Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Hey! Get my power armor ready, I need some more big guys."

"Yeah, some annoying guy is finally going to die."

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Warhammer World - New Zones

Another Dark Eldar ship was destroyed and turned into space junk in the universe. The fleet under Bananak, the rogue trader who ruled this star zone, was cooperating with the Imperial Navy to carry out his plan of actively attacking the hostile Dark Eldar in the territory.

The execution of the plan... Judging from the results they achieved, there were major problems.

The Imperial fleet did annihilate a number of Dark Eldar ships as Bananak had planned, but their numbers were very small, with the largest being a small fleet of three ships at a time.

Secondly, the number of Dark Eldar ships they found was not large, and the frequency of Dark Eldar attacks in the territory had decreased significantly recently.

Finally, on their way to carrying out their plan, they found some empty Dark Eldar ships, just like some small settlements and ships on the side of the Human Empire before.

In response to this situation, Bananak and his men interrogated the few Dark Eldar captives they had, and also questioned the Eldar allies who came to support them, but they did not obtain any useful intelligence.

It is no secret that Lady Thirst/Slaanesh is hunting all the Eldar, and even if so, how did Slaanesh find them? You have to know that the Dark Eldar who planned to attack this star region communicated one-sidedly in order to keep it secret. They themselves did not know where the others were, so how did Slaanesh know?

Even though the Dark Eldar don't have Soul Stones to protect their souls, they are still very good at avoiding Slaanesh's pursuit, so it won't be easy for Slaanesh demons to find them.

But just as they were about to continue exploring the issue, a sudden piece of news interrupted their mission outside.

The Dark Eldar troops that had previously plundered the population in the newly developed star regions launched an attack on the planet Normans, and... the state of their troops was a little strange.

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It was not uncommon for the Dark Eldar to plunder the settlements of other races, such as humans, Tau, and White Bean Sprouts. If the Orcs could not be used as slaves, he would not have given up on their huge number.

Sometimes, the Dark Eldar will only hunt humans on remote planets or target lone merchant ships, and sometimes they will launch a large-scale attack on some major human settlements, depending on their needs and the number of Dark Eldar.

Although compared to their two cousins ​​who wander around in Ark or hide on a primitive planet and live a primitive life, the Dark Eldar have a place that can be called a base camp (Comoros), but most of the time they only dare to attack humans on a small scale. After all, their population is not large (compared to other races).

Large-scale plundering operations against other races will also be carried out after repeated confirmation of the feasibility of the plan. If a great deal of effort and manpower is put in but nothing is gained, it would be a bit of a loss (although there are people who do not care about gains and losses and are just looking for fun).

Therefore, in most cases, the Dark Eldar's large-scale plundering of the population of other races' planets would be completed in an extremely quick manner. The planet's defenses would be quickly penetrated, the PDF (Planetary Defense Force) defense positions would be divided and destroyed, and then it would be their favorite time for slaughter, painting, and plundering.

Usually before the main force arrives, the main force of the Dark Eldar will leave with all their strength and other spoils, and most of the time the support forces can only find a few guys who are addicted to killing and have not left.

But this time the Dark Eldar's attack was a little strange, because the local high-ranking officer of Normans, who had received the news in advance and arranged defenses in advance, was ready for a bloody battle. He even built several abandonable lines of defense and prepared himself to be assassinated by them at the first opportunity, but...

The attack of the Dark Eldar troops was indeed extremely swift, with a large number of slaves as the vanguard, exploring the way while consuming the defenders' ammunition. Then there were the targeted attacks of the Conspiracy Knights, and the targeted strikes of the plunderer airships against heavy weapons. The rare witch elves came and went freely in the rain of bullets, reaping the lives of the enemies.

The battle was fierce, the Dark Eldar's attack was like a sharp knife cutting through the troops on the local planet, but... they were too few in number.

Whether it was the humans or other alien slave armies who were driven onto the battlefield, or the main force of the Conspiracy Warriors, the Engine of Pain, and the Plunderer Airships, their numbers were too small.

Moreover, it can be clearly felt that the command of the attacking Dark Eldar troops is very chaotic. After working together to complete some larger goals, some troops began to fight on their own, and sometimes they would fight each other for the spoils of an area.

The direct consequence of this situation is that after the first few layers of the prepared defense lines that could be abandoned at any time were penetrated, the Dark Eldar troops began to circle around in the occupied areas, fighting for limited spoils, and no longer advanced.

It's not that there are no Dark Eldar troops continuing to attack, but the defensive pressure on PDF is undoubtedly much less, and there is even enough energy to organize an effective counterattack.

According to the known intelligence, fighting among the Dark Eldar has been discovered before, but most of the time it would only happen after the local defense forces were completely defeated. A chaotic situation like the current one is extremely rare - it's like they've given up on themselves.

