Like a thunderclap, like a great bell.
CLANG!
[Thirty years, Chemos]
Like a clap of thunder, it exploded in the pyramid, which was surrounded by a swarm of Psychneuein like a cloud of mosquitoes.
The golden ripples, with this mighty sound, exploded in the swarm.
And under the impact of this golden light wave, the swarm of Psychneuein surrounding the pyramid also suffered heavy damage.
About half of the Psychneuein, upon touching the golden light wave, let out a mad psychic scream that ordinary people could not hear, just like Kasjia who had eaten Arcur's food.
Immediately after, the Psychneuein, unable to maintain their flight, fell to the ground one after another, and struggled a few times.
They died.
"What kind of spell is this!?"
After seeing the incomparable and terrifying power of the golden light wave, Professor Ahriman's two eyes lit up.
How to deal with the Psychneuein and other psychic beasts had always been a very troublesome problem for the Thousand Sons, no, even for all the people of Prospero.
Even though Magnus had already completed the purge of the Psychneuein with his powerful psionic power and the people of Prospero.
But that did not mean that they were safe.
In Warp travel, space hulks, and the Webway, one could often find traces of insidious psychic beasts like the Psychneuein.
Many times in the Great Crusade, all kinds of strange things could be encountered.
The galaxy is large, and there are all kinds of birds.
Furthermore, Magnus himself also often tried to cast some not-so-"safe" magic...
Of course, the "not so safe" here was relative to the perception of Magnus and the Thousand Sons.
Tearing open a Warp rift and releasing some Warp "little sprites" was a normal situation for Prospero.
And these things would even sneak into the Warp to hide, making the capture of a few scattered Psychneuein require a huge amount of time and energy.
If it was not handled properly, it might even lead to a tragedy like that of Khayon's sister, Heliosa.
But now!
Everything was different!
With this strange, golden ripple spell, as long as their people of Prospero could master it in the future, if any Psychneuein dared to invade again in the future...
...they could directly shout the other to a standstill!
Although he also didn't know why the few words Sagittarius, Golden Ring would have such a powerful killing power.
But it had to be admitted—
...this thing was indeed very effective!
Ahriman: "Kasjia, what's the situation?"
"How did you Emperor's Children master a powerful psionic magic that we don't know about?"
"And it's so precisely controlled, that it only causes damage to the Psychneuein?"
The question was—how was this golden ripple used?
Ahriman remembered that the Emperor's Children were the ones who were most disdainful of using psyker Librarians.
"Don't... don't ask."
Kasjia refused to answer Ahriman's question.
"I don't know."
"But friend, the Emperor's Children who were guiding the evacuation of the people of Prospero, our Thousand Sons' psyker units have all been arranged in front of the shield generators to defend."
"There are only your Emperor's Children in the venue."
Perhaps seeing that the danger of the refugee group gathering had been resolved, Ahriman and the Thousand Sons behind him were not as anxious as before.
They were more curious about how the spell used by the Emperor's Children was cast.
Even at the cost of stealing it.
"I don't know."
"And, you can tell at a glance that this did not come from the hands of a psyker."
After all, Ahriman also did not feel much psionic fluctuation from this golden ripple.
But it was just effective, and it could achieve the effect of killing the Psychneuein.
The Psychneuein would die as soon as they heard it.
It was more effective than any insecticide.
"I... I..."
"I don't know!!!"
Kasjia was tight-lipped.
Inside the pyramid venue.
Although the drama performance of Fulgrim had ended, the swarm of Psychneuein surrounding the venue had not completely disappeared.
Even after the unknown attack just now, there were still some surviving Psychneuein who had been able to resist or were far away, ready to launch a new attack on the crowd below at any time.
"What is this thing? And what is a Psychneuein?"
"Sagittarius golden ring? Chanting this can drive out the Psychneuein?"
"Sagittarius golden ring, Sagittarius golden ring, Sagittarius golden ring, Sagittarius golden ring..."
"No! It should be like this! A more serious expression, a cadenced tone, with a hint of dazed reminiscence—thirty years, Chemos;"
"Sag↑it↓tar↑ius↓, gold—en ring↑"
Screech!
