The Emperor’s Angel of Death

#2291 - Home delivery

Although he was certain that cracking the secret of Asuryan lay in how to save Isha, Soshjan felt a bit uneasy. He had the feeling that he was being manipulated by some being, or whether all of this was within the calculations of someone, or rather, some Eldar seer.

Moreover, not to mention how dangerous Nurgle's domain was and the enormous potential pressure of facing a Chaos God directly, just starting to prepare for this would definitely involve Eldrad. From the moment he sent Veronica to his side, Soshjan could already guess that this old undead knew a lot, and he probably knew the secret of the Grey Seers as well. He had been using him from the beginning, but it was really difficult to leave him out of this, after all, he had personally been to Nurgle's Garden, and no one knew better than him what to do.→

But if he really cooperated with the other party, Soshjan would not forget the reminders of the mortal.

Relying on his own wisdom to fight with this kind of ten-thousand-year-old monster was too difficult. After thinking about it, Soshjan realized that he could only go to the Changer of Ways to see what the other party's opinion was.

Just as Soshjan was thinking, the slight footsteps behind him suddenly made him alert. He immediately pressed his hand down gently, and a piece of the table immediately sank, and the notes and booklets were replaced by a thick book called "Tau Threat Report Assessment".

"I saw you were in a daze just now, what's wrong?"

Wearing a black nun's robe, Viletts came to Soshjan's side, her hand softly placed on his shoulder, and then curiously looked at the table.→

Along with the faint fragrance that entered Soshjan's nose, he happened to see the orange light being softly refracted by the glass when he turned his head, blurringly illuminating Viletts' surroundings, making her face so soft and peaceful, her eyes like a pool of autumn water, her eyebrows like distant mountains, her skin surpassing the first snow, her thin pink lips dotted with delicate but not frivolous facial contours, her golden hair draped over her shoulders, the ends of her hair still with some moisture, so similar to the statues of the saints in the monastery, as if a personification of gentle compassion and forgiveness, only with a trace of fatigue in the corners of her eyes.

The black solemn nun's robe wrapped her long-trained but still plump body, outlining the undulating and alluring curves without the constraints of armor, so plump and beautiful, a little more would be bloated, a little less would be mean.

"It's nothing, I'm just looking at the latest reports from the Ordo Xenos when I have nothing to do."

Soshjan smiled and pointed to the books piled up on the side of the table, about the Orks, the Necrons, and the Tyranids. The Ordo Xenos compiles the latest alien threat reports every once in a while. They are not as sensitive as the Ordo Malleus and the Ordo Hereticus, so as long as they have a certain status, they can obtain them from them. Of course, Soshjan can also ask for them, but he is too lazy to find those gloomy Inquisitors all day long. These were given to him by Tirene.

"Tau?"

Viletts blinked her eyes, her long eyelashes made this move unexpectedly a little cute.

"Isn't that a very weak alien race?"

"Well, maybe it is now, but they are different from other alien threats. At least in my opinion, they are very likely to become a hidden danger to the Imperium."

This was not Soshjan's casual nonsense. During this period of time, he had really carefully read the Ordo Xenos' report. There was nothing to say about the Orks. They were everywhere as always. The Eldar reports mainly focused on the scattered attacks of the Dark Eldar and the Craftworld Eldar. The only relatively large incident was the attack on and destruction of the Astartes chapter fortress by the Alaitoc Craftworld, which was marked as a serious threat. Only three companies of the Astartes chapter escaped. The Ordo Xenos did not say the specific reason, but it was speculated that it may be related to the Astartes chapter's past massacre of an Eldar world, which really made Soshjan feel very headache, because this chapter was once a chapter that fought side by side with the Astral Knights in the World Engine campaign.

The Craftworld Eldar and humans do not have fundamental conflicts of interest, but it is this constant accumulation of large and small conflicts that makes the two sides continue meaningless battles. But Soshjan has no good way. The Eternal Court itself cannot control all Craftworlds, nor can it control human actions. This is also the reason why he has always been unwilling to take care of things.

If you can't solve it, you can only turn a blind eye.

As for the Necrons and Tyranids, the reports mentioned very little, but the Genestealer reports in the Storm Sector made Soshjan a little concerned. During the years of the crusade, he did not expect that it had become so fierce. Large-scale Genestealer cult activities and riots have occurred in almost all sectors of the Storm Sector. The Deathwatch seems to have dispatched more than a dozen kill teams, but more troops are still needed.

The Tau report is second only to the Orks. Obviously, the Inquisition is also closely monitoring this small alien empire that is rising on the edge of the galaxy. The information on social and cultural aspects is collected very comprehensively, so that Soshjan can have a preliminary impression of this race that is said to have risen in only a few hundred years even by reading the report.

Leaving aside those very obvious subjective evaluations, many Ordo Xenos Inquisitors are also more worried about the Tau, because they are one of the few aliens who know how to "incite" other races, including humans. This kind of incitement is different from the gene pollution of the Genestealers, and it is also different from the temptation of Chaos that makes people fall.

One Inquisitor's evaluation was very sharp and profound——

They are so vicious that they distribute food and medicine to refugees!

"They were only not immediately wiped out because they occupied a remote corner. As long as another crusade is organized, these ugly aliens will be wiped out."

Viletts' words were very relaxed, which is also the opinion of most people. After all, the Tau is indeed not as large and powerful as most of the Imperium's enemies.

But Soshjan shook his head.

"That's hard to say. The enemies faced by the Imperium are either cruel, or dark, or capricious, or irrational. Only the Tau is-"

Soshjan hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't say the word 'civilization'.

"Now they are indeed still weak, Anna. There have been more than one example in human history of huge empires and nations being conquered by insignificant small forces. Even when the Emperor first conquered Terra, he was only the weakest of the many warlords and forces on Terra. And in the early days of the Great Crusade, there were many alien kingdoms and human kingdoms that were larger than the Imperium. Races come and go, empires rise and fall. Where are the galactic overlords of millions and tens of millions of years ago now? The Tau race has been able to rise rapidly in hundreds of years, and even repelled the Imperium in the Damocles Crusade. They must have their own unique features. If we don't pay attention to them until everything is out of control, it may be too late."

"What's wrong today? You seem a little restless."

Saying that, Viletts' hand gently brushed Soshjan's forehead, as if to smooth the skin on it.

"Just some emotion."

Suddenly, the communicator on Soshjan's desk rang, so he reached out and pressed the button.

"Chapter Master, an unidentified aircraft is about to enter the flight deck. The communication code they sent shows Manta."

Manta was the password that Trajan told Soshjan for the Custodes delivery man. He immediately said:

"Let them in, I'll be right there."