Chapter 477

When his fingers touched Lotara Sarrin's cold skin, Khârn's heart no longer had only a void, but a surge of intense, unbearable guilt.

Since the Great Heresy, facing Angron who had completely become a slave to the Blood God, facing the failed Great Heresy, facing the hopeless revenge, Khârn had immersed himself in anger, trying to fill the pitch-black void in his heart with anger.

In the end, he almost completely lost his sanity, turning into a chainaxe that carried out the Blood God's will in the mortal world, and like Angron, abandoned his duty as a Legion leader, letting the World Eaters fall apart.

And Lotara Sarrin and the Conqueror disappeared into the galaxy after that.

Perhaps it was because Khârn believed he couldn't save Captain Sarrin, so he didn't dare to board the Conqueror again in his heart; perhaps it was because the Blood God's will didn't want Khârn to reunite with the Conqueror. In any case, for ten thousand years, Khârn had never met Captain Sarrin again.

As revenge became possible again, anger was suppressed by Raum and Holy Doraemon. Seeing Sarrin being tortured by Erebus to this extent, the guilt in Khârn's heart surged immediately, difficult to suppress.

"Sorry..." Khârn, since being implanted with the Butcher's Nails, said this word for the first time: "I should have come back earlier."

"I can... feel... you... all along... for ten thousand years..."

Sarrin's words were fragmented, her spirit didn't seem clear:

"Your anger... your pain... your void... Khârn... my brother."

"You and Angron's... both can..."

But Khârn understood her words.

For ten thousand years, Lotara Sarrin, who had merged with the Conqueror, had always been able to feel the existence of Khârn and Angron. They had shaped the Legion, and the Conqueror was the carrier of the Legion; they had always existed in a certain degree of connection with the Conqueror.

All of Khârn's anger, pain, and void over these ten thousand years, the Conqueror knew, and Lotara Sarrin knew.

This left the World Eater speechless...

Zhou Yun walked slowly to Khârn and Lotara Sarrin's side at this moment.

Although disturbing their reunion as old friends was a bit atmosphere-breaking, Zhou Yun felt that now was the time for him to appear.

"My Lord, I implore you," Khârn lowered his head, knelt on one knee, and placed the Blood Child between Zhou Yun and himself: "I pray to you devoutly."

Looking at Khârn's posture, Zhou Yun was a bit speechless instead.

He still remembered the first time he met Khârn, in front of Sanguinius's meat sauce can.

At that time, Khârn was still one of the most difficult opponents Zhou Yun had ever encountered. If it weren't for Angron's curved loyalty, which held Khârn back, Zhou Yun would have planned to explode with Khârn.

But Zhou Yun had no malice toward Khârn at the time, just feeling that Senior Khârn was indeed well-deserved.

Him praying to Zhou Yun like this instead made Zhou Yun feel a bit awkward and unaccustomed; after all, Zhou Yun wasn't a god.

"What are you praying devoutly for? I'm not a god," Zhou Yun shrugged, but he didn't refuse Khârn's request.

Zhou Yun carefully observed Lotara Sarrin's situation.

First was the eightfold shackles trapped on Lotara Sarrin's neck.

Eightfold... judging by numerical numerology, this was clearly a blasphemous spell manufactured by Erebus borrowing the Blood God's power to bind Lotara Sarrin's soul. Zhou Yun didn't understand these Warp things.

Secondly was Lotara Sarrin's original state. She had completely merged with the Conqueror; she was the Conqueror, and the Conqueror was her. This state was difficult to separate, and in fact, there was no need to separate. This wasn't a bad thing. Zhou Yun should be able to borrow the power of the Malicious Craft domain to allow Lotara Sarrin to move freely in the Conqueror, instead of being bound to the command throne————in fact, after ten thousand years, Captain Sarrin herself, who had adapted to her own situation, could freely let her will move within the ship.

Finally was the Conqueror's problem. This was the most troublesome problem. The Conqueror had been pickled by the Blood God over these ten thousand years, and Lotara Sarrin had also been thoroughly corrupted by the Blood God. Relying only on the power of the Malicious Craft domain mastered by Zhou Yun, it might take three or four weeks and cost no small amount of power to expel the Blood God's power without harming the Conqueror and Lotara Sarrin.

Zhou Yun was silent for a while, pondering a solution, and then he had an idea.

He extended his hand, patted Khârn on the shoulder, signaling Khârn to be at ease.

"I will save your captain," Zhou Yun said to Khârn.

Then, in Khârn's somewhat stunned gaze, Zhou Yun pulled a power sword flickering with pitch-black light from his four-dimensional pocket.

That was a black sword, a fragment of Sigismund's black sword from the past, one of the ten black swords recast after the furnace.

Khârn recognized this weapon that belonged to his old chain brother and nemesis at a glance.

But Khârn didn't react; why did saving Sarrin need this weapon of Sigismund?

