The Scum of Humanity

"What's the use of being ranked number one in your own Legion? You have to remember there are always people better than you."

The most important thing in life is humility. Do you understand humility?

"Cut."

"In fact, Curze, your commander is right."

"As things stand, Seer hasn't discovered any weaknesses in the Evernight Legion. Even if you include that little soldier named Nova, your Evernight Legion has no weaknesses; in fact, it's stronger."

"What about the regular kind?"

"The casualty ratio is very high."

"How tall is 'very tall'? Could you tell me in detail?"

"Can you please not ask?"

"Don't panic, Roboute, this is just a normal tactical exchange."

"The casualty ratio for a standard Space Marine is 1:13."

"Oh, that's actually not bad."

"How come there are Sacred Numbers even here?" Mortarion said instinctively.

"You'll have to ask your Dad; he knows everything."

Curze said it so naturally, but after he finished speaking, everyone present fell silent.

Curze quickly realized that what he had said was wrong, but instead of blaming himself, he walked up to the Emperor and slapped him twice.

"Alright, story time is over. Let's continue the Battle of Calth."

The Night Haunter slowly began to speak, recounting the bloody and brutal war that followed.

"The Battle of Calth was a completely deliberate attack, and the Ultramarines didn't even consider the other Legions as potential enemies, so they suffered heavy losses."

"But the Word Bearers were well-prepared; they paralyzed the orbital system using Daemon code."

"Then, relying on the Clockwork, it rammed directly into the unsuspecting Ultramarines fleet."

"The massive, flaming wreckage was captured by the Planet's gravity and crashed onto the continent."

"The entire Calth was engulfed in flames, and the first wave of Ultramarines to engage in combat undoubtedly suffered heavy casualties."

"The person who planned this attack is the one I want to emphasize."

"First and foremost is the First Company Captain of the Word Bearers, Lorgar's adoptive father, Kor Phaeron."

"Secondly, there are the vile scum, the trash of humanity, the believers in darkness, Erebus."

Erebus.

Through the Night Haunter's account, they clearly understood that in their original destiny, Erebus had orchestrated and corrupted the Warmaster.

But listening to the Night Haunter's description of Erebus, it seems he did more than just that.

"First, after the destruction of the Monarchia, Kor Phaeron and Erebus began to Corruption and corrupt Lorgar, leading him on a pilgrimage to the Warp."

"Then the second thing was that Erebus plotted to corrupt the Warmaster Horus, or more accurately, to kill Horus."

"That's why I say Horus was the first loyalist Primarch to be sacrificed, because ever since Horus came out of that Temple, he was nothing but an empty shell."

"At the same time, in order to strengthen the Chaos Ritual, Erebus sacrificed hundreds of worlds."

"As an aside, human sacrifice is essential to bring Warp Daemon into the Realspace."

"Because Warp Daemon require extreme emotional nourishment and souls."

"Besides the two things mentioned above, Erebus also attempted to corrupt the Blood Angels, but he failed in this endeavor."

"At that time, he hoped that the Slaaneshi Daemon would use the promise of healing his Red Thirst as bait to lure Sanguinius into the embrace of Chaos."

"But Meros, the Apothecary of the Blood Angels, replaced Sanguinius and joined the Chaos faction, becoming the Blood Red Angel, after which Sanguinius no longer considered it."

Everyone turned their gaze to Sanguinius, never expecting that Sanguinius would hesitate in his original destiny.

As for Sanguinius, he no longer dared to look up; he felt as if he could carve out a three-bedroom, two-living-room house.

To avoid his brothers' burning gazes, Sanguinius didn't even bother carrying the plates; he simply buried his head in the basket and started eating Fruit.

"For this reason, Horus, in his rage, tore off his face, after which his face became deformed and began to slowly recover."

"In addition, during the early stages of the Horus Heresy, Erebus organized the Warrior Lodge, in which Warrior Lodge Space Marines placed their own interests above those of the Imperium."

"Meanwhile, the Word Bearers began spreading rumors through Warrior Lodge."

"Initially, it might be dissatisfaction with the mission assignment, but later it could be dissatisfaction with the Imperium."

"Next might come discontent with human bureaucrats, and then discontent with the Imperium."

"This, in turn, became a major contributing factor to the large-scale Space Marine Horus Heresy."

"In addition, Erebus provided Karas Typhon of the XIV Legion with a Warp coordinate, allowing him to plunge the entire XIV Legion into Chaos."

"In this way, although the entire 14th Legion will not die, they will all be affected by the Grandfather Virus."

"To save his Scions, Mortarion had no choice but to succumb to Chaos, and his Scions were turned into rotten cans of flesh, while he became the most stinky Moth in the entire universe."

"The 14th Legion thus entered the embrace of Chaos."

"Besides that, Erebus also led a group to kill Erda, our mother, but to be fair, he did a good job."

"What?!"

For Primarch, memories are hard to erase, so their memory of their mother, whom they only met once, is very vivid.

"Don't be so surprised, brothers. Half of our problems are thanks to the Emperor, and the other half to our mother."

"You live in a timeline filled with light and a future, so you have no idea how Despair my destiny was."

"As for where our dear mother is right now, it's not something we need to care about at all."

"In addition, after the failure of the Horus Heresy, Erebus ambushed Garviel Loken, giving him a fatal blow."

"In conclusion, Lorgar, although your Legion doesn't have many talented individuals, one Erebus is enough."

"Oh, by the way, I'd like to mention that he stole both the name and fate of Erebus."

Everyone looked at Lorgar, but Lorgar didn't say anything. He simply took out the Sceptre that was still burning.

He then placed the Sceptre beside his Grandfather.

Almost the instant the Sceptre approached the Grandfather, the Psychic Power flames on it began to burst and burn endlessly.

According to the Aeldari's craftsmanship, this Sceptre should ignite if there is any trace of Warp God nearby, but right now the Warp God is holding the Sceptre.

Now Erebus can finally warm himself up properly.

"Alright, I've finished speaking, Great Angel. Do you have any further questions?"

The Great Angel removed the Fruit basket blocking his way and looked up at the Night Haunter without any regard for his image.

"Huh? What did you just say?"

"That's quite rare, Sanguinius. As the emperor of the Imperium Secundus, you still know how to play dumb," the Night Haunter laughed.

Imperium Secundus?

Emperor?!