Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"...!"

The Eldar present with ulterior motives did not react to the meaning of Kwa Kwat's words at first, but they immediately realized it after a few seconds - there are still Old Saints alive? !

"...Ancient Saints, is our Creator still alive?" An Eldar prophet couldn't help but ask Master Kua Kuat.

In response, Master Kwa Kwat did not respond, but closed his eyes and returned to his previous meditative state.

The Ancient Saints are the creators and teachers to the Eldar. Although they do not worship the vanished Ancient Saints as they worship their own gods, they definitely respect them - maybe the Eldar gods once communicated with the Ancient Saints and held meetings with them.

As the main target of war in [War in Heaven], the strength of the Ancients in all aspects is unquestionable. After all, they are their creators and their origins, and many technologies and ways of using psychic powers may have been taught to them by the Ancients.

The Eldar are now in a completely helpless state. The God of Death they created with great difficulty is now lying there, the God of Laughter doesn't take care of day-to-day affairs, and the Goddess of Life was abducted by humans. They want to gather all the tribesmen from all over the galaxy to make every suitable claim.

But now, you said that the Ancient Saint is still alive? If this news can be passed on to other compatriots, then those compatriots who are unwilling to obey for various reasons will have to come back to take a look? If the Ancient Saint is willing to help them, maybe...

Thinking of this, the elves present suddenly remembered the Lizardmen's evaluation of them and the bad things they had done before, and suddenly became a little panicked.

"Well...it seems I have to find time to find the ancient saints who may still be there?" Zhang Yi said, looking at the elves who were unexpectedly silent but obviously a little panicked. "The Lizardmen's operation is really amazing..."

～～～～～～～Turn back the time a little bit～～～～～～

somewhere

A massive Eldar ark floats in the universe, with green tentacles of Nurgle winding around its surface.

This is the Iyanden Craftworld, a Craftworld that worships the Eldar god Asuryan. On this Craftworld, there is even a still-burning [Fire of Asuryan].

It can be said that it is the only flame with the power of Asuryan in the entire Warhammer world (the Human Empire and the Lizardmen have the [Holy Flame of Asuryan] obtained from the Middle Ages. The flame in the hands of the Human Empire was thrown into the forge of the Dwarf god, and there is another flame in the hands of the Elves in the XCOM world, but it has been used by Malekith to become the true Phoenix King). The birth of Slaanesh almost killed all the Eldar gods and destroyed those objects with the power of gods. This flame can be said to be a unique existence.

This was also the target Ark of Visage who left without saying goodbye and kept saying that he wanted to save the Eldar and Ivrenee. He led his team to this Eldar Ark and managed to persuade the leader of the Ark World Iyanden, who had lost 90% of its population due to the encounter with the Kraken Hive Fleet, to help him fight against the spreading Nurgle plague.

The still burning [Fire of Asuryan] was his trump card and goal. He tried to use this precious flame to fight the plague, and at the same time gather more compatriots under the command of the Army of Death, and thereby prove that Everene was wrong.

His plan went smoothly at the beginning. With the power of the numerous structures of the Iyanden Craftworld and the [Fire of Asuryan], they had a significant impact on the spreading Nurgle plague. Many Nurgle troops were destroyed by them, and many scattered Eldar compatriots were incorporated by them.

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But then, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse as the fallen Primarch of the Human Empire, Mortarion, led his troops to attack them.

The huge Eldar Ark could not move quickly enough, and the Chaos fleet surrounded them. The Eldar had to retreat and fight with them, and the wreckage of their ships was scattered all along the way.

Eventually, Nurgle's forces boarded the hull of the Iyanden Craftworld and began a brutal landing battle. A large number of precious Eldar constructs were destroyed, and Nurgle's plague began to spread on them.

Visage's actions caught the attention of the Father, or rather, his use of the Fire of Asuryan caught the attention of Nurgle. It did protect the Eldar within its range from the plague, and it also drove away wave after wave of Nurgle demons under the control of Visage and others, but it also became the cause of the Eldar's destruction.

Magic flowers bloomed one after another on the Ark, on which lay several soul stones from the elves, and green flesh and blood tissue began to spread.

Nurgle Space Marines emitting green gas were approaching the Eldar not far away. A large number of Nurgle zombies acted as cannon fodder, attracting the Eldar's firepower.

