The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After the meal with Dolarn, Socharyan found Veronica and Vileth and told them in detail what Dolarn had described. Although Veronica already knew about Orode, she couldn't help but show some surprise when she heard more details of the story. While Vileth was simply fascinated by the twists and turns of the story, Veronica seemed to recall something.

She told Socharyan that his mentor Eldrad had once had a conversation with Asurmen and Jain Zar when they visited. She was young at the time, but she vaguely remembered a sentence: 'Don't let the tragedy of the phoenix repeat itself, and keep a close eye on that thing.'

Afterward, she asked her mentor if the phoenix referred to the father god Asuryan, but Eldrad simply replied, 'Yes, and no. He could be, but he ultimately failed to be reborn.'

Now that she thinks about it, the phoenix they were talking about at the time should have been Orode.

Just as Socharyan was about to summon Jain Zar and Gamora for questioning, a sudden message disrupted his plans—

"Are the T'au bored? Why would they attack the maiden world of Lyal Susein?"

Walking quickly through the corridor in armor, Socharyan's voice carried some anger, while Dolarn, who was following Socharyan's pace, looked through the booklet in his hand and then frowned.

"The messenger who brought the signal for help said that they didn't know the specific reason. The T'au fleet suddenly arrived in the planet's orbit and carried out bombing, and then deployed a large number of aircraft and ground troops. The Kingdom of Lyal Susein was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. Now the T'au are besieging the kingdom's capital, and they are barely holding on with the help of three ancient mountain dragons. It's only been 6 hours since then."

"Damn blue-skinned bastards, they're really asking for trouble!"

Soon, Socharyan and those who followed him arrived at the door of the Privy Council, which was dedicated to discussing military and war affairs in the royal court. This was a cone-shaped building with the top shaped like a flame. The whole body was blood-red, making it look like an eternally burning fire of war.

The Privy Council was ten meters high, with a relief of a phoenix bathed in fire on it. This phoenix was different from other Aeldari phoenixes, with sharp claws and burning feathers around it, representing the angry side of Asuryan.

Many guards surrounded the gate. When Socharyan approached, the gate automatically opened slowly inward, and a long voice sounded at the same time.

"His Highness the Phoenix King has arrived—"

In an instant, in the magnificent Privy Council of the royal court, all the war ministers, bishops, and representatives of the armed forces stopped their previous clamor and turned to bow to Socharyan in unison.

"Welcome, Your Highness!"

The conference hall inside the Privy Council was bright and solemnly decorated, but there were no carvings on the walls. Instead, there were magnificent bas-reliefs painted in bright colors representing victory. In the niches around the room, various Aeldari weapons were displayed under bright lights. The dome above was composed of billions of colored crystal panels, inlaid in spiritbone windows as delicate as hair. The Bonesingers used their superb artistic skills to shape the image of Khaine's roar with tiny crystal fractals. That face glared at everyone below.

As Socharyan walked past His face, the flames surrounding His eyes and mouth seemed to flicker, and the burning gaze followed him across the suspended walkway in the center of the hall.

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In fact, he didn't feel anything about Khaine. Even in Aeldari mythology, this guy was a complete madman, but it couldn't be helped that his influence as the Aeldari God of War was indeed very great. It was almost impossible to get rid of his image whenever war was involved, so he could only follow the customs of the Aeldari in terms of decoration.

But he will change all of this. If the Aeldari are to establish a new kingdom, then they must abandon their old beliefs.

When Socharyan walked to the war throne under the wings of the huge diamond phoenix statue and sat down in a grand manner, the suspended walkway also separated to the left and right, turning into small lighting facilities.

The main body of the hall was a circle surrounded by numerous seats rising from low to high. At the highest point was a huge podium, echoing Socharyan's throne. The outermost circle was officers in the royal court who held low-level military positions, but now the military system of the royal court was very chaotic, so the composition of this circle was also the most complex, from the captain of the motorcycle squad to the Destruction Leader responsible for the three Wraithcannons, and the Titan pilot, everything was available. The fully armed warriors were draped in runes woven from light, and sat cross-legged on the cushions. Only the servants of the Laughing God were absent, but Socharyan believed that these harlequins could not be kept in the dark about the matter here.

The second circle was the war ministers of various craftworlds, as well as representatives of each shrine. They were dressed in exquisite or thick armor, and most of them chose to kneel on the cushions, as if engaged in a solemn meditation.

The innermost circle was the real 'officials,' such as Socharyan's appointed chariot driver, Yvraine. He was originally a Dragoon under Dolarn and had performed outstandingly in battle and had considerable command ability, and was very loyal, especially to the Eternal Queen. Therefore, Socharyan chose this person to serve as the military chief of the royal court. He was also the chief of the Privy Council. In addition to him, there were four seers from the craftworlds serving as Privy Council ministers, assisting Yvraine in managing the daily affairs of the Privy Council, but they were not subordinates of Yvraine, but were directly responsible to Socharyan.

However, the Privy Council was now in an awkward position because the armed forces of the royal court were very chaotic. Strictly speaking, there was not even a proper standing army. However, the navy had a standing fleet, which was not a completely empty department, but Socharyan established it to lay the groundwork for future military system reforms.

Yvraine and the four Privy Council ministers were sitting in chairs before, but after Socharyan came in, they all stood up, and then Yvraine took the lead in leading everyone in the Privy Council to salute Socharyan.

Dolarn, as always, stood on the steps one level lower than Socharyan's throne, to his right.

The projected spheres were scattered haphazardly in the air, displaying various tactical plans.

"Yvraine, tell Me, what exactly happened, in detail. Don't just say that the T'au attacked Lyal Susein, because I already know that."

Yvraine, wearing a golden-red robe, coughed lightly, and then teleported directly to the podium.

At the same time, many observation spheres rose from the stone display stand and scattered in the air in a certain pattern, projecting images or text.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the one who attacked Lyal Susein is the T'au's Sept World, named Ke'lshan. It is located on the eastern edge of the T'au Empire, near the Peddler's Rift, and is also the closest T'au Sept World to Lyal Susein—"

As he introduced, the concept of the T'au Sept World also appeared in mid-air.