The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3390: A Mystery of Life and Death

Although the speculations about Isha were becoming increasingly exaggerated, Sochoyan managed to grasp some logic from them, nodding and saying:

“That's possible, but what does this have to do with the Death Guard?”

“I have another speculation here, Yana is Hecate!”

“Hiss——”

As Veronica said this, Sochoyan couldn't help but gasp, then clicked his tongue in wonder.

“Madam, I always thought I had enough whimsical ideas, but I didn't expect your imagination to be so good.”

“I have reasons and evidence for this, not imagination. Look, as a true 'Mother Goddess,' Hecate's power should be very strong, but it's strangely unrecorded, which is definitely not normal. I've often wondered in the past if it's because she represents an unwelcome or feared power? If so, then in the past, there was only one power that would make the Eldar fearful.”

“Death? Hmm... now that you mention it, that's true. At that time, the Eldar didn't even have the concept of death. A god representing death would indeed be easily forgotten and rejected. Although it's a bit far-fetched, it does fit the logic. But didn't the Death Guard say Yana was only recently born?”

Veronica moved closer to Sochoyan and whispered:

“Even if Elaine knows, she was only told by someone. She used to be just a mortal who transitioned from a dancer to a spirit seer, how could she truly understand the secrets of the gods? I bet she can't really explain what's going on with Yana. This could be a major discovery, and it might explain a lot of things.”

Sochoyan pondered, occasionally picking up his wine glass for a sip or two. Many fragments and clues he had encountered were linked and intertwined in his mind, gradually forming a vague outline.

“I don't think it's that simple... If Hecate is a powerful goddess who controls the power of death, Slaanesh has no reason to ignore her when the Eldar gods fell, unless... unless she used some method to avoid the gaze of this evil god who specifically restrains the Eldar gods. What method? I suddenly thought of the Changer of Ways, and Eldrad, and suddenly had a guess. Maybe Yana isn't Hecate, and she is Hecate, just like Isha isn't Hecate, but she is Hecate.”

Sochoyan's words were very convoluted, but Veronica quickly understood.

“Husband, do you mean that Hecate is actually a goddess who controls life and death, and Yana and Isha are both parts of her? It's just that she separated the part symbolizing death at some point and hid it, and the remaining part became Isha! This is too amazing, it can almost be said to have changed the entire history of the mythological era...”

But Sochoyan thought even more. He picked up his wine glass, drank the last mouthful, and squinted his eyes, whispering:

“Eldrad that old bastard must be hiding something... He's so actively involved in the Death Guard's affairs, but he doesn't seem to pay much attention to your side. I've always found it strange, but now that I think about it, huh.”

Saying that, he looked at Veronica.

“If we rescue Isha, and the Death Guard awakens Yana, what will happen?”

Veronica tilted her head and frowned, thinking for a moment, then muttered:

“How would I know? I'm just confused, it seems like I've become... part of the goddess?”

“You are not part of anyone, you are my wife.”

Sochoyan reached out and put his arm around Veronica's slender waist, looking at her smiling face, his heart suddenly stirred.

Maybe he had been guessing wrong all along.

Everything it had done, everything it had arranged, might not have been to resurrect itself.

It might not even have been to revive the Eldar.

Perhaps, all its painstaking efforts were just to allow a certain being to safely weather the storm, to protect her from harm and threats.

If that were the case, then with what kind of mentality was it making the final arrangements?

And what kind of god was it?

A tyrannical star god? A ruthless main god? Or a pale heart drifting and tumbling in the ocean of fragmented self-awareness?

Perhaps he was so lost in thought that he didn't even hear Veronica calling him, until she nudged his chest.

“Uh, I was just lost in thought.”

“What were you thinking about?”

“Just some messy things.”

Having decided to have Dorar send someone to thoroughly investigate Eldrad's whereabouts in recent years, including those after Veronica's birth, Sochoyan changed the subject.

“This time I go to the Shadow Nexus, I plan to move the Gellan star system out. Now we need troops and ships everywhere, it's really a bit stretched.”

“That's right. Recently, I heard Mrs. Lorena report that many maiden worlds and arks are not peaceful. The servants of Chaos, the Greenskin hordes, these are becoming more and more active. Even the armed forces of the human Empire are scurrying around like crazy. The seers are constantly warning that a storm is gathering in the Supreme Heavens. I think we should appropriately control the scale of the battlefield and invest our forces in defending existing areas and territories.”

“That's what I think too. I won't pay attention to any dispatch orders from Terra for the time being. The legion has consumed too much power during this time, and the fruits of victory also need time to digest. I think the Royal Court still needs a more solid base. When I fought Menak earlier, I was always worried that the Necrons would launch a surprise attack on the Royal Court, so I didn't dare to mobilize too many fleets. The Royal Court is still too risky in the material universe.”

“Speaking of which, Rozim has been in Commorragh for some time. How is the situation there?”

“Him, ah...”

“Fire at will!”

The Archon of the Crimson Reavers Kabal, Imo Barrasdote, shouted loudly, issuing his favorite command, and judging from the screeching sound of the splinter cannons from the spire, this was also the command his warriors loved to hear most.

“Beautiful shot!”

Looking out, at the base of the spire's ramparts, clusters of Kabalite Warriors were blown to pieces, the shockwaves tossing headless and tailless limbs high into the air as swarms of Dark Eldar Reavers scattered, desperately seeking cover.

The banner of the Crimson Reavers Kabal still fluttered on the spire, but next to it was another banner, devoid of any pattern, only a simple ghostly blue and a symbol, the symbol representing the death god Yana.

They had decided to embrace the faith of the death god, abandoning the ways of the past curse, which was not a very new thing in Commorragh. Now a organization called the Death God Alliance had appeared in the city, specializing in connecting Kabals that had converted to the death god Yana, and now had twenty-three members.

Although only a small Kabal with a population of ten thousand or so, the Crimson Reavers Kabal joining the Death God Alliance was still sensational news in the lower city of Commorragh, meaning that even after Vect issued the seventh harsh and cruel ban, some people still chose to resist, an action which, regardless of its outcome, represented a shake-up of the Overlord's ruling power.

Therefore, the Crimson Reavers Kabal quickly received weapons and equipment of unknown origin from various secret channels, and it was clear that someone was planning to weaken Vect's hegemony by funding the resistance.