A scorching psychic flame appeared and burned the approaching Nurgle zombies to ashes, but then the Eldar prophet who released the psychic attack felt suffocated, and green unknown spots appeared on her arms.

【Tell me, where is my Aisha? 】

690. The End of the Arrogant Person

[The Fire of Asuryan] is still burning. Even though the Eldar God Asuryan has passed away, the golden-red flame is still burning and releasing powerful power.

Boom--!

A huge explosion sounded, and a [Nether Prophet] smashed the door and fell down. In front of it was a Great Unclean One of Nurgle, [The Bloated One] - Skabeasarax, holding a rusty blade and with festering all over his body.

This most powerful Great Unclean One under Nurgle has only appeared twice in a thousand years. Now he has responded to the call of Nurgle's father and come to the real world, trying to retrieve his treasure for his father.

At this time, the powerful Great Unclean One's body was covered with wounds, but these did not seem to affect its movements. A large number of Nurgle demons surrounded it, and the smell of decay spread from its body.

The knocked down [Ghost Prophet] released a gravity ball towards the [Bloated One] approaching it. The powerful gravity instantly crushed some weak Nurgle creatures into meat paste, but it seemed to have no effect on Skabeasarax. Its bloated and festering short legs stepped directly on the body of the [Ghost Prophet]. Then a thick green and red liquid gushed out of its mouth, instantly submerging the [Ghost Prophet] under its feet.

After a few minutes, the nearby ground was covered with the thick green-red liquid, and a large number of twisted plant-like creatures grew out of the liquid like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

At this time, large pieces of armor on the [Ghost Prophet] had been melted, and green vine-like entities were entwined around its body, moving further towards the location where the soul stone was placed.

Sizzle—boom!

A huge beam of lightning shot up from the ground, submerging the severely injured [Ghost Prophet] and the [Bloated Man] who was stepping on it. After dozens of seconds, the [Ghost Prophet] had been completely carbonized, and the [Bloated Man] who was hit by this move also had half of his body turned black.

Even for the most powerful Great Unclean One of Nurgle, the suicidal attack just now caused it to suffer considerable damage, which will take some time for it to recover.

But the Eldar who were defending this place obviously would not give it this opportunity. Several Eldar prophets surrounding the [Fire of Asuryan] released their powerful psychic powers at the same time. A golden-red light spread out, and after it came into contact with the thick liquid and unknown plant-like existence on the ground, it instantly burned and purified them.

The Nurgle demons that rushed in from the broken gate were also affected by the golden-red light and began to burn slowly until they were completely burned out.

Seeing this, the [Bloated One] tried to drag its injured body closer to the [Fire of Asuryan] in front of it, to stop the Eldar prophets from continuing to use the power of fire to drive him out of the real world, but as those prophets exerted force again, even it was inevitably forced back into the warp.

After all the demons in the hall where the Fire of Asuryan was stored were expelled, the Eldar prophets standing around the flames fell to the ground almost at the same time, their hands severely burned.

Not only that, the [Fire of Asuryan] that had been burning in this hall also seemed a little sluggish after erupting once. After all, Asuryan was dead and it had no other source of energy.

Visage's plan was successful at first. With the help of the Fire of Asuryan and a large number of wraithbone constructs provided by the Iyanden Craftworld, they did affect the spread of Nurgle's new plague to a certain extent. He also gained a certain amount of support from his compatriots for this action.

However, this is not an ordinary plague. Nurgle hopes to find the trace of Aisha through this plague. The eyes of the evil god of the Warp have been accompanying the spread of the plague.

As a result, Visage's operations suffered a severe blow, and the fleet led by Mortarion found the Iyanden Craftworld, and groups of Nurgle Space Marines and Nurgle Daemons launched an attack on them.

From this time on,

The situation was completely out of Visage's control. The red-armored bishop in the Death Army, who had been silently supporting Evelyne, had never imagined that the situation would reach this point.

He originally thought that the Fire of Asuryan would be enough to deal with the plague, and that Nurgle's clone alone should not be enough to threaten them.

Visage calculated the situation of Nurgle based on the current situation of Slaanesh. After all, considering the death clone who is still lying there, Slaanesh must have suffered considerable injuries. The four gods who are now in their respective territories are no longer as powerful and unattainable as before.

