Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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“It doesn’t matter if a few of our old buddies die, but our entire race cannot perish.”

“A few of us will stay here, while we send some of our finest leaders with us to places far from the galaxy to rebuild our empire and forget our hatred.”

"Regardless of our victory or defeat, they can form a new empire and say goodbye to our past. Even if we fail, when humans discover them, perhaps they will spare them from slaughter because they only look like us?"

"Although the Human Federation is like a mad dog, they are still reasonable after all."

Strand's last words were something even he himself didn't believe: that the Human Federation at least had a sense of reason.

If those humans were reasonable, their starfish wouldn't have been swept away so thoroughly, leaving only them to escape to this strange universe and eke out a living here.

But even so, what could he do? If they failed and the main force of the Human Federation really came, then they could only hope that humans would still be reasonable.

Regardless, as regent, he had to leave a glimmer of hope for the entire race, no matter how weak or humble that hope was!

Nord and Hannimurba expressed their support for their old friend's words.

That's true. These old guys are dead and that's it, but the entire race can't just become food for humans. They have to do their part to ensure the continuation of the race.

"I'll help you. Don't I handle most of the domestic affairs? No problem, I'll help you with this."

Hannimurba was the first to speak out.

"Me too, I'll help you too. At least for the next few years, we shouldn't have any conflict with humans. I'll find out about these humans first before deciding how to retaliate."

Nord certainly wanted to launch a counterattack against humanity immediately, but their so-called counterattack actually depended on hope.

They should first determine whether Zhou Qing is alone, and not followed by a fleet from the Human Federation.

Acting rashly will only make their counterattack look like a joke.

The three-person meeting is over. Of the six starfish here, the remaining three have no objections to the leaders' decision.

The remaining three starfish that did not voice their opinions were clearly prepared to follow their leader's orders and ignore everything else.

After their discussion ended, the psionic energy that had enveloped them was removed.

The starfish have a fear of humans, a fear that makes them look extremely wretched. Although the Eldar on the other side seemed to have realized something, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.

However, this does not mean that they are willing to let an outsider see their predicament, especially since their physical form is relatively similar to that of humans.

Evelynn's appearance cannot be described as very similar to a human, but it is similar enough to make the starfish feel uneasy.

“Evelenei, we believe your request and proposal for an alliance are feasible, but all of this must first be based on the condition of humanity, just as you said.”

“We need the most detailed intelligence on humanity. In addition, I need your cooperation to obtain the most detailed intelligence on humanity. The intelligence needs to be obtained by us starfish ourselves, not just by you.”

"Of course, to show our sincerity in cooperating with you, you can have all your Death Army personnel come to our world for refuge. I will allocate a planet specifically for you as your place of refuge."

Strand presented Evelynn with their starfish conditions, which were more of a blatant threat than a condition.

They say they want the Death Army to live in a world and give them a world as a place to rest, but isn't that just a way of taking the other lords of the Death Army hostage?

This is a blatant threat, or rather, a complete lack of trust in the Eldar. If Ifreni were to play any tricks or schemes, all Eldar would die because of him.

"You can consider rejecting my proposal, but I think you should be clear about the consequences of rejection. We will not allow ourselves to be deceived."

Chapter 270 Are you insane?! You actually want to assassinate Zhou Qing?!

"Very well! Thank you for providing a place of refuge for our Spirit Clan."

Evelyn chose to agree to Starfish's request. Just as Starfish had said, she didn't really have a choice; she only had one path to take: to agree to Starfish's request.

These starfish really mean it when they say they're going to fight; they never joke around with anything.

At this time, they were already facing pursuit by humans, and even the space necromancers were providing humans with a large amount of intelligence and information.

If these starfish were to join the hunt for the Eldar, there is no doubt that they would have no chance of survival.

"Very good! Rest assured, we will not treat you unfairly. However, when it comes to cooperation, we should reassure each other, shouldn't we?"

"In the world we provide for you, we will offer you the necessary supplies and equipment, while also meeting your Eldar's living requirements. This is our way of showing our sincerity."

"However, we have shown our sincerity, and you have also shown your sincerity. But you can't stay for free. You must hand over 15% of the materials you produce to us."

"At the same time, you must agree to select members of the Eldar from your Death Army to infiltrate human territory with us and find out about their situation."

Strand was very satisfied with Evelynn's actions, knowing how to proceed and what choices to make.

However, it was clear that this was not enough to satisfy him. If Evelynn could obtain a world from the starfish with just this, then they would have made a huge profit.

The Eldar do have some advantages and unique characteristics.

Eldar troops, when properly equipped, are adept at infiltration warfare.

Therefore, sending these Eldar with them to gather intelligence in human territory is naturally the best option.

"I can grant your request!"

Evelyn didn't hesitate at all and immediately agreed.

There was no reason to hesitate. Although handing over some resources to the starfish would make them feel humiliated as if they had become vassals, the Eldar had no other choice.

In this situation, they can only rely on starfish to keep going; this is the bitter fruit of their own making. Having already agreed to be monitored, it's not advisable to have another one.

As for sending people to act alongside the starfish troops, there's not much to say about that. Of course, the Death Army would send its own people; otherwise, they wouldn't even know if they were betrayed by these starfish.

