It's Over, Father is Coming to Kill Me

Azariah deeply regretted his actions. Even though he had been promoted to Daemon Prince, he still felt empty inside. As Tom's former lieutenant, Azariah was a true Atlas, and his ideals were different from those of Blood Ravens Boy, being more aligned with the Atlas legion during the Great Crusade.

Even within the same Chapter, among brothers of the same blood, there are still small cliques. After all, humans have emotions and desires, and those with similar personalities and habits will naturally come together and become close friends. Azariah is such a person.

Azariah's full Azariah Azalil Kelas Tam Cypher. Just from his name, you can tell he's good at keeping secrets, and he's a genuine Caliban.

Azariah is to Tom what the Khan is to Mordred —his top Dog's Leg and Keeper of Secrets, plus he's a Librarian, so he knows even more secrets.

Within the Blood Ravens, very few people know about Operation Paperclip. And despite Tom's seemingly unreliable demeanor, he is a legitimate Atlas Eighth Company Captain and one of the five members of the Legion's Four Heavenly Kings.

As a veteran and one of the executors of Operation Paperclip, Tom's last order before Mordred's death was to survive and preserve the life of Atlas's remaining 782 Space Marine.

Tom knew he lacked the Khan's ruthlessness and cunning, Goff's strategic planning, and Gawain's iron will. He wasn't even as good as the unremarkable but trustworthy Livyere. He could only be a bunch of scoundrels with Ji Yalan, the Pointy-ears bean, and belong to the comedic group.

He even knew that his father had no other choice but to entrust him with this most important task.

The most unreliable person was given the most important task, which put Tom under immense pressure. He was afraid that he would fail to complete the task and let the flame of Atlas be extinguished in his hands.

But when Tom actually started using it, he found that it was indeed the case, and there were even more problems than he had imagined.

At that time, the Atlas Eighth Company was in the Webway and had just experienced the Webway War. Of the original 4,000 men, only 1/5 of the company remained, and everyone was wounded.

A group of Space Marine with no prior record suddenly appeared in the secret Webway at the heart of the Imperium, and they were not the offspring of any Primarch.

What's even more perplexing is that once they leave the Webway, they will lose all memories of Mordred, just like everyone else, and will be cut off from all contact with the Outside World.

Do not doubt the Empire's paranoia at this moment. If Mordred, the central figure in the Great Heresy, and everything associated with him are removed, the entire Great Heresy becomes extremely abstract.

They inexplicably started fighting, then inexplicably went to Tallarn, and then inexplicably teamed up with Chaos God, only to fight each other again in the end.

Therefore, Tom chose the safest approach: to write down everything they knew, replace all records about Mordred with the Second Primarch, and finally use various coded symbols inherited from the First Legion to depict their past experiences from the sidelines.

This was only the first step. After ensuring that the other 781 Atlas had all recorded the coded messages, Tom did not leave the Webway immediately. Instead, he began to take stock of the supplies and waited for the Webway to open from the Outside World.

They waited for three whole years, and as Tom had predicted, all their memories of Atlas became hazy after they left the Webway.

Even if their memories were read and they were interrogated by Psyker, no useful clues could be obtained. They were just a group of remnants who survived the Webway War and only knew that they once belonged to the Second Legion.

The second step in clearing his identity was to demonstrate his value. Using the massive military supplies within the Webway as leverage, Tom and his company successfully gained the Protoss's trust and distributed them as needed, which were then divided among the various Legions.

While it is indeed immoral to exploit someone who has lost their offspring, at least they receive preferential treatment afterward. This is both morally and logically sound, as Blood Ravens is a remnant of the Second Legion and a descendant of a vanished Primarch.

This is Tom's third step in his plan: to break the large army into smaller units. He would let Atlas infiltrate the various legions and develop slowly, while he would lead the main force to the Iron Hands, which now only had a hundred or so men left.

Tom knew that without the Blood Reservoir as a safety net, Atlas could not expand as it had before and could only follow the old path, growing slowly by relying on various legions, just as it had before the Primarch's return.

Moreover, given Atlas's characteristics, no matter which legion they join, as long as they continue Warp Voyage, they will never be used as expendable pawns and will definitely rise to the upper echelons.

Even after multiple iterations, when others see Atlas, they won't immediately realize that these Canned One, which are a size larger than themselves, are not brothers, but cousins.

This is determined by Atlas's Gene-Seed. Without loading a second seed, the original seed would slowly absorb the soul fragments emanating from those around it, causing the original body to move closer to its legion.

Moreover, under the Empire's giant worship mentality that "bigger is better" and "more is better," even among the Iron Warriors, who had the lowest average height, Atlas was the tallest, at least a head taller.

