Chapter 184 Storm of Destruction: Death of Hope and Last Words

The sound of gunfire continued to echo in the temple hall, but everything here was completely shrouded in the deepest darkness. Vito walked here, walking forward step by step in this dark world.

There is no light, no shadow, and no sound in the depths of the temple. Everything is shrouded in pure silence, like a dark corner forgotten by the world.

Vito walked in the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, his eyes glanced around in the darkness like ink, and he shot out golden lightning from his palms. The arc quickly condensed into a small ball on the palm of Vito's hand. The small sun differs from the Emperor's sun in that the interior of Vito's sun is made of lightning.

The electric light illuminated the ground under Vito's feet, but the surrounding area seemed to be infinitely wide to the left and right, and infinitely long forward and backward. The light could not touch any walls at all, as if Vito was walking in a world of never-ending darkness. .

As he walked, the stone ground under his feet clanged under the tread of his spiked iron boots, and the clanging sound echoed farther and farther into the deep darkness.

But suddenly Vito heard a different sound coming from under his feet. He lowered his head and looked at the ground. A pool of water appeared from nowhere and flowed bifurcated on both sides of Vito's toes.

Vito looked around at the increasing amount of water around him, and the water level began to gradually rise to cover the top of Vito's feet. He stood in the water and looked around, subconsciously pressing the bolt gun at his waist.

The moment Vito looked around and turned his head, he watched a large whale whose body was made of endless light leaping out of the ground. The whale's fins shining with infinite light were like a pair of outstretched wings. The water dropped out of the water and fell back to the ground. Suddenly a wave rolled up and swept towards Vito.

Vito was submerged by the waves before he could react, but in just a short moment, the bubbles and waves around him began to materialize quickly, and everything around him changed in the blink of an eye.

Vito found himself standing under a scarlet sky. He raised his head and looked at the towering "shattered palace". He remembered this place. It was the palace of the orc emperor on Ullanor. This ghost place had the "uniqueness" of the orcs as always. Beauty” blessing.

He lowered his head and looked at the scene in front of him in surprise. Horus was kneeling in the center of the ruined palace, surrounded by many people in the specially cleared open space.

Loken, Torgadon, Ashmand and Abaddon were all standing around. Along with them were all the officers of the Luna Wolves. They stood with the officers of the Blood Angels, Iron Warriors and other legions. The surrounding people stared at the scene in the square with solemn eyes.

The Emperor himself walked onto the square. He walked up to Horus holding a golden olive crown. Vito looked at himself, Valdor, Sanguinius, and Perturabo standing not far behind the Emperor. at.

At that time, I could be said to be very high-spirited. I was wearing a gorgeous marshal's jersey, which was a thoughtful gift from Fulgrim. It was as gorgeous as even when I was with the original bodies.

"Horus Luperkar, I appoint you as Warmaster in the name of the Human Empire and all mankind." The Emperor said solemnly, the shining sun disk shining infinitely behind his head.

"I accept this important task with sincerity. My Emperor, I swear to you that I will always be loyal to you and the Empire." Horus lowered his head and said, and the Emperor smoothly placed the golden olive crown on his head. , "I believe you will, my son, rise now Warmaster."

Horus stood up and was held high by the Emperor's arm. The soldiers around him burst into enthusiastic cheers, and the loud roars echoed throughout the land.

Amid the cheers, the picture in front of Vito began to blur, and the water curtain and bubbles reappeared, but quickly changed into another scene.

Vito was in a corridor at the moment. He immediately recognized that this was the Vengeful Spirit, and right in front of him he saw himself walking on the corridor with Horus.

"Are you sure it won't be a problem for me to leave?" Vito asked as he walked. Horus laughed and patted his shoulder and said, "I'm not that weak yet, Vito, just respond to Dorn. Please return to Terra to help him reorganize his defenses."

"I'm just going to counter the rebellion. I have an entire legion in my hand, and I can easily do it three times, five times and two times." Horus said with a smile. He and Vito stopped to face each other on the parking deck at the end of the corridor. , Horus glanced at the Aquila on the deck and looked at Vito with a smile.

"I will go to Terra to find you as soon as I go to Devon. We still have many issues to discuss with the high lord." "Of course, Horus, I will wait for you to come over and meet again."

The water curtain and bubbles appeared again, blurring everything, and then reappeared after reorganization.

Vito stood on the majestic bridge of a battleship. Through the surrounding flag displays and decorations, Vito could immediately recognize that this was the flagship of the Imperial Fist, the seventh ship of the Queen of Glory class, the "Eternal Expedition."

Vitor and Dorn were waiting here to receive an envoy. Dorn stood solemnly on the bridge deck and stared at the Space Marines who walked in. The warrior wearing iron-gray MK4 power armor strode up to Dorn and In front of Vito, he immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed his head in greeting.

"Lord Dorn, Marshal Vito, I have brought you bad news." "Speak, Captain Garro, we are listening." Dorn said briefly, but as full of majesty as ever.

"Warmaster Horus has betrayed the Empire and the Emperor, we beg." "No! This is absolutely impossible!"

Vito interrupted Garro, he shouted and interrupted everything. Dorn looked at Vito and then looked at Captain Garro seriously, "Your accusation is very serious, Captain Garro.

"But everything I said is true, my lords, if I lie at all, please execute me immediately!" Garro faced a Primarch and the strongest psychic under the Emperor without giving in, "Warmaster Horus is cleaning the warriors loyal to the Emperor on Istvan III, they are in urgent need of our help!"

Dorn looked into Garro's eyes. He knew Garro and knew that he was a reliable officer loyal to the Emperor. He knew that he would not lie. Vito could see it too. The latter walked aside and looked at the universe outside the window in disbelief, and Sigismund immediately walked to Dorn's side.

