Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 305 The Fall of the Overlord and the Phenomenon of Disintegration
Knowing that Norris had succeeded, Gao Yi stopped pushing forward.

The beast that reappeared from the ground stood before Gao Yi like a docile puppy. It opened its mouth wide and spat out the heavily injured Viktor.

The savage beast before me was far more terrifying than anything in the game...

Having all his equipment removed, Viktor was not having an easy time in the jaws of the savage beast. If it weren't for his body being enhanced by the Blood Spirits, the blood loss alone would have been enough to kill Viktor. The beast's teeth also caused Viktor's body to be covered in cuts and scratches.

His entire body was covered in the copious amount of mucus from the beast's mouth; the overlord of the Comoros was now in such a sorry state.

Viktor, who looked like a human stick, lay in front of Gao Yi. The former overlord was no longer the arrogant figure he once was.

Viktor felt incredibly frustrated looking down at Gao Yi, who was looking down at him.
Viktor, who climbed his way up from the bottom, hated this feeling the most.

He thought that after becoming a hegemon, he would never be able to experience this feeling again, but now he felt as if he had returned to the situation when he was still a slave.

"Human, who are you really?"

"Who am I? Didn't you put a bounty on me? Governor, slaves, a fleet, and countless riches—I'm even a little tempted by the bounty."

"You're Gao Yi Mengget? That wandering merchant?!"

"It's me, Viktor. You've spent your life killing, so I suppose you were prepared to be killed too?"

"Human, do you know what you are doing? Your attack on Comoros will inevitably invite retaliation from all the Dark Eldar. Are you sure you and your dynasty can withstand it?! Perhaps there is still room for negotiation. Comoros is suitable for ambitious people, and they don't mind cooperating with humans."

I can work with a clown, and I can work with you.

Bounty hunters, pioneers, and even governors of some planets in your empire have more or less connections with Comoros. You have already proven your strength. In Comoros, strength is everything. I don't mind what you have done to Comoros and to me now. Those who died were just weaklings. Comoros has no need for weaklings.

I can also help you quell the anger of those conspiracies and other forces. Population, technology, resources—I can provide you with anything you can think of. The wealth of Comoros is beyond your imagination.

"And we can complement each other. You use your power among humans, and I use the power of the Eldar. We can complement each other!"

Viktor explained his terms to Gao Yi.

However, Gao Yi didn't show any interest whatsoever. Cooperate with Viktor? Only a fool would believe that.

Cooperating with Viktor is like asking a tiger for its skin; such short-term gains are not worth the risk for Gao Yi.

Regardless of the circumstances, Viktor must die; this is the outcome that best serves Gao Yi's interests.

As for the benefits Viktor mentioned, he could simply come back to collect them later when he had the time and resources.

By then, it won't just be Gao Yi's own troops coming; Guilliman will likely be very interested in this place as well.

"Your offer is very generous, but I'm sorry, for the sake of humanity and the interests of my dynasty, you must die."

"Gao Yi! You can't kill me! I've died many times! But I've always come back! Are you sure you want to do this?!"

"Unkillable? You mean those Bloodwalkers, right? Their skills are indeed unbeatable, but that doesn't apply to me."

As he spoke, Gao Yi took a power sword from Damon's hand. Without further ado, Gao Yi knew that the battle in the fleet was becoming increasingly intense and he needed to hurry.

As the disintegration field was activated, the blade pierced directly through Viktor's heart.

Feeling life slipping away, Viktor still stared intently at Gao Yi, as if trying to memorize his appearance completely.

The agreement between himself and the Blood Spirit would allow the Blood Spirit to find a way to revive him later. He would disappear again for a period of time, but would eventually return.

"Human, I will remember you!"

"Then take a good look. This is the last thing you'll see before you die! As for resurrection, I'm sorry, it's probably hopeless."

The next second, Viktor realized what Gao Yi meant by those words.

His soul was neither caught in the Bloodlings' protective measures nor taken away by Slaanesh, but instead saw Gao Yi's subspace projection.

Viktor's reaction was exactly the same as that of Vashtor, who was completely devoured by Gao Yi.

The terror, fear, and dread of utter death, along with the soul power accumulated over ten thousand years, all transformed into nourishment for the Xel'Naga.

Gao Yi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Viktor's soul being torn apart and absorbed by the Xel'Naga. Viktor's soul alone had contributed a significant amount of resources to the production of Dark Templar.

I've finally accomplished both things I needed to do in Comoros.

Gao Yi immediately recalled Felus and all his troops who were still fighting. By the time the troops had successfully returned to their warships, the battle between the fleets in the sky had reached its most intense stage.

The Spear of Adun channeled all its energy into the shield and charged into the position where the Eldar fleet was at its largest.

And it became the target of concentrated fire.

A large number of SCVs are constantly repairing the Spear of Adun.

Otherwise, even with the size of Nadon's Spear, it wouldn't be able to withstand such concentrated fire!

Artanis and all the Protoss were currently in the War Council within the Spear of Adun.

Crystal towers stood around them, and each Protoss was now fully mobilizing the psionic energy within their bodies.

Artanis pushed his psionic energy to its limit, completely enveloping himself in it.

The Protoss war machines also began to shut down, and the psionic energy that sustained them was temporarily withdrawn.

Karax and the other phase technicians did not join in. Although they had low psionic talent among the Protoss, they played a crucial role at this time.

They manipulated the Protoss's psionic nexus to gather the psionic energy of their brethren as much as possible.

At this point, the total amount of psionic energy within the Spear of Adun had exceeded the limits of conventional detection methods.

Terrifying psionic energy radiated outwards from the Spear of Adun.

In the eyes of the Dark Eldar, the Spear of Adun was as dazzling as a lighthouse in the darkness.

They were well aware of the consequences this level of psychic power would have in the Comoros.

In order to prevent the disaster from happening, almost every commander on the warships issued an order to destroy the Spear of Adun.

The Dark Eldar were no longer concerned about their losses.

They ignored the damage caused by the flying Zerg and even tried to directly ram the Spear of Adun.

Countless light spears and torpedoes tore through the shields of the Spear of Adun and reached its hull.

Part of the Spear of Adun, which stretches for hundreds of kilometers, has even begun to disintegrate.

But in the end, it was too late.

Almost instantly, psionic energy began to react catastrophically with this space.

The space around the Spear of Adun began to collapse, and the already unstable space was torn apart by this force.

Energy from the subspace began to pour in from the weak points in the space, and continued to widen the gap.

These massive amounts of subspace energy began to manifest as a tangible catastrophe in the Comoros.

A fiery tornado, formed from psionic energy and seemingly capable of destroying everything, appeared out of nowhere. Its immense suction and destructive power instantly turned any psionic warships that came into contact with it into countless fragments.

The sudden gust of wind brought extreme pain to the Dark Eldar survivors on the ground. As the name suggests, the icy wind, as sharp as a blade, caused countless buildings to collapse and tore the skin of living beings to shreds wherever it swept through.

Hailstones, as large as boulders, fell like raindrops.
In addition to the various phenomena that followed.

The instability and discontinuity of this space also allowed some visitors whom the Dark Eldar did not want to see to successfully reach Comoros.

“waaaagh~~”

A group of happy greenskins in the net happened to be near the gap that had been torn open. The greenskins, who had been looking for nothing to do before, finally found someone to fight with!

Suddenly, a green rain fell from the sky over Comoros, and the influx of warp power also caused small-scale demon invasions to begin in Comoros.

(End of this chapter)