Warhammer 40 A New Hope

lizard Man

As the first creation of the Ancient Saints that came to this world, they obeyed all the orders of the Ancient Saints and diligently contributed to their plans.

Among them, the most powerful are the [Magic Toads/Slan]. They are the most beloved servants of the Ancient Saints, possessing high intelligence and magical abilities, and are feared by all other Lizardmen.

The best among them, the defender/savior of the first of the cities - High Priest Kroka, is the first magic toad priest who has set foot in this world with the ancient saints.

His power is so great that he once single-handedly stopped a million Chaos Demons from invading a Lizardman city for a hundred years.

Although his body was still destroyed by the demons, he still used a spell to expel all the demons at the last moment and saved the lizard people.

Today, High Priest Kroka is not completely dead yet, his soul still exists in his mummified body and serves as a powerful weapon for the Lizardmen.

After that, it was the strongest living magic toad, the Lord of the Sun City, Mazdamuddi.

This second-generation Shilan who was personally instructed by Kroka is still alive and is Kroka's successor.

Although she is not as powerful as Kroka, her magical attainments are still unmatched in the mortal world.

He leads the existing lizardmen and works hard for the Ancient Saints' [Grand Plan].

[Disclosing the secrets of the ancient saints will cost you dearly! ]——Shilan, Dark Goblin Night Breeze on Tieba

(I really can’t find any famous quotes from the magic toad…)

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The operation went smoothly in some aspects.

Zhang Yi and others successfully found the desired [Prophecy Slate] and brought them out.

The demons of Khorne that appeared later slaughtered the warring Dark Elves and Skaven troops after they left, and then disappeared as the rift closed.

But this has nothing to do with Zhang Yi.

"Once again, thank you to those pointy-eared cold lizards for providing us." Zhang Yi said as he sat on the back of the cold lizard. "Without this thing, we wouldn't have been able to escape so quickly."

The three captured tamed cold lizards provided them with transportation and mounting convenience, allowing them to leave faster.

The jungle of Lustria is much larger than what Zhang Yi knew in the game, and it takes much longer to traverse it.

Yes, one round in the game would take at least a month.

After leaving the vicinity of the [Tepok Mirror Pool], they, led by Kumama, headed towards the [Kotego Causeway] controlled by them (the Lizardmen). The journey was relatively smooth and they did not encounter any dangerous things or creatures.

The only problem was probably the scout Dorok. While the other members' impressions of the Lizardmen had changed significantly, Dorok acted indifferent towards the two Lizardmen.

We learned from Captain Loken that his wife died at the hands of the greenskins (Orks), which was one of the reasons why he joined the Astra Militarum, and it also made him extremely hate all alien races.

Even though the two lizardmen, Kumama and Kurus, helped them a lot, they still couldn't remove the grudge in Dorok's heart.

Now, they came to the city controlled by the Lizardmen - Kotego Causeway.

Outside the temple city, Triceratops and Ankylosaurs used for carrying were carrying goods, and a large number of skinks and lizardmen were coming and going.

"The Lizardmen's city is more prosperous than I imagined." said Zhang Yi.

Under the leadership of Kumama, Zhang Yi and others walked into the city.

Kumama and Kurus entered the main temple of the city to report relevant matters and asked Zhang Yi and others to wait for them in the square outside.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Yi began to look around the interior buildings of the city.

A lizardman and a skin lizard were walking under a certain building with the fruits and meat they had collected; a skin lizard on the city wall was directing the strong giant lizards to place the stones for repairing the city wall tower at the designated location; the lizardman on the other side was driving a huge triceratops out.

Like the Astra Militarum soldiers who build fortifications...

"...I'm really crazy..." Zhang Yi said, covering his head. "PTSD?"

Thanks to his advance mental preparation, or the help of the emperor, the incident did not have a very big impact on Zhang Yi. Although he still had nightmares from time to time, it was generally okay.

The only problem is... that lingering feeling keeps reminding me of the mistake I made back then.

At this time, a sound like a bird's cry was heard, and several huge pterosaurs landed on the square where Zhang Yi and others were.

