Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 558: The Olive Branch of the Laughing God
The fleet was ready, and after taking away all the Kells, it left the system and entered the webway.

Even though it is the same superluminal travel, sailing in the webway is as smooth as sailing in the storm in the subspace.

The storm has no effect on the internal environment of the webway.

Only at this time did Mortarion fully understand the Emperor's mentality and realized that the Webway Project, which had invested huge manpower and material resources and almost drained the resources of the entire Empire, was indeed of great value.

He had thought that the storm that interrupted humanity's prosperity would never happen again.

"Let's meet someone first."

Uslan closed his eyes and mouth, but the words still came out of him.

In Qin Xia's perception, Uslan was using his psychic power to investigate everywhere, looking around like a thief.

Qin Xia observed Uslan and tried to figure out what the old prophet was thinking.

In the original rebellion, Uslan would indeed help humans, but he would not do so many things. There must be some reason why Uslan was willing to help humans more proactively.

"Stop." Uslan opened his eyes.

It took the entire fleet two suns to slowly stop, hovering in the space formed by the golden barrier of the Webway.

Uslan teleported out with Qin Xia and Mortarion, and appeared at a fork in the road at the bottom of the webway.

The moment Mortarion walked out of the portal, he subconsciously reached for the sickle behind him, but he quickly changed his hand from reaching for the sickle to rubbing his shoulders.

In front of the three people was a group of Eldar aliens.

These Eldar aliens do not look as decent as the Ark Eldar to which Uslan belongs. They are dressed like costumes, and some of them even wear clown masks.

"Someone from the Clown Troupe." Qin Xia looked at Uslan, wanting the old prophet to explain.

Then a man wearing a long robe walked out from among the clown troupe members.

"This is the Curtain Walker from the Harlequin Troupe." Uslan introduced to Qin Xia.

The Veil Walker saluted with the human Sky Eagle Salute. A beautiful voice came from under the translucent helmet: "We are here for you."

Qin Xia nodded: "I know you probably want to say something, I ask you to speak directly, don't put on a drama for me and let me figure out the trick from this drama."

A few glances were exchanged between Uslan and Veilwalker.

The Veil Walker discovered that Qin Xia was indeed as Uslan had said, and was quite knowledgeable about the Eldar, and even knew a lot about the Harlequin Troupe that had been living in seclusion in the deepest part of the Webway.

"We certainly wouldn't communicate with you in this way," said Curtain Walker.

Qin Xia looked at the clowns.

Some clowns who were taking out props silently put them back, and some clowns who were about to sing and dance also silently stood back in their original positions.

They don't look like they would "never communicate with you this way" at all.

“Ulslan will lead the Son to find his brothers,” Veilwalker said, bowing to Mortarion. “We Harlequins would like you to travel to the deepest part of the Webway and meet the Laughing God.”

Qin Xia and Mortarion had different reactions after hearing these words.

Mortarion was surprised by the title of Son of God.

This does not seem to be a respectful title used to show that "there are humble people among the arrogant elves", but a name that contains a lot of information.

Could it be that, in the eyes of the Eldar, the Emperor is a god? Mortarion wondered.

However, the Primarch now wanted to find his brothers and then work with them to eliminate the rebels. He had no time to worry about the name issue.

Qin Xia was surprised that the Laughing God Xilegao wanted to see him.

At the deepest point of the Webway lies the Eldar God of Laughter, who guards a place called the Black Library.

It is rumored that the Black Library contains all the books of the ancient Eldar Empire. It is a place that those who know of its existence dream of entering.

So Qin Xia naturally agreed without hesitation: "I will go to meet your gods."

Audience.

When this word reached the ears of the Eldar clowns present, they felt quite pleased, and some of them even raised the corners of their mouths.

The Veilwalker saluted again, turned to face Uslan, and said goodbye in the obscure language of the Eldar.

But before Uslan took Mortarion away, Veilwalker had something to say to the Primarch: "The one who guided Eichmand out of the storm was a follower of the Laughing God. That was the first time the God extended a helping hand to you."

"Did you do it? What evidence do you have?" Mortarion instinctively questioned the alien's words.

"The runes on Eichmand's body." The Veil Walker said, "We put the runes on him when he didn't find us, so that he could fulfill his historical mission in a specific period of time."

Mortarion and Qin Xia looked at each other.

Uslan spoke one more word in the Eldar tongue, and led the Primarch back to the ship.

The reason why the Veil Walkers had instructed Uslan to bring Mortarion down as well was just to talk about their help to Eichmand.

Qin Xia felt that it seemed that the Harlequin Troupe would do something with Mortarion in the future, and helping Eichmand was to show goodwill and take the first step in establishing a friendly relationship.

"Please follow me." The Curtain Walker turned around and led the members of the Harlequin Troupe in front.

In order to prevent Qin Xia from feeling distrusted, no clown walked behind Qin Xia. Instead, they left their backs to Qin Xia.

It’s also about building trust.

Any species that leaves its back to others takes risks, so the act itself becomes a way to build and confirm trust.

