Faced with Khorne charging toward her in murderous fury, Tzeentch's mind began flashing through her life like a dying person's last memories.
She thought for a long while.
Pondered for a long while.
Yet she still could not figure out where exactly she had offended this guy.
All I did was secretly make use of Nuceria's local faith energy and descend a projection onto this planet. At most, I was just trying to find a way to take Magnus away. Is that really worth snarling at me over?!
Rumble————
The two enormous blood axes, symbols of Khorne's wrath and brutality, smashed the ground apart. The aftershock was so powerful that even a cliff not far away snapped off halfway.
Under such a heavy blow, even if one was not struck directly, merely being caught in the shockwave would probably leave them crippled.
And yet Tzeentch leapt out from the rising dust completely unharmed. She even casually cast a radiant shield over Magnus, who had collapsed on the ground.
After all, she was here to recover the Daemon Primarch who should have belonged to her.
She could not exactly bring home a pile of broken pieces and then have to figure out how to put them back together, could she?
"What the hell are you going crazy for?"
Tzeentch put her hands on her hips, indignant.
"Didn't you already get what you wanted? Why are you still running over here to ruin my setup?"
"What I wanted?!"
Khorne's volume rose higher and higher with his anger.
"If not for you, I would have obtained two champions at once! You ruined everything!!!!"
As he spoke, Khorne also walked out from the dust.
His divine power and consciousness had descended upon a massive being with red skin. It looked no different from an ordinary Greater Daemon of Khorne: an absurdly enormous body, cloven hooves, and a pair of bat-like wings hung with skulls.
However, the daemon's head was very obviously missing a portion—specifically, the front half. Its twisted face had been replaced by red wrath, while the cable-like Butcher's Nails had become hair attached to the flames.
Even an ordinary person who knew nothing about the Warp would have been able to sense the obvious dissonance.
It was as though something was missing.
"?!"
Magnus, lying on the ground, first froze in shock when she saw that somewhat familiar red daemon.
Then came rage.
Damn it!
Someone was humiliating her brother like this!
Primarchs could sense one another. No matter how great the distance, no matter what form the other had taken, they could still perceive each other.
It could be said that even if Alpharius disguised himself, the other Primarchs could still sense him.
And with a single glance, Magnus recognized the red daemon before her.
This was Angron's body!
It was just that the inside had been filled by some strange thing.
This bastard had participated in the murder launched by Lorgar. Not only had he killed Angron, he was now continuing to humiliate him by possessing his body!
"Listen to yourself. Haven't you controlled a Primarch?"
Tzeentch asked helplessly.
"What use is such a meaningless body?!"
Khorne became even angrier after that question.
For beings like the Primarchs, the most important thing had never been the flesh.
The body was valuable only in the material universe.
Their true core was their essence!
Every Primarch was a carefully selected demigod chosen by the Chaos Gods. Each of them had the potential to become divine, and each could bring an absolute advantage to their faction and to the Great Game.
And now, Khorne had lost such a demigod.
After all that work, he had only obtained a useless shell.
Having been played like this, of course he was furious.
"Can we settle our grudge later? I'm in the middle of obtaining my Daemon Primarch too~"
Tzeentch lightly struck her own head with her fist, then winked.
"Hehe~"
The next second, Khorne swept out horizontally with one blood axe.
Tzeentch was sent flying by the blood energy unleashed from the axe blade. After that, Khorne slowly walked toward Magnus, who had no power to resist.
"I will make you experience the feeling of losing a Daemon Primarch too!"
As Khorne spoke, he raised his battle-axe.
"Khorne! Can't you just talk properly for once?!"
Tzeentch hurriedly flew back on her staff.
Seeing that this bloodthirsty brute truly intended to kill her chosen one, Tzeentch quickly began trying to talk him down.
"At worst, I'll compensate you with another one!"
"Making things this ugly won't benefit either of us!"
"Compensate me with another one?"
Khorne turned his head and glared furiously at Tzeentch.
"All you know are petty tricks. Do you think I'll fall for it?!"
Khorne had a very clear understanding of himself.
Since he could not beat Tzeentch's bird-brain in scheming, then he would use violence!
Even if violence could not solve every problem, so long as he solved the one causing the problem, that was enough!
"I'll give you Sanguinius!!!"
Seeing that Khorne was really about to split Magnus apart with one axe, Tzeentch hurriedly shouted.
Humiliating!!!
If this were not merely a projection, I would definitely fight you properly! But right now, to ensure that my Daemon Primarch doesn't get turned into scraps, I can only compromise for now.
"..."
The axe blade Khorne had been bringing down stopped abruptly less than three centimeters from Magnus's forehead.
Fortunately, Magnus's current form was small enough.
If she had been in her original form, that axe would have already split her brain into tofu pudding.
"Are you telling the truth?"
