As new new Royal Jester with a four pointed hat with bells on the end patched red and black, then he had a mask that would give any grown man nightmares, with its sharp features pointed nose and ears and sharp tooth grin from ear to ear, it seem to be made of wood but also was alive and slightly changed expression was probably the most unseemly part of it. The newest Guardian laughed about all the fun he was going to have in his repaired and improved body, he clenched his hand and let the new power that he had been given flow into his hand, he opened his eyes to see his long slender clawed fingers burst into a powerful blue flame that could, if needed consume anything it touched. He had a Harlequin pattern jacket (that gave his followers their namesake)
with tights a slippers to finish off his uniform. There was no taint of the warp to this power, unlike Chaos that gives off a sweet but decaying scent of it was close but not what he had feared a smelt so many times off the monstrosities of Chaos, such as the Armored soldiers he called his Chaos Marines, the name said it all. What he could feel the infinite well of power he was drawing upon to get this power from his new master. He cracked a huge smile and thought of his revenge list that he had made the 10,000 years as he sat in that chair. Demiurge cleared his throat to get his attention as Emperor Ainz and Martellus had already gone through the "gate".
"Yes business first then pleasure!" Cegorach smiled and turned and went through the spell followed by Demiurge. This time instead of appearing right outside the front gate they were smack dab in the middle of the "Codex Forbidicus" a catacomb of forbidden books that if a person were to attempted to take out any information the maze would lead them them aimlessly until they gave up or died. This craftworld was different it reacted to the powers of chaos as it was fully sentient and did its best to keep it secrets from any powers of ruin or chaos. As they walked through the endless hallways of books and data slates on the library walls, everyone was amazed at the amount of knowledge that was kept there. As Demiurge looked up he saw nothing more that row after row of books as far as the eye could see to the ceiling and all to the walls.
Finally, they came to the center of the maze where facing away from them a large frog smoking a pipe that was 5 feet tall and 7 feet wide sitting down on a hover disk that had a high back chair that was adorned with an uncountable amount of charms from before time. The large being reached for a book and opened it seemingly ignoring all the guest who just came into the room. Large stacks of books surrounded him with a enormous desk in the corner surrounded by stacked books that he most likely wrote, then speaking without turning around or looking up from his book he said in a old gruff voice you would expect from a creature billions of years old.
"So you are the spectre that has been roaming my halls and reading my books, I was the only one who could sense you, but I suppose you let me know that you could come and go as you pleased." He said with a large puff of smoke coming from his mouth.
"Nothing escape you "Old One" you have amassed one of the greatest treasures in the Galaxy and I can guarantee its protection as you know the remaining Chaos Gods seek no more than this great prize and tried time and time again to take it." Emperor Ainz said,
"That is true, and your gift for etheric craft is beyond genius level, something I have never seen, you have repaired much of our webway and made your "Eye of Hope" impenetrable to those who do not bear your mark I have tried. You took what we made and improved on it and a mere 100 years." He said as he finally turned around showing his face that looked like a frog but he had teeth and a long white beard and two holes were his nose should be with a green skin except for his face that was tan.
"I have found many powerful artifacts and one if used proper in conjunction with other powerful artifacts can dilate time, so if I desire I can make 1 second into 1 million years and read every book, to be honest I had almost lost count to how long it took me to get to where I am now but if I had to guess it took me around 10 million years." Emperor Ainz replied.
The "Old One" took a smoke from his pipe and exhaled and nodded, "This make much more sense , what a item it must be for we were no able to do such things." He paused. "Still so many question, so many. Did YOU know you are the hope of a billion billion lives all dying hoping for a better life but in the warp nothing but pain and despair for those whose souls can withstand the maelstrom and a eternity to be a wrathe for most that have not pledged their soul to Chaos who live in constant torture waiting for a chance to prove themselves and be reborn into a Daemon Prince, this is our legacy, it is my great shame, but then you came along but not as Chaos God like we all thought but a Physical being, I think it was because you need to exist one boths planes and a Choas being born of chaos can never be physical completely but if you are one both planes your Nexus to succeed, but to fulfil your goal your "Nexus" you must shed or sacrifice your mortal body and become a full Chaos God...correct?" The old toad said as he took another puff.
The Old One took the book he was writing on and stopped, "Tell me Ancient King how did you come up with the idea for the Nexus." He asked.
