Hearing that Amnak suspected Asuryan's goal of arranging the souls of the Phoenix Kings, Soshyan thought for a moment and cautiously speculated:
"Protect the Holy Fire?"
"Before the birth of Shalish, do you think anyone could go from the heavily guarded capital of Ancient Edda to the even more heavily guarded capital, with more than fifty holy swordsmen and more than a dozen holy swordsmen who could rival the human Malcador around the clock? Stealing this Holy Grail from the Phoenix Temple guarded by 16,000 Phoenix Guards? And this thing itself only contains a trace of Asuryan's holy fire, and it is not something extraordinary to a god."
Soshiyang also frowned after hearing this.
"Then you say so."
"There is only one possibility. Asuryan knew that he would perish, so he arranged for the souls of the Phoenix Kings to guard the last holy fire, and they did hold on until you found this thing."
As he spoke, Amnak took a few steps back and forth, seeming to be thinking and anxious.
When he stopped, he looked at Soshyan.
"The plan of this main god Ada is very deep. I have a feeling that Xerxes, Malcador, the Lord of Humanity, and us are all included in it. Now that I think about it, it is a god after all. The real God in the sense is a level that even the lord of humanity has not yet reached. In this chess game, he may be one of the main players, and even the lord of humanity is just a pawn."
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"Soshyan, have you ever heard of a bird called the cuckoo that lived in ancient Terra?"
"No."
"The bird never hatches its own eggs, it doesn't even build a nest."
"Then how do they reproduce?"
"Lay the eggs into the nests of other smaller birds, and the cuckoo will most likely hatch before other birds. The little cuckoos born later will use instinct to push other eggs out of the nest, ignorantly. If the owner feels it, he will raise it as his own child."
This metaphor gave Soshyan a creepy feeling, but Amnak then changed the subject.
"But it's too early to say this now. Judging from what happened to you, this Holy Grail should have originally fallen into the hands of Shalish's followers and been desecrated, and then fell into the hands of the Lord of Humanity. After you opened the seal , Salish immediately sent Fulgrim into the Holy Grail to devour the holy fire soul inside in advance. It can be seen that it cares about this, but now that Salish's mark has been erased, it can no longer enter. This is the Holy Grail, let’s make good use of it. No matter what Asuryan’s plan is, we can just follow our own pace. And since the Lord of Mankind gave this to you, it means that he should already know the inside story. If not, you It won’t be a big problem if you go to him for help.”
Amnak said it very easily, and Soshyan also admitted that this could only be the case for now.
"Should you say it or not, Soshyan, you have offended Fulgrim severely this time."
Hearing Amnak's teasing words with a smile, Soshyan just shrugged indifferently.
"He is already a lackey of Slaanesh. He is already an enemy regardless of whether I have offended him or not. It would be better to kill him for his arrogance."
"But this might be an opportunity."
"Opportunity? What opportunity."
Amnak crossed his arms, took two steps, and then whispered:
"A chance to find Fabius."
"he?"
Soshyan frowned.
"I've already planned to start with the Eldar regarding the gray marrow. Fabius is dispensable."
"That's not necessarily true. In any case, Fulgrim will not swallow this humiliation. Even without Salish's instructions, he will definitely make trouble for you. However, it is not easy for him to leave the subspace. The possibility is to remotely control the people of the Third Legion to attack you. There are not many people in the Third Legion who can speak now. They are just the people of Eidolon. However, during the 10,000 years of division and degeneration of the Third Legion, The strength of the troops has been reduced sharply, and it is difficult to launch another large-scale collective action. If Eidolon and the others really intend to attack you, they must find Fabius to increase the strength of the troops and provide them with the key medicines they need. No one can do this. Replace him, and with the character of Fabius, he will definitely not be able to help but participate in the actual action and want to know the secrets hidden in you.”
"Then let them do it."
Soshyan waved his hand.
"I would like to see what these legion veterans are capable of in ten thousand years."
"I think they may not attack the Astral Knights. Fulgrim will not know about Gray Marrow. Even if he didn't know before, he knows after fighting you this time. He is arrogant but not stupid. They will definitely not let their heirs get into trouble here, so their goal must be the Eternal Royal Court."
When he heard about the Eternal King's Court, Soshiyang's relaxed expression finally disappeared, because this was indeed a pain point.
The Royal Court is still very weak now, not even as good as a large Ark World. It is difficult to resist the attack of a fallen legion - even if its size may be less than one-tenth of its size in the past, and because of the sensitivity of the Royal Court, it cannot mobilize human beings. The power here to protect.
Moreover, the power of Slaanesh does have some restraint on Ada. Although Soshyan is not afraid and can protect Veronica, he cannot protect all the other Aida in the royal court. The royal court will definitely Rivers of blood will flow, and even their souls will be devoured by Slaanesh.
Will this happen?
definitely will!
Fulgrim would definitely execute such an insidious and vicious plan, and Amnak's analysis was basically correct.
And he seems to have no solution at the moment.
"Amnak, what do you think we should do?"
The only person Soshyan could turn to was the former Chief of Slaanesh. No one around him knew Fulgrim better than him.
"Don't worry, it is not easy to assemble the legions. The Third Legion is different from the Fourteenth Legion. The Fourteenth Legion has always maintained the most basic unity. The Third Legion was already fragmented in the late stages of the Great Rebellion. After Eidoron led the Noise Warriors to destroy the Phoenix Guards, the unity of the entire legion could be said to be completely over. All the people of the Third Legion fell into wantonness, depravity, and indulgence, and their inner selfishness was infinitely magnified. , orders and instructions are regarded as a kind of slavery and shame. It is almost impossible to unite such a group of people. Eidolon can only rely on the chicken feathers given by the original body as arrows to summon warbands scattered across the galaxy. How many warbands can be summoned? It’s hard to say, but time alone may not solve it in a short time, so at least you don’t need to worry about anything for now. In my estimation, at least within ten years in reality, you don’t need to worry about the Third Army. A large-scale attack, so the best solution is to enhance the power of the Eternal Royal Court during this period, and even make it truly become the highest court of the Eldar Tribe, uniting the power of the entire Eldar race. At that time Not to mention the third legion, adding another fourteenth legion may not be a threat."
What Amnak said is correct and his thinking is correct, but considering Soshyan's personal identity and position, it is a little embarrassing.
But he really has no choice, because to save Ida, the mother goddess Isha, he can only use the power of Ada, which also requires him to increase the strength of the Eternal Royal Court.
I don't know why, Soshyan always feels like he has fallen into a routine designed by some being.
But he really had no choice.
