Chapter 599

Why are there so many traitors?

The Silent King's words caused the astromancer Orikan's brain to stutter.

If he and the Silent King were both still living beings, Orikan would definitely ask the Silent King: Is it the Silent King who has a tumor in his brain, or is it Orikan who has a tumor in his brain?

The Silent King destroyed his entire race and destroyed the master control protocol that could unite the entire Necron race under a single will; what standing did he have to demand that the Necrons all remain loyal to him?

But Orikan looked at the long spear wreathed in undying flames in the Silent King's hand, feeling the cold anger radiating from that slender, tall body, and his vocal apparatus felt as if it had rusted.

Could it be that that spear was not destroyed back then?

No wonder *that person* was so vigilant against the Silent King; with this spear alone...

Orikan could not speak.

Although the Silent King was not a wise monarch, the Silent King was definitely a powerful monarch; almost any Necron, when facing the Silent King, would feel a kind of fear, as if they had become a lowly, inferior creature, fit only to crawl at the Silent King's feet, with a sense of fanaticism and loyalty inexplicably arising in their hearts.

Orikan often suspected that this was because the Silent King had retained some form of control protocol, using this method to maintain partial control over the Necrons.

Facing the Silent King's cold questioning, a series of illogical thoughts even began to appear in Orikan's logical brain, and he began to suspect whether his identity as a spy had been exposed.

Even an impulse inexplicably appeared in his consciousness, urging him to kneel before the Silent King and confess all his crimes to him.

"But thanks to you, Master Orikan!" The Phaeron of the Stars beside the Silent King suddenly changed his tone, from condemnation to praise for Orikan.

"Hmm?" Orikan was slightly stunned; he was still under the influence of the Silent King's might and had not completely broken free, his thinking not very clear.

"If it weren't for you providing the list of hidden traitors in advance, we would still be wasting a large amount of supplies, final payments, and military pay on that group of traitors!" the Phaeron of the Stars praised.

"Oh!"

Orikan let out a sudden "Oh," realizing the truth.

Not long ago, Orikan gave the Triarch a list, claiming that everyone on that list was a hidden traitor and that their supply of materials should be cut off, final payments refused, and their military pay and reinforcements diverted, to prevent them from defecting and aiding the enemy with a large amount of property belonging to the Silent King.

But in fact, that list was given to Orikan by *that person*; they were Necron Phaerons and Overlords under the Silent King who were wavering.

These Phaerons and Overlords were originally wavering between Anrakyr and the Silent King, but the Silent King's act of cutting off their supplies, final payments, and military pay completely pushed these Phaerons and Overlords toward Anrakyr.

But the Silent King still fully believed that it was Orikan who had ferreted out the hidden traitors in advance, saving him from wasting a batch of property.

Or rather, the Silent King actually did not care whether those people were wavering or betraying.

He was an extremely confident existence; loyalty that was not absolute was equivalent to absolute disloyalty to him.

"You have really worked hard." The Phaeron of the Stars comforted Orikan.

"It is not hard to be loyal to His Majesty the Silent King!" Orikan said righteously.

Expressions of praise appeared on the faces of the Triarch.

"The Master is truly a minister loyal to the monarch and the nation! With the Master by our side, the revival of the Necron Star Empire is in sight." The Phaeron of the Stars praised.

Orikan saluted the Triarch respectfully again, but he did not forget the serious business of this trip.

The Phaeron of the Stars listened to the future predicted by Orikan observing the trajectory of the stars, nodding repeatedly while listening.

"Master Orikan means that the little thief Anrakyr intends to gather all the traitors in the Volian-Wash system to conspire in rebellion, subvert our dynasty, and plot a mutiny?" The Phaeron of the Stars' eyes flickered, staring at Orikan and asking.

Orikan nodded in agreement, and then the Triarch fell into a dead silence, as if the Silent King was conducting an unknown exchange with the other two members of the Triarch.

This was, of course, not calculated by Orikan; his astrology was a science, not some superstitious witchcraft like Aeldari prophecies, Imperial revelations, or numerology, which could reach inaccurate conclusions without any basis.

The principle of this science lay in predicting the flow of time by observing the trajectory of the stars, finding the inevitability of that moment among infinite possibilities.

But the problem was that Orikan's science was rigorous, while the universe itself was not so rigorous; due to the existence of the Warp, time confusion occurred from time to time, and Orikan often had to correct the errors in this galaxy himself.

The Volian-Wash system was located at the edge of the Pariah Nexus; that location had long been swallowed by Warp storms, and time within it had already become chaotic. Orikan had no way to observe such a precise future.

This news also came from *that person*, but Orikan was actually a bit puzzled.

Anrakyr was clearly *that person's* spokesperson among the Necrons; why would he betray his location? And at such an important moment.

If the Silent King himself had charged over when Anrakyr was holding that so-called "Twenty-Two Phaeron Anti-Thief Silent King Alliance"...

Relying solely on the spear in the Silent King's hand, Anrakyr and those Phaerons would at least have to die in part.

To fail before the campaign even began—this would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to Anrakyr's rebellion, and after *that person* lost Anrakyr as a useful spokesperson, it would also be difficult to gather a group of Necrons again...

Could it be that *that person* was certain the Silent King would not take action directly?

"The Great Silent King Szarekh says: Master Orikan underestimates the heroes of the galaxy." The Phaeron of the Stars chuckled twice, as if saying that even Orikan could make mistakes.

"... Ah?" Orikan was stunned, not understanding the meaning of the Phaeron of the Stars.