"I can agree to all your requests, but I also have two requests that I hope you will agree to!"

Evelyn agreed to all the demands, but she also had her own demands. After agreeing to all the demands, she chose to state her own.

"You said..." Strand was in a good mood because Evelynn had been quite sensible and had agreed to his requests one after another, so he didn't mind granting a few of the monkey's requests.

"We can send troops to fight alongside you, but I demand that you provide our people with the best equipment. We don't have many people, and we cannot let them die in vain!"

"This is our bottom line. If you squander the lives of our people, our race will perish anyway. Since we will perish anyway, there is no need to form an alliance with you."

"Of course we will provide you with the best equipment, just like our royal guards. This is not unacceptable. I have met your requirements."

Evelynn's request wasn't unreasonable, and agreeing to it wouldn't be a problem. Besides, they never intended to use these Eldar as cannon fodder.

"I have agreed to your first request, so now you can tell me what your second request is."

"I want you to send people to create an opportunity to assassinate Zhou Qing together with our Death God Army!"

Evelynne uttered her second demand word by word, her words brimming with barely suppressed rage.

"You are crazy!"

"Do you even know who Zhou Qing is? You actually want to assassinate him? Have you lost your mind?!"

It was none other than Nord who spoke.

Evelynn's second request startled Starfish.

What a joke! Assassinate Zhou Qing? Are you still half asleep? How could you even say something so idiotic?

"I'm giving you a chance to speak again. Tell me what you just said? Who did you want to assassinate?"

Evelyn, who usually seems to be quite pragmatic, did not change her words this time, but instead continued to speak slowly and deliberately.

"I told you I need you to send people and equip them to assassinate Zhou Qing. I want to kill him. If it weren't for him, our Spirit Clan wouldn't be in this state!"

"This shouldn't have happened. Everything should have been under the control of our Eldar prophets!!"

"It's all because of this guy named Zhou Qing. If it weren't for him, none of this would have happened. I'm going to kill him."

Her voice was as cold as if it were frosted.

But all the Starfish Immortals could hear just how determined this guy was, and it was precisely this determination that made Nord and the others utter two words.

Strand looked at Evelynn as if she were a madwoman and said this.

"I think you've really gone mad, actually trying to assassinate Zhou Qing. Do you even know who he is? You think you can succeed in assassinating him?"

"He is a level 10 scientist, a national treasure. How do you think you managed to assassinate such a national treasure?"

"Do you know that guy is the scientist most valued by the Emperor of the Human Federation? He is protected by the Imperial Guard year-round, and when necessary, the human star sector fleet can be mobilized immediately to protect him as the highest priority!"

"I can tell you that the last Star Sea Empire that encountered that bastard Zhou Qing and attacked his research ship has already been reduced to ashes by the human army!"

"That race from the Star Sea Empire didn't even qualify to be canned; they were directly eliminated and purified by humans!"

"Do you understand? A Starsea Empire with trillions of people was wiped out in just one year! They didn't even have the chance to be canned or released into the Starsea 'population' market!"

"You actually want to make a move on someone like that? Are you crazy?"

Chapter 271 If we were to assassinate Zhou Qing, then we would only be able to go down a dark path.

"I don't know anything about what you're talking about, but let me tell you, I'm not joking at all. I'm going to assassinate Zhou Qing!"

Although Strand had already explained to Evelyn the consequences of assassinating Zhou Qing and the outcomes of previous attempts on the subject,

But Evelynn remained steadfast in her stance.

"You're insane, utterly insane! Your race will be completely destroyed because of this idea!"

Seeing that the other party was still so stubborn and seemed to have no intention of changing his mind, Strand couldn't help but say this.

"Crazy? You mean I'm crazy? Yes, I've been crazy for a long time, I've been crazy for a long time!"

Evelynne's emotions crumbled at this moment, and she screamed hoarsely, "I've already gone completely insane. Humans have never wanted us to have a good life. Why shouldn't I assassinate him?"

"If it weren't for him, things wouldn't have turned out this way. If everything hadn't been within our plans, things wouldn't have become so terrible!"

"I'm going to kill him, no matter how terrible you tell me it is."

"The struggle between us and humanity has long been an irreconcilable one-sided struggle."

The way you're saying it makes it sound like if I don't do this, humanity will spare my race?

No! They won't. Their goal is to exterminate us!

Evelynn has gone a bit crazy, but what he said is indeed true. Even if she didn't assassinate Zhou Qing, based on what they did to the 108 worlds of the Misty Starfield, the entire Spirit Race would only face extinction.

The conflict is already irreconcilable. Since the final destination is complete destruction by humanity anyway, why not take a gamble?

Seeing that the Immortal Leaders of the Starfish were clearly frightened by his proposal and even regarded him as a madman, Evelynn realized that he had to explain the situation to these guys again.

"If we don't get rid of Zhou Qing, with his terrifying research and development capabilities, he will soon produce more new warships, and then there will be no victory to speak of."

"You just said it yourself, it's a national treasure, the greatest treasure of humankind. With its scientific research capabilities, just think about what would happen if it still existed!"

Evelynn explained the situation to several of the immortals on the starfish.