Chapter 161

Ka'Bandha, Lictor, Cadia, Primarch, Warp existence, Jaghatai Khan.

Messy, disorderly, and seemingly surreal vocabulary intertwined in Dante's brain, temporarily stirring his thousand years of experience into a ball.

Dante had to say to this Chief Librarian before him: "I thought our opponent was only the Hive Fleet."

"I also hope so, my lord." A bitter smile appeared on Mephiston's face, which made him, who was like a dead man, reveal some vitality.

"Are you sure about everything you said? This is not the first time you have brought me prophecies, but they have never been so clear and powerful."

Dante looked at Mephiston and questioned; the words Mephiston had just said were too bizarre, making Dante suspect whether he was merely repeating those scenes in the Warp that had symbolic and metaphorical meanings.

Mephiston didn't speak, neither saying sure nor not sure.

But Dante could feel that this old partner of his believed in the content of what he said.

Dante had to suppress the messy messages and thoughts in his brain and organize them one by one into more realistic questions.

"Let's start with Ka'Bandha; is the Angel's Bane about to descend? As far as I know, he was just banished not long ago..." Dante looked at Mephiston and asked.

Angel's Bane was Ka'Bandha's title; this Khorne Greater Daemon was closely related to the history of the Blood Angels Chapter.

"Servants of Chaos rarely follow the rules." Mephiston shook his head and said: "With so many of Sanguinius's descendants gathered together, almost all blood chapters gathered in one hall, and the waves in the Warp are so fierce, Ka'Bandha already has the possibility of entering the material world again."

Dante understood the hint in Mephiston's mouth.

The Blood Angels' Librarians even believed that Ka'Bandha had established some kind of connection with Sanguinius's descendants; this Greater Daemon longed to lead the Blood Angels to fall, and also longed to slaughter the Blood Angels.

So many of Sanguinius's descendants gathered together, it was simply like summoning Ka'Bandha.

Dante could not help but laugh out loud: "We are at our strongest moment, and also our weakest moment; no wonder Ka'Bandha is coming."

"The Blood God covets us, our anger will attract the servants of Brass and the Skull Throne." Mephiston nodded slightly and said: "If Ka'Bandha descends on the battlefield without obstruction, it will be catastrophic; he will try to awaken the anger and madness in our blood."

"These non-living beings don't understand, even among anger, there are differences." Dante's face under Sanguinius's golden mask was full of fatigue: "And they don't understand, being able to overcome one's own anger is true nobility."

"Non-living beings possess eternity; we can use nobility to resist a thousand times, but they only need to succeed once." Mephiston said words that could anger any Blood Angel.

Dante felt uneasy about this, but had to admit that Mephiston's vigilance was correct.

"How will we deal with Ka'Bandha?" Dante asked; he knew Mephiston was a master at confronting Warp existences: "This is your specialty."

Mephiston could always provide him with reliable and steady suggestions on Warp matters.

"I want to perform a ritual." Mephiston said calmly.

"Hmm, a ritual..." Dante nodded slightly.

"This ritual will actively summon Ka'Bandha to the material universe." Mephiston waited for Dante to understand.

"Hmm, actively summon... hmm?" Dante was stunned abruptly: "Actively summon Ka'Bandha to reality?"

"Then I and my Librarians will beat him up, and then seal him in a cave somewhere on Baal, once and for all."

Mephiston proposed a method that Dante considered extremely unreliable.

Actively summoning a Khorne Greater Daemon to reality... If such a method were known by others, Mephiston would probably be suspected of loyalty.

But Dante knew the loyalty of this Chief Librarian before him.

"Is this the only way?" He asked.

"It's better than it appearing directly on the battlefield." Mephiston actually didn't have the confidence to seal Ka'Bandha one hundred percent either.

Even if the Blood God paid enough attention to Baal, Ka'Bandha could very likely be more powerful than ever.

Dante closed his eyes slightly, considering the remaining few things.

"Is the Lictor Hive Fleet trying to sneak into Baal first? I will notify all Chapters of this matter and make precautions."

Dante said:

"But I don't think this can be prevented, Mephiston. I need you to judge how the Lictor will sneak into Baal, where it will hide, and lead the Librarians to conduct a cleanup."

Mephiston nodded slightly; Dante was hinting to Mephiston that he could use some extraordinary means.

Baal was too big, and finding a bug was too difficult.

"Cadia... Captain Rhacelus has already led the 1st Company's Terminator warriors to go there, and we have no more strength to spare for additional support; we can only pray that Cadia can really stand tall."

Dante sighed, then focused his attention on the most shocking ones among the news Mephiston brought.

Primarch.

Jaghatai Khan, the Primarch of the White Scars, brought news to the Blood Angels: a Primarch is about to return.

Who is it? Could it be the Archangel?

This made Dante feel slightly confused; the Blood God and his servants were now paying attention to Baal.

How could Mephiston be so bold as to say this news directly? Didn't he worry about attracting the Blood God's attention?

Dante stared at Mephiston and found that Mephiston didn't intend to explain... or rather, couldn't explain?

Mephiston's eyes, which seemed to be burning, were silent, looking at Dante.

A Primarch is about to return... This was the original words Mephiston said.

Dante's thoughts flew in his heart.

This news would not attract the Blood God's attention; it could only be because the Blood God already knew about this matter.

