Warhammer: Should I also sit on the Golden Throne?

Chapter 106 Robert, Believe in the Power of Belief

On the steps of the bathhouse, Zhou Yun sat as city guards hurried past him, some carrying pale-faced Slaanesh believers down the steps, others leaving with important evidence.

Zhou Yun looked at his fingers, examining the memories he had just retrieved from the minds of Libo, Quintas, and others.

Robert Guilliman easily took them down and knocked them unconscious. Zhou Yun took the opportunity to read their memories and check if there was any information about the location of the King of Wizardry's court.

No.

Despite discovering many things, Zhou Yun still did not get what he wanted.

Robert Guilliman walked down the stairs, wiping his hands with a cream-colored towel.

His proposed method for obtaining information from Slaanesh followers was simple and direct.

Fabricate a lie to make the cult members believe that Zhou Yun and Connor are enemies, thus creating an opportunity for Zhou Yun to infiltrate them and directly read the memories of the cult's high-ranking members.

This plan is certainly dangerous.

Lipo is right, the age of sorcery is over, and the power of the warp has indeed been contained on Macragge.

Even Zhou Yun couldn't handle the hundreds of guards in the bathhouse at the same time, not to mention that Libo and his men had secretly kept a batch of laser guns.

He might be able to withstand a few lasers with his force field shield, or he might be able to decapitate a few people with his psionic blade, and then what?

Then his psychic energy will run out, and he will collapse. Twenty or thirty trained soldiers equipped with laser guns will be enough to take him down.

Even if it were the Storm Loyalists led by Grefax back then, just three or five of them would have been enough to take down Zhou Yun in Macurag.

This godforsaken place severely restricts psychic abilities.

But Zhou Yun dared to step into this place, and what he relied on was never psychic energy.

He wanted to show these cultists what pure physical critique was all about.

Zhou Yun taught Robert Guilliman psionic skills... Guilliman learned the psionic techniques needed for this mission in less than half a day.

This speed truly shocked Zhou Yun, after all, the future Robert Guilliman was a pure psionic Muggle.

It seems that young Guilliman has not yet been corrupted by the truth of the Empire, and he can still believe in the power of belief.

The psionic skills that Zhou Yun taught him were the psionic spell "Mind Chains" from the War Dog Think Tank and the mind-transfer psionic spell "Psychological Invisibility".

The former allows Robert's mind to connect with Zhou Yun's, enabling them to converse in the realm of thought.

The latter allows Robert to become psychologically invisible, so that even if he stands right next to Zhou Yun, he will be ignored by others.

Two or three days after learning, Robert Guilliman surpassed Zhou Yun in both skills.

Using psionic powers was a skill for Zhou Yun, but for Robert Guilliman it seemed like pure instinct.

Once he realizes he can do it, he really can.

Zhou Yun's teaching was more like an attempt to convince him that he could do it.

Today, Robert Guilliman's "mind chain" can cover the entire city of Macurag without breaking, and it is through the "mind chain" that Connor sends the city's guards at the right time.

As for "psychological invisibility"... Zhou Yun originally thought they were going to experience a battle, with Robert Guilliman slaughtering the waiters and guards.

However, none of this happened.

Robert Guilliman simply swung his fists, knocking out several people in the banquet hall, allowing Zhou Yun to access their memories.

The Slaanesh followers outside seemed to have completely forgotten about the banquet hall and the people inside, continuing their work as usual.

Robert expanded the scope of "psychological invisibility," making everyone in the bathhouse ignore the banquet hall and everything within it.

This "psychological invisibility" was broken only when the city guards arrived.

The Slaanesh followers suddenly realized what was happening and tried to resist and destroy the evidence, but it was too late.

Some Slaanesh followers tried to rush into the banquet hall to capture Zhou Yun and Robert, which led to a brief battle in which Robert Guilliman easily killed them.

He had just gone to wash the blood off his hands. The city guards also overlooked Robert. According to the previous plan, everything that happened in the bathhouse would still be attributed to Zhou Yun, who used his witchcraft to accomplish it all.

"Did you get the information you wanted?" Robert asked, sitting down next to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun shook his head.

"We obtained some other information."

"The plan of this cult is to have High Priest Tatius step down and have Lipo take over as High Priest, so that they can find out the location of Simeneta's remains—Simeneta has some kind of connection and affinity with his High Priest, and as long as one becomes High Priest, one can sense the existence of Simeneta and his remains and find them."

"Then they would use a ritual to corrupt Simeneta's remains, and use those remains to create a passage to draw the power of the First Crying God into the world."

