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Are you worried that he'll be at a tactical disadvantage?
"So far, Mortalian's tactics have been extremely solid, and the Empire's front lines are gradually advancing," Corax said softly.
This is partly due to the Tau Empire's frantic withdrawal. Because of their benevolence and hasty retreat, the planets abandoned by the Tau still have a lot of usable resources, so Mortarion is applying for Imperial transport ships.
Corax pondered for a moment,
I think it's unlikely.
Even though Mortarion did seem somewhat overconfident, Korax believed that among the Primarchs, aside from Guilliman, probably no other Primarch could match Mortarion's caution.
Although Mortalian was not initially a Primarch skilled in warfare, his accumulated experience over millennia successfully compensated for this.
【so,】
Kolax asked again, worried that inquiring about whether Conrad needed reinforcements would provoke a rebellious reaction from Conrad, but Kolax was genuinely concerned about Conrad.
Do you need help, Conrad?
【Do not! 】
Conrad let out another short, sharp shriek, and Corax heard the bat's unrestrained laughter.
Let me first examine this warp entity... the war of terror against Earth is far from over.
Corax took a deep breath and looked out the window. Beyond the Primarch's sight, countless Tau Empire troops were gathering. Without a doubt, Conrad, in the enemy camp, was in the most danger at this moment.
So proceed with caution.
Corax added,
At least two-thirds of the Tau Empire's military force is currently located near this planet.
In three days at most, Mortarian will extend his scythe.
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“Ammonium” is gone.
Inside the council chamber, an elderly ether calmly spoke, telling its companions what all ethers already knew.
Am'wa is the most respected Aether in the Tau Empire, without exception. Under his rule, the territory of the Tau Empire has expanded rapidly.
It was once nearly killed by a human assassin. At that time, the Tau Empire even considered using an AI to mimic Am'Va and create the illusion that Am'Va was still alive in order to stabilize public morale.
But the good news is that Ammonium 'was awake.'
If we were to draw an analogy with the human empire, Am'Va would be similar to Robert Guilliman, who ruled the entire empire, perhaps even more powerful, and its normal way of thinking would be unique within the Tau Empire.
"It is prepared to go to where Shadow and Vision are, and fight them to the death."
Even without the ether speaking, they all knew that this journey meant death.
"It is too old, and even if it does not die in battle, the wisdom of Am'wa will eventually fade into the stars—I think none of you here are overly saddened by its passing."
Countless ethereal particles nodded in agreement with the leader's viewpoint. They all agreed on one thing: this war could not be won.
Even if they win this battle, the enraged human empire will send an even more terrifying army to punish them—
Unless the human empire faces an immediate crisis in other territories, the humans who have set their sights on the Tau will not let this go unpunished.
Ether spreads out its three fingers,
"Before leaving, Am'wa told me that the subspace entity belonging to titanium showed signs of coalescing—it was going there to seek the help of that benevolent subspace entity."
Unlike the general citizens of the Tau Empire, the Aetherians could be said to understand the warp, but their understanding of the warp was somewhat biased, with much information lost and others retained.
They were aware of the existence of possible entities in the warp, but they didn't know to add a protective shield to their warp-drifting ships.
The Aetherians seemed unsurprised by this fact. The establishment of an empire, the addition of countless powerful psionic races, and the recent warp-travel experiment all made sense.
"He's heading straight to the front lines... He still has a lot of faith in the Fire Clan,"
An ether added, then shook its head.
“No, this time An'wa trusts all the clans.”
Within Ether, there has always been a distrust of the Fire Clan, and only Etheram'wa truly put aside this prejudice.
It seems strange that the leadership of a race would distrust a branch under its command, but if one knows the history of the Tau, then a conspiracy theory emerges: that Ether brought countless advanced technologies and the highest good to the Tau homeworld, enlightened the people, and quickly established the Tau Empire.
In fact, they are not titanium.
“Our ancestors chose this lineage a thousand years ago, and their foresight has proven to be wise. The development potential of the Titans and their inherently weak spirit nature have allowed us to prosper in just a thousand years.”
If there were no human empire...
The old ethereal eyes were dim and hard to discern. According to records that have been mostly lost, their original lineage was destroyed by the human empire. At that time, the empire, which occupied an entire star field and countless slave races, was destroyed in an instant by the attack of the legion.
