The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3204: Eternal Shadow

"Something even more terrifying?"

Sosyoshyan frowned at the other party's words.

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"What is it?"

"The Old Ones were affected by the disturbed Celestial Realm. In order to defeat their enemies, they who were not skilled in war delved too deeply into their originally pure essence, and began to change. The original enslavers seized the opportunity."

"The Old Ones were attacked by demons?"

"If that were the case, there would still be hope. They were seduced by power and began to actively embrace those original chaotic energies."

Hearing this, Sosyoshyan finally understood that under the immense pressure of war, the Old Ones, or rather, some of the Old Ones, began to excessively pursue uncontrollable power, leading to the corruption of the twisted Warp.

The result was obvious. If the situation were allowed to develop, the Old Ones, who were themselves psychic beings, would very likely degenerate into powerful demons or even evil gods. Even if it wasn't all of them, but only a few, it would be a terrible disaster, especially for the Eldar who were very dependent on the Warp.

In this situation, Asuryan played the role of a betrayer, partly to quickly end the war and quell the corruption of the Warp, and partly to resolve the problem of the corrupted Old Ones.

But on second thought, there seemed to be some loopholes in this.

For example...

How could Asuryan, as a creation of the Old Ones, avoid the supervision of the Old Ones and execute his plan? Moreover, from this being's ambiguous statement, he vaguely guessed that not all the Old Ones had fallen. So why were these Old Ones killed?

However, Sosyoshyan chose another way to ask.

"You are the oldest servants of the Old Ones, didn't you stop it?"

"We followed orders."

The seemingly irrelevant answer answered most of the doubts Sosyoshyan had just raised.

Obviously, those still pure among the Old Ones noticed this corruption, but perhaps due to some rules or other restrictions, they could not eliminate the spreading corruption themselves, so they could only let Asuryan do it. This explained why Asuryan was able to escape the supervision of the Old Ones to execute this plan, and even contact the Star Gods privately.

If that was the case, then another problem was solved—

The Old Ones should not have perished, because this "pure faction" should have made preparations.

"A group of strange invaders came from outside the galaxy. They have incredible biological evolution abilities. I recently fought their 'Hive Mind' and found that it was also a Star God. Elder, is this also related to the Old Ones?"

The other party did not answer, but instead raised three symbols from the lake surface.

The first one used simple lines to depict the shape of a swastika, the second one was composed of five rings, which were connected to each other in the standard positions of up, down, left, right, and middle, and the third one was two triangles intertwined with each other, with their heads facing upwards, as if they were infinitely rotating and extending.

After a moment, the old voice sounded again.

"The past of the Old Ones is so long that we cannot know everything. The only thing we know is that they once had a disagreement in their philosophy at a certain period, leading to a split. The one we serve is the 'Harmony' faction in the middle, which is also the only Old One group still active in the galaxy. As for the other factions... they have long disappeared behind the curtain of hundreds of millions of years."

The other party seemed not to directly answer Sosyoshyan's question, but gave an explanation. If the Tyranids were really the former Old Ones, then they were not the same batch as during the War in Heaven.

But if that was the case, then things seemed even more complicated...

"Why didn't you follow the surviving Old Ones?"

"Because we followed orders."

"The Old Ones ordered you to stay? Including obeying Asuryan's command?"

"You seem to have begun to believe that he is an omnipotent and omniscient god."

The other party's rhetorical question made Sosyoshyan slightly stunned, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, anyone would think so... It seems that since the birth of the Aleksey family, Asuryan has been using this family to carry out his plan."

Then he changed the subject.

"But if all of this is Asuryan's arrangement, why have you been waiting here, instead of actively looking for me? You even need... to give those external things before you are willing to meet."

The other party only answered two words.

"Rules."

"Rules? Who set them? Asuryan? Or you?"

This time, the other party did not answer, but instead let out a long sigh.

".Finally, it's over."

"What?"

He saw the mummy on the floating throne suddenly raise his hand, and then something flew towards Sosyoshyan, which he grabbed in his hand before it touched him.

"This is?"

Sosyoshyan looked down and stared, but found that this was... a difficult thing to describe.

It was like some kind of sharp object, but it flowed like a liquid, seemingly there and not there, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing, occasionally emitting inexplicable微光, and you could see countless stars划过, as if he was holding a universe in his hand.

"Your... choice."

"Choice? Choose what?"

"Freedom..."

"What do you mean?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sosyoshyan was shocked, he guessed it—

This thing might be able to erase a certain existence in his consciousness...

Freedom...

Indeed, without that one, then he would no longer be bound by the so-called mysterious plan...

He would no longer have any relationship with the Emperor...

He would be himself, and would no longer be regarded as another person...

Freedom...

Sosyoshyan quietly held the thing in his hand, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, he couldn't feel any power from this thing, but this was the most terrifying thing.

"Then will I become Asuryan?"

"He has already made... a choice."

"I don't quite believe it. Would an existence like him really make such a sacrifice for a race that has nothing to do with him? Besides, as long as he can be resurrected, wouldn't it be easy to restore the Aeldari's dominance?"

"You don't understand him... I... don't understand him either... But this is his choice..."

After saying that, he finally let out a deep sigh, and then his head tilted.

"Hmm? You..."

The Balasolash around him simultaneously发出了一阵如海螺般的低沉声音, seemingly in mourning, Sosyoshyan didn't react for a moment.

Did he just die like that?

Then he watched the floating throne slowly descend and slowly sink into the silver lake.

"Hey, wait, are you leaving just like that?"

Sosyoshyan stepped forward and stretched out his hand, seemingly still not daring to believe that an existence from the same era as Asuryan just said a few words and then tilted his head and passed away, and then a deep voice sounded in his ear.

"Honored guest, the Longfather has indeed returned to the Sea of Souls."

Sosyoshyan stopped, put down his hand, watched the other party completely sink into the lake, and muttered to himself:

"But my question... hasn't been finished yet?"