"Why I surmised it was you it was you or some sort psychic thought, but my mind it is shield from such things, but the exact time it came is when I saw the Chaos of the warp and grieved for all of those destined for this," He said.
"Yes, yes just as I thought the immetium and the the rest of the physical galaxy has had enough of this and is rebelling if you don't succeed there shall be another, until the job is done but I do not foresee another picking up the torch." The toad smiled and breathed out smoke.
"Interesting but back to my Nexus, I would need to keep my body alive as an anchor of sorts for one, to keep the astronomicon working and also act as a power source for the eye of hope and the Nexum,my body would be completely comatose but still a source of enormous power a type of battery if you will. While I need to separate my consciousness from my body passing into the Immaterium and become a full Chaos God. After I have perfected the Nexus I can then reunite my consciousness and my body and bring the two together. I have done all the reading I can achieve it and I cannot do this on my own I need your help," Ainz said.
"I must admit that is much more ingenius of a plan that I thought of, I know you "absorbed Nurgle" but do you think you can kill all the Chaos Gods?" He asked.
"Well, I have also taken away over half the power of Slaanesh and she is so bent of revenge she ignores her cults growing weaker, Khorne is a fool and only think of war with Slaanesh gone into hiding growing his forces no doubt. I am more concerned with the necrons but I do have their ancient weapon Thanatos." Ainz said.
The Toad spit the pipe out of his mouth, "Thanatos of the celestial orderly? We could destroy all tomb worlds in a day if we learn how to use it!" The Old One said rubbing his chin.
Ainz knew he had him, "It is in the same shell world that this black library would go to into the "Eye of Hope" and you can learn how to use it, no one else is able to touch it. I also know your great shame, the five that left for the neighboring solar system to make an organism to wipe out all life in this one, they engineered the perfect bioweapon, to perfect and their last act was to blow the solar system, my solar system but they did not expect them to survive the expanse between the Galaxies, The Tyranids." Ainz said much to the shock of everyone in the room.
"It was supposed to be a clean slate to destroy all life, the Chaos Gods would dissipate and start all over again but as they ate entire planets and evolved the enzymes and telepathic controls quit working and in the end they destroyed the Galaxy but they anticipated and began a migration to our Galaxy, once they eat everything here they will all die unless the adapt again." The Old One said as he picked his pipe and took a puff.
"Allright Dead King or should I say your real name Momonga? We shall go to your shell world and we will fix what the last five of my species tried in vein, but no one other that those I work with and the head of government will know I even exist as no one must know I am working with you." The old one said.
"Perfectly acceptable I see us as a meeting as a collaboration and not a servant, master relationship. But I have one other demand." Ainz said in a tone he had not used in a long time, Demiurge and Martellus were both shocked to hear him speak like this.
"What would that be?" The toad glanced over a cautious eye.
"We make a pact to work together and work in peace for 10,000 years, it is what I ask of all my great minds that decide to work with me." Ainz said clasping his hands.
"For me that is just a drop in the bucket of my life, I accept Dead King" The Toad nodded.
"Great" Ainz spread apart his clasped hand and created a magical contract that could not be broken once signed and handed signed it with his special quill he pulled out of the void and handed to the Old One.
The old one looked at the etheric coding or magic code on the paper that preventing from breaking any clause and smiled as he had not seen such refined "magic" since the time of his people. He signed the paper and handed it back, Ainz looked at the name and frowned as he could not read the characters as he prided himself in knowing all written languages.
As if he knew what he was thinking, it was questionable he did as the strongest psyker being next to Demiurge was standing before him, "That is the old tongue my original name before time was time, after we had learned the secret of immortality we were the last of our kind not to die naturally, it means Tandian which means last, it was given to me to our wisest shaman we ever had and she was right as I am the last." He said as he shook his head as his jowls and slobber comically shook to the left and right.
"Well a deal has been struck, you will be working with me and my master engineer, those who live and work in the dark library are welcome to stay, the Harlequin and the laughing King will be starting even more madness in the the Eye of Terror. If you need test subject or anything else I will get it to you." Ainz said.
