Magnus's magical talent was very powerful.
A pair of hands that could cast almost all the spells in the known psionic domain of humanity, a terrifying body that could withstand such psionic magic, and his Primarch-level, exquisite magical control.
Together, they formed a magical prodigy with infinite possibilities.
The current Magnus was almost lacking in nothing.
What?
You ask where his brain went?
Good question.
I almost forgot about that.
Magnus, where did your brain go?
Actually, you all might not know.
According to apocryphal records, the record of Magnus's landing on Prospero had been tampered with.
It wasn't actually as recorded in the official history, that he had landed directly in the central square of the capital city of Prospero, Tizca, and had then been raised by the famous local psionic scholar, Amon.
This simply didn't make sense—Prospero was so big, and most of its area was an uninhabited desert, covered and gnawed by the raging swarms of Psychneuein.
How could he, Magnus, have just happened to have landed right in the center of the only city, and then have been picked up and raised by a psionic scholar?
Actually, according to apocryphal records, when Magnus had landed, he had actually landed in a remote desert, and had been discovered by the Psychneuein swarms at that time.
However, when the Psychneuein had discovered this baby in the amniotic tank and had wanted to lay its eggs in his brain, they had realized that something was wrong.
Where's the brain?
Where did this baby's brain go?
Finally, after multiple probes, these psychic beasts had finally come to a disappointing conclusion.
—Magnus had no brain.
And then the Psychneuein swarms could only leave in disappointment.
After that, the exploration team that had arrived at this place had seen this baby who was not affected by the Psychneuein, and in great joy, they had brought him back to the city and had handed him over to the psionic scholars in Tizca to be raised.
And the reason he could in the future lead the people of Prospero to complete the purge of the Psychneuein was largely due to this advantage—
...because he had no brain, he was not afraid of the Psychneuein at all.
Reasonable.
"Uh oh."
Magnus was a little embarrassed.
Although this psionic light wave was indeed effective and looked spectacular...
...a single move that bypassed all friendly forces to clear the screen, and also eliminated the evidence of the crime.
If those Imperial Truth iterants felt that something was amiss and wanted to investigate what on earth was attacking Tizca, he could also successfully bluff his way through.
All the psionic traces of the Warp creatures had been successfully covered up by him, Magnus.
And, his powerful magic had also proven to Kasjia that if his research went wrong, he also had the ability to solve the problem.
But it seemed that things had not developed as he had expected.
The sudden inspiration just now had made him seem to forget to strengthen the barrier between the real world and the Warp before casting the spell.
Now this was great.
A Warp rift had appeared at the position where he had just cast the spell, and it was still expanding.
While sending a bunch of Warp creatures back, an even larger bunch of Warp Psychneuein swarms had also come to the real world with the appearance of the psychic rift.
After a moment of probing, the Psychneuein had quickly integrated into a swarm and were heading towards the capital city of Tizca.
Psychneuein: Ohoho, there's a buffet!
They blotted out the sun.
Although the name "Psychneuein" had "bee" in it, and in everyone's impression, this thing seemed to be small in size and could only pose a threat to people with its numbers.
But in reality, the length of an adult Psychneuein could reach about 2.5 meters, not much different from a normal Astartes.
A group of terrifying killer bees, each the size of a Space Marine, had now formed a huge shadow that could block out the sun, and were gnawing their way towards the oasis city of Tizca.
Looking at the terrifying swarm below, which was comparable to the most rampant swarm in Prospero's past, and which was advancing towards the city with its broken shield and no defensive measures, Kasjia was anxious.
Below, there were not only a large number of civilians from Prospero, but also the Space Marines of their 28th Expeditionary Fleet, the Imperial Army, and the accompanying crew and merchant convoys!
If these Psychneuein swarms were to attack their people...
...according to the size and number of the swarm, their crew would soon be gnawed to less than a tenth!
In a little while, their heads would be gnawed by the Psychneuein to be like Magnus's!
Empty.
"Quick! What are you waiting for! Raise the psionic shield again and resist the Psychneuein's attack!"
