Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Although the actual situation may not be that bad, but...

The number of dead in the medieval world was definitely quite large.

If all these dead people are awakened, then even Chaos will have to consider its own

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Arabi Region

This is the territory ruled by the Tomb Kings, an area covered with yellow sand.

Once upon a time, the Nehekhara people built a glorious civilization here, whose prosperity was comparable to that of the Cathay Empire on the other side of the world.

They built huge cities, temples, and pyramids and began to write their own civilization.

They also developed an elixir of immortality that could allow a person to live for a relatively long time - this was also the birth of vampires.

However, this glorious human civilization was eventually destroyed by the deadly plague spread by Nagash, and the era of the living Tomb Kings came to an end.

However, the spell that Nagash unleashed was one of the most massive in the entire history of the Middle Ages, and it also ushered in a new era - the age of the dead.

Now, the influence of Chaos has spread to the region, and large numbers of Chaos warbands have invaded the Araby region in various ways and have begun attacking the Tomb Kings that harass the area.

These kings of various dynasties who were defeated by the first emperor, Settra, had to begin resisting the invasion of Chaos.

As the culprit of the current situation and Nagash's most loyal lackey, Arkhan suddenly took action at this time, ready to wake up his master again and again and regain control of the entire Araby region.

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【Immortal Emperor】——Settra

The original ruler of the Araby region, after his resurrection, beat all his descendants into strong men - just to let them know that this land belongs to him and he is the king of this land.

In the original history, this being, who was still extremely powerful after his death, killed the [Ancient Dragon Demon] - Korek alone, and eventually rushed into the army of Chaos, fighting until he disappeared - no one found his body.

Today, the king once again summoned his younger generations and prepared to launch another attack on the blasphemer.

But this time, beings from the outside world also joined the battle.

With the help of a gift of an exquisite box containing several vampire heads, including the head of Manfred, one of the Tomb Kings, Khalida, agreed to introduce them to the Immortal Emperor, Settra.

Under the leadership of Khalida, one of the few Tomb Lords whose front face could still be seen, Zhang Yi, under the protection of the Imperial Guards, Vulkan and a squad of Space Marines from the Salamanders, passed through a large number of neatly arranged skeleton warriors, vultures wrapped in bandages flying above them, and a huge structure standing not far away.

"I have to say, it's really spectacular to see these things at first..." Zhang Yi murmured.

Dozens of minutes later, Zhang Yi and others saw the [Immortal Emperor] - Setra among a large number of [Ushabit].

"A powerful warrior." Setra stood up after Zhang Yi and the others appeared, and looked at the imperial guards who were protecting Zhang Yi, as well as the other space warriors. Finally, he looked at Zhang Yi. "And... the person who brought the change..."

"Greetings, [Immortal Emperor] Setra." Zhang Yi said to Setra, who looked like a mummy in gorgeous golden clothes. "We come with sincerity..."

"Tell me, Outer Worlds." Settra didn't seem to be listening at all, nor did he want Zhang Yi to speak. He looked directly at the tall Guards and the Space Marines behind him, and then said, "Compared to the most prosperous Nehekhara you know, which one of the Outer Worlds you are in is more powerful?"

In some ways, the question asked by the person in front of him was completely beyond Zhang Yi's expectations.

Although we know that the original king of the kingdom of Nehekhara is very powerful and therefore very arrogant, as soon as he wakes up, he will beat up all his descendants one by one and make all the younger kings acknowledge his supreme status.

After all, if one day he really decided not to stay in his own little piece of land, but to conquer the entire medieval world, and really awakened his so-called "100 Legions", then there would probably be few forces in the entire medieval world that could stop that huge army of the dead.

However, Zhang Yi really didn't expect that he would be asked such a life-threatening question right at the start.

"... frogs at the bottom of a well." Zhang Yi thought for a moment and gave his answer. "You are frogs at the bottom of a well."

"You and all the kingdoms you own are very strong, there is no doubt about that." Zhang Yi continued. "I think even if the empire behind me wants to defeat you in a ground battle, it will take some effort..."

"However, if we feel that there is no need to fight you on the ground, then we can completely destroy you, your army, and even the continent you are on directly from high altitude."

This is neither exaggeration nor self-deprecation. Settra and his legions are indeed very strong. If the Empire really loses its mind like Angron one day and insists on fighting a ground war with these legions of dead men...

Victory is certain, but it will definitely not be an easy victory.

But then again, there's absolutely no need for the Empire to engage in a ground war with Settra - wouldn't it be better to just bombard him from orbit?

