The Astartes Family's Notebook

Kaz arranged a room for Troys and then began to ponder where things had started to go astray.

I was planning to contact the main group in Deathwatch, so why am I suddenly forming a band... a war guild?

Chapter 430 The Twilight of the Empire

Most people don't want to grow up.

They just couldn't find a way to continue being children.

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"Liar! The prophet is a liar! Why did he close the gates of the Internet? I am not afraid of death! Let me go back!"

Ysera, the War Priestess, let out an angry wail.

She already knew how to awaken the fragments of the God of War, but she could never return to her homeland, Atansar.

This fact was unacceptable to her.

There are many Eldar Ark worlds, but in terms of abstractness, if Holy Terra is considered as humanity's Ark world, then Holy Terra wouldn't even rank in the top thirty.

Among all the insectoid creatures, Atansar can be considered the twilight of the Eldarin race, the last vestige of that once glorious empire.

The reason is simple: the world of Atansar has stood on the front lines against Chaos for millennia.

Human empires have Kadia, and the Eldarin have Atansar; when a great empire declines, there are always loyal and brave men who bravely sacrifice themselves.

However, Atansar is far more than that; the Adarin race of this Ark world are still fighting even after they have died.

Until death do us part?

No, fight until the very moment when our souls and spirits are annihilated.

As is widely known, the Eldarin race, due to the birth of Slaanesh, are naturally drawn to the Dark Prince.

So regardless of whether it's black bean sprouts, white bean sprouts, or flower bean sprouts, although each has its own unique characteristics, they all instinctively resist subspace.

There are several Eldar Arkworlds that linger near the Eye of Terror, hunting down the forces of Chaos, but only Atansar dares to sail his Ark into the Eye of Terror to fight Chaos to the death.

In fact, Atansar's fate was almost identical to that of the Empire after the Great Rebellion.

Slaanesh was born, Eldar fell, and the former imperial capital was bombed into the Eye of Terror.

While other Ark worlds were trying to stay away from the Eye of Terror, Atansar was the first Eldar Ark world to return to it.

However, the once-great Ida Empire has been destroyed, and Atansar has been captured by the gravity well of the Eye of Terror, unable to leave the warp and return to the real universe, and can only fight against the endless tide of demons.

There was no chance to catch their breath. The warriors of Atansar fought whether they lived or died and were buried in their Netherworld mechs.

In the end, less than one-tenth of the Eldarin survived on Atansar's Ark.

It seems that the fall of the Ark world is an inevitable fact.

So Lord Morgana of the Phoenix took the initiative to lead elite squads of warriors in a desperate attempt to stop them, giving his fellow warriors the opportunity to destroy the Web.

However, doing so comes at a price.

While destroying all the Webpaths did temporarily halt the endless demonic offensive, it also meant that Atansar lost the possibility of returning to the real universe via the Webpaths.

The prophet of Atanza refused Morgana's request to live and die with him.

As a disciple of the first Phoenix Lord Asulman, Morgana should not have been forced to die for Atansar.

So the prophets built a skeletal speedboat for the Phoenix Lord to help Morgana escape the Eye of Terror.

Morgana vowed that one day she would return to Atanza to help her compatriots escape their predicament.

This moving and inspiring story truly embodies the phrase "a glance that lasts a lifetime."

Because Atansar's imprisonment in the Eye of Terror occurred 500 years after the birth of the Slaanesh, when the Emperor was still participating in the Holy Terra battle royale tournament, and the final circle hadn't even shrunk yet.

By the time of Kazia's space voyage, it was already the 500th year of the 41st millennium.

"If you run into Morgana, let her know that you don't need to come back."

Ysera initially believed that Atansar's reopening of the Web was the beginning of a new era, but the prophet had deceived her.

The prophet tricked Atansar's most elite new generation away from the Ark world simply to leave behind some seeds of hope.

The network closed again, and Ysera found herself unable to return.

I have clearly learned how to summon Kane's avatar, Prophet, why...?

