Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 77 Choice and Burden

Have you ever seen a gray knight who lives in peace with the devil?

Right now there is a batch.

Under the leadership of Hailan, Calvin and a group of gray knights walked all the way into the hall at the top of the Hive City, where all the stories began.

After passing through the chapel, Hyland pointed to the bush in the banquet hall and said:
"That's it, you can feel it too. It's the guy that exists corresponding to me—the cancer of eternal life"

Following its guidance, Calvin saw the shrub that could easily be overlooked without warning.

In Calvin's eyes, its tiny body is full of the beauty of life, and its emerald green leaves and red berries make people feel happy when they see it.

But in the psychic vision that reveals the reality of matter, it reveals the ugly and deviant essential form of warp creatures.

Through the bricks and stones in front of him, Calvin could see the huge tentacles that he couldn't see the edge of. What they encountered in the mezzanine of the Hive City was just a branch of a tentacles of this thing.

The real size of this thing in front of me, I am afraid that only by dismantling the whole nest can we see it clearly.

Compared with the size of the shrub in front of you.Calvin had to admit that this thing is not so much the demon body named "Eternal Cancer", but more like the crown worn on its head.

"So? You brought us here to see this? I already knew of its existence in the documents you prepared." Calvin said to Hailan who was standing far away.

"I can only die behind it." Hyland said to Calvin.

"Otherwise, at the moment of my death, it will become a demon. You don't want to see what it looks like in its entirety. At that time, there will be nothing on the entire planet or the entire galaxy that can kill its existence Not even macro cannons.”

"But if it was the one that died first according to what you said, then again, wouldn't you be a big problem for us?" Calvin's thinking was very clear.

"Yes, that's it. If it is the one that dies first, then I will also get the complete cycle of birth and death of all life on this planet. Then I will also be unable to control myself at that time."

Hailan said frankly.It also has nothing to do with the dead knot that has been lowered by a loving father.

After all, for the gods, the so-called wisdom of mortals, whether they are dying or dying, can only be laughed at most of the time.

The crowd fell into silence.

Time is running out, and the rituals of Chaos will not stop.

If the delay continues, Calvin's comrades in arms on the other six planets will only face an even more desperate situation.

"You said it's not perfect now, right?" Calvin asked suddenly in deep thought.

"Um, yes." Hailan replied.

"What does it require? Substance? Ritual?"

"All, the matter is on my body, and it can get it after I die. The ritual is that it must use its roots to retrieve the fruit it has produced. That is where its power lies."

"That one?"

"That's the one, but don't try to destroy it. It's useless."

"why?"

"That fruit is the condensed soul of the entire Hive City. It is their sin, and it is also my sin. It exists here and in the subspace at the same time. It is a "cause", not just a "effect", do you understand?"

"Someone has to take it?"

"Yes, it can only be taken away. But what a huge burden that is? No one can withstand such a shock! No matter who touches that thing, it will be assimilated in an instant."

"But as long as someone takes the guilt, the ceremony will be interrupted, won't it?"

"Of course, but who will bear it? That is the darkness of the souls of hundreds of millions of people!"

"I understand"

Calvin looked back at Hailan and confirmed to it: "If this fruit is taken by a third person, then you have no reason to live anymore, right?"

Hailan also seemed to understand Calvin's thoughts, he knew that the person in front of him would not listen to his advice.

In other words, it was beyond his expectation that these angels could endure him for so long without making a move.

"It would be great if they were the ones who came..." Hailan thought in her heart.

Ah, the thinking diverged again.This was a sign that he was about to fall into instinct, and there was not much time left for him to soberly explain his funeral.He hurriedly replied:

"Yes, it is. This is the only reason I have persisted until now. If, I mean, if you can bear such a burden, then I will have no regrets. In the name of God, I swear, I am willing to attribute this to Dust, no more life."

Another sigh-like sound came from Hailan's ear.

The originally lively power in it seems to have sensed the will to die in its master's heart that goes against the father's will, which symbolizes life.

The green skin began to become dull, and the originally plump body also began to lose weight immediately.

The forces of life were betraying him.No, to be precise, after feeling his betrayal of the teachings of the Lord of Life, these forces that originally did not belong to him rejected and left him.

Hailan also felt these changes originating from herself.

He shouted to Calvin, "Come on, if you want to do that! Please hurry! The Father is forsaking me! It's almost consummation!"

Calvin, who was reminded by the sound, strode across the psychic door that didn't exist for people other than Hailan, and walked straight to the bush.

Eternal cancer, the name of this demon.

It also seemed to sense that its own death was approaching.

The foundation of the entire hall shook violently under the shaking of its foundation.

These are the huge tentacles dozens of meters high outside the main hall, lashing at the outer walls and vaults of the palace with all their strength.

The cracked walls are constantly falling from the sky with rubble and bits and pieces of decoration.

The most instinctive vigilance and fear from life made it give up the test of a loving father.

