Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The warship did not continue to approach after leaving the net channel.

The Empire's covert firepower system had already locked on.

The light spear array at the front of the Abaddon also began to charge.

If that Eldar warship moves forward just one more time, it will be simultaneously bombarded by the firepower of hundreds of warships.

The communications officer said, "The other side is sending Eldar identification signals."

"The signal content is being translated."

A pattern appeared on the screen.

The shattered mask floated above the crescent moon.

The mask is half crying and half laughing, surrounded by ancient Eldar symbols that signify a temporary ceasefire and an invitation to watch the performance.

Guilliman immediately recognized them: "The Jesters? What are they doing here?"

The Lion King snorted coldly. He had no goodwill towards any of the alien races: "Who knows? Their Laughing God is just a self-righteous lunatic, cowardly, and insane. He always says he's playing a grand game."

The Clowns are arguably the most mysterious force in the galaxy.

They belong neither to the Ark Eldar nor to the Dark Eldar.

Their whereabouts are unpredictable.

Sometimes they suddenly appear in a war, help one side kill a key target, and then disappear without explanation.

They might infiltrate a ruler's palace and perform a play that only a select few can understand. By the time the audience finally grasps its meaning, the performers will have already departed, and the prophesied events may have already occurred.

Lawson also disliked the Riddler.

But the clowns risked being blasted apart by the five battle moons to come all this way, probably not just to amuse him.

"Temporarily unlock the main guns and see what tricks they have up their sleeves."

Seeing that the Empire's dark side fleet had not attacked, the clowns began to get busy.

They stopped thousands of kilometers away from the Abaddon.

This allows the image array on the fleet to clearly capture the images here.

Then, the ship's belly opened, and a circular platform slowly emerged from within.

More than ten figures were already standing in the middle of the platform.

They wore masks of various shapes and colors, and their clothing was a mix of diamond patterns and long ribbons covering their entire bodies.

There are no guardrails around the platform.

The subspace storms of the starry sky and the Eye of Fear became the backdrop for this performance.

The Imperial Dark Side Communications Officer attempted to establish a voice connection, but received no response.

Only one stage symbol was transmitted back to the bridge.

Please keep quiet.

Lawson waved his hand: "No need to contact them. Since we're going to put on an act, let's just watch."

The lights on the circular platform went out.

The next moment, a beam of pale golden light shone in the very center.

A clown dressed in a white robe slowly walked into the light.

She wore a golden mask without a smile and held a seed in her hands.

The seed sprouted in her palm, turning into vines, and from the vines grew masks that symbolized life.

There are infants, warriors, prophets, and unborn Eldar fetuses.

Seven actors dressed in rotten green robes walked onto the stage, bound the woman in white robes with chains, and dragged her into a garden made of rags and skeletons.

Diseased plants grew in the garden, seeds rotted, and pustules appeared on the surface of the vines.

The woman in the white robe heals them time and time again, only for the green actor to throw new filth at her.

Lawson frowned slightly; it seemed the message the clowns were trying to convey was related to Isha.

This process lasted only a dozen seconds.

The countless years that Isa endured in Nurgle Gardens were fully depicted through the actions of a dozen clowns.

Then, an actor dressed in dark gold armor burst onto the stage.

His mask had no facial features, a black dot floated on his chest, he held a shield in his left hand and a burning golden longsword in his right.

Lawson smiled slightly; he was playing himself.

The golden sword severed the chains, black dots engulfed the decaying garden, and the dark gold actor seized the white-robed woman, snatching her away from the seven green actors.

The Lion King turned to look at Lawson: "They're quick to learn, and they've learned it quite well."

The story on stage continues.

The dark gold actor led the woman in white robes to the other side, where a blue curtain appeared.

The screen depicts three planets orbiting each other.

The woman in white robes stood between three planets, the seed sprouted anew, and countless actors wearing Eldar masks knelt at her feet, reaching out their hands to her.

Up to this point, both Guilliman and the Lion King could understand it.

The clown troupe performed the story of Lawson rescuing Isa.

But in the next scene, all the actors suddenly left.

The stage was plunged into complete darkness.

A miniature sun, bound by iron chains, slowly rose from below the platform.

Around the sun are countless spires and overlapping network portals.

A black city appeared in the light.

The city has no fixed shape; spires sometimes hang upside down overhead, sometimes grow from the actors' feet; dozens of pocket spaces unfold in different directions, and are forcibly stitched together by several net channels.

An actor walks out from the middle of the city.

He wore a towering black crown mask and a robe made of countless blades. He held several puppet strings in his hand, the ends of which were connected to three types of people.

A member of the conspiracy group, wielding a poisoned blade.

A sorcerer wielding a long sword.

There is also the Blood Gate Master, whose back has multiple surgical arms.

The actor in the black crown simply raised his hand, and all three knelt down at the same time.

On the other side of the stage, the white-robed actress symbolizing Isa still stands below the Triad.

The actor with the black crown turned to her.

He took out a small black cage, no bigger than the palm of his hand, from his robe and then beckoned to the Blood Sect Master.

The Blood Gate Masters immediately surrounded the cage.

They put in syringes, bone saws, freezing devices, and rings of restraint, and the cage expanded until it became a cell large enough to hold a god.

The actor with the black crown raised his other hand.

An official emerged from the conspiracy.

The other person took off the cloak with the Comorian insignia and put a crying white mask on their face.

The other actors also began changing their costumes.

The heavily armored swordsman concealed his weapon behind his robe.

The surgeon covered the surgical instruments with a white cloth.

Several intangible shadows slid along the edge of the stage, diving first into the three planets beneath the blue curtain.

The number of people is increasing.

In the end, 987 small light and shadow figures appeared on the platform.

They were arranged in the shape of a slender dagger, which reached behind the woman in the white robe.

The black cage opened, and the Blood Gate Master extended multiple surgical arms, preparing to completely enclose Isha within it.

Just as the surgical arm was about to touch the white coat, everything on the stage froze.

A clown of death emerged from the darkness.

He wore a skull mask that stretched to his ears and carried a long-barreled weapon on his shoulder.

The gun was pointed at the Abaddon, where Lawson was.

He then gently pulled the trigger, and a black paper flower shot out from the muzzle.

The paper flower traveled thousands of kilometers and stopped outside the porthole of the USS Abaddon, its petals unfolding one by one.

Inside the innermost part was written a Spirit Clan script.

【thief】

The performance has ended.

More than ten clowns reappeared on the circular platform.

They bowed simultaneously toward the Abaddon, taking their graceful bows.

The actress playing Isa plucked a golden petal and threw it in the direction of Lawson.

The petals rotate in a vacuum.

Immediately afterwards, the circular platform retrieved the warship.

The Eldar ship, covered in diamond patterns, neither waited for questions nor asked for payment.

The bow turned, the gap in the net behind them reopened, and they were gone.

The entire process, from arrival to departure, took less than fifteen minutes.

Lawson narrowed his eyes, a dangerous smile gradually appearing on his face.