There is nothing wrong with this in itself. Now the original bodies of the four gods and the Eldar God of Death are all imprisoned in the solar system. The current four gods are just clones hastily thrown out by the original bodies and do not have much power.

But this doesn't mean they are always weak.

Khorne proved with a bloodbath in Commorragh that he was still the strongest of all Khorne beings, while Slaanesh's subordinates used the souls of countless Dark Eldar and a series of carnivals to boost the power of the Dark Prince.

Needless to say, Tzeentch was much more prepared than the other three. This means that although these clones were weak before, they will not always be like this.

You ask why the power of the Eldar Death God's clone doesn't seem to have changed significantly? What kind of god is he? Death God! How can he become stronger if the Eldar don't die? Not to mention that there is Slaanesh competing with him.

Visage made this mistake. Although these clones were indeed very weak at the beginning, as long as the right conditions were met, it was only a matter of time for them to become strong again. Moreover, although the Four Gods became weaker, their subordinates did not.

Besides, even if the Four Gods have no power, they can still do something - do you have the guts to debate with a powerless Tzeentch?

Now, because of his decision, the entire Iyangden Ark World was in crisis, and the already small number of tribesmen became even smaller.

The Fire of Asuryan still protects them, but how long can it last? Now surrounded by the Nurgle army, if they cannot break the situation, they will be annihilated sooner or later.

The remaining Eldar began to panic. They began to believe Visage's words and took the initiative to attack Nurgle's troops for the Eldar to stop the spread of the plague. In order to gain the support of other tribes and prove that the Eldar did not need to be as servile as humans.

But the facts did not develop as they expected. Now half of the entire Iyanden Arkworld has been controlled by Nurgle's troops, and it is only a matter of time before the remaining areas are captured. The survivors have no way to deal with it.

Visage naturally knew this, but he had no good solution. The [Fire of Asuryan] did give them surprises and help, but that was all.

"Arrogant, proud, self-destructive ~"

At this moment, a shadow prophet from the Harlequin Troupe, wearing a half-crying, half-smiling mask, walked through the crowd and came in front of Visage.

"It's already written in the script. If you can't let go of your arrogance, you'll just have to 'sleep' with it~"

"you..."

"The arrogant have brought destruction. Destruction is inevitable. To avoid complete destruction, sacrifice is required~"

"You hardly interfere in internal affairs and only obey the orders of your god who rarely shows up, and now you start to criticize me?!"

"You are like an arrogant lion, unwilling to accept the necessary changes~" the Harlequin Shadow Prophet said to Visage in front of him, maintaining his acting tone. "The beautiful new world is already in front of us, we just need to go through some pain~"

"Your performance didn't need to end, but you ended up on your own way to death~"

"The remaining flame cannot eliminate suffering, it can only pave the way for the future~"

"You could have risen from the ashes, but now you are powerless~"

"The only choice is how to end the ceremony~"

As he spoke, the Harlequin Shadow Prophet turned toward the flame, the still burning [Fire of Asuryan].

"The flame will be the foundation, and we will be the firewood~"

At this time, more members of the Harlequin Troupe appeared around and looked at Visage and others.

"On the stage, we are all supporting roles~"

"Our performance has already been determined in the script~"

"But we can still decide our own end~"

"Choose your future, Bishop Visage~"

"Your performance has come to an end, and your curtain falls today~

"You want to die at the hands of your compatriots, or become a hero of the Eldar for a short time~"

"Choose~"

691. The End of Visage

Choose to die at the hands of your compatriots, or become a hero of the Eldar for a short time?

Visage never thought of dying here. He was full of confidence and led those who had the same ideas as him and were willing to follow him to find the Iyanden Ark World, trying to prove that the Eldar were still powerful.

But now the facts have proved to them that although they may still be strong, their enemies have never been weak.

The Eldar are superstitious about prophecies, and their actions are often influenced by prophecies obtained from various sources. This is why the Eldar, who had just been working closely with the Human Empire, would suddenly stab humans in the back without hesitation after a certain event or a certain period of time.

In order to achieve the best results, the Eldar are not only likely to betray those of other races, but also their own compatriots.

