원문:
"Your timing is unintentionally impeccable, little brother,’ said the primarch. ‘I am faced with a dilemma." ‘My liege, I do not know what is happening here, but I am sure it can wait a while. We need your guidance. The ship is under sustained attack, from creatures that are almost impervious to our weapons.’
‘The punishment of oath-breakers brooks no delay,’ said Nemiel. As he approached, Corswain recognised the kneeling legionary. His helm was under his arm, his face half-hidden behind long waves of black hair. It was Brother Asmodeus, formerly of the Librarium. ‘Oath-breaker?’ said Corswain. ‘I do not understand ‘My little brother has transgressed,’ said the Lion, though there seemed no anger in his voice. ‘Upon being attacked, he broke the Edict of Nikaea and unleashed the powers of his mind.’
‘He performed sorcery,’ snarled Nemiel. ‘The same vileness perpetrated by the Night Lords that now threatens our ship! ‘That is to be decided, Brother-Redemptor,’ said the Lion. ‘I have not yet delivered my verdict.’
‘The Edict of Nikaea was absolute, my liege,’ said Nemiel. ‘Warriors of the Librarium were to curtail their powers. Asmodeus has breached the oath he swore.’
‘Did it work?’ said Corswain.
‘What?’ said Nemiel, turning his skull-faced helm in the direction of the seneschal.
‘Asmodeus, did your powers destroy the enemy?’
The former Librarian said nothing, but looked up at the primarch and nodded.
‘Interesting,’ said the primarch, his green eyes fixing on Corswain as if to see into his thoughts. ‘I have seen first-hand what these things can do. They are…’ said the seneschal, hesitating to use the word. He took a breath and continued. ‘We face nephilla, my liege, or something akin to them. They are not wholly physical and our weapons do little damage to their unnatural flesh.’
‘They are creatures of the warp, lauded primarch.’ The group of Dark Angels turned as Lady Fiana approached. ‘They are made of warp-stuff, and the breach has allowed them to manifest in our world. They cannot be destroyed, only sent back. The gaze of our third eyes can harm them.’
‘Is this true?’ asked the Lion, stooping to lay a hand on the shoulder of Asmodeus. ‘Were your powers capable of harming our attackers?’
‘From the warp they come, and with the power of the warp they can be banished again,’ said the Librarian. He stood as the Lion changed his grip and guided the legionary to his feet. He met the primarch’s gaze for a moment and then looked away again. ‘Brother-Redemptor Nemiel is right, my liege. I have broken the oath I swore.’
‘A grave crime, and one that I will be sure to prosecute properly when the current situation has been resolved,’ said the Lion. He looked at Nemiel. ‘There are two others of the Librarium aboard: Hasfael and Alberein. Bring them here.’
‘This is a mistake, my liege,’ said Nemiel, shaking his head. ‘The abominations that attack us, these nephilla, are a conjuration of sorceries. I swore an oath also, to uphold the Edict of Nikaea. To unleash further sorcery will endanger us even more. Think again, my liege!’
‘I have issued an order, Brother-Redemptor,’ said the Lion, drawing himself up to his full height.
‘One that I cannot follow,’ said Nemiel, his tone hard, though Corswain could see the Chaplain’s hands were trembling with the effort of defying his primarch.
‘My authority is absolute,’ the Lion said, clenching his fists, his lips drawn back to reveal gleaming teeth.
‘The Edict of Nikaea was issued by the Emperor, my liege,’ said Nemiel. ‘There is no higher authority.’
‘Enough!’ The Lion’s roar was so loud it caused Corswain’s auto-senses to dampen his hearing, as they would if he was caught in a potentially deafening detonation. The seneschal was not entirely sure what happened next. The Lion moved and a split-second later a cracked skull-faced helm was spinning through the dull-glowing lights of the strategium, cutting a bloody arc through the air. Nemiel’s headless corpse clattered to the floor as the Lion held up his hand, pieces of ceramite embedded in the fingertips of his gore-spattered gauntlet. Corswain looked at the face of his primarch, horrified by what had happened. For a moment he saw a vision of satisfaction, the Lion’s eyes gleaming as he stared at his handiwork. It passed in a second. The Lion seemed to realise what he had done and his face twisted with pain as he knelt beside the remains of the Brother-Redemptor. ‘My liege?’ Corswain was not sure what to say, but as seneschal he knew he had to act.
‘We will mourn him later,’ said the Lion. The primarch stood up, his gaze still on Nemiel’s body.
요약:
다크엔젤의 전 사서였던 아스모데우스가 함선 내에 악마들이 들어오자 니케아 칙령을 어기고 사이킥을 써서 물리쳐냄.
그러자 채플린 네미엘은 감히 황제 폐하의 지엄한 명령인 니케아 칙령을 어기고 요술을 부렸으니 죽어 마땅하다며 아스모데우스를 죽이려 함. 아스모데우스도 자기는 맹세를 어겼다며 처벌을 받아들이려 함.
그러나 라이온은 악마들 상대로 사이킥이 확실한 효과를 냈다는 걸 듣고는 그 죄에 대한 처벌은 이 사태가 끝나고 내려도 된다며 네미엘을 말리고 다른 사서들을 부르려 함.
이에 네미엘은 라이온에게 실수하고 있는 거라며 버티고, 그러자 라이온은 서서히 끓어오르는 화를 참으며 이건 내 권위로 내리는 명령이라고 말하지만, 네미엘은 이건 황제 폐하의 명령이고 그보다 더 높은 권위는 없다며 버팀.
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