The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Although Dorarh spoke of the three strategies—dissolution, defense, and limitation—in a lighthearted manner, Soshjan, as a seasoned politician, naturally discerned the hidden dangers. He frowned and said:

"Wouldn't this... show hostility? Could it lead to a complete breakdown of relations?"

"Your Highness, the laws stipulate that the orthodox faith is based on the currently recorded gods, and the worship of the Ruinous Powers is regarded as evil. As a new god, Jena's nature can be considered 'pending,' so isn't it reasonable that all her actions and activities require official approval from the Royal Court? I believe it's justifiable both in terms of emotion and law."

After listening, Soshjan pondered for a moment and said to Veronica:

"Madam, what do you think?"

"Lord Dorarh is right. Although I am friends with Yvraine, I must also prioritize the interests of the Royal Court. However, I think the Death Guard's presence on Commorragh is a good move. The more trouble they cause, the more trouble it will be for Vect, right? We should actually subsidize them at this time. This will also increase the Death Guard's trust in the Royal Court, making future dissolution and limitation easier, wouldn't it?"

Hearing Veronica's words, Dorarh bowed slightly.

"Your Majesty is absolutely right. That's why I specifically reported this matter to the two Saints."

"Saint" is a new title that the Royal Court's Department of Etiquette recently researched. Now, Soshjan and Veronica are not only limited to the Phoenix King and the Eternal Queen, but also have the elements of human gods. In this case, it is not appropriate to call them mortal kings. After searching various ancient books, the ceremonial officials found a unique title that appeared at the beginning of the 13th Era (about 52 million years ago). At that time, the gods of heaven rarely bestowed divine favor on the then Eternal Queen and Phoenix King, allowing the two to rule for a full six million years, also the longest-ruling dual monarchs in historical legends. In order to highlight their sacredness, the two created the title of "Saint." Subsequently, the Eternal Queen occasionally used the title, but the Phoenix King did not.

In fact, Soshjan felt that this word, if translated into High Gothic, was a bit strange, but he didn't care much about the etiquette, and basically just went along with the arrangements. This time, he didn't overthink it, anyway, he already had too many titles, and he was even a little immune to them, so nothing would make him feel any stranger.

"Lord Dorarh, you said earlier that Abrahaak and the Kabal of the Venomous Promise are mortal enemies, is it a personal grudge, or a conflict of interest?"

"From my personal understanding, it should be a personal grudge. The Archon of the Kabal of the Venomous Promise once ordered a batch of gunboats and skimmers from the Iron Thorn Lord's Kabal, but after a looting operation, they claimed that the equipment of the Iron Thorn Lord's Kabal had quality problems and shoddy workmanship, resulting in additional losses to their Kabal. This is now a relatively well-known incident in Commorragh. The Kabal of the Venomous Promise also publicly displayed the equipment, causing serious damage to the Iron Thorn Lord's Kabal's business. But in fact, this should be a trick of the Obsidian Rose Kabal. Estrael Heromis bribed the Archon of the Kabal of the Venomous Promise to attack Abrahaak."

Soshjan knew about these things Dorarh mentioned. The Obsidian Rose Kabal controlled the largest weapons factory in the Dark City, and there was fierce competition with the Iron Thorn Lord, which was also a military giant. The business war between the two sides was also very simple and unpretentious, just real swords and guns, or assassinating master craftsmen, or destroying the other party's production equipment. This kind of method can't be said to be rare.

"In the past, the struggle between the two families was their own business, but the nature changed after the Kabal of the Venomous Promise intervened. Abrahaak naturally hated them to the core."

Veronica nodded and said slowly:

"Abrahaak is still useful to the Royal Court, so just allow him this time, but... make a restriction. He can eliminate the Archon of the Kabal of the Venomous Promise to vent his hatred, but the Death Guard below must be spared, let them escape to other Death Guard forces. In addition... the Royal Court must also find a way to help those people. Husband, what kind of help do you think is better?"

"Well, weapons are not very useful. It is impossible for the Royal Court to send people directly. Hmm! That's right, haven't the Drukhari cultivated a lot of war beasts? Support them with some war beasts, and also test their combat effectiveness. Some war beasts were used against the Tyranids before, and the effect was not bad. See how it works against the Kabals."

Dorarh nodded.

"Your Highness's idea is excellent."

"Then arrange it this way. It shouldn't be difficult for the Royal Court to contact the Death Guard in Commorragh, right?"

"It's not difficult. In fact, they are also trying to contact the Royal Court, after all, they are under the greatest pressure under Vect's nose, and Yvraine can't provide any help. The only one who can help them is the Royal Court."

"Okay, then arrange it this way."

At this time, Starscourge took another step forward.

"Your Highness, I also have something to report."

"Lord Starscourge, please speak."

"Regarding the Ysari Witch Coven, I have already met with their representatives and reached some preliminary cooperation intentions. They believe that our race and humans are currently facing common and huge threats, especially Chaos and the Tyranids. The two sides have a lot of room for cooperation on this basis, and can start with intelligence exchange. Therefore, they hope to have a long-term and stable way of contact."

"These people... Well, it doesn't matter. It just so happens that we can use them recently. Regarding the attack on the Penitent, because of the Empire's consistent policies and traditions, it is quite tricky to solve, and the Inquisition needs to endorse it. Lord Starscourge, you tell them that these things need to be resolved, let them send people to the Scar of Victory, and deepen the impression that this matter was done by the residents of Commorragh in the name of investigation. By the way, report that Pirate Duke as well. After we catch a few high-level black-hearted Kabals, we can use their hands to establish contact with the Scar of Victory, so as to completely resolve the matter."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will start handling it immediately. Then what about the long-term contact mechanism?"

"Yes, approved, but Lord Starscourge, these people cannot be trusted."

Starscourge bowed slightly.

"I understand, but if we can control them, many things in the Royal Court will become very convenient. I suggest that we can send them some gifts."

"Gifts?"

"Some psychic props or weapons, they are very happy to get these, and even secretly look around for things of our race, but their skills are very naive, just need to implant some small tricks in those gifts, you can slightly affect their thinking, so that they can act more easily controlled."

"This..."

Discussing with the Aeldari how to use tricks to control a group of Inquisitors is still a bit difficult for the current Soshjan to adapt to—although those strange pro-xenos Inquisitors are already traitors in a sense.

Seeing his expression a little stagnant, Veronica said softly to several important officials of the Outer Court:

"These small things, Lord Starscourge, you can discuss with Lord Dorarh and handle them yourself. Soshjan's energy is mainly on military affairs."

Dorarh and Starscourge heard the implication of Veronica's words and bowed again.

"Yes, Your Majesty."