American comics: Enlightenment in Arkham, Ascension to Homelander.

In short, Feralus's fate ended at this moment.

Uh……

Is it really over?

No!

Because the Emperor has other uses for Feralas.

After Feralus died.

After the Emperor sat on that golden throne, began to use the Star Torch to absorb the faith of billions of people, and gradually dominated the Warp, he truly became that cold and dark giant sun.

He summoned too many heroic spirits from among humanity to join his cursed legion, which wreaked havoc in the warp.

Among them, Felus also appeared as a Heroic Spirit, becoming an Imperial Demon in the Cursed Legion, no less powerful than the Chaos Demon, and fought endlessly in the Warp.

However, that ultimately happened in the warp.

Feralus's fate in the physical universe has finally come to an end.

Until this moment, when Downton awakened him.

Upon waking, Feralus immediately looked around.

When he saw the emperor, he immediately and instinctively asked him a question.

"Your Majesty, does my death prove my loyalty?"

See? He's such a perfect yet contradictory person.

Even if Folgen only came to him to persuade him to join Chaos, Felus would still wonder if there was a real possibility that he had betrayed Folgen, which was why Folgen had come to him.

He was afraid that he was a piece of rotten meat that would attract stray dogs, but he forgot that whether the meat was good or bad, it was a target for stray dogs.

Hearing Felus's words, the Emperor smiled slightly, then shook his head and said.

“That’s not important, Manus. What’s important is that you still have the chance to return everything that happened to you to Forgrim.”

However, this time the prerequisite is that you must truly defeat him in your future war!

"I see!"

Ferrus nodded solemnly, then sat back down in his seat.

Looking at his group of brothers around him, Felus took a deep breath and said with a cold expression.

"It seems that those still sitting here are all loyal brothers. I am glad to see that so many brothers have not gone down the wrong path of chaos!"
Before I died, the empire was already in complete chaos, until I returned with you all and sat here again.

Now that we have returned, I think our great expedition... should continue!

At this point, Felus looked at Downton with a puzzled expression.

At the same time, Chagatai grinned and addressed Tangton, who was seated on the throne.

"Indeed, Your Excellency Downton, although Felix is ​​stubborn, what he said makes a lot of sense."

You brought us back to Holy Terra, surely not to see what we look like?
As we sit here with the Emperor, the Empire has never been as powerful as it is today in billions of years!

I believe the time for a counterattack has come. We must let the evil gods of the warp, and all the alien races, feel the power of humanity!

At this point, Chagatai looked intently at Downton.

Most of his other brothers were the same.

No one felt there was anything wrong with the counterattack. Even though the empire had declined considerably over the past ten thousand years, the moment they returned, no matter how much the empire's military strength had diminished, the empire's power would remain as strong as ever!
However, facing the expectant gazes of the many Primarchs, Downton gently shook his head and said...

"Don't rush, guys. We're still short one person. Once I bring him back, you can work on the rework properly."

"One more is needed?"

Upon hearing this, even the Archangel Saint Gilles showed a surprised look.

Only the emperor seemed to have thought of something, and for the first time ever, a hint of anticipation appeared on his face.

"Tang, my benefactor, my friend, are you perhaps referring to..."

"Ha, that's probably what you think. After all, the empire can't do without Old Ma, just like instant noodles can't do without the seasoning packet!"

Downton interrupted the Empire and then nodded at death.

Suddenly, Death raised his hand and waved, and a gaunt figure instantly solidified in the Terra Palace.

As the figure gradually solidified and became clearer, all the Primarchs present were in an uproar.

Because that's the Empire's Chancellor, Makado!

This old fellow had been by the Emperor's side since before the Empire was even established. In fact, it was Macardo who suggested the title of Emperor to the Emperor!

Once upon a time, in the 25th millennium of the empire, the Golden Age came to an end, and the rebellion of the Stone Men and Iron Men came to a close.

The Old Night Era has officially begun, and the Emperor has embarked on the most difficult journey of his life, unifying Terra amidst the encirclement of countless Old Night warlords.

cough cough.

In short, amidst that scene of shattered landscapes, many of the once vast planets of the human empire fell into a state of self-reliance.

Even Holy Terra has fallen apart, with countless warlord factions fighting each other, such as the warlord Karaghan.

After the Mechanicus achieved unification on Mars, they sent envoys to Terra, only to be horrified by the chaotic and war-torn environment there.

The Mechanicus's messengers were eventually driven out of Terra by the warlords.

