Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 187 Your Father Will Return to the Battlefield

Above El, rows of dazzling golden quadrupedal combat machines awaited their pilots.

These machines belong to the Protoss's heavy anti-vehicle units, the Immortals.

They will provide their Protoss brethren on Koror with much-needed long-range firepower and anti-vehicle capabilities.

One by one, the Protoss who were severely injured on Koror and warped back to the Crystal Nexus were being slowly placed into the sterile cockpit of this combat machine, filled with tiny mechanical parts, by their comrades with heavy hearts.

This cockpit will sustain these heavily wounded Protoss and allow them to control this powerful war machine.

"My brethren, the Protoss will remember your sacrifice. Enter this sacred creation, for our people who are fighting need your help!"

As the cockpit closed, the immortal, who was over five meters tall, began to move.

And with the driver's will, the Immortal's language system began to emit that signature sound.

"I will return to the battlefield!!"

As the portal opened, a vortex-like spacetime rift appeared.

One by one, the Immortals began to enter, and the Eldar of Koror would soon face these terrifying war machines.

"Archbishop! Enemy ground vehicles are heading this way!"

Artanis pulled the light blade from the chest of an Assault Scorpion.

He had to admit that the warriors of this world were also very powerful; these assault scorpions, specializing in close combat, were fighting the Templars to a standstill.

The sheer number of weapons they carried caused the Templars considerable trouble.

Seeing the Eldar vehicle approaching from not far away, he began to retreat, knowing that even if he were to take a direct hit, he would not fare well.

The news from Aiur told him that the Protoss they had produced had found their pilots, and that continuing to fight the Eldar was unwise, as the Protoss population was still too small.

"Have the Templars retreat! Leave these enemy ground targets to the Holy Immortals! We're going to find that Infinite Circuit!"

The Eldar still outnumbered the Protoss on the Ark, and annihilating them on the front lines was not Artanis's objective.

Meanwhile, the Eldar discovered that the Protoss were retreating in an orderly fashion, and the Eldar warriors who joined the battle thought that the enemy had been completely suppressed.

Then, filled with rage, he continued his advance towards the Protoss.

"Don't let them get away! For Krol! For the Ark World!"

The driver of the Flame Crystal Tank maneuvered the tank, which was levitated using anti-gravity technology, at high speed. The Eldar were heartbroken as they looked at the ruins before them; these works of art were also precious heritage.

Some of them even contain sacred temples along the path of cultivation, which is unforgivable in the eyes of the Spirit Race who follow the path of cultivation and continue to advance.

The tank's pulse laser main cannon kept firing, but just as the Flame Crystal Tank turned past a ruin...

The Eldar pilot saw two enormous cannons already pointed at him.

"What is that? Kill it!!"

While the Immortal can't effectively engage distant targets or air units, the sacrifice of range at close range results in incredibly powerful firepower.

An Immortal is a unit that strives for maximum damage.

The antimatter cannons on both arms hit the sturdy spirit bone armor of the Flame Crystal Tank directly.

Two huge gashes instantly appeared on it.

However, Flame Crystal's tank prism cannon failed to penetrate the Immortal's Unyielding Shield.

What's even more terrifying is that immortals don't need cooling or reloading.

"Bro, do you have any ground units that can fire rapidly and continuously, are anti-heavy armor, have a powerful shield, and can move while firing?"

"Yes, brother, yes, your immortal father is here."

Two direct hits instantly threw the Flame Crystal Tank out of control, and the subsequent relentless firing reduced it to a pile of rubble. Even the Soul Stones could not protect the souls of these Elven race members; the massive explosion destroyed their bodies along with the Soul Stones.

One after another, Immortals began to appear on the various fronts of the Protoss-Elder battle, replacing the original Templars. These were the most powerful Protoss vehicles that Artanis could create within the current time and resources available.

Unfortunately, the Ark Eldar's Soulstones cannot be transformed into Dark Templars, otherwise there would be a wave of even more agile Hunters.

Gao Yi guessed that these Dark Templar warriors must be related to the Dark Eldar.

The thick, resilient energy shield makes it difficult for Eldar individual weapons to damage their bodies.

A single antimatter shell is enough to vaporize any Eldar unit.

The intensity of the war escalated further with the intervention of the immortals.

Ella watched all this in silence. The number of enemies was not yet beyond what the Ark could handle, but the casualties were clearly beyond what Ella could bear.

The individual strength of the Protoss far exceeded her imagination.

"Do we really have to extract more of our fellow beings' souls from the infinite circuits to activate those ghostly constructs?"

Ella was incredibly conflicted. Although the ghost constructs were powerful, it was a taboo subject among the Eldar. To resurrect the dead and make them suffer after death was something she didn't want to do unless absolutely necessary.

However, if they don't do this, their own people will suffer many casualties if they want to completely drive out these enemies.

But just as Ella was hesitating, even worse news reached her ears.

A fleet suddenly appeared on the Ark's probes.

The Eldar responsible for controlling the Ark's course had no idea where this fleet came from; it just suddenly appeared on the detection instruments.

Even the Ark didn't detect any subspace fluctuations.

"Prophets! Humans! A human fleet! They appeared on the probe without warning, and they're heading this way at incredible speed!"

These words instantly made Ella think of a terrible possibility.

These crystals were found in the human world. Could it be that the unknown species invading the Ark are from humans?
Otherwise, how could humans have located the Ark so precisely?

She had schemed and plotted her whole life. Ella recalled how she had used all sorts of conspiracies and schemes to incite countless internal conflicts among humans, and even supported many humans as her agents. In the end, however, she was outmaneuvered by humans because of her greed.

"Immediately activate the warships in the dock, and send the Soul Guides to the Infinite Circuit to retrieve the souls of the dead. Kroll needs them. Activate all the remaining Netherworld constructs! Since these monkeys dare to provoke us, then destroy them!"

Ella decisively issued the order. Although they had always called humans monkeys, they had to admit that these monkeys now had a dominant position in the entire galaxy.

Humanity's immense population is its greatest asset, and even its relatively backward technology is enough to instill fear in the Eldar at this time.

In Ella's eyes, since humans launched an attack on Koror, they must have made all the preparations and were definitely there to completely destroy Koror.

The forces mobilized must be immense, which tells Ella that Kroll must now reveal all his trump cards.

His confidence came from the Ark they were on. The Ark was not only a world for them to live in, but also an incredibly powerful warship.

And just as he had expected, not only did the probes suddenly appear on the human fleet, but violent subspace reactions also began to occur on the probes.

Six more human warships appeared in the Ark's path.

These six warships belong to Blood Raven.

The presence of three combat barges and three strike cruisers also demonstrates the Crows' immense wealth.

Some poor warbands don't even have a single combat barge.

The stabilized intelligent control greatly improved the safety and speed of Blood Raven's warp travel.

They thought they would be the first to arrive at the battlefield, but Gabriel discovered that Gao Yi's fleet had arrived even earlier than them.

(End of this chapter)