Chapter 689, Karona's Story

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"The first, when the stars lined up in the wrong place, the evil and filthy Rat was preparing to bring its plague and destruction to Lustria, and they were hiding in the rainforest near the eternal city of Oxo in the south. Within, I will send an army to assist you in destroying those Skavens, and Sotek's great prophet Tehenhauin and his army of snake gods will also join the battle."

"Secondly, recently there was a hot-blooded species with a group of subordinates who often robbed our convoy on the Spine of Sotek to expel or destroy these hot-blooded species. If possible, it doesn't matter if they are recruited."

"Go, Son of the Old One, may the light of Potek cover you." Crocker closed his eyes after saying these words, and it signaled Fulgrim to go out, and the temple guards and Skink priests immediately came up , ready to take Fulgen out.

"One last question." Fulgrim ignored the temple guards and Skink Priest, he looked at Crocker: "I have one more question to ask."

"Finish." Crocker opened his eyes again, and the temple guards and Skink Priest stepped back a few steps.

"Is there any hope for the future?"

"Hope always exists."

Ten minutes later, Fulgan came out of the Great Pyramid. He walked down the Great Pyramid slowly by himself, watching the hundreds of laser beams shooting towards the entire sky in Itaza, and remained silent. Whether it was Julius It was Master Jin who tried to come up to ask Fulgan's situation, and Fulgar waved his hand to let him think about it first.

Seeing the head of the army like this, the whole army knew that Fulgrim must have learned some important news, and everyone left time and space for Fulgrim to camp in Itaza with the lizardmen.

From a human point of view, Lord Crocker's attitude towards Fulgrim is unavoidable. The emperor used his own power to help Crocker resurrect, and he took a lot of responsibility for it. Attrition, he also helped the Lizardmen purify all the contaminated hatching pools, and even left Fulgrim to assist the Lizardmen.

Crocker's attitude was surprisingly indifferent. It first told Fulgrim that the Emperor had never been as invincible and powerful as you imagined, and then clearly told him that you were not qualified to know the grand plan, and then clearly stated that this was just a A deal, and then tell Fulgan that I have a task for you, do it quickly.

Very nonchalant, right?

But Fulgen deeply understands, what is the logic of cold-blooded species? This is cold-blooded logic. From the perspective of the Slane Devil Toads, the big plan is the only thing worthy of their attention and efforts. In order to protect this world shaped by the Old Sage, the Slann Devil Toads are willing to give everything. Including life, they don't know what gratitude is,

As long as it is beneficial to the big plan, they will do it. If it is harmful to the big plan, they will destroy the creatures that hinder the big plan. This is cold-blooded logic. The favorability is meaningless to lizard people.

Don't use human logic to set lizard people's thinking, just like mortals can never understand the thoughts and power of gods.

But Fulgan can still extract a lot of information from it. He doesn't know what the "big plan" is, but he knows that Crocker's understanding of the big plan is undoubtedly deeper, and he also shared part of it with the Emperor. Knowing that the Emperor approved of the grand plan, or at least part of the grand plan, the two sides had the basis for an alliance, which led to the alliance between Fulgrim and the Lizardmen.

So the question is, what exactly is the "big plan" going to do?

Every time Fulgan thinks about this problem, he feels a headache. He always feels that he is close to guessing the end point countless times, but these insignificant results will be overthrown soon. What is the truth and core of the grand plan? Today he finally overcomes Rock got the answer here, that is "unknowable".

Good, so I'm a total tool guy, Fulgan smiled self-deprecatingly after he figured everything out.

Father's tool man.

The Primarch, the Emperor's Son, did not feel sorry for himself because of this. He knew that he owed the Emperor, if he hadn't fallen at an extremely fast speed during the Horus Rebellion and killed Ferus with his own hands, and then seriously injured Guilliman. , maybe the situation will not become so bad at all, he owes a lot, at least he now has a chance to redeem himself.

In the ancient building not far from the Great Pyramid of Itaza, the soldiers of the Ash Legion are stationed here, and the Skink Priest sent a detailed map.

Due to Fulgen's absence, Golden Mage Karim, Julius, Deputy Legion Chief Fernando Pirazzo and others gathered together. They spread the map on the table and pointed their fingers at the west of the Great Forest Sea. On the "Sotek Ridge" mountain range, Fernando Pirazzo said in a muffled voice: "According to the information of the Lizardmen, there is a group of short, warm-blooded species who occupy the mountain and become kings on the Sotek Ridge Mountain Range, and they have started to Looting and plundering, but because the main force of the lizardmen is trying to recover more temple cities and fighting the Skaven army in the south, there is no way to pay attention to this group of blood for the time being."

"Short... hot-blooded?" Julius frowned.