"Should we notify the Emperor immediately?" "No, it's too late. The loyalists need immediate support, and we can't give Horus a chance to react. We must act immediately. "

Dorn looked at Vito without any hesitation, "Marshal Vito, according to the principles set by the Emperor himself, when the Warmaster is unable to exercise power, you are the supreme commander of all the armed forces of the Empire, including all the Space Marine Legions. Only you have the power and qualifications to mobilize the still loyal legions to go to Istvan immediately to quell the rebellion."

Vito turned his head to look at Dorne, and Sigismund and Garro also looked at him.

"You lead a fleet of Space Marines to punish the Warmaster, whether he was once your friend or not. "Dorn said mercilessly, and Vito sighed after hesitating for a moment.

The ground under Vito's feet suddenly turned into water. He fell from the water and landed in another place in the blink of an eye. He was almost knocked down by the explosion before he could stand firm. Vito supported himself on a table and raised his head to look at the chaotic universe battlefield in front of him.

A tragic fleet battle was taking place at a very close distance. The attacked ships were completely unprepared, and he was the same at that time. He watched himself being hit on the handrail by the explosion at the command position on the bridge.

"Marshal, Word Bearers, Iron Warriors, Midnight Lords, Alpha Legion launched a rebellion! They are attacking the remaining fleet, and the other four legions on the ground are under siege!" The alarm shouted.

"Lord Feferus is dead! He was killed by Fulgrim, what should we do, sir? ! "The naval officer desperately sought instructions from Vito, but at that time he was in disbelief, leaning on the armrest in fear and despair.

"Marshal! Supreme Marshal!" Another shout woke Vito up, and he immediately stood up and leaned on the armrest to look down, "All ships that are still loyal, come closer to me! Concentrate firepower and start jumping immediately after breaking out of the encirclement!"

The naval crew immediately executed the order, and the warships began to turn quickly to the edge of the battlefield. The loyal ships that still retained their combat effectiveness also began to turn to break through.

A voice sounded in Vito's mind, a voice that was transmitted into his mind with psychic energy, "Vito, my dear friend."

Vito recognized the voice, and then showed a surprised expression "Lorgar?" "Yes, we will no longer be ruled by the false emperor, we will kill Terra to kill the hypocritical emperor and god. "

"So you are loyal to Horus's rebellion? "Vito asked angrily in his mind, but Lorgar responded calmly.

"No, I have never been loyal to Horus, my friend, join us, I will help you kill Horus, the rest of the brothers will support you, and then you will lead our eight legions to Terra, save humanity from him, and usher in the dawn of a new era."

With Lorgar's voice, everything changed again. After the earth-shaking changes, Vito appeared in the palace. In the palace of Terra, he looked at the Emperor, Sanguinius, Dorn and himself.

"You won't let me go to the Spirit of Vengeance? What's wrong with your brain!" Vito protested loudly, but the Emperor looked at Vito seriously, "No, I have given you an order, Vito, you have to go to the Webway." "Why do you order me? !"

"Listen Vito!" The Emperor said harshly, and his anger caused a psychic flame to surge from his body, "Malcador is buying time for me with his life, he won't last long! He also can't suppress the cracks inside Terra, give the Astronomican function and push the sun in the webway!"

The Emperor scolded Vito, "I order you to go down immediately and help Valdor, the Guards and the Sisters of Silence to defend the webway! Now is not the time for you to lose your temper!"

Vito looked at the Emperor in silence for a moment, then cursed and walked away. The Emperor looked at his back and Dorn came up and whispered, "Is there another reason why you didn't take him with you?"

"Yes, Dorn, I know he can't be ruthless. When he really faces Horus, he will be soft at the last moment like Horus." The Emperor said silently.

"I don't want him to do that and kill his friends. "

The present Vito looked at the Emperor, lowered his eyes and sighed, and then the surrounding scene changed again to the last moment, the moment he would never forget.

The Emperor, who was only breathing, slumped on the golden throne. He looked at Vito in front of him with his head down tiredly. At that time, he stood in front of him and looked at this scene with shock and fear.

"You old bastard! Come down and I will do it" "No! Vito, listen to me. "

The Emperor whispered, looking at Vito's extreme fatigue, "You are right, you and Malcador have always been right, I am not a good emperor, let alone a good father, I need you to walk the galaxy on my behalf and protect our empire."

The Emperor raised his hand slightly, and a group of people appeared behind Vito with footsteps. They were silent assassins wearing skull masks, and black-clad men with the letter i that Vito had never seen before, and even several Space Marines, who were wearing gray armor, and their marks were also something he had never seen before.

"This is the gift Malcador left for me at the last moment of his life, and now I give it to you, my brother." He said, using his last strength to tell the last words, like the last instructions of Baidicheng.

"I appoint you as the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court and the Inquisition. I grant you the authority to bypass the High Lords' Council process and directly decide to assassinate anyone. If you want, you can dissolve the High Lords' Council and make your own decision."

"I give you all my power. You will exercise all rights on my behalf. The whole empire will obey your orders. What you say is what I say. I appoint you as the Regent of the Empire."

"Old bastard! Don't blame me! Stand up for me!" Vito shouted and rushed forward, but was stopped by Dorn. The tall golden giant dragged Vito to stop him from moving forward, and the priests of the Mechanicus activated the Golden Throne. The surging psychic power was re-ignited, and that would be the last gap for the Emperor to embark on the Eternal Watch.

"Old bastard!" "Goodbye, my only... brother."

He watched the Emperor gradually close his eyes. From then on, he never said a word to his people, and just now that was his last words as an emperor, a friend, and a brother.

Last words to Vito.