There was once a case where a prophet of the Ark Eldar lured the nearby Dark Eldar forces into battle with the forces of the Human Empire, and thus successfully obtained what he wanted from the target planet, but the lured Dark Eldar forces were severely damaged as a result.

It can be seen that the Eldar are not only cruel to other races in some aspects, but will also show no mercy to their own people if necessary.

The Harlequins are a group of elves who are under the protection of the Laughing God Xigochi. They are also the elves who do not need to wear soul stones in the original work. All their actions are in accordance with the Laughing God's plan, or script.

Before the [Fall of the Eldar], the God of Laughter had already arranged a corresponding drama to satirize and warn the elves of that time not to pursue excessive enjoyment, but most of the elves at that time did not take him seriously - our great [Eldar Empire] is invincible, what is there to fear!

(And at that time, the Eldar had already encountered the demons of Slaanesh, because theoretically the Four Gods and their demons existed beyond time)

After that, more and more Eldar began to believe in the Laughing God, whom they had once disdained, and one day they put on strange masks and disappeared into the depths of the Webway.

Every time these beings in strange costumes appear, it means something is going to happen, perhaps an invasion of greenskins, an attack of Chaos, or an attack of Tyranids.

As a being who can play cards with Tzeentch and the Emperor in the Warp, the God of Laughter's ability in wisdom is absolutely beyond doubt. Every decision he makes is definitely meaningful, whether it is letting the troupe members perform in the human world or attracting a group of violent greenskins to a certain planet.

Now, the members of the Harlequins who appeared in front of Visage had drawn their weapons and surrounded him, with the Shadow Prophet in the lead waiting for his response.

In the past, Visage would have sneered at the words of the clown troupe in front of him, and he would not take the words of these "actors" to heart, but now...

News of the fall of more areas was coming one after another, and he had to admit failure. Not only that, he also pushed an entire Ark World, at least tens of thousands of his compatriots, into hell.

"Do I have to do this?"

"Pride will only bring destruction, letting go will bring new life~"

The Laughing God supports an alliance with humans, and one could even say that he is somewhat biased towards humans. He saw the problems of the elves a long time ago, and it is difficult for the elves to solve this series of problems on their own now, not to mention that even now the elves are not united.

The help of the Human Empire accelerated this process. Many problems that were previously unsolvable have now been solved. The situation of the Eldar has finally begun to improve, and the Laughing God will naturally not let some idiots destroy this achievement.

As mentioned before, Visage didn't have to be like this. He could have stood by Evelyne and watched the Eldar rise again with the help of humans, but he actually chose the wrong path.

Now he has fallen too deep. His plan has led to the exposure of Iyanden's Craftworld and the final Fire of Asuryan being obtained by Nurgle. Therefore, he needs to pay the price.

"What should I do?" Visage put down the weapon in his hand and looked at the shadow in front of him.

"As firewood, radiate light~"

At this time, the members of the Clown Group who had surrounded them made way for a path leading to the [Fire of Asuryan], the meaning of which was self-evident.

"As short-lived as fireworks, but you are a hero~"

. . . . . .

Another squad of Eldar constructs was destroyed before the daemon engines of the Elder's fangs and tentacles, and another area was occupied.

Except for a few individual areas, the Arkworld of Iyanden has basically fallen into the hands of the Death Guard. According to Mortarion's orders, they are trying to summon more Nurgle demons, open more Warp rifts, and prepare to impact the area where the Fire of Asuryan is placed.

Calm but deadly, this is the characteristic of the Death Guard Legion. The Eldar tried to retake the occupied areas more than once, but were blocked back every time, with no other results except leaving more corpses.

Mortarion, the Primarch of the Death Guard Legion, is very satisfied with the current situation - even though he still looks like a panda, his children can see their father's satisfied expression.

“Mm! Mmmmm--!”

"Continue the attack! Completely occupy this area and surround the target area!" The Nurgle Space Marine standing next to the armored panda translated. "Let those psykers speed up!"

Although I don't know why the translators can understand what Mortarion is saying now, most of the time Mortarion did not refute their translations, so I guess there should be no problem.

The strategic deployment is proceeding in an orderly manner. More Nurgle demons emerge from the warp. Corrupted flowers bloom everywhere, spewing green gas.