In this environment, the emperor, who had been hiding behind humanity, observing and helping them for tens of thousands of years, felt powerless for the first time.

Just then, he, along with several of his immortal friends, including the future Primarch's mother, the immortal Aldor, and the future Empire's first Warmaster, the immortal Orl Persson who betrayed the Emperor through cryptic remarks, encountered an organization called the Markers.

The Master of the Seal has traveled through countless eras, preserving rare technological and artistic masterpieces from each time.

The renowned Makado, also a member of the Markers, keeps the famous Sunflower and Mona Lisa in his bedroom.

The Emperor swiftly engaged in war with the Seals and killed all the Seals except for Makado.

At that time, the emperor had not even unified Terra.

Interestingly, the Emperor developed a deep friendship with Macado, the last man to hold the seal of power.

The legacy of Macardo and the Seals of the Emperor provided much assistance, especially with the help of Golden Age technology.

The technology used by the Emperor to create Thunder Warriors and Primarchs bears traces of the Sealholder's preservation of those technologies. The Sealholder's base is located at the foot of the Himalayas, which is why the future Emperor will build his palace there.

It was at that time that Macardo met the Emperor and they became comrades in arms.

Before the title of Emperor existed, it was Magic Pattern Macardo who proposed the title to the Emperor, believing that the catchy title of Emperor could more quickly unite people's hearts!

From that time onward, the era of the human empire belonging to the Emperor and Macado began.

The Emperor led the Thunder Warriors in battle for three hundred years, finally unifying Holy Terra.

Afterwards, the Emperor almost completely wiped out the genetically unstable Thunder Warriors, leaving only a few sufficiently stable Thunder Warriors to retire on Terra, and then initiated Project Astartes.

While carrying out the Astartes Project, the Emperor began creating Primarchs.

When the Emperor was planning to create the Primarchs, Macardo suggested to the Emperor that some female Primarchs should be designed among the Primarchs to mediate the emotions between the various Primarchs.

However, the Emperor rejected this suggestion on the grounds that the female progenitor could not leave as many gene seeds as the male.

Looking back now, Makado's advice was actually correct.

Imagine if there were one or two archangel sisters among the Primarchs' group of young men, taking care of their younger brothers; it would be quite difficult for a few rebels to emerge from the Primarchs.

After all, there are many rebellious sons, but it's really rare to find a younger brother who still acts rebelliously in front of his older sister.

The Primarchs, these vigorous young men, have no shortage of strength. What they lack is a few sisters who won't kill them instantly when they have a moment of madness, and who can calm them down.

If there really were a noble and elegant angel sister sitting in Terra watching over her many brothers, then whether Horus would rebel is truly a question.

As for those stubborn people like Peturabo and Mortalian, if they had a few older sisters to help discipline them, how would they still be so stubborn?

In short, that's all beside the point; it only illustrates the influence of Macardo, the true imperial prime minister, on all aspects of the empire.

After the Emperor initiated the Astartes Project and the Primarch Project, it is well known that the Emperor had to travel to countless planets to both reclaim local planets as Imperial territory and to find his many sons who had been lost by the Chaos Gods.

So, after Terra was unified, what kind of life did the Emperor lead?
He lived a leisurely life, constantly traveling for work and on publicly funded vacations.

So, while he was wandering all over the galaxy, who did the empire rely on to run it?
That's right, the empire's reliance is none other than the magic-wielding macado who single-handedly devised the empire's administrative plans!
When the Emperor was not in Terra, Macardo was the brain and supreme ruler of the Empire, managing all aspects of the Empire and leading it to continuous growth and expansion.

Those were also the happiest days for the people of the empire.

As the empire expanded, the Emperor traveled to the front lines, while Macardo remained in Terra, overseeing everything within the empire and, incidentally, helping the Emperor take care of his children.

The first Alpha was found, and Old Marcus played chess with them to help them relax and not be so withdrawn.

For example, Leman Russ would go to chat with Old Ma whenever he had free time, acting like a happy and unrestrained husky in front of Old Ma.

However, not every Primarch had a close relationship with Makado. For example, when the Perfect City was destroyed by order of the Emperor, Makado gave him a psionic taunt in a fit of rage.

Faced with the child's hateful attack, what could Lao Ma do? He let himself be knocked away, breaking several ribs, and he spared Luo Jia countless times.

There's also Mortarion, who utterly despises psionicists and even tried to strangle Macardo to death, but unfortunately, he was no match for Macardo.

