The Emperor’s Angel of Death

#2278 - Tip of the Iceberg

"A trap?"

Sorskyan frowned, and the Vanus explained:

"Do you believe that a power strong enough to distort the rules of reality would suddenly fall from the sky without any cost or harm?"

"Then what exactly happened?"

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"Should I say, what do you want to know?"

Sorskyan looked at him, thought for a while, and finally asked a question that might be a little silly, but it was indeed what he was thinking.

"Vanus, will you tell me the truth?"

"I can only tell you what I know, but I am not omniscient, and I even know less than the Deceiver, although we are one. But the Deceiver has his special responsibilities, and he is allowed to conceal some things."

"What exactly is the Grey Pith?"

Hearing this question, the Vanus seemed to fall into thought, and after a long while, he replied:

"Strictly speaking, I cannot be sure either, but you should know something about it yourself. It is related to a nearly destroyed Star God, and also related to the Old Ones and the Eldar. However, I don't know much about the Eldar Gods, but the Grey Pith is very different from the Star God shards. You should have seen the Star God shards, they have enormous energy, but the Grey Pith doesn't manifest like that. Under normal circumstances, it does not possess any activity, but instead has the characteristic of absorbing energy. Whether this is the structure of the Star God itself, my understanding is limited. The only thing that can be certain is that the Star God called the Undying Starfall is very special. It is something that the Star Gods are very wary of. They have a special name for it."

"What?"

"Voidscourge."

"Voidscourge?"

"If you want to know more about the Star Gods, you can go to the Night Maze under Mars after leaving Terra. There will be someone there to guide you, but how much you can learn depends on your efforts."

"Night Maze, I remember it."

Sorskyan nodded vigorously, then he remembered the strangeness he felt when approaching Mars, and said:

"Is there a Star God there?"

"Yes, there is a Star God there named the Void Dragon. Although it is also a shard, it is one of the strongest among the Star God shards. I captured it with a plan back then, and then imprisoned it on Mars. Strictly speaking, it is not entirely imprisonment, but rather a cooperation between the two sides. Let's not talk about those old things. If it wants to say, it will naturally tell you."

Sorskyan keenly realized that the Vanus was still holding back something from him. Since he was able to imprison a Star God, it was impossible that he had limited understanding of the Star God's structure as he said.

But since the other party was unwilling to say, there would be no result even if he asked, so he turned to ask:

"Then what happened after Xerxes used the Grey Pith?"

"Actually, nothing happened."

"Huh?"

Sorskyan's eyes widened. Wasn't this a contradiction? Moreover, it differed from what Lee and Amnak had said.

Seeing his expression, the Vanus seemed to guess something and shook his head.

"Something did happen on Tarsus, but the impact was not significant. Xerxes's wisdom and mind are far stronger than you think, Sorskyan. He is not so easily controlled. →"

"Then why"?

"If I said he sought death himself, would you believe it?"

"Why is that?"

"Because he realized he had been tricked, that's why I said the Grey Pith is a trap."

"Didn't you say he could control himself?"

"He can control himself, but he can't control the Grey Pith."

This sentence sounded very contradictory, but after Sorskyan thought about it carefully, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

"Could it be that the Grey Pith can act on its own after leaving the host's body!?"

"That statement is not accurate. The Grey Pith is too mysterious. Xerxes discovered after a long time that it is indeed controlled by the host in the material universe, but it can enter the Warp."

"Ah!"

Sorskyan was shocked. He had never thought that the Grey Pith would actually act on its own and even enter the Warp. This thing was more like a parasite than a power.

A parasite that could move away from the body!

"And even worse, there are people trying to use this power."

"Who?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a word flashed in Sorskyan's mind. The only two people who could "use" the Grey Pith on the Primarch at that time were—

The Emperor, or

Malcador!

Sorskyan suddenly felt his heart fall into an ice cellar. Perhaps the truth was far darker and bloodier than he thought, perhaps many things were a scam from the beginning—

"How does he plan to use it?"

"The Grey Pith has a perfect transformation form between reality and the Warp, which means that if a God has such a body, then it can come to the mortal world at will. Similarly, if a person has such a body, then he is equivalent to a God who has physical laws and can freely enter the Warp. Malcador hoped that Xerxes would continue to advance the research on the Grey Pith. He wanted this perfect shell to be used by a perfect person, to become a magnificent thing that transcends the dual boundaries of reality and the Warp. At that time, their plan would no longer fear any variables."

Hearing this, Sorskyan took two steps back. He subconsciously looked at the painting.

The God Who Devours His Children.

So it has this layer of meaning.

"Malcador wants the Emperor to devour his own son?"

He turned his head and asked the question from his soul with some trembling.

"Did the Emperor know at the time?"

The Vanus looked away, without answering, but this was already an answer.

Sorskyan swallowed his throat, and for some reason he felt a burning pain there now.

"Then why did Xerxes seek death?"

"The existence who introduced the Grey Pith to him in the first place had impure motives. Xerxes discovered the fatal flaw in the Grey Pith in time, but he had no way to crack it. Due to Malcador's improper interference, the Grey Pith was still growing day by day, and one day it would turn around and devour him first. At that time, this hungry monster would come to Terra and become the God-child who overthrew the God-King. The only 'brake' that Xerxes could think of was death, but obviously Malcador did not stop promoting the Grey Pith plan, even after his sacrifice."

"Who introduced the Grey Pith to Xerxes?"

The Vanus shook his head.

"I don't know, maybe only Xerxes knows, but you may have to solve this mystery."

"But is Xerxes really dead?"

The Vanus looked at Sorskyan, looking at him so much that he even felt a little guilty, and subconsciously looked away.

"I just"?

"Strictly speaking, he is not dead. As the best of humans, he may not have such terrifying inner qualities as other Primarchs, but he has a very special ability, that is, whether his body is annihilated or his soul is annihilated, his intelligence will still exist. His consciousness can exist in a form beyond common sense, and even transform into a human again with some opportunity, just like when we were born and when we were destroyed."

At this time, what Lee once said jumped into Sorskyan's mind—

The Eldar and the Emperor are both beings with incredible power. Death is not the ultimate for them, but even liberation.

Obviously, Xerxes is also such an existence.

Sorskyan held his right hand to his chest.

"But why do I feel him"?

"In your body? Because Xerxes chose to attach his intelligence to the Grey Pith. He gave up infinite eternity, just to trap something that might destroy the galaxy."

"Then that is to say"?

The Vanus blinked.

"It's just like you think, that's right, Xerxes can be resurrected through your body, but your consciousness will disappear, or rather, you will become the tool to trap the thing of destruction."