I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 329 Breakup (1)

The Age of Rebellion, the Human Empire, Terra.

Macardo was strolling in his own backyard, with his personal star whisperer, Sybel Niasta, by his side.

The two walked and stopped frequently, discussing official documents that needed to be sent as soon as possible.

A moment later, Sibel left with the notebook.

Macado looked up at the sky, his brow furrowed in worry.

His worry wasn't because of the rampage of demons and chaos orcs. Once His Majesty was prepared for the End Era, most of the subjects from the Rebellion Era would be relocated to the End Era, and the demons and chaos orcs from the Rebellion Era would no longer pose an obstacle.

What truly troubled Macardo was a persistent sense of unease, as if he had overlooked something of paramount importance.

Makado thought he wasn't old enough to forget things, but he just couldn't remember what those things were.

This feeling of being completely baffled caused him great distress.

"Perhaps I should ask His Majesty; I wonder if he can spare some time from the End Times tonight to respond to me..."

Makado secretly prepared to take the shuttle to Terra Palace.

Just as he turned around and walked back, a dark shadow in his peripheral vision caught his attention.

"Who?"

Looking to the side, in the moonlight, the figures in the garden corridor are hidden among layers of vine curtains, making them difficult to see clearly.

Makado channeled his psionic energy, casting a psionic shield, while simultaneously reaching for the sonic array device at his waist with his right hand, preparing to call for the guards.

At that moment, a hissing sound, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, came from behind.

"Macado, do you feel like you've forgotten something important?"

A figure slowly walked into the moonlight from behind the vine curtain.

Its scales reflected a cold light, and its inverted triangular face revealed cold-bloodedness and indifference.

“A lizardman?” Makado thought quickly, his eyes flashing. “You’re an elder of the secret cult? Do you know what kind of place this is? How dare you come here to cause trouble?”

The lizardman stuck out his tongue, the long, thin red tongue flickered in the air, and then retracted into his mouth:

“If it were me, I wouldn’t have thought of calling the guards or forcibly driving away a guest who brought important information. Makado, do you know what signs are present before a new first-class soul is born?”

Makado's fingers rested on the sonic array device at his waist.

He wanted to call for the guards immediately, but the lizardman's words sent a chill down his spine, sending a jolt of electricity through his scalp:
"Of course I know what signs precede the birth of a first-class soul. About ten thousand years ago, the Eldar were immersed in decadence, which was out of control. At that time, none of the Eldar members realized the danger. This indifference to the danger was a sign before the birth of a first-class soul. It represented the interference of the first-class soul in the real universe and was a mechanism for the first-class soul to help itself to be born smoothly."

Macado gasped:

"Hiss... You mean, a first-class soul connected to me is about to be born. It's preventing me from remembering something?"

"Heh, that's right," the lizardman chuckled.
"Your reaction is quite quick. Let me remind you. Ancient Orcs. The Palu Empire. Lino. The subspace nature of Alphamega..."

With each word the lizardman uttered, Makado's eyes widened, until finally he shuddered violently, as if waking from a deep sleep, and slammed his staff onto the grass.

"I remember now, damn it, how could I have forgotten about that? I should have reminded His Majesty to find a way to obtain the ancient orc specimens from the Age of the End, and use them for..."

Makado's words came to an abrupt halt, for he had almost revealed the God-Emperor's plan to plunder the essence of the warp from Lino.

The lizardman raised the corners of his mouth in a half-smile, his triangular eyes gleaming with cunning.
"It's not too late for you to think about it now, Makado. The human empire might be able to escape the fate of being destroyed by the Palu orcs. Remember these coordinates: Aroidepus-Miphaladyadis-BTYY-019311. The thing that you and the God-Emperor least want to see is happening there."

The lizardman turned around and left unhurriedly, his body gradually fading away.

Makado caught up a few steps and asked:
"The coordinates you mentioned are located outside the Milky Way?"

“Yes.” The lizardman stopped in his tracks and said without turning his head:
"Try contacting the Eldar. They might be willing to send your people there via the network. Once they get there, you'll naturally find out what's going on."

The lizardman's figure merged into the air and vanished without a trace.

Makado activated his psychic powers, trying to locate the other party, but found nothing.

At this moment, he realized that the elder of the secret sect was extraordinary, even surpassing him, an Alpha-level human immortal, by several points.

Makado dared not delay and immediately went to the Terra Palace to meet the God-King.

Regardless of whether His Majesty had time to pay attention to him that night, Makado recounted his meeting with the lizardmen in detail.

Looking up, the figure on the throne showed no reaction.

