"Erda, don't leave."
The Emperor grabbed the woman's arm.
"Don't try to sweet-talk me, I'll never believe another word you say, Neoth, You're a liar, a scumbag, Bah!"
Erda cursed the Emperor, but her feet remained rooted to the spot.
"I'll stake my reputation on it, this woman likes the Emperor." Trazyn declared confidently, "Likes him to no end."
Even across species, he could spot the romantic tension between a man and a woman.
"Do you even understand love, you shut-in? You've probably never even touched a woman's hand." Orikan retorted unceremoniously.
No matter when or where, Trazyn had become his habit.
"No love? How many people were infatuated with me back then? They called me a Casanova! You think I'm like you, always buried in books, never even seen a woman?" Trazyn retorted without reservation to Orikan.
"Two pathetic souls with no luck with the opposite sex." Eldrad added, twisting the knife.
His words instantly made Trazyn and Orikan put aside their personal grievances and unite against a common foe.
"You're the one with no luck with women, a useless piece of trash no one would even lick if thrown into Commoragh!"
"Even Slaanesh would reject you!"
Their offensive power was deadly.
Eldrad's face flushed and paled by turns.
He was about to unleash his psychic powers on those two.
The other Eldar seers also looked displeased, secretly accumulating psychic energy, showing a clear tendency to gang up and beat the two.
Trazyn and the Imperial heroes, on the other hand, watched with cold eyes.
They didn't care what happened to these xenos.
They only cared about the Emperor.
Seeing the two sides on the verge of conflict, Daniel stepped forward to intervene, "Enough! Don't make me throw you all back."
The two groups finally stopped, but neither was willing to concede.
Everyone was a projection, unable to interfere with the past, because of this, they could only observe the unfolding of events.
"Before you go, can I ask you one thing?"
The Emperor looked at Erda, his tone sincere.
"Don't ask me to forgive you or anything like that, I won't accept it."
Erda had a haughty expression.
Though she spoke of refusal, the anticipation in her eyes betrayed her.
"No, I just want you to go to the city of Sodom, deal with those few demons, and buy me time to gather strength and unleash heavenly fire."
The Emperor was serious, completely oblivious to Erda's tightly clenched fists.
"You want me to deal with those demons? Do you know how powerful they are?"
"I know, but you are an immortal, Dying a few times will buy enough time."
"Go to hell, Neoth, you scumbag!"
Erda gave the Emperor a good beating, but she still helped him, going to Sodom to hold off those demons, She couldn't defeat them and was killed several times.
However, the time she bought allowed the Emperor to accumulate enough psychic power.
He unleashed heavenly fire, destroying the wicked city of Sodom.
Clearly, the Emperor had played the roles of Yahweh and God in history.
The Bible describes how God, displeased with the fallen city of Sodom, sent his angels to destroy it, after taking Abraham's family, the good people of the city, away, God unleashed heavenly fire, destroying that city of sin, but the truth differed from the biblical account: Sodom was a city corrupted by demons, which is why it was destroyed by the Emperor, after resurrecting, Erda found the Emperor, kicked him hard, and even swore an oath that she would never speak to him or help him again, otherwise, she would be killed by her own children in the future, after that, Erda turned and left, at this moment, the Emperor turned his head and looked at the location of Daniel and his group.
"Seen enough, travelers from the future?"
"Pretty dramatic." Daniel commented, "Erda calling you a scumbag is spot on, How could you ask a girl who likes you to do something like that?"
The Emperor:
"..."
"I thought you'd say something else, at least about demons or the Warp."
Daniel waved his hand, "Those guys aren't going anywhere, what's the rush?"
"I'm more concerned about your emotional state."
The Emperor looked at the departing Erda, "My emotions are perfectly healthy."
"Doesn't look like it." Daniel shook his head, "I only see a cold man, You know she likes you, and you're exploiting that emotion."
"Turning everything into a tool is a necessary condition for success." the Emperor said, "Emotions are no exception, To save humanity, such a price must be paid."
"But what kind of humanity do you want to save?" Daniel said, "You must have heard the story of the beheaded queen, Marie Antoinette."
"When her minister said the people had no bread, she asked him why they didn't eat cake."
"That story is false." the Emperor shook his head, "Because I wrote that story to ignite the people's anger and drive the revolution."
