Rogal Dorn, the Emperor's Fist

Meanwhile, on Holy Terra, within the Imperial Palace.

Before the eyes of Downton, Death, Morpheus, and the Emperor.

A shadowed Corax silently descended among them!

Feeling Corax's presence, Lion El'Jonson suddenly could not help drawing a breath.

Having gradually grown old and learned empathy over the past ten thousand years, all it took was one glance at Corax for him to sense boundless pain and hatred from that figure!

At that moment, the Lion suddenly remembered ten thousand years ago.

The last time he had seen Corax as his elder brother, he had actually been... hurling cruel words at him!

Thinking that, the Lion trembled as he stepped forward, silently approaching Corax.

But Corax did not look at the Lion at all. His gaze fell upon the Emperor at once!

"F-Father!"

Corax hesitantly said, his voice trembling as well.

Emperor above, how terrified he was that what the assassin saw would be another fleeting illusion!

While he had been blocking Lorgar's path in the Eye of Terror, the four Chaos Gods had created all sorts of inexplicable illusions for him more than once in order to free Lorgar.

Some sought to lure him into falling.

Others cursed and humiliated him.

But most of those illusions consisted of the four Chaos Gods insulting and slandering the Emperor.

In order to slander the Emperor, the four Chaos Gods had created countless illusions involving the Emperor for Corax.

In those illusions, life between the Emperor and Corax always began incomparably warm, only to suddenly change later on. The Emperor's character would transform completely—becoming violent, disgusting, or some goddamn Slaaneshi illusion where the Emperor sold himself...

In short, even though he saw the Emperor with his own eyes, Corax still found it difficult to believe.

As though sensing Corax's hesitation, the Emperor walked before