The Emperor’s Angel of Death

The holy and mysterious white deer came stepping on the water, only now revealing its immense size, even taller than Soshyan. Its massive antlers stretched over ten meters, resembling a lush, towering tree. Vines and small white flowers, seemingly grown from the white deer's skin, entwined around the antlers. The avatar of a beast with no physical form possessed a pair of extremely intelligent eyes with pure emerald pupils.

It stopped just three meters away from Soshyan, and the two locked eyes. Then, a voice with a slight guttural tone appeared in Soshyan's mind.

"Father God."

"I am not Asuryan."

Soshyan interrupted directly.

"I am a human, named Soshyan Alexey. It's just that my ancestors have a trace of Aeldari blood."

"The Father God's divine fire and the Mother's scent."

"Mother? Are you referring to Veronica, or Isha?"

"There is no difference."

"Why call her Mother?"

"We are all children of the Mother."

In the next moment, he felt himself gently slide into the clear water, followed by a clear cracking sound. Then, it felt as if something was drilling out of his chest. There was no pain, only a strange sense of expansion.

Soshyan knew that the other party was sharing memories.

Memories from its birth.

He heard voices, like waves surging from all directions, like a song.

Then, a pair of hands gently lifted him up. He saw a pair of familiar yet strange, gentle yet slightly sorrowful emerald green eyes.

A beautiful goddess dressed in white纱 knelt in the clear pool in front of the waterfall, surrounded by glowing trees and plants.

Then, she closed her eyes and gently hummed, intertwining her song with the melody of the spring water. At this moment, something she held in her hands also lit up with red and green light, and twisted, entwined roots slowly emerged from within.

Then, she released her hands. Soshyan felt a sense of falling, as if he had traveled through countless times and spaces, and then fell back into the water, but this was another pool. Surrounding him were Aeldari wearing robes and semi-transparent oval helmets, raising their hands as if in prayer and chanting.

"He" began to grow, roots burrowing into the ground. "He" would forever guard this world.

The thoughts continued to dissipate.

The distant sounds gradually faded.

The memory dissipated, and before Soshyan was still the huge stag, shrouded in a faint white halo.

"I understand, you want to see her, she will come."

The white deer slightly bent its front legs, making a gesture of gratitude, which greatly surprised the citizens of Llynnae.

At this moment, Soshyan suddenly raised a question.

"How much do you know about Asuryan?"

However, the White Deer King did not answer him. Instead, it let out a long cry, started walking towards the former battlefield. It first came to the soul stones devoured by Claudius, then lowered its head and swallowed those soul stones one by one, or rather, they automatically flew into its mouth and appeared on the skin of the white deer.

At the same time, some blurred souls also appeared beside the White Deer King. They looked like a picture painted with flames, as if some kind of energy was constantly combined and solidified into form, erasing any external features of their former bodies, very vague yet real.

Many Aeldari sobbed softly, because among them were their relatives, lovers, friends, and comrades. Cordelia's eyes also shed tears. She turned around and began to chant a dirge with the White Deer Guards.

The White Deer King passed through the battlefield wrapped in blood and fire, letting out a long and mournful cry. Many Aeldari souls followed behind it. More and more Aeldari joined in this dirge. They had won, but there was no joy, because the price paid was almost a failure. Even the reinforcements from the Royal Court were infected by this sorrow and were in tears.

They opened their hearts, accepting the pain of their compatriots. The Howling Banshees took off their masks, and the Striking Scorpions and Avengers removed their helmets. At this moment, they were no longer warriors, but mourners.

Soshyan turned to look at the battlefield. Compared to the Aeldari, there were more layers upon layers of human soldiers piled together.

He suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

Just because of a madman's delusion and depravity, so many humans and so many Aeldari died so worthless. In the end, no one was the winner.

Where exactly was the problem?

Soshyan, who was deep in thought, was awakened by Doral's voice. He saw that the other party was leading a team of people over, including the Spiritseer Luvia Greta, and an Aeldari who seemed to be injured and whose armor was also obviously damaged, with his helmet missing. He could tell that he was quite old, with some gray hair scattered on both sides of his pale cheeks, and some bloodstains and ashes covering his face, indicating that he had fought a hard battle before. A seemingly robust warrior wearing armor and carrying a silver spear supported him. Soshyan saw anger and pain on the young Aeldari's face.

"Your Highness, this is King Valentino Ravich of the Llynnae Kingdom."

Then Valentino Ravich pushed away his son's hand, knelt on one knee, lowered his head and chanted:

"Valentino Ravich, a citizen of the wilderness settlement, on behalf of all the people of Llynnae, thanks Phoenix King Your Highness for leading the army to support us."

Ivroyeiya and other people from the Llynnae Kingdom also knelt down.

"Thank you, Phoenix King Your Highness, for leading the army to support us."

"Please rise, everyone. The Eternal Queen has been very concerned since receiving the Llynnae Kingdom's request for help, but it took some time for the Royal Court to organize the army, so we were a bit late. It is also my dereliction of duty."

"Your Highness need not blame yourself. Your personal leadership of the army has proven that the Eternal Royal Court's slogan of treating all Aeldari groups equally is not just empty words. After all, in this galaxy, those who stand by and watch their compatriots die are everywhere. The fact that the Llynnae Kingdom was able to survive this time is already a great fortune."

After standing up, Valentino Ravich introduced his children.

"This is my son, Ivroyeiya, and this is my daughter, Cordelia."

Cordelia, still wet, placed her hands on her abdomen, moved her right leg back, gracefully curtsied and lowered her head, and with her beautiful body curves, she looked like a noble white swan.

"I have offended Your Highness just now, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter, you are also worried about the world spirit, which is understandable."

At this time, Ivroyeiya hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back the words in his heart and said:

"Phoenix King Your Highness, why don't you talk to us with your true face?"

This was actually a rhetorical question. Others in the Llynnae Kingdom might not know, but as a member of the royal family, he had already heard a lot of rumors about the Eternal Royal Court from his father, the most famous of which was—

The Eternal Queen's husband, that is, the current Phoenix King, is not an Aeldari at all! But a human!

Ivroyeiya now hated humans to the core. He could hardly accept that a human had saved the Llynnae Kingdom! A human was commanding an Aeldari army!

The galaxy seemed to be in chaos!

"Shut up!"

Valentino Ravich immediately scolded, turning his head to glare at his son.

"Get out of here now! Get far away!"

"Father, but"

"It's not a big deal, it's just a habit."

With that, Soshyan reached out and took off his mask, revealing his true face.