Daniel: "..."
Goodness, you've played quite a few roles.
"The story is false, but the meaning it conveys is clear." Daniel said, "Ordinary people need emotions to fill their emptiness, Only then can they find meaning in life."
"But it's ironic that those who try to save them cannot empathize with their emotions."
"Only people with sunshine in their hearts can bring sunshine to others, People with darkness in their hearts will only bring darkness to others."
"Are you here to debate me?" the Emperor said.
"No, I'm here to check if you're worth resurrecting." Daniel shrugged, "I can't bring back an Emperor who is a dictator and doesn't care about the lives of his people to achieve his goals."
"The Emperor of the Imperium of Man isn't me anymore." the Emperor pouted.
Daniel's eyes widened, "What do you mean? I'm kindly saving you, and you want to dump this mess on me, don't you?"
"How can you be so wicked!"
The Emperor ignored Daniel and transformed into a glowing fragment, flying into Trazyn's hand.
Clearly, he knew that once he fell into Daniel's hands, some bad things would definitely happen.
"Come out and explain yourself, you bastard!"
Daniel shouted, but the fragment was unresponsive, What a scoundrel, he wouldn't really dump this mess on me, would he??
Wow, how can a person be so wicked??
Daniel wanted the Emperor to come out and explain, but the other party's appearance made him feel very frustrated; this guy was playing dead.
Unable to get an answer, Daniel could only continue to search for the Emperor's lost personality fragments at various points in time, as the surrounding environment twisted.This time, they arrived at a cave.
The Emperor was painting, depicting goats, hunters, and grass, with another person standing beside him.
He described his plan to that person.
Chasing the goat, throwing a spear when the goat fled into the grass, and finally hitting the goat.
Finally, he left his handprint on that crude painting, and the other person did too.
If Daniel remembered correctly, this should be the Emperor trying to convince Malcador, who recalled this scene during the Battle of Terra.
The Emperor's painting was a prophecy and also their plan, but unfortunately, everything was changed in the end.
"Is this the origin of the name 'Hand-Bearer'?"
Trazyn saw this scene and realized that this was Malcador, the Hand-Bearer, and the Emperor discussing a plan.
This time, the Emperor did not speak to them.
Instead, he directly transformed into a fragment and merged into Trazyn's hand.
Immediately after, Daniel and the others arrived at another point in time, at this point in time, the Emperor was participating in a crusade, fighting against a lord corrupted by Chaos.
This time, Erda was also by his side.
For some unknown reason, Erda, despite her solemn oath, decided to accompany him.
However, the Emperor remained unfeeling.
He once again tricked Erda into attracting the enemy's attention.
Then he led his men to ambush the lord's stronghold, breaking the city and winning the victory.
The result, as expected, was another kick.
Erda left angrily.
"Do you always treat people as tools? You're a heartless bastard."
Next, Daniel and his group arrived at the time of the Tower of Babel, at this point, the Emperor had already won the victory and was standing in front of the Tower of Babel with Warmaster.
The Emperor looked at the Tower of Babel and had a different idea.
He wanted to materialize the power of incantations.
"No, we waged this war to prevent more deaths."
Ollanius, as Warmaster, shook his head, "The power of incantations is terrifying, we must seal it away."
"No—" the Emperor shook his head, "We can use it as a weapon, that way we can easily deal with the Warp."
"To deal with those monsters, mere strength is not enough." Ollanius objected, "If the person who wields incantations is corrupted, they will cause even more destruction."
"I am confident I can control them." the Emperor said with full confidence.
Seeing the Emperor like this, Ollanius showed disappointment.
While the Emperor was trying to harness the power of incantations.
He plunged the sword in his hand into the other's body.
"I cannot let you make this mistake, Once the power of incantations runs rampant, it will be a catastrophe for humanity."
Then, Ollanius set fire to the Tower of Babel and fled.
The recovered Emperor looked at the burning Tower of Babel in silence, eventually turning into a fragment and falling into Trazyn's hand.
"Unlucky child." Daniel said.
Subsequently, they went to other places, witnessing the Emperor's actions.
He played many roles.
King, knight, soldier, commoner, etc., the Emperor played every role.