Besides Horus, who naturally had the biggest opinion against the horse's prime minister.

After the Primarchs of the Second and Eleventh Legions were killed by the Emperor, and information about these two legions was classified as top secret.

Horus, accompanied by Alpharis and the Khan, rushed to Ma Xiang and roared at him, demanding to know why he had used the medicine to erase everything from his two brothers!
During this interrogation, Horus became extremely agitated. Wearing his anti-psychic Terminator armor, he questioned Masant, asking why the Empire should be ruled by a mortal like Makado, when he, Horus, and the Primarch were the foundation of the Empire's rule!

Horus also stated that the Primarch's power far surpasses that of mortals, and that he could easily strangle Macardo with a mere flick of his wrist.

then……

Then, despite Horus's anti-psychic terminator armor and the influence of countless Silent Sisters in Terra Palace—the untouchables who prevent psychics from accessing psychic energy—Macardo fired a psychic headlock and beat Horus to the point of vomiting blood and kneeling on the ground.

Even with his psionic power reduced countless times, Makado was still the undisputed first and strongest mortal psionicist in the empire, second only to the Emperor!
Later, as the empire's territory expanded, in order to better manage the empire, Macardo founded important organizations such as the Inquisition and the Assassin's Court. He himself was the first Grand Instructor of the Assassin's Court, a true all-rounder in both literature and martial arts, proficient in both physical and magical arts.

But Macardo's contributions to the Emperor did not stop there.

Right after the Emperor's Web Path project was destroyed by the stupid email from PsyPony, Macado proposed a new plan.

That is to transform the Star Torch, originally intended to guide the Imperial fleet through the Web, into a device capable of absorbing the faith of all humanity, thus creating a new trump card for the Emperor!
The Emperor's projection in the warp is indeed powerful; he is the destined North of the Chaos Octagon, the Lord of Darkness and Destruction!

However, without the Star Torch proposed by Macardo, the Emperor would at most become as powerful as another Chaos God, rather than as powerful as he would become 40,000 years later, capable of defeating all four Gods by himself!

As the Emperor sat on the golden toilet, leading the Cursed Legion to guard the Web Path.

As a device that unilaterally draws upon human faith, the Star Torch makes the Emperor's warp projection ever stronger, transforming it into a dark and cold, colossal sun in the warp.

The focus of Star Torch is one-sided. That is to say, the Emperor will become stronger because of the continuous gathering of human faith, but the Emperor will not become weak because of the decline and death of humankind!
It is this characteristic that led to the meme surrounding the human empire: when all of humanity is wiped out, the Emperor will be the strongest.

The more desperate reality becomes, the stronger people's faith becomes, and the louder their calls for an emperor become.

This is also why the four Chaos Gods did not completely destroy humanity after the Emperor was unable to manage the empire.

The more desperate humanity becomes, the stronger the Emperor grows. The four Chaos Gods can barely handle the current Emperor, who often burns down their gardens. How could they allow the Emperor to become even stronger?
As for the battle between the Emperor and Horus, there's not much to say; Macardo replaced the Emperor and sat on the Golden Throne.

When Rogdorn returned carrying the heavily wounded Emperor, it was the exhausted Macardo who transferred his last bit of psionic energy to the Emperor, allowing him to give his final instructions to Chagatai and the others before ascending the throne.

At this moment, Makado's figure gradually materialized in the palace.

When he stood once again in the palace, cloaked in his robes, he looked around before turning to the emperor with a nostalgic expression.

Meeting Macado's nostalgic gaze, the Emperor took a deep breath and strode nervously toward his old friend.

As the Emperor drew ever closer, Macado smiled and said.

"My old friend, I think I... haven't let you down."

"Of course not, my old friend, my hero, Macado."

Your sacrifice is the empire's greatest sacrifice, and I welcome your return!

The Emperor spoke to Macado with a slight tremor, then grasped Macado's hand firmly.

Hearing the Emperor's words, Macado shook his head and smiled.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the truth of the Empire?"

No sacrifice was so great as to be unacceptable!

"No betrayal is so minor as to be forgivable, Old Ma!"

It's so good that you're back! Now that you're back, we can launch a full-scale counterattack and reckoning against Chaos!
Those brothers who betrayed us, whatever their reasons for betraying us, deserve to die!
There was no betrayal, which could be forgiven by a scoundrel, but I will never forgive it!!!

Lemanrus suddenly interrupted the Emperor and Macado's conversation, barking loudly like a howling hound. (End of Chapter)