Just like before, we arrive in the middle of nowhere. This time, we arrived at the peak of a snowy mountain. According to my vision, Angron will arrive here, and the Eldars will arrive just after she leaves her pod.
"She will be here. Our sister will arrive here."
Kassandra suddenly says that while she looks to the sky. I nod my head and look at Petra, who nods back at me. She is carrying a massive backpack-like device that contains all the tools she needs to create anything she wants.
With a flick of her hand, two drones come out of the device and start converting the matter around us into energy.
Kassandra immediately takes a recon duty and turns on her stealth suit. Aside from looking into the future, she is a master of scouting and information-gathering. Alongside Ana, the two of them become my eyes in the distance.
I look at Aurelia, who looks around nervously, and I can feel her need to do anything. I smile at her and say.
"Come on, Aurelia. While the others do their job, we need to make sure our sister feels welcome. Help me make food."
She looked at me for a second before smiling so brightly that her body radiated golden light.
"Yes, Lord Brother!"
"Call me Theo, sis."
"Brother Theo."
"Good. Come on. I will show you how to cook."
The two of us bring out the portable kitchen we prepared, and I start to show Aurelia how to cook. The little girl was eager to learn and follow every word I said to her. It is after fifteen minutes that our cooking time gets interrupted by Petra, who walks toward me with eyes that beg for my approval. Her face might look like a picture-perfect poker face, but her eyes are like an open book to me.
Behind her is a mansion-sized (for normal humans) shelter. It looks beautiful and is also very durable. It combines practical and aesthetic.
With a smile, I pat her head and give her a hug. Aurelia chuckled at the sight of her sister smiling. Petra turns her head around, but the smile is still on her face.
"Good job, Petra. Thank you for your good work."
"En. It is easy."
"Will you put some defense on the shelter?"
She turns around and frowns a little. She nods her head and says.
"It is an oversight. I shall fortify the shelter."
"You do that. However, make sure not to go too far, okay? We are here only for a few days."
"I understand."
Petra returns to do her work while Aurelia and I are busy cooking food for us. Because of our Primarch physiology, we eat more than regular humans. That is why it will take time to complete the food.
After hours of work, the food is ready and just in time, as Kassandra and Ana return from their recon duty, and Petra is done fortifying the shelter, now a small fortress, complete with a wall and an automatic turret. She created more drones to help her.
I pat her head one more time and carry the food inside. We take the food to the dining hall, where the others force me to sit in the biggest chair, and the others sit in front of me.
As we start to eat, I look at Kassandra and say.
"How is the recon, Kassandra?"
"This planet is full of Barbarians."
With a wave of her hand, she shows me what they find in their recon duty. I watch as people cheer at the gladiators killing each other in such a gory manner. I really need to teach my sisters what things can be shown on the dining table.
I release a sigh and say.
"What about technology? What kind of technology do these people have?"
I want to know what kinds of technology they have, so we can make it easier to liberate this world. This time, it is Ana who is waving her hand.
"The planet is a mix of high-tech and low-tech worlds. The high-ranking individuals on this planet hold powerful weapons. The initial scan indicates they possess laser- and plasma-based weaponry. As for vehicles, they mostly use bikes, while their heavy vehicles are stored inside their fortress. I think there is an STC fragment that allows them to produce a light tank using low-level metal."
"Right. Then it will be relatively easy to conquer this world."
I look to the side and see Petra already creating a plan to conquer this planet from the information Ana and Kassandra gather.
"Petra, do you want to be the one conquering this planet?"
She looks at me with wide eyes and immediately says.
"Can I?"
"Of course. Train hard, and when you are ready, you will be the one leading the army to conquer this planet."
She looks at me for a few seconds before nodding her head. I can see fire inside her eyes, blazing with determination.
"Yes. I shall train hard and prepare."
I nod and let her type something into her portable computer. I look at Kassandra and say.
"When do you think the Eldars will arrive?"
"38 hours of Terra Time."
"I see. That is good."
With that amount of time, I can train my sister and push their growth a little bit more.
== Line Break ==
I look to the sky. I can feel and hear it coming. I can hear the rumbling of the pod flying through the warp and feel the warp presence thickening in the area. After a few minutes of waiting, a rift opens up in the sky.
It is massive, and the color around the rift attracts a lot of attention. Ah, that is why the slavers of this world know about Angron. Someone manipulates his landing and makes sure the slavers arrive when the Eldars weaken him.