"Lord, I want to see you, all of you." Kumama walked out, flipped onto the back of one of the pterodactyls, and said, "Fly, fly over, quickly."

"Pterosaur, I will take you there."

"NO, don't even think about it! I'd rather die of starvation on the road than ride this thing!"

． ． ． A few dozen minutes later...

"..."

Pterodactyls are much faster than they appear in-game, perhaps due to the different species.

With its larger body and wings, it can fly at an extremely fast speed even with a person on its back, so fast that Zhang Yi was speechless.

Locke and the others wisely put on helmets and masks, but the big man Dazhuang, because of his huge size, sat in a basket carried by two pterodactyls and fell last.

It is said that in order to send Zhang Yi and others to Hesiota as soon as possible, Kotego took out all the pterodactyls in the city.

But even so, with the help of the 'Pterodactyl Express', by the time they saw the magnificent [City of the Sun], the sun had already set... Does the sun here set in the west?

In short, under the setting sun, Zhang Yi and others landed on a city square that was wider than Kotego. Several lizardmen held the reins of the already tired pterodactyl, and Zhang Yi walked down from its back with weak legs.

Several lizardmen took the prophecy tablet from the pterodactyl's back. At the same time, a lizard wearing a crown walked up to Zhang Yi.

"Lord, we have been waiting for you for a long time." He said. "We will properly accommodate your companions."

"You know..."

"We know how to get along with them. The Lord has already told us."

In this way, under the leadership of the spirit lizard, Zhang Yi temporarily separated from Captain Locke and others and climbed up the high temple.

At the temple gate, the spirit lizard bowed and left in front of the [Temple Guard] guarding the temple entrance, leaving Zhang Yi alone at the door.

"..."

Looking at these temple guards who claimed to be able to stand guard for hundreds of years without sleep, Zhang Yi walked in cautiously.

There were torches hanging on the walls, and golden murals on the surface. At regular intervals, there was a temple guard standing there like a sculpture.

After walking through the long corridor, Zhang Yi came to the center of the temple, a huge room.

Just as Zhang Yi arrived, a creature sitting on a suspended stone seat with a large number of stone slabs piled in front of him slowly opened his eyes, surrounded by dozens of temple guards.

[Second Generation Magic Toad] - [Mazdamundi]

Looking at the huge and powerful creature in front of him, Zhang Yi swallowed back the words "what a big clam".

If the alliance fails because of my complaints, I will definitely kill myself.

What should I do next? Just stare at him? Or should I say hello first? I have the [Son of the Stars] in my body. Will showing my goodwill first cause dissatisfaction in him (the fragment)?

Just as Zhang Yi was brainstorming, two strong lizardmen brought in a golden chair and covered it with soft fur.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment and sat down with difficulty.

"Didn't you think someone would come? The chairs are so high..."

At this moment, Master Ma suddenly moved. He raised his left hand, stretched out a finger and tapped lightly.

Zhang Yi suddenly felt something being drawn out from his body, and a soft light emanated from him.

[Son of the Stars] was pulled out by him

"Welcome to this planet, young Ancient Saint," Master Mazdamuddi said. "We, the Creator, have foreseen your arrival."

"As you might have guessed, this planet is a testing ground for the Old Ones to try to control Chaos."

“They succeeded and they failed.”

"The planet was isolated, and greater disasters were postponed, but the fragmented chaos still existed and raged on the planet."

"...is that your guess?" Zhang Yi asked the fragments in his body.

"Now, are there any ancient saints alive? After the [War in Heaven]." The fragment in the body did not answer Zhang Yi's question, but asked the creature in front of it.

"Our Creator has been gone for a long time, and I haven't heard their voices for a long time." Master Ma said. "But, from what I know, they left to avoid what you call the [War in Heaven]."

"Didn't the ancient saints here leave because the portals at the two poles exploded?" Zhang Yi suddenly asked.

"That's one of the reasons," Master Ma responded. "Their arrogance triggered the war that engulfed the entire galaxy, and also led to the creation of chaos and demons..."

"The Creator wanted to make up for all this, but it was still a little short..."

