Warhammer 40 A New Hope

The seemingly normal trees around also felt this force and began to move closer to Zhang Yi involuntarily. After a few minutes, the green vines that bound Aisha loosened themselves.

Freedom, how long has it been since Aisha truly felt this? Aisha, kneeling on the ground, had tears in her eyes again.

"Hold it back!" Zhang Yi shouted, once again stopping her tears from falling. "Let's go! Before that green fat guy gets here."

"(Full of tears) Can you carry me out?"

"...cannot!"

Zhang Yi admitted that Aisha's proposal had wavered him, but only for a moment. The faint light representing the Emperor emanating from the portal made him reject Aisha's proposal directly in the next second - he had just come down from the tallest building in Macragge.

"If you really can't walk, I can drag you out. This is my bottom line..."

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The cries of Nurgle's clone resounded throughout the entire Warp. Even Tzeentch in the Crystal Labyrinth, Khorne in the Brass Throne, and Slaanesh in the Palace of Slaanesh could hear the unusual cries of this 'good old man' in the Warp.

This cry of pain meant that the Eldar Goddess of Life, who had been bound and imprisoned for tens of thousands of years, was finally free, and it also meant that Nurgle was really angry.

It is foreseeable that in the future there will be a plague sweeping across the entire galaxy. This is the wrath of Nurgle, who represents life. At the same time, a large number of Nurgle demon armies will appear in the mortal world to look for the goddess they love most for their father.

Likewise, Slaanesh is very likely to once again launch large-scale actions in the real world to make up for his regret of not being able to toy with this goddess and swallow her during the Fall of the Eldar.

On the other hand, the Human Empire and the Eldar, who had successfully rescued the goddess, had to worry about another problem - how to place the goddess who had finally gained her freedom.

The followers of the Laughing God suggested that the matter should be handed over to humans for management just like the fragment was placed there. After all, the current Eldar were truly incapable of facing the attacks of the two evil gods, Nurgle and Slaanesh.

Before other nations protested, the Human Empire was the first to raise objections - they really used us as a shield, didn't they? It was fine before, but now this kind of god is a hot potato, whoever wants it can have it, but we don't want it.

This paragraph made the Eldar prophets who were originally planning to protest stunned on the spot. These monkeys are not playing by the rules? After their protest, should the Laughing God's followers have a quarrel with them and let them make conditions? This is a complete god, shouldn't you grab her to threaten us? Why don't you want it?

The Empire pushed the Goddess of Life in front of the Eldar troops and was about to leave on the spot. Several quick-witted Eldar leaders hurriedly tried to stop them, saying that they could discuss things in a way that would lead to a meeting first.

However, the Human Empire seemed determined not to get involved in this matter anymore. They had been very busy recently with a lot of things to do. They had already done their best to help the Eldar to this extent, and there was no need for them to continue to get involved in this matter.

However, the reaction of the Human Empire made the Eldar anxious. Even though some people were still unclear about the current situation, the Eldar, led by Evelyne, knew very well what would happen after Aisha was rescued. They also had a clear understanding of the current state of the Eldar. They would definitely not be able to stop the subsequent attacks of Nurgle and Slaanesh.

The high-level Eldar tried their best to drag humans to the negotiation table, but humans had a resolute attitude: You should keep your own god for yourself, if you don't want her, we can help you send her back.

Then the believers of the Laughing God among the elves also said that don't even think about sending Elsa to the library. In fact, the Laughing God didn't agree to rescue Elsa in the first place.

The Death God's followers did not say anything, as the Eldar Death God's clones are still recovering from their injuries.

The situation is now very embarrassing. The humans do not want to continue taking over the job of protecting and guarding the Goddess of Life. Whoever wants to take on this hot potato can do so.

At this stage, does the elves have a good way to deal with this goddess of life who is neither tasty nor worth throwing away?

There was no progress in the discussion. At this stage, the elves can only delay the goddess of life in the human territory as much as possible. The humans naturally know this and simply tell the elves to take their gods away quickly and not fight and get blood/shit splashed on their faces.

Just when the Human Empire was unmoved by either tactics or soft tactics, and the Eldar were unable to fight (could not fight), threaten (could not threaten), or please (did not care about you), a follower of the Laughing God who came to watch the fun brought a suggestion from him.

Aisha can stay in the human empire, but she must give up the power of God.

495. The Real Purpose

The gods of the subspace do have authority.

This authority symbolizes the source and mode of their power. The most common ones are the Four Evil Gods. Their authority is related to the emotions of intelligent creatures. They are also affected by their own authority, and their personalities, preferences, and strengths tend to be biased towards the aspect of the authority they have.

Khorne pursues the satisfaction of victory and blood, Slaanesh enjoys more and more perverted stimulation, Nurgle represents life and immutability, and Tzeentch symbolizes change and is always making trouble or on the way to making trouble.

Khorne can give his believers powerful combat power and even the ability to recover health by killing people; Slaanesh can achieve 100% evasion by enhancing the sensitivity of his believers (whether it is used or not is another matter); Nurgle gives his believers tenacious vitality, making them extremely difficult to kill; and Tzeentch can give his believers knowledge, which may give them strength.