"By the way Dead King you are only partially right, when the last
five created the Tyranids the queen Freya we created the smarter than we thought and started to make her own adjustments to them until she had control and attacked the breeding planet. The Five were able to the antimatter bomb that destroyed the galaxy while the tendrils of the hive coming to this Galaxy were saved, we fear that the queen was able to put up a psychic void field and there is a strong chance she had survived. Before you dismiss the queen Freya think of a ship the size of a red giant star and the ability to dispatch millions of bio-fighters. If that was not bad enough "she" had a main bio-cannon that can destroy an entire planet or fleet and then the psychic void barrier that would be impertable as of now. It has bioluminescent tentacles like a squid that are covered with a barrier that smash into ships and the inject liquid hot bioplasma into the battleships instantly destroying anything. It can spit out enough landing ships with Hive Tyrants, genestealers and hydorphants to conquer a planet without even slowing down." Tandian the Old One said,
"Sounds like a formidable beast we shall be ready for!" Ainz said as he grasped his hand, making a fist.
"First mistake we made was that we thought it was a dumb beast but it is a hyper intelligent being that can make precise calculations using the brain power of the horde, that is how it can calculate precise maneuvers to slingshot around stars to reach near light velocity. So you will have to stretch your time dilation to its max to outthink this monster, no to mention the enormous horde that it holds that contains for that all the hive fleets combined. Of all your enemies this one you better get ready for, once hive fleet; Gorgon, Leviathan, Hydro, Behemoth and Moloch are destroyed then I will give you six years before the queen will rush toward the Galaxy due to the lack of biomass being brought back to it, they will come from the biggest concentration, where the Hive fleet; Kraken and Behemoth. They will attack the Tau Empire and McCragge will be will the battle will take place were the battle for the Galaxy. The Tau will not join you so you will either have to wipe them out to keep the biomass from increasing the attack on Ultramar System or let the Tyranids take care of the Tau for you but fight more them." The Old One said taking a huge drag of his pipe as he floated on his chair to pick up another book.
"All things I will be taken into consideration as the Imperium has only taken just taken the middle of the Galaxy we call Segmentum Sol, and will take over the majority of Segmentum Tempestus with over 1,400 solar systems of humans and other mixed races when we save the Hyperion Empire from the Tyranids. Then there are the homeworlds of the squats or we would call them dwarves were we are from they have been betrayed by the Orks for the last time and wish to join in exchange for our protection, that will give us a large part of Segmentum Pacificus, After these two engagements we will have the center of the Galaxy Sol as I call it, the Nids are Galaxy 2a that sadly no longer exists." Emperor Ainz said at he looked down and sighed.
Then Ainz pulled out his staff out of his void space and slammed it to the ground and the entire Black Library. "This Holy library and all who in it shall be taken to my shell planet Hades Void, I call upon my power to make this a reality, in my name The Dead King and God Emperor of this world. IT SHALL BE DONE!" Ainz slammed he staff three more times on the floor as on that last time time stopped faded away then motes of light lite up around everyone and then lines, follow by solid surfaces and the entire ship came back but this time they were now in the Hades void.
"I copied the ship and broke it down into etheric information and sent it along ether tubes I have put ran along the webway all over the universe." The Emperor said as everyone look at him in awe.
"Its like you were sent in message?" The Old One asked.
"Correct, because they are in real space in the eye you can see them outside with the naked eye so when you look outside you will see endless lines running from planet to planet carrying ship, cargo, and people. They call it Yggdrasil's roots as it comes from the world tree that grows from from my throne, and into Nazarick, or as most know it heaven."
"Now any guess why this is called a void planet?" Emperor Ainz asked as if he was asking children.
"Because no webways or etheric tubes come to these worlds for security." Demiurge said.
"Correct, there is a group of 50 experimental planets that the golden glow of the webway or the iridescence of the tubing do not come close creating a dark spot within the eye of hope, thus how is got is name as is has the oval shape of the nebula as an eye and a black iris shape of the void planets. I personally hated the name but should have thought of this before I made it that shape." Ainz said folding the contract the old one signed and put it in his bag.
"You are all considered full members of the Imperium but must have your DNA taken and given an ID card that also acts a money as well. I recreated the original planets of the Eldar and the Goddess Isha lives on the great spires that were created with the old craft ships. Milrex have your librarians share this information but everyone is forbidden to speak of this place but I don't have to worry about those who kept this place hidden for so long. Now if you excuse me I have two wars to fight and the refugees we have come in triple each day, new planets are made daily by the World Makers and they Eye of hope is set to double in size each year. Currently we have over 1 Billion Worlds, Demiurge? Ainz asked.
"Last I checked 1,025,793,029 My Lord, we are having issue with primary asteroid belts depleting for raw material." Demiurge said.
"How is the process of world recleclomation coming along." Ainz asked.