"But they saw a possibility, the arrival of an unknown person." Master Ma changed the subject and said, "They will have hope to correct this mistake."

"Me?" Zhang Yi asked in surprise, "How can I be so worthy..."

“You can open doors to other worlds, which symbolizes endless possibilities.”

"In that infinite world, there is always a way to solve the problem of chaos..."

"Your arrival broke the ancient saints' blockade and protection of this planet, but it also brought hope..."

"I will help you, but before that, you need to help us first."

"Complete the [Grand Plan]!"

11. Save the Bears Project

The so-called "Grand Plan" is a grand plan designated by the ancient saints that affects the entire medieval world.

Due to the departure of the Ancient Saints and the death of the first generation of magic toads, the current magic toads have different understandings of the "Grand Plan".

But a few things are certain:

1. Eradicate all races that are not in the plan of the Ancient Saints (including vampires, Tomb Kings, ratmen, etc.)

2. Restore the Lizardmen's rule over Lustria and the areas further south, take control of the various temple cities built during the Antiquity, and use them to repair the spiritual vein network.

3. Repair the chaotic rifts caused by the collapse of the portal at both poles

Now, according to Mazdamuddi, because Zhang Yi used his ability to reach this world and broke the protection mechanism of the ancient saints, the 'membrane' that protects this world and divides the subspace will completely disintegrate in a maximum of ten years.

By that time, the gods of the outer space will discover this hidden ancient testing ground, and the Chaos ships will rush here like a tide.

Maybe some Eldar, Orks or Necrons too...

In other words, they must basically complete the grand plan within about ten years, solve the chaos problem here, and begin to resist the chaos forces from the outside world that may attack after that.

This requires the help of the human empire.

In the following time, the "Son of the Stars" in Zhang Yi's body had a three-day discussion with the current "supreme leader" of the Lizardmen - Mazdamuddi, and Zhang Yi, as his carrier, had to stay in the temple for three full days.

If the spirit lizards and lizard people had not delivered food from time to time, Zhang Yi would probably have been the first timer to starve to death at the negotiation table.

Finally, on the third night, with Zhang Yi looking extremely haggard, the two sides reached a preliminary consensus.

The Lizardmen will provide the Human Empire with various resources, including combatants (if they need them) and various relics of the Ancients, for their research and use, and promise that they can take the humans on this planet away when the [Grand Plan] is completed.

As for the Human Empire, they need to help them complete their grand plan and at the same time work with them to resist the Chaos army that may appear in the future.

Moreover, the Son of the Star, who is a fragment of the Human Emperor, also promised that as long as the ancient relics they gave could provide sufficient help to the current Human Empire, he would consider giving this planet located in the human territory and the galaxy in which it is located to the Lizardmen.

This surprised Zhang Yi, who knew the usual style of the Human Empire.

[Are you surprised by this?] The fragment said to Zhang Yi, [In your opinion, we should have scolded these alien races for their wishful thinking and then sent troops to plunder everything on this planet, right?]

"You have always done this," Zhang Yi said. "Your attitude towards non-human races has reached the level of insanity."

[I don't deny your opinion, but you should know why we do this. ]

"Because in this fucked-up universe with subspace, evil gods, and various equally crazy alien races, it is better to cut it off without distinction, rather than spend a lot of energy and effort to maintain good relations with other races when they may betray you at any time for various irresistible reasons." Zhang Yi said. "This way, the energy and resources spent are much smaller, the sunk cost is also smaller, and it is more correct."

[That’s right.] The unknown son of the stars affirmed, [In this universe, prosperity and coexistence are the most impossible.]

[The human empire can no longer bear another great betrayal. ]

[However, I am not the emperor who has lost a lot of humanity because of sitting on the golden throne for tens of thousands of years.]

【I was one with him, but now, we are not.】

[In my body, there is still a lot of trust and tolerance that he has lost.] He said, [If they choose to add insult to injury at the most critical moment of the empire, as they did long ago, I will issue an [Extermination Order] without hesitation and burn this planet.]

[But now, I am willing to give them the remaining trust in your presence. ]

[Until they betray, or become extinct...]

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A fragile alliance was established, although it was unknown how long it would last.