The Emperor’s Angel of Death

#3372 - Key to the End

Chapter 3375: The Key of Ending

When Anivia saw Veronica, she immediately showed obvious and intense emotions. Veronica seemed to sense her emotions as well, and whispered in Soshjan's ear:

"Put me down first."

Soshjan then put his wife down. Veronica walked slowly forward, and Anivia's huge body took a few steps forward, then bent her legs, lowered her head, as if she was lying completely in front of Veronica.

"Have you been waiting for me?"

Veronica walked up to her, reached out and gently stroked her head. Anivia let out a soft, mournful whimper, and occasionally touched Veronica's abdomen lightly with her beak.

".Don't be afraid, he is also your father, it's okay."

After that, Veronica stopped whispering, just silently watching Anivia, as if engaging in some kind of silent communication.

After a long time, she retracted her arm, and Anivia stood up and turned her gaze to Soshjan.

"Eternal Father, please forgive my caution, it is really because this matter is too important."

Just as her unique voice, with a sense of fragmentation, sounded in Soshjan's mind, something surrounded by precious light slowly rose from the cold spring and floated in front of Soshjan.

"My duty can finally be fulfilled."

Soshjan took a closer look and found that it was a stalagmite, or a short spear?

Because its shape was too simple, it seemed like a stick simply polished from rock, with a sharp front end and a smooth rear end, and it was almost transparent.

"This is."

When Soshjan reached out to hold it, it disappeared.

No, or rather, it became a part of Soshjan.

Staring at his palm, Soshjan was full of confusion, and then looked at Anivia.

"What is this?"

"The Key of Ending."

"What is its function?"

"It is the purest death, the purest life, the fulcrum that returns everything to the origin."

Soshjan frowned, he really didn't like this way of explaining.

"Is it a weapon?"

"If you intend to use it that way, it can be, but it is not recommended."

"If it's not a weapon, then what is it?"

"The key to opening the gate of heaven."

"The gate of heaven? The space where the ancient Eldar gods were?"

Hearing this, Soshjan had a guess in his mind, and then asked:

"Where is it?"

"I don't know either. The Eternal Father asked me to guard this thing and wait for it to be reborn."

"So... Khaine really is Asuryan. My guess is confirmed. He created an avatar that even his own kind could not recognize. Why?"

Anivia didn't answer, maybe she really didn't know, or maybe she didn't want to say.

Veronica walked to Soshjan's side and gently took his arm.

"These are not important anymore, now it's just you and me."

After speaking, she looked at Anivia.

"Anivia, summon the kings, they must be getting impatient."

When the two returned to the main hall, all the doors had been opened, and the dome at the top of the hall had become an open-air state like blooming petals. Anivia, with her wings retracted, stood on the branch-like main support structure, as if guarding her nest.

Then the eternal handmaidens holding weapons walked in. When they wanted to put up the curtain again, Veronica stopped them. She didn't want to make herself seem too mysterious, so the handmaidens lined up on both sides of the hall, and Lorena led the eighteen hunt kings into the hall.

Although they were the leaders of the savage world, they were not the kind of very wild image. Everyone was wearing very classical robes and formal dresses. Soshjan had only seen this kind of shape on some relics from the ancient Eldar Empire. Simply put, the men wore armor inside, with wide-sleeved robes outside, many ring-shaped ornaments on the belt, short hair tied in a bun on the head, and tied with jade hoops, while the women wore long water-sleeved skirts, silk ribbons around the waist, many delicate ornaments, and a cape woven with pearls, and the hairstyle was very unique. The long hair was divided into two strands, tied into a ring with silk threads, towering on the top of the head or on both sides of the head to form a symmetrical double ring. Soshjan mentioned this shape when chatting with Dorar. Dorar said that this ancient hairstyle can be traced back to the Third Dynasty, which may be more than 40 million years ago. It is said to be imitating the most common image of the dream goddess Lilith. Later, it gradually disappeared with the development of the times. It basically disappeared about 10 million years ago. Only some extremely ancient nobles would let their family's unmarried women comb this hairstyle.

From this, it can be seen that the culture of the Heror Kingdom is essentially different from other savage kingdoms. They have never actively pursued "primitive life" and abandoned the original advanced technology, just because they were separated from the group too early, which led to most of their technology being in a relatively primitive state. However, with the help of relatively rare exchanges and trade, they barely guaranteed the iteration of technology and maintained a civilized world.

After the eighteen hunt kings came in, there were no extra complications, because Anivia had already made a decision, so they, as the hunt kings who served the world's soul, could not have any objections, and directly swore allegiance to Veronica and Soshjan - although they still had some doubts about the size of this phoenix king who did not show his true face.

After Veronica got to know the eighteen hunt kings one by one, she also briefly understood the situation of the Heror Kingdom. As a result, she was shocked when she heard it.

The entire Heror Kingdom actually has nearly 20 million people!

What is this concept?

The total population of all the arks and savage kingdoms that the royal court can now control, including the vassals, is not as large as this number.

After further understanding, Veronica realized that the eighteen city-states of the Heror Kingdom were actually independent small kingdoms. Their political systems were also different. Some were completely hereditary, and the first generation hunt king and the current hunt king came from the same family. Some were election systems, and the hunt king was selected from a dozen large families. There was also a more unique rotation system, in which several ruling families took turns being the hunt king according to the order of drawing lots. In addition to the eighteen large city-states, there were nearly a hundred small clans or villages, which were also a semi-independent political force. They often depended on a certain city-state, but it was not fixed. With the changes in the balance of power of the various city-states, they would also sway. Therefore, striving for these small forces was the main way for the city-states to compete.

Due to the existence of the world's soul, war is not allowed, but ritualistic duels and small-scale conflicts are acceptable, and even encouraged. This is also Anivia's way of maintaining the martial spirit of the people of the Heror Kingdom, which further leads to the unique military power of the Heror Kingdom - the spirit bone knights.