After the Goddess of Life left, Bandis rose to his feet and walked over to the tactical table, studying every battlefield in the war.
"Let us go down and fight," Bandis said, almost pleadingly.
"You can't work people to death," Qin Mo refused without hesitation. "You should rest first."
Only upon hearing the word "rest" did Bandis realize he could not remember how long it had been since he last rested.
On reflection, it had not been that long, but considering the intensity of the battles during that time, he was still exhausted.
Not physically exhausted, but mentally.
Gaunt was dead.
None of those who had prepared themselves to meet Death for Glory like Gaunt had received it.
"Will his soul return to the Golden Throne?" Bandis suddenly asked. "I heard those Astartes say that the souls of the dead return to the Golden Throne."
It was merely a question that did not seek a definite answer, yet Qin Mo did not answer at once.
Qin Mo himself was not sure whether humanity truly returned to the Golden Throne after death.
Vanessa had once said no.
But Qin Mo also knew that some people had indeed been taken away by the Emperor, such as Captain Galas ten thousand years ago.
Yet if the answer was yes, then should Cadia fall, Abaddon could use the claim that "Cadians suffer torment in the Warp, and if the Emperor's death could free them, they would not hesitate to pull the trigger" to insult the loyalists.
But anything that guy Abaddon said was best taken as a joke.
His father had also claimed that the Emperor wanted to use humanity to ascend to godhood, yet the Emperor was the one unwilling to become the Dark King and ascend.
However, when ordinary people spoke of