The expedition knight suddenly felt that he was too small. In the magnificent city of the lizard man's temple, Julius truly realized the power of the legendary ancient race, the laser that pierced the sky, the tyrannosaurus several meters high, and There are tens of thousands of lizardmen army, all telling the ancient and glorious history of the Old One.

It strengthened his faith that his lady would not have put him here for no reason.

"Speaking of short, hot-blooded species, there is only..." Mage Jin touched his beard, and several generals turned their heads together, looking in a certain direction of the camp.

"?" The halfling Harpy was wearing a tall white chef's hat, spreading spices and salt on a dinosaur thigh, and the two halflings were struggling to shake the grill, and there was a burst of noise coming from above the grill. The fragrance, the halfling's cooking level has been recognized by everyone, Habi saw a few people looking at him, and smiled: "Gentlemen, there is still a while before the meal, don't worry, delicious food will not be because of Urge and ripen faster."

"I don't think it's a halfling." Pedro, the first company commander of the Ash Legion, shook his head wryly. "It's not impossible for halflings to appear in Lustria, but they prefer to steal rather than rob."

"I also think that halflings don't have such ambitions. Protesting against unreasonable taxes and demanding citizenship is the limit of what they can do." Pirazzo also nodded: "Then, since they are not halflings, the only possibility is ..."

"It's dwarves, and a group of high-tech dwarves!" Fulgan appeared.

"Legion Commander!" Everyone stood at attention and saluted, clearing the way for Fulgrim, and the Commander of the Ashes Legion calmly walked to the front of the map: "It's a dwarf, and it's an elite dwarf squad. An advanced war machine that even has a squad of dwarven rotorcraft!"

"The commander of the legion means..." Master Jin had already thought of Fulgan's thoughts.

"The holy alliance between the empire and the dwarves has gone through more than two thousand years. No matter how you say it, the bearded ones will at least give humans a chance to communicate." Fulgan said with a smile. Dazzling like a god, even his words and every expression can convince the soldiers: "As long as I find a way to find these dwarves, I will have a way to make them join us willingly, I promise .”

"But... Legion Commander, we are not an empire." Julius was hesitant to speak, obviously Ryan's uncle had a lot of doubts about whether he could persuade the dwarves, and Britannia's relationship with the dwarves in history was only It can be regarded as improvised, and there have been conflicts. As long as there is friction between Brittania and the empire, the dwarves of the gray mountains and the black mountains must stand on the side of the empire.

"Who says we're not an empire?" Fulgrim stood up, his voice full of absolute confidence: "What is the symbol of the empire? The golden double-headed eagle, the skull, the emperor? The emperor is obviously followed by Guilliman, Guilliman After that, it will be me, Fulgen!"

"In this world, I am the empire!"

...... I am the dividing line between the real empire and the fake country......

The Legion of Ashes will be stationed in Itaza for a short time, and then immediately set out to go to the Sotek Ridge Mountains. As for the south, the Snake Legion led by the Snake Prophet Tehenhauin has already fought the Skaven in Oxo It has been several months, and there have been casualties on both sides. It seems that the Skavens want to create something underground. Fulgrim finally decided to get rid of the dwarves first. Besides, he and his legion need dwarf technology and weapons too much. , he cannot always rely on importing advanced firearms and war machines from the old world.

After nightfall, the camp where the Legion of Ashes was stationed also fell into silence. The light from the Pyramid of the Old One lit up the dark night sky, and both the stars and the moon trembled under the original power of the Old One.

Along the way, Carona kept her own place and followed the Legion of Ashes obediently, and after Itaza completed the task of delivering the slate, inevitably, Fulgrim's Phoenix guards thought the task had been completed, so they relaxed their vigilance Finally, the wood elf princess finally found an opportunity to sneak out of the camp relying on her concealment ability and super night vision ability.

It's time for the princess to show her skills! Karona couldn't help jumping for joy, she secretly took back her dagger, and left the camp along the planned path.

"Princess Karona, where do you want to go at this late hour?" Just when Karona was about to succeed, a gentle voice suddenly sounded beside her. Fulgan was carrying a Sotek spear on his back, and a gold medal was hung on his waist. Power Sword Glory looked at Alaros' daughter playfully: "Didn't we negotiate the terms, you want to follow us, can't you leave?"

"Ah, it's you, strange uncle!" The wood elf princess felt her heart pounding when she saw Forgan. Forgen was so handsome and beautiful. The strange uncle's face was like a jade carving with distinct features and edges. The horned face is extremely handsome, and the inadvertent light in his eyes is not to be underestimated. With silver-white and soft long hair parted in the middle, a pair of slender eyes under sword eyebrows seem to be able to speak, and people will fall into it if they are not careful. Karona blushed: "I... I will go for a walk, can't I?"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, it is too dangerous for you to go for a walk alone, I suggest that you need a companion." Fulgan said calmly, "Otherwise, if there is an accident, it is inconvenient for me to ask my brother Ryan and your father Ala Ross confessed."