The authority they possess can make it easier for them to do the corresponding things, just like Nurgle can heal a person more easily; the powerful Flying Brick may be able to do similar things, but in comparison it will not be so easy and may require more strength and time.

One of the reasons why Nurgle was willing to go against Slaanesh was because Aisha and he were both gods of life, and the same authority attracted him and getting her would only be beneficial (the same reason why Khorne rushed out when Slaanesh attacked Kane was because of this / although Kane later died in the aftermath of the battle 2333)

The Laughing God's proposal is simple. Aisha temporarily gives up most of the authority of the Eldar God of Life and becomes a powerful psyker or Warp entity like the Emperor, in order to avoid being hunted by Nurgle and Slaanesh. The Laughing God can help her hide the authority she gave up in the Black Library and return it to her when the time is right (whether he will return it or not is another matter).

I have to say this is a good idea. Although Aisha has lost most of her power, her strength and influence are still there, and the elves can also keep another god.

Besides, the authority that was temporarily abandoned is not lost. It is still in the hands of her own god. She can return it to her when the time is right, right?

Most importantly, such an operation can at least prevent Nurgle from settling accounts with them, allowing the Eldar to continue to develop with peace of mind.

Aisha had no opinion on this (her opinion was not important). As a god who deeply loved the Eldar race, her current situation of the Eldar made her sad. She was also very clear about her current situation, and she was willing to make sacrifices for the overall situation.

Aisha, who had given up her power and was weak, was placed on the planet where the elves and humans lived together. The Human Empire was actually still unwilling to continue to get involved, but Aisha was no longer so dangerous, and the elves offered a good price to get the Human Empire to agree. So, just take her, and throw her away if there was any problem.

The matter ended like this, but afterwards the God of Laughter, who rarely appears, appeared and found O'Neill alone.

"You should keep this thing." The Laughing God placed the container containing Aisha's God of Life Authority in front of O'Neill. "You should be able to handle this thing properly."

"What do you want to do?"

"I think the Eldar will remain weak until they see the reality and recognize their own status." The Laughing God replied. "I have already warned the Eldar that unrestrained indulgence will only lead to destruction, but no one listened to me. Everyone indulged in the false illusion of the [Eldar Empire]."

"So when Slaanesh was born and began to slaughter the gods of the Eldar, I gave up without much hesitation and hid in the deepest part of the Black Library..."

"Even now, many Eldar still numb themselves with the glory of the past that has disappeared. You know, their foolish behavior, only the cruel reality can wake them up."

"The entire Eldar race has realized that their glory is gone. Now they must give up their illusions, focus on the present, and take every step carefully."

"Before they realize this, they don't need to become too powerful. Being weak will allow them to think about problems calmly, see the current situation clearly, and think about the consequences before doing anything, instead of being as arrogant as before."

"Now, you humans have infinite possibilities. You are the most likely to end the chaos in this world. I can't let some stupid idiots ruin everything."

“That’s what I want to do.”

"Take it, Emperor of Mankind. Hide it, study it, or destroy it."

"It's better to give it to you than to let that crying goddess take it."

"I hope that humans and the Eldar will never go to war."

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Persona World, Impression Space

The lightning moved forward along the ground, chasing a blue shadow, but was avoided by the other party.

"Morgana, faster!"

"Stop arguing! We are already at our fastest speed!"

Bang bang bang－－!

The Phantom Thieves on the 'Cat Car' fired at the blue shadow, but none of the bullets hit the target. At this time, the blue shadow got into a closed door.

boom!

The high-speed "cat car" directly knocked open the door. In the dark [impression space], a huge shadow emitting blue light was making continuous rumbling sounds.

"It's still a step too late."

For some reason, the assassins of the Assassin's Court stationed in this world formed a temporary cooperative relationship with the people of the Phantom Thieves. They could no longer carry out massacres in this world in exchange for the people of the Phantom Thieves' help in investigating the subspace that might appear in this world in the impression space.

Subsequent investigations by Amamiya Ren showed that demons had indeed appeared in the [Impression Space].

Blue Tzeentch and Pink Tzeentch, these two types of demons were the first demons found by the Phantom Thieves, but unexpectedly these visitors from other worlds were very weak and could be killed with just one step - Ryuji stepped on a Blue Tzeentch to death, and then two Pink Tzeentchs appeared.

Although [Impression Space] can be regarded as the prototype of subspace, if you really look into it, there is still a big gap between the two, which is why they are so weak.

However, these demons are not completely without combat capabilities. They will choose suitable shadows to parasitize, at the cost of giving up their own bodies and abilities, in order to control these obsessions that are not strong enough to form a temple and can only wander in the [Impression Space].

When they first encountered the controlled shadow, the Phantom Thieves and others were involved in a tough battle, but fortunately they won. After that, a report of a corpse with a strange death made them realize the seriousness of the problem.

Before, when they eliminated the shadows, they only asked a person to give up his or her twisted wishes, but the appearance of the devil made everything different.

