Warhammer: Emperor's Ravenbringer

Chapter 135 Webway Shield Machine

The Old Ones were once the rulers of the Warp.

Many races in the galaxy, such as the Slann, space apes, green-skinned orcs, were created or guided to evolve by the ancient saints.

The ancient saint clan, which is at the peak of its power, has most likely already moved to other galaxies or even transcended this universe.

The ancient saints used extraordinary technology to create the webway system that has been passed down to this day, spreading wisdom and life on various planets.

In a sense, they are the gods of all races in the galaxy, the Pantheon that created all things.

Their legacy is undoubtedly a wealth beyond imagination.

The emperor was moved.

If humans can inherit the legacy of the ancient saints, their control over the universe will surely reach a higher level.

If you can follow the ancient sages' lead and cross the river, why do you have to step into the pit yourself?

"I can agree to your conditions."

The Emperor looked towards Silogo, looking directly at the Eldar God.

"But I also have a condition. The Ark Eldar and Harlequin Eldar can continue to exist, but you have to help us wipe out the Dark Eldar hiding in Webway cities like Commorragh."

The legacy of the ancient saints is far more precious than imagined.

If Silogo is willing to share, the Emperor would not mind allowing the Eldar to continue to survive in this universe after being demilitarized.

"Eliminate the Dark Eldar in Comoros!"

Xilego hesitated.

He turned his head and looked at the many Eldar prophets who followed him.

Raven also looked over and read the messages from the Eldar prophets through his own authority.

Eldrar, the Great Prophet from the Uswe Arkworld.

The future Shadow Prophet of the Death Army - Evelyne.

Larian Songstar, Evelyne's mentor on the path, the future Chosen God of Death, and now the priest of vengeance at the Silent Blade Shrine.

Each of them lived a long life.

Possessing wisdom and power that ordinary humans cannot achieve.

"They are our compatriots," said a prophet.

"No longer," another Eldar seer retorted, "not since the fall of the Empire. They still cling to the debauched lifestyle of the Imperial Age, their souls at the mercy of the Prince of Pleasure."

As soon as he finished speaking, the prophet shouted again.

"We can't take action against them. Who can guarantee that humans won't go back on their word?"

"We have no choice but to cut them off and preserve a portion of civilization, or go to destruction together."

".."

They quarrelled a lot.

Raven, the Emperor and other members of the Empire did not intervene, and waited patiently for them to argue out a result.

“If we want to move towards the future, we must make a break with the past.”

When the prophets were arguing fiercely, Xilego stood up.

"After the fall of the Eldar Empire, the remnants of the nobles did not restrain themselves, but became even more violent. They indulged themselves wantonly in Comoros, causing the Webway to collapse day by day."

"This price is a good deal for us. It is a wise move to cut ties with those guys."

Xilego is, after all, the only surviving free Eldar god.

The prestige he possesses is enough to suppress all the elves.

After convincing the Eldar prophets, he turned to look at the Emperor.

"We can promise you that we will help you to wipe out the Dark Eldar."

"But humans must sign a contract with us. If you break your oath and attack the surviving Eldar, you will be cursed and perish in the same way the Eldar perished."

"Don't worry." The Emperor said, "As long as the Eldar behave themselves, I will not risk breaking my oath to exterminate you."

The Eldar have a horribly low birth rate.

There was a slight technological advantage before.

Now, the Empire is more than ten galaxies ahead of them in technology.

Not to mention the fertility rate.

The population of the solar system alone is probably more than that of the Eldar.

Over time, the threat that the Eldar can pose to humans will become lower and lower.

In the end, these surviving elves may just be living specimens of human society.

Let future generations know what kind of enemies their ancestors conquered.

Xilego and the Emperor signed an alliance.

The Emperor promised that the Eldar would be able to use the rebuilt Webway in the future and build their own cities within it.

The Eldar craftworlds were also allowed to remain.

But they were no longer allowed to keep overly powerful weapons.

What the Eldar need to do is to form an alliance with the Human Empire, completely wipe out the Dark Eldar forces led by Comoros, and help humans obtain the legacy of the Ancient Saints.

Contracts have their own power.

It will not manifest itself in a short period of time, but will only push the oath-breaker towards the agreed fate little by little over the long years.

After the contract was signed, Xilego began to talk about the ancient saint's legacy.

The ancient saints left behind many miraculous creations during their glorious period.

The most precious of these is the Black Library, which contains endless knowledge of the universe.

If humans can obtain the Black Library, they will be able to inherit everything left by the ancient saints.

"Do you want the knowledge left by our people? If you want, we can give you all of it. Go find the Black Library! We keep all the knowledge there."

These are the words left by an ancient saint before his death.

The Black Library was built in a place that belongs neither to the Warp nor to the real universe.