After another five seconds, I can see the pod coming out of the rift and flying to the ground at high speed. I raise my hand and stop the momentum while also breaking the thick malevolent energy around the pod.
I can hear a scream of anger and murder from the energy before it dissipates because of my Blank power. I sneer a little as the energy from the warp tries to lash out at me. With a flex of my will, I forcefully close the rift and smile in satisfaction at the frustration and anger from the Warp.
Khorne might be impossible to hurt and kill in the Warp, but he has limited power in Realspace. As long as the Great Rift is not created, they will have a hard time directly influencing my sisters.
It is only through the influence of the servants of Chaos that my sisters are able to get corrupted.
With me here, I will make sure it does not happen.
I use my psychic power to set the pod down on the ground gently. I can feel my sister inside the pod, and she is already 130 cm (~4,2 feet) tall. I can also feel that the pod is in total failure. It will open up any moment now.
And as if going uninvited, I feel a group of people entering my psychic range. They are coming here fast, and I am not the only one who notices them. Ana and my sisters also notice them. They take on a battle stance and prepare to defend our new sister.
I take a deep breath and also prepare to fight. I hold my sword tightly and prepare my Gauss Rifle in case they immediately attack us.
It only takes seconds before we can see a group of Eldars riding what look like grav-bikes. Each bike has three Eldars, and there are twelve of them. They stop not too far away from us, and one of them steps away from the bike.
"Who are you, Xenos?!"
I step forward and roar. I flare up my Primarch aura and see them flinch in my presence. At first, they look like someone who knows they will win, and now they look like people who encounter a pack of lions.
"We are here to kill the Red Angels and prevent the destruction of our race."
The leader of the Eldar speaks with his tongue, but my Perks and Powers allow me to understand the language. I cannot yet speak it, but I understand it.
"Then leave. We have already changed the book of fate. The Red Angel will no longer be born. Inside that pod is my sister, Furina, and not the Red Angel. If you still want to kill her, you need to fight your way to reach her."
I swing down my sword and activate the power function, creating a blue lightning effect around the blade of my sword.
I watch them hesitate and feel something swift inside of them. They are accessing their power and looking through the Warp. After a few seconds of silence, the leader takes the helmet, and I can see a beautiful woman looking at me.
Her crystal blue eyes look me right in the eyes.
"You… you are someone outside the Book of Destiny."
"Yes. I am the Outsider who will try his hardest to prevent what is to come in the future."
"Will you protect us from what is to come?"
"If your people follow the rule I made, I shall protect you and your people from She Who Thirsts."
I can feel the weight of the name. Slaanesh was born not too long ago. His power still holds strong in the Realspace, and it looks like mentioning even his title will attract his attention. I need to be careful about this.
"Do it. We are the Asuryani of Kuil-Taann. We've seen our future. We've seen what we will become. We know this is the greatest gamble our race needs to take. If we kill the Red Angel, we shall gain the chance to escape from the gaze of HER. Now, you are here. You who break the Book of Destiny. Break us from our destiny, and we will be yours to command."
I blink for a second at her offer. I-I do not expect this to happen. Should I accept them? On the one hand, they are great allies to have. They were the former rulers of the galaxy, after all. They can also be a great teacher for Kassandra and Aurelia in controlling their psychic powers.
On the other hand… The Emperor will throw a hissy fit when he notices there is a group of Eldars sitting somewhere in my kingdom. You know what? Fuck it. Space Elves FTW.
"Very well! Welcome to our little family!"
After I say that, my presence explodes, putting them on their guard. However, instead of firing, I can hear them gasp as my powers enter their bodies and souls. As my power connected to them, the effect is immediate.
I can feel their souls connected to my [Artificial Heaven], and it severed the connection between them and Slaanesh. Not only that, but because of their stronger tie to the Warp, the effect of the [Eternal Flame] gets stronger.
Their souls now become a beautiful golden flame that roars in defiance of the darkness of the Warp. Its golden hue is also combined with an obsidian color, as they are now a contradiction of life. They are creatures of Psychich, but also wield the power of the Soulless.
"This is proof that you have become part of our family. Don't make me regret this, Eldars."
"We have sworn to you. You help us, and now our loyalty is yours to command. Point us at anything you want, and we shall fulfill it."
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