"Captain Sarrin is ill, caused by the Blood God's corruption. The root of the disease is in the Warp. If the corruption is not removed, using the Malicious Craft in vain will not be able to treat it."

"I have a method: first use the black sword, use the sharp blade to break open Lotara Sarrin's chest, take out the corruption, and only then can it be eradicated." "Ah?" Khârn didn't understand what Zhou Yun meant for a moment.

"The Chosen once heard that Guilliman was poisoned by Fulgrim's sword, wounding his neck. I scraped the bone to treat the poison, and Guilliman had no fear."

"Now the captain has a minor illness, why so much doubt?"

"Bring me my sword!"

Before Khârn could figure out the meaning of Zhou Yun's words, Zhou Yun held the black sword and stabbed it into Lotara Sarrin's chest with one sword.

Captain Sarrin's body trembled, letting out a sharp wail. The vitality in her body flowed away rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, her pupils dilated, her body lost temperature, her head tilted, and she died.

With Lotara Sarrin's death, the eightfold chains wrapped around her neck disintegrated.

At the same time, the entire Conqueror let out intense tremors and wails, as if it were about to fall apart. Countless crew members who had bred for over a hundred generations on the ship and were already nearly non-human let out sharp, ear-piercing wails, unable to help but start sobbing, seemingly grieving for the loss of Lotara Sarrin————

Even some crew members had started praying and mourning, as if holding a funeral for their captain————

But their sobbing, praying, and mourning all stopped abruptly, and their expressions were also confused and at a loss.

It was as if the funeral had just been held halfway, and the deceased's urn suddenly flew up, and the photo on it opened its mouth to speak, saying that he had ascended to become a soul cultivator, which was confusing.

Zhou Yun pulled out the black sword, and the wound on Lotara Sarrin's chest healed. Her broken, disintegrating lower body also recovered, and the steel cables connecting her flesh body fell off one by one.

This didn't mean that Lotara Sarrin was separated from the Conqueror; she and the Conqueror were still one, but with the help of Zhou Yun's Malicious Craft domain power, she no longer needed to be trapped on the command throne all the time.

This was the method Zhou Yun thought of. Zhou Yun, after all, didn't only have the power of the Malicious Craft domain.

He also had the Erosion Destruction domain given to him by the Emperor.

Since the shackles left by Erebus were difficult to remove, then just kill Lotara Sarrin. If she died, it would naturally be lifted.

The Blood God's corruption was the same. The soul resurrected by Zhou Yun was equivalent to being corrupted and controlled by Zhou Yun. Zhou Yun directly used the corruption of the Erosion Destruction domain to override the Blood God's corruption.

Lotara Sarrin took a deep breath, feeling shocked and confused as her lungs filled with air. She found that she was no longer merged with the command throne, but had returned to a normal, mortal body. This was a feeling she hadn't had for ten thousand years.

She trembled as she wanted to stand up, but a sense of weakness and unfamiliarity surged over her body.

Although Zhou Yun had solved Erebus's shackles, untied her connection with the Conqueror on the material level, and covered up the Khorne corruption, Lotara Sarrin's soul was still extremely weak, and her soul hadn't used her own flesh to move for ten thousand years, so she was very unaccustomed to it.

Just as she was about to fall, a bare arm gently supported her back.

"Khârn..." Lotara Sarrin said in a weak voice. She sat down relying on Khârn's arm and looked in Zhou Yun's direction.

However, Zhou Yun didn't want to stay here, awkwardly caught between Khârn and Lotara Sarrin, who he didn't know was a little lover or a mother without blood relation, nor did he want to experience the gratitude and worship of the two who clearly treated him as a god.

So Zhou Yun quickly used the teleportation ability he had practiced with the superpower training box in recent days, flashed his figure, and teleported under the command throne, beside Titus and Kaelen, leaving the space to Khârn and Lotara Sarrin.

Khârn roughly guessed Zhou Yun's thoughts, which made him a bit speechless.

Khârn wasn't a person good at words. If it weren't for the existence of the Butcher's Nails, he almost wouldn't express emotions in an intense way, so for a while, he didn't know what to say to Lotara Sarrin or how to explain anything, just standing silently beside this captain.

But Lotara Sarrin immediately grabbed Khârn's arm, and an eagerness appeared on her weak, pale face.

"Save people, Khârn."

"Kossolax, go save Kossolax quickly."

"... Who?" Khârn's expression was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react for a while.

He really hadn't paid much attention to Kossolax. Kossolax wasn't actually appointed by Khârn ten thousand years ago, but was rarely appointed by Angron. Khârn had no impression of him, and in the process of attacking the Conqueror, he, or everyone, hadn't cared about Kossolax either. Being mentioned by Lotara Sarrin like this, he actually couldn't remember who he was for a short time.

"... He was when you and Angron were not there..."

"... He is... he is the Legion's Regent."

(End of chapter)