Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Forget it, I'm used to it..."

92. Pre-War Discussion

In the palace, under the throne

The legend of demon slaughter, DOM GUY, and the former commander of the Argentinians, Valen, came here under the leadership of a group of imperial guards. They were summoned by the Emperor.

On the glittering golden throne, the decayed corpse stood out particularly.

After the two entered, the Emperor introduced this place in the briefest possible words, and made a promise to the Argentinians who had lost their homes - as a thank you for their decision to join the Empire and fight for it and resist the demons, they (the Argentinians) will be given a [Garden World] as their home planet, and will not need to pay taxes in the next hundred years.

Commander Varen expressed his gratitude for the Emperor's help on behalf of the Argentinian warriors who followed him, and as for DOM, whose mind was full of killing demons, the Emperor said.

"There is a place that needs you..."

"You'll like it, too."

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Cardia

Because of Abaddon's expedition, a large number of ships and combatants gathered here at this time.

Even though the Emperor had already dispatched a large number of personnel to Cadia in advance, the Warp storm raised by Chaos still prevented a considerable number of support personnel from arriving.

Although, timely and massive support did improve the originally bad situation, the Chaos attack was delayed to a certain extent, and the defenders of Cadia had more time to prepare.

However, it is only a matter of time before Abaddon's army breaks through the defenses and reaches Cadia. As long as the Blackstone Fortress is still there...

And just today, an unidentified light spot suddenly appeared near the planet Cadia, and then began to expand slowly.

Soon, the white spot expanded to an astonishing size, enough for several Imperial battleships to pass through.

Just as the nearest troops gathered near this unknown white portal, a huge entity slowly drove out of it.

The Imperial Fist's vehicle, larger than the Blackstone Fortress - the Phalanx

"Not a bit left... (vomiting soul)..."

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[Phalanx], unlike its original state, this time the huge fortress [Phalanx] had almost no damage.

When a group of military leaders from Cadia arrived at this suddenly appeared space fortress, they saw in the huge conference room the Archmagos Cawl, Vulkan, the Primarch of the Salamanders Chapter, the Emperor's Guards, and...

Zhang Yi, who was lying in front of the imperial guards, looked weak.

At the signal of the Great Sage Kohl, the leaders temporarily ignored Zhang Yi who was lying on the table and began to report their current status.

Because the Emperor received the news in advance, the rebellion of the chaotic party did not cause major chaos. Their actions were quickly curbed, and the loyal army also arrived in time to support them.

However, even so, the situation in Cardia is still not optimistic.

After learning of the failure of the raid on the Phalanx and the actions of the Empire, Abaddon decisively increased the invading forces. This allowed the Emperor to gain the advantage of knowing the Cadia issue in advance from Zhang Yi and making advance deployments, but now there was not much left.

Now, in order to deal with the Imperial Navy near Cadia, a Chaos fleet even larger than before has approached the planet Cadia. At the same time, battles of all sizes are taking place everywhere on the planet.

"Compared to the original situation, the situation is not much better." Vulkan, who also knew the original process of the Cadia battle, said as he looked at the report in front of him. "Even though we have made preparations in advance."

"What do you think?"

Following the Principal's question, everyone's eyes once again turned to Zhang Yi, who had remained silent from the beginning and did not look like a soldier at all.

"Can I eat first?" Zhang Yi said weakly. "I'm hungry..."

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After a while of eating and drinking, Zhang Yi regained some strength and looked at the senior defenders of Cardia who were obviously unhappy.

If Vulcan and Kohl had not told them that Zhang Yi was a "living saint" who possessed part of the Emperor's power and transferred the entire "Mountain Array" here, they would probably have blasted him out directly.

However, Zhang Yi's initial performance still made some people, including the leader of the wolf pack, unhappy.

"Abaddon's first twelve [Black Crusades] have almost isolated the entire Cadia." Zhang Yi took a sip of water and said. "It is basically difficult to defend Cadia now."

"Do you want us to give up this place?!" Sven Bloodhowl, the leader of the Bloodhowl Company, shouted.

"Ouch, keep your voice down." Zhang Yi said, covering his ears. "It's not giving up..."

"It's more of a loss than a gain for a certain 'sky-high braid'."

Afterwards, after once again confirming the safety of the room, Zhang Yi narrated the original situation of the Battle of Cadia to everyone present.