And now, when Zhang Yi finished speaking, the two imperial guards behind him had already stood in front of him. At the same time, Vulkan and the team he led were also on high alert, ready to protect Zhang Yi at any time, giving him time to open the portal and escape the enemy's encirclement.

The surrounding [Ushabit] and skeleton soldiers also moved when Zhang Yi finished speaking and surrounded them. It seemed that as long as Emperor Setra gave the order, they would step forward and chop Zhang Yi and his group into pieces.

"Hahahaha~~" Facing Zhang Yi's answer, Setra was silent for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter. "So, in your eyes, me and my empire are just 'frogs in the well'?"

As the first king of Nehekhara laughed, the surrounding soldiers retreated one after another. Seeing this, the royal guards also relaxed their guard a little.

"I know you. Among all the gods, there is no one who doesn't know your name..."

"You have brought changes to the world, both good and bad..."

"An iron bird that flies through the air and can drop an inextinguishable flame, and a giant cannon that can project a powerful explosive from kilometers away..."

"Powerful, giant warriors who can fight a thousand at once, firearms that can inflict horrific wounds on powerful beasts, mobile metal chariots (tanks)..."

"I know you and all your performances in this world."

As a powerful monarch, there is a reason why he was powerful, invincible, remembered and feared by the world.

As the original king of Nehekhara, he did stay in the Araby area and rarely went out, but that didn't mean he knew nothing about the outside world.

Empire/Firearms of Cathay, changes in the Dwarf Kingdom, the Bear God incident in Kislev...

Maybe because of the long distance, the information transmitted back was a little outdated, but he knew it all.

This is one of the reasons why he can become the strongest Tomb King. Regardless of his superior combat power, Settra's vision and tactics are unique among all the Tomb Kings that came after him.

He naturally also knew about the battle in Itaza City. Countless dirty rats were turned into ashes in front of the various high-tech weapons of the Star Army.

After that, the information about Zhang Yi and others was also placed in front of Emperor Setra.

The first king of Nehekhara keenly analyzed the strength of this outsider and the huge military force of the human empire behind him - those weapons, equipment and vehicles were definitely not something that could be mass-produced by just any small country.

Afterwards, Settra also learned about the Lizardmen and the Ancient Ones who created the many races in this world. This was followed by the surrender of the Medieval Human Empire and the alliance with the Cathay Empire and the Dwarves.

Finally, there was the scream from Slaanesh that resounded throughout the world, and the fall of the elves.

Settra felt that the entire medieval world was about to undergo a huge change, and this time, no race could stay out of it - those crazy Chaos believers were the proof.

But at the same time, this also made the long-dead Emperor Nehekhara feel his heart pounding once again.

This time, he set his sights on the outside world...

"I can help you, just as you wish." Emperor Settra said to Zhang Yi. "My descendants, my legion, and even me can help you resist the Chaos army that is about to come..."

"But I have a condition..."

"Those cold-blooded creatures must admit that we belong to a unique force, not some 'rare animals' under their management..."

"Arabiya and Nachhara belonged to us before, and they are ours now, and they will always be ours..."

"We will take away the land where we have grown up, lived and fought. Every grain of sand and every drop of river water belongs to us."

"We will fight for this world and help you resist the coming wave of chaos..."

"But we need you to promise..."

"A planet that belongs to us!"

130. The New Phoenix King

I have to say, Settra the Great is a bit too much.

Although the huge number of soldiers of the Tomb Kings could indeed alleviate the current problem to a great extent, but...

Setra's conditions are really too much.

Putting aside his demand that the Lizardmen recognize their independence, his subsequent demands to take away every inch of land in Araby and Nahehala and to demand an entire planet were a bit too much.

Even if, as mentioned before, the Tomb Kings have so many soldiers, so many that every force has to pay attention to them, but for Zhang Yi and the Human Empire after they rose up, it is not a big problem - if it doesn't work, they can just use orbital bombing.

Moreover, Zhang Yi knew that Emperor Settra was a person who "served as a king, not as a subject". Even if he showed some signs of weakness now, given his character, he would not endure humiliation and serve under others forever - sooner or later he would establish himself as king.

In the subsequent further discussions, Emperor Settra unexpectedly agreed to Zhang Yi's request to join the Warhammer 40K Human Empire, but they required that his planet have a high degree of autonomy.

To put it simply, they will pay taxes and provide soldiers, but they demand that on the planet where they are and which they rule, except for some necessary rights that the empire needs to control, they have the final say on everything else and the empire is not allowed to interfere.

"We hired a big boss, right?"

The reason why I promised the dwarves a planet is that their technology is indeed worth the price. The runes and other technologies are highly praised even by the Fragments (Children of the Stars). Paying a planet for them is definitely worth the money.

