Warhammer: I live under the watchful eyes of the gods

Chapter 252 - The Path of Hope

Looking at Lord Sare Glover who was trembling under the majesty of his loving father, Karl said that he could only do his best and obey the destiny.

Closing his eyes, he deleted part of Sare's code seemingly at random.

"Well, why didn't you respond?"

"Could it be spoiled?"

Looking at Sare, who was still in place, Karl felt a bit of regret.

It can only be said that this purely blind cat's treatment method is still a bit too quack.

But is this really the case?

Obviously, it wasn't a bad game, but Sare was fine, and then he was frightened by Karl's skills.

In fact, as a dead spirit with an unknown lifespan, Sare's consciousness or soul is not as fragile as Karl imagined.

Of course, this premise is still based on the fact that Karl has correctly and completely deleted the curse.

It can only be said that Karl accidentally cleared the curse hidden in Sare's body in a purely blind way of killing a mouse.

After all, luck is also part of strength?

Shocked to the point of speechless.

Sare, who is well aware of the horror of this curse, knows exactly what kind of terrifying technical power it is to completely remove the skinning curse from his body.

Know that even the Silent King can only choose to tell a white lie about this curse.

What made Sare feel that his world view was overturned was that at the moment he was not seeing the Council of the Three Saints or the King of Silence, but just a psychic who looked too strong.

He was going crazy.

If human beings already have this level of technology, wouldn't the dream of the overlord of the undead come to an end before it even started?

Fortunately, Sare was not purely blind.

According to the information collected during the initial stage of the recovery, that is, the time period before the skinning curse broke out.

He is very clear about the current state of the human empire and the galaxy.

It was this huge sense of contrast that made Sare a little breathless.

"Oh, still alive?"

A question from Karl's approach nearly gave Saray a heart attack (if he had one).

He stared blankly at the terrifying existence in front of him and dared not speak.

But at this moment, Sare was quite sensible, and took the opportunity to stop all hostile behaviors of his followers in the communication channel.

"Hey, don't you want this card anymore?"

Carl waved the bright black card in front of Sare's eyes.

At this moment, Sare was completely embarrassed.

In the end is to take or not to take?

He couldn't see through the purpose of this strange existence in front of him at all.

Even though they have such terrifying technology, they are still entrenched in this small hive capital.

What is the other party's plan?
Sare didn't know, and didn't dare to know.

He was afraid that if he knew the answer, he would be completely dismembered in his soul.

You must know that in a sense, the scalpel can save people as well as kill them.

He is very aware of the current situation, and there is only one way for him to survive.

That was the path Karl wanted him to take.

If Karl wants him dead, just fight with the flayer in the catacombs.

After slapping his ass, he slipped away with a pass card, so there was no need to talk so much with him.

And since Karl did this, Sare must have the value of living in his eyes.

Looking at Sare, who is not afraid of being scalded by a dead pig, the corner of Karl's mouth twitched.

His purpose has been achieved.

"It is said that a transaction is a transaction, you take this card first."

Bringing the bright black card in front of Sare again, Karl put on a gesture that could not be refused.

This scene, even Abadan and Loken in the distance, couldn't fix it.

They hadn't experienced the fear that Sare felt.

(What's the situation, what's going on, why did this rib suddenly slip and kneel?)
But even with a dazed look on his face, Loken still smelled an ominous aura from Karl.

Turning his head to look at Abbadan at the side, Loken asked in a low voice with deep thoughts: "The aura of the Emperor's Envoy is very bad, it's the same aura that corrupted the Warmaster, I won't remember this smell wrong .”

But Abadan was happy when he heard it.

This power does come from the four gods, but as long as it can be controlled like psionic power, it will be over.

Anyway, Abadan doesn't care where these powers come from, as long as it can save Horus' power, it is a good power.

After sorting out his wording a bit, Abadan quietly explained to Loken: "You are right, but this is the power authorized by the Emperor."

Deliberately amplifying the volume of the word "licensed", Abadan continued to add, "I said it before, if it weren't for this power, you would be dead by now, who would do anything more than the emperor?"