"Considering the current situation and Abaddon's goal, it will be difficult to save the planet Cadia..."

"Even now, the [Mountain Phalanx] has arrived here almost intact, and we have more reinforcements..."

"But Abaddon will not allow this planet, which has the ability to close the Eye of Terror, to survive."

"What if we knew the future in advance and let me and my company conduct another boarding raid on the Blackstone Fortress?" Sven said. "This time, I will make sure that my wolf cubs and I will not only destroy the shield system of that ship..."

"I will make it sink into the universe before it even sees Cardia!"

"...are the people of the Wolf Group always so reckless?" Zhang Yi asked Vulcan beside him in a low voice. "Where does he get his confidence from?"

"You'll have to ask my still-missing brother (Leman Russ) about this..."

"Ahem, your courage is commendable." Zhang Yi said. "But don't forget that Abaddon has two [Blackstone Fortresses]..."

"You can't guarantee whether he will bring out a second Blackstone Fortress after you sink one."

“And that’s what I thought, too.”

"Since it is difficult for us to preserve Cadia, let him consume the opponent's combat power as much as possible before being destroyed."

"We want to make Abaddon consume as much of his forces as possible on this planet. It would be best if we could make him abandon both precious [Blackstone Fortresses] here."

"...what do you want to do?" asked the Lord of Cadia, Lord Usaka E. Creed.

"The Black Stone Fortress that is visible must be destroyed, so that he can summon another one." Zhang Yi said. "I will use my ability to transport and transfer the Empire's ships to achieve this goal..."

"At the same time, you can also call me for the evacuation after the fall of Cadia. This is also my original plan..."

"We want to consume Abaddon's troops, not our own. Cadia is now just the 'poison' we carefully prepared for Abaddon..."

"You said that there are alien creations on Cadia that can weaken or even close the Eye of Terror. Should we just hand over Cadia..." said the captain of the Phalanx, the Imperial Fist Space Marine Thor Galadon.

"Of course I have thought about this." Zhang Yi said, and then looked at the great sage Kohl.

"I recently acquired a technology (Maelstrom) that has a similar effect to those Necrons, although its effect is not as good as those crystal spires." Archsage Cawl said. "However, if we create a few more, they will also have the effect of suppressing the Eye of Terror."

"So, in this great battle on Cadia, we need to attract the attention of the main Chaos forces as much as possible, so that other forces can protect the people of the Mechanicus and create and activate these devices." Zhang Yi continued the words of the Great Sage Cawl. "When Abaddon uses all means and combat power to destroy Cadia, and thinks that he has achieved his evil goal, he will find that they have only made a little progress."

The plan was explained. Although the people present had different opinions on the plan, overall, there was no problem with it.

"Then how can we destroy the approaching Black Stone Fortress?" A senior imperial officer asked a key question. "Do you rely on bringing the Phalanx?"

"It is a guarantee, but it does not have the ability to destroy two [Blackstone Fortresses] in succession." Zhang Yi said. "It will take more than one ship..."

"Next, I'm going to talk about another plan. Please don't overreact..."

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After the meeting

"Sure enough, the reaction was huge..."

When Zhang Yi proposed to let the Eldar's [Death Army] help them destroy the [Blackstone Fortress], the entire conference room immediately exploded - even though Zhang Yi had already given a "vaccination" before saying the news.

A man dressed in the uniform of an inquisitor even pulled out his gun. If Vulkan and the imperial guards had not stopped him in time, he would have definitely emptied the magazine at Zhang Yi.

The meeting lasted for a long time. Zhang Yi tried his best to persuade everyone to calm down, but they still refused to let the elves participate in this matter.

"Ah~ my head hurts..."

Now, the only thing they could do was to contact and communicate with Evelyne of the Eldar [Death Army] first, and ask her and Archsage Cawl to awaken Guilliman in advance, and let this Primarch take charge of the situation.

However, it is obvious that the imperial guards who have been following Zhang Yi and ensuring his safety do not agree with this approach, including the kind and friendly "Uncle Black" - Vulkan.

"Until she really becomes my 'sister-in-law', I won't fully trust her!" (Fog)

"...Do you agree or disagree..."

93. Do you want a wife?

The leader of the Eldar [Death Army] - Evelyne, is also nicknamed the "stepmother of the Smurfs" in Zhang Yi's world.

