The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"This is why the Adeptus Astartes can only be used as weapons and not lead the Imperium; they are instilled with too many irrational things."

Arcturus spoke with a unique rhythm, as if he were an elegant poet, though it was High Gothic, it lacked some stiffness—Skaman guessed this might be his way of imitating the High Gothic tone of the great prophet.

This undisguised mockery of the Astartes elicited chuckles from the other two, while Skaman turned and said:

"However, that Chapter Master Soloyan is quite an enlightened and wise man. He immediately saw the problems, but it's hard for him to persuade others alone."

Arcturus looked at him and nodded slowly.

"I heard that during the Maelstrom campaign, he hired short-human mercenaries. From the rumors about him, you can see that he is a very skillful person. Perhaps he will be a very important part of the plan in the future."

Plan, the two words Arcturus said most often. Skaman always felt that he imitated Eldar too much, but it was undeniable that he was indeed very capable.

At this moment, one of the people beside Skaman spoke, uttering an elegant and crisp female voice, but her entire face was covered by a silver mask, and faint snake-scale-like patterns could still be seen.

"Speaking of which, I have a clue about the investigation of the Phoenix Lord, but I'm not very sure."

Skaman turned to look at her.

"Jona, did you contact friends in Commorragh?"

"I naturally have my own intelligence channels."

Skaman sighed softly.

"I only hope not to anger him because of this. That Star-Seer warned me not to investigate the identity of the Phoenix Lord, but after telling you, it made you even more interested."

However, the inquisitor called Jona made a silver bell-like sound, swayed back and forth a few times, and then said:

"Skaman, you are good at tracking and combat, but your emotional intelligence is too low. When he says that, he is actually hinting that there is something wrong with the identity of the Phoenix Lord."

"This—"

Arcturus also nodded.

"I agree with Jona's statement. Eldar always speaks with a purpose. If it were a warning, he should have chosen a more subtle statement. The way he said it makes it clear that the identity of the Phoenix Lord is extraordinary. Jona, what did you find out?"

Regarding the identity of the mysterious Phoenix Lord, the information the secret society obtained all pointed to the fact that he was very likely not an Eldar, and may even be a human. However, because most of the information came from Commorragh, and people there rarely tell the truth, everyone was just stuck in the speculation stage.

After all, this is too incredible. With Eldar's arrogance, to serve a human as their master is absolutely impossible in reason!

Unless that person is as powerful as the Emperor, as charming as the Emperor, this is the only possibility they thought of in private discussions.

But this possibility is even lower than the probability of a human being the Phoenix Lord itself.

So from this point of view, this statement is undoubtedly a rumor, a rumor without any evidence or logical support.

But it is there after all, and everyone cannot ignore it, coupled with the seemingly apprehensive attitude of the Star-Seer in the Royal Court, it is difficult not to let people's imagination run wild—and one of the major characteristics of the inquisitors is that they are curious, the more forbidden and taboo something is, the more they can't help but investigate.

What if they really find something?

Of course, they had actually noticed the newly emerging Eldar regime of the Eternal Court a long time ago. Arcturus even personally went to his old friend, the pirate Ulthir, and obtained some information about the Eternal Court from him. However, since this pirate basically only operated on the edge of the Halo Stars and was relatively reclusive and didn't interact much with his kind, the information he obtained was also very limited. He roughly knew who the ruler of the Eternal Court was, what the composition structure was, and some unreliable rumors.

For example, the Eternal Queen's consort seemed to have a special identity.

"Commorragh has rumors that the Phoenix Lord is an Astartes."

"What!?"

The three men exclaimed at the same time, and then Skaman shook his head.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, I would rather believe it...it's an Ork."

Arcturus didn't say anything, just gently stroked his chin, as if thinking, and the other one also said:

"This doesn't make sense logically. Even if the Astartes is willing, how could the Eternal Queen be interested in him?"

"Kunsar, you are not the Eternal Queen, how do you know other people's aesthetics?"

"Uh...I think as long as it's a normal Eldar, they should..."

"This is just a guess, I didn't say it must be."

At this time, Arcturus also put down his hand.

"Jona is just conveying the information she got, but since there is such a statement, we need to identify it. There are very few absolutes in the galaxy."

That Jona also continued:

"Furthermore, haven't you noticed that it seems that the Eternal Court publicly appears...with Astartes."

As soon as she said this, Skaman frowned, and after a while, he nodded slightly.

"It does seem to be the case...but this cannot be used as direct evidence."

"We'll investigate slowly later, but if, I say if, the Phoenix Lord is really an Astartes, what should we do?"

"Hiss—"

Skaman took a breath, and finally just shook his head and said:

"I really can't imagine this...if it's true, then the galaxy is really crazy."

Arcturus chuckled.

"This is a good thing."

Skaman looked at him.

"How do you say that?"

"Well, firstly, if the Phoenix Lord is really an Astartes, doesn't it mean that the union of humans and Eldar has actually been achieved?"

"Uh...sort of?"

"Then, to be favored by the Queen, to become the Phoenix Lord, and even to be recognized and obeyed by other Eldar, proves that his power and wisdom must be extraordinary, even unprecedented."

"That, yes indeed."

"Finally, the Royal Court has repeatedly assisted the Imperium and has not had large-scale conflicts with the Imperium, proving that the Phoenix Lord values the relationship between the two races very much and is definitely not the kind of traitor who has completely devoted himself to the alien race."

"Hmm."

After saying this, Arcturus's eyes already showed fanaticism.

"Isn't this a good thing? No! Not just a good thing, my friend, haven't you realized that if it really happens, it means that a being close to the Emperor has appeared! It's even possible that he is the Emperor's incarnation!"

These words were too shocking, Skaman blinked, and then stuttered:

"Ah? You mean the Emperor chose to be with an Eldar Queen...this is too exaggerated, even more outrageous than those unreliable novels."