Yes, Ran Dan.
It is said that the Emperor of the Human Empire, along with his first, second, and eleventh sons, personally launched a campaign against them. That battle shook the stars, and an entire glorious empire was instantly destroyed. The Human Empire paid a heavy price; the second and eleventh sons perished within the territory of the Randan Empire.
But no one knows why they died—was it an attack from a foreign tribe, or the sharp gaze and sword of the lion behind them?
After the family was wiped out, the survivors began to scatter and flee. They were not the largest survivor ship. The ship that was truly expected to revive the family suddenly disappeared without a trace in a star field. The last words they sent out before dying were "Get rid of psionic energy" and "Monster!"
Thus, this saying was recorded on their path to revival and has been practiced generation after generation.
As time passed and with each failure, the data from ten thousand years ago was lost. Through repeated genetic modifications, they transformed from Randan into Aether. Finally, they succeeded and established the Turium Empire.
For thousands of years, they have tried to merge and find the more ancient origin of their race. To the surprise of the Ethers, their more ancient nature seems to be similar to that of the Eldar and the Greenskins, but the true facts are long gone, just like the second and eleventh sons of the Emperor.
The ethers simply continue moving forward.
Replace psychic manipulation with pheromones and more sophisticated social solidification and brainwashing; replace mind control with "the highest good"; replace multi-racial enslavement with alliances; and finally, place the key to determining power above bloodline and race.
Remember to establish their social structures beforehand, similar to those of different clans, so that they will not object to governance determined by bloodline and race.
As long as they believe in the highest good and that contributing to the highest good will lead to a bright future, their rule will continue forever and steadily.
In manipulating this field, Ran Dan, or Ether, is a professional.
until--
It was forcibly broken by external force.
The aged Aether sighed again. Another human empire…
It was the human empire that forced them to abandon their homeland and seek new races to parasitize. They had their eyes on humans before, but as long as a human was not corrupted (and their parents were not corrupted), their soul was blessed by the God-Emperor from birth.
To date, the only way to bypass the God-Emperor's protection of human souls is through forced bloodline contamination, diluting the human bloodline to the point where it is no longer recognized by the God-Emperor.
The evil god known as "Nyos" will forever watch over the human souls within the warp, until he passes this responsibility on to his archdemons.
What a despicable existence.
If they also have something similar... well, that doesn't align with the advice left by our kin ten thousand years ago: when civilization develops to a certain stage, all races except for weak spirit races will inevitably decline—though the Ethers don't know why.
Ether once again showed a dejected expression, but it rallied its spirits and made a resolute gesture.
"Then the plan is finalized. We will evacuate through the subspace, and our destination is the extreme point of the Misty Starfield—I know, I know, the Silent Eye, as an alternative destination, has been rejected."
Ether added,
“I know you want to object, but recently there seems to be some unsettling activity at the Eye of Silence. It is also the place of faith for the Empire, which is not conducive to our development.”
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"Who are you?"
Yingyang stammered, looking up in disbelief to find itself in some indescribable space, like the subspace waves in the Earth Clan's laboratory, while a huge blue figure stood silently before it, its face benevolent.
It seemed to be a hybrid of the Tau and humans, with one leg on the ground and the other raised, and countless hands reaching out from its sides, including the hands of the Tau, as well as those of humans, Kruts, Nikassa and other Alliance races.
In each hand, there were countless dazzling objects: a jeweled bowl inlaid with countless emeralds and rubies, a brightly shining pearl, and a war shield with intricate patterns drawn with the blood of foreign races...
A gravitationally resistant ribbon sways between its many arms, resembling Vishnu, the white elephant god from the ancient Terran civilization.
I am your destiny.
The goddess of Titanium lowered her eyes, tears streaming down her face, and saw the weary and tormented soul and body of Yingyang.
Who I am is not important... what matters is where your destinies will lead, and whether the seeds of hope can sprout again—this requires our collective effort, Commander.
One arm extends from among the many arms of the titanium tile, holding two horizontal ears. A refreshing gas floats among them, and with just a sniff, Yingyang feels invigorated.
