Warhammer, I'm a nanny, not your father!

He also took two steps back to avoid the blood splattering on him.

"Is he dead?" asked Wop.

Erebus looked at the boy's broken and headless body and said shudderingly, "He won't survive, will he?"

"I think so, but just in case,"

Wop slowly closed his eyes, and spiritual energy surged around him like a tide.

In a dimension invisible to ordinary people, the boy's shattered soul is still entangled around his broken body like rags, twisting and wailing silently.

Is this still available?

All your ashes must be scattered!

A brilliant blue light streamed out from Wop's fingertips. Erebas only felt a dazzling golden light suddenly explode in front of his eyes. When his vision returned, the boy's body had turned into light dust floating in the sky.

Even more terrifying, Erebus had a vague feeling that something deeper had also been completely erased, like someone had erased the last stain from a canvas, leaving not even a trace.

Chapter 48 Everything is the best arrangement

"Praise the Emperor!"

Although the emperor was not a human being, he really acted like one this time.

As long as he can kill Erebus, he would be willing to educate the Primarch every day!

"You, Erebus."

Wop looked at the bald boy, and the unconscious gnashing of his teeth when he said his name made Erebus shrink his neck.

Wop: "Have you ever considered changing your name?"

Erebus was stunned.

"Just pretend I didn't ask. It doesn't matter whether he changes or not." Wop sighed. Although he knew the kid was innocent, he still wanted to kill him. What should he do?

Almost all the tragedies in the Warhammer universe originated from Erebus. Lorgar's fall was due to him, and the fall of the Warmaster was also due to him.

Simply killing Erebus might not change history, but it could make Wop's thoughts clear.

He shouldn't have taken his anger out on a murdered teenager; the real Erebus knew nothing about the future.

If he hadn't known Erebus a little, he would have almost killed a good man by mistake.

"I give you two choices," Wop said to the confused boy, "You can go home now and continue to believe in your god. Or you can come with me and I can tell you the truth."

Erebus looked confused. What happened today had a greater impact on him than anything he had ever experienced in his entire life.

He was almost murdered, and the person who wanted to murder him was tortured to death by the person who saved him, leaving no trace. Now the person who saved him asked him to make a choice.

"What should I choose?" he asked hesitantly.

Wop: "I won't make choices for you, nor will I give you any advice."

Wop would not tell him anything until he actually made a choice, which was the way he always educated his children.

"Then I'll follow you."

Erebus did not say this out of fear; he had gone through a difficult ideological struggle.

Leaving means abandoning his family and everything he is familiar with.

He didn't know what he was thinking or why he would listen to a stranger he met for the first time.

But a voice told him that he should listen to strangers and that strangers would not harm him.

The boy's eyes were determined, and Wop silently put the gun back into the holster at his waist.

Wop: "Do you need to say goodbye to your family?"

Erebus looked towards the town reluctantly and asked, "Can I come back?"

"can."

"Then don't say goodbye. I'm afraid I won't be able to bear to leave."

Wop nodded. He actually hadn't decided where to take Erebus.

He had to find Lorca, but he didn't know where Lorca was.

He only knew that Lorca was picked up by a nomadic tribe, but he didn't know where that tribe was. Searching aimlessly in the desert was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Hmm?" Wop suddenly raised his head.

"What are you looking at?" Erebus asked.

"I feel like someone is looking at me. It must be an illusion." Wop shook his head. "Do you know Kor Phaeron?"

Erebus nodded.

Wop was stunned. You really know him? What a coincidence!

"The priest just stopped by our town yesterday," Erebus explained. "The Covenant exiled him and sent him to the desert to preach to the rejected. Our town is his last stop. He'll resupply here before setting off again."

Wop asked, "So they left?"

"not yet."

"boom!"

Wop's ears trembled slightly as he picked up the roar of metal coming from afar.

He squinted his eyes and saw the dust rising on the horizon like dark clouds before a storm.

A land craft as big as a church was rolling over sandstone and slowly approaching from the back of the town, towing a long convoy behind it.

Eribas: "That's Pastor Fallon's convoy, they're about to set off!"

……

Kor Phaeron's convoy was stopped, but he was delighted that someone had volunteered to join his pilgrimage.

The child named Erebas was a well-known devout believer. Even in the Covenant, some priests expressed their expectations for him, and many people believed that he would become an outstanding priest in the future.

The child joining his team gave Kor Phaeron great confidence.

He believed that this was encouragement from the powerful ones, and that they were affirming his faith, so they sent this child!

Kor Phaeron rallied his followers on the deck of the landspeeder, their pride and arrogance flaring like sparks on tinder.

Kor Phaeron pointed at the young man beside him, whose body was covered in scripture, and shouted excitedly, "Behold, Lambs! Erebus has joined us. This is the omen bestowed upon us by the prophet. Our cause is just! The Almighty has given me revelation. Everything is arranged by the Almighty. I bear a sacred mission. I am the master, the mentor, and the bearer of the true word! What I say is the truth of the Almighty. I am omniscience and law!"

