Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 239 The Spirit Race Attaches Itself to Humans?

Evelynn raised the old woman's sword in her hand.

The Old Woman's Sword is a collection of five swords forged from the five finger bones of the goddess Mori Hag's hand.

It will grant the holder the power to control life and death.

The last remaining sword had been hidden in Slaanesh's palace. Evelynn knew that she would never be able to collect all five of the Old Woman's Swords on her own.

"It seems that all the changes in that person's life were due to that human named Gao Yi!"

In Lemiel's eyes, all the illogical changes in humanity at this moment were absolutely caused by Gao Yi.

“Everene, the apostles of the God of Laughter have helped you a lot. Perhaps you should repay us with your army of the Grim Reapers. Without our help, Victor would have found you long ago, and you would not have been able to escape Comoros. I hope your army of the Grim Reapers can cooperate with us to attack our targets in the expansion zone. Even the resurgence of Eniede was aided by the God of Laughter. You should not forget this kindness.”

As payment, I will contact other theater troupes to help you find the last old woman's sword.

However, Evelyn did not give a direct reply to Lemir's suggestion.

Lemir was right. The clowns were of great help to the Death Army, but in her eyes, the life and death of Gao Yi, a human, was not important to her. The Eldar believed in prophecy, but the Eldar who relied on prophecy also knew that not all prophecies would come true.

Prophecies can only be used as a reference and cannot be taken as something that will definitely happen. Or the timing of the event itself is uncertain; it could happen within a few years or it could happen in ten thousand years.

If the human race, as the clown prophesied, is capable of destroying the entire galaxy, it seems impossible no matter how you look at it. If it were true, then it wouldn't just be the Eldar who would stop Gao Yi.

The Eldar's history records what humanity's golden age looked like. It was powerful enough to rival and even sign agreements with the former Eldar Empire. Compared to it, the current human empire is insignificant. In that era, humanity was at its peak and prosperous in every aspect.

However, they could not surpass the former Eldar Empire, let alone the Deathbringers, the great Ancient Saints, and the terrifying Star Gods.

Even they couldn't destroy the galaxy, yet humans can?
The Death Army's power should not be wasted on endless attrition with humanity because of a prophecy, and the Eldar cannot afford to do so now. Slaanesh should still be the Eldar's greatest threat.

Evelyn did not disbelieve Lemir's prophecy, but Lemir changed the prophecy by killing Gao Yi.

Evelynn's method, however, was to resurrect Death.

Humanity cannot be killed off. The only thing the Death Army should do is to collect the five Old Woman's Swords as soon as possible.

She has now collected four of them.

Evelynn Bilmir, who was once an Eldar of the Ark, later became a pirate, and even a Dark Eldar witch spirit, saw things more clearly. She understood the Eldar's despicable side, and that the current Eldar could not be united on their own.

If it were truly possible, then Viktor shouldn't be hunting them down for the sake of domination; instead, he should be helping them.

The Eldar, who once had their own gods, now need a powerful enough deity to guide and lead them once again. Once Death is resurrected, He can kill Slaanesh and eliminate Eldar's greatest enemy. Only then can Eldar gather around Aeneid and become a unified whole once more.

Seeing Evelynn's reaction, Lemir knew Evelynn's answer: she was rejecting him.

"Lemir, the Death Army has more important things to do. Resurrecting the Death Gods is always our top priority."

"You...you short-sighted fools!"

As soon as Lemir finished speaking, Thousand Faces drew the Old Woman's Sword and stood before Evelynn. "Lemir, can you be certain that the future you speak of will definitely happen, or that it will happen tens of thousands of years or even longer into the future? Are you really going to start a full-scale war with humanity now because of a prophecy that may never come to pass?"

Just as Lemir was about to angrily rebuke Evelynn for her ingratitude.

Someone who hadn't expected anyone had crossed the network and arrived in front of the Spirit Race present.

The powerful psionic reaction drew everyone's attention.

"Aidal?! What are you doing here?!"

Evelyn's eyes were filled with surprise, while Lemir's expression behind his mask was one of apprehension.

The newcomer was none other than Adalard Osu, one of the oldest and most visionary members of the Eldar race. He was an incredibly powerful warrior and an even more powerful psionic, once the Supreme Prophet of the Usvi Ark world, though he was expelled from Usvi. Now, he is also one of the most important members of the Death Army.

It is said that he was once considered a friend of the Emperor, and compared to the clowns' clandestine actions, he had a real influence on both the human empire and the Eldar.

He contributed to the resurrection of the Eldar's Death God. In order to resurrect the Death God, he even resorted to stealing the corpse of the Eldar prophet, an act that was absolutely forbidden by the Eldar, and used the power in the crystallized corpse.

He was also the main person in charge of the path that the Eldar now strictly follow, and he also guided Vulcan back to Terra to destroy the cult's plan during the Horus Rebellion, thus gaining Vulcan's friendship.

"Lemir, in my vision, although the fates of the Eldar and humans have changed somewhat, their fates remain intertwined."

“How could that be? Do you even know what you’re talking about?” Lemir dared not presume to presume before the legendary figure, Adalard.

When Adalard said those words, a shadow of gloom had clouded his heart.

Humans and the Eldar are indeed bound together. However, what he sees now is not the alliance with humans against Chaos as before, but a situation he does not want to see: dependence.
Even false dependence is an unacceptable option.

Adalard did not tell the others present his true thoughts at that moment.

Including Evelynn and the Death Army.

If he were to speak frankly, even someone of his status would be condemned by everyone, and the original conflict would shift onto him.

The word "dependence" is too painful for the Eldar. Once they have experienced glory, it is difficult for them to be humble again. When the Eldar Empire was at its peak, humans had not even developed civilization yet. To say that would be absolutely unacceptable to the Eldar.

How could the noble Spirit Race possibly attach themselves to a being they call a monkey?

Just like how humans today would never submit to any alien, asking me to bow down to you is no different from killing me.

No powerful race in the galaxy would make such a choice.

He also foresaw the prophecy spoken by Lemire, though not as clearly as Lemire, but he also sensed the rise of mankind.

Gao Yi's emergence was the seed of humanity's rise, and the awakened Guilliman was the fruit of that rise, but not even the first fruit. The Montgomery dynasty in the expanded region and its entangled alliance were the first.

The galaxy is about to undergo a dramatic change, and humanity may usher in its own golden age again, perhaps even stronger than before.

(End of this chapter)