Speechless.

Loken had to admit that he, the entire Luna Wolf, and even the entire human empire owed Karl a debt.

But even so, he couldn't be completely relieved.

He knew exactly what the hell this corruption was.

But he also knew why Karl had to bear the price.

(If things get out of hand one day, I will end it myself...)
This is not a threat, but a rational choice made by Loken after seeing through the essence of corruption.

Of course, he doesn't put these thoughts directly on his face.

"It is true that we owe him a great deal."

Quietly burying his thoughts, Loken added a task to himself --- as the last insurance.

(Hope never to use it)

"thorn"

The sudden abnormal sound woke up Loken, who was still in a fugue state.

That was the sound of Sare tearing open the dimensional rift with the shiny black card Karl had just "traded" to him.

"Aren't you afraid that I will regret it?"

While holding the bright black card, Sare waited for other subordinates to re-enter the torn dimensional rift.

From the dusty aura emanating from it, it is not difficult to tell that the opposite side of the passage is still the tomb they just escaped from.

"You do not dare."

It is concise and clear. As for the power in it, it all depends on Sare's own imagination.

He did not choose to continue to entangle with Sare, and all follow-up plans, including a detailed map of the entire mausoleum, were given to Sare by Karl.

What is fully automatic proxy playing?

Wait for Karl to assemble the real troops.

Sare's arrangement in advance will become the final lore.

At that time, the secrets about curses and collections will be revealed.

And now, Karl is going back to explode soldiers.

Regardless of whether the undead had finished walking or not, he turned around and greeted Loken and Abbadan to walk up the familiar passage.

The ground is still wet.

At this moment, he seems to have returned to the beginning of the story.

Roaring hounds of Nurgle, waves of walking corpses besieging, and small unclean people.

These enemies, who once looked terrifying enough to put his life on the line, could not even break through the power armor on his body now.

"Maybe this is the last time I'm here."

Looking at the dark and damp corner in the distance, he turned his head and stepped up the stairs.

This time, he did not choose to ride the Abadan brand mount.

On the one hand, it is really too heavy to wear power armor, on the other hand, he has to take into account the image of Abbadan.

He could see that Abadan's thinking was definitely not as "simple" as it appeared on the surface.

And it's somewhat inappropriate to spread the joke that a future Kiri egg was a "mount" before.

"L"

It was the sound of dripping water in the surrounding drainage system.

From time to time, there were inexplicable roars, bones breaking, and teeth chewing.

But every time, when Abadan or Loken looked at those corners, what was waiting for them was only pieces of bones that had been gnawed away.

"Something doesn't feel right here."

Loken first raised the doubts in his heart.

"Indeed, but..." Holding his beloved power giant axe, Abbadan originally wanted to echo Loken's statement.

But after observing carefully, he felt a sense of familiarity on these remaining bones.

"Why do these wounds look familiar to me?"

This sense of familiarity made Abadan feel a shudder.

This is not timidity, but a kind of alertness to strange things that suddenly appear.

Especially the bite marks on these broken bones made him feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Where did he seem to have seen this thing before?
Finally, after holding back for a long time, Abadan managed to search for the name in his mind.

"What did Skaven and the others do?"

"if not?"

Looking at Abbadan who had been reacting for a while, Karl could only say that there was still a big gap between the egg and Kiridan.

At least in terms of memory, as a superman who has undergone Astartes transformation surgery, it is a bit broken.

Whose territory is underground?
Isn't this the territory of Skaven Shushu?

What does Karl's coming mean? It's like the immediate boss coming to inspect the work.

If the sightless walking corpses around him really disturbed the happy trip, maybe Karl would have to consider whether to change the position of "King of Skaven".

After crossing the complex pipeline system and walking for a short distance, Karl and his party came to a long staircase.

He couldn't be more familiar with this place.

= "Blood" is flowing, the road is extending =
This is where he tasted the "price of the four gods" for the first time in a true sense.

Feeling the wind of recovery and perfect luck that had not yet dissipated in his body, he felt as if he was in another world at this moment.

