Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 190 Pure Psionic Beings: The Archon

Blood Raven couldn't help but look up. The black hole that suddenly appeared in the void seemed to have sucked away all the light, and the whole world seemed to darken at any moment.

Hearing the news from the communicator that the Ark had broken through the encirclement.

Gabriel also realized that something was wrong.

Gao Yi's voice also came through the communicator.

"Gabriel! Let the Rangers take over the main battlefront, you go help Artanis! Don't worry about the Ark running away!"

The Eldar who wanted to engage Gorgonbi in the Gorgonbi mobile Ricolor were clearly dreaming.

Before the Ark's massive hull could even turn, it discovered that a series of Gorgons had appeared directly beside it.

Quantity can compensate for quality; if there is no advantage in fleet battles, then use a landing force that far exceeds the Eldar population to seize control of the Ark.

Upon hearing Gao Yi's words, Gabriel was extremely unwilling, but he had no choice but to accept Gao Yi's proposal.

For Astartes and other alien-hating individuals, launching an attack against the same enemy as the Protoss is one thing, but actually fighting side-by-side is still hard to accept.

Are we really going to entrust our backs to these aliens?
Most importantly, Gabriel still harbored extreme distrust of the Protoss, and in the eyes of the Astartes, the psionic race could never be separated from the evil of the warp.

"Master, what should we do?"

"Go and support the Protoss! Hand the battlefield over to the mortals!"

For the sake of the bigger picture, Gabriel chose to follow Gao Yi's suggestion.

At the same time, he also harbored the idea of ​​eliminating the Protoss once he discovered their conspiracy and exposing them to Gao Yi.

On the main battlefield, with the departure of Blood Raven and the addition of the Netherworld Guardians, the Rangers began to face increasing pressure. The real threat came from the Netherworld Lord and the Netherworld Knights.

Perhaps only these massive Eldar constructs could move so quickly. Unlike the cumbersome Imperial Titans, these knights' manner of doing things and their agility are more like those of a living Eldar.

A sturdy scattering shield shielded it from massive firepower, while the Nether Cannon in its hand was capable of destroying any armor, and the enormous Nether Bone Greatsword could easily slice a Thor in half.

Its mobility even allows it to leap across extremely long distances and jump right into the center of the enemy.

The greatsword, when it cleaved through the ground, was enough to destroy the defenses that the rangers had painstakingly built and take the lives of all the humans within.

To be honest, these Eldar knights are more in line with Gao Yi's understanding of large mechs. Aren't they just pure Gundams?

When they learned that the Infinite Circuit was under threat, the Eldar on Koror seemed to go mad, with even young children daring to take up arms and attack humans.

Meanwhile, in the passage leading to the Infinite Circuit, Artanis closed his eyes and stroked the wall.

He could sense that the spiritual energy flowing through the spiritual bones via infinite circuits was becoming increasingly intense.

This convinced him that he was on the right track.

Two Immortals accompanied the Protoss, and the bone walls that blocked their advance could not withstand the continuous bombardment of the antimatter cannons.

When the Immortal blasted open the last Spirit Bone Gate, several bolts of psionic lightning containing destructive power struck him directly. Even his Unyielding Shield was insufficient to withstand the psionic attack, and it even reduced several nearby Templars to nothingness.

Artanis, seeing this, couldn't help but frown. The Protoss and Eldar are both psionic races.

The former has a deeper understanding of psychic energy, but mainly integrates it into their daily lives.

The Eldar, on the other hand, tend to use psychic energy more individually, employing it to distort reality, perform divination, and destroy enemies.

It has to be said that in the world of Warhammer, psionic energy is just that unreasonable. Artanis even tried to communicate with the warp here to cast those psionic spells.

Although he has made some progress thanks to his talent, he has not yet reached the level of a powerful psionicist in the Warhammer world who can destroy the world.

Not to mention the Eldar prophets; if the Protoss hadn't had sufficient resistance to psionic energy, the casualties might have been even greater.