The prepared defense fleet nearby immediately arrived near the planet Normans and successfully intercepted the Dark Eldar ships in the planet's orbit. Bananak also led a team to the scene and personally participated in the operation to eliminate the attacking enemy.

At this time, the Dark Eldar who were blocked on the planet actually showed signs of being suppressed by the local PDF forces. Most of the enemies did not want to escape, but instead began to slaughter aimlessly, as if they had accepted their fate.

This is all so unusual...

621. The Prey and the Hunter

The deformed and twisted abomination fell to the ground under Wu Mo's attack, and the conspiracy warriors behind it were terrified, or rather... they finally revealed the fear they had been hiding for a long time.

"．．．．．．．" Wu Mo looked at the enemy in front of him silently, and realized that something was wrong. Their looting behavior was unreasonable.

The numbers, tactics and timing were all wrong; this was more of a death madness than a plundering expedition.

The Eldar armed with star spears arrived at this time and took over the Conspiracy Warriors who had basically given up. In the sky, a predator airship was flying by, being chased by [Thunder] fighters.

At this time, Wu Mo bypassed the Eldar guard in front of him and grabbed a Conspiracy Warrior soldier on the ground.

"Where is your boss?"

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Blank knew that this operation was a suicide. The number of slaves was far from enough, and the different conspiracy groups had not discussed well with each other. They also did not have a thorough understanding of the defense of the target planet and the patrol routes of the surrounding Imperial fleets - but he still chose such a reckless attack.

There was nothing that could be done about it. You have to know that he was not the leader at the beginning. He was just a small figure in the middle level at most. The reason why he was in his current position was not because his conspiracy or assassination was successful, but because... those people were dead!

Yes, they are all dead! At first he thought it was just a daily backstabbing among the Dark Eldar, but as more and more lords or archons who held higher positions than him and had more troops than him disappeared and lost contact, he realized something was wrong.

Someone is hunting them! And they can find their location more accurately!

The most important point is that their people seem to be completely helpless about this. Those consuls who are more resourceful, scheming and experienced than him have all died inexplicably without discovering any problems, so it is even more impossible for him to know what is going on!

This was also the reason why he asked other people he had contacted to attack in advance. Their recent actions were all aimed at taking over this human planet. Now there was no way to give up just like that. If they waited any longer, everyone might die inexplicably!

However, the result of doing so was also obvious. Without any preparation, the Dark Eldar attacked the well-prepared planet of the Human Empire. They suffered heavy losses before they could achieve sufficient results. In addition, without a high-level archon with sufficient prestige and means to lead the overall situation, this operation quickly turned into a farce of each doing their own thing.

Some people started the meaningless slaughter just to vent their dissatisfaction about not being allowed to slaughter slaves during this period; some people were smarter and ran away without saying a word before the human reinforcements arrived after stealing some things; a very small number of Dark Eldar troops still kept in touch with Blank, but they were just keeping in touch.

The entire operation to seize this planet has undoubtedly failed. Now the human fleet has blocked the planet's orbit, and their ships have all been intercepted. It is only a matter of time before humans wipe them out.

"I want to live! I finally got the chance to be more afraid! I must live!"

Bang--!

At this time, the door of the house where Blank was hiding was kicked open, and Wu Mo walked in holding two power swords.

"You are..."

"I surrender!"

"...ah?"

"I can tell you everything I know. I was just a subordinate in this attack. I can pay the price to compensate for the damage I caused, and I can also accept my cousin's supervision and transformation."

"..."

Wu Mo stood there, listening to the Dark Eldar leader in front of him talking a lot. He didn't react and wanted to say: I don't accept your surrender! But the Eldar guards who came with him were already behind him, so he couldn't say it, and it was not easy to take action directly.

"...Can you guys go out and let me fight him first before you come back in?"

"...You can go to Gillian, she will be happy to..."

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A lion will be attacked by hyenas, and a Space Marine will die from a bullet through the head.

Even though the Dark Eldar soldiers are stronger than most ordinary human soldiers, they cannot withstand the endless stream of enemies.

Having lost orbital support, left the main force, been prepared by the humans, and suffered betrayal, Bananak quickly wiped out most of the Dark Eldar forces that invaded Normanth and captured a large number of prisoners.

And they finally realized that the Dark Eldar's original invasion plan was no longer useful, and the reason for the current situation - the existence of the suspected Lady of Thirst, who had found this place by some unknown means and began to hunt them like a cat and mouse.

It is truly a case of one wave subsiding before another wave rises. Although no one knows why they appear here, the emergence of chaotic forces is not a good thing for this star region that has just begun to colonize and expand.

After repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the intelligence, Bananak immediately thought of asking for support from the nearest star regions, hoping to obtain help and support from the Space Marines.