Makado's heart sank. He waited patiently for half an hour, but could only sigh in disappointment as he arrived at Karata, the Eldar network city beneath the throne.

The human empire had already made contact with the Jester's Troupe during the Terra Unification Wars.

The two imperial guards, appointed by the Emperor, were responsible for contacting the clown.

Macardo found them and, using the authority granted to him by the God-Emperor, sent a coded message to Elena, who was guarding the Black Library.

Elena's response came very quickly; almost as soon as the message was sent, Macado received a reply.

"My lord, Elena wants you to go to the Obsidian Archives to meet her first, and then together we will travel to a small galaxy outside the Milky Way. If you agree, she will use the signal from this encoded transmitter as an anchor point to open a portal and bring you there."

Without hesitation, Macado replied:
Tell her that I accept her offer.

"Yes, sir." The Imperial Guard typed on the keyboard and sent the message.

Half a minute later, a psionic wave emanated from the transmitter, opening a portal on the ground nearby.

Upon entering, Makado immediately saw the crystal tome, "The Book of Destiny," placed on an obsidian reading table.

Before the reading table, Elena closed the book and said solemnly:

"Macado, Lino destroyed all the gates of the Ancient Saint's military fortress and wiped out the Eldar fleet deployed within the Cosmic Hall. He now has complete control of the entire Cosmic Hall. Furthermore, just now, he forcibly closed and destroyed all the network portals leading to the capital of the Paru Empire. The moment I received the news, I checked the revelations in the Book of Destiny; you absolutely cannot imagine what I saw…"

Macado's face was so gloomy it looked like it could be squeezed dry:

"Li Nuo actually found a way to become a true god of the orcs a long time ago, right? He's currently holding a godhood ceremony somewhere outside the Milky Way?"

"Yes. Not only that. The Book of Destiny also told me that some of the human empire's practices are unacceptable to Li Nuo. Once he ascends to the level of a true god among the orcs, he will become the fuse that ignites the destruction of the human empire."

"Hmph..." Makado let out a heavy sigh, his heart heavy.

An outsider seized the warp essence that originally belonged to the Primarch. The God-Emperor did not demand that he return the warp essence that did not belong to him, which was already a great act of mercy. Yet he dared to deceive the God-Emperor, to be hypocritical and ungrateful, to secretly become a god, and to attempt to permanently possess Alphamega's warp essence in order to overthrow the Empire!

What a bastard!
Outsiders are truly despicable!
Macado struggled to suppress his anger and barely managed to remain calm.

I can't contact the God Emperor right now, and I'm not sure if the God Emperor has discovered that Li Nuo has become a god.

The most urgent task is to find out as soon as possible how far Li Nuo's plan to become a god has progressed, and whether there is still any hope for us to reclaim AlphaMega's subspace essence.

"Elena, can we set off now? I will personally travel to the outer reaches of the Milky Way to check on the current situation there."

“Yes, but the journey will be dangerous. We’ll encounter a blockade from the Palu orcs.” Elena used her psionic powers to open a portal in the open space.

The two passed through the door and entered a battleship in the style of the Eldar race.

"We have found a shortcut to a designated location outside the Milky Way, and the Eldar fleet will clear the way for us."

Elena went to the command platform on the bridge and ordered the ship to set sail.

Macado, leaning on his staff, looked anxiously ahead of the ship.

More than ten kilometers away, the Eldar fleet was engaged in battle with the Orks.

The Eldar deployed over a hundred warships. The Greenskins' interception force was small, but it was better equipped with extermination weapons.

They destroyed the Webgate, preventing the Eldar fleet from advancing, and then relentlessly attacked the Eldar fleet with extermination weapons.

Fortunately, the Eldar fleet had several highly skilled psionic prophets in command, who were able to use psionic magic to deflect the extinction weapons; otherwise, the Eldar fleet would have suffered heavy losses.

"The Palu orcs have gone mad."

As the extinction weapon exploded into a massive golden-white fireball on the net wall, Makado felt a chill run down his spine, his eyes filled with coldness:

"Li Nuo devised an extremely meticulous plan to become a god. How dare he forcibly seize the subspace essence that doesn't belong to him! I should have advised the God-Emperor long ago to force Li Nuo to hand over Alphamega's subspace essence!"

The Eldar fleet destroyed the Greenskin warships and used some kind of network repair device to project psionic rays, quickly repairing the network gates.

A small portion of the gate was repaired, leaving a hole about one kilometer in diameter, large enough for the fleet to pass through.

The Eldar fleet passed through the hole and arrived at the next node.

Here, they encountered another interception squadron from the Paru Empire.

