Chapter 469, Big Plan
"You are the Old One," Mazda-Moody said calmly as he looked at the Master of Men standing before him.
"..." This time the emperor surprisingly didn't refute, he just stood there calmly.
"But you are not the ancient sage we expected, you are not our master." Lord Demon Toad shook his head again and again: "You are just an unlikely Messiah."
An unlikely messiah? Fulgan frowned, what was Mazda Moody talking about?
"...It doesn't matter what I am." The Emperor opened his mouth, and he had no intention of defending anything: "But I think we need to communicate."
"Come in with me, young Old Sage." There was no expression on Mo Chan's face.
The great pyramid opened its gates before the Lord of Humanity...
In the ancient and deep ancient pyramid, the magic toad Mazda-Moody raised his holy seat, and it looked up at the magical and glorious ancient pyramid, the sun stele, and the moon stele, and remained silent.
The emperor's eyes were placed in the clear pond.
Under the pond, there are patterns of stars.
In the dark galaxy, a black crack divides the entire galaxy into two halves.
A human with a laurel wreath on his head and a "U" symbol on his shoulders is holding a long sword burning with golden flames, announcing his return.
"Robert Guilliman?" Fulgrim was a little unbelievable at first, but then he saw the figure of Eldar God of Death Chosen Inanni in the mural at the bottom of the pool.
If the father hadn't returned because of Ryan's efforts, Guilliman would have been resurrected because of the power of the Eldar Reaper, right?
The Emperor's Children Primarch thought inwardly.
"Young Old One, what do you want to do when you come back to this world?" Mazda-Moody didn't care what the Emperor would do, even to some extent, there was even a lack of basic respect in his words : "What can you do for the big scheme?"
"Your plan?" The emperor frowned, he seemed to be used to the indifference of the magic toad.
These creatures are minions created by the Old Ones, and they are truly cold-blooded.
What is a cold-blooded species?
Keep it if it is useful, discard it if it is useless, and execute it when there is an order. They never consider favors or relationships. All of their existence is to complete the "big plan" left by the ancient saints, and everything does not conform to the big plan Everything must be destroyed.
To this end, these servants of the Old Ones have spent tens of thousands of years.
So why execute the "big plan"? What is the point of completing the "big plan"?
That is not something these cold-blooded people need to consider. As long as they want to complete the big plan, they will form an alliance if they need to, and they will start a war if they need to. They will not feel pity just because they have fought side by side, nor will they give up forming an alliance just because they were sworn enemies.
"The grand plan is our mission. When the star gate is destroyed and our master leaves, the mission of guarding this world falls to us. This is the will of the Old Ones, and we should carry it out." Mazda Moody said The sound is very slow, it can feel the power of the creation behind it,
That was enough light to illuminate the entire galaxy: "You have inherited the legacy of the Old Ones."
"What's the grand plan?" The Emperor's answer sounded off topic.
Mazda-Moody didn't answer.
In fact, the Slanns have discussed the grand plan for tens of thousands of years, but have not yet received a unified answer. Many contents of the prophecy slates left by the Old Sages are vague, and each Slann has its own views.
And the ancient sages who really knew what the big plan was all left, and the first generation of Slans had all died in battle.
Behind the superficial few words are countless psychic communications. The magic toad is using terrifying power to communicate with the lord of mankind. It seems that it is not afraid of the power of the emperor at all, or it doesn't care.
No one knows what the Emperor and Mazda-Moody said.
After a long time, Mazda Moody spoke again: "If what you said is true, young Old Sage, this will be a problem worth noting. After leaving the time of the Old Sage's guidance for tens of thousands of years, no one has been able to Decipher for us those ancient tablets and technologies that have been shelved."
"If you servants of the Old Sages allow me, I can interpret the contents of those slates for you, and I can retrieve and analyze those lost technologies for you." The emperor's cold eyes radiated a sharp light: "This is not a request , this is a requirement."
After getting in touch with the mind of the magic toad, the Lord of Humanity already understood how much sacrifice these Sons of Order had made to fight against evil.
The Lizardman Legion of millions is now a small silhouette of its former glory, and now the Great Guardian relies on hundreds of Slanns who spend all their vitality and energy to maintain them, and they fix themselves in the obelisks and On the pyramid, the great guardian continued with his own life.
However, this is not without cost. The Slann is a creation made by the Old Sage. Without the guidance of the Old Sage, they will not reproduce. Although they are immortal, frequent wars and the invasion of demons still make the Slann race gradually wither.