If Artanis were allowed to get close, he was confident he could kill those prophets, but now he didn't even know if he could manage to get close enough to them.

At this moment, the most powerful prophets and war shamans in Cororne have gathered in the Hall of Infinite Circuits.

Meanwhile, a large number of Netherworld Guardians also pointed their weapons at the entrance.

At this moment, the prophet Ayra held her spear of chanting high, and as psychic energy flowed into it, she continuously uttered low chants.

"These bastards only know how to destroy. They can devour the souls of their own kind. We absolutely cannot let this race remain in this world!" Ella was now increasingly convinced of the clowns' words. He even began to regret his conservative decision not to take the initiative.

Otherwise, Kroll might not have suffered this ordeal.

Fortunately, as the Ark broke free of the encirclement, its accompanying fleet was also regrouping. Given the Ark's size, they still had a chance to annihilate the enemy.

However, for Koror, regardless of whether the Protoss and humans were ultimately eliminated in this war, they had already lost.

It is estimated that Coror will never have a chance to recover the population lost this time.

The Ark Eldar's reproduction cycle of over ten years is simply too long.

Led by numerous psionicists, a series of ghostly guardians charged forward.

The most deadly variant of the Netherguard, the Netherblade, has begun to break away from the group and charge forward on its own.

The anger permeating the outer shell of the spirit bone can even affect other Netherworld Guardians, and in severe cases, it can even affect the Infinite Circuit.

These unique skeleton constructs, imbued with the wrath of the Eldar god Cairne, only cease their activity after completely annihilating their enemies. Their force field shields and the ghost swords they carry make them no less formidable than Templars in close combat.

The only drawback is that these Nether Blades are too few in number, and the soul stones they require can often only be found in the already destroyed world of the Old Woman.

The Eldar's well-established positions and defensive systems rendered the Protoss's advance utterly futile.

"Archbishop, we will risk our lives to send you to that infinite loop!"

Artanis heard a voice from within the Khala.

He turned to look at the only two high-ranking Templars in the group.

Unlike ordinary Templars, they no longer wear heavy armor, but rather a light alloy armor, and they float on the ground with the help of psionic energy.

They can manipulate psionic energy to create lightning storms to destroy enemies, just like Warhammer psionicists, but this is not their most powerful strength.

When two high-ranking Templars voluntarily and completely dedicate their souls and merge their souls together.

Powerful and pure psionic beings, the Archons, will descend upon the battlefield.

The price is heavy: the Protoss who makes the sacrifice will die completely, and their souls will be annihilated.

Even the rulers born from this fusion will gradually disappear over time.

Artanis remained silent, knowing this was perhaps the best course of action; war always involves sacrifice.

The two high-ranking governors came together, their hands clasped tightly, and psionic energy surged from their hands.

Their bodies disintegrated first, followed by their souls; everything about them in the physical world began to vanish and then merge together to become a completely new existence.

The surrounding air began to stagnate, and the pebbles on the ground floated up due to psionic energy.

The bodies and souls of the two governors completely collapsed into a cocoon of light, which then transformed into a vortex that seemed to be twisted and out of control.

The light emanating from its core was as dazzling as a star, making it impossible to look directly at it.

The psionic energy emanating from this pure white sphere not only filled the entire passage, but even the approaching Eldar army couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

The Protoss watched their creation in silence, all knowing that two high-ranking Templars had sacrificed themselves.

In an instant, Ella's psychic vision was filled with pure psychic energy.

Although she didn't know what the Celestials were doing, she knew she absolutely couldn't let them succeed.

Meanwhile, the Blood Raven think tank members who were on their way also sensed the psionic fluctuations coming from afar.

They all found the pure psychic energy incredible... They all knew very well that psychic energy from the warp could destroy a person's will and erode their body, but how come they couldn't sense any negative qualities in this psychic energy?
"Lord Jonah, can you sense this psionic energy?"

"I felt it, the Emperor is above."

These think tank members from Blood Raven felt as if they had discovered something extraordinary.

"Boost!"

(End of this chapter)