The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After making his decision, Soshian found Aila and told her that the Lunasad Ark would be towed to the vicinity of the Colore Ark and temporarily kept by them. Of course, Colore could also take anything they wanted from Lunasad.

After an inventory, the Dimensional Spider and Feral Avengers shrines in the Lunasad Ark's branch shrines were relatively intact, preserving a large number of branch warrior equipment. In addition, under the Ark's anti-gravity dome were Lunasad's armored forces, including Falcon, Fire Prism, and Night Spinner tanks, all of which could be given to the Colore Ark, along with items belonging to the departed.

However, Aila seemed to have some concerns about this decision, and when Soshian inquired, she revealed the truth.

There might still be survivors from Lunasad.

When he heard this, Anaris was also surprised. As a departed soul, he had always believed that no one had survived in his homeland, so he almost lost control of his psychic powers when he heard that there were still surviving members of his race.

According to Aila, they were a group of wandering pirate Aeldari calling themselves the 'Spirits of the Raven,' whose origins dated back very far. The symbol of Lunasad was a three-eyed raven, symbolizing the worship of a mysterious wandering god—another aspect that interested Soshian in Lunasad. Their faith was unique, but Anaris could not reveal much information. It seemed that the Ark itself had lost much of its early history and could only find clues in the various archives and libraries of the Ark. Soshian always felt that the Aeldari's wandering god held more secrets.

However, compared to other Aeldari pirates operating in the Calixis Sector, the Spirits of the Raven were even more different. Although most pirates were unpredictable, normal Aeldari pirates rarely exterminated after plundering. The Spirits of the Raven, however, showed extreme aggression, and their attitude towards humans was no better than that of the Drukhari. Moreover, they did not get along well with other Aeldari, often engaging in direct and fierce conflicts, most commonly with the Children of Thorns Kabal of Commorragh, but occasionally also with the Twilight Swords pirates or Colore. Although violent conflicts between different factions also occurred elsewhere, the Spirits of the Raven's animosity towards their own kind exceeded the norm.

Of course, besides conflict, there was also cooperation. The Spirits of the Raven had a very delicate relationship with Colore, and the two sides often joined forces in the fight against the Great Enemy of Chaos. However, the Spirits of the Raven hid their secrets very well until the Twilight Swords pirates inadvertently discovered their secret and informed the Ark, and the Seer Council learned the reason.

When Lunasad was conducting exploration missions, it sent out a detachment, but the turbulent Warp caused the detachment to lose contact with the Ark. After the storm subsided, the detachment wandered for more than a thousand years before finally learning of the destruction of their home. From then on, they called themselves the Spirits of the Raven and became a brutal pirate band, trying to find ways to purify their home, but ten thousand years of effort proved that they had no power or way.

After listening, Anaris finally remembered that there was indeed such a thing, but the Seer Council believed that the detachment that had lost contact had been completely wiped out, after all, the Warp was very turbulent and dangerous at that time, but he did not expect them to survive.

So the situation suddenly became a little awkward.

Soshian was planning to give this place to the inhabitants of Biel-Tan, but now a group of natives emerged. Unowned property became owned property, but these natives were not numerous. According to Aila, the estimate was between 2,000-3,000, which was the size of a medium-sized pirate band, obviously not enough to support the scale of an Ark. But if they knew that their home was occupied by another group of Aeldari, given the style described by Aila, they would definitely come to make trouble.

It wouldn't matter if they attacked. Soshian didn't think they could beat Biel-Tan. He was just afraid that these people would go to the Court of the Young King or other Arks to cry, make trouble, and threaten suicide, making the matter known to everyone and giving the Court of the Young King a reputation for bullying the weak and seizing ancestral property. After thinking about it, Soshian decided to let Anaris stay and Colore assist him in finding the Spirits of the Raven. Anaris was, after all, a member of the former Ark Seer Council, in principle, the ancestors of those people. His words should be effective. Soshian's idea was to try to negotiate a mutually satisfactory solution. Although he could completely suppress everything with force, he didn't think it was necessary, and the Court of the Young King was now short of people. It would be good to gather as many as possible.

However, Soshian intended to give Lunasad's Titans to others. Although he thought the regular Phantom Titans were average, the Warlock Titans were indeed a real weapon, especially against Warp enemies. Therefore, he planned to transform the Phantom Titans into Warlock Titans. Although the Court of the Young King might not have that many soul stones of seers and warlocks, he remembered that Callus Tyche had said that Titans could be completely piloted by living people, but many Bonesingers did not have this transformation technology.

Although he was very worried about the situation on Orpheus, Soshian also knew that things had to be handled well before he could leave, otherwise, it would be easy to leave trouble behind. While waiting for the Colore Ark to come and tow the Lunasad Ark, he personally took a trip inside the Ark to confirm that there were no hidden Word Bearers or demons. During this time, Canali secretly found him with Aila.

Soshian was a little surprised to see Aila's eyesight restored, and she regarded it as his favor. After saying words of gratitude, Aila suddenly said that she hoped Soshian could transform her brother Ira into a Phoenix Guard. Compared to the rigid souls in the Eternal Circuit or the Wraithbone constructs, Aila knew that her brother must desire battle and revenge against the Great Enemy, especially with Kor Phaeron still alive.

More importantly, the Phoenix Guard has a flesh-and-blood body, equivalent to a resurrection, although their spirit will be reshaped and changed.

Soshian guessed that Canali must have instigated this. In fact, the matter of transforming soul stones into Phoenix Guard was still under discussion. Madail had told Soshian that the power of the Shrine of Asuryan had been greatly enhanced after a brief rest and had the 'possibility' to reshape Aeldari in the soul stone state into Phoenix Guard, but doing so required very high soul, at least a bishop or a strategos, or a strong person at the level of a warlock, and the success rate might be relatively low.

This matter had only been discussed in a small circle, mainly known to the Privy Council and the outer ministers of the Phoenix Temple. Canali revealed it to Aila, and Soshian guessed that it was nothing more than wanting to make the relationship between Colore and the Court of the Young King closer, but it was actually unnecessary.

But since the other party knew and said it, Soshian could only respond, truthfully informing the other party that there was considerable risk in this matter, and he could hardly guarantee the safety of the soul stone. If something went wrong, it was likely to be a complete annihilation of body and soul. He hoped that Aila could consider it carefully. Aila agreed without any hesitation.