"The Kanak Dynasty had acquired souls."
"A few days ago, they officially declared their secession from the Triarch Council's rule and formed a military alliance with the Kasa Dynasty."
At a meeting convened by the Triarch Council, the Judiciar beside the Silent King announced the recent developments.
The Pharaohs and Overlords of every dynasty remained silent.
The Silent King still said nothing.
Imotekh remained positioned in opposition to the Silent King.
The Sautekh Dynasty's capital Tomb World, Mandala, had been destroyed, and its reanimation protocols had been ruined. Neither of these major events had drawn Imotekh away from the front lines of the war against humanity, yet he had rushed here directly to attend today's meeting.
There was no other reason. The matter under discussion today was simply too important.
The entire species faced its most terrifying crisis—division.
"Are the souls the Kanak Dynasty received from that demigod the souls of our ancestors?" asked a Pharaoh who did not believe Necrons were still Necrophages.
"They are not Necrophage souls," said the Judiciar, who did not believe Necrons had anything to do with Necrophages at all. "They are souls created by extracting traits from our collateral kin tens of millions of years ago. They are not Necrophage souls. Any individual granted such a soul becomes an entirely different species, with no inheritance relationship whatsoever to the Necrophages."
"How could you possibly know that so clearly? If I were that demigod, I would have told the Kanak Dynasty that these were Necrophage souls. I would have deceived them with lies so they would not harbor misgivings."
"You would have done that. But the problem is, that demigod did not. He told the Kanak Dynasty plainly that if they received souls, they would not be Necrophage souls."
"How could that be? Isn't he