The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 2794: The Fourth Blackstone Fortress!

Of course, Beytan admitted that Veronica was more of an honorary figure. The Royal Court did not exert actual power over them. Beytan had not truly decided to join the Royal Court. Veronica also believed that there was no need to rush this matter. After all, although the Royal Court was indeed much stronger now, it still lacked something.

Only when the opportunity to truly establish dominance arrived could the Royal Court effectively unify the scattered Aeldari and gain the sincere recognition and allegiance of all Craftworlds.

Moreover, Beytan had not given nothing. Acknowledging Veronica also meant that if any force dared to attack or provoke the Eternal Queen, Beytan's Swordwinds would strike out to punish those villains with slaughter, which was equivalent to adding a layer of security.

Similarly, Sosiant also personally received Beytan's envoy. It must be said that Beytan was indeed a warrior Craftworld. There were actually two Warhosts in one team, one named Merlinio and one named Aroyk, both of whom were well-known Aeldari commanders. They came not only to pay respects to the Eternal Queen and the Phoenix Lord, but also to try to understand the scale and strength of the Royal Court's armed forces. Sosiant did not hide anything and allowed them to watch freely.

Beytan's Warhosts marveled at the reappearance of the Phoenix Guard. Aroyk Sunspear, who came from a noble family of the ancient empire, even requested a friendly sparring match with Duran Blazeblade, the leader of the Guard. Sosiant agreed to this matter. As a result, Aroyk Sunspear was defeated in less than ten rounds and marveled that Duran's martial arts were already the best among the current Aeldari. Then they visited the Drukhari's menagerie and marveled at the second-generation behemoths cultivated by the Drukhari. Compared to the first generation, these behemoths were smarter and more powerful, able to establish a psychic connection with the Drukhari to control their wild獸性, and their power had reached an unprecedented level. Their claws could easily dig open the hardest rocks, and it would only take a few seconds to tear apart a mountain. The Phoenix Legion, which Sosiant presided over the compilation of, also received high praise from the Warhosts.

Finally, while visiting the two Vaul's Wards, Beytan's representatives informed Sosiant of a piece of news, that is, besides these two owned by the Royal Court and the one in the hands of the Black Legion, there was actually a fourth Blackstone Fortress in the galaxy.

That Blackstone Fortress was located on the western edge of the galaxy, which is the edge of the Pacific Sector currently divided by the Imperium. Beytan discovered this Blackstone Fortress thousands of years ago. It was located in a vacant and silent space, surrounded by a nebula belt composed of countless wreckage and star fragments, and there were no known warp routes or webway entrances around it. Beytan's Rangers called this area the Isolation Zone, and that Blackstone Fortress was located in the Isolation Zone alone.

So that place has not been discovered by humans yet. Only Beytan marked this place, but the Craftworld had no thoughts about it, after all, it couldn't be carried around, so it could only let this highest legacy of the ancient empire continue to sleep.

After confirming that the Royal Court's armed forces were sufficient to protect and use this imperial legacy, Beytan's representatives revealed this matter, meaning that they would hand over the thing to the Royal Court to handle. In short, it could not fall into the hands of Chaos or humans again—Beytan believed that the Aeldari suffered the most in the so-called Gothic War in the Imperium. Four of the six Vaul's Wards were destroyed. If Sosiant hadn't snatched one back from Huron, it would be equivalent to all six being gone.

Upon learning of this situation, Sosiant was overjoyed, because according to the Vaul's smiths of Iyomede, three Vaul's Wards gathered together could emit an extremely terrifying attack, with power sufficient to destroy a galaxy.

However, considering that there was no webway nearby, they could only send a reconnaissance team to find the Blackstone Fortress with Beytan's people, then activate the webway gate inside the Blackstone Fortress, and then find a way to transport it over.

Aside from the official interests of the Royal Court, Sosiant was actually more concerned about another group of people. In a sense, they were the reason why he specifically ran back to the Royal Court this time—

Sitting in a side hall of the Phoenix Palace, Sosiant was wearing a robe with intricate and gorgeous patterns, sitting on a throne in the shape of a phoenix. In the small side hall, besides dozens of Phoenix Guards, were his close ministers, such as Dorar and Starbane.

Soon, he heard heavier breathing and sensed an anxious heart beating, which made the corners of Sosiant's mouth slightly raise into a smile.

In the sound of footsteps, Duran walked through the gauze curtain of the palace gate, leading a person into the scene.

This was a high-ranking member of the Incubi, Dehgella, which was Duran's former identity. He was wearing armor full of spikes and blades, with a thin face and cunning eyes, earrings strung through his ears, and black hair tied behind his head. The decorations on his body clanged as he walked, as if trying to give people a casual impression, and his weapons were also taken away.

"Caronte, pays respects to the great Phoenix Lord."

Caronte, from the Iron Thorn Lord's Incubi, bowed slightly, his big eyes staring at Sosiant, with a hint of戏谑 in his eyes, as if some of his guesses had been confirmed.

"I represent Lord Cardis Abrahax, to express our sincerest respect to you, and thank you for granting Lord Cardis the rights and positions. Commorragh has been tarnished by the shameless slaves for too long, he hopes—"

However, before he could finish speaking, Starbane, standing on Sosiant's left hand side, suddenly made an elegant gesture. A miniature portal opened like a flower in front of the Sunstar Officer. Starbane reached out his hand, and a soul trap crystal gently fell into his hand from the rift. The multifaceted surface of the crystal was engraved with jagged imprisonment runes.

Caronte couldn't help but take a few steps back, his black eyes flashing with fear.

"Your Highness, what are you doing—"

But soon a hand pressed on his shoulder from behind, and Caronte immediately couldn't move. Starbane chuckled, waved his hand gently, and the opaque crystal shot towards Caronte like a bullet, disappearing into his body amidst Dehgella's screams.

Then Sosiant smiled, reached out and picked up an opaque, slender crystal bottle from a tray on the side, while staring at the thick fog in the crystal bottle, as if there was a human face screaming, he jokingly said:

"You've wanted to say the word 'ape' for a long time, right? It doesn't matter, I am a generous person, and I have been called that a lot in Commorragh."

When Duran let go, Caronte's legs weakened and he immediately knelt on the ground, trembling as if his bones had been removed, and then begged:

"I dare not! I dare not! Please, Your Highness, show mercy!"

The reason why he was so afraid was because his soul had been sealed in that bottle. This special method was rarely used in Commorragh where psychic energy was prohibited, and the Craftworld Aeldari were reluctant to use this "evil" necromancy due to tradition. In this case, as long as the soul was not released, the Haemonculus could not rebuild him, and he would suffer forever.

"Now you are willing to kneel?"

Sosiant just continued to look at the bottle, and Caronte immediately began to kowtow forcefully, making a thumping sound in the side hall.

"I was wrong! I was wrong! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"