He fought for Qin Wang, who swept across the six realms, was Alexander the Great's himself, and witnessed the First Industrial Revolution.
During this time, Erda would always be with the Emperor, but after a while, she would again be saddened by the Emperor's actions and choose to leave, and after some time, she would come back to find the Emperor.
Daniel found it to be a doomed relationship, The Emperor was truly a scumbag.
He perfectly embodied the principles of 'no refusal, no initiative, no responsibility.'
Of course, he wasn't just a scumbag to Erda, but to everyone—fickle, playing with people's hearts, taking what he wanted, and then running off.
He acted recklessly, relying on his charisma.
Honestly, Daniel understood the immortals who parted ways with him.
Who could stand being treated as a tool forever??
Daniel and the others' projections continuously traveled through the timeline because the Emperor's traces spanned the entire history of human development.
He secretly pushed for humanity's technological and cultural revolutions.
Leading humanity to the stars, to the universe, and establishing an interstellar civilization.
Humanity, as he planned, became the overlords of the universe.
Unfortunately, the AI crisis he always wanted to avoid ultimately erupted due to numerous coincidences, after the AI crisis ended, humanity's strength plummeted.
Immediately after, the Warp Storm struck, causing the Age of Strife, after a period of silence, the Emperor gathered several immortals to the planet Mordor, From there, he entered the Warp and stole ancient Chaos power.
Of course, this power was not the power of the Gods, but the power of the Old Ones.
The Old Ones created the eight-pointed star, attempting to condense nine deities to control the Warp, but the plan was not implemented before they were exterminated.
The Emperor stole all the power of the eight-pointed star; as long as he did not become a god, the later gods would not appear.
Next, Daniel and his group arrived at Terra during the Unification Wars.
Erda was once again with the Emperor, and this time she even gave him her own genes, allowing him to create the Primarchs.
Initially, Erda was quite happy, as this was, after all, their two children, but the Emperor, as always, was unfeeling; after using Erda, he ignored her and forbade her from interfering with the Primarchs' affairs, as one might expect, Erda, with the help of the Chaos Gods, blew up the laboratory and sent the Primarchs to different worlds.
Daniel watched this scene.
During this time, he also saw Horus and Erebus and others; they had all reached this timeline and witnessed the unfolding of events.
"So, this is why Erda was willing to throw the Primarchs out: because of what you did to her, and she feared you would do the same to those children."
"Purely treating them as tools of conquest, and then mercilessly destroying them once they lose their value."
The Emperor watched the Warp rift devour all the Primarchs.
"Perhaps."
After answering, he turned into a fragment and merged into Trazyn's hand.
With the acquisition of the laboratory fragment, all the fragments of the past had been collected.
Next, Daniel and the others turned their gaze to the future.
Due to the existence of the Warp, the future of the galaxy was uncertain; it had many possible futures, but only one future would truly come to pass.
Daniel and his group first arrived at a future where the Emperor would become a god.
The galaxy had been burnt to ashes, with no living creatures, no Warp daemons; everything was incinerated.
Only a Dark King sat alone in the center of the galaxy.
Daniel and his group obtained a fragment here.
Next was the future where the Emperor died on the Golden Throne.
The Dark King, who destroys all things, was not born, The Chaos Gods invaded the real universe, and the Warp and the real universe perfectly merged, after thousands of years of the Dark Age, the Age of Magic descended, where every creature could use the power of magic.
The eternal war continued, and Daniel and his group also obtained a fragment.
The third was a future where the Emperor neither died nor became a god.
The Imperium of Man continued to fight the Chaos Gods, forming a balance.
The third future was—
Daniel and his group traveled through time repeatedly, observing what would happen in the future.
In this way, they collected all of the Emperor's personality fragments, and then set off to return to the Imperial Palace on Holy Terra, preparing to awaken the Emperor and discuss the next step of the plan.
Whether to let the Emperor rise from the Golden Throne or to continue sitting there for now.
Daniel placed the collected fragments of humanity into the Emperor's body on the Golden Throne.
Due to his severe injuries, the Emperor did not immediately awaken but remained in a state of slumber.
Voldus and the Grey Knights stood by, clutching their weapons tightly.