With a faint scream, another Psychneuein fell to the ground.
"I understand!"
Euphrati Keeler shouted excitedly.
Although her voice was not loud, and the venue was extremely noisy, almost everyone could hear her voice.
"Let us all imagine a Sagittarius golden ring in our hearts!"
Whether her voice had a natural magic to it or not, almost all the refugees subconsciously chose to believe her words.
"Everyone—chant with me."
[Thirty years, Chemos]
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
[Thirty years, Chemos]
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
[Thirty years, Chemos]
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
A larger and larger golden ripple, with the tone of a holy choir, spread to the outside.
"Gah!"
"I'm begging you! Stop chanting!!!"
It seemed that it was not just the Psychneuein swarm that would twitch a few times and then die after hearing Sagittarius, Golden Ring.
There was also Kasjia.
This isn't right, is it?
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
It was still echoing in his mind like an echo.
When did it become a holy song that could drive out psychic creatures???
A strong knocking sound echoed in Kasjia's ears.
"The Psychneuein are really all gone."
"Not only that, look quickly!"
A crew member of the 28th Expeditionary Fleet excitedly supported the person who had just been lying on the ground, unable to move.
The man who had just been attacked by the Psychneuein's stinger beside Keeler was now standing up again, a little confused, and looking around.
"What happened to me?"
"You were stung by a Psychneuein!" a Prosperine beside him shouted excitedly.
Under normal circumstances, after being stung by a Psychneuein, a person would fall into a deep sleep until the egg and the brain were completely combined, thus leading to death.
But under the protection of the god of the Sagittarius golden ring, his brain seemed to have been pardoned from the Psychneuein egg and was reborn!
"I'm alright?"
"This is a god! A miracle!!!"
"That's right!"
"This is the power of the Sagittarius golden ring!"
"This is the power—of love!!!"
"God!"
"Everyone, we are safe now," Euphrati Keeler said with a smile, looking at the miracle before her.
"But the entire city of Tizca is still in danger."
"We must bring our faith to them, and bestow our love upon them."
Keeler continued to speak, and it seemed that the radiance on her body also became brighter.
"Let us, holding fast to the Sagittarius golden ring, declare our love to the entire city!"
[Thirty years, Chemos]
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
Chanting continuously, countless refugees began to spontaneously walk out of the pyramid, bit by bit, and walk out of the venue.
They did not seem to be satisfied with just simply driving away the Psychneuein.
They wanted to bring the Sagittarius golden ring to every corner of this world!
Let the sea of stars shine!
Let the constellations glitter!
If I cannot save it from your failure...
...then let everyone in the galaxy wear a Sagittarius golden ring!
"What... is going on?"
Looking at the audience spontaneously chanting Sagittarius Golden Ring in unison, and even slowly leaving the venue while chanting...
...Fulgrim, who was standing in the center of the stage, was stunned for a moment.
Seriously, she had performed on Terra, in the La Fenice Theater of the Pride of the Emperor, and in other places.
There were those who had cheered loudly, those who had wept bitterly, and more who had just quietly and silently appreciated it.
But for a group to piously chant Sagittarius Golden Ring while walking out... Fulgrim had really never seen anything like it.
As if they were possessed.
"You—"
"Lady Fulgrim! We've finally been able to contact you!"
Her words were interrupted by a heavily armored Son of the Emperor who had rushed over from backstage.
"Commander Vespasian is looking for you everywhere! We're being—uh, it seems for some reason, we were just being attacked by some kind of creature."
"But now that creature has been almost completely wiped out."
Unfortunately, Fulgrim was of the category that had no psychic sensitivity at all.
She didn't know anything about the Psychneuein.
Perhaps she could have sensed it, but in the face of the immensely powerful golden ripples of the Sagittarius golden ring, the Psychneuein were not worth her concern.
"In short! Lord Commander Vespasian hopes that you can put on your communication device quickly."
"Alright. You go back to your post first. I'll be there soon."
Fulgrim quickly calmed down and said.