For any other condition, Khorne would have treated Tzeentch's words as nothing but farting.
Only for Sanguinius, that Primarch, was Khorne truly willing to try trusting Tzeentch once.
There was no helping it.
The temptation was far too great.
"Why would I lie to you?"
Seeing that Khorne had been stabilized, Tzeentch pressed her advantage.
"Let's cooperate and take more Primarchs! One for you, one for me. This time, give me Magnus. Next time, I'll give you Sanguinius. If the two of us work together, can we not kill those other three?!"
That was what alliances were.
Unite with those who were acceptable to you, and eliminate those who were not.
And Khorne and Tzeentch really did have a basis for cooperation.
After all, one hated Slaanesh while the other hated Nurgle. Thus, the probability of them joining forces was still very high.
Khorne thought for a moment.
Then he raised his axe again.
"I'll destroy this one's body first! You can take the soul!"
Your proposal may be good, but!
The loss I suffered this time must be paid back to you double!
Why should I be played around like a dog by all of you, only get one lousy nail out of it, while you happily harvest a complete Primarch?
Where in the world is there such a good deal?
"You bastard!"
Seeing that Khorne would not listen no matter what, Tzeentch became so angry that she drew her gun on the spot.
I was originally thinking we could cooperate and talk this over, but since it has come to this, don't blame me for being impolite!
I was planning to use this shot against Bruce. I didn't expect you to be this unreasonable.
"Don't tell me you think that thing can actually hurt me? Hahahahaha!"
Khorne saw the strange firearm in Tzeentch's hand and immediately burst into laughter.
You are only a mere projection.
And this is my home field.
Can you possibly hurt me?
Even if I stood here and let you attack, managing to scrape my skin would already count as impressive!
"..."
Tzeentch said nothing and merely aimed the muzzle at Khorne.
"In that case, there's no need for me to consider this matter anymore. Once I deal with you, I'll deal with this Primarch too! Even if I can only obtain part of her soul, that still counts as a harvest!"
Khorne tightened his grip on his blood axe and pounced toward Tzeentch.
Compared with practical gains, Khorne cared more about face.
He would rather both sides lose than let Tzeentch temporarily win alone.
You ruined my plan, caused me to lose two warriors at once, and made me lose face completely.
You must die!
A beam of light twisted and curved as it shot from the gun barrel toward Khorne, who was leaping through the air.
Faced with it, Khorne was fearless. He did not even consider dodging.
Right now, he only wanted to turn Tzeentch, this noisy bird-man, into two pieces.
"!!!"
The instant Khorne was struck by the Evolution-Devolution Beam, he suddenly felt his body become extremely uncomfortable.
Was he...
Was he injured?
No!
Sensing that both his authority and power were beginning to distort, Khorne began to tremble. His entire body fell downward uncontrollably.
Meanwhile, deep within the Warp, his true body let out the most humiliating roar of his entire existence upon the Brass Throne.
"You... what did you do!!! Tzeentch!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH————"
Gradually, Khorne's voice began to sound strange. His vocal tone became extremely soft and delicate, almost like that of a woman.
At the same time, the daemons slaughtering to their hearts' content within Khorne's domain suddenly discovered in horror that the red giant was rapidly shrinking.
W-what happened?
Why is the great Blood God no longer watching over us?
"Tzeentch! I won't... let you get away with this... aaaaaaaaah————"
The Khorne in the material universe also began shrinking. Vaguely, he seemed to transform into the shape of a human child.
Because the fluctuations in his power had changed too drastically, the daemon body could no longer maintain its strength. After turning into a cloud of blood mist, it vanished.
Yet throughout all of Nuceria, his unwilling, furious, and strangely soft curse still echoed.
"You just wait!!!!"
Phew.
Tzeentch wiped away her sweat. Seeing that Khorne had returned to the Warp, she immediately revealed an extremely smug expression.
What was that?
Even as only a projection, did I not still handle you perfectly?
"All right! Next is..."
Tzeentch spun the Evolution-Devolution Gun in her hand, then turned to look at the trophy that belonged to her.
But when she looked over, she discovered that the place where Magnus should have been lying was now completely empty.
Only the brand of a strange magic circle had been left on the ground.
Don't tell me...
"She ran away?! When did that happen?!"
Tzeentch looked left and right, only to discover that Magnus was nowhere to be seen.
Damn it!
That rotten brute Khorne ruined my plan.
He really deserves to die!
However...
"Fine. This too is part of the plan."
Tzeentch clenched her fist through gritted teeth.
At this point, she could only leave things like this for now.
Next time, just wait and see how I take revenge!
Bruce Wayne!
You bastard, you wait too!
Tzeentch raised her head and looked toward the sky, where the Remilia was located.
A moment later, she opened a Warp rift and slipped inside, returning to her own divine realm to begin weaving a brand-new conspiracy.
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