"Well it is hard with treaties and such destroying even useless planets and rock." He replied.
"If I may add we have had great success with transmuting matter in the physical realm, we can take hydrogen and arrange the particles to whatever we want." The Old One interjected excited getting caught up in the conversation. He later regretted it as it was one more project he had to oversee.
"Magnificent!" Ainz held out his hand to shake the old one, everyone held their breath as two living gods were striking a deal in front of him. The Old One held out his hand and gave it a quick shake.
"Contact me when you need something we shall speak daily, now Cegorach let us take our leave I have a plan for you. As a gate opened and they left through it.
Isha was sitting in her tower with Eastas as they were both knitting and talking to each other as two regular expectant mothers. This was the one day that Isha did not have to go to endless ceremonies in her name blessing young ones and asking for her blessing as she was the god of the harvest and fertility. Her presence was noticed as birth of Eldar went up but not nearly at the level to save the race. Today was her day to take care of herself, and she like the new customs of the Mortals, indulgence yes but not to the point to excess, simple yet satisfying.
As she was knitting she hear a familiar laugh that she not heard in millions upons millions of years. The laugh turned into the crackle as the the voice said, "After the war in the heavens and spend all that time with the festering ball of puss, this is very quaint, I am sure you never thought you would get a second chance and you are spending it well."
"Cegorach is that really you, rumor of your escape made it to me how do you fair?" She asked cautiously.
"Well lost an arm and a leg but I got away, got only knows what Slaanesh had for you but our new patron has already made a fool of him and I have been given the task to harass him even more with so fun new weapons and aid. I hear you are birth a new race, an improvement on the Eldar, the Alves was it? Not a bad gig when you marry the Dead King's son. Do you have to follow his every command, like bark like a burron hehehe!" Cegorach laughed.
"Now you see here!" Eastas shouted but Isha waved her off.
"What is this, the breeding animal of the god Martellus speaks to me, learn your place woman, you are a womb for a weapon and nothing else. You really think our new patron is a great as he seems he is, I have seen the look, I know the look because I have it, he thinks nothing of life in this world we are all are means to a end the only this than mean anything to him are his precious creations of Nazarick or heaven!" He said with a chuckle.
"Listen here you callous bastard, you pretty close to hersey and he sees and knows all you have been back from hiding for an entire week, you have no idea what he has done for the beings fleeing war, he has turned Segmentium Sol into paradise. He saved me from living hell and he humiliated nurgle in his own plague gardens made him bow to him and call him master, after that he made he apologize for what he had done. Walked right in like he owned the placed, never have I seen such power from just an avatar." She shouted as she stood up red faced.
"You have no idea what he has planned, if he becomes a God that can exist in both planes he will consume the eye of terror, and being like that are not content for long." He replied.
"I know of the Nexum, I am the wife of the God Emperor's son and it will once and forever be the salvation of this Galaxy as all beings will be psykers of equal power and all being shall be equal." She replied.
"Well, I hope you are wrong I like the anarchy, and I hope his desire for conquest and violence is never quenched in our Dead King but do not ever bring my allegiance of our new lord into question, he is the first being I have ever thought worthy to serve, I like his style whats a few million lives if you can get the job done." Just as he appeared he disappeared into the shadows and was gone.
"Who was that?" Eastas said.
"It is a really long story, one for another day." She said as she sat down and went back to her work.
Part II: The Hyperion War
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The Hyperion Empire consists of the entire the Segmentum Tempestus region on the Galaxy with over 1,400 solar systems consisting of half a million habitable worlds of humans and other mixed races. This region south of Segmentum Sol south the center of the Galaxy and reaches all the way to the Galaxy's end. Hyperion the home and capital world is the birthplace of the Human Race, it expanded out and welcomed several other races into its Empire. 5 years ago Hive fleet Leviathan shocked the Galaxy by coming from under the disk of the Galaxy attacking The Hyperion Empire along with other worlds. The Empire has fought a bloody war for the last four years after losing hundreds of worlds in the initial attack, many world were cut off from the Empire and are fending for themselves and need relief while other worlds that were hit by the main force were overwhelmed. Since the attack they have fought to a bloody stalemate but without help the Hyperions are faltering. Delegates from the Hyperion Empire have intreated the Imperium of the Dead King for help and complete subjugation for their help. With the Emperor's blessing Momonga Albedo Gown, High Lord of Terra along with the Imperial Senate have unanimously agreed