However, for Settra and the other Tomb Kings, Zhang Yi couldn't think of any equivalent technology worth acquiring.

In response to this, Zhang Yi had to call down all the few imperial officials on the ship and start a long negotiation with Emperor Settra and other Tomb Kings - Zhang Yi did not want to fall out with Settra and others unless it was necessary.

After all, this person is one of the few strong men that the four gods want and are willing to give him power unconditionally! You can't make him an ally, nor can you make him an enemy.

"Uncle is the uncle..."

During the time of arguing with Settra, the elves had already discussed and reached a conclusion.

An orthodox coronation ceremony of the Phoenix King is about to begin.

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【Asuryan】The location of the Holy Fire

At this time, the place was full of elves, and Tyrion, Teclis and Malekith were also here.

At the same time, there are many tree spirits and a very small number of wood elves here. They are the few surviving wood elves.

As the representative of the entire endangered Wood Elves, the treant Surus, a tall treant with golden leaves, took part in the coronation ceremony of the Phoenix King in place of Dursu, the [Divine Sword Tree King] who was still guarding the forest.

A bright blue flame placed in a transparent container was gracefully brought in front of the elves by an elven maid. It was the [Holy Fire of Asuryan] which consisted of only three strands.

Zhang Yi and the magic toad priests took a lot of effort to rescue the three flames that were not completely extinguished from the container that was originally burning the [Asuryan Holy Fire].

One wisp was collected by Zhang Yi and others to study the differences between the elves and the spirits, and the other wisp was controlled by the lizardmen. Master Kroka said that the wisp of flame might have unexpected effects.

And the last ray, at the request of the brothers Tyrion and Teclis, was used to test Malekith to see if he was really qualified to become the Phoenix King as Zhang Yi said.

Malekith agreed. He would accept his original fate - to be burned by the holy fire of Asuryan, turned into ash, and then be reborn, or... end it...

Under the gaze of all the elves present, the transparent container was opened, and the remaining [Holy Fire of Asuryan] began to sway in the air.

At this time, Malekith took off his mask, revealing his severely burned face.

Then, he took off his arm armor, leg armor, and then his breastplate...

Malekith took off all his equipment, revealing the scars all over his body left by the burning of the [Holy Fire of Asuryan].

Malekith looked at the swaying flames in front of him, as if he felt that time had gone back to the beginning, when he listened to his mother's advice and poisoned the Phoenix King who was chosen by the elves at that time, and entered the period of the blazing Holy Fire of Asuryan.

Because he couldn't bear the burning of the flames, he fled from the ceremony hall crying, which also marked the beginning of the division of the elves...

At this moment, Malekith seemed to see his dead mother, Moras, standing beside him and looking at him.

During the evacuation, he could only hastily hold his mother's funeral, burn her body, and then scatter it into the sea.

． ． ． Everything has changed． ． ．

"...either die, or...become the Phoenix King!"

After saying that, Malekith grabbed the flame, and the next second the bright blue flame wrapped around Malekith's palm and spread up along his arm.

“Ugh!”

In the previous ceremony, there was the [Holy Fire of Asuryan] which was powerful enough to engulf an entire elf. It would not take much time to burn the body of the elf who would succeed the [Phoenix King].

But now, there is only a little bit of [Holy Fire of Asuryan] left, which can only ignite Malekith's body bit by bit. Such a result will undoubtedly greatly prolong the subject's suffering time.

Not long after the ceremony began, Malekith fell to the ground in pain, and the flame had just engulfed his upper body.

The elves who saw this scene took a step back. The scene in front of them was a little too terrifying for them.

Malekith's screams continued for a long time until the flames completely enveloped him, and he fell to the ground without making any sound.

The bright blue flame was still burning, but Malekith's body had turned pitch black and could no longer be recognized.

The elves around began to whisper, wondering if Malekith had failed. At the same time, they were also considering who they should support and become the Phoenix King who would lead the elves forward.

Suddenly, the flames covering Malekith suddenly rose higher, and then the ashes slowly rose.

"He really is." Tyrion said in disbelief, then bit his teeth unwillingly.

His brother Teclis patted him on the shoulder and persuaded him to accept it all, some things were not something they could change.

Even in the blue flames, the ashes were gathering and a human figure was gradually taking shape.

Malekith, the unscathed Malekith, appeared in the flames. Just as Zhang Yi said, he was reborn in the flames of Asuryan.

He returned to his previous appearance before being burned by the flames, a handsome appearance that was extremely similar to the first Phoenix King, Aenarion.