But they are still insisting, they don't know why they have to guard, why they have to give everything to fight the Chaos Demon, but they always insist, because this is the order of the Old Sage.
In a way, they are like the Emperor sitting on the Golden Throne.
This does not prevent the Emperor from taking the technology and knowledge left by the Old Ones, but after knowing all this, he is willing to give these poor and respectable creatures some space, because Chaos is the sworn enemy of both sides.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and the Emperor's Resurrection also comes from the legacy of the Old Ones.
From a certain point of view, this is also a transaction.
"Not enough, our master's inheritance is not what you imagined and can be replaced with shared knowledge." The Lord of the Devil Toad shook his head: "During ten thousand years of sleeping and thinking, I have learned a lot. If you are not willing to stay and Let's fight against powerful enemies together, we will not hand over what I have, even if you destroy us."
"My son will stay." The emperor put his eyes on Fulgrim: "He will lead the human army to fight side by side with you."
"Not enough." Mazda Moody still shook his head: "That is the legacy of the master."
"I can reconsecrate your tainted hatcheries." The Emperor made the second condition.
"Not enough." The Lord of the Demon Toad still shook his head, but his attitude had softened a bit: "If so, we can only allow you to view three secret rooms of the pyramid."
Fulgrim looked calm on the surface, but his heart was filled with doubts and incomprehensions. He thought to himself that these servants of the Old Sage were really stubborn.
The Emperor seemed to have noticed Fulgrim's change of mood, and a simple psychic message ordered him to calm down.
"The Son of the Old Sage is indeed a very powerful existence, but he is not invincible. His stay can only give us a little more chance of winning the war against the eternal enemy, which is far from enough... As for human beings, they are too young and too simple. Childish in age, and highly susceptible to the corruption of Chaos, I have so far believed that the most important reason for the failure to complete the grand plan is precisely because these young races were not exterminated, leaving Chaos with a large number of minions at their disposal." Gold The holy seat was slowly placed on the altar inside the pyramid, and Mazda Moody's words were very slow: "You need to come up with more things to impress me, young Old Sage, this is my duty and my responsibility The mission, I will use my all to complete until the big plan is realized."
"It's really sad." Fulgan spoke, and he sarcastically said: "However, you still don't understand what the real big plan is."
"Son of the Old Sage, you are also part of the grand plan. The master has already seen through everything. The four Sons of the Old Sage are continuing in this world. You are like the faint light of order in the endless chaos, purple, red, silver and blue. Color." Mazda-Moody continued: "It's not enough, it's not enough."
The emperor's eyes fixed on this magic toad, he was thinking about gains and losses.
Due to the Eternal Warp Storm, the Lord of Men was largely unable to teleport armies, and even the Emperor suspected that nothing could reach the world through the Warp Storm without his own powers to navigate the Warp Storm.
No wonder the Old Ones chose this world as their playground, testing ground, and final refuge.
The last legacy of the Old Sage must not be obtained by Chaos!
After thinking again and again, the emperor decided to reveal his last hole card.
The lord of humanity stood in front of the magic toad, and uttered a few words on his noble face of endless light and miracles.
For the first time, the Lord Demon Toad showed a surprised expression. He raised his head, seemingly unbelievable.
But the emperor nodded calmly, the condition has already been stated, and it depends on whether the other party accepts it.
If the other party doesn't accept it, then he can only choose to do it himself at the risk of being discovered by Chaos.
The atmosphere fell into anxiety. In the huge pyramid of the City of the Sun, above dozens of clear pools and long steps, amidst all kinds of sacred runes and ancient imprints, the pictures on the ceiling Under the moss-covered picture, the emperor, Fulgrim, and the magic toad sitting on the golden throne fell silent.
In an instant, hundreds of communications were sent back and forth within the Holy Council, and every sleeping Slann received Mazda-Moody's communications and gave his own echo.
Consciousness gradually returned to the body, and what was left to the lord of the magic toad was a painful choice. Reason told him that the master's inheritance could not be given to these young races, but reason told him that this might be the one thing that prevented the last moment. There are many possibilities, the origin of the other party is unknown, and the existence is mysterious. When Mazda Moody closes his eyes and lets his soul travel through the shadows of the chaotic world and the material world, it can perceive that the person in front of him is full of The icy sun of Symmetra.
The greatest and wisest minds ever to exist were diligently calculating the pros and cons of the matter, and Mazda-Moody's magical powers amused even the Emperor, who had seldom seen such pure and A powerful, non-chaos-affected magical creature.
