Warhammer: Empire Reboot

Sometimes, Ash would lean close to her ear and speak some of the dirtiest variants of the Eldar language.

Sometimes, she would suddenly become quiet and sit in the corner watching her.

That gaze doesn't fall on the skin.

Instead, scrape slowly along the soul stone.

Every second felt like a reminder to Ilancia: her soul was breathing right under the nose of the predator.

Lawson put down his teacup.

"Seventeen years ago, Ren Kudi Nest."

“Your Ark sent a small team into the underground of Vigilant Planet.”

Ilancia's eyes flickered.

Lawson looked at her.

"You know about this."

Ilancia remained silent for a moment.

"know."

What are they here for?

"do not know."

Lawson looked at her.

Ilancia said coldly:

"That squad comes from another faction of travelers within the Ark."

"At that time, I had not yet entered the council of elders, nor did I participate in that mission."

"I only learned about this operation when the survivors relayed the news of the Vigilant Star soldiers massacring their fellow citizens back to the Ark."

Lawson asked:

What did the survivors say?

"They say that human stormtroopers attacked them at the Blight Nest."

"The squad is trying to identify themselves."

"Humans, fire!"

Lawson suddenly said:

Are you lying?

Ilancia raised her head.

"I told you, I don't know the squad's real mission."

Lawson looked toward the shadows beside the door.

Ash.

A soft laugh came from the shadows.

Ash Velos, the Keeper of the Secrets, emerged from the shadows.

"Master, shall I ask?"

Lawson waved his hand.

"Take it back and ask."

"She said she didn't know, and I only half believe her."

"The remaining half is yours."

Ilancia's expression changed.

"Losen!"

"rest assured."

Lawson said calmly, "I won't let her eat you for now."

Ash licked her lips, her smile deepening.

"The word 'temporary' is truly fascinating."

She gently took Ilancia's wrist.

Ilancia, however, seemed to be entangled by a venomous snake and suddenly struggled backward.

The psionic bindings immediately activated, suppressing her movements.

Ash leaned close to her ear and whispered something in Eldar.

Ilancia's face turned pale instantly.

"Shut up!"

Ash smiled and led her away.

The door closed.

The Imperial Court returned to silence.

Er Gou grinned.

"Boss, this Eldar is stubborn. If Ash holds onto him, he won't last long."

Lawson shook his head.

“Being stubborn and not knowing are two different things.”

Er Gou was taken aback.

"Then let Ash interrogate him?"

"It's confirmed that she really didn't know."

Lawson looked at the dark gold mark on the Renkudi Nest.

"The Eldar have a problem: they divide secrets into very fine details."

"The person who carried out the assassination may not know the mission of that squad seventeen years ago."

"The prophet only gave them a prophecy, a threat, and a goal."

"Then they dared to pull out their knives."

Er Gou thought about it.

"That's because the prophet deserves a beating."

"almost."

Two days later.

Ilancia was brought back into the Royal Court.

This time, she could barely stand.

It was as if he was being dragged back from the edge of the Soul Stone.

His silver hair was somewhat disheveled, his lips were pale, and a layer of forced coldness floated in his eyes.

Ash followed behind, looking somewhat regretful.

“Master, she really doesn’t know.”

"I've tried it."

"I've plucked every string I could."

"She had no idea about the mission of that squad seventeen years ago."

Ash glanced at Ilancia.

"This little thing is very stubborn."

"But you can't make a sound with an empty box."

Ilancia used all her strength to lift her head.

"What exactly are you investigating?"

Lawson did not answer.

Ilancia followed his gaze.

It was a human tactics diagram that she couldn't understand.

The hierarchy is complex.

Dense marking.

The structure of Renkudi Nest was broken down into hundreds of sections.

The clean water well, the old mine pit, the collapsed chapel, the hatchery left behind by the commoner prince, the stormtroopers' battleground, and the Eldar's retreat route were all connected by a dark gold thread.

A sudden unease rose in her heart.

Just then, the swarm intelligence report arrived.

[Initiate an outer wall scan of the anomaly point in the seventh deep layer of the Renkudi Nest.]

[Dimensional edge stability.]

[Reality is anchored in existence.]

[Non-Comoros incision.]

Low pollution levels.

[Suspected entrance to a closed network tunnel for the Eldar in Ark.]

The entrance structure is well preserved.

[Level 1 reconnaissance contact can be attempted.]