Subconsciously, Yingyang knew that the corpse in front of it was not malicious—although it had successfully shattered its rationality and logic about "no gods," it didn't matter, Yingyang had already broken enough bottom lines in the past few days.
"You're here to help us?"
Shadow Sun asked, its commander's reason telling it not to trust, yet emotionally it was so willing to get close to this seemingly ethereal warp entity. How absurd was this? Perhaps it had truly gone mad.
Yes.
"The goddess Anthra said calmly,"
I know your troops cannot deploy quickly, but I will assist you in your deployment... and shower my people with the blessing of hope.
+and...+
The goddess raised her eyes, stretched out her hand, and after a strange fluctuation (if Shadow Sun knew, it would recognize this as warp teleportation), the old Aetheram'wa stepped out with a smile.
"grown ups?!"
Yingyang exclaimed in surprise, but An'wa merely smiled at it, and then directly steered the conversation to the current predicament.
Now, the clans of Aether and Tau, and the gods who protect the Tau, are all present—they will deliver a heavy blow to the arrogant and disrespectful human empire.
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What the heck is this?
Conrad gnawed on his uneven fingernails, channeling his mental energy to peer into that being as closely as possible.
He felt a surge of psychic energy that made him nauseous—like the feeling Vulcan had given him, but much gentler and weaker.
【? ? ? 】
Conrad pondered, and then he felt something was terribly wrong; the shadowy aura he had been tracking had faded, and even seemed to have stabilized again—
He should have realized that a subspace entity resembling hope and cooperation had appeared, about to shower light and heat upon the Tau—wouldn't all his previous efforts in building the Jingguan (a mound of statues) to intimidate the Tau have been for nothing?!
A little tricky.
Conrad was still pondering a solution; at least his plan to scare the Tau commander into a madness had failed, but he hadn't yet decided whether to hide and retreat or go out and fight that warp entity—
If a battle ensues, Conrad must ensure that those bluefish do not provide long-range fire support to their goddess.
Mortarian's voice rang out softly in the communication channel.
Time is of the essence; the attack will begin tomorrow. Specific timing will be announced later.
[Conrad, my only advice, which is also my order, is to wash away the bloodstains on you and your cubs, and greet this battle with as much honor as possible. I may not record your battles, but the Death Guard's landing operation will be recorded in its entirety. I don't think you want the rest of the Empire to find out that you're playing these pointless games again.]
This is tactic! Tactic! You foolish and incompetent bastards!!
Prior to this, Mortarian had absolutely supported and protected Conrad's actions, and the potions used by the Midnight Lord were all specially supplied by the Grim Reaper. But for some reason, Mortarian suddenly changed his tune.
However, the communication was cut off again, and a high Gothic word faintly reached Conrad's ears as he gritted his teeth in hatred.
Inefficient.
No more.
The ether hypothesis chosen here is a mixture of Randan and the creations of the ancient saints. Uh, GW didn't give a precise location here, so I can only make a selective guess.
Also, I still don't plan to write about 2 and 11. GW didn't give me any information, so I won't write about them. I'll just add some hypotheses from various Hammer fans.
And the strangest thing is that titanium is indeed weak to spirits. It can directly resist the contamination of Khorne without any problems, but for some reason, the description of titanium tiles includes its ability to heal the Shadow Sun in the subspace.
My assessment is that it's idealistic; when titanium needs to be affected by subspace, it will be affected.
Stop writing. Let's look at the female Imperial Guards being retconned in the distance. Retconning and inconsistent settings are old news, but they're especially noticeable in the TIAOL community. I don't have the energy to investigate whether it's right or wrong. Plus, there are too many rumors, both from TIAOL fans and haters, and even those who use excerpts from official passages to spread rumors. I can't take it anymore.
And then there's the ever-present comparison of combat strength. Some warriors with large class distinctions are manageable, but comparing vehicles and the like is just too much.
I can't write a single word.
Chapter 764 Kong Yu Sacrifice
"This galaxy is cruel."
Wearing the experimental version of XV109, Yingyang's gaze was intense. Following its gaze, countless auxiliary gazes on the eyepiece moved with it. Through the thick curtain behind the screen, it saw the back of Etheramwa preaching.
The blinding white light shone on the ether, making this highly respected ether appear even taller.