In his urgency, Kasjia's psychic communication flew quickly towards the center of the Tizca shield generator—
"We're trying!"
"It's no use! The psionic power of the enemy's attack just now was too strong. The Tizca shield generator has been overloaded by their attack!"
Enemy.
You just said the word "enemy," didn't you?
Kasjia didn't know if he should remind these poor Thousand Sons that the one who had fired that shot was actually their Primarch.
The situation was urgent now, so it was better not to.
"How long will it take to raise the shield again!"
"A long time! Most of our psykers are in a coma from the shock just now!"
Coma, was more of a face-saving term.
Even many of the psykers with lower psionic levels had had their souls directly burned away by Magnus's heavy psionic blow.
"To restart it, it will take at least... at least two Terran hours or more!"
Then there was no hope.
Two Terran hours was enough for the Psychneuein to chew through the entire Tizca.
"Magnus!!! What on earth is going on!!!"
"Why did your attack even shatter our own shield!?"
"I don't know! I... my target was not the Tizca shield at all!"
"I don't know why it overloaded the shield either!"
Logically, Magnus would not make such a low-level mistake.
So there was only one answer—
Damn you, Tzeentch!
It must be Him! He's secretly adding ingredients to little pony's magic again!
Whether it is or not, it's always right to curse Him!
Seeing that he had made a mess of things out of good intentions, Magnus tried to comfort Kasjia a little embarrassedly.
"Don't... don't worry, friend! I can handle these Psychneuein! I know a forbidden magic..."
"As long as I can cast it, I can definitely turn the tide—"
For—bid—den—ma—gic!
You're still thinking about your damn magic!
"Don't you think the Warp rift is big enough!?"
Kasjia was so angry he was at a loss for words.
"You! Now, steady your mind, and don't think about doing anything big!"
"Quickly send a part of your men to deal with this Warp rift! The rest of you, with me to wipe out the swarm, and save the lives of the residents of Tizca as much as possible!"
"Quick! We don't have much time!"
As he spoke, Kasjia leaped up and, with the golden-red flame entwined around his right arm, he rushed towards the place in the city of Tizca where the Psychneuein were heading.
"Please don't let anything else happen..." Kasjia prayed silently in his heart.
Prospero.
The capital city, Tizca.
One Terran hour ago.
"What kind of creature are we being attacked by?"
A crew member from the 28th Expeditionary Fleet asked the people around him.
The psionic veil covering the capital city of Tizca had already been raised, and the crew of the expeditionary fleet and the residents of the capital had, at the same time, all taken refuge in one of the empty pyramid buildings under the cover of the Emperor's Children Astartes.
Although with the two powerful Primarchs, Magnus and Fulgrim, on guard, no matter how great the threat, their people of Prospero could still resist stubbornly.
(Bad news: the biggest threat is Magnus.)
"Who knows? Sorcerer stuff. What good can come of it?"
And the crew member beside him did not hide his disgust for psykers in his tone.
Psykers were not well-liked in the Imperium of Man.
Apart from a few special skilled personnel such as Navigators, it was normal for psykers to be discriminated against in the Imperium.
After all, the number of psykers who could control their own power was still small.
More often than not, they were like unstable gas cans.
Their combat power was unstable, and they were prone to explode.
And when they exploded, they could kill a bunch of teammates.
It was their own business if they could control their psionics; if they couldn't control it and exploded, they, these ordinary people, would all suffer with them.
Who could like that?
"My friend, please do not say that on Prospero. Psykers, like everyone else, are legal citizens of the Imperium."
It was a young girl with beautiful, waterfall-like golden hair, mixed in with the other people who were taking refuge.
"Who are you? A sorceress of Prospero?"
"Oh, I guess I got one right. What new spell did you learn today? Can you turn my intestines inside out or—"
A burst of mocking laughter came from the crowd.
"Euphrati Keeler."
She frowned, dissatisfied with the discrimination of the crew around her.
"I am just an ordinary remembrancer."
"However, I would like to remind you that while you are hiding here, all the psykers of Prospero are at this moment charging the psionic shield that is protecting us."