The Primarch that the Blood God knew was about to return should not be Sanguinius; otherwise, even if it were only possible, the Blood God should have taken action, and it wouldn't be just Ka'Bandha descending.

Angel's Bane is very dangerous, but if the Blood Angels are willing to pay the sacrifice, there is still hope to defeat them.

A Primarch who is not Sanguinius is about to return? No, what Mephiston wanted to hint to Dante was obviously more complex...

More than one Primarch might return!

The Primarch that the Blood God knew was about to return was not Sanguinius.

But what the Blood God didn't know was that besides that Primarch, Sanguinius also had the possibility of returning.

Dante suddenly realized that this was what Mephiston wanted him to know.

Dante's heart suddenly welled up with doubts and confusion, and the look in his eyes when looking at Mephiston also became sharp and dangerous.

"Is it reliable?" Dante asked softly.

Mephiston broke into a cold sweat in an instant; Dante's words clearly carried suspicion and vigilance.

Even though the Horus Heresy had passed for ten thousand years, it still made every Astartes terrified.

And Mephiston happened to be deeply intertwined with the Warp, so even Dante had to raise his vigilance.

"... I don't know." Mephiston gave a high-quality answer.

This instead made Dante feel slightly more at ease.

"Don't let anyone else know about this."

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Dante warned Mephiston:

"Investigate clearly why everything happened and what results it will lead to."

Mephiston nodded slowly; he glanced at the five hundred empty seats on the side.

Every warrior sitting on the Crimson Council would be equal and theoretically have the right to know.

But you can't let them know everything, right?

Noticing Mephiston's gaze, Dante's eye corner twitched slightly.

Equality is not the goal; equality is just a means.

The significance of the Crimson Council's existence is to make everyone feel united, and the content that Dante and Mephiston talked about would only make everyone have differences.

Just the point that the Archangel is about to be resurrected is enough to cause conflicts among many Chapter brothers... It might even lead to Mephiston being hacked to death by a power axe.

"Finally, what do you mean by the positions in the Warp?" Dante asked with slight confusion.

The words "candidate for one of many positions in the Warp" made Dante feel unfamiliar.

"... This relates to some Warp knowledge that is rarely known."

Mephiston weighed his words and said:

"When my soul was traveling in the Warp, I learned in many intertwined chaotic knowledge, Aeldari dramas, and wild laughter that there are many positions in the Warp..."

"Each position has its symbolic domain; some positions have been occupied, and some positions are still vacant."

"Among them, eight domains are the most directional and powerful; among these eight domains, four have already been occupied."

"... Four?" Dante seemed to vaguely understand something.

"These four are the most familiar to us."

Mephiston nodded slightly, acknowledging Dante's guess, and then continued:

"The first is 'Hellstorm,' symbolized by prismatic bonfire storms, amorphous illusory lightning arcs, and large twisted crystal fragments; it is the primitive storm of impermanence."

"The second is 'Ecstatic Perception,' symbolized by intoxicating sensory feasts, dazzling flashes, and happy leaps and deaths; it is a scream that drives people crazy, containing pleasure and wild impulses."

"The third is 'Corrupt Erosion,' symbolized by diseases in biological bodies, filthy miasma, and evil gifts; it is slow corruption, decay of body and soul, and eternal torture."

"The fourth is 'Mindless Slaughter,' symbolized by flowing blood, plundering skulls and death, conquerors and executioners; it is dark anger and a touch of bright red joy."

Mephiston said word by word, trying his best to hide those more dangerous knowledge behind simple words:

"This is the four domains we are familiar with; there are four others that have not truly manifested, and their positions are still empty. I only saw a few words in the fragmented prophecies of the Aeldari."

"Among these four empty positions, the Aeldari call two of them 'King of Darkness' and 'Eternal Dragon'; this is not a real title, but a way the Aeldari call them full of fear and avoidance."

"There is another one that has never been known at all, and its position has not yet appeared with a real candidate."

"The last one has already manifested in the Warp to a certain extent, and it is also the one with the most candidates now. I was able to learn the title of that one."

Mephiston paused and looked at Dante:

"That domain symbolizes twisted creativity, craftsmanship that transcends everything, the most superior design, and terrifying mechanical entities... In the Warp, that position is called..."

"'Vicious Craftsmanship'."

"Achoo!!!"

Outside Second Fudia City, in a vehicle driving in the desert,

Zhou Yun could not help but shiver, and his nose twitched.

Clearly the environment around was so hot, but Zhou Yun sneezed inexplicably; it was really strange.

Danton on the side was startled by Zhou Yun's sneeze; he seemed to have been thinking about something...

After pondering for a moment, Danton seemed to have made up his mind and opened his mouth to Zhou Yun:

"Brother Huang Daxiong, since we are idle now, are you interested in learning about our redemption and hope, the great Saint Doraemon?"

There might only be one update today. My schedule has been completely messed up recently. Since I got sick, my sleep has been fragmented. I sleep for a while from 2 AM to 5 or 6 AM, sleep for a while from 2 PM to 6 PM, and sometimes sleep for three hours from 7 AM to 10 AM, and then sleep for a while in the afternoon. I haven't had a complete sleep for several days. It's painful, and the sleep quality is also very poor; I always have dreams.

(End of chapter)