Chapter 252 - 253 - The Ruby Throne (I)

"Before me and my brothers and sister, he rose — small, miserable, fragile in flesh. But only his flesh was weak. His mind burned like a thousand furnaces, his soul roared as vast as ours. And there, in that instant, I knew — the universe would never know peace, nor boredom, as long as an enemy like him existed." Thoughts of Khorne, God of Violence, War, and Martial Honor, upon facing the God-Emperor of Mankind.

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Aenar sighed and saw the Throne Chamber before him. It was a huge underground space measuring more than a hundred meters in diameter. Enormous pillars supported the entire Chamber, forming a long corridor. At the end of the corridor, steps rose to reveal a magnificent throne.

The Throne was red, made of a semi-transparent red crystal, allowing anyone to see the flow of golden energy running through the entire seat. The most incredible thing was three spears pointed downwards, as if aiming at the occupant's back.

It took a month, but Aenar managed to build a suitable place for him to start concentrating, at the same time, the Ruby Throne was specially made to help him concentrate large amounts of energy.

Under Leda's eyes, she watched Aenar climb the steps. Step by step, only the sound of his footsteps echoing throughout the entire Secret Chamber.

"Leda, you can go, you don't need to accompany me at this moment." Before sitting on the Throne, Aenar dismissed Leda. He really didn't need anyone serving him at this moment. Instead of leaving such a large combat power idle, he preferred to use it to stabilize the kingdom.

However, looking at Leda, the orders he was about to speak did not leave his lips. Her gaze could not be more loyal and determined. Sighing, Aenar let out a helpless sigh. "You are truly my uncle's daughter."

Looking at Leda, who didn't want to leave his side, Aenar sighed again and sat on the throne. The moment this happened, the three spears advanced and pierced his back.

The sound of flesh being pierced could not be clearer at this moment. Leda firmly gripped the hilt of her sword. Seeing the king self-harming was more painful than killing her.

Aenar didn't care about Leda's thoughts at this moment, he was busy feeling the gigantic amount of Warp energy invade his body. Essentially, the Ruby Throne was a device that was created to assist Aenar.

In addition to helping Aenar resist the heavy burden, it served to keep his mind clear of any negative emotions or crazy thoughts. After all, after personally seeing the power of the God of Chaos, Aenar would never again underestimate these damned insects being conceived at this moment.

Aenar got used to the flow of energy passing through his body and let out a long sigh. At the same instant, the entire Ruby Throne began to glow intensely. It seemed that Aenar was sitting on a red sun, the entire Throne Chamber was tinged with a pale shade of red.

Leda looked at the scene with a look of admiration. Her reverence and piety increased as never before. At this moment, the king truly looked like a god walking on earth.

"Leda, call my wives." Aenar, with his eyes closed, said in a calm tone and concentrated on purifying the Warp energy. The Lady of the Royal Guard bowed and left the place without any hesitation.

While remaining alone in the Throne Chamber, Aenar experienced for the first time the sensation of deepening his connection with the Immaterium Dimension.

The Immaterium, Sea of Souls, Aether, Realm of Chaos, Warpspace or simply Warp was an alternative dimension of purely psychic energy that echoes and grounds the four familiar dimensions of the material universe.

For Aenar, the Warp was something more, a collective imaginary of all minds in the universe gathered in one place. A place of entropy, chaos and unexpectedly order. Even in chaos, there was order, a chaotic order, but it was an order.

So, for the first time, Aenar personally saw the Warp. A place absolutely forbidden for any human or sentient being to see. Gigantic clouds of cosmic dust moved through a seemingly infinite space. The very laws that governed the universe seemed to be false and adulterated. There were no vectors, sense of direction or even the word path did not exist in this place.

Aenar knew that the future of humanity would be in this place of chaos and dangers, humans needed to pass through the Warp during long space journeys. But how do you travel through a place that had no sense of direction?

Aenar had the answer, a beacon. A beacon that could provide coordinates for all spaceships, which could follow without getting lost in this dimension of infinite proportions.

What would the beacon be?

Aenar himself would be the beacon for humanity, he would be the one who guided humanity to the future he promised, the top of all races in the Known Universe.

When Aenar looked at the Warp, he soon discovered his future enemies. What were the Chaos Gods in gestation?

