The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After the end of the family banquet, Veronica privately chatted with Luvia Greta for a long time, but Soshyan didn't know what they said. Only later did Veronica announce that Luvia Greta would serve as the Handmaiden of the Comb.

The so-called Handmaiden of the Comb, simply put, is the role of combing the hair of the Eternal Queen. It sounds like a very lowly position, but in fact, it is one of the most honorable positions in the Queen's inner court.

Afterwards, Soshyan also asked Veronica if she could contact Lilith. Veronica replied that Luvia Greta didn't know about these things. In fact, the only time she realized that she might be in contact with a god was in an extremely vague situation. In her dream, a red vortex of choice appeared, and a huge creation resembling a gate floated in the darkness.

As for why she was brought into the Royal Court, Veronica just smiled and told Soshyan that she liked this girl very much.

Seeing Veronica say this, Soshyan stopped asking, after all, he still had many things to deal with.

For example, the sentinels who went to investigate the hive world of Pombalou brought back an astonishing message: this world seemed to have been attacked, and by the forces of Slaanesh. It has now become a living hell, with only madmen and demons wandering in the twisted hive.

This immediately rang alarm bells for Soshyan. In fact, from the beginning, he felt that Governor Claude Cher's actions were very abnormal.

Even if he was degenerate, he was just a governor. How did he know the location of Esroh?

Even if he accidentally found out, how did he know so much about Esroh's situation? It's easy for the Aeldari to scout humans, but it's not easy for humans to scout Aeldari. The perception abilities of the two sides are not on the same level at all. Any outsider who enters Esroh would probably be discovered immediately.

In fact, once you think about these questions carefully, you can realize that this attack was by no means an accidental event, and the destruction of Pombalou further confirmed Soshyan's conjecture.

The attack on Esroh is very likely part of a huge conspiracy. Claude Cher is just a pawn, and the mastermind behind this conspiracy is likely a Slaaneshi force. Their target is probably not Esroh, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a "small fuss."

Their target is probably the Royal Court, or more specifically, himself and Veronica.

Recalling the previous conflict with Fulgrim, it is not difficult to guess the mastermind behind the scenes.

Just as he had analyzed with Occam and Talos, the Third Legion would not directly provoke the Astral Knights, because the Sable Swords were already on a large scale. Any warp power would definitely not benefit from facing the Astral Knights. The White Templars also had a forge world, Ulan Hadra, behind them, which was not so easy to deal with. Eidolon of the Third Legion was known for being meticulous, so their best target was the Eternal Royal Court, especially Soshyan's current awkward and sensitive identity, which meant that it would be difficult for him to mobilize other forces to support it.

The plan was very shrewd, and it was also in line with Saul's evaluation of Eidolon - having petty cleverness but no great wisdom.

Although he didn't know what the Third Legion was planning, Soshyan knew that this was definitely just the other party's preliminary plan, and the target was either himself or Veronica. As long as he grasped the main problem, any situation would not be complicated to deal with.

The other party could only use a few methods: luring him away from the mountain, or robbing him while he was on fire. Soshyan was confident that Fulgrim must have told Eidolon not to confront him head-on. Anyone from the Third Legion who encountered him now would be dead. So any plan had a premise: to lure him away or to drag him elsewhere. This was also the reason why Soshyan despised the Third Legion. If the problem of hard power could not be solved, the so-called strategies and plans would become poor.

In fact, from another perspective, this might be a good opportunity to severely damage the Third Legion, as long as he planned it properly. But now, after all, the other party was in the dark, and he was in the light, so he could only wait for the other party to strike first before he could think about countermeasures.

Afterwards, Soshyan made Dorar publicize the destruction of Pombalou, which finally extinguished the last part of the calls for revenge, after all, there was really no one to take revenge on.

The second thing was that the sentinels finally determined the location of the Malan'tai Craftworld, and even sneaked in to investigate the situation of the Orks inside. Those barbaric creatures had only occupied this former Aeldari home for a few years, and the number was around seven to eight hundred thousand. They had not caused too much damage. The Malan'tai Craftworld was abandoned in a hurry, and then occupied by demons. It also stored many valuable things, including a large number of war machines, constructs, and even Titans.

After receiving the information, Soshyan immediately began to organize a team, and also asked the Qikanti mercenaries to bring information to their Crawler Kingdom, inviting them to solve this trouble together.

Before that, Soshyan specially invited those Malan'tai refugees.

"Greetings to the Supreme Eternal Queen, and His Royal Highness the Phoenix King."

In the palace-like hall of the Royal Court fleet flagship, Tar-Anlek, a seer led more than fifty Aeldari kneeling on the carpet, and then solemnly performed a great salute.

Veronica on the throne raised her hand slightly.

"Please rise, Prophet Wenseras."

After they stood up again, Veronica said softly:

"You must know the reason why you were summoned. The remains of Malan'tai have been found, but it has been occupied by a group of Orks."

Hearing this, the Malan'tai survivors all showed sorrow, after all, any Craftworlder would be unable to control themselves when they heard that their home had become a nest of green beasts. After all, the destruction of their home was already tragic enough. It was like someone had dug up their family's grave, and some of them even cried and shed tears.

Veronica felt their grief and comforted them:

"I feel your sadness as well, so His Highness has decided to reclaim the remains of Malan'tai."

Everyone then bowed to Soshyan, who was sitting beside Veronica.

"Thank you, Your Highness--"

Soshyan, wearing a mask, nodded slightly.

"But we are not familiar with the situation in Malan'tai. You have all lived there before, so this may be a bit cruel, but this battle requires you to return to your former home to lead and guide the various troops."

The seer then replied:

"This is our bounden duty. The home of our ancestors cannot become a nest of beasts!"

"Well, the army will set off soon, but before that, I have a question. What exactly happened to Malan'tai back then?"

The seer sighed and said:

"In order to rescue Haranshel, we fought a fierce battle with the Aedah world and the Endless Winding Dragon, but the other party unexpectedly split into two groups. The Aedah could only go to stop the fleet attacking Esroh, and we tried to delay time waiting for Iyanden to arrive, but in the end, before Iyanden arrived, the world spirit of Haranshel was destroyed, and Malan'tai was also severely damaged and temporarily unable to fight. We could only choose to stay temporarily near the destroyed Haranshel, but because we lost too many personnel, we were unable to defend against the last round of landing spores released by the enemy. Although we cleared those Tyranids in time, we did not notice a strange neurothrope entering the infinity circuit of the Craftworld!"