Resentment, humiliation, helplessness—Ysera had never felt such pain, not even when she was blinded in one eye by Astartes of Deathwatch.

However, as a Warlock born on the Ark of Atanza, Ysera is not such a fragile little sprout.

If you don't let me go back, I won't go back. Wouldn't it have been a waste of my time to come out here?

Atansar's conventional vehicles had been exhausted during the long war, and the military force of the entire Ark world consisted of infantry and the Netherworld series mechs that used spirit bone technology and had self-repairing capabilities.

Having grown up smoothly in this Ark world where martial spirit is overflowing and become a warrior, Ysera is not the kind of weak person who is sentimental and melancholic.

Aletok is unreliable. Although this Ark World considers itself the big brother and is a deathmatch faction hunting around the Eye of Terror, its specialty is rangers.

The ones who can truly help Isela return home are probably Usvi and Ilsaled.

Uswi, as everyone in Cloudhammer knows, is a breeding ground for prophets.

Ilsaled, this Ark world, also produces many prophets, but unlike Usvi, Eldra has a group of other prophets in Usvi who can control his restless hands and uneasy heart, while the prophets of Ilsaled are superstitious about the power of prophecy, to the point that they want to divine whether to step with their left or right foot first.

It can only be said that everyone has their own obsessions.

There are no normal people among the Eldarin. Eldra, as the chief prophet of Usvi, has a decent positive image, but he has also done his fair share of messed-up things.

Before leaving, the prophet of Atansar specifically warned Ysera to "beware of Uzve, especially Eldra of Uzve."

Therefore, Ysera's primary target was the Ark world of Ilsalide.

Then there is no more then.

We can't find it, we can't find it at all, there's not a single clue.

There's nothing we can do about it. Compared to Ilsaled, who used her spiritual power to shield herself from the prying eyes of fate, Usvi at least spends most of her time in the space surrounding the Eye of Terror.

So Ysera, after many twists and turns, ended up in the Misty Starfield after leaving the Pacific Starfield.

Then, she actually discovered the traces of the Eldar War Witches of the Usvi Ark.

Following the trail, Ysera arrived at a hidden starport of human pirates.

Then, Atanza's warriors went numb.

Do you humans have some kind of cognitive impairment regarding the word "secrecy"?

Sigh, you naive Eldar girl. In our human empire, starports that don't collect taxes from the sector government are all very secluded.

Tens of millions of permanent residents, a constant stream of ships coming and going, people doing business legitimately, those who can do business legitimately but occasionally act as space pirates, those who plunder full-time, humans, Eldar, and other alien races...

The massive psionic disturbances made it impossible for Ysera to find Uthvi's brethren through prophetic means.

Without using psionic means, for her and her thirty-odd guards to find the Eldar of the Usvi Ark, who were hiding in a void starport with a population of tens of millions comparable to a giant hive city, was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Here we must mention the huge misconceptions the Human Empire had about the Eldar race.

The true lineage of the Adarin people resides in the Comoros.

If we delve deeper into the class attributes of the Eldar in Ark, they are essentially separatists who voluntarily withdrew from society before the Eldar Empire collapsed.

Each ark is a mountain peak.

Therefore, there are Eldar with good relations with the Human Empire, but it is completely impossible for the Eldar to have good relations with the Human Empire.

Let's say you're an Inquisitor who has established a good relationship with the Eldar of Atanza, but don't assume that you can just rely on your connections within the Eldar faction.

Next time you encounter the Eldar from Usvi's Ark, two shots to the torso and one to the head will be enough; if you're too slow, you'll be the one who dies.

Civil wars are common in different Ark worlds, and the reputation of the Ark Eldar is even worse than that of the Comoros conspiracies.

At least black bean sprouts only cause harm for money; if you have a strong enough fist, they can talk to you properly.

The white bean sprout got annoyed. "He saves your life today and expects you to pay him back tomorrow. He's like a lunatic."

The Eldar in the Usvi Ark world are particularly ill.

Watch out for Eldra!

The chief prophet of Usvi is a habitual manipulator of fate.

