Where Have You Taken Me?

"Wait."

Within the quiet shadows of The Phalanx, a harsh red light flickered in Underking's left eye.

"I don't understand—wait, what do you mean, 'after the Emperor raised you for over a month'?"

Hades was deeply shaken. Through Neos and another Rogal Dorn from a different destiny, he had just learned that this Dorn likely came from another storyline.

What could it be? Hades's first thought was the original timeline. Of course, it could also be one of the other apocryphal timelines, such as the Roboute Rebellion, the Guilliman Rebellion, the Dorn Rebellion... or even more heretical timelines, such as gender-swapped ones.

But his ears had indeed heard what Rogal had just said.

What did "raised by the Emperor on Terra for over a month" mean?

???

At least as far as Hades knew, none of the apocryphal timelines he was familiar with began that way. At the very least, the various creators had reached some kind of consensus on throwing away the primarchs.

"Interesting."

Neos looked thoughtful. Hades saw starlight of wisdom flickering in Neos's eyes.

"Is this the opportunity He chose to alter?"

The Emperor spoke calmly, as though he already knew everything. Hades stared at the Emperor, and a moment later, he realized something.

"You mean—the Lord of Change?!"

The Emperor nodded.

"Precisely. I believe I asked our two Necron allies to explain this matter to you."

Hades immediately began to brainstorm. He recalled Trazyn's explanation to him when Slaanesh had fallen.

Simply put, with Slaanesh—a god whose appearance and death had clearly established dates—as an anchor, the temporal fluctuations at the moment of a god's revival or fall could create different timelines.

It was like Schrödinger's cat. People could only see the box, but before its outcome was observed, no one knew whether the cat was