Should any uncontrollable anomaly occur, they would immediately execute their final orders, according to the agreement, they only allowed the Imperial Saint to collect the Emperor's fragments of humanity; they did not agree to let the Emperor leave the Golden Throne, after all, Emperor had issued a final order before the Final Battle, prohibiting the Emperor from leaving the Golden Throne in any form.
If the Emperor were to leave the Golden Throne, whether by possession or transforming into some Warp entity.They would have the right to employ any measures, any weapons, any methods, to return the Emperor to the Golden Throne and fulfill his mission.
Looking at the Emperor, who had absorbed all the fragments of humanity but remained unchanged.
Daniel also didn't know what to do next.
Eldrad and the Avatar of the Laughing God also remained silent.
They indeed knew many things and understood many secrets of the universe.
However, they did not know much about the Dark King, the Emperor's ascended form, because of this, no one dared to try the next step rashly, and so they remained in a stalemate.
If they failed to revive the Emperor and instead awakened the Dark King.Then the doomsday scenario they had witnessed in future timelines would come to pass.
The Dark King would devour everything in the galaxy, leaving only a solitary Dark King floating in the void.
No one could stop the Dark King, not even the Chaos Gods.
In that timeline, at least, the Chaos Gods had all perished, absolute death enveloped everything.
"Perhaps we could install a speaker for the Emperor."
Daniel quickly thought of a method that wouldn't require the Emperor to recover his health, wouldn't trouble the Grey Knights, and would still allow him to communicate with people, after discussion, everyone unanimously agreed that this plan was feasible.
So, Daniel summoned Laski, the Fabricator-General from Mars, and instructed him to build a golden speaker, and then connect the speaker to the Emperor's nervous system.
Under the guidance of several Star Gods, this work was quickly completed.
"Saint, the speaker is in place, You may proceed with testing."
Laski walked up to Daniel and reported to him.
"Excellent."
Imperial Guard Commander Trazyn showed the most excitement.
The right to converse with the Emperor was finally no longer monopolized by the Saint.
They had lived quite miserably during this period.
Who would believe they would be assigned to guard the Eye of Terror?
Although they lost the Blood Game, such a thing was truly terrible for the Adeptus Custodes.
Now, the Emperor would speak to them again, personally issuing decrees, and this way, they would no longer be oppressed by the Saint.
Trazyn walked up to the Emperor, "Great Majesty, please Guide Terra once more."
Emperor [No Response]
"Your Majesty."
Trazyn called out again.
Emperor [No Response]
"Your Majesty."
After another fruitless call, Trazyn could only look at Daniel.
Daniel walked over and kicked the Golden Throne, "Wake up, time to work."
Trazyn: "......"
He really should have the Pope burn this guy to death, as the Imperial Saint, he truly had no respect for Emperor.
"F***, can you not disturb me while I'm playing my mining game?"
The Emperor's impatient voice came through the speaker.
It was clear he was genuinely annoyed, even swearing.
"Time to work, no games." Daniel kicked again, "What game, you ass?"
"Stop kicking, you bastard, If you're so displeased with me, I'll let you sit in my place, alright?"
The Emperor's tone was angry, "And stop kicking my throne, Can't you find someone else to kick?"
"The complete form isn't cute at all, The fragments of humanity were better." Daniel grumbled.
The fragments of humanity were manifestations of specific traits of the Emperor; most of them spoke politely and were more human-like, after forming a complete entity with his divinity.
his previous arrogance and haughtiness also resurfaced.
"This current appearance is truly ugly."
The Emperor examined his surroundings through the optical camera on the speaker.
"Which f***ing drainpipe turned my throne into this?"
"To maintain the throne's functionality, Mars added many repair devices." Laski stepped forward and said.
"F***ing Kane, you're still not dead? You bastard, you still thought of returning to Mars via the Webway War, but not only did you screw over the Archmagos, you also caused the retreating armies to fall into heavy encirclement."
"If that bastard Horus wasn't about to reach Terra, I would have put you on a ship and launched you into the sun."
Trazyn: "......"
Laski: "......"
Eldrad: "......"
And the Void Dragon and other Star Gods, all fell silent?
Is that all there is to the man who could suppress the Four Chaos Gods?
He's a complete street thug!!
The Avatar of the Laughing God examined the Emperor, "Too many fragments of humanity were restored, allowing him to regain his original personality."