At their peak, the Eldar could use the webway to enter and exit the Black Library.

But as the Eldar Empire slowly fell into corruption, they lost their Webway technology, which made it difficult for them to enter the Black Library.

The Black Library's defenses are tight.

If you don't know enough about the webway, it will be impossible to find it. Instead, you will trigger the traps along the way and suffer a disaster.

Even God cannot escape unscathed.

"Now, we can only wander around the periphery of the Black Library and obtain scraps of the ancient saints' wisdom."

"And the knowledge and technology that are enough to subvert the universe are placed in the deepest part of the Black Library."

"To gain that knowledge, you must open the door of the library and enter its deepest part."

The Laughing God shared the information about the Black Library with the Emperor and others.

The secrets of the Black Library are beyond imagination.

It is not a mere dead thing.

From the moment it was created, the Black Library set out to collect ancient and secret knowledge on its own.

After the ancient saints were defeated in the War of Heaven, their whereabouts were unknown, but the Black Library was not paralyzed and is still operating, collecting knowledge day and night.

In order to protect this knowledge, the ancient saints used all their wisdom and means.

Even a being like Xilego wouldn't dare to force its way into the deepest part of the Black Library.

"Then how do we open the door of the library and enter the deepest part?" asked the Emperor.

"Gather the three fragments, combine them into a key, and finally open the lock." Xilego said, "One of the key fragments is in Caliban, the hometown of your first Primarch, and is guarded by an ancient watcher."

"Key? Caliban? Are you talking about the Ouroboros, the Heart of Life, and the Tuchulacha Engine?"

The raven heard the words Caliban, key fragment, etc.

Subconsciously, I thought of the key fragments that Vashtor, the Lord of the Soul Furnace, collected in his destined destiny to become a Chaos God.

Xilego looked at Raven with surprise.

"How do you know? These three pieces are part of the Harmony Engine created by the Ancient Saints. Later, due to some changes, they were disassembled and hidden in various places."

"Does the Black Library contain the secrets of the birth of the four Chaos Gods?" Raven asked a key question. Xilego nodded, "The knowledge in the Black Library is beyond imagination. Not only the birth of the Chaos Gods, but also the nature and body structure of the Star Gods, and the origin of Chaos itself are all recorded in detail."

"I see."

Raven understood.

No wonder in the established destiny line, Vashtor was focused on collecting key fragments.

It is because the secret to becoming a god is hidden in the Black Library.

Once obtained, Vashtor will have the opportunity to ascend and become equal to the Chaos Gods.

If the Black Library contains the secret of the birth of the gods, then the human empire can do a lot more in the warp.

The Warp doesn't just have the Four Chaos Gods, there are many other Chaos beings as well.

For example, Vashtor, the King of the Soul Forge, and Madel, the Pilgrim.

They can also absorb the emotions generated by real creatures and draw strength from many events that occur in reality.

Can the gods corrupt the ignorant masses?
Can't the Empire seduce those demons who aspire to become gods?
What can the enemy do?
Why can't I do it?

"Why do you hide them?" the Emperor asked.

Xilego was silent for a moment, organizing his thoughts and words, thinking about how to tell the whole story.

"You must have known clearly about the great war between the Ancient Saints and the Star Gods."

"The war between the two races that held the truth of the universe and infinite power led to drastic changes in the warp."

"The madness of both sides, as well as the despair and hatred of the many races involved, gave rise to the Chaos Gods."

"As a result, the Ancients lost control of the Warp, fell behind in the war with the Star Gods, and ultimately lost in the war of civilization."

"The Harmonic Engine was also contaminated in the process and turned into a Disharmonic Engine. It had its own will and thoughts and became extremely evil."

"Before the Ancient Saint was completely defeated, considering the possible harm that the Dissonance Engine could cause, he decided to dismantle it and leave it to his loyal servants to guard."

"After a while, the servants considered the dangers of these devices and sealed them up."

"Over a long period of time, the former guardians have fallen into decline, and have even been swept into the dust of history. The relevant information about the sealed land has also been lost."

"If you want to go deep into the Black Library, you must gather those three things and assemble the Discord Engine. With it, you can open the webway and enter the depths of the Black Library."

"But there is one thing you must pay attention to. The Discord Engine is an abandoned creation. It has been corrupted. You must be absolutely sure to use it, otherwise it will control you."

"Caliban is the Ouroboros, also known as the Ouroboros, and is the outer shell of the Dissonance Engine. It was originally entrusted to a race that the Ancient Ones trusted the most to guard. They possess terrible power, and even demons are very afraid of them."

"So those little robed people in Caliban are the guardians left by the ancient saints?" A flash of enlightenment flashed through Raven's mind. "No wonder the little robed people targeted the changelings after they broke into the Stone Fortress. It turns out that the little robed people started a war with the demons during the War in Heaven."