"Is the only way we can do this is to kill him?" Panther asked.

The changing shadow was slowly approaching them, and a battle seemed inevitable.

Roar--!

Bang!

However, just as the Phantom Thieves were ready for battle, the shadow in front of them suddenly exploded, black liquid splattered everywhere, and disappeared after a few seconds.

"What's going on?" Skull asked in confusion. "He exploded by himself?"

"It's probably incompatible." Morgana, who knows the most about the palace and the impression space, analyzed. "The essence of this so-called demon is incompatible with the emotions represented by the shadow it is trying to parasitize, which led to its failure."

"Then the person that this shadow corresponds to..."

"I don't know that demons are not something that should exist in our world at this stage."

"Damn it!"

The death of Okumura was enough to upset the members of the Phantom Thieves, but the appearance of the devil and the impact it caused were undoubtedly making things worse for them.

"Let's leave it at that for today," Kitagawa suggested. "We need to plan what to do next."

"It's all I can do... Queen (Makoto Niijima), are you okay?"

"Hey? I...I'm fine."

The Phantom Thieves of Hearts and their companions left the Impression Space and gathered at the LeBlanc Cafe. A familiar figure sat down with the Assassins of the Court of Assassins.

"I should have thought of it earlier. Tzeentch's plan wouldn't be that simple." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the information collected by the Assassin's Court in his hand.

"It's okay to run outside."

496. When you are strong enough, you are the rule

The assassin from the Assassin's Court, who was previously vicious and ferocious to the Phantom Thieves and others and wanted to massacre the entire city and dig out their brains at any time, now stood beside Zhang Yi in a formal and orderly manner, completely different from before.

"Why are you so well behaved now~"

brush!

No one saw how they attacked. A dagger flew across Long Si's right cheek and hit the door frame behind him, leaving a small wound on his face.

"Have I ever told you that you are still on the Assassin Court's list of people to deal with you?" Zhang Yi looked at Long Si and said, "So you'd better be more restrained."

The confused Ryuji was dragged away by Takamaki An to prevent him from continuing to commit suicide. Zhang Yi then signaled Amamiya Ren, the team leader, to sit down.

"Two things. One, take me to the Velvet Room. I have questions for that pointy nose."

"Second, do you know that your original next target in the Hall, that is, Niijima Makoto's sister Niijima Sae, has a problem?"

Zhang Yi's words made the Phantom Thieves and others focus their attention on Shinjima.

"According to the intelligence gathered by the assassins of the Assassin Court, Niijima Ya has recently undergone a significant change in her personality, and her mental state has also been noticeably abnormal during this period."

"If I hadn't just returned to this world, the assassins from the Assassin Court would have gone there to arrest him." Zhang Yi looked at Shinjima's face, whose expression kept changing, and continued. "You'd better decide what to do before tomorrow, otherwise I will make the decision for you."

"Amamiya Ren, let's go."

Without much hesitation, Zhang Yi pulled up Amamiya Lian, who had not yet fully digested what had happened, and walked out. After Zhang Yi left, the assassin from the Assassin's Court silently turned over the sign on the door.

．．． Entrance to the Velvet Room．．．

"The gate is closed. It seems like they don't welcome me." Zhang Yi looked at the looming metal gate in front of him, and then looked at Amamiya Lian beside him. "Go find your team members."

Then, under Amamiya Lian's surprised gaze, Zhang Yi directly pried open the tightly closed illusory door and walked in.

The Velvet Room is a narrow gap between dream and reality, spirit and matter. It is neither "matter" nor pure "consciousness", but a place between the two. It can be understood as a corridor connecting the two. It was created by Philemon, a collection of rationality in the collective subconscious of human beings.

This room will accommodate people from all walks of life, and its outward appearance will change with the inner thoughts of the guests (contractors). In P5, the protagonist shows a "prison cell".

In this room, there is a being who calls himself Eagle. He is the maintainer of this room and also guides the guests who come to this room.

"I thought you would hide." Zhang Yi said, looking at 'Iger' who was sitting alone in the middle of the room. "Aren't Carolina and Ristina here? I said I would take a photo with them."

At this time, the Velvet Room began to tremble, and a distinct cracking sound could be heard.

"Your forced entry will cause instability here. If you stay here for a long time, it will completely collapse." 'Iger' said in his deep voice. "Ask any questions you have, outsider."

"Have you noticed anyone else breaking into this world?"

"I did sense that some unusual beings had forced their way into this world, and I dealt with them," Iger replied. "Most of them were dealt with by me, but I was not able to deal with them completely."

"That's almost all of the demons that the Phantom Thieves dealt with in the [Impression Space]. There's one more hiding in someone's hall, and that's the one you found."

"They are the scourge of this world. There is no need for me to lie to you. Moreover, you are also a collection of human consciousness like me. I will not lie to you about this."

After saying that, 'Iger' fell silent, and Zhang Yi stared at him. The vibration of this space became more violent.

"To be honest, I don't intend to manage that matter, but..." Zhang Yi stared at 'Iger' and said. "Don't let me take the opportunity to burn you to ashes, Aldabet."