Slaves and followers looked at Kor Phaeron, their eyes filled with awe.

They believed Kor Phaeron's lies because they were devout believers and because Erebus had truly joined them.

Kor Phaeron was an exile. He was no longer the priest who once symbolized authority, and his followers no longer trusted him.

But Erebus did join them, and he stopped their procession as they were setting out, and went on deck with his retinue.

Everyone believed that this outstanding young man was blessed by the powerful. His joining also indicated that Kor Phaeron was not abandoned by the powerful. Perhaps Kor Phaeron's pilgrimage was really the will of the powerful!

Erebus smiled gently at the crowd looking at him. He actually didn't like Kor Phaeron.

Because he was a priest exiled by the covenant, and because he was full of lies.

Pastors should teach people to believe in the power, rather than fooling people in the name of the power.

But Worp asked him to join Kor Phaeron's caravan, and Erebus obeyed.

Kor Phaeron attached great importance to Erebus and arranged a room for him on the land ship, right next to Kor Phaeron. This made it convenient for Kor Phaeron to talk to Erebus at any time. He wanted to turn this young man into his loyal fan.

But in the face of Kor Phaeron's recruitment, Erebus acted very cold.

"I'm sorry, Pastor Fallon, I'm very tired and I need to rest."

Erebus closed the door politely, but Kor Phaeron's smile remained frozen on his face outside.

The moment the door closed, Erebus couldn't help but ask, "Why should we join them?"

"To find someone."

"Who?"

"Primarch," Wop asked, "Erebus, do you believe in the existence of God?"

Erebus nodded.

Wop: "Do you believe in God?"

Erebus nodded firmly. Everyone knew that he was a devout believer.

"Then let me ask you, why do you believe in God?"

Erebus was stunned. Why ask why?

Because his parents believe in God and everyone around him believes in God, so he also believes in God. Is there anything wrong with that?

Chapter 49 Then I ask you

"The annals of the covenant are inscribed with the names of four prophets."

"Blood Lord Koen, his axe expands the realm for faith;"

"Lady Fate, Tezanne, who can see the burning trails of the galaxy;"

"Slannart, the Dreamfather, whose whispers can lull entire armies into sleep;"

"And there is Narag, the Mother of Hope, who always lights the fire when civilization is about to die."

"They are saints chosen by the Powers. They spent three hundred years transforming Colchis from a barbaric world into a bastion of faith, bringing hope and salvation to mankind. The Powers are behind the curtain of the highest heaven, using the stars as their eyes, and they gaze down upon the world from eternity."

"They are the masters of the entire galaxy, and we are all their humble servants."

Erebus devoutly explained the history of the Covenant to Wopkok, his fingertips unconsciously caressing his forehead, which was covered with scripture. The flickering time flowed across his dark face, as if the scriptures were glowing with his narration.

Wop did not refute Erebus's beliefs, he just felt sad.

This world has been poisoned by the Four Gods for too long. As early as when the Emperor started the Anshi Rebellion, the Four Gods had already planted the poisonous roots deep in the bones of this land.

Wop: "Which god do you believe in?"

Erebus: "Everything."

Wop asked again: "If there is a war between the gods you believe in, who will you help?"

Erebus was silent. To him, Wop's question was more fatal than who you would save first if your mother and wife fell into the water at the same time.

"Why does war break out between the powerful ones?" asked Erebus.

"War is their norm, the Covenant is the alien. They unite because they feel threatened."

"The Almighty is omnipotent. Will they also feel threatened?"

"Then let me ask you, can the omnipotent power you speak of create a stone that they cannot lift?"

Erebus was speechless.

There are many ways to explain the God paradox, but the underlying logic of all explanations is to jump out of logic.

Catholicism claims that God is omnipotent, and humanists refute this with the God paradox.

The Catholic explanation for this is that God is not limited by the logic of human understanding. The idea is simply that God is omnipotent, but you are not, so you cannot define His omnipotence, nor can you define what He can and cannot do, or what He can and cannot do.

The Hindu explanation is that God 1 created the stone, then split off into God 2 who lifted the stone.

No explanation can fundamentally solve the God paradox. Instead, it is a sophistry that you have your logic and I have mine. I do not agree with your logic and you do not agree with my logic. Neither side can defeat the other in their respective logic.

If we dig deeper, the underlying logic is that people only believe what they want to believe.

If he is an atheist, he will tend to believe in the God paradox.

If a person is a religious believer, he will tend to believe that God is not limited by the logic of human understanding.

The God paradox is nothing new in M3, but this paradox can still stump Erebus of Colchis.

Erebus is a devout and good boy, but everyone in the environment he lives in is a devout believer, and no one will question the authority of God.

His cheeks flushed with embarrassment, his lips trembled but he was unable to form a cogent defense.

Wop didn't expect to use a God paradox to cause Erebus's faith to collapse, his purpose was to shake Erebus's faith.

Wop: "Then let me ask you again, if the Mighty Ones are omniscient and omnipotent, then why don't they kill the other Mighty Ones and take all the power?"