Gigantic eggs floating in the Warp swallowing enormous amounts of energy every second. Amounts of energy so great that it would make a space civilization feel desperate.

Each of the four eggs was of different colors, representing the four Chaos Gods. In each egg, primordial lines appeared on the surface of the egg, these lines pulsed like a primordial and ancient heart.

Suddenly, four pairs of eyes stared at Aenar with intense gazes. Greed, happiness, lust, excitement, fun, and curiosity. He could feel every emotion in the gaze of the Chaos Gods.

"It seems you are bored." Aenar said in a calm and deep tone, approaching the four eggs. Looking at these gigantic eggs, his purple eyes gradually became cold.

"Humanity against Chaos Gods." Aenar spoke in an extremely cold tone, then he smiled. "But if you think you will survive, you are wrong, I will use your corpses, soul, and mind to forge a universe that belongs to the human race."

Happy and fierce laughter echoed in Aenar's mind, but he didn't care, he could see that his words only made these Chaos Gods excited instead of truly fearing.

Just as Aenar had guessed, the Chaos Gods were truly bored. The struggle for universal supremacy was nothing more than fun for these beings who were born at the top of the universe and the cosmos itself.

"I really want to kill you..." Aenar said in a calm tone as his astral body disappeared from the Warp. The four eggs trembled as if saying goodbye to Aenar or regretting that he was leaving so soon.

Opening his eyes, Aenar looked at the three women before him with a gentle smile

"You have arrived." He said as he shifted to a more comfortable position on the throne. The spears embedded in his back moved, following his movements, but he showed no expression of pain.

"Husband..." Seeing Aenar's state, Visenya's eyes welled up, something Daenerys and Rhaenys were also doing. Seeing the three ruby spears sinking into Aenar's flesh was extremely difficult to watch.

"Don't worry, mere pain is nothing compared to our survival." Aenar smiled gently and cast a warm gaze at the three women. He knew their thoughts without any difficulty.

Daenerys desperately held back her tears and dared not cry. She felt that if she cried, she would be dishonoring Aenar's entire sacrifice. Something she could not allow under any circumstances.

"Brother, let's stop, we can choose another path." Rhaenys said in a trembling tone. She looked at him with a pleading gaze. She felt that they could choose another path instead of accepting that Aenar hurt himself.

"I already said, this pain is nothing." Aenar spoke in a sincere tone. Compared to mere physical pain, the pressure on his soul was truly exhausting. He preferred to have a thousand spears piercing his body than the pressure he was feeling at that moment.

Without waiting for Rhaenys's answer, Aenar raised his hand and three drops of blood floated before him. These three drops of blood grew to the size of a basketball and solidified into ten large ruby balls. It looked like the same material as the Ruby Throne, because it really was the same material.

In the next second, Aenar injected the purest Warp power into the three rubies. In an instant, the three rubies exploded into an extremely strong and intense light, blinding like the sun and as hot as one.

"These are the Three Artificial Suns." Aenar said in a deep tone. "Before the people of King's Landing, you three must create the sun for the people."

"You have left behind your mortal bodies, along with your blood, mind, and soul, finally becoming Goddesses of my Golden Lineage." Aenar spoke each word, making the three women gasp, completely shocked by his words.

Aenar wanted to deify the images of Visenya, Daenerys, and Rhaenys, this would help the three women govern in his place during this time. At the same time, the nobles would be much more docile with the idea that he could actually create suns.

"Yes, husband." Holding the enormous ruby in her arms, Visenya was the first to speak, she looked at the figure sitting on the red sun like a God observing mortals and showed a determined look. She didn't want to fail Aenar's expectations for her.

Even if she wasn't used to being worshipped as a goddess, she had to accept this role at this moment. With Visenya's words, Daenerys and Rhaenys looked at Aenar and did something similar, holding their respective rubies with determined looks.

Aenar's gaze softened, he knew it was a cruel task to be a god, but he had no choice and his wives also had no choice.

"Go and show why House Targaryen are gods among humans." Aenar said with a smile. His three wives did not fail.

Feeling sleepy, Aenar knew he couldn't talk for long and closed his eyes, concentrating on his mission.

Seeing this, the three women looked at Aenar sitting on the Ruby Throne, which shone as brightly as the sun. He looked like a God, but in their eyes, he looked more human than anyone else.

After all.

He was the God-Emperor of Mankind.

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