Atlas's average height is 2.8 meters, and that's before the Primaris Conversion. Only Hydra can rival this size. After the Primaris Conversion, this gap will narrow to around 10 feet.

In addition to Atlas's nature, and the weakened version of My Thinking Power after completely Mycelial Symbiosis, these scattered Atlas can easily become logistical units such as Techmarine and Apothecary, thus avoiding too many being deployed to the front lines.

Not to mention Atlas's incredible vitality; as long as it doesn't do anything reckless, it's basically immortal. Of course, it's impossible not to do anything reckless, as Atlas will always suffer non-combat losses for various abstract reasons, but with this ebb and flow, its numbers will definitely increase.

Guilliman's actions in splitting the Chapter gave Tom another opportunity, allowing Blood Ravens to break away from the Iron Hands and form the Inner Circle through the original Atlas to preserve the Legion's history and reclaim the Atlas legacy by collecting treasures across the galaxy.

As for those bizarre anecdotes, they were all made up by Tom. That's the advantage of living a long life; if anyone dares to question him, he can just say, "You've only been Space Marine for a few years, right?"

When I fought alongside the Emperor in the Unification Wars, the Primarch hadn't even been born yet. Do you understand the value of seniority?

Azariah, as Tom's adjutant, was also a member of the Inner Circle.

Although he had never met Mordred, Azariah firmly believed that the Primarch would return and lead the Blood Ravens to restore the Legion's glory. Therefore, he was fascinated by the knowledge of Chaos and wanted to use the power of the Warp to summon his Primarch back.

When he told Tom about his plan, the two hit it off immediately and began collecting relics all over the galaxy. They gathered Mordred's sidearm, armor, Ashen Herald, and even a sofa, before plunging into the Warp.

Although Mordred committed suicide to thank God, the Chaos God is One Proof of Eternity all that is rightfully his. However, due to a bug in Mordred's unique mechanism, Sacred Separation by the Greedy Dissolution.

But Sacred Separation is Sacred Separation; existence is everything, and everything is for the sake of existence. The five seconds that Mordred briefly became a god had already given birth to the Demon Realm, that Devouring Abyss, located in the southernmost corner of the Chaos Eight-Pointed Star, which can also be called the Devouring Extinction Heaven, Big Mouth Chewy Fun.

In fact, if we divide it this way, then if the Yellow Skins that occupies the territory of erosion and destruction gives rise to the demon realm, it can also be called the Rakshasa Heaven or the Nephalem Heaven, or even the Indra Heaven.

In short, in order to find his father, Tom abdicated and stepped down. After Azariah became the Chapter Master, he discovered that his leader had taken a group of people out and never returned, but he couldn't get back in.

Tom was able to hold on for ten thousand years because he believed his father could return. He went out to find his father now because Atlas had already set up his operation, so it didn't matter whether Tom was there or not.

Unlike Azariah, he lacked the patience. He appeared gentle and refined, even a Librarian, but he was more like a well-disguised barbarian like the Lion King.

Tom was able to sneak in because of Ashen Herald, while Azariah didn't have the key. In desperation, he had no choice but to seek help from the Warp, hoping to enter the Demon Realm by selling himself for a good price.

According to Azariah's understanding, someone as powerful as his think Librarian would surely be summoned by the Lord of Change, but he never expected that what he summoned would be a Bloodthirsty Demon named Melditam.

Despite his bad reputation, Azariah still had his dignity. "I am a noble mage. What do you mean by coming here, you red-skinned brute? Do you really think I have no temper?"

As everyone knows, red-type characters are all short-tempered, not to mention the fierce Bloodthirster who disagreed. He probably thought, "You little Canned One monster, so arrogant? Am I Daemon, or are you?"

Before the conditions were even set, the two, Bloodthirsty Demon and an Alpha-class Psyker, started fighting each other.

Fortunately, Azariah's ceremony took place in the Physical World, and he was surrounded by a group of good brothers. Relying on his superior numbers and home advantage, Azariah, an Alpha-class Psyker, wielded two Power Axe and managed to cripple his opponents.

They even humiliated him to his face, forcing this Daemon to call them "daddy," and threatened to beat him senseless if he didn't. In addition to verbal abuse, they also repeatedly beat him.

After all, the Blood Ravens ancestral precepts are here: Daemon have no sense of pain. The ancestors' words must be true. We must be more wicked and ruthless than Daemon and never treat them as normal lives.

Even after repeated beatings proved futile, Azariah went even further down a path of perversion, because he suddenly discovered that this Bloodthirsty Demon was actually quite handsome. After all, while Daemon are genderless, they do possess physical characteristics.