It doesn't have time to think about raising the devil now!
It just wants to break the surrounding courtyard walls now, and let its tentacles far away in the sky crush the damned human in front of it!
Do not!First of all, we must stop the approaching of the human in front of us!

The green leaves on the branches of the shrubs have become unprecedentedly full of vitality, and the verdant green even makes people doubt whether it really exists in this world.

That is the green life force and spiritual energy being drawn from the eternal cancer's body hidden deep in the ground, with no head or tail.

Circles of shock waves visible to the naked eye began to spread out from its center.

This kind of power that tests the body and will of the comer at the same time is also expensive!

But it doesn't care anymore, it's dying!
Beneath the terrible tide was its almost human roar in the warp:

"Go away! You little bug! Don't touch me! Stay away from my body!"

Calvin's forward pace was receded by this wave, and he immediately opened the magnetic boots to firmly grasp himself on the ground.

The impact on the soul was not a big deal to Calvin, at best it made him tilt his head because of the sudden tinnitus.

But the impact on his body gave him some headaches, and he was almost blown away by this wave with his weight of nearly two tons including man and armor.

Calvin simply activated his psychic shield, and together with the magnetic boots, stepped forward step by step against the opponent's roar and struggle towards the fountain where the opponent was.

Five steps: "Boom!" "Go away, you dirty ephemeral species! Despicable human!"

Four steps: "Boom!" "Don't touch me! When I come out, I will crush all of you to death over and over again!"

Three steps: "Boom!" "Stay away from me! I don't want to see you!"

Two steps: "Boom!" "No, please! Don't touch me!"

One step: "Boom!" "No! I don't want to die! I haven't seen the real universe yet! I haven't breathed a breath of real air! I haven't even seen the sun! Please! Let me go! I Curse you! You will definitely pay the price! My weight is beyond what mortals like you can bear! I curse you! A traitor who seeks revenge! You will live forever in the wrath of your father!"

After all, Calvin came to the side of this shrub, and he looked seriously at the strange flower in front of him that shouldn't be left in the world.

At the top of its foliage, already darkened by psionic overuse, was the strawberry-like fruit fed by the lives and souls of the nest below.

On the bright red, crisp and tender fruit, every tiny particle appears smooth and clean.

But if you look closely, even mortals can vaguely see silhouettes of countless souls wailing across those particles.

Calvin stretched out his hand, and the huge steel hand armor of the Terminator power armor gently pinched the fruit.

The noisy waves of psionic energy around and the hall shaken by the frenzied beating of the tentacles instantly fell silent.

Knowing the date of death and the cancer of eternity, the whole bush trembled like an animal.

It is so unwilling, and so humble and pitiful.If he had not seen the sin it committed, Calvin could not really have resolved to destroy it.

But no if.

Calvin took one last look at Hailan, who had been watching here from a distance, and the other party returned affirmative glances after colliding with Calvin's gaze.

The servo motor inside the Terminator's gauntlet sensed Calvin's will, and the electromagnetic muscles lifted upward with a slight but firm force.

The red fruit was plucked under Calvin's watchful eyes.

Without unnecessary examination and communication, Calvin swallowed it in one gulp.

"No!" These are the last words of Eternal Cancer.

It has been completely cut off from the causal relationship with the fruit, and it no longer has the meaning of existence.

The spiritual fire that ignited spontaneously without wind spread from its core all the way in an instant.

At this moment, even from space, it can be seen that every corner of the entire hive is suddenly filled with this white flame, and the rain can't do anything about it.

The moment Calvin swallowed the fruit, he was shocked by the countless souls in it.

In the spiritual world, his golden soul will flicker like a lighthouse in a storm in the huge black wave.

Under such a shock, he can no longer maintain a clear consciousness in reality.

Unconscious, he fell towards the open space. The servo inside the Terminator immediately noticed the abnormality of Calvin's vital signs, but five consecutive automatic injections of stimulants failed to wake him up.

After the heavy Terminator power armor finally lost control of its owner's will, it smashed a clear depression on the delicate floor.

The already heavy hearts of the Gray Knights reached their peak after seeing Calvin fall.

They quickly divided their hands to help Calvin up, and the rest of the people immediately pointed the weapons in their hands in the direction where Hailan was standing.

But, there is no Hailan.

In other words, the moment Calvin ate the fruit, Hailan, who had already made a vow against her loving father to betray her life, had already destroyed herself.

Where he once stood, apart from some ashes that once proved his existence, there were only those "precious treasures" that he had never lost in his heart during his lifetime.

When he could still be called a human being, the wealth left by his comrades-in-arms, after he could not become a human, has been used as the anchor of his heart, to stick to the wealth of a heart.

"Hey..." There seemed to be another sigh in the air, but it seemed that it had never sounded again.

　Big chapter, two in one.

　　In exchange for the [-] rewards owed to a boss before, I remember that I owed four chapters.Return a chapter today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)