Warhammer: Empire Reboot

Even discussing rescuing Isa was considered a dangerous, almost insane delusion.

The Eldar could only bury this shame in mythology and explain their powerlessness as waiting for an opportunity.

But every member of the Elven race knew that they had failed to rescue their mother.

They eked out a living in the Ark, hid from Slaanesh in the Soulstone, and collected ancestral relics in the ruins of world after world, while Isa remained locked in Nurgle's Garden, bearing endless disease for the entire universe.

This sense of guilt has never disappeared.

Now, that life force has reappeared, and the emotional defenses that have been suppressed for tens of thousands of years have completely collapsed in an instant.

Now, Mother is back!

The Usvi Ark was drowned out by cries.

……

The Bjeltan Ark was also thrown into chaos.

The Eldar race, who were once the most resolute and determined to restore the glory of the Eldar Empire, are now crying more miserably than anyone else.

Because they know better than anyone how hollow their talk of revival is.

They couldn't even save their own mother, yet they shout every day about rebuilding the empire.

Now, the goddess has returned!

……

Iyan's reaction to the Ark was even more intense.

This once glorious ark was decimated after the Tyranid swarm attacked it, leaving most of its inhabitants dead.

There are fewer living people walking in the Hall of Spirits than there are dead people sleeping in the Bone Soul Realm.

Many armies consist of Netherworld Guardians and Netherworld Lords.

The dead were forced to don their spirit bones again to continue fighting for their few remaining descendants.

When the aura of the Goddess of Life entered Iyndon, the entire Bone Soul Realm seemed to be caressed by a gentle hand.

The sleeping soul stones glowed simultaneously.

The Netherworld Lord's skeletal body knelt on one knee.

Hundreds upon hundreds of Netherworld Guardians ceased their actions at the same time and knelt in the direction of the Oberus Triad.

The skeletal bodies have no tears, but the souls within them weep.

Deep within the Bone Soul Realm, countless long-deceased members of the Iyanden Spirit Clan uttered their cries.

"Mother!"

The living kneel among the dead.

The deceased calls out the same name through their remains and spirit stone.

Some families have long since been reduced to a single living member, with all the other members now asleep in the Bone Soul Realm.

At this moment, they wept together as if reunited, enveloped in the presence of the goddess of life.

A female Eldar who had lost her parents, brothers, and children knelt before the Soulstone, her hands embracing the cold stone surface.

"Why did you only come back now..."

But after he finished speaking, he immediately lowered his head, as if he was afraid of his disrespect.

"Sorry……"

"It's not your fault."

"It's our fault for not going to save you."

The Soul Stone glowed with a soft light, as if her family inside were comforting her.

Iyanden has already lost too much.

They longed for the return of the goddess of life more than any other ark.

Because Isha represents more than just mythology.

It also represents childbirth, recovery, and the future.

If the goddess of life is willing to protect Iyanden, perhaps this ark filled with the dead will truly be able to hear the cries of newborns again.

The life force fluctuations continued to spread along the network and the Bone Soul Realm.

It's not just the Ark.

One by one, the smaller arks sensed Isa's presence.

Some arks have only hundreds of thousands of people left.

Some are being pursued by the orc fleet.

There is also a small ark that has just been invaded by demons, and the bones inside still have bloodstains that cannot be removed.

But no matter where they were or what they were doing, everyone stopped the moment they felt the goddess of life.

Everyone knelt down in the same direction.

The whispers of the Lord of Pleasure still echoed deep within the warp.

But this time, no one suppressed their cries out of fear.

They cried out Isa's name.

Calling for Mother.

Some people kowtowed so hard that their foreheads were bleeding, but they still wouldn't stop.

Some people hold their precious soul stones, which they have preserved throughout their lives, close to their chests, and ask the goddess of life to protect the family members inside.

Some even took off their weapons on the spot, vowing to give their lives for a day of freedom for Isha.

A brief period of madness engulfed the entire Eldar civilization.

The prophet forgot to maintain his authority, and the warrior forgot to conceal his weakness.

Nobles and the lowest-ranking guardians of the spirit bones knelt in the same passage.

Conflicts, identity, class—none of these matter anymore.

Now, at this moment, they have only one identity: a group of children who have finally learned that their mother is still alive and has finally returned.

……

The madness lasted for a long time.

Once the initial emotions subsided slightly, a new argument immediately erupted.

"We must bring our goddess back!"

The representative of Bjertan was the first to make a request.

“She belongs to the Elven race and cannot remain in human hands. We should gather all the Ark fleets, head to the human world, and bring the Goddess of Life back to the Ark.”

"Which ark will you welcome back?" the Prophet Usvi asked rhetorically.

“Byertan? Or Usvi? Whichever ark the goddess boards, that ark will immediately become the target of the Lord of Pleasure and the Lord of Plague.”

"We can protect her!"

"What will protect us?"

"The Goddess of Life has just left Nurgle's Garden, and the Lord of Pleasure must have already sensed her. Bringing the goddess back to the Ark is tantamount to sending her back to the Lady of Thirst!"

"Are we going to leave her in human hands forever?"

"That human rescued her from Nurgle Garden."

Behind Iyanden stood several Netherworld Guardians, their spiritual skulls flashing with light.

"He did what we couldn't do, so what right do you have to question him?"

This statement silenced the entire parliament.

The Eldar leadership could not easily accept the Goddess of Life serving a human.

But no one has the right to criticize Lawson.

During the tens of thousands of years that Isha was imprisoned, Eldar prophets predicted countless futures, warriors traversed countless lost worlds, and countless meetings were held between the Arks.

The results of it?

The goddess of life still resides in Nurgle Garden.

Until Lawson went in and brought her out.

Someone whispered, "Perhaps we can ask the Seal Bearer to return the Goddess to the Elven race."

An old prophet from Usvi slowly raised his head.

"How many fleets are you planning to take to make the request?"

"Don't forget, the Seventh Blackrock Fortress is still blocking the edge of the Eye of Terror, and Mortarion's head is still hanging on the Blackrock Pillar."

"And let's not forget that a million pregnant women in Usvi were just purified by the goddess of life. It was Lawson who preserved them, and it was Lawson who brought the goddess to them."

"Idiot, if you're going to die on your Ark, don't drag us down with you!"

The Eldar who made the request immediately shut his mouth.

Bringing Isha back is the most direct wish of all Eldar.

But after calming down, they had to admit that they were simply not capable of protecting the goddess of life.

If Slaanesh were to cast his gaze, any ark could be destroyed.

The entire power that the Eldar possesses is not even enough to withstand the outstretched hand of a Chaos God.

The only one who can protect Isa is Lawson.

This fact caused all the prophets pain.

This made them even more ashamed.

The debate lasted for several hours.