"Hmph! You are such a weird person. I want to take a walk. What does it have to do with you? This proposal of yours is clearly to take advantage of someone's danger!" Princess Wood Elf looked at Fulgrim viciously: "Eisley will not accept your threat, I wouldn't walk with a man!"

"Don't worry, Your Royal Highness, I have naturally considered this situation." Fulgan clapped his hands, and more than 20 soldiers of the Ash Legion immediately appeared around him, and they all looked at Karona with green eyes: "So it's okay to walk with more than twenty men?"

"You, you, perverted uncle, what do you want to do?!" Karona took two steps back in fright.

"I have always respected you, Miss Carona, now you can choose, do you want to walk with more than twenty men? Or do you just want me to follow you?"

Karona's face turned pale, and she could feel the wolf-like eyes looking back and forth at her body, just like a real feeling, the wood elf princess gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and finally could only say: "... Then, just... just forget it, you perverted uncle! Are you happy?"

"Very good." The crowd dispersed, leaving behind Fulgan and Carona. They walked along the avenue of Itaza under the bright night sky. Carona knew that she couldn't hide her thoughts from Fulgrim Simply walk quickly towards the emerald pool.

"You have always cared about this pool." Fulgan followed Karona, and he asked softly, "Is this related to your coming to Lustria?"

"..." Carona remained silent.

"It seems that I guessed it right, so let me guess again. It's not a coincidence that we met you. Your goal from the beginning was to enter Itaza, right?" Fulgan continued to ask: "Why? Why do you, a wood elf, appear here? And you still try to get into Itza? For the emerald pool?"

Karona still didn't speak, and her steps became faster and faster, until both of them were close to the emerald pool, hundreds of meters wide, covering a huge area, and the sparkling pool was full of lotus leaves and aquatic plants, There are also some amphibians, and there is huge life energy in the pool, but when Karona wanted to get closer, a powerful magic barrier stopped her: "Damn, uncle, hurry up and let them Open the barrier, I have important things to do."

Fulgrim looked at the wood elf princess with the expression of looking at a fool.

"Please, strange uncle, I really need the power of this pool! Please, help me once, I am willing to do anything!" Seeing that Forgan disagreed, Carona immediately changed her attitude , she begged repeatedly: "Only in this way can I be redeemed. I swear, everything I do is not for myself!"

Forgan still shook his head: "No, unless you tell me everything."

The face of the wood elf princess kept changing. For a while, she looked anxiously at the emerald pool that was not far away but could not be touched, and for a while looked at the determined Fulgrim with angry eyes, secretly put her hand into her bosom, and held it. The handle of the dagger seems to be planning to choose between a desperate fight and a helpless compromise.

Fulgrim stared at her too, waiting for her choice.

Finally, Karona let out a long sigh, and she let go of the dagger: "Okay, I'll tell you everything, strange uncle."

"I came to Lustria because of the oracle of the mother goddess Isa, and only the power of the emerald pool can save me, and the reason I seek salvation is because of the God of Hunting, Kunos. anger."

"Very well, let's continue, why did you incur the wrath of the Hunting God?" Forgan was still very calm.

"I fell in love with a wild cavalry subordinate to Orion, the wild cavalry named Athelin."

"Acelin broke his oath. The Wild Cavalry should have given up all the secular ties with the mortal world, but he not only fell in love with me and stuck to this love, but also told me about the Wild Cavalry. secret."

"The angry hunting god turned Athelin into a stag. Because of my father's pleading, Kunos did not send divine punishment to me. He used a more terrifying way to retaliate against me. During a hunt, He guided I personally hunted and killed my lover, and that’s not enough, Kunos will keep bringing Athelin back to life, making him repeat the pain of being hunted and reborn forever in reincarnation.”

After hearing this, Fulgan was not surprised at all. From the legends and stories he had read about the elves and gods, it can be seen that most of the elves take pleasure in torturing and playing with their followers. Only the goddess of the moon, Lily, A few gods, such as Si and the God of Wisdom, are relatively reliable, but they are not the main gods: "So, you want to borrow the power of the emerald pool?"

"No, Ishato dreamed it to me, she said she couldn't stop Kunos' anger, but she could free Athelin's soul, just, just perform an Isha ritual by the emerald pool of the Old One , so that Aserin’s soul can be at peace forever.” Carona simply finished the story: “Uncle Wei, can you help me with this? Please.”

"I can help you, but why should I help you?" Fulgrim was indifferent.

"I, I will repay you!" Karona was very unhappy in her heart, she pouted: "Didn't I say that, I will do everything."

"Well, I have a condition." Forgan said: "If you agree, I will help you."

"explain."

"I need you……"