Chapter 192: The Violent Avenger of Biel-Tan

On the Shadow of Sovereignty, Ninglu sat upon his throne, listening to the urgent report from Arsena Dunn.

"My Lord, Arenis has sent an urgent distress signal."

"The Imperial-appointed Governor, Francesc Soler, has sent an emergency distress message; a large number of Eldar have suddenly appeared on the world."

"Governor Soler is leading the army in resistance, but they are retreating steadily and have now fallen back to the Governor's Mansion for a final stand."

Ninglu recalled that the Saisake family was a noble house that had pledged allegiance to him, and that Arenis was an important supply station securing the Battle of the Wheel of Fire, so he decided to go to their rescue.

After the Shadow of Sovereignty docked in the high orbit of Arenis, the Primarch led members of his Honor Guard to board five Stormbirds and flew toward the Governor's Mansion.

En route, a Primarch Attendant noticed the Primarch's gaze fixed upon the inner wall of the Stormbird and spoke up.

"My Lord, the Techmarine has been researching the complete Stormbird data and has already made progress on the Quantum Domain Repeller."

"According to the current research progress, it is expected that substantial results will be achieved in five months, allowing for the construction of the first new experimental aircraft."

Ninglu nodded, casting his gaze out the viewing window toward the Governor's Mansion.

His pitch-black eyes swept across the scene, and the first things to catch his sight were the green heavy aircraft.

The moment he saw the green heavy tanks, Ninglu recognized the Craftworld they belonged to.

Biel-Tan, the Craftworld with the most formidable Eldar military power.

The Wave Serpent is a tank unique to Biel-Tan; besides firing monofilament wire, its Doomweaver cannon also sprays large amounts of bacteria and Spirit Bone Parasite.

They will dissolve everything, and not even a trace of the spores of the Eldar's old rivals, the Orcs, will remain.

Although the Wave Serpent tank is effective, many Eldar despise this method of slaughter, viewing this type of heavy tank as an abomination.

To the Eldar, bacteria and Spirit Bone Parasite are meant for terraforming; their purpose is to create life, not to kill.

Only Biel-Tan, which is dedicated to restoring the glory of the ancient Eldar Empire, uses this type of tank.

Ninglu, who was about to campaign against the Orc Empire, could not help but think: 【Isn't this a gift delivered to my doorstep? I shall capture a Wave Serpent for research.】

【If I can cultivate the Spirit Bone Parasite, the war at the Wheel of Fire, and even the future war against the Orcs, will go much more smoothly.】

Ninglu scanned the other vehicles and Eldar, identifying the runes on their bodies.

The runes on the Eldar attacking Arenis were composed of three parts, from top to bottom: a heart shape, a semi-circular ring, and a cross shape.

【It is indeed Biel-Tan.】

For Biel-Tan, the rune not only symbolizes reincarnation and rebirth but also the return of the Old One, embodying their ambition to restore their nation.

"Fire!"

Hearing the Primarch's command, the Stormbird launched six Dreadstrike missiles, locking onto the Wave Serpent.

The missiles, trailing exhaust flames, whistled as they slammed into the bifurcated tips of the green-bodied Eldar heavy tank.

The Wave Serpent spewed black smoke and spun as it crashed.

The Wa'er Yinjing roared, and the Doomweaver cannon fired a sky-filling barrage of monofilament wire, streaking toward the Stormbird.

The Xukong Dun Fashengi emitted a shrill, buzzing alarm, which only ceased after several seconds.

The turret's four twin-linked lasers and three twin-linked heavy Bolters fired blinding beams and dense volleys of bolts at the ground.

Over a dozen Dire Avengers clad in green armor were torn apart by the concentrated firepower.

Before the Stormbird landed, Ninglu had already opened the hatch and leaped out.

After the Primarch landed, he immediately launched a charge, slamming into the Dire Avengers clad in blue aspect armor.

In a galaxy of eternal war, the Eldar who choose the Path of the Warrior are the most numerous; they are different from the "militia"—the Guardians—who only take up weapons when they encounter a crisis.

They devote themselves entirely to the art of war, dedicating every breath to the pursuit of military perfection.

The Path of the Warrior is complex and long, with many branches.

Each branch is known as an Aspect Shrine, representing a different facet of the Eldar god of war, Khaine.

The Avenger aspect warriors originate from the first Fuhuang Lingzhu—A'su'erman.