"Perhaps some should be reduced, so he can maintain his usual cold demeanor."
The Emperor began to strip away his humanity very early on, solely to act with absolute rationality, because of this, the Emperor during the Great Crusade was already incomplete, as soon as the Avatar of the Laughing God said this, Trazyn and the other Adeptus Custodes were even more speechless.
No!!
This Emperor with humanity, why does he seem so unreliable?
Daniel patted the Avatar of the Laughing God's shoulder, "Sometimes, one still needs to understand human social etiquette."
"Some things are better known than spoken so loudly."
"Sorry, I don't want to understand your mortal social etiquette." the Avatar of the Laughing God shook his head, his tone aloof.
When the Nightbringer and the Void Dragon stood on his left and right, the aloof Avatar of the Laughing God revealed a fawning smile, and his tone suddenly became much gentler.
"The Saint is absolutely right; I was being ignorant."
Facing the Emperor's questioning, Laski's voice became much softer.
"Your Majesty, I am not Kane, Fabricator-General Kane has long been buried by time, I am Laski, the new Fabricator-General."
"Sorry, you all look the same." the Emperor said, "Like you were born from a f***ed exhaust pipe."
Laski: "......"
He really wanted to report this to the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy; there was an evil entity disguised as the Emperor here, after scolding the Fabricator-General, the Emperor continued.
"Now, I shall issue an order."
As soon as these words were spoken, Trazyn and the others immediately showed anticipation.
"We will execute all tasks you assign without fail."
"Very good, go stuff those damn Ecclesiarchy believers into cannons and launch them into a star."
The Emperor's order made the Adeptus Custodes look at each other in dismay.
They really wanted to carry it out, but after numerous reforms, the Ecclesiarchy had become a powerful assistant to the Imperium.
Many priests fought on the front lines, bestowing blessings upon the Saints and Imperial heroes.
To purge the Ecclesiarchy now would be a very serious matter.
The Adeptus Custodes dared not act rashly, and Trazyn also stood still.
They all looked at Daniel, seeking his opinion.
"Your Majesty has been asleep for too long, and the fragments of humanity haven't fully merged, He's a bit fractured; there's no need to pay attention to him."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Adeptus Custodes breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to perform their duties as guards.
ignoring the Emperor's command.
The speaker remained silent for a long time before finally uttering a phrase.
"I am your creator, I am the Emperor of the Imperium; you should obey my commands unconditionally."
The Emperor's words did not receive a response from the Adeptus Custodes.
The cascading problems caused by destroying the Ecclesiarchy were too numerous.
It was highly likely to lead to the Imperium's fragmentation, causing slaughter between fanatics and ordinary people.
Simple and brutal elimination of the Ecclesiarchy was by no means a wise decision, although a speaker was installed for the Emperor, allowing him to communicate with others.
Due to his overly erratic behavior, Daniel requested everyone to keep it a secret to avoid unnecessary trouble.
The news of the Emperor's ability to speak again should not be made public, after dealing with these matters, Daniel summoned Arale and asked her to create a brand new expansion pack.
It would allow Players to exchange merit points for the opportunity to come to Terra, where they could not only visit the Throne Room but also have in-depth conversations with the Emperor.
"Yes, Master."
Arale's speed was as fast as ever, before long, she produced the brand new expansion pack [The Emperor Returns].
Daniel reviewed it, confirmed there were no issues, and then had Arale release it on schedule as usual, by 6 PM, when the expansion pack was released.Traffic on other websites instantly plummeted, all flowing into the Warhammer OL official website.
Countless internet companies were truly envious and gnashed their teeth with jealousy at the operators behind Warhammer OL.
The appearance of the new expansion pack greatly excited netizens.
In less than a minute, there were already 9999+ comments.
"Has the Emperor returned?"
"It looks like the closed beta is ending, and the open beta is coming soon."
"Awesome, let's finish quickly, We are eagerly awaiting the open beta."
"I've been queuing for so long and haven't gotten a single spot, truly spitting blood."
"......"
The Players were also very excited, discussing the brand new expansion pack.
"For His Majesty, loyalty."
"We are coming."
"Quick, exchange for the opportunity to visit Terra."
"......"
