Warhammer: Empire Reboot

For the first time, shock appeared in Isa's eyes, which seemed to hold countless springs.

She has been imprisoned for far too long.

So long that she almost forgot what life without the plague was like.

"who are you?"

Her voice was extremely soft, yet it caused the churning black pool water around her to pause briefly.

The growing eyes in the pool closed simultaneously, and the black lines formed by disease temporarily faded from her skin.

Lawson stood at the edge of the pond, gazing at the Eldar goddess who had been imprisoned by Nurgle for countless years.

“I am Lawson, the mastermind behind the empire’s dark side.”

"I'll take you out."

The surprise in Isha's eyes did not turn into joy.

Instead, she looked at the road behind Lawson that had been cleaved by the Emperor's golden fire, and then gazed at the sky above the Garden of Corruption.

What happens after you get out?

Lawson frowned slightly.

Isa noticed his confusion.

“Nurgle imprisoned me, but he also used this garden to veil my divinity.”

“As long as I remain here, the Lord of Pleasure cannot directly touch me. But once I leave the Garden of Corruption, my presence will be exposed to the warp again.”

She looked down at her translucent hands.

This body is not a true physical body, but a form maintained by the soul and the divinity of life.

“I do not have a complete divine body now. As long as I step out of Nurgle’s domain, the Lord of Pleasure will see me.”

"He will not give me time to escape into the real universe."

Isa did not continue speaking.

When Slaanesh was born, most of the Eldar gods were devoured. Had Nurgle not taken her first, her soul would have already become part of the Lord of Pleasure.

Nurgle Garden is a prison.

But outside this cage, there is an even hungrier predator.

This is the reason why Isha was imprisoned for countless years but was never able to truly escape.

She could tolerate Nurgle experimenting on her with diseases time and time again.

All plagues can be cured with the power of life.

However, she was unable to traverse the vast warp in her soul form to escape a Chaos God who specialized in devouring Eldar souls.

"I have a way."

Lawson answered very decisively.

As long as Isha enters the real universe, Lawson is confident that the Lord of Pleasure will not be able to capture her.

Even if Slaanesh were to actually descend upon the real universe, it's uncertain who would capture whom.

Isa gazed at Lawson.

She could tell that Lawson hadn't said those words to comfort her.

The golden reality bubble protecting him, the black hole floating behind him, and the Emperor's Sword capable of truly harming the Chaos God Realm all prove that this human possesses the power to fulfill his promises.

Lawson continued:

"I can take you back to the real universe, but I have conditions."

Isabella was not surprised.

A human risking being trapped in the garden forever by Nurgle to save her cannot possibly be without expectation of reward.

"What conditions?"

"After you leave here, sign a contract with me and serve me for ten thousand years."

"During the contract, I will protect you and prevent Nurgle and the Lord of Pleasure from recaptureing you. You will need to use your life powers to help me with genetic research and complete other tasks I have assigned you."

"After the contract ends, whether you want to stay or return to the Spirit Clan, I will not stop you."

"Are you willing?"

Isa barely thought about it.

"a thousand years……"

For a deity who has survived since the ancient times of the Eldar, ten thousand years is not even a fraction of the time she was imprisoned.

Moreover, what Lawson offered was not another form of slavery.

The contract has a clear term and obligations for both parties.

Compared to Nurgle's never-ending plague experiments, this is no longer a price to pay, but a redemption.

"I am willing."

Isa answered without any hesitation.

“If you can take me away from the Garden of Corruption and protect me from being devoured by the Lord of Pleasure, I am willing to sign a contract with you and serve you for ten thousand years.”

Lawson nodded.

"Then let's get you out of here first."

The Black Pond is not an ordinary cage.

An experiment that has lasted for countless millennia has long since stitched the goddess of life and the garden of decay together.

The diseases that invaded her soul not only recorded her healing methods, but also became the coordinates that Nurgle left on her.

If Luo Sen were to drag her away now, the entire pond would follow these connections and chase after her.

Every path deduced by swarm intelligence ultimately points to the same result.

Subordination must be severed first.

Completely separate Isa from Nurgle's divine authority.

Lawson stepped into the pond, waded through the black water, and walked up to Isa.

Upon closer inspection, her form appears even more ethereal.

Golden hair floated behind him, the ends of which withered and then grew back in the power of life.

Lawson raised the Emperor's Sword.

"Bear with it, it will hurt a little."

Isa raised her head again: "Thank you for your hard work!"

boom!

Golden flames suddenly erupted from both sides of the sword blade.

The black pool suddenly bulged upwards, and the void behind Isa cracked open.

The corrupt mark left by Nurgle was now fully revealed.

It was so big that it almost covered the entire sky.

The Emperor's Sword slashed through the mark.

Isa's body tensed abruptly, and the signs of corruption behind her collapsed completely.

The black pond lost its core circulation mechanism, and the giant waves it created froze in mid-air before crashing down like a wall that had lost its support.

The restraints broke.

Isa fell from the middle of the pond.

Lawson reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her into the reality bubble maintained by the Emperor's Shield.

The moment the two made contact, her previously clear body suddenly became transparent, and her edges continuously turned into golden light spots that drifted outwards.

Having lost the support of Nurgle Garden, she was left with only her soul and divinity.

Such a form cannot safely enter the real universe.

They could not escape the pursuit of the Lord of Pleasure.

Isha has broken free from that cycle that lasted for countless years, and even as her soul dissipates, there is still a sense of peace in her eyes after regaining her freedom.

"I need a divine body."

Lawson asked, "How do we condense it?"

Isa's gaze passed over the golden light curtain and landed on the depths of the pond.

"The life force that I have healed over countless years has not disappeared, but has been enveloped by layers of plague and corrupting divine power, and has settled in this pond."

"Those powers themselves are not corrupt, they are just no longer usable directly."

Lawson understood what she meant.

"This is easy, leave it to me."

Isa looked at the black hole behind him and nodded gently.

She closed her eyes and clasped her hands together in front of her chest.

The black pond suddenly collapsed inward.

It was as if an invisible hand had grasped the life force accumulated over countless years from the bottom of the water.

Large swaths of dark green light mist detached from the pool water and converged in mid-air to form a murky torrent that stretched across the sky.

The black hole behind Lawson moved slowly.

Gravity pulls you down.

Countless corrupt symbols left by Nurgle distorted and screamed in the golden flames, finally turning into meaningless black smoke, which was completely swallowed up by the event horizon.

The polluted torrent faded layer by layer.