An attack?
Why hadn't she felt anything attacking her at all?
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
The mighty "holy song" choir walked out of the pyramid, which had been riddled with holes by the Psychneuein, step by step, and sentence by sentence.
They walked towards the city of Prospero's capital, Tizca.
Most of the Psychneuein swarm had indeed gone for the pyramid where the people were taking refuge.
But the Psychneuein swarm had not only attacked there, but there were also many civilians who were hiding in their homes, or even had not had time to hide and had been devoured by the Psychneuein on the way, lying scattered on the streets of Tizca.
And as the golden light of the crowd's singing swept over, those who had been attacked by the Psychneuein and had fallen to the ground...
...just as if the true god of the Sagittarius had acted to save everyone, those who should have been pronounced dead, after a period of confusion, climbed up.
As if nothing had happened.
Such a powerful ability... it seemed it could only be described as a miracle.
"By the Emperor..."
Vespasian, who had studied the Imperial Truth for half his life, when he saw this group of "believers" chanting the Sagittarius golden ring through the streets and alleys of Tizca...
...his heart was broken.
The sky had fallen.
He would rather that group of fanatical believers of the Emperor-worshipping cult treat the Emperor as a god, than see this group of people worship the Sagittarius golden ring as a god.
The collapse of propriety and music!!!
"Hello, Vespasian."
Fulgrim seemed to have finally found her communication device.
"My lady, did... did you see that?"
An awkward silence came from the communication system.
"I saw it. But—I'm not quite sure what's going on either."
"But since... since it's useful, doesn't it just prove that my and Kasjia's feelings are enough to move the world and become a god!"
"This... this is actually a good thing."
Vespasian: "..."
Whatever makes you happy.
Fulgrim might have been happy.
But someone would never be happy.
"What is all this..."
Kasjia muttered.
His mood was even more broken than Vespasian's.
What is all this!
Why, when you worship a god, did you worship the Sagittarius golden ring first!!!
Kasjia once again recalled that distant afternoon on Chemos, when he had once talked with Fulgrim about this Sagittarius golden ring.
He regretted it.
Kasjia was wrong.
He shouldn't have been so cheeky.
He had never thought that his momentary, unintentional act would cause such a terrifying chain reaction.
Now they've even worshipped a new god!
And they worshipped it even earlier than Old Man Gold!
Kasjia felt his scalp tingle.
What if... what if it just continues like this...
...thinking that in the future, the entire Ecclesiarchy's cathedrals might be replaced by Sagittarius cathedrals...
...the chapter prayers and chaplains of the Astartes would all become Sagittarius prayers and Sagittarius chaplains...
No!
No!!!
He refused to accept it.
He refused to accept it!!!
Lorgar!
Where is Lorgar!
You must establish the Ecclesiarchy now!
Now! Immediately worship Old Man Gold as a god!!!
In an instant, the faithful believer of the Imperial Truth, Kasjia, became even more convinced that the Emperor was a god than Lorgar.
He had to be a god!
If he wasn't a god, then this title would fall on the Sagittarius golden ring!
"Wait!"
Behind Kasjia's team, a Thousand Sons Astartes shouted excitedly.
"Look, those people! Those people who were stung by the Psychneuein, they're all alive!"
"My sister! My sister is saved!"
Khayon shouted, and used psionics to enhance his own body, and rushed towards the hospital in Tizca at an extremely fast speed.
And just as he had expected, in the pyramid not far from the choir...
...Heliosa, who had been in a coma for a long time and was about to have her brain implanted with mechanical objects, slowly sat up from her sickbed.
"Brother! What happened to me—?"
"Heliosa! Heliosa!!!"
[Sagittarius, golden ring]
Khayon, with tears streaming down his face, unconsciously said slowly.
"I understand... I understand!"
"All of this! It is a miracle of the god of the Sagittarius golden ring!"
"Praise the Sagittarius golden ring!!!"
Khayon shouted with fanaticism.
From then on, he became the most faithful believer of the Sagittarius golden ring.
Kasjia: "..."
This world...
...this world has gone mad!!!
....
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