Unfortunately, what Ysera needs is the exceptional insight of a chief prophet capable of manipulating the timeline.

The Temptation of Going Home...

Since we need your help, let's first treat you with respect and courtesy.

First, observe what Usvi's men are planning, then create a "chance encounter" to help them out a little. That way, you can naturally and smoothly connect with them.

Right.

right?

Kaz had no idea about any of this; he was still racking his brains about how to connect with Deathwatch.

In typical Terra Ancient fan fiction, Eldra Osuran is often portrayed as a powerful, wise, and rational Eldar prophet.

But if you switch positions, the tone will sound different.

Take the Eldar Death God as an example.

You are an ordinary black/white/flower sprout who spends your days indulging in pleasure and doesn't care about the situation in the galaxy.

Suddenly one day, Eldra appeared. She first stole the remains of the prophets from multiple Ark worlds, then divided and corrupted several factions of the Comoros, causing a civil war within her conspiracy group, and finally almost sent the entire Eldar to meet Slaanesh.

You call this person powerful, wise, and rational?

Because the Arkworld of Uswi is extremely lacking in tribe warriors, it is also the Arkworld that most loves to use "militia" forces and Dark Eldar "mercenaries".

Okay, you're not an Aidaling, so you can't really understand the fear of almost having your entire tribe ascend to immortality while eating hot pot and singing. Let me give you another example.

Eldra truly deserves to be called the first prophet to foretell the appearance of the Eldar Death God in the future.

The results are verifiable.

Long before the Great Rebellion, Eldra was the first Eldar prophet to foretell the inevitable Horus Rebellion. He intended to warn Forgrim about this, but upon contact, he discovered that the Purple Phoenix had been infected by Slaanesh, and thus decided to eliminate him.

The Primarch Guard of Fulgrim suffered heavy losses as a result, and Eldra lost Uthvi's best Netherlord and an Avatar of War due to this military operation. The Virgin World Talos was also destroyed in the Primarch's subsequent retaliatory bombing with viral bombs. This event made it difficult for Eldra to trust humans for a long time.

As a human being, don't you feel completely confused?

Forgrim was infected by Slaanesh. At that time, the Imperium of Man had eighteen or nineteen Primarchs. You can't possibly find ten of them who are rebels.

If all else fails, go to Holy Terra and talk to the Emperor.

Narrow-minded, prejudiced, self-centered, stubborn, and somewhat aloof, Eldra is truly a god among gods, a pure-blooded Eldarin.

So the still innocent Isera was completely unaware that her so-called "goodwill" was actually just part of the other party's plan.

Since Katz doesn't have the ability to predict the future, how could he possibly realize that the Black Sprout's abnormal behavior was actually a collective illness within the Usvi God Group?

According to the Eldar prophets, they were merely hearing thunder in the silence, manipulating the timeline to their advantage.

As a result, other Astartes and the Dark Eldar engaged in fierce fighting within the starport, and the starport administrators blamed Kaz for it.

No way, guys, are you kidding me?

Spending too much time in the human empire can make one desensitized to large numbers.

A single nest can house tens or hundreds of billions of people, and it feels like there aren't enough people to go around.

A port city with tens of millions of permanent residents feels sparsely populated.

Although Starport has accepted human pirate groups as part of its ecosystem, the Black Gloves, as the governing body, believe that the Starport Council can control the space pirates who are armed with guns.

The suspects who damaged public facilities and hindered the development of Xinggang were hiding on the Shicun ship.

The human pirates, who had already invested huge sunk costs, naturally refused to hand over the Ishimura, which they had painstakingly conquered, simply because the Starport leadership demanded it.

You know the rules: if you want it, you have to come and get it yourself.

After a series of unintelligible drumbeats, the Star Harbor security forces were indeed mobilized.

Hey, if we can't afford to offend the Black Sprout General, can't we at least suppress you unruly human beings?

Human pirates are pretty straightforward too; the ship is right there, so if you want to check people or cargo, you can go aboard yourselves.

They backed down / They're a bunch of idiots [beep].