Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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That battle was sealed away by the Eldar's prophets, but it has been passed down through generations. As far as the Eldar of the Ark is concerned, they know about it.

This time, Evelynn's Death Army members plan to seek Starfish's help.

To be precise, it should be "seeking asylum".

If any empire could offer them protection at this point in time, the Eldar, after much deliberation, ultimately set their sights on Seth'thar.

This location is not far from the interior of the galaxy, and its empire possesses a powerful military force, which currently appears capable of rivaling humanity.

Although there is a difference in size, cutting-edge technology can make up for it.

Inside the Grand Hall of the Sessar Empire's Government Affairs...

One of the members of the Death Army, Evelynn, was standing here, bowing respectfully to a starfish.

"Your Excellency Strand Sharpbeak, on behalf of the Eldar Empire, I extend to you my most respectful greetings."

At this moment, Ifreni put away all the pride of their Eldar.

They did not view this starfish empire as if it were a reptile, because they were well aware of the technology and military power it possessed.

"The Eldar? Let me think... which empire is that? Oh right, you're the Eldar Empire in the Milky Way, right?"

"It seems we waged war more than 1 years ago?"

Before the Eldar were corrupted by Slaanesh, the Eldar Empire waged war against the Starfish, so as an immortal being, he knew some of it.

"Although we had already ceased hostilities, our relationship had not been effectively restored. Now that you've suddenly come to find us, what brings you here? I advise you to tell us your plans as soon as possible."

Although the war had ended and a ceasefire agreement had been signed, it did not mean that the starfish had let go of their past grievances. After all, their leaders were immortals, and immortals meant that they still remembered this matter.

The starfish's ancestral warships were extremely valuable. They were used to deal with the Eldar and destroy their own warships, but they also suffered losses.

The loss of each original warship was virtually irreplaceable for the Sea Star Empire, both then and now.

Therefore, Strand Sharpbeak naturally had no goodwill whatsoever towards these Eldar.

Evelynn maintained a respectful demeanor: "Your Majesty, we have indeed come with sincere intentions. The Human Empire is committing genocide against us, and we hope to obtain your nation's protection."

"Humans?" Strand Sharpbeak's tentacles suddenly tensed. "You mean humans?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Evelyn keenly sensed the change in the other's tone, "They recently have a new War General, whose strength is exceptionally powerful..."

Strand Sharpbeak impatiently interrupted Ifreni, repeating, "What race did you just mention? You mean humans?!"

"You mean humans are hunting you down? Are you sure you're talking about humans, and not some other race!?"

"How could that be? If it were really human, your weak empire would have been reduced to ashes by humans long ago."

Why bother chasing them down?

"What do you think your Elven race is? What right do you have to withstand the attacks of humans!"

After ten thousand years, hearing the word "human" again made Strand Sharpbeek unable to contain his emotions.

Humans, those are two words that sound like demons. They turned their starfish into canned goods and sold them throughout the entire starry sea.

They are demons, they are demons!

Chapter 261 You mean that Zhou Qing, that devil, has caught up with us?

Evelyn took a step back, startled by Strand's fierce reaction. She had never seen the starfish ruler so out of control.

"Your Majesty, they are indeed human..." Everene answered cautiously, "I can guarantee with the honor of my Eldar that they are definitely human."

Even the proud Eldar had to treat these starfish with utmost care.

After all, even the Eldar Empire at its peak was defeated by these starfish, let alone now, when they are being hunted by humans and are preparing to live under their roof.

Strand Sharpbeek, hearing the man before him still firmly insist that the other was human, stood up angrily and quickly walked to Evelynn using his two starfish horns.

"You say you encountered humans. What proof do you have to prove to me that they were human, or is it just because you named them human?"

"How could a lowly race like yours possibly withstand a human? If it really is a human, and you still provoked it, then you should be reduced to ashes!"

Strand Sharpbeek looked extremely solemn, his two starfish horns gripping Evelyn's shoulders tightly.

"No, even if I ask you this, you probably won't know what's going on. Never mind, come here and I'll show you some things. Just tell me if the people you encountered were these kinds of humans!"

While questioning Evelynn, Strand Sharpbeak suddenly thought of the naming problem for each race.

Who knows if the humans these ugly Elven race monsters are talking about are the same humans their Starfish Empire encountered before?

To verify this, he decided to take out human-looking objects and let the ugly creatures in front of him see if they were indeed humans.

Strand Sharpbeek used his tentacles to operate the control panel, bringing up a set of holographic images. The images clearly displayed human features.

Humanoid creatures that walk upright, with various skin and hair colors, and wearing different kinds of clothing.

"Look closely," Strand's voice was tense, "this is a human. Is this the kind of creature you've encountered?"

Evelyn scrutinized the image closely, then suddenly gasped, "That's right! It's them! Although their clothing and equipment are different, it's definitely this race!"

She pointed to a research leader in a lab coat in the video: "Especially their commander, his features match this person perfectly!"

"They look exactly alike, except one is a human war commander and the other is a scientist!"