They walked through a low corridor-like webway, and then came to a webway with a space large enough to accommodate more than a dozen galaxies. They boarded the Eldar ship and headed to the distance.

……

It is unknown how long the Webway voyage lasted.

The ship finally stopped. Qin Xia stood in front of the transparent energy inside the Eldar ship and observed the outside world.

An extremely huge building is suspended in the center of this vast space.

It combines the architectural techniques of the Eldar and utilizes the characteristics of the space within the Webway to shape the building into a form that cannot exist in the real universe or even in the Warp.

Qin Xia didn't know how to describe it. What he saw was just the tip of the iceberg of this huge building, which appeared visually as a plane with a side length infinitely close to a circle.

The Veil Walker did something unknown, but he opened a flashing passage on the surface of the huge building.

Qin Xia and the clowns took one step and came into the building.

Compared with the outside world, the place where Qin Xia appeared seemed more concrete.

The decoration is in a harlequin-style mix of bright colors and is filled with seats. In front of it is a stage with flowing stars, and above the head are clouds and flashing runes.

After Curtain Walker made a gesture of invitation, Qin Xia sat in the nearest seat.

A burst of passionate music sounded, and every note of the music stung the human senses, making Qin Xia feel sad, excited, melancholy, and relieved successively.

However, for the curtain walkers on the side and the clowns walking towards the stage, the music that can directly arouse Qin Xia's emotions through hearing is like the wind blowing past his ears, and it is a sound that he will not pay attention to at all.

The curtain on the stage gradually opened.

A group of clowns appeared from behind the curtain. They were dressed up as different characters and performed the drama with extremely exaggerated movements.

Considering that he was in someone else's territory after all, Qin Xia continued to watch patiently.

The clowns can easily perform difficult actions that humans can never do. In the battle scenes, they directly kill the people who play the enemies, and then resurrect the dead, briefly describe the fate of the characters, and then quietly exit the stage.

Because the drama performance was too abstract, if Qin Xia didn't have so much knowledge, he wouldn't be able to understand what was being performed.

It is about the past of the God of Laughter.

The Laughing God once fought against the C'tan in the War in Heaven. When a group of C'tan were ready to kill him, he tricked one of them, named "Outer Saranoga", into swallowing his companions and going crazy.

The drama performance ended, and suddenly the entire stage was filled with smoke and stars.

The curtain opened again, but behind the curtain was not the actors and the backstage, but a temple-like building.

The clowns ended their performance, bowed respectfully, then stepped back and knelt on both sides of the road leading to the temple.

The temple quickly moved closer, and a gate engraved with a hideous smiling face appeared in front of Qin Xia.

The God of Laughter is about to appear.

Qin Xia stood up from his chair.

The door slowly opened, and a clown wearing a smiling mask jumped out of the temple, and laughter floated throughout the theater.

Then Qin Xia suddenly felt someone touching him. He turned around and saw the Laughing God sitting next to him, applauding the believers' performance.

The figure of the Laughing God Xilegao is extremely slender and smooth, graceful and a little weird, and his facial features form a smiling face.

This is not its true divine face.

"What did you think of the performance?"

Qin Xia heard the Laughing God asking him questions in human language. His voice sounded no different from a human's, except that his tone contained a feeling of "unable to hold back".

"Not very good." Qin Xia told the truth.

The Laughing God did not refute, but just waved his hand.

The surroundings change from a theatre to a corridor.

"This is the Black Library." The Laughing God walked in front to lead the way. "I know you hate abstruse ways of communicating, so I'll explain it more clearly."

Qin Xia remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he was saying: Thank God, praise the God of Laughter, praise Xilegao.

For a God who loves to have his followers perform drama to convey his messages, being able to make things clearer can even be considered a gift.

"You have been to the realm of Tzeentch."

"Yes."

"Then you should know that you can't rescue Horus now anyway."

"Ah."

"I have an idea."

A door appeared at the end of the corridor ahead.

Qin Xia walked while looking at the Laughing God.

"Your trait allows you to be immune to the influence of the Soul Sea to a certain extent, but you can call upon the power of the Soul Sea."

The Laughing God said.

"The Warp, that's what you call the Sea of ​​Souls."

"So is there a possibility that if you try to gain the power of certain concepts in the subspace like some greedy creatures, you may not necessarily be affected by the concepts in return?"

"For example, if you become a lesser god, you won't necessarily be twisted into a servant of Chaos."

Having said that, the Laughing God stopped in front of the door and looked at Qin Xia, as if asking him if he was sure to give it a try.

Qin Xia was not surprised: "I have thought of this idea a long time ago, but I don't know how to obtain more powerful power... Whether it is to be promoted to a secondary god or to seize some concept, I know a lot, but not in detail."

"Then let's make a deal." The Laughing God placed his hand on the door. "When you walk in here, it will be considered a deal. If you don't want to take the risk, you can withdraw."

Qin Xia thought for a moment and said, "Open the door."

(End of this chapter)