With thanks, Fabius picked up a fruit and found that it was hot, as if it had just been taken from the fire, soft on the outside but still hard in the center.
He took a bite, and the flesh was very hot, making his tongue and the corners of his mouth twitch. However, it had not been cooked in any way and was naturally in this state, but it was absolutely delicious.
After finishing the meal in two or three bites, he reached out and grabbed the golden roasted meat and began to devour it. It was very rude and indecent. Soshyan just watched indifferently from a short distance away.
While chewing, Fabius poured the wine from the flask into the empty cup, raised the cup and smelled it, then made a sound of admiration, then drank it in a big gulp, and poured himself another cup, even though his stomach was almost
Started singing.
"...I heard that you will see me after you are captured."
Ten minutes later, when Fabius's devouring speed finally slowed down, Soshyan asked slowly:
"So who sent you here? Is it guidance from Slaanesh or another Chaos Evil God?"
"I don't believe in chaos."
Fabius nodded slightly, raised his glass as if to celebrate, and then drank it in one gulp. After putting down the glass, he casually wiped his greasy hands on his prison uniform.
"I only believe in human reason and scientific evidence. This is my eternal proposition."
Soshyan sneered.
"You are pretending to be among Chaos believers every day, and you are like a maggot crawling out of a cesspit, but you claim that you are not touched by anything."
"Oh, my God, Mr. Soshyan, can you speak more politely, considering that I have just finished my meal."
"Because this is the most appropriate example. In fact, you are just a filthy maggot in my eyes, even more so than other Chaos believers. They can at least declare their beliefs generously, but you... are not only depraved, but also
Hypocrisy and even more self-deception.”
Fabius burped and then shook his head.
"I didn't expect that even though we have never met, you could still have such a bad impression on me."
"Because any self-justification you have is vulnerable to your actions. Well, now you just need to answer the questions honestly."
"Then just say it."
"Who sent you here?"
"My own is coming."
"But Fulgrim summoned you, but I guess you won't listen to him. In other words... you came to me specifically? Then how can you explain why you joined forces with Enkali to attack the royal court?"
"If not...how could my things that Fulgrim sent to monitor be eliminated?"
"Oh? You originally wanted to banish Enkali because she was sent by Fulgrim to spy on you... Humph! What a liar! Your attack on Veronica didn't look like a disguise. If it weren't for Ma
Dale is here... Fabius, do you have other agendas?"
Fabius raised his hands in a gesture of peace.
"Don't be nervous. I'm a person who likes to make various filings. I just feel that strong enough actions are needed to get you to come forward."
"Okay, if that's it, then what do you want to do with me?"
"I want to know your secret."
Soshyan looked at the other person and suddenly laughed after a moment.
"Hahahaha! Spider, some of the small successes in the past seem to make you too self-righteous. Do you think that you alone are worthy of participating in this game of the gods? Do you know what the secrets in me represent? The Emperor, the Ada gods,
The Power of Destruction, the Star God, the Necrontyr, the Ancient Saints...there are so many, none of these powers can be touched by you now, mortal."
Fabius sat cross-legged on the ground, looked at Soshyan calmly, and then said slowly:
"Then have you ever asked yourself, why are mortals subject to the so-called gods?"
Soshyan blinked.
"What?"
"I usually don't talk about the so-called concept of gods, because it is a delusion of fools, an illusion formed by mortals' own troubles, whether it is the God of Chaos or the Ada gods, or they are worshiped by foolish believers.
God-Emperors, whether they are great gods or small gods, these nihilistic tyrants exert their ruthless will in the souls of fragile mortals, and these mortals are subject to these concepts of 'gods' just because they are weak.
Thoughts, but I firmly believe that we are no less than these beings of consciousness, no less than gods worthy of love and worship, no less extraordinary than possessing magical powers or realizing unfulfilled potential! We are born, we live, and we die
, in the brief space between our first and last breath, we are always and forever at the mercy of forces... forces that trivialize our existence, cheapen our struggles, and inflict on us
Sending their power on bent and sun-scorched backs, yet this is not the path humans should take."
Soshiyang frowned slightly. Although he had long known that the other party had a different thinking from that of ordinary Chaos Space Marines, there was something uniquely weird about these remarks coming from someone like Fabius.
Is he really a staunch atheist?
Weird...
After thinking for a moment, Soshyan replied:
"Since the birth of human civilization, all social forms have always emphasized one thing. Individuals must serve a certain cause or someone. It is not a dishonorable thing to serve a powerful being who can see further -"
"No, no, no, this is extremely disgraceful."
Fabius raised a finger like a professor in the academy.
"Because we rarely have a choice, although we can choose which god to feed with our blood, sweat and tears, labor and sacrifice... But what if we don't want to feed any god at all? What if we seek to serve a simple idea?
, a higher purpose, a deeper abstraction, without service or loyalty to any deity?”
He said these words easily, as if declaring a simple fact: fire is hot, water is wet, ice is cold...
Soshyan could probably tell that Fabius really believed in these things.
"Since the birth of the Empire, all life and glory belong to the Emperor. You should know better than anyone else."
"But the Emperor is not a god. He has always been the existence I longed for. I have walked with him and breathed the same air with him. To tell you the truth, he never wanted to become what the fool is now worshiping! He doesn't want to do it.
God, he hates this idea! If he still has eyes, this broken, ignorant slave empire will definitely make him feel sick! Humanity needs a leader, there is no doubt about it, and I also firmly believed that he is the best choice.
...But the Emperor failed, due to his mistakes, caution and conservatism, and ultimately fell into the flames of the warp, so we can no longer be cautious, otherwise humanity will suffer a second unbearable failure."