"That power will corrupt the entire Macragge, freeing everyone from the shackles of morality and plunging them into madness, greed, and depravity. They see this as a liberation, a way to abandon everything and pursue ultimate pleasure."

In this way, Zhou Yun understood why Jia Lan and the city guards betrayed Connor in the original history.

They were all corrupted by the ritual.

However, it is clear that the Slaanesh followers' plan did not succeed completely. Many people in Macragge did fall into a brief period of madness and depravity, but the madness and depravity disappeared after that, and the ritual did not continue to affect Macragge.

It's just that they don't know what caused their failure... Another point is that Zhou Yun suspects that the true nature of this ritual might be aimed at Robert, but the Slaanesh followers are unaware of this.

He roughly guessed that the key to this ceremony might lie with Jialan.

Perhaps if Robert Guilliman had not remained rational and had not chosen to execute Garan through a Senate trial, but instead killed Garan himself, Robert might have been corrupted in some way.

"I'll go to the Grand Library in Macurag to look for relevant clues," Robert said.

"No." Zhou Yun got goosebumps the moment he heard this.

Zhou Yun felt a strong sense of déjà vu as he searched for information about the King of Wizardry's court in the Great Library.

It feels like the books in the library are about to come alive any second now.

Although information from all sides indicates that Tzeentch's power above Macragge is already very weak, Tzeentch is a master of change. His greatest skill is to weaken when things seem to be at their peak and to regain hope when they seem to be weakened.

This is why Zhou Yun didn't let Guilliman read the memories of those cultists, even though Guilliman's psychic abilities could access more details.

Zhou Yun was protected by the Golden Throne, and no amount of chaos or corruption could affect his will. He didn't have to worry about the corruption hidden in the memories of cultists, but Guilliman was different.

"I'll check the big library myself; it'll be safer that way," Zhou Yun said to Robert Guilliman. "There's one more thing. I investigated the memories of these cult members, hoping to dig out a list of their high-ranking members."

"But there is one key figure, whom they refer to as an elder."

"All memories of the elder in the cultist's mind have disappeared, as if some force is protecting that elder and preventing me from spying on him."

In the old mansion of Capi Euro.

The elderly elder smiled and bowed to Jalan, welcoming the governor to his residence.

Capio had previously hoped that Garan would visit his mansion, but Garan had to entertain the antique dealer, so he gave up.

Today, Jalan finally found the time to respond to Capio's enthusiasm.

In fact, Jaran himself really wanted to visit Capio's mansion.

This is an old-fashioned mansion located outside the city of Makula, beside a valley at the foot of Mount Hera. As a history and collection enthusiast, Jalan is familiar with this mansion.

This mansion is the ancestral home of the Nerva family, where Capio lives. It was built at the beginning of the era after the end of the era of the Wizard King and has been passed down from generation to generation, still retaining traces of the past.

Jia Lan stopped and looked at the murals on the wall in the pale golden light of the setting sun.

The mural had faded slightly, but Jialan could imagine how vibrant the colors must have been when it was first painted.

The painting depicts a robust woman in armor, led by an elegant young man, entering the mansion, which is then covered by trees, deep and secluded, as if leading to another world.

Deep within the mansion, a venomous snake with six heads and expressions resembling those of a beautiful man and woman eagerly awaits the arrival of the robust woman.

"What is this?" Jalan asked Capio curiously.

Jia Lan had a vague feeling that the content of the painting was related to some children's stories circulating in the city of Macurag.

The story is about a good princess who was betrayed by her friend who obeyed the orders of a poisonous snake and lured her into a trap. The snake bit her ankle and injected venom into it.

Then the viper donned the skin of a good princess, disguised himself as one, and infiltrated the city of Macurag.

Jia Lan always felt that the story was a bit creepy and not suitable for children.

"This is a record of a past history. As you know, my family was one of the eighty-eight families that rose up with the King of War."

"Look, this is the goddess Simonetta," Capio said, pointing to the robust woman.

"But she's not beautiful." Jia Lan frowned as she looked at the strong woman whose face was covered with rough marks.

"Legends are always exaggerated, and historical records are always biased. In fairy tales, even ugly women can become beauties."

With a smile, Capio said to Garan, "This painting depicts the scene when my ancestor Capio, who shares the same name as me, invited Simoneta to be his guest when this mansion was first completed."

"Oh! That's a truly valuable mural," Jia Lan exclaimed in admiration. "What does this snake symbolize?"

"Beautiful." Capio's smile grew even wider. "True beauty."