Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 539 A near miss
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"Where is Kor Phaeron now?"

Qin Xia was surrounded by many Word Bearers and strode out from the flagship hangar deck.

The hermit who was responsible for receiving him followed him.

"He and the Primarch went to a planet called Lotan, which is about ten light years away from us." The hermit told the truth.

"Did they go together?" Qin Xia stopped immediately.

Because Qin Xia was wearing a helmet, the hermit could not see any expression on his face, but he could feel that the Lord of the White Knight was nervous.

For some unknown reason, the hermit did not hide his words: "Yes."

"Give me the coordinates of Lotan." Qin Xia immediately turned around and walked towards the hangar deck, ready to board the transport plane to Lotan.

The Emperor has determined that the next "Eribati" will be Kor Phaeron.

So Qin Xia rushed from Horus to the Word Bearers without hesitation, just to stop Kor Phaeron's conspiracy just like he stopped Eribati's conspiracy.

When he came, he also asked for the commissions of Angron and Horus, and had the authority to represent the two warmasters.

It was precisely because Qin Xia had the authority granted by the two war commanders that the hermit had to obey and immediately send the coordinates of the planet Lotan to the White Knight.

Uslan left after the device made by the Ancient Saint was destroyed, so he couldn't use the webway. Qin Xia thought as he walked towards the transport plane... If he used the Tuqiucha engine, he would probably be able to arrive in time.

"Get the psychic bomb ready." Qin Xia conveyed the psychic message to Varis after thinking it over. "I want it to be ready for use at any time."

After receiving the message, Varis did it immediately.

Although he was curious, he would not ask why the Lord of the White Knights ordered the preparation of psychic bombs when visiting friendly legions.

Qin Xia's idea is...

If he failed to reach Lotan in time to stop Kor Phaeron's as-yet-unknown conspiracy... then he would blow Lorgar to death.

This is a last resort measure.

Not only Lorgar, if Eribati's previous conspiracy against Horus had not been thwarted, the psychic bomb would have destroyed Horus as well.

The premise is to use psychic bombs after making sure they are corrupted.

But just as Qin Xia made up his mind, a cruiser suddenly broke away from the subspace in the galaxy and then approached the legion flagship.

A transport plane entered the flagship hangar and opened its hatch. The Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion walked out of the dark cabin.

"You came."

Luo Jia first signaled his descendants not to perform the ceremony, and then spoke to Qin Xia.

“Did the journey go smoothly?”

When Luo Jia uttered another greeting, Qin Xia still did not respond, but was concentrating on observing Luo Jia's soul.

In the psychic vision, Lorgar's soul was the same as before, without any element of chaotic power.

Qin Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father." A handsome Word Bearer stepped forward. "Where is Lord Kor Phaeron?"

This was the servant who had previously accompanied Kor Phaeron in his seclusion on the planet Lotan.

When Kor Phaeron was mentioned, Lorgar's face showed no expression. He just responded very naturally: "He needs to stay on Lotan for some time."

Seeing the servant retreat, Lorgar's gaze fell on Qin Xia's face again. With his psychic power, his sight penetrated the helmet and saw Qin Xia's eyes full of doubts. He knew that Qin Xia also wanted to know the whereabouts of Kor Phaeron.

At this point, it became clear what the real purpose of Qin Xia's arrival was.

"Please follow me." Luo Jia walked past Qin Xia and led the way personally.

The fact that the Primarch personally led the way was in itself a sign that no one else was needed to follow, not even servants responsible for leading the way.

The Word Bearers stopped crowding around Qin Xia and the Primarch and all withdrew.

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"I killed Kor Phaeron."

In the prayer room, Luo Jia knelt on the floor, his face remaining calm as he spoke this matter which quite surprised Qin Xia.

It seemed as if killing Kor Phaeron was as common as a butcher slaughtering a pig.

"How did you kill him?"

Qin Xia's tone was also very calm.

He didn't care whether a man like Kor Phaeron was dead or alive. The key point was that this man would create a crisis. Now that Lorgar had eliminated the crisis himself, there was nothing to worry about.

"He was corrupted by Chaos and wanted to take me to the ancient temple on Lotan and sacrifice me to the gods."

"We fought inside the temple, and I killed him in the end. It was that simple."

"However, there was a force that helped me and told me many things..."

In just a few words, Luo Jia told the story of what happened on the planet Luotan.

Qin Xia thought carefully after hearing this and raised another question: "What helped you? Do you think it was the Emperor?"

"A kind of friendly power." Lorgar said, "I think it comes from the Emperor."

Qin Xia has a different opinion.

Kor Phaeron was definitely not chosen by the Four Gods. He was not as unique as Eribati. His birth was not because one of the Four Gods chose people who were divided into good and evil. Even after Chaos deliberately eliminated the beliefs that originally had Chaos elements in Colchis, he had never been exposed to Chaos beliefs. So it is highly likely that the one who helped Lorgar was a god who did not team up with other gods to cause trouble.

As for the emperor that Lorgar mentioned...

The Emperor now is not the God-Emperor of ten thousand years later. He is not that powerful yet, and he deliberately controls the power of the Black King. It is not realistic for him to appear at a long distance to help Lorgar defeat a chosen one.

"One is Eribati, and the other is Korphalen." Qin Xia paced back and forth behind Lorgar, with his hands behind his back, and sighed, "How come the high-level chess pieces chosen by Chaos are all from you, Colchis?"

"Because of religious beliefs, the desire for miracles, and the firm belief that there is only one true God in the world, anything that looks like a miracle will be considered to come from the true God they believe in. In this way, heretical evil gods can take advantage of the situation and sneak in." Lorgar said immediately.

Qin Xia felt that this Primarch's religious level was still very high, and that was indeed a very sharp point.

Even what Lorgar said now can explain a big problem in 40K, that is, the Imperial State Church itself does not trust the living saints who appear in spirits.

Because living saints can perform miracles, but miracles do not necessarily come from the Divine Emperor.

There is a living saint in 40k who, after climbing to a high position, forced many Space Marines to the Chaos side.

The living saints themselves may not be clear about the source of their power. The living saints who are used by chaos may not even do it intentionally. They just have religious beliefs and know that there is only one true God in the world, the Emperor of God. They believe in miracles of unknown origin and fall into the abyss, becoming pawns.

"As you said." Qin Xia stopped walking. "I suggest you don't think that the one who helped you must be the emperor. The miracle you saw may not come from what you believe in."

"I am indeed gullible." Lorgar did not refute or debate, and even agreed slightly, "In the revelation given to me by the Emperor, I saw another destiny that I would have embarked on."

Then Lorgar recounted what he had seen.

That is, Kor Phaeron and Erebus will guide him patiently, instill the concept of chaos into him, and finally make him fall into chaos.

"But you still believe that miracles come from the emperor himself?" Qin Xia asked again after hearing this.

"Yes."

"Why?"

“A feeling.”

Seeing that the topic had returned to the mysterious feelings, Qin Xia did not ask any more questions and just gave Luo Jia a sincere warning.

"The incident on Luotan Star was a close call. You must not underestimate the enemy. If you really believe in the Emperor of God, then be firm in your faith."

"But don't take all the miracles as the work of the one true God you believe in, as you said, because God is not unique to you or the Chaos believers."

After hearing these two sincere words, Luo Jia looked at Qin Xia.

"You acknowledge the Emperor to be a god?" he asked.

"The Emperor is God." Qin Xia said without hesitation, "There is no doubt about that."

Luo Jia stood up from the ground, with more enthusiasm in his eyes.

It is not the enthusiasm of seeing fellow believers, but the enthusiasm of confirming the truth.

Qin Xia's recognition that the Emperor was a god at this time was of great significance to Luo Jia.

First, Angron’s adoptive father knew a lot, even things that the Primarch didn’t know.

Second, what Qin Xia said was not actually persuasion, but an explanation, an explanation that echoed Luo Jia's speculation.

Even Qin Xia didn't know what effect his affirmation at this time had - it made Luo Jia extremely certain that the Emperor was a God.

"A demon once told me about the Black King," Lorgar said. "I was certain at that time that the Emperor must be a god."

"What you said just proves that you are not sure." Qin Xia said, "The Emperor originally intended to hide the matter of the Black King from you, but I am sure you will find out. But when I say the Emperor is a god, I don't mean he is the Black King, but another kind of god."

Luo Jia frowned. He thought the one who helped him on Luotan was the Black King.

"A god shaped by human belief." Qin Xia said, "That's all I want to say. I'm sure you know why I came to you. No need to say more. Goodbye."

Qin Xia turned and left.

After leaving the prayer room, Qin Xia felt that it was not appropriate to tell Emperor Luojia that he was a god.

But some people just need faith, and for such people, believing in the emperor is really useful.

Today, the spread of the God-Emperor faith has been banned, and the Emperor himself ordered the destruction of the Perfect City, which dealt a heavy blow to the original believers.

All Lorgar needed to do was to be certain that the Emperor was a god, and then continue to have a firm belief in Him, as long as he did not fall into Chaos and become its pawn.

From a certain perspective, this can be considered a delaying tactic. In fact, this delaying tactic did not come from Qin Xia's sudden inspiration, but from the emperor's opinion.

"If he wants to believe, let him believe."

Qin Xia recalled what happened before.

After the Emperor finished talking about Kor Phaeron, he suddenly expressed his arrangements for Lorgar.

"As long as he doesn't side with Chaos, it's up to him."

"But after that...no one can stand in the way of humanity's progress toward prosperity and reason, and anything or anyone that threatens to cause humanity to fall back into ignorance and darkness must be crushed."

"There is another thing. Go check on number 11."

It was not just Lorgar and the Word Bearers that the Emperor spoke of at the time.

Number 11 was also mentioned.

"See what he's doing and bring him back to Terra if necessary."

(End of this chapter)