"I do not think this is the time to discriminate against sorcerers."
"No? Then can you tell me why those sorcerers won't even tell us what's going on?"
"We don't even know what's attacking us!"
"It must be the blasphemous creations of those mad sorcerers, all let loose by them!"
He did not hesitate to speculate with the worst malice about the Primarch Magnus and the psykers under him.
And what the crew member didn't know was that this speculation was correct.
"That's right!"
"Yeah, just tell us!"
"Since they all said it's nothing, it's not a big deal, and the Primarch can handle it, then why not tell us?"
The commotion in the crowd also became more and more obvious.
"Lady Fulgrim, the placement of the crew of the 28th Expeditionary Fleet and some of the civilians of Prospero has been basically completed."
"The crowd's emotions are basically stable, and there have been no incidents of agitation."
Vespasian nodded slightly and reported to Fulgrim.
"After receiving the order of the enemy attack, we immediately reinforced the defensive facilities and obstacles inside the pyramid."
"May I ask, Lady Fulgrim, what are we being attacked by?"
"Only by knowing the situation of our enemy can we make a good response plan for the next step."
Although the fact that Fulgrim had not said anything already indicated a tendency of "don't ask too many questions," the upright Vespasian still chose to get to the bottom of it.
"I don't know either."
However, this time Fulgrim was also not clear.
"Kasjia said that these are some little secrets of Magnus and the Fifteenth Legion, and he said they can handle it and don't need our help."
Fulgrim said, a little displeased.
Kasjia had kept his promise to Magnus and would not leak this matter.
After all, Kasjia knew that there was a better time to expose what this guy had done.
If you have something to say, go and say it to the Emperor at the Council of Nikaea!
"However, since Kasjia said so with such confidence, then let's just leave it at that."
"Although my incompetent brother has shown an unseemly obsession with psionics, he is still a Primarch after all, and he still has the most basic judgment."
She pouted, and then looked at the trembling and terrified mortals below the pyramid, who did not know what was happening.
Although they believed that the Primarch would save them from danger, the fear of the unknown still welled up in their hearts from time to time.
There was even a small group that was causing a commotion.
"Now, what we should focus on is how to make these people who have fallen into fear burst with hope again."
"Then, Lady Fulgrim, what should we do?"
"What should we do?"
"Of course, I will use what I am best at to bring hope and love to all of them."
Hope and love.
Vespasian had a bad feeling.
"Notify the Emperor's Children to prepare the stage, the screen, and the lights."
"I am going to perform for all of them the famous drama from Chemos—The Sagittarius Golden Ring!"
Great.
It's starting again.
"Yes, my lady."
Vespasian sighed silently in his heart.
"Why not explain? The Primarch must have his own considerations—"
Euphrati Keeler.
The lights inside the pyramid suddenly dimmed a lot.
In an instant, the fierce argument in the crowd also quieted down.
What was going on?
Could it be that something new had happened?
Dim... and...
A new light, at this moment, focused on the center of the pyramid's field.
"My fellow humans, you have suffered."
"It is I, the Primarch of the Third Legion, Fulgrim."
The moment Fulgrim appeared before the public, there was a thunderous cheer and applause.
As the most beautiful Primarch known to the public at present (the Angel was still studying with Horus's fleet at this time), Fulgrim's popularity in the Imperium of Man had always been high.
To be able to join the 28th Expeditionary Fleet had always been an honor for all the people of the Imperium.
And now, when the people were in low spirits while taking refuge, she had even stood up for everyone and was performing a play for them.
Please enjoy the following performance—
The Sagittarius Golden Ring.
"YES!"
"Woohoo! It's a performance by the Primarch herself!"
"Even if I die now, it's worth the price of admission!"
Soon, a wave of cheers came from the crowd.
However, the people who were immersed in the performance did not notice...
...at this moment, outside.
Under Magnus's attack, the psionic shield had been overloaded.
The Psychneuein swarm, which blotted out the sun, was now surging towards the most densely populated pyramid where the humans were gathered.
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