The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Moreover, what concerned Soshjan even more was that, judging from Xerxes' contact with Kaelo, it seemed he genuinely wanted the Aleksey family to inherit the Gray Pith, and this decision was made after he knew the Gray Pith was left behind by Asuryan. Was he not worried?

Soshjan didn't believe Xerxes would be someone who supported overthrowing the Imperium. Although he might have had some differences of opinion with the Emperor, he should still have been able to realize what humanity needed. Or did he think the Imperium wouldn't find the Rogue Trader fleet, and that Orod would not be so hostile to the Imperium after birth?

Indeed, there was this possibility. If the Rogue Trader fleet hadn't been attacked, Orod would probably have just been a mixed-blood who didn't quite agree with the Imperium.

But essentially, Orod was ultimately a mixed-blood who was not tolerated by the Imperium, and due to his upbringing, he would never认同 the Imperium, which took human supremacy as its national policy. Would Xerxes really be at ease entrusting such important power to him? Even if Xerxes was at ease, would the Emperor and Malcador be at ease?

Not to mention that Asuryan might also use Orod as a springboard to start its plan.

From any point of view, the Emperor and Malcador would not let Xerxes hand over this power to Orod.

Could this be the truth behind Xerxes' death?

But Fan Zhe had said that Xerxes' active choice of death also explained the reason. Would He lie to himself?

Frankly, these thoughts were a bit blasphemous, but Soshjan couldn't drive them out of his head.

However, there were still some difficult-to-explain aspects to this logic. For example, how did Xerxes convince Kaelo to let their descendants get involved in such a game involving the gods of the Supernal Heavens? Or did Kaelo not agree? Then wouldn't Xerxes' plan have been empty from the start? Or was it precisely because Kaelo rejected Xerxes that he had to die to prevent the Gray Pith from creating a greater crisis?

After thinking it over, there were still too many doubts. The only thing that could be determined was that the Gray Pith project definitely involved the Aleksey family from the beginning. Whether it was the destruction of the Rogue Trader fleet, or Orod's death, or Soshjan's childhood fervent desire to become an Astartes, I'm afraid it was all inextricably linked to this series of plans——

"This Barasoonilash race, some very ancient classical fragments do record it."

Veronica, while examining the knowledge left by Orod behind the stele, spoke to Soshjan about the Barasoonilash race, bringing him back to his senses from his thoughts, and he nodded subconsciously.

"Yes, I know."

Veronica turned her head and gave him a helpless look.

"You didn't even listen to what I said, and you know? The Barasoonilash race is an extremely ancient race, even older than most intelligent races, but the records about them are very, very few. This knowledge may be useful in the future."

Not long after, she withdrew her hand from the spirit bone stele.

"What Orod obtained from the Barasoonilash race is indeed very complex and profound spirit bone technology, even unbelievably so. This should be handed over to those Bonesinger masters, who know better how to study it, and may be able to restore some lost spirit bone technology."

Soshjan blinked.

"I thought most of the Aeldari technology was preserved?"

"How is that possible? Humanity lost most of its technology during the Long Night, and the Aeldari Empire was almost annihilated in an instant. There will only be more lost technology and knowledge, especially the knowledge monopolized by the upper echelons of the Empire, which has almost all been lost. Now most Bonesingers can only learn relatively superficial technology from the Imperial era, and it is even difficult to repair damaged Craftworlds, which makes the loss of any Craftworld an unacceptable loss. There is also the manufacturing technology of spirit stones, which has also been completely lost. I rely only on divine power, not technology."

"Well, in that case, what is the connection between the ancient Aeldari and the Barasoonilash race?"

"As I said before, the records are limited, but the ancient Empire seemed to respect them quite a bit, calling them the Elders of the Galaxy or Holy Shepherds. They should have learned a lot about spirit bones and the webway from them."

"Then do you think we should send someone to find them? Why would they be interested in the Aeldari artifacts?"

Veronica looked at the image of this ancient race, pondered for a moment, and said softly:

"I guess Orod may have misunderstood the other party's language. They are not interested in the Aeldari artifacts, but only in the ancient artifacts in the hands of the Aeldari Empire, that is, the things left by the Old Ones. These things, um, are either in the core world of the old Empire full of demons deep in the Eye of Terror, or there may be some in Commorragh's artifact vault. I think it is very necessary to find them. As the Elders of the Galaxy, one of the main inheritors of the Old Ones' legacy, perhaps they know the secret of the Gray Pith or even the solution?"

"If they really knew, Malcador's group wouldn't... Well, it's hard to say. After all, the Old Ones' artifacts are not so easy to get. Without this as a stepping stone, the Barasoonilash race may not be willing to help. We can first let Dorar send someone to explore according to this coordinate. If there really is one, we can try to contact them first. If the other party is more resistant, we will find a way to get them an Old Ones relic."

"This method is feasible."

After discussing, Soshjan glanced around, making sure there was nothing he hadn't seen.

The three psychic resonance pentagrams could be taken away, and the star charts, spirit bone slabs, and technology storage chips could also be taken away, but the imaginary sandfish, the spirit bone stele engraved with the Seven Great Hatreds, and the audio-visual image of Orod conveying secrets were not easy to take away, especially the imaginary sandfish. Just listening to the description, Soshjan didn't dare to act rashly. If he accidentally released it, who knows what disaster it would cause.

"What should we do with this imaginary sandfish and these things?"

"Take them all away. Since he left it for the descendants who could discover this place, then Soshjan, you are the inheritor of this legacy, and there are indeed very dangerous existences here. You probably wouldn't feel at ease leaving them here, would you?"

"How do I take them away?"

"Let's go up first."

After leaving the spirit bone room, the three returned to the archive room. Then, under the psychic drive of Veronica, the nine-pointed star mark inlaid on the ground floated into the air, and then the nine corners folded up one by one, and then folded repeatedly, eventually becoming a polyhedron the size of Veronica's palm.

After that, they left here. Before leaving, Soshjan also marked the exploration log left by his ancestor Iji, so that he could come and retrieve it at any time if needed.

After learning that there were so many secrets under the family cemetery, Soshjan naturally couldn't neglect the protection of this place. Veronica used the surrounding natural environment, mainly those flowers, plants, and trees, to set up some familiars and psychic traps in the family cemetery.

After leaving the family cemetery, Soshjan and his two lovers came to the high cliffs to overlook the scenery for a while to relax. It was evening, and the setting sun shining on the mountains was quite beautiful and spectacular.

The short scenic walk and the magnificent natural scenery really restored Veronica's mood. After returning to the mansion, Veronica and Velets went to the kitchen to help, while Soshjan browsed the messages sent by the royal court in the living room until dinner was ready, and it was getting late. He had dinner with the two of them and talked about some interesting topics, such as Veronica's pet cat.