Warhammer: I live under the watchful eyes of the gods

Chapter 30 The Riddler Across Time and Space
Looking at Caleb curled up on the mud, Karl thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you pass this trial?"

Hearing this, Caleb twitched as if he had been electrocuted.

Then Caleb replied in a trembling voice, sniffling: "I, I, just want to be an honorable Astartes."

"So this is your trial?"

"Ah."

At this time, Karl, who had a vague memory of the past, couldn't remember which warband (Karl thought it was the warband) did this, but since he was one of his own, Karl decided to give it a shot.

(Maybe the emperor, if you are in a good mood, just give me more!)

Based on the power of hope for nothing, and the mentality of not earning nothing, Karl cleared his throat.

"So you're giving up?"

Hearing Carl's question, Caleb smiled self-deprecatingly and replied: "This is my limit, I really don't deserve to be an Astartes."

Hearing this, Karl didn't say much, and stepped forward to lift Caleb up.

"It's useless, I've already timed out."

There was despair in Caleb's tone at this time.

But Carl doesn't care about that.

I saw him ignoring the bushes of thorns and roses growing on both sides, and started to run wildly with Caleb on his shoulders.

The familiar pain hit again, but Karl dispelled it all with a contemptuous smile.

"See, Caleb, no matter whether you become an Astartes or not in the end, please face everything upright and full of courage."

(Although Karl doesn't know what Caleb's trial is going to do, the Emperor probably wants me to say this by making this extra move.)
(I hope I can give a little more money when I go out, this is exhausting me.)
Gradually, the thorny rose bushes around Carl began to thin out.

At the end of the road, he saw a door shining with stars.

He knew that this was his "end".

After silently putting down Caleb on his shoulders, before stepping into the star gate, in order to ask for more "salary" from the Emperor, Karl left a handsome sentence: "Don't be depressed, the light of the Emperor's enlightenment will always shine on yours." Beside, even if you can't become an Astartes in the end, you still have your own path, don't you?"

"Remember, this is the emperor's will. His hand shines on us, and the emperor will bless your soul forever."

In fact, the last sentence was not all what Carl thought, it felt as if these words suddenly appeared in his mind.

At this point, under a dazzling holy light, Karl's consciousness was pulled out of the illusion.

Lying flat in the cold bathtub, playing with the soap in his hand, Karl felt a sense of loss.

A thought that could not be cut off, but could not be expressed in words, always hovered in his mind, like a lingering sound that could not be dissipated for a long time.

So, feeling inexplicably depressed, Carl could only look at what he had gained this time.

(Don’t deduct my wages again, great and holy boss Emperor!)
==Carl Attribute Table==
Funding: 9400 Skyhawk coins 15W francs
Power of Hope: 1726
Tzeentch's gaze value: 40% (Level 1 Abyss of Wisdom)
Khorne's attention value: 0% (level 1.5 berserk power)
Slaanesh's gaze value: 30% (level 1 perfect luck)
Nurgle's attention value: 10% (Level 1 Wind of Recovery)
Skill: Mechanical Codex Knowledge Base 1/10
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==Emperor's Gift==
Scarlet badge (decoration?)

(Reason for giving the gift: to bring some hope to the passengers on the train who were supposed to die.)
(Gift postscript: Corrosion from top to bottom, standing on the edge of the abyss in the world, look up, it is a ladder made of blood.)
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Looking at the badge in his hand, a translucent heart with a small heart in the middle, Karl didn't know how to use this thing.

Even Carl, the master of mechanics, didn't see any tricks from this badge.

Except for the jagged structure similar to an identification code on the edge of the small heart inside, in his eyes this is really a badge without any electronic traces.

After fiddling with it in his hands for a long time, he didn't see anything. Then, Karl temporarily gave up studying the newly acquired Emperor's Gift.

Instead, he began to think about the postscript of the emperor's gift to himself.

After all, based on past experience, this gift must contain the task that Karl will do next.

First of all, "corrosion from top to bottom" is basically a clear sign to tell Karl to continue to work hard to climb to the top of the hive.

Only when he actually stands on the top of the tower can the systemic corruption throughout the hive be resolved.

Of course Karl also knew that that moment was far from over.

There are at least hundreds of hives on the entire Frank III, if not a thousand.

Those giant hive clusters located in the Royal Central District may be the key to Karl's complete solution to the internal problems on the Frank III.

And "the world standing on the edge of the abyss", it is estimated that the emperor reminded him that time is extremely urgent.

However, Karl felt that there was no need for the Emperor to remind him of this point, the fading "smell of fireworks" outside the window was the best reminder.

After losing the light of the astronomical torch, the light of human civilization is being swallowed by the dark side of the empire like a beast, and gradually extinguished in the huge shadow of corruption.

Of course, rice has to be eaten bite by bite, and Karl doesn't have the strength to eat into a fat man.

For now, it's enough for Karl to deal with immediate problems.

And the most important thing should be this sentence, "Look up, it's a ladder made of blood."

(But there is nothing in the sky except those huge ventilation holes?)
(Wait, could it be?)
Suddenly, an extremely bad idea popped up in Carl's mind.

If these massive ventilation facilities were used to spread the corruption, it would spread far faster than he could handle.

In this case, the only thing Karl can do is to eliminate those who are going to spread corruption in advance.

(But this is not saying anything!)

Thinking of this, he looked at the wall clock next to him, only to realize that it was already 2:33 in the morning.

That's the way people are, when you're staying up and partying, the only time you get sleepy is when you actually look at the clock.

Feeling the drowsiness that hit him like a tide, Karl hastily finished cleaning.

Opening the door of the bathroom, he found Petronilla who was already asleep on the bed.

Take off the burqa and put on the hotel's "yukata" petronella, with long blue hair like a waterfall, scattered on the side of the pillow
Especially in this defenseless state of falling asleep, it almost made him hard to see.

However, feeling the coercion brought by the psychic restricted area, Karl can be said to have no idea at all.

After thinking for a moment, he gently climbed onto the bed, found a corner and lay down silently.

(Damn it, I'll dig up the Necromancer Grave in the future and get the black stone as a material to activate the connection matrix... Zzzz)

(ps: Maybe this is everything in the dream.)
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(End of this chapter)