The battle between the two sides ended quickly.

The Eldar fleet used the same method to quickly and efficiently build a hole in the damaged network gate.

Fighting and repairing the gates along the way, the Eldar fleet reached a network node outside the Milky Way in two hours.

There are still three stops to go before reaching our destination. The number of green-skinned ships here is several times greater than in other places, hindering the Eldar fleet's advance.

Seeing that the battle between the two sides was unlikely to end anytime soon, Makado said:

"Elena, could you please connect me to the communication system? I need to speak with Li Nuo."

“I’ll give it a try,” Elena gestured to the Eldar in charge of communications.

A few minutes later, the communication screen popped up, and a tall orc stood in the center of the screen.

Elena carefully observed the orc's actions, then shook her head and said:
"It's not Li Nuo; it's probably just an ordinary Palu orc commander responsible for giving us the runaround."

“It’s alright, let me handle this.” Makado stepped forward and met the gaze of the orc in the image.
"I am Makado, the Chancellor of the Human Empire. Who are you?"

The orc replied:

"I am a beast, the frontline commander of the Palu Empire. We don't recall sending invitations to Pointy Ears and Shrimp, so what are you doing here?"

“That’s a question I should be asking you,” Makado said coldly, his eyes gleaming. “What are you Palu beastmen doing here?!”

“We’re creating gods here, is that even a question? Aren’t you here to stop our god-making plan?” the beast answered bluntly.

Elena and Macardo were taken aback by the fact that it was so straightforward and made no attempt to conceal anything.

Macado snorted coldly:
"Have Li Nuo come to see me."

"The High Priest is unavailable."

"I'm talking about Li Nuo!"

"I know, the High Priest is busy."

Macardo frowned, as did Elena.

Elena stepped forward and stood side by side with Makado:

“Beast, didn’t you hear what we said? We want to talk to Li Nuo, not the so-called High Priest you’re talking about.”

The beast looked at Makado and Elena with the eyes of someone looking at idiots:
"Are you guys out of your minds? Isn't Li Nuo the Great Priest? When did Shrimp and Pointy Ears become such idiots?"

Elena frowned and asked in return:
"But isn't your shaman called Sak?"

"Oh, that was his previous name. He changed it to Li Nuo a few days ago."

Elena became anxious:
"But don't you find it strange? The name Li Nuo is clearly out of place with your orcish style!"

"So what?" The beast crossed his arms.
"What the high priest can say whatever he wants, it's none of your business! What are you barking about here?"

"Watch your words!" Elena slammed her fist on the railing of the command platform, causing a loud bang that shattered the bone railing into pieces.

“Idiots, the boss is right, Pointy Ears are a bunch of self-righteous idiots.” Beast shut down the communication.

Elena was so angry she was panting heavily.

Macado said with a gloomy expression:

“We know Li Nuo’s true identity and background, but that card is useless now. He seems to have used some method to make the Palu orcs believe that he, Li Nuo, is the ruler of the Palu orcs, and the Palu orcs have accepted this somewhat unconventional orc name. What do we do now? Can your fleet still break through?”

"I'm afraid that won't work." Elena glanced at the combat signals on the spirit bone radar; the situation was extremely difficult.
"The Paru Orcs' fleet far surpasses ours. We cannot advance an inch further, at least not until Eldar reinforcements arrive. Think of something, Makado. We must stop Lino from becoming a god. This was not in the Eldar prophet's prophecy; his godhood will lead to the destruction of the entire galaxy!"

Macado, leaning on his staff, paced back and forth on the command platform:

"Now that things have come to this, I can only try to delay Li Nuo's path to godhood by appealing to the weaknesses in human nature."

"The weaknesses in human nature?"

"Yes. Li Nuo's human identity is that of the acting governor of Apimatt. The God Emperor once instructed me that, if necessary, I could use the lives of those close to Li Nuo's human identity as leverage to force him to comply."

Macado stopped, his eyes icy cold.
"This is despicable, but despicable people will be persecuted in a despicable way. Lino's attempt to permanently possess Alphamega's warp essence constitutes a betrayal of the Empire and is utterly despicable. It is perfectly reasonable for us to use such a conspiracy. Please take me back, Elena."

“Okay.” Elena opened a portal. “Perfect timing, I also need to go back and call for reinforcements. Let’s go together.”

"Thank you."

Macardo passed through the portal and returned to the city of Netway beneath the throne.

Elena, on the other hand, arrives at the Obsidian Archives.

Instead of using the coded transmitter to call for reinforcements, she immediately turned to the Book of Destiny, seeking revelation from fate.

(End of this chapter)