Her rise to power is very tortuous (you can check it out yourself if you are interested, I won’t waste the number of words), and after obtaining the oracle of one of the few gods of the Eldar now - the God of Death, she formed the [Army of Death] with people loyal to her, and fought to completely eliminate Slaanesh.

Recently, she learned from the Eldar's Great Prophet Aidalad that the fate of the Eldar will be closely linked to the Human Empire. Only by truly allying with humans can the Eldar survive in this dark universe.

Because an unknown person appeared in the human empire.

That’s all I have to say. The Great Prophet cannot explain more details because this is all she knows.

As long as the 'unknown person' is involved, all prophecies will become unclear.

And now, she finally knew why...

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A large number of Space Marines from the Salamanders Chapter appeared on the Eldar ships, along with their Primarch, Vulkan, Lord of the Fire Dragons, and several Guards of the Kingdom.

The Eldar warriors on the ship responded immediately to the sudden appearance of the enemy, but to their surprise, those humans who suddenly appeared did not actively attack them, but instead built up defenses.

Upon hearing the news, the leader of the Death Army, Evelyne, arrived quickly and discovered the problem, as well as...

"Unknown person..."

Zhang Yi, who was protected by a large number of Space Marines behind him, looked past the group of muscular men in front of him and saw Evelyne's iconic sky-high braids.

"Her hairstyle is real, it's hard to describe..." Zhang Yi said, looking at the hair that could be seen even though it was blocked by a large number of Space Marines. "It's hard to describe..."

Thanks to the fact that she had repeatedly explained to her subordinates before that they might cooperate with the human side in the near future, and the other side did not actively launch an attack, there were no casualties now.

However, human troops suddenly appeared on their ship, and there were quite a few of them, which made the situation tense.

There is no doubt that if I had come a little slower, the two sides might have gone to war.

Evelyne pushed aside the Eldar soldiers in the front and came to the middle with only a small number of followers.

However, no one came out from behind the human wall formed by the Salamanders.

"...I'm sorry, they don't trust me to come out and negotiate with you." Zhang Yi's voice came from behind the human wall. "The situation is not good now, so I'll just ask directly."

"You, and the Death Army you lead, do you really want to follow the prophecy you know and establish an alliance with the Human Empire so that some of your fellow Eldar can live better in this dark and cruel universe, or is this just another deception to achieve your true purpose?"

"This is very important. You should also be aware of what your other people have done to humans and the entire empire."

"I don't know if you Eldar have any prophecies about me, but I can tell you that I know a lot about you and your plans, including the original prophecy of one of your great prophets."

"I took the initiative to come here because I want to cooperate with you and the [Death Army] you lead earlier and more deeply, because this will benefit both parties."

"But you must give me an answer in person, a true answer sworn by the god you are loyal to."

"Do you really want to form an alliance with the Human Empire so that your race can better survive in this dark and desperate universe, or, as they guess, this is just a prelude to another betrayal of yours?"

"Please answer me, Lady Evelene."

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Macragge

As Zhang Yi knew, Everenne really listened to the advice of the Great Prophet and wanted to form an alliance with the Human Empire to improve the living environment of the Eldar. She also swore in the name of the Eldar God of Death as Zhang Yi requested and gave the answer Zhang Yi wanted.

After getting the answer I wanted, the situation improved a little, just a little.

Evelyne said that she would soon prepare something that could remove the toxins from Guilliman's body as a symbol of alliance.

But when Evelyne asked to meet Zhang Yi, she was directly rejected by Vulcan and the accompanying imperial guards, who asked Zhang Yi to open the door and go back immediately.

After all, no one knows, when they know that Zhang Yi has the ability to open the door to the world where subspace does not exist, will they directly tear up the alliance that has just been signed and try to capture him at all costs.

A world without the Warp and the threat of Slaanesh is extremely attractive to almost all the Eldar.

Not long after, through the portal opened by Zhang Yi, Evelyne arrived at Macragge, the home planet of the [Ultramarines] with a small number of troops.

Then...

"Can he stop howling..." Zhang Yi said, covering his ears.

Not far away, a group of Space Marines from the Salamanders were trying their best to dissuade the current Ultramarines Chapter Master, Marius Calgar, and some of the Ultramarines from disturbing Cawl and Evelyne's treatment of Guilliman.