Warhammer: Emperor's Ravenbringer

Chapter 71: First meeting with Comoros

The fleet soon arrived at the coordinates provided by Lakas.

A desolate, uninhabited icy planet far away from the star.

Looking down from the void, the ground was white and lifeless.

A fleet of fully armed gunships flew over the thick clouds and landed on an ice field.

The heat from the gunboat's engines melted the ground, creating billowing plumes of steam.

But this was short-lived, as the gas froze again after rolling up less than two meters.

The gunboat's hull creaked in the cold, frost quickly covering the frozen hull like a spider web.

When the boarding ladder was lowered, a row of icicles had formed on both wings of the gunboat.

The raven standing on the emperor's shoulder looked at the endless white ice field and took a deep breath.

"What a nice planet. We can get some black bean sprouts in Comoros and let them grow potatoes here."

"What else can you pursue?" Waldo asked, "Just thinking about growing potatoes all day long."

"I also want you to go back to Terra to guard the pond."

"Forget it, you should continue to pursue growing potatoes here."

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The Emperor ignored the daily banter of Raven and Valdor.

Lead the Guards and the Primarch to the solid ice.

"Father, there is nothing here."

Horus, who came down with them, said.

"No, there is something." The Emperor pointed to a majestic ice wall. "There is a vibration from the High Heaven."

"Bring the hot metal and burn a path out."

The accompanying imperial guards faithfully carried out the emperor's orders.

Huge clouds of steam hissed and rushed into the sky under the illumination of the molten beam.

However, he did not fly for long before he was frozen by the extreme coldness of this world.

After a while, the armor of the imperial guards was covered with a thick layer of frost.

"Your Majesty, it's the remains." shouted a guard in the tunnel.

They dug a wraithbone tunnel that led deep into the ice.

"Inside is the altar that opens the entrance to the webway." Lakas said, "As long as you activate it, your fleet will be able to enter the webway."

The web channel entrance has permission settings.

Eldar warships have built-in permissions, so they can open webway entrances at will.

This is not the case with human warships; they have to find an anchor point at the entrance to the webway.

Use the anchor point to activate the webway entrance to enter.

Going deeper and deeper, the Emperor and his entourage entered a lost Eldar city.

The magnificent temples were frozen or collapsed.

The lonely statue is covered with frost.

The bones of the dead were scattered everywhere.

Lifeless Eldar ghost machines stood or slumped in the organic powder and gem dust that lined the road.

Some twisted undead creatures roam the ruins of the city.

They were once the Eldar, but were affected by the Fall of the Eldar, had their souls sucked away by the Prince of Joy, and turned into zombies.

The Imperial Guards activated the genetic engine and easily dealt with the undead creatures.

Finally, they reached the deepest part of the city.

There stands a magnificent altar fashioned from sacred bones.

Faint vibrations of the highest heaven emanated from the altar.

That is the anchor point of the webway entrance.

The Emperor waved his hand, and the Guards dragged up Lakas and other Dark Eldar.

"Open it."

The Emperor looked at Lakas with an indifferent tone.

"Okay, okay."

Lacas nodded repeatedly, his attitude very humble.

Under the threat of the raven's constant threat to sacrifice him to the Prince of Pleasure, the Haemonculus Master abandoned his former arrogance and dignity.

Choose to be a loyal guide for the empire.

Lacasse lived too long.

It's been so long that I've lost empathy for my own kind.

It's been so long that I don't want to die, and I don't want to have my soul sucked away by Slaanesh.

Whether the Comoros is destroyed or not has nothing to do with him. The Comoros is a cold and ruthless place. No one will remember those who died to protect it.

The only thing those cold-blooded fellows would do is to mock the deceased as a waste.

Several dark elves, led by Lakas, chanted ancient spells around the altar and channeled the energy from the ruins to charge the altar.

The runes around the altar were lit up one by one, floating in the air as if they came alive.

The air exploded with surging waves of psychic energy.

Dark purple light mixed with fire and thunder gathered above the altar, forming a column of light that shot up into the sky.

The beam of light tore through the fragments of reality, forcibly prying open the gap between reality and illusion.

The Imperial fleet in orbit around the planet observed a huge gap in the void.

The edge of the rift was shining with dazzling golden light, while in the middle was surging with purple paradox light and white ether arcs.

That is the entrance to the webway.

It is like a devil's eye embedded in time and space, giving people a creepy feeling.

The entrance is large enough to accommodate a fleet of ships.

After activating the altar, the Emperor and others quickly evacuated the ruins and returned to the Emperor's Grandeur on a gunboat.

The fleet set sail again and entered the Webway through the Webway entrance.

The webway was very wide and shrouded in a strange mist.

The Emperor looked intently at the Webway through the observation window.

This was the technology he had once wanted to obtain for humanity.

Once the Webway is acquired, humanity will have a low-cost and efficient means of faster-than-light travel.

Will get rid of the dependence on the subspace.

Nowadays, Webway technology is not the only option.

Although the Webway is no longer the key to saving humanity, the Emperor has not given up the idea of ​​building the Webway.

After all, it is a one-time investment with permanent benefits.

Moreover, the existence of the webway can also filter the etheric force that flows into the real universe.

The Comoros' location is very secretive.

It is impossible for ordinary people to find it.

Fortunately, the Empire has Lakas as its guide.

Under the guidance of Lakas, the imperial fleet passed through the intricate network of channels and reached the outskirts of Commorros.

Although Comoros is just a webway city, its scale is beyond imagination.

Countless ports, ramps and hidden pipelines connect huge space cities and spacecraft satellites.

The city is also surrounded by a large number of vassal kingdoms.

These vassal kingdoms are where the Dark Eldar perform their foul rituals and enact their evil plans.

They originated in the chaotic times before the Fall of the Eldar.

At that time, the Cult of Pleasure had just become popular, and the nobles built their own private kingdoms within the Webway.

Used for various dark rituals and indulgent entertainment.

Two huge black suns were suspended above Comoros, with countless webway entrances suspended around them.

Fireballs are bound at the spires of majestic towers.

Those fireballs are dying stars.

Stolen from the void and trapped by the Dark Eldar using mysterious technology to serve as a source of energy for the city.

The appearance of the Human Empire fleet quickly alerted the guards.

Weapon systems activated, shields deployed.

Dozens of spirit bone warships opened their spiky bone sails and approached, with their gun muzzles flashing with light, obviously ready to open fire.

Just when the situation was tense, Lakas' voice was heard from the leading spirit bone battleship.

"Do you want to experience the torture of the Haemonchi, you fool?"

"Open your eyes and see who I am. I am Lakas, the most feared Haemonculus in Commorragh."

"Lift the alert immediately and let me in, or you can slit your own throat. That way you may suffer less pain."

With a knife at his neck, Lakas yelled frantically at the Comorian guards.

When the guards heard Lakas' voice, they panicked.

The most terrifying Haemonchi master in Comoros, this title alone is enough to scare countless people.

If you offend the other party, death would be the greatest mercy.

"Deactivate all weapons, open the shield, and allow Master Lacas to enter the port."

PS: Sigismund with hair will appear in the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)