He finally understood why the little robes assisted the Dark Angels but never told them the secrets of Caliban.

Simply because Caliban himself is a powerful creation.

Once it is spoken out, it is very likely to be exploited, leading to a greater crisis.

"Where are the other two fragments?" the Emperor inquired.

Xilego shook his head, "I don't know either. We have to send someone to look for it."

"I will send people to look for it." said the Emperor.

"Leave the task of collecting the three fragments to the Lion." The raven said to the Emperor in his heart, "After all, Caliban is where he grew up."

"Lion was out fighting. When he came back, he found that Caliban had been turned into a discord engine. He must have been furious."

After weighing the pros and cons, the emperor agreed to Raven's proposal.

Obtaining the legacy of the ancient saints is certainly important.

But this was obviously not something he was suitable to do personally.

We plan to let Number One do this and resettle the residents of Caliban.

Xilego and the Emperor had another discussion on the details of their collaboration, while also telling some stories about the birth of Slaanesh.

But none could share the Emperor's experience of fighting the Chaos Gods.

As the sole survivor of the Eldar Pantheon during the events surrounding the birth of Slaanesh, Silogo had faced Slaanesh head-on.

His experience is invaluable.

The raven ignored Xilego and the Emperor, flying off the Emperor's shoulder and landing on the shoulder of an Eldar prophetess.

The other person has a slender waist and a proud figure.

From a human perspective, its appearance is undoubtedly beautiful.

"Evelene?" the raven called out the prophetess' name.

"Dear Mr. Raven, do you know me?"

At this time, Evelyne had just completed the trial of the way of the prophet.

He had not yet become the powerful shadow prophet of the future, nor had he acquired the power of the god of death.

When the raven spoke to her, it seemed a little uneasy and frightened.

"Of course he knows her. Everyone knows Evelyne, the future wife of the King of Five Hundred Universes." Raven said silently in his heart.

The raven didn't dare to say what he was thinking on the spot.

If the Emperor heard that this Eldar prophet would have an ambiguous relationship with Old Thirteen in the future, he would definitely be so angry that he would draw his sword and chop off White Hair.

After much effort in creating the Primarch, he was eventually taken away by the white-haired Eldar.

I thought of Old Thirteen pulling Evelyne's hand and yelling, "Father, you don't understand her at all. She is different from other elves."

The big guy is bound to be pissed off.

"I have seen your destiny," said the raven. "It is complicated, full of ups and downs and hardships, but as long as you keep persisting, you will achieve remarkable success."

"Lifeline?"

As a prophet, Evelyne can also vaguely see a glimpse of the future.

But she didn't see a future for herself.

"Yes." Raven nodded, "You will even become the key to the peaceful coexistence of the two races, humans and the Eldar."

"I don't understand." said Evelyne.

"You don't need to understand. You will know in the future," said the raven.

After the discussion of the alliance was concluded, the Emperor ordered a banquet to entertain the Eldar.

Taiho, Richelieu and other ship girls were also invited to attend the banquet.

Seeing these guests from another universe wearing ship uniforms, Xi Lego widened his eyes.

Eldrar, Evelyne and other Eldar prophets were equally shocked.

Even at the height of the Eldar's power, they only dominated the galaxy.

It has not yet set foot outside the Milky Way, let alone travel to other universes.

Perhaps the ancient saints had traveled to other galaxies or alien universes. After all, the technology they mastered was so advanced and their knowledge was so profound.

Even traveling to other universes is not a strange thing.

Who could have thought that humans would also set foot in the alien universe and form an alliance with it.

Today's elves are not even qualified to look up to humans, let alone catch up with them.

Raven only stayed at the party for a while, ate a few servings of the latest flavor of French fries, and then left.

He took the document from Malcador, tore through the space barrier, and instantly arrived at the other end of the galaxy, appearing on the World Eaters' flagship, the Conqueror.

Angron was currently on the bridge, discussing the next military plan with company commanders, auxiliary generals, captains and other high-ranking members of the expeditionary force.

The raven appeared out of nowhere and landed on Angron's shoulder armor.

This scene instantly made the noisy bridge quiet, with only the sound of machinery echoing.

"Dear Mr. Raven." Angron was the first to react. He saluted and greeted Raven, and at the same time opened the legion communication and asked someone to send French fries and ketchup over.

Others also bowed and greeted the raven.

"Xiao Kankan, you have a new mission."

Raven handed Angron the document bearing the seals of Malcador and the Emperor's creatures.

Angron opened the document and looked at its contents.

"Let me go to the galactic center and convince the space dwarves to join the human empire."

(End of this chapter)