The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 2993: A Bad Feeling

Salayin gazed out from the arched window of her temporary "residence," her eyes traversing the Shadow Arteries that stretched across the district. Here, joy and despair were strangely intertwined. Yellow-green mists swirled around the buildings on either side of the rugged, steel-paved roads. The spires belonging to the upper echelons of the Cabal cast blurred silhouettes around the port city's dark brown bulk.

Even from such a distance, she seemed to be able to smell the chemical stench emanating from the massive drains, mixed with the putrid odor of decaying corpses of unfortunate wretches and the sulfuric fumes from small workshops. Long ago, whenever she smelled this nauseating scent, her skin would crawl and her eyes would sting. When she was with fools, she would be even more irritable than usual.

She was so familiar with everything here. She had witnessed the construction of every brick and tile of the Shadow Arteries, even those hub streets filled with garbage.

There, a large amount of important information and goods flowed in and out of the city at will. It was also the perfect environment for visitors to conduct business, free from interference from greedy Cabal nobles or other external organizations. Exiles, or men and women who could not find other safe havens or were wanted for unspeakable crimes, roamed freely here. Here, the worst vices and entertainments could be overlooked.

It was a free trade port. Although some believed it was completely lawless, Salayin hoped to build a prosperous trading city and did not care what happened there, as long as it did not harm trade or consume too many troops.

Because only in this way would Kelis accept her for the home she built. What she wanted was a free and prosperous city, not another Commorragh.

So, this city, where countless efforts had been poured, was her hard-won home. She had once been its ruler, and at that time, she felt incredibly safe, incredibly joyful, and even fantasized about having a grand wedding with Kelis at the spire of the divine tower, before she... was driven out of her home.

Now, this city no longer belonged to her. It first fell into the hands of Zargarn, and now it fell into the hands of the Eternal Court.

Blood of Khaine, how she hated all of this.

But what could she do?

She was not completely ignorant of the Eternal Court. Rumor had it that even the Black Heart Cabal had suffered greatly at the hands of this rapidly rising power. Vect even executed many people because of that failure.

Such power was not something she, without soldiers or generals, could contend with now. Even she herself did not know what bargaining chips she had left.

Suddenly, the beautiful Kelis flashed through her mind.

During their conversation just now, she clearly felt that the ape was not paying attention to her at all, and had not even looked at her a few times. The other party's attention was always on Kelis.

Of course, she also felt that no male could resist Kelis's charm. Even in her former homeland of Mymeara, she had countless suitors. In her eyes, Kelis was the most beautiful, and even that smug Malerus was not even one-tenth as beautiful as her.

That damned ape must be coveting Kelis!

If it were anyone else, Salayin would have dismembered him into eight pieces long ago. She would not allow her treasure to be tainted by any lewd thoughts.

But...

Recalling that powerful force just now, Salayin subconsciously clenched her fist. How could an ape have such powerful psychic abilities? Moreover, at that time, she even felt that the blood vessels all over her body were about to explode. It should be noted that she had hidden items on her body to resist psychic powers, and there should not have been such a reaction, as if it was useless at all.

In fact, she felt very uneasy when the other party wanted to leave Kelis alone, because she was sure that Kelis could not resist this power either.

Moreover, although she was nominally "resting" now, she was actually being detained. There were two Nightmares guarding the door, and there were also surveillance devices in the room. That is to say, her life and death were completely in the hands of that ape Phoenix Lord.

Could it be...

Salayin was shocked.

Was he going to use her life to coerce Kelis?

This possibility immediately sent a chill down her spine. Then, she tried hard to convince herself that the ape had a wife after all, and was also the actual ruler of the Eternal Court, the Eternal Queen. In theory, he should not mess around, after all, the Asuryani Eldar still paid attention to fidelity.

But he was an ape, not an Eldar. Apes were even more depraved, chaotic, and greedy than those Commorrite scum.

Especially the rulers of those dirty and bloated cities of the apes, almost every one of them had more than a dozen concubines and lovers. Salayin had often plundered in human territories in the past, and she still knew a lot about humans.

No, no, no, if he did this, someone might report it to the Eternal Queen. Even a greedy and lustful ape would not take such a risk...

But the problem was that this was not the Eternal Court. Those Clawed Hand Cabal bastards would not choose to expose such secrets. They knew very well how to please those in power.

Maybe the ape's aesthetics were different from the Eldar's...

No, he had been staring at Kelis all the time. She could even imagine how lewd and greedy that face hidden behind the mask was.

The fierce struggle in her mind almost drove Salayin crazy. Like an enraged lioness, she began to pace back and forth in the room.

"Why hasn't Kelis come yet? Could something really have happened?"

The more she thought about it, the more worried she became, and some bad images began to appear in her mind.

The strong and barbaric ape pinned down the delicate Kelis, lewdly kissing her skin while tearing off her clothes, as if a huge predator had caught a small herbivorous prey. Slender little hands pushed against the strong muscles, but it was useless at all. Kelis could only sob and shed tears silently, letting the other party's dirty tongue slide across her delicate face.

"No! No!"

Salayin scratched her hair with her hands, then rushed to the door and yanked it open.

Clang.

Two huge executioner blades were crossed in front of her, and the tall Nightmares issued a silent warning, as if they would take her head off in the next moment.

"I'm going to find her!"

Salayin roared loudly, almost breaking her voice, but the two Nightmares did not move at all, nor did they respond in any way, just standing silently outside the door.

"Get out of the way! Or I'll kill you!"

Her entire face was distorted by anger and fear. Salayin slightly bent her knees, making a pouncing posture. She still had hidden weapons. Although she could not guarantee a complete victory, but if...

"Yo ho, Archon, why aren't you resting and yelling here?"

A greasy teasing voice sounded, and Salayin's pupils shrank suddenly, and her whole body froze in place.