Evelyn recognized Zhou Qing standing among the human crowd at a glance. As a Level 10 scientist of the Human Federation, he was an absolute high-ranking official of the Human Federation, so this scientist was naturally also included in the Starfish's collection.

The starfish in Strand Sharpbeek's body was covered in terror.

"Are you sure? Are you sure this scientist, this guy, exists!"

The appearance of the Human Federation's top-tier Level 10 all-around scientist here—what does that mean? It's self-evident; doesn't it mean that the human army has also arrived?

Does that mean that the Federation of Humanities' top naval commander, Admiral Darius Kyle Kane, has also come?

Whether the naval commander comes or not, Zhou Qing alone is already shocking enough. This guy has even invented starfish canned food!

Why are starfish made into canned food?

It's all thanks to this guy named Zhou Qing who developed a whole set of cooking and breeding methods specifically for their starfish species.

And they successfully turned their people into canned goods!

If Kane was the one who led the human army to defeat the united forces of their various races, forcing the starfish onto the path of defeat...

So Zhou Qing is the one who pioneered the way of eating starfish.

God knows how this guy did his research, but under his research, all their compatriots were directly turned into high-quality livestock in the starry sea.

He actually added delicious traits to their people—is that something a human being could do?!

The starfish canned food tastes so good that even they themselves say it's delicious!

Ah, no, no, how could they possibly eat their own compatriots?

They had never eaten it, but Zhou Qing's heinous crimes against their starfish were obvious to all!

"Are you absolutely certain that the human commander you saw is the same person as the human commander I'm showing you now?!"

Although their future seemed bleak, the starfish tried to confirm one last time to make sure that the ugly creatures on the other side hadn't misunderstood.

Although Evelyn didn't know why the starfish regent opposite her was so afraid of Zhou Qing, since he had already asked, she gave him her most definite answer.

“Your Excellency Regent, I assure you that I have indeed confirmed their appearance; they look exactly alike.”

"I cannot misjudge our enemy's appearance; please trust us."

"I don't know why you would do such a thing, but I suppose there must be some hatred between you and humans. Why don't we join forces and wipe out humanity?"

Evelyn couldn't understand why the starfish were behaving this way, but she could tell from their behavior that they probably had a grudge against humans.

Since these starfish are hostile to humans, there is no doubt that they share common interests. Wouldn't two forces with common interests be able to join forces?

The power of the Sethsar Empire is well-documented by the Eldar. Having such a powerful empire as an ally would make resisting human persecution a piece of cake.

For this reason, Ifreni took the opportunity to propose an alliance.

"Form an alliance against humanity?"

What a joke! They've done this before. Didn't they fight against humanity by forming an alliance with several empires in the Star Sea? And what was the outcome in the end?

Who knows how powerful these humans are? Besides, so many years have passed, and the starfish have no idea how powerful humans have become.

Although the Elven race is said to have decent combat strength, it's actually just so-so. It's not like we haven't fought against the Elven race before. It's ridiculous to think that the Elven race, along with their starfish, can fight against humans!

The so-called Eldar Empire, even at its peak, could not compare to their former allies. They used to be a coalition of dozens of Star Sea Empires, but now it's just the two of them.

More importantly, the starfish has not yet recovered its strength and can only build some small warships. They cannot even build some of the old Titan ships.

For them, every large warship they destroy is one less to lose. With limited military strength, facing their former victors, humanity is courting death!

Strand Sharpbeak repeated what Ifreni had said, and although he thought it was absurd, he did not directly reject the Eldar's request.

"I need to think more about forming an alliance with you."

"Considering that you have provided me with such important intelligence, I will not abandon you after using you."

"Hannimurba, take our guest away to a place suitable for her to live in, and let her rest for a while."

Chapter 262 Is the 1-year peaceful life finally coming to an end again?

Starfish are not the kind of creatures that abandon their allies after using them. This Eldar seems to have some understanding of humans, so it will become a valuable source of intelligence.

Therefore, it's not a problem for the starfish to let the Eldar representative settle down properly first. The arrival of humans is too astonishing, and they must gather intelligence.

“Your Excellency…” Evelyn wanted to say something, but Strand Sharpbeek clearly had no intention of giving him the chance and instead interrupted him directly.

"You must have had a long journey to get here. Go down and rest for a while. We will give you an answer after we have discussed it."

"Alright," Evelynn had no choice but to obediently follow, and went down with the two starfish guards who had already stepped forward.

Although these starfish are shaped like a five-pointed star, this does not mean that their combat power is low; in fact, their combat power is quite considerable.

Although Evelyn had some confidence in her fighting ability, it was clear that this was not the time to clash with Starfish.

They came seeking the starfish's protection, and although the starfish didn't directly agree to their request for an alliance, their actions effectively granted them a degree of shelter. At least they agreed to let them live there, didn't they?

Evelynn eventually retreated with the Starfish Guards, and the Death Spirits who had come with her were also settled.

As an interstellar civilization, the Starfish Empire was not worried about what these Eldar could do to them; they were not worthy or qualified.

As Evelynn was being taken away by the Starfish Guards, she happened to run into Nord, who was rushing back.