Pain that once seemed unbearable has now become commonplace.

Maybe this is what it means to grow up.

(The end of growing up? What an irony)

Stepping over his former self step by step, he finally came to this brand new height.

However, beyond Carl's expectation, when he was immersed in this sense of detachment, there was an inexplicable commotion around him.

When he came back to his senses, he realized that he was surrounded by the crowd again.

Judging from the tools in their hands, they should be the "believers" responsible for the repair of this area.

Or to be more precise, it is the specific execution terminal of the Seed of Hope project.

It is not easy to pry a planet.

Otherwise, the Vicious Seed of Hope stage, which represents the progress of the project, will not always be stuck at 1%
It was hard to jump up to 1.1% before, and it was thanks to the Skaven rats below who started working.

I have to admit that in a sense, the working efficiency of these mice is really far beyond that of ordinary people in harsh environments.

Although he hasn't had time to use the terminal to check the progress, Carl is very clear about what the 0.1% increase represents.

This is why he emphasized the significance of saying goodbye to the past.

Maybe the next time he comes back, everything will be different in Bottom Nest.

And if one had to find the biggest difference, it was that Karl saw hope in the eyes of the group of believers in front of him.

This hope is not a cake painted by a missionary;
It is not the self-deception of pinning suffering on the blessings of the next life;
It's not about lingering under the threat of a gun.

Bricks that are stable to the point where they have been dropping in price may not be delicious, but the large and well-managed supply is enough to make these bottom nesters flock to them;,

The order maintained by the crusaders gave trade and labor value;
Everyone can see the changes in the bottom nest, because this is the result of their hammering in the true sense.

Admittedly, this is far from utopia.

But everything is getting better, isn't it?
This is where hope comes from.

=Current stage of Seed of Hope: Germination 1.1%=
=Power of Hope: 250482 (+2.82/day)=
This is the real meaning behind the power of hope that increases every day.

"Okay, you guys continue to work."

"For the Emperor!"

"For the Emperor!"

After the ceremonial response, with a hula, the gathered believers dispersed and quickly returned to the jobs that belonged to them.

Judging from their beating process, it seems that this place is going to be expanded into a new residential area.

"It seems that Lorgar's little gadget works well."

You must know that the last time Karl came back here, the crowd who called him the Emperor's Envoy and knelt down crazily couldn't stop him.

In general this is probably a good thing.

But just like the "Perfect City" incident that Carl personally experienced before.

Such crazy extreme beliefs are very susceptible to distortion.

If Karl goes out to fight in the future and finds that his hometown has been stolen, he will be in big trouble.

Fortunately, Lorgar had already helped Karl solve this problem.

In addition, this answer sheet given by Lorgar after thinking about it for 1 years in the "perfect city that the emperor gave him to rebuild by hand" - "Standardized Faith Maintenance Process"

Karl really doesn't know how he lost with the flying dragon riding on his face.

It's a pity that the previously arranged "standardized belief maintenance process" has not yet been fully rolled out due to the rush of time.

But as far as the current promotion progress is concerned, it seems to be not bad.

At least in the face of Karl's "random inspection", the state church that Teska is in charge of seems to be doing well so far.

Watching the believers gradually dispersed, Karl was going to continue to the original Black Rat Gang site.

He wants to borrow the machine there for a while.

Now that the Black Stone material has been obtained, he will definitely not let go of what he promised to Redbeard and Petronilla.

However, at this moment, Loken called Karl softly.

"Can I join this church?"

I, Cao, what's the matter?

Carl's first reaction was that there must be something wrong with it.

But after a while of "I'm thinking about it", he still agreed to Loken's strange request.

After all, there is no need to question Loken's loyalty.

Anyway, it's just a matter of sending out an extra tablet, just take one out by the way and it's over.

Maybe allowing him to join the church can also use his extremely sensitive sense of conspiracy to give early warning of some details that Lorgar may miss in his "paper talk".

"Okay, I will go through the formalities for you later."

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(End of this chapter)