The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Hearing Soriayan ask about the population of Mymeara, Aeris was silent for a moment before softly replying:

“Your Highness, it's not that simple. It's related to me. I foresaw that the Craftworld would be destroyed by a growing, highly intelligent race. So, I returned to my homeland and led half of the Craftworld's warriors to Besalmai to end the threat. Although we were ultimately successful, all the warriors were killed. If it weren't for the timely intervention of Aleaitoc, perhaps Mymeara would have met its end in another way.

So, Mymeara's salvation wasn't just at the cost of a Phoenix Lord, but also the lives of half its warriors. Considering the Craftworld's habit of all people being soldiers, this half of the warriors was likely one-fifth or one-quarter of the entire Craftworld's population.

According to the Craftworld Eldar's birth rate, this was definitely a devastating blow, no wonder the population can't increase.

Then joining the Royal Court would be a decision in line with their interests. After all, Aleaitoc is also 'busy' now and may not be able to take care of a Craftworld. With the Royal Court as a backer, it's much safer, and it can even increase the number of foreign settlers and replenish the Craftworld's population.

“I see... No matter, the Royal Court will protect its people, the people of Mymeara can rest assured.”

After that, Soriayan and Veronica also met with Morl, the king of the fallen Karnak kingdom. This was a very burly male by Eldar standards, with war paint tattoos on his cheeks and wearing ancient and wild-looking armor. Accompanying him was his wife, the World Singer of the Karnak kingdom, who communicated directly with the world spirit. Her thin face was half-covered by a wooden mask, her elegant figure draped in a pearl-colored robe, and her very unique bright pink hair was tied into a topknot, fastened with bone ornaments.

It is said that the world spirit of the Karnak kingdom is shaped like a strange and huge pink flower, so she also has similar hair color.

Although he behaved respectfully, Soriayan could tell from the words and tone that Morl was a rather arrogant person. According to Dorlar, this person had accidentally fallen into Commorragh when he was young, but survived by his own ability and even made a name for himself. Although he later returned to the Savage Kingdom, there were rumors that he seemed to have a child with a Haemonculus, whether true or not. However, he was able to cover Night Spear and kill his way out of a group of Necron Overlords and retreat unscathed, so he should be quite capable.

But no matter what, he is now a fallen king. After that great battle, Karnak is no longer a kingdom, but just a tribe with more than three thousand members.

During the audience, in addition to expressing his allegiance to the Eternal Queen, Morl also hoped that the Royal Court could find a way to retrieve Karnak's world spirit. As long as this thing is found, the Karnak kingdom has a chance to recover—as for how he determined that the world spirit was stolen rather than destroyed, it came from his wife. Morl's wife still maintains an extremely weak connection with the world spirit, which is enough to prove that it is still there.

As for the whereabouts of the world spirit, according to Morl, it is likely in the hands of the notorious Necron collector Trazyn, and placed in the so-called Solemnace Museum.

The location of this place is not easy to find, but with the Royal Court's current intelligence network, finding it is only a matter of time.

Considering that this bastard dared to steal things from under his nose, Soriayan felt that it was not too much to take back the stolen things and take some interest along the way.

So, he promised Morl that the Royal Court would retrieve Karnak's world spirit and find a suitable place to rebuild the Karnak kingdom.

After the audience, it was a dinner hosted by Soriayan, but Aeris did not attend. The Phoenix Lords seemed to adhere to some extremely strict self-discipline, including Morgala, who never participated in banquets or any celebrations.

The banquet ended, but Soriayan's work was not over. He summoned his court ministers and held an informal meeting in a side hall of the Phoenix Palace.

This was a very simple and elegant space. The floor was covered with light green wooden planks that emitted a unique fragrance, the walls were pure white, and the ceiling was formed by many thick wooden beams stacked on top of each other. Incense burners in the shape of lampstands were placed in the four corners of the walls, and faint smoke floated out of the hollowed-out carvings.

And Soriayan, dressed in a long robe, sat cross-legged in front of the translucent white wall facing south at the end of the palace. Behind him, the wall was painted in a flowing painting style depicting a phoenix singing among the vines. And through the wall, you could see a towering and huge figure also sitting on the ground in a cross-legged posture, while his ministers were lined up on the left and right, all maintaining a cross-legged sitting posture with their heads lowered.

“. I know something about the Screaming Vortex that Your Highness mentioned.”

Hearing Aedoras Starbane speak, Soriayan then nodded and said slowly:

“Tell me in detail, Sunstar.”

Aedoras Starbane turned to Soriayan on the spot, bowed slightly, and then began to娓娓道来 about this mysterious area located in the Halo Stars.

“. Legend has it that it was once a fertile land, and also a weak boundary between the Celestial Realm and the mortal world. It contained many paradise-like worlds, and the forms and positions of these worlds were very perfect, as if they were deliberately created. In fact, it was indeed so. If I guessed correctly, it was once an important life experiment field for the Old Ones, so not only did many races live inside, but it also served as an important home for our race's prosperity. According to the Book of Mourning, when the War in Heaven broke out, this place became one of the main areas of attack by the Necrons. Countless perfect worlds disintegrated, and the races living inside fought bravely against the brutal enemies under the leadership of the Old Ones... In that War in Heaven that destroyed their homes, the surviving few creatures fell into boundless pain and scarcity.”

“. But the tenacious our race inherited the legacy of the Old Ones and stayed, determined to rebuild paradise with our own hands. Generations of ancestors devoted all their efforts in their hard work, and eventually repaired many of the destroyed worlds. This home was also named the 'Second Cradle', which was the most important territory of the ancient empire, and also the place with the second largest population after the First Cradle. The work of rebuilding the Second Cradle continued until before the Fall, when the world shapers were ready to place the last dazzling world spirit on the last repaired world, the universe fell into a new hell.”

“. The great enemy was born, and the cry of the new god resounded through eternity, shocking the civilizations of the entire universe. An unprecedented storm was set off in the warp, devouring every home of our race. Although the Second Cradle was not immediately affected, as other Eldar worlds were successively swallowed, more warp storms also emerged in the real universe. The originally weak veil in this area was instantly torn apart, and finally the entire area fell into the realm of Chaos, and sprayed huge amounts of warp energy into the material universe, creating a supernatural storm. Reality and anti-reality intertwined together, and those ancestors who worked hard to rebuild paradise were erased from their bodies and souls, but some of the things they left behind still exist in the world. After witnessing the destruction of their works, the ancestors shouted out screams full of infinite pain at the moment of their destruction, and bursts of wailing echoed forever in the warp storm, and the area called the Screaming Vortex was born.”