Lion gripped the Greatsword and strained to pull it free.
Emagran tried to project information into Lion's mind, but the Primarch had no intention of accepting it.
And when Emagran opened her mouth to explain, Lion had already pulled the Greatsword free from where it pinned the chain and charged at Lu Jin.
"Butcher!"
Lion roared.
"The only difference between you and Angron is that you killed everyone you hated!"
"You act entirely on your own likes and dislikes. If you have some affection for someone, you'll let them off even if they've done evil. On the other hand, even if they're a good person, you'll slaughter them anyway!"
Lion knew about the relationship between Emagran and Lu Jin, so he thought Lu Jin was merely enraged because Sela had captured Emagran—and was therefore bent on killing him.
And judging by Sela's past, there had to be some other reason he had captured Emagran.
As for Lu Jin's roars about killing hundreds of billions of people—if a world was as thoroughly corrupted as the one the rebels had chosen as a ritual site during the Great Crusade, with the entire planet's population tainted, then what choice was there but to grant them release? Should they be allowed to spread the corruption of Chaos?
Lion still trusted his own judgment of Sela more. He had fought alongside Sela and knew what kind of person an Inquisitor was.
"You broke up the expeditionary force!"
"I should have known what kind of man you were!"
At those words, Lu Jin turned to face Lion.
"You're ignorant and reckless. All you bring is destruction!"
Only when Lion spoke again and laid the Greatsword against Emagran's neck did Lu Jin charge straight at him.
Seeing Lu Jin shoot toward him like a cannonball, Lion instinctively