The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After the heresy of Huron began to show its initial signs, Ernst More Hollande cleverly severed ties on the surface, while secretly continuing to cooperate with Huron after he遁入 the depths of the Maelstrom. He contributed significantly to the formation of the Red Corsairs, so their rapid rise was inseparable from his assistance. This unwavering cooperation with Huron earned him a special rejuvenation technique developed by the Red Corsairs' apothecaries. With the aid of the Warp, Ernst More Hollande would perform a large-scale blood sacrifice every eighty years, at which point his body would return to its peak condition of forty years old. He would then change his appearance and replace one of his direct descendants as the new patriarch.

During this process, the Inquisition also discovered the old man's more sinister side. He not only replaced his descendants but also engaged in relationships with young women in his family, including those related to him by blood, to produce more offspring for the next blood sacrifice.

As more and more charges were discovered, Ernst More Hollande could be described as the most depraved traitor in the history of the Maelstrom. Many people changed their views on the massacre, and some even applauded it, believing that the aliens had helped the Imperium eliminate a great sinner, and the slaughter of the Hollande family was well-deserved.

But strangely, when the Ordo Xenos inquisitors inspected the traces of the battle, they discovered traces of Commorrite weapons. Moreover, when examining some of the corpses, they found residue of毒晶, which was very strange, because the Craftworld Aeldari were unlikely to use the weapons of the Dark Eldar.

Furthermore, in subsequent inspections, the inquisitors discovered some clues. By retrieving the image information of the surviving warships, they roughly judged the opponent's tactical style and found that the attackers were likely Craftworld Aeldari. This was not surprising, after all, the people of the Hollande family were all killed, and there were no traces of torture, so it was unlikely to be the Commorrite Aeldari.

In addition, the inquisitors also discovered that only one battleship of the Hollande family was actually sunk, and another was missing, most likely stolen. But what would the Aeldari want with a human warship?

Although unwilling to admit it, the Ordo Xenos generally believed that the Aeldari's technology was much higher than that of humans. Although their warships were not known for their size and sturdiness, they were technologically superior to the clumsy human warships, and there were no examples of Aeldari capturing human warships for use.

So why did they steal that ship?

What was so special about it?

In addition, through a large number of image analysis and comparisons, as well as simulations, the Ordo Xenos was surprised to find that the warships used by these Aeldari were not in the Inquisition's records. Not only were they huge, but their shapes were also very unique. One of them evaporated one-third of the structure of the entire orbital defense system with one shot. Ordinary Aeldari warships could not possibly possess such power.

Moreover, these Aeldari deliberately destroyed all the monitoring equipment in the Hollande family's fortress, which in turn revealed some information—

These Aeldari did not want the Imperium to know who they were or which Craftworld they belonged to.

Perhaps what was commonplace for humans was unusual for the arrogant Aeldari. When the Craftworld Aeldari took revenge, they often declared their identity in a high-profile manner and even left marks proving their identity and Craftworld.

The Deathwatch company that arrived subsequently also made a similar judgment. They also believed that the origin of this Aeldari force was very abnormal. They also connected it to another incident, that is, nearly half a year before the attack, the Malice Chapter was also attacked by mysterious Aeldari at a certain orbital station in the Croman Drift. Although this group attacked the orbital station first, they still sent out distress signals to the surrounding Imperial forces.

After the fact, the Deathwatch also went to see the battlefield and conducted a detailed investigation, discovering traces of several unique weapons, thus judging that the attackers were likely a mixed force of Craftworld Aeldari and Dark Eldar!

At the time, they wondered, what had the Malice Chapter done to deserve a joint attack by two enemies who were incompatible as fire and water?

As the Imperium's professional anti-alien organization, the Deathwatch knew more about the internal situation of the Aeldari than most organizations in the Imperium, and naturally knew the daily relationship between the Craftworld Aeldari and the Dark Eldar, and felt even more abnormal.

After this Saint Point massacre, the two sides analyzed each other's intelligence and finally made a bold guess—

A powerful new Aeldari force is active in the Maelstrom. They do not belong to any of the Craftworlds currently known to the Imperium, and they also possess incredibly powerful warships. Moreover, this force combines the power and technology of the Craftworld Aeldari and the Dark Eldar, and there are also a large number of weapons that have never appeared in the Imperial records!

In fact, the Ordo Xenos records did record a similar force. This is a newly emerging Aeldari faction that has embarked on the so-called Seventh Path, worshiping a god symbolizing death, and it is mixed with Craftworld Aeldari, Commorrite Aeldari, as well as Exodites and Aeldari pirates, etc. After the first discovery of this Aeldari faction, the Ordo Xenos began to track them and search for information.

However, this faction currently seems to be very weak, and in theory should not be able to produce such strength.

Soon, the Deathwatch and Ordo Xenos' reports were submitted to Soloshian. In their reports, they issued a high-level alien threat warning, and declared that because they did not know the target of this Aeldari force, this massacre may not be as simple as it seemed. They suggested further investigation into this incident, and to find a way to determine the location of these Aeldari. In any case, they had slaughtered millions of humans, even if they were all sinners, the Imperium had to enforce the law. The Imperium could not accept a group of unrecorded aliens interfering in internal affairs.

But Soloshian didn't even look at the report and put it aside, and said—

Now the Crusade is the most important thing.

Then he simply ordered the patrol fleet in the Croman Drift to strengthen their guard, and recalled the Deathwatch company, requiring them to perform the task of the Crusade first. As for the Ordo Xenos, Soloshian gave verbal support, but made it clear that he was now preparing for the final stage of the Crusade and could not spare the strength to help them.

Such an arrangement naturally seemed a bit short-sighted in the eyes of the Inquisition, but they did not know that Soloshian had ordered this massacre.

He no longer wanted to expend troops on such "trivial matters". The best way to deal with a deeply rooted force like the Hollande family was to cut it off at the waist with a big axe. Of course, he also knew that not everyone in those one million people was guilty, or rather, most of them were actually innocent, but he didn't have time to discern, and the Hollande family wouldn't give him a chance to identify them, and the Aeldari who carried out the execution wouldn't have the mind to distinguish them.

Soloshian knew very well that most of the Aeldari in the Eternal Court still held a high degree of contempt and hostility, even hatred, towards humans, just like other Aeldari. Once they took action, it was impossible to expect any restraint. Especially after knowing that the Hollande family was smuggling soul stones on a large scale, what he could control was to narrow the scope as much as possible to an acceptable range.

If it were not for the fact that the Hollande family was too difficult to deal with, he would not want to use the Aeldari card. Although the Ordo Xenos did not know anything now, the inquisitors were very patient and persevering. They would continue to investigate, and it was difficult to say how long the Eternal Court's signboard could be hidden.