Sarradin led the Janissaries Legion deep into the Core front line of the Xenos Race homeworld, and as the mental control fluctuations grew stronger, he already felt the eerie whispers in his mind.
"Sarradin..."
The voice was deep, as if drifting from an ancient void; it was the will of a c'tan shard manipulating Chaos Daemons, striking directly at his mental defenses.
"Your duty is to protect your people, isn't it? But..."
The whisper carried a cunning laugh, as if trying to tear open his soul.
"But what if you fail? What if you personally destroy them?"
Sarradin frowned, his powerful willpower making him clench his teeth, as he tried to resist this invisible invasion. But the voices did not stop; instead, they grew clearer and sharper.
"You think you are serving the Imperium, serving your father. But the Imperium? What have they ever done for you? Horus's orbital bombardment, when your home was reduced to ruins, where was your father?"
Sarradin's pupils trembled slightly, and fragments of memory flashed back into his mind. The sky of his homeland burned, the ruins filled with the wails of his elders and kin, while Imperial ships cruised coldly high above.
"The Imperium and the Emperor are nothing more than a lie machine built with blood and death. Your father is merely another tyrant sitting on a throne."
The whispers surged like a tide, gradually transforming into another tone, full of temptation and mockery.
An ominous figure gradually emerged, with countless eyes, and twisted runes encircling his ethereal form.
Tzeentch, one of the Four Chaos Gods, had now personally descended into the depths of Sarradin's consciousness.
"You are merely a chess piece on the board, Sarradin."
Tzeentch chuckled, his ethereal form gradually drawing closer to Sarradin.
"But you have a chance to break free... to become your true self, to create your own destiny."
Sarradin slammed his warblade into the ground, gripping the hilt with both hands. His entire body radiated a powerful psychic barrier, as he struggled to resist these intrusions. His forehead was covered in sweat, and he roared:
"Never! I am loyal to my father, even though he has many problems! But he and I are both loyal to humanity! You monsters cannot shake my faith!"
Tzeentch was not angered by Sarradin's defiance; instead, he revealed an even more sinister smile:
"Faith? A betrayed faith, that's all. Wasn't it Imperial warships that massacred your homeland? Wasn't it your so-called brother Horus who personally ordered the orbital bombardment? Sarradin, you fight for a world that isn't worth trusting at all!"
Sarradin's soul began to tremble, but his will remained firm.
"My father later saved my planet! I know my father's ideals! Although I don't agree with them, those are not the goals! They are merely the means! This is the best outcome we can achieve!"
He roared in resistance, gradually breaking free from the entanglement of Chaos. His psychic light bloomed in his mind, repelling Tzeentch's image.
However, at this very moment, the Four Chaos Gods exerted their power simultaneously.
"Mortal will is but a fleeting moment." A muffled and angry voice growled, that was Khorne's wrath, striking at Sarradin's anger and frustration.
"Pain will make him break faster." Another voice was filled with malice, that was Nurgle's plague words, injecting a shadow of decay into his soul.
"Let me open the deepest desires of his heart." Slaanesh, meanwhile, began to sketch his past glory and splendor with sweet temptation.
"Then why... did your father not stop Horus's orbital bombardment immediately?" Tzeentch spoke the truth, the thing Sarradin had always been unwilling to think about.
The powers of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods intertwined, forming an irresistible tide of Chaos, which violently surged into Sarradin's mental defenses.
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