Although Atlas is gone, the Blood Ravens have inherited Atlas good habits. Every Blood Ravens must participate in two trials in their lifetime to prove themselves. These trials originate from the Serenity Dog-men's customs.

The first trial is in the savage and primitive world of Malkgorra, who believe in one-on-one combat. The only requirement is to fight one-on-one and not use firearms. You only need to hunt a pheasant to pass, which means you have become a qualified warrior.

Furthermore, there are no set targets; the choice is entirely based on one's own abilities. Even selecting one's hunting target is part of the trial, requiring strategic thinking.

The Lekshir Ritual, as an advanced stage, is the second trial, and it goes to extremes, targeting Daemon, signifying that you have reached adulthood and can stand on your own.

The Lekshir Ritual signifies plunder, but only one of these Daemon can merge into the shadows, regardless of strength or number.

Once the Daemon is completely tamed and dissolved into the shadows, its soul will merge with its master, becoming an even more powerful Enchanted Warrior. Atlas will also add a stroke to his name, incorporating the Daemon into his surname.

Take Mordred for example. He had a total of 88 surnames, and after taming the useless Daemon Morgan Pendragon, he had 89. His last surname became Pendragon.

Although there is no limit to the number of demons, and there is more than one demon Demon Pal, only one Daemon can be written into the surname, which is a status that is shared by all.

That being said, nurturing a weakling is too time-consuming. Many Atlas prefer to reserve their positions, waiting to seize high-quality Daemon when they encounter them. Azariah belongs to this category.

After all, Azariah's starting point was too high; he was directly Alpha-class Psyker. Ordinary lesser Daemon wouldn't even look at him. The Daemon in his mind had to be powerful and domineering enough to be at least on par with him.

The result was obvious: under Atlas's fine tradition, Azariah accomplished something unprecedented, taming this Bloodthirsty Demon through sheer personal charisma and repeated back-and-forth struggles over eight long years.

The reason why Azariah can be considered unprecedented is not because he used conventional fighting methods to tame the monster through physical means, but because he made this Bloodthirsty Demon fall in love with him.

Don't ask him how he did it; no one dares to ask or say. In short, from Azariah's name was prefixed with Tahm Kench.

If it were a normal person, they would definitely give up the idea when this path is blocked. But Azariah is not a normal person. After all, a person cannot, or at least should not, lay hands on Daemon. How can he be considered normal?

So Azariah continued the ritual, but this time he was smarter and started a blood sacrifice. But he couldn't kill people, being a Fealty, so what could he do? He went to the slaughterhouse and killed 99,999 chickens.

This is truly an insult to Tzeentch. I am the Lord of Change, not the Lord of Chickens. Even if you offer poultry as sacrifices, that's one thing, but what about the chicken? Did you eat the chicken?

Enraged Tzeentch destroyed 11,111 chickens on the spot, blacklisted the bastard, and turned the sacrifice towards the Khorne. This time, the red faction's representative appeared again, this time it was Angrath.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Angrath was always used as a stepping stone. He was, after all, the leader of the Greater Daemon. He didn't make a big fuss when he came up. In fact, he was amazing. He directly promoted Azariah to a demon and made him his Daemon Prince, and then took him to the Brass Fortress.

Going there was easy, but coming out was difficult. Once they reached the Brass Fortress, this auspicious place where they could still look up and see the Brass Throne, Azariah was completely helpless. He was also the only Space Marine who became the Khorne Daemon Prince of the Librarian member.

What else can we do? We'll just have to open a stall.

Azariah opened a tavern called Graveyard Hub, where he and his Daemon lover became the owners, and later they also took in a bartender Ahriman.

Then Azariah heard about the Atlas reorganization and the return of the Primarch, and he was filled with regret.

I thought to myself, if I hadn't been so reckless, and had just held on for a few more years, in these 400 years, I could have become the First Returned Son. Why couldn't I have held on?

"Wait, what's that noise outside?"

Lying in front of the window that Magnus had previously kicked to pieces but had now repaired, Azariah peered out and saw his boss, Angrath, Dog's Leg leading a miniature Dog-men wearing a red scarf towards the Brass Throne.

Perhaps sensing something, Mordred looked down and immediately spotted her Rebellious son and her Daemon daughter-in-law leaning against the window. Her anger subsided by half.

But upon meeting each other's eyes, Azariah instantly broke out in a cold sweat, Collapsed on the Ground like a man who professed to love dragons but was terrified of them. Startled, Melditam rushed forward to check on him. "Master, what's wrong? What's wrong with you, crying like this?"

"No, no, no, it's Father! Father's back! Kiya's coming to kill me!"