothecary. These things will not be decided by me. That will be your business, and I will just execute.”