Chapter 178 Passing by a Sheepdog
“Why do you seem so interested in entering this castle?”
Out of some subtle and strange rebellious mentality after seeing the dog, Leon El'Jonson folded his strong arms - since he did not know that he would appear here, he did not carry any weapons, only wearing the robe he wore at the beginning of the meditation, not the one he woke up in. The power armor he was wearing when he came was because it was severely damaged in the previous gang battle due to the attack of the Chaos Terminator and the battle with a powerful champion who only loved killing. Part of the voyage was to find someone who could repair it - he resisted his curiosity to go inside and the attraction of this cold-toned stone castle to him.
His furry brother gave him a sideways glance, "It's not because I'm interested, Leon, it's because 'it' is interested in you."
At the same time the black and white dog started He was busy disguising himself like a human being: he stuffed some small pendants or other things that looked too inhuman and technological under the hidden compartment of his collar, and cleverly folded his sound-producing equipment into the hair on the back of his neck. Mauri——The Lion suspects that there may be some technical parts behind it that are prohibited from being used by imperial technology.
This made the lion frown. As we all know, the First Primarch believes that alien technology and products are usually harmful and should not and cannot be allowed to be used by humans. Of course, the First Legion and his own personal ordnance on the Indomitable Truth There were indeed some dangerous artifacts in the library, some even dating back to the Dark Night Age - but those were known to his father and allowed Leon and his heirs to use them, unlike this, of course, so Pettu Labo was the one who used the alien products casually.
But the Lion King did not say this, because he knew what his brother was going to do now. Even after Leon was told a lot of content, it was unimaginable and understandable. Ten thousand years ago, the Lion would have scolded or at least pointed out this problem, but now, well, the Emperor is not here, so what can Leon El'Jonson do? Their father's grand dream about the future and humanity had been shattered by their brother's own hands tens of thousands of years ago, leaving him with only the broken, ignorant, precarious and decaying galaxy now.
All the lion can do is to catch any human around him and lead them, that's all. He doesn't know where the way forward is. He feels very lonely. He feels that everything is ridiculously poor. ...But he couldn't show it - not before Perturabo showed up.
Thinking like this, he turned his attention to his four-legged brother with a furry tail. To be honest, the tip of that white furry tail dangling always makes people want to reach out regardless of dignity. Caught...
"Leon? Hey, wake up, what are you doing?"
Perturabo, who was finally dressed up, looked like a harmless passing sheepdog. It was very appropriate to appear in this forest, the kind that reminded people of the pasture outside the forest.
The lion took back his hand as if nothing had happened.
"...Does it mean anything for you to dress like this? Perturabo, mortals can't discover your true identity, and people who can see your true identity will have nothing to do with you dressing like this... Hmm...it enhances the sense."
"As long as it has some meaning, it has its own meaning," the dog sneered, "If you don't plan to go in, I will go in by myself. Left alone."
Well, even if it's a dog, even if it's Perturabo, at least he's not alone, right?
Leon El'Jonson shook his head and walked into this strange and quiet castle with his brother.
“This is not the first time I have seen this.”
This is a building that looks very much in line with the Lion’s impression of the mortal castle on Caliban, with steel hoops The ancient wooden gate with traces of vicissitudes of life, the long and dark city gate corridor, with many shooting holes and heavy spike traps above the head, are all used to block and kill intruders at the city gate, but there is no such thing here now. People, everything was quiet, one person and one dog passed through the gate like people returning from hunting at dusk and arrived in the courtyard of the castle.
"The last time I came here, there was someone on the river outside...I think it was the old king who was fishing. I also saw...some old friends who gave me warnings." "Yes. Those Dark Watchers," the black and white dog sneered again, and expertly pronounced the word in the local dialect of Caliban, "Come on, Leon, you have nothing to hide from me, and I think we You'll see the person you're talking about again soon." He raised a front paw and pointed in a certain direction ahead.
Although this castle is not very small to a mortal, to a primarch who is several meters tall and once owned an entire planet, it looks like some kind of miniature model with all the internal organs. Every part here is It's all like one person's understanding of Caliban's Knights' Castle, with low and close-knit houses along the street, mini gardens, cemeteries or orchards, various crowded shops with signboards hanging next to each other, and the castle. The large kitchen, which is very important to the residents, will of course not be missing from the main building and the tower, which occupy the largest area.
"According to normal logic, I would say that we can find the most difficult... and most important person in the main hall, and there may be some rare... ones in the tower. Clues and the like, so where should we go first?”
“You’ve already said this, why don’t you decide?”
“Because it’s ‘here’ that found you, not here. Me. "
The lion carefully used his eyes to look at the main hall and the tower. He found that there seemed to be flames looming behind the window of the main hall. He subconsciously held his weapon, but Then he realized that he was bare-handed and only had a robe, belt and shoes. In this case, it was not appropriate to risk peeking at possible monsters - but fortunately, he also had a (fully armed) dog, right?
Finally, they walked into the main hall safely.
They passed through dusty honor banners and tapestries recording victories. The patterns on them were delicate and blurry, gorgeous and faded. The only thing that could make people realize was that they represented past victories; stone masonry There was no wood or other fuel in the completed fireplace, only real, moving flames burning on the empty stone; apart from them, the hall remained empty, except at the end of the long wooden table, at the end of the hall, Sitting on an old high-backed chair was the old king that Leon El'Jonson had seen when he first woke up.
The dog's snout twitched, and the tips of his claws made a soft crunching sound on the rough stone ground in conjunction with his brother's steps. The lion and the shepherd dog approached with their eyes open from the beginning. The king watched them closely, but said nothing and remained motionless.
Withered gray hair hangs down from his thin cheeks. The golden crown is just a few simple golden rings, but it is still gold and shining. The old king’s sharp The eyes are fixed on a certain point.
The lion noticed that he never blinked once, and that his gaze even penetrated them and could even see further——
Oh, no, the old king withdrew his eyes and focused them for the first time, but he did not stay on the lion for long. His eyes intersected with those of the shepherd——
The vague look on the old king’s face The look of expectation turned into an expression of extreme annoyance and terror, and then was suppressed by something twisted and twisted.
The dog seemed to have made some kind of expression towards the king, but its furry face would become very cute just by shaking its head, so the lion's attention was still on the old king in front of him.
As Perturabo said, it is "here" that attracts Leon.
(End of this chapter)