To his surprise, shortly after the message was sent and they were still clearing out the remaining enemies, a unique cruiser appeared near the planet's orbit.

【Wu! Mo--! 】

A roar with obvious anger sounded in the public channel, and then the Imperial Navy ship in orbit recognized this different ship.

【Unknown Hope】

[Now! Immediately! Come here!] (Kerr)

Wu Mo, who was sparring with Gillian as usual, immediately covered his head and ran out as fast as he could after hearing the familiar voice.

Then, accompanied by several teleporting lightning bolts falling, the chapter leader of the Pathfinder Chapter appeared in front of Wu Mo.

"Do you have anything to say before my fist comes down on your face?"

"Um...My mother'is Martha?"

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Newly developed star region, somewhere

Fresh tenderloin was cut from a Dark Eldar, and she then very considerately applied medicine to the wound and bandaged it.

Judging from the wound, she had taken flesh from this place many times, and each time it was the same place.

“Choose the most tender part of the meat and remove the meat repeatedly from that part. The resulting piece of meat will become more delicious each time.”

(There should be a song about Uncle Ba’s life here)

Melt the butter and fry the side dishes. After frying, pour out the side dishes and set aside. Add the prepared tenderloin and let it fully absorb the flavors. Finally, pour in the red wine and simmer over high heat to reduce the sauce (the author himself does not know how to be a human/cook, so just watch for fun here).

"Yeah~ perfect~"

Place the prepared food on a table made of bones and flesh, and sit on a chair made of the same material.

At this moment, the metal door opposite the seat suddenly opened and a scarred Dark Eldar Archon was standing at the door.

"Why don't you just keep it like this?" she said. "You look much better now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the body of the Dark Eldar Archon began to agitate, and after a few seconds his body suddenly exploded, and a being that was disproportionate in size to that body emerged from it.

"Another, new face."

[The Immortal] - Lucius, a former [Emperor's Children] Space Marine who believed in Slaanesh.

This arrogant, crazy, powerful Space Marine with horrific scars all over his face, possesses skills and strength that ordinary people can't match, and is also blessed by Slaanesh: anyone who kills Lucius, no matter who it is, as long as he feels even a little pleasure in it, will be replaced by Lucius one day in the future, and that person's face will become part of Lucius' armor.

With this ability, Lucius has defeated many people. Those who were stronger than him or who had to use some means to kill him all became another face on his armor.

And even if someone could really kill her without any emotion, as one of Slaanesh's toys, she would be resurrected by Slaanesh later and start a new round of challenges and massacres.

"It's really off-putting to see your face."

"If this face alone can make the enemy fall at my feet, I am willing to cut a few more times~" Lucius walked to the table unceremoniously, and used his twisted and thin tongue to roll up the food on the plate, chewed it a few times and spit it out. "It's so bland."

"That's your problem, Lucius."

"You will become like this sooner or later, Ella. Under the control of Lady Thirst, it's only a matter of time before you become like me..."

brush--!

The sharp claws scratched Lucius' already scarred face without hesitation, and the other party did not react at all.

"No one calls me by my name except him." The being with cat ears and tail called Ella shook off the blood on her claws and said, "Especially you!"

"Hahaha - the kitten is angry?" Lucius laughed as if a piece of his face had been ripped off, not feeling any discomfort at all from Ella's attack. "Do you think you are special? You are just a tool created by the hungry lady to get him..."

The torn skin began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon Lucius's face without the knife marks appeared again.

"Besides, you are a disposable tool. I doubt whether you will still be able to stand by his side after you have completed your mission."

"And at that time, I think I will see you on my dissection table~"

Whoosh—Puff!

The metal plate flew at high speed and pierced directly into Lucius's wounded head, causing him to take several steps back.

"Shut your mouth, Lucius!" Ella roared. "Or I'll kill you once!"

"Hahahaha - why is that?" Lucius took the plate off his head. "I'm telling the truth~"

Ella walked up to Lucius. Although she was a head shorter than Lucius, she exerted such pressure that Lucius had to kneel down on one knee in front of her.

"You should be thankful that I can use you in my operation, otherwise you would be dead now!" Ella said. "He is mine! I am the only one who can stand by his side! No one can replace me!"

“I’m special!”

Ella finished speaking and walked past him. It was a long time before Lucius stood up again.

"You are special? The poor little guy doesn't even realize how important he is. How can you always be able to stand by his side..."

"She may not know yet that the reason she was able to stand out from all those experimental subjects was entirely because the others were unable to suppress their desires. They were too 'normal'."

"She doesn't know that someone who can replace her has appeared. She is just an experiment~"

"Ah~ The key to all worlds~ We will get it~"

． ． ． At the same time, in another world...

"Huh~"

Zhang Yi, who was opening the portal to the ring world, suddenly shuddered, then looked around vigilantly, but found nothing wrong.