The first to arrive on Terra was the Emperor Hammers; their merit points were enough to be squandered recklessly.
They exchanged for the opportunity to enter the Throne Room and communicate with the Emperor.
"You finally came, you f***ing outsiders, Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?"
Warmaster: "......"
Yuji: "......"
Fred: "......"
Others: "......"
"Did we go to the wrong set? Is this the Emperor's Swear Word Skit?" Warmaster scratched his head, looking around.
The person in front of them was too different from the image of the Emperor they knew.
"You didn't go wrong; it's just that you're facing me with my humanity restored, not the incomplete me from before." the Emperor patiently explained the reason.
"Still feels fake." Yuji said.
"Go back to your Sorcerer's Planet, Magnus' brat." the Emperor said to Yuji, "Even if you're fake, I won't be."
"This Emperor is so punchable." Yuji raised his staff and jumped out, "Who will help me report to the Guide? I want to duel this bastard."
As soon as the words fell, laughter erupted.
"Hahahaha."
"Hahahaha."
Fred, Sea Turtle, and everyone else burst into laughter.
"Yuji said he wants to duel the Emperor."
"Dying of laughter, he can't even beat Ahriman, and he wants to fight the Emperor?"
"I think they still have a fighting chance, Maybe they can even make the Emperor kneel and beg him not to die."
"Hahahahahahahahaha."
"......"
"I'll fight you bastards to the death!" Yuji's forehead showed a bunch of black lines, and he swung his iron fist, fighting with Warmaster and the others.
The result was predictable: he was lifted up by everyone, thrown out, landed with a thud, and lay on the ground questioning life.
"Enough, outsiders, playtime is over."
The Emperor spoke, stopping their continued fooling around.
"I have a task I need to entrust to you."
"Your Majesty, please feel free to command Terra with anything; we are willing to offer our hearts to you." Warmaster clenched his fist and placed it on his chest, showing loyalty.
"Watch less anime; I still prefer the aquila salute." the Emperor said, not waiting for the other party's retort, and continued.
"Currently, Guilliman, Lion, Corax, Jaghatai Khan, and Sanguinius have returned, but Leman Russ, Vulkan, and others still need to be found."
"I need you to find them, bring all my children back, and prepare for the Final Battle."
"Of course, entrusting this matter to Terra is the best." Warmaster confidently promised, "We will definitely complete it perfectly."
"Besides this task, are there any other tasks?"
The Emperor was silent for a moment, "Go give Konrad Curze a beating, I've put up with that bastard for too long."
"If you are confident, go capture Magnus as well, I've also put up with that bastard for too long."
"Oh, and Perturabo, Lorgar......"
The Emperor listed a string of names.
Everyone who had opposed him back then was named, from Daemon Primarchs down to mere mortals, all-inclusive.
This made the Emperor Hammers and other Players look at each other, sighing at the Emperor's pettiness, but to gain favor, they still accepted the task, after the Players of the Emperor Hammers left Terra, they used the beacon network to teleport to where Konrad Curze was imprisoned.
"What else do you want to know?"
"Just release me, and I can tell you everything I know."
Konrad Curze looked at Warmaster and the others in front of him, revealing a chilling smile.
"Hit him."
Warmaster didn't waste a single word.
With a shout, a throng of people rushed forward.
punching and kicking the bound Midnight Ghosts, each move vicious, solely to complete the Emperor's task, as a Primarch, Konrad Curze's combat power was naturally beyond question; there were few rivals in the entire galaxy, but his hands and feet were bound, making him unable to exert his strength at all.
The members of the Emperor Hammers used various underhanded tricks, making Konrad Curze cry out in pain, additionally, some people were taking photos and recording videos nearby, after beating Konrad Curze black and blue and making him question life, Warmaster and the others finished up and retreated.
The Emperor quickly received the photos and videos, and seeing Konrad Curze being beaten.
he burst into laughter, stirring up hundreds of violent storms in the Warp.
Konrad Curze, with his hands and feet bound and powers suppressed, looked utterly depressed.
What was wrong with these people?
They just came up and beat him up?
At least ask a few questions first, and if he didn't talk, then start hitting him, but they didn't say anything at all.
He had his dignity too; how could they bully him like this?
He didn't know who was behind this idea; such a person was truly wicked.