The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"I didn't expect there to be human cultists in a place like the Shadow Hub, it truly is a chaotic place."

Just as Sotha Nul was surprised to find human cultists active in the lower shadow districts of the Shadow Hub, he suddenly sensed two anxious hearts beating rapidly.

Realizing his guests had arrived, he handed the spirit bone scroll in his hand to Charon nearby.

Soon, the Nightmares guarding the gate let them in. The palace's defenses had been restored, protected by many creations of the Bloodbrides, but these were all kept in plain sight. The Phoenix Guard remained hidden, their power glaives and blades only appearing when Sotha Nul commanded it.

With the aid of the lights, Sotha Nul saw two tall figures pass through layers of curtains, finally entering the Hall of Khaine that had once belonged to Zarkan.

The first to appear was a female warrior clad in Kabalite armor, with deep purple hair and a formidable aura. Her face bore many scars, including two intersecting blood streaks, giving her a fierce appearance. However, her posture attempted to convey a casual impression, even adopting a listless expression, as if to demonstrate her submission to the ruler here, hoping to win his favor.

Upon reaching a position twenty meters from the throne, she stopped, bowed slightly, and kept her eyes fixed on Sotha Nul.

She had learned much about the Eternal Court from her friend, especially after witnessing the Court's powerful fleet easily crush two Kabalite alliance fleets, which made her deeply aware that this was the real deal.

"Great Phoenix King," Salaine began, striving to suppress her contempt and disgust for the lesser race, making her voice as soft as possible, although in reality, her voice was rough, like a man's.

In fact, before she became famous, the Kabalite warriors around her all thought Salaine was a man, her fiery temper being quite intense even among the Dark Eldar.

It was also because of her violent temper that, although she had once climbed to a high position, she had offended many people and had to leave Commorragh. Even so, she had not changed her temper. The reason she was so humble now was because her friend and lover, Kelis Kanelli, told her that the Eternal Court's actions were unlikely to directly occupy the Shadow Hub. This Pirate Queen analyzed the situation with her unique strategic vision and found several strange aspects of the Eternal Court's actions, such as choosing to let go of the Craked Claw Kabal's fleet when it could have been annihilated, and waiting until now to send reinforcements when it could have been done earlier.

Considering all these factors, she guessed that the Court's real target was not the Steel Eyes pirates, but the Shadow Hub.

Subsequent developments proved her judgment, but Kelis Kanelli further speculated that the Court might not directly manage the Shadow Hub, otherwise this place would have been in chaos long ago, and the news would have reached Commorragh long ago. But since Commorragh had no reaction, it meant that this matter had not been leaked, and the Court's secrecy was very good, so there was only one possibility for such information blockade.

The Eternal Court had greater plans, and that plan was Commorragh. Kelis Kanelli told Salaine to restrain her temper and act obediently enough, so that the other party might entrust her with the task of managing the Shadow Hub, which would be equivalent to recovering what she had lost. As for the future, they could plan for the long term.

When Kelis Kanelli left the Webway, she once fell into distress. If Salaine had not rescued her, she might have been captured by an Archon of Commorragh and made a concubine. Later, in the process of getting along, they had a certain understanding of each other. After Salaine left Commorragh, they joined forces to establish the Steel Eyes pirates. However, Salaine excelled at charging into battle and battlefield command, and was not good at operational strategies, so Kelis had always been the real manager of the pirate band. The two quickly made the pirate band famous and attracted many people. Kelis also used her Haemonculus talents to obtain many Wraith constructs from an abandoned craftworld, forming the Steel Eyes Raiders' strongest strike force. In the long-term relationship, the two also became soulmates—for the Aeldari, gender is not the deciding factor in determining love.

However, Salaine's fiery temper also became the fuse for the two to part ways. Although Kelis had been persuading her to change her Commorragh habits, she always turned a deaf ear. After a raid, the Steel Eyes pirates went to a maiden world for a short resupply, but during this period, Salaine clashed with a savage tribal prince of that world and accidentally killed him in a duel. The prince's mother was a clan leader of the Saim-Hann craftworld, and sensing her child's tragic death, the leader immediately led the Wild Riders to question her.

At that time, the not-so-powerful Steel Eyes pirates were undoubtedly in danger of offending a large craftworld like Saim-Hann. Salaine showed no remorse. Kelis, who tried hard to resolve the matter and even humbled herself, finally broke out when she saw her like this. The two had a big fight, and Salaine then declared that she would not implicate the Steel Eyes pirates because of this, and left the Steel Eyes with those who were willing to follow her and formed the Shadow Thorns Kabal.

Later, when the two met again, Salaine had become one of the two governors of the Shadow Hub, and Kelis had become the famous Pirate Queen. Salaine still didn't think she had done anything wrong about the past. Deaths and injuries were inevitable in a duel. Kelis was too lazy to talk to her about these things, and the two only maintained the minimum amount of contact.

Until Salaine was driven away by Zarkan and lost everything again, but the proud her was unwilling to go to her old lover and chose to return to Commorragh to make a comeback. However, reality cruelly struck her again, and finally she could only find Kelis in despair for help.

Although she had been very angry with Salaine's temper in the past, Kelis, who could touch the soul, knew that her lover's temper came from a kind of self-protection. Salaine, who was born in Commorragh, had an extremely terrible childhood. She was a trueborn, but her parents lost power in the struggle, and she, who was once noble, was reduced to a slave of the victors and suffered all kinds of abuse, which shaped her extremely aggressive personality. But in a corner of her heart, she was still the little girl curled up in the dungeon crying. After repeated failures, her once firm will almost collapsed. After meeting, she immediately hugged Kelis and cried out loud, and Kelis naturally accepted her again.

After all, she had not forgotten the other party for so many years, and had never allowed any man to touch her.