After a long time, maybe a minute, an hour or even a whole day passed, Mazda Moody finally nodded: "This is a condition we cannot refuse, young Old Sage, but we must see you fulfill your promise."
The negotiation was successful.
The new world, Lustria, the head of the cities, the first city, the place where the old saints first arrived, Itza, the great pyramid.
The bright and pure Light of Order unlocked the complex code lock composed of technology and magic on the gate of the pyramid. Under the guidance of Mazda-Moody, the Emperor and Fulgrim walked up the long ladder successively. The creation of the Old Sage So magical are the countless empty corridors and vertical passages leading to the very top of the great pyramid.
On the side of the road, there are portraits of lizard gods and gods on the golden ancient slate. They are all similar in appearance to the magic toad, but they obviously possess powerful martial arts. A god bathed in radiance, representing the power of the sun or the sun, is also the main god believed by the lizardmen.
There is also Sotek, the snake god. This new god was born in the millennium war between the Lizardmen and the Skaven. It represents blood and revenge, and the will to destroy the Horned Rat.
Fulgan's long white hair was windless and automatic, and he suddenly felt the snake god on the slate watching him. It was a deep sense of identity and joy, but when he wanted to see Sotek's portrait clearly , but the other party seems to have disappeared.
This feeling of being chosen...
The door of the Chamber of Secrets was opened, which was a vertical passage, and Mazda-Moody repelled the temple guards who were going to protect it. It turned around and motioned for the Emperor and Fulgrim to come to the pedestal.
On the pedestal, sat a dead carrion.
Venerable Croker, the guardian of Itaza, the first magic toad priest of the lizard people, the most powerful and greatest magic toad priest, it and the first generation of colleagues assisted the ancient saints to transform the world, and they also built the two poles It is the portal (that is, the chaotic wilderness in the future), and it is also the mentor who teaches the elves to learn magic. It is said that its mission is destined to witness the last moment of the universe. Crocker left the most tragic sacrifice in the catastrophe, but his indomitable soul is still obsessed with the world, and he became the first priest of the relic.
Crocker's face is covered by a golden funeral mask. It can no longer speak and communicate, but its soul can interact with the material world, and its power can vibrate the air to create voices like distant echoes. The former glory has collapsed, but The remaining candle in the wind is enough to destroy its enemies. In a critical moment, its soul will return to the real world with the immortal will of its master, and help the lizard people win another victory with its own power.
After the defense of Itaza ended at Crocker's great sacrifice, the Lizardmen labored to collect every small fragment of the remains, and with reverence the spliced remains were wrapped in resin-soaked oiled paper.
Since then, the first Lizardman Skeleton Priest was born, and many dead magic toads were also treated with this method. The Lizardmen discovered that these demonic toads were so powerful that their souls still cling to the world after death, and these ancient holy objects will once again formulate a great plan to mend the world.
This mummy sits so quietly on the top of the great pyramid. It looks completely dead, dead in every sense, but its soul still resides on its decayed body. Its spirit still watches the world.
It once watched how the Old Sage created a brand new race, it once watched how the Old Sage established so many glorious cities in Lustria, it once watched dozens of Chaos Legions and hundreds of Chaos Demons besieging together Itza, it will also watch the destruction of this world, and when the last moment comes, Crocker's indomitable will and immortal soul will use up the last vestiges of his weakened strength to protect the creation of the Old Ones.
The Emperor nodded slightly. He could sense a similar sacrifice in the mummy, these noble creatures who would sacrifice themselves at all costs to protect, as he had done.
The cold heart of the Lord of Humanity will not be moved by Crocker's sacrifice, but he still agrees with Crocker's dedication, which makes him start his own actions.
The golden radiance began to emerge from the body of the Lord of Humanity, and the supreme power completely enveloped the secret room at the top of the pyramid. A straight golden light shot out from the emperor's heart and injected into the body of the priest who had died thousands of years ago.
That is the unique power of the Emperor,
Gradually, under Fulgan's doubts and Mazda Moody's expectant gaze, light appeared in the two white jade eyes inlaid with yellow topaz on the head of the remains under the golden funeral mask.
Inside this holy skeleton, something happened.
Slowly, the arms of the holy skeleton were raised, and the mummy that was supposed to die opened its mouth and spit out an ancient language. This power came from outside the universe and contained the power of hope from the origin of the universe. The stars twinkled, and the ancient The holy power of creation emerges from him.
"For... the big plan!"