Departure of the 12

Hades walked silently, even somewhat cautiously, along the small path at the edge of the stronghold.

From time to time, figures would appear in the distance on the path, but when they saw it was Hades, they would choose to change course and avoid him.

It was always like this.

Hades thought silently.

Although he had long stopped caring about such things, when he realized why the villagers inexplicably disliked him, he felt a pang of melancholy.

Truly the grimdark world of Warhammer.

Power always comes with a price, just as powerful Psykers are more prone to madness and being watched, and Untouchables are naturally shunned by their own kind.

But their actions were fine, at least Hades didn't have to go to great lengths to avoid them anymore.

Hades carefully tried to keep the spherical black void around him, with a radius of about five meters, away from any villagers.

He had a letter tucked in his chest. He had just tied one to Herrela's doorknob, and the empty bowl that had contained the porridge had been returned to Herrela's windowsill.

That porridge really wasn't very good.

In the letter to Herrela, Hades briefly wrote that he wanted to leave this northern stronghold and go south to look for a "so-called" relative.

The so-called non-existent relative had appeared!

But he couldn't tell Herrela it was because of his constitution. In this dark world, ignorance was sometimes the greatest protection.

In addition, Hades scratched his head. He couldn't help himself; the rest of the letter was filled with recipes, detailing the amount of each ingredient, the dosage of seasonings, the proper stirring, and the heat level.

Hades knew that this farewell was likely to be a final one.

Rather than a heavy farewell, it was better to leave something that she could use in her future life.

Alas, I hope that her time with me won't cause Herrela any trouble.

Nearing his destination, Hades walked on the central road of the stronghold, trying to control his distance from others.

When it was unavoidable and the distance was too close, Hades would instantly expand the extremely compressed black void, diluting it as it expanded to its maximum extent.

The other letter was for Mortarion.

He couldn't just run away without a word, or he would easily be considered a traitor and killed.

In this letter, he wrote the real reason for his departure—his constitution. Hades briefly described the changes in himself after fighting the Alien Lord Lazar.

Of course, to avoid suspicion, Hades merely described this ability as "the complete opposite of Psychic Power," "an existence that can suppress Psychic Power."

He didn't mention "Untouchable." Where would a Barbarus farmer know such a profound term?

He also mentioned the southern swamps he would be heading to after leaving.

Mortarion's adoptive father, Nac'Lare, was in the northern part of the stronghold, while the southern part of the stronghold was home to lords of all sizes.

Unlike the northern lords, most of whom had submitted to Nac'Lare, most of the southern lords were still loosely at war with each other.

This resulted in the south not having a single super-large lord in charge. The lords were generally small in scale, but often engaged in their own infighting, making life miserable for the humans.

Currently, Mortarion's rebel army was mainly fighting the northern lords and other small forces.

Mortarion had originally planned to send Calas Typhon to fight in the south. In fact, he was already preparing for it.

Once another lord nearby was eliminated and the number of people in the stronghold increased again, Calas Typhon would lead a Death Guard force to the south.

The mission of this Death Guard force was to liberate the southern human villages and to conduct a preliminary investigation for Mortarion's later southern campaign—

—Yes, with the current weapons and equipment, even the elite Death Guard would have difficulty killing a small or medium-sized lord who knew Psychic Sorcery if they just threw bodies at the problem.

These small and medium-sized lords might not be as strong in close combat as the large lords, but with the combination of Psychic Power and poisonous mist, even the elite Death Guard would have difficulty fighting them.

Except for Hades, who single-handedly killed a medium-sized lord when the lord was low on health and he had an advantage in attributes.

But not many people believed it. Most people believed that Hades was extremely lucky, after all, that lord had already been battered and bruised in the battle with Mortarion.

Even Mortarion's guard, Hazniel, disdainfully told people that if he had encountered the Alien Lord Lazar at the time, he could have taken its head as well, and he wouldn't have been as embarrassed as Hades.

Mortarion, who was present at the time, immediately stopped him and punished Hazniel by sending him to the logistics corps.

"The Death Guard must not despise each other in this way when facing comrades."

"We are one."

But Mortarion's thoughts were not on these words. Only he knew what a feat it was for Hades to single-handedly kill the Alien Lord Lazar.

The Alien Lord Lazar was no small lord. Its Psychic Power and combat skills were strong enough.

To put it this way, you firmly believe that your cat has good attack power, and it can even fight an eagle.

But when it is equipped with a set of iron teeth and then blows up a plane equipped with advanced electronic equipment, everyone will question it, right???

Even if the plane was low on fuel, had no ammunition, and was about to be scrapped.

Only Mortarion, who had fought against the lords, knew the gap between these humans and the lords.

These humans are still too weak.

But... what is Hades? Did he really win?

Or has that Alien Lord taken control of him?

After sending people to observe Hades, Mortarion was certain that Hades was normal and not controlled by Psychic Sorcery.

Perhaps that Alien Lord really was on the verge of death. Besides, Hades' combat power is indeed one of the best among mortals.

(Actually, the correct analogy would be that Hades is a mutated cat with built-in electromagnetic interference, who relied on his excellent electromagnetic interference physique to blow up the opponent's electronic system, and then the opponent crashed and GGed.)

After this, Mortarion received a letter from Hades, which was brought in by the Death Guard standing guard outside.

If it's this kind of physique... then it does explain some things.

An Untouchable?

No wonder Typhon complains of a headache whenever he encounters Hades.

Mortarion thought with a somewhat subtle expression.

But after this, the two of them will be going south.

Isn't it said that enemies are bound to meet?

Hades was running wildly with his bag and scythe, he had to reach the next human village before dark.

The experience just now made him break out in a cold sweat again.

He had originally walked to the door of the war room, intending to say hello to Mortarion and then run.

Then he curiously unleashed his Black Field, intending to see what the Primarch's Warp projection looked like.

But just as he started to unleash it, a warning suddenly flashed in his brain, and his heart suddenly started to beat wildly. Hades immediately slammed on the brakes.

That place, that place, had an ominous aura.

Mortarion had long been targeted by It.

Hades' heart was pounding.

Then what about Hades himself?

Is he still deceiving himself?

Hades... is there a possibility that... when he met Mortarion, he had already been targeted?

Is It watching him?

Shit.

Hades was silently holding his head and crying like a twink whose toes had been stepped on.

No internal spies, let's have some Warhammer jokes. A transmigrator who knows the plot is targeted by Tzeentch as soon as he transmigrates to Warhammer.

A rare transmigrator, Tzeentch will definitely not let it go without playing some fun games.

Small theater

After Herrela returned home, she saw the letter and the empty bowl.

From then on, she began to practice her cooking skills hard.

However, because Hades did not mark the duration of some steps, the food she made became even more bizarre.

Another day of joyous celebration.

When GW can't reconcile the plot, they can choose either Tzeentch or the Laughing God Cegorach as their conspiracy.

Then in terms of combat power, the self-setting is that Psychic Power basically crushes physical power of the same level, unless the physical power is much higher than the opponent, then it can fight Psychic Power. In most cases, a relatively skilled user of Psychic Power can beat up a physical powerhouse. (Of course, the later Space Marines are physical masters and can beat up most low-level Psykers, such as the major and minor lords on Barbarus, except for Mortarion's adoptive father, of course.)

So some elite Death Guard (still ordinary humans at this point) can actually take down small and medium-sized lords if the opponent doesn't have Psychic Power, but there is no such thing as a lord "without Psychic Power."

And Hades is equivalent to creating an environment without Psychic Power himself.