The Emperor’s Angel of Death

According to reports, the ancient ship that Zargarn found is nearly 7 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide, with the corridor connecting the ship and the bow forming the main external passage of Zargarn's palace.

Since its establishment, Zargarn has never left the God Tower, and almost no one knows what the inside of this ship contains. However, the high-level members of the cabal living in the God Tower know that this ship possesses a power of rage, which any life living near it can feel. There are even rumors that this ancient ship has somehow controlled the Archon himself.

But any attempt to rebel will be detected immediately and met with the most brutal treatment. It is said that only a few people know what is inside the palace, such as the Bloodmime Master Drekarus, or the Succubus Anyala of the Withered Blade.

Stepping over the bodies of cabal warriors, Ugors, and Serpent Men, Sojusz arrived at the center of the God Tower. The transition from here to the mysterious ship is very obvious and cannot be mistaken.

Cold, dark plasteel walls and bizarre-style arches are connected together. Thick bulkheads are covered with Eldar equipment, and the grooved pillars are covered with twisted carvings like pockmarks, inlaid with gem-like soulstones that emit a disgusting light.

Sojusz strolled in as if he was in his own garden, pushing open the heavy door with a hand.

The moment he entered, two Nightmares ambushing behind the door pounced towards his back. A strong hand stretched out from under the black robe, instantly twisting off the head of one Nightmare, and then quickly swung the helmeted head back, smashing the other's chest armor along with the flesh and bones beneath. The limp corpse flew out hundreds of meters and slammed into the wall, making a muffled sound, dragging a long trail of blood as it slid down.

Until their death, the two Nightmares didn't even have time to attack.

Throwing away the shattered helmet and head in his hand, Sojusz looked into the depths of the palace, which was almost lightless. Behind the swaying curtains, one could vaguely see bizarre wriggling shadows.

Snapping his fingers, the Phoenix Guard filed in, followed by waves of flames that swept through like roaring waves, causing the twisted creatures created by the Bloodmime to writhe in screams.

He walked deeper into the palace, stepping on the purgatorial sea of fire. He was no stranger to the structure of the palace. This so-called Soul Flayer was actually an Eldar ship, somewhat similar to a ghost ship, but the energy it emitted was darker. Whenever a creature died, the gems inlaid in the pillars of the dome would emit a faint flash, like stars in the void.

This technology of utilizing death energy does not seem to be in the knowledge of the Craftworld Eldar. However, Sojusz knew that the necromancy of the Harlequins was actually older and more complex than imagined. He even believed that the Bloodmime was a variant profession of the Harlequins, and the techniques of manipulating souls seemed to originate from the same source, except that the Bloodmime combined biotechnology and soul technology, while the Harlequins focused more on the combination of souls and wraithbone.

In addition, Sojusz felt it when he came in. There was a very powerful and angry presence within. The captured high-level member of the cabal also said that "the Soul Flayer seems to control and contain a powerful and angry soul."

Sojusz was a little curious about what it was.

After stepping over the wreckage of a struggling Pain Engine, he entered a wraithbone archway. Inside the door was an incredibly huge space, a seemingly endless dome, its boundaries so far away that they blended into a hazy, unformed pinkish-gray material on the floor.

At the end stood a towering black monolith, the only noteworthy feature within the dome. In front of the black monolith was a bizarre shrine, surrounded by torches, which was a pool filled with blood. Above it floated a throne full of spikes, and a withered humanoid sat on it. If you didn't look carefully, you might even think it was a dried corpse, but judging from the gorgeous armor he was wearing, he should be the Archon Zargarn.

"It's mine... No one can take it away. It's mine."

Everyone imagined that the ruler of the Shadow Nexus should be very high-spirited, but who would have thought that he would be a withered corpse on the throne?

Panting, the Archon stared at Sojusz with his dim eyes, mixed with fear, hatred, and anger. Blood continued to seep from his body, and then dripped into the pool of blood along the grooves of the throne.

It seemed that he was using his own blood to worship this mysterious place.

"No one... No one can take it away!"

Suddenly, a dragon-like roar came from his withered body, and his pale face turned blood red. Then, his body swayed and stood up.

As the throne slowly descended, the blood in the blood pool began to churn, and a mask carved with an angry face emerged from it.

Sojusz didn't know what it was, he just watched quietly to see what tricks the other party would play. The Phoenix Guard received the instructions from their lord and only focused on slaughtering the other things in the palace.

No one would have thought that the ancient artifact of the old empire, the Face of Khaine, would appear here. This is an artifact enshrined in the Great Temple of Khaine, a war mask symbolizing the wrath of the Blood God. According to legend, it was condensed from the blood shed during a conflict between the Blood God and his elder brother, the father god Asuryan, and has been blessed by the bloody prayers of Khaine's followers for tens of millions of years. Just one glance is enough to make the most powerful Eldar priest fall into fanatical bloodlust and violent desires.

On the eve of the collapse of the empire, a part of the priests of the Great Temple of Khaine took away the Face of Khaine and boarded a Slaughtership dedicated to Khaine's followers, intending to go to Commorragh, but encountered an accident. In the end, all the Khaine's followers inside died, and the ship became a ghost ship wandering in the universe. After Zargarn found this ship, he felt the power of Khaine. After using the ship to obtain the Shadow Nexus, he began to indulge in researching this ancient ship and discovered the hidden Face of Khaine.

However, the power of the artifact was beyond his imagination. The Archon was captured the first time he saw it. He began to occupy the palace like a dragon guarding its treasure, talking to the non-existent Bloody-Handed Khaine, trying to gain the favor of the gods, and even offering his own blood as a sacrifice.

So he dared not leave here, nor dared to let anyone enter. Only a very few people knew his state. When he learned that Salaine was coming back, his first reaction was that the other party was going to take away his "baby", so he immediately ordered to solve her at all costs!

"Shara, Manin, Khaine~"

The Archon chanted the name of the Bloody-Handed God, and the entire dome began to flicker with red energy fields.

At the same time, the huge black monolith began to melt, revealing something similar to a statue from inside. Its material was also as hot as liquid metal, and it looked like a rough human model.