The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Long time no see, Daliah."

Hearing Li's voice, the Tech-Priestess pulled back her hood, revealing her face.

She was a young woman with pale skin due to prolonged lack of sunlight, her cheeks somewhat thin, but she had a head of golden hair, exuding an intellectual aura. Most strikingly, under her pale skin, there was a faint silvery glow, as if shimmering flames flowed within her instead of blood.

Also, on her forehead was a bright electronic tattoo in the shape of a gradually tightening spiral, decorated with classic double-winged patterns on both sides.

And miraculously, although she wore the robes of the Adeptus Mechanicus, there were no signs of any modifications on her body at all, not even a little. She was even cleaner than many Imperials, and there were obvious feminine features under her robes.

The mysterious woman looked at Li with silver eyes and nodded slightly.

"Apostle Li, I've read the joke books you brought me last time one hundred and thirty-five times."

Li smiled and touched his nose wrapped in bandages.

"You know, I'm always very busy and rarely have the chance to come to Mars, but this time I brought a lot more. We'll talk about that later. I brought Sorshyan with me."

The woman called Daliah looked at Sorshyan, then walked forward, stopping an arm's length away from him, and reached out her hand.

But before she could touch him, she retracted it with lightning speed.

"Indeed, you are that nightmare."

Sorshyan blinked.

"Is 'nightmare' a greeting unique to Mars?"

Li shook his head with a smile, explaining:

"Daliah is a Dragon's Guard, over there is Romulus 31, who used to be a sentient guardian, but unfortunately, his spark of thought was extinguished six thousand years ago. Daliah has been guarding here alone for six thousand years. It's very boring, so I come to see her from time to time and bring her something to relieve the boredom. But she's very smart, and it's hard for anything to keep her entertained for long. Sometimes she sends herself into a stasis field to pass the long time, but even without that, her body wouldn't age."

"You are its nightmare."

Daliah immediately added, and Sorshyan was a little helpless.

"Could you be more specific?"

"Daliah communicates with the Dragon of Mars primarily through dreams, so the nightmare she speaks of is not some abstract concept, but something real."

"Okay, then let me talk to that Void Dragon of Mars in person."

But Daliah shook her head.

"The Dragon sleeps, and our duty is to ensure it remains asleep."

Sorshyan narrowed his eyes.

"Then do you know who sent me here?"

"This is our duty."

Sorshyan was immediately a little annoyed. The mortal asked him to come and find the Void Dragon, but this woman said it was impossible. Did she think her will was superior to His?

Before Sorshyan could get angry, Li spoke first:

"Daliah, this is Romulus 31's last mission. In the dark, there is destiny. His consciousness has long disappeared."

Daliah bit her lower lip and remained silent. Sorshyan looked at the motionless Custodian and finally realized the problem was here.

Obviously, it wasn't impossible to communicate with the Void Dragon, but it required sacrificing the Custodian who had lost consciousness.

At this moment, he could understand Daliah. After all, the other party had accompanied her for thousands of years. Even after losing consciousness, at least it could represent that she was not alone. Even if Sorshyan were left alone to guard here for ten thousand years, he might go crazy.

"Is there no other way?"

Li shook his head and whispered to persuade her.

"The mission has arrived, Daliah."

Daliah lowered her eyes and whispered to Sorshyan:

"Devourer Dragon, please follow me."

"Ah, that's not a very good title. Just call me by my name."

Daliah didn't say anything, turned and walked away, the Custodian followed behind her, and Sorshyan and Li followed. The four of them walked through the dark passage at the far end of the hall into the winding caves.

The dim surroundings quickly turned into a faint light, a light that shone from the walls, and the walls here were also smooth, but unlike the previous glass-like appearance, these tunnels looked like pure silver. Daliah led Sorshyan through the twisted maze formed by these incredible caves with her eyes almost half-closed, although it seemed like she was just turning randomly.

Finally, Daliah led them to a wide ledge in a dazzling silver cave. The size of the cave made Sorshyan feel like it was the hollowed-out core of this planet. This was the largest enclosed space he had ever seen or could imagine. The boundaries seemed to extend to the end of his senses, and the shimmering walls that curved forward wrapped everyone in it like a world.

At this time, Sorshyan noticed a nearby inconspicuous and rather mismatched wooden lectern, but the lectern was empty, with nothing on it.

Sorshyan looked around. It wasn't that he hadn't seen Star Gods. Their physical forms were actually easy to identify, but he didn't see anything here, only the vast silver of the cave walls.

Suddenly, the Custodian moved in small steps to the edge of the protruding ledge where they were standing.

As Sorshyan wondered, the Custodian suddenly raised his arms, as if holding something, and then his body began to burn fiercely, a silvery-white flame. Daliah stared at him blankly, silver tears streaming down her cheeks—

Li reached out and pressed her shoulder, whispered something, and then the two turned and left, leaving only Sorshyan staring in astonishment at the burning Custodian.

Sorshyan stared at the burning Custodian, a sense of dizziness suddenly attacked him, causing him to blink in confusion, and at the same time, the surrounding space seemed to be changing.

Although his eyes told him that the walls of the cave were extremely far away from him, his brain could not balance what he saw and what he thought. The cave seemed to pulsate in every direction at the same time, contracting and squeezing unrealistically. This was not a movement that physical rules could perform.

The next moment, he realized that he might have left physical space and entered a part of a grand consciousness.

Massive amounts of information poured into his consciousness, they had been wandering in the universe for billions of years before the birth of mankind, they madly drank the hearts of many stars, extinguishing world after world.

They initially had no form, existing everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

Sorshyan's vision stretched and expanded infinitely, and at the same time the inside of the cave also moved, sometimes as large as the universe, and sometimes compressed like a singularity.

If it were any other creature, when faced with this distorted reality, the brain would definitely suffer from sensory overload.

But Sorshyan enjoyed it, as if he could understand everything—

The Ruin From

A tone that does not belong to any language, nor can any physical form emit, echoes in Sorshyan's ears.

You have come.

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