After the "Fall of the Eldar," A'su'erman led his Craftworld away from the homeworld of the ancient Eldar Empire and established the first aspect warrior shrine there—the Dire Avengers.

Wearing magnificent crests made from the manes of green exotic creatures, the Dire Avengers, who stood out more than their kin, raised the shuriken catapults in their hands and launched a precise, saturating attack on Ninglu.

Shuriken weapons are almost considered synonymous with the Eldar, but most Eldar, such as the Guardians, cannot perform precise control when attacking.

They perform saturating attacks with monofilament wire, which are more precise than those of human marksmen.

The aspect warriors of the Avenger shrine are different; their faith originates from the war god Khaine's anger toward the smith god Vaul.

In Eldar mythology, the dream god Li'lisi had a dream that the Eldar would destroy Khaine.

Li'lisi's dream possessed the property of precise precognition; after Khaine learned of the prophecy, he naturally began to slaughter the Eldar.

The life goddess Yisha begged the supreme god A'su'yan to save her children.

The Phoenix King A'su'yan agreed to her request, and thus erected a barrier between the Warp and the physical universe, decreeing that no god could interfere in mortal affairs.

As the mother goddess of the Eldar, Yisha, and the father god Kudusi, could not bear to part with their love for their children, they taught them in secret.

After Khaine discovered this, he reported it to the King of Gods, A'su'yan, and the God-King handed the two gods who defied the law over to the war god for punishment.

The god of war and murder used every form of torture he knew to punish the two gods.

The smith god Vaul made a pact with Khaine to forge one hundred swords for the war god within one year.

Even if a mortal wielded a sword forged by Vaul, they could easily defeat one thousand enemies.

During the year, Vaul worked day and night, but in the end, he only forged ninety-nine, and he was forced to mix one mortal-world weapon among them.

The aftermath of the "Hundred Swords of Vaul," like other Eldar myths, has two versions.

In the version passed down by the Avenger shrine, it was precisely because of this ordinary weapon that they were defeated in the war between the war god and the Eldar against the Necron.

The precise shooting of the Avengers originates from their anger at Vaul for breaking his promise; they strive for every single monofilament dart to strike the opponent, inflicting the cruelest punishment upon the betrayer.

Every Avenger is a master of the shuriken catapult, and they use an extended model unique to the Avenger shrine.

Their advanced computerized targeting assistance devices on their shoulders are connected to their ranged weapons through their armor.

The broad-spectrum analyzer within can work independently to discover and track multiple targets, project their information onto the helmet display, and distinguish between friend and foe.

They also establish a tight connection between the Wraithbone in their hands and their star-dart weapons, coordinating with precise locking systems to launch accurate and lethal attacks at targets using psychic power.

Under the command of a Bishop clad in extremely exquisite and ornate armor, the Dire Avenger Exarchs launch a "Blade Storm" in perfect unison.

Hundreds of Fuchouzhe Xing Xingbiaogiang lock onto Ninglu and pull their triggers simultaneously.

The Dire Avengers empty their weapons in an instant, with every single star-dart fragment losing none of its accuracy.

Discs of razors sweep across the sky.

Each razor disc contains thousands of monofilament threads.

Every monofilament thread, under the psychic control of the Dire Avengers, shoots toward Ninglu.

Under the coordination of the Dire Avenger Exarch, the dense monofilament star-darts converge into a Storm, covering the black armor.

No one can dodge such a dense attack, not even a Primarch.

Ninglu raises his left arm to protect his head.

The dense monofilament threads, converging into a Storm, lash against the black armor.

The star-dart Storm is blocked by the iron-colored scale armor covering the black armor.

The scale armor was sourced from an iron-scaled kraken hunted by the Primarch, and the Techmarines processed the scales and inlaid them onto the black armor.

The monofilament darts, capable of tearing apart a dozen Macharius Heavy Tanks and piercing the Void Shield of a Stormbird, cause no damage whatsoever to the black armor.

Ninglu swings his left arm, his Dongli Quantou smashing into a Dire Avenger; the golden light strikes the star-dart launcher, immediately tearing the star-dart gun apart along with the blue and white patterned battle robe.

The Primarch ascends into the Thelemic First Layer, swinging his sword to block the attack from the Dire Avenger Exarch.

Ninglu, having not felt a psychic attack, is startled, only then realizing that the Eldar have not yet discovered Soul Stones, and the Sword of Khaine has not yet been born.

The representative of Khaine roars in anger and dons the "War Mask".

(End of chapter)