Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 204 Ridiculous Betrayal

"Skip the boring parts and do what you want to do."

Conrad's voice was clear and distinct, unlike the reptilian hissing sound he had made before.

Over and over in his mind he repeated the words that the Emperor had spoken from down the timeline.

【Conrad, the future is the future. 】

The future has not yet arrived, and everything can still be saved, but... is there still a possibility of redemption for him?

He was a sinner, and if being the Primarch absolved him of guilt, then his justice itself would lose its justice.

"What just happened?" Luo Xi asked. He had to figure out why the Midnight Haunter was able to break through the suppression effect of the Untouchable Skeleton.

If the soulless stance is not absolutely effective, then doesn't it mean Conrad still has a chance to escape from prison?
"Those terrible prophecies have come again, just now," Conrad replied.

His unusually cooperative attitude made Roche frown, and he subconsciously looked at Guilliman.

There must be something evil here.

Midnight Haunter's series of operations have made everyone exhausted. Obviously, he is only one person, but from the Dark Angels' Indomitable Truth to Macragge, hundreds of thousands of people are played around by him alone.

Even though the Night Haunter curbed his desire to kill for fear of exposing his position, hundreds of people still died in Macragge, and this number would be ten times larger if it were the Dark Angels.

Field commander Auguston is still lying in the medical room. Although his life has been saved, he has not woken up yet. The Midnight Haunter has almost turned half of his brain into rotten meat.

Even with an Astartes' strong physique, losing half of his brain would make him almost impossible to save. But Auguston was different from ordinary people after all. His physique was much stronger, and the existence of the powered armor life-support device allowed him to hold on until the pharmacist arrived.

"It's not that I broke through the constraints of these bones, but the person on the other end of the prophecy. I don't have such strong psychic power to use psychic power against the Untouchables." Conrad said.

"Even if Magnus is in this environment, he will become a red-skinned Ogryn who can only use physical strength. You don't need to worry about this."

Luo Xi's attention was completely attracted by Conrad's "the person on the other side of the prophecy". He was a little confused and couldn't understand what it meant.

Conrad saw his reaction and couldn't help laughing, but with a hint of irony.

"You know nothing. Do you really understand your mission? No, you don't. You know nothing."

Conrad's ridicule did not make Luo Xi angry. This level of ridicule could not even provoke his foul-mouthed counterattack.

"You said I knew nothing, but what about you? What do you know? What have you done except putting all the blame and responsibility on the prophecy?"

Luo Xi continued, saying that he also had a lot of knowledge about the so-called prophecy.

In this universe full of evil spirits, prophecy is not considered a very advanced and rare ability. Even illegal psychics who cannot even control their own abilities can sometimes catch a glimpse of clues about the future.

The think tank director Titus Prieto, who is close to him, is a psychic who is good at prophecy.

The prophecy is only a peek into the future; how far one can see and how clearly one can see depends on the strength of the psychic, the strength of their will, and the completeness of the ritual.

However, most predictions are worthless, and the predictors cannot even ensure their authenticity.

Conrad Curze's predictive ability is indeed the strongest among the people Roche knows. It is rumored that the Midnight Haunter can see multiple illusions that are as immersive as if he is there, and the distance can even reach dozens or even hundreds of years later.

However, no matter how accurate the prophecy is, it has nothing to do with the predetermined destiny. Destiny is never bound by prophecy, and even the act of predicting can lead to changes in the thread of fate.

"You are deeply trapped in your prophecy. You feel endless pain, but you are powerless to resist this curse. I believe you know that prophecies are not 100% correct. Many times, the direction of destiny depends on your thoughts."

With every word Roshi spoke, the smile on Night Haunter's face shrank. "You can only keep that false and insane prophecy coming true. Only then will all your crazy actions be truly 'helpless'. After all, it's not you who's at fault, but that damned prophetic illusion."

"Only in this way can you always uphold what you call "justice"."

Conrad looked at Luo Xi. He hated the feeling of having his mind seen through.

But what Luo Xi said was indeed partly correct, as it was indeed what he was thinking in his heart. However, as for these secrets, Conrad would rather tell them to a skinned dead man.

Or a gargoyle statue on a Nostramo spire or something.

"Even if what you said is correct, it is meaningless. The predicted future may have deviations within a small range, but the general direction cannot be changed."

"I saw the galaxy burning, steel heads being cut off, angels' wings being broken, the Emperor dying from his wounds in the battle with Horus, and having to sit on the Golden Throne to endure thousands of years of torture. I knew it earlier than any of you."

Angel with broken wings... Luo Xi thought that this referred to the famous archangel Sanguinius. After all, he really had a pair of wings.

The one with the severed head should be Ferrus who died in the Battle of Isstvan V.

"Conrad, have you ever foreseen your own fate? You have been seeking death, so by whose hands will you die? My brother, why did you betray us!"

Guilliman, who had remained silent and acted as a spectator, suddenly roared, the veins in his neck bulged, filled with an extreme and incomprehensible rage.

That was his nature suppressed by his reason. King Konor and Lady Euden changed Guilliman.

Among the known traitorous Primarchs, each had different reasons for rebelling.

The Great Bearer converted to the primordial truth of Chaos and voluntarily fell into the arms of the Warp; the Slave of Nuceria was filled with hatred for the Emperor and the Imperium, and he betrayed the Imperium in order to seek revenge.

As for Night Haunter, Guilliman and Roche had no idea why they betrayed.

They are notorious, and their legion is filled with scumbag prisoners from Nostramo, but that is no reason to betray them.

The Eighth Legion followed the Primarch to join the rebellion, but they still don't know the reason why the Night Haunter betrayed them.

Conrad laughed and answered the first question: "I am destined to die at the hands of a Callidus assassin of the Assassin's Court."

It is almost impossible for a mortal, even a Callidus assassin who has undergone dangerous biochemical modifications, to assassinate Conrad Curze.

Unless the Midnight Ghost was willing to be killed and ordered the cruel and bloody Midnight Lords not to interfere, Luo Xi could not imagine what the scene would be like.

Is Conrad, this madman, really willing to die at the hands of a mortal in order to make his prophecy come true?

By doing so, he answered the second question.

"You think I'm a rebel, but I'm not. I just hate the injustice of the Empire and despise the fact that so many crimes have been ignored. The most important thing is that my legion has been infiltrated by the scum of Nostramo, murderers, thieves. I hate them and despise them, but I am also a murderer. I am an accomplice to a huge crime with them."

Curze was abnormally excited. He was completely disappointed with the hopelessness of his legion. This disappointment in his offspring and in himself combined made him a madman.

Roche saw in Conrad an almost pathological, paranoid and incredibly distorted sense of justice.

Yes, he still has a sense of justice in his heart, but that distorted sense of justice supports him to do equally distorted things.

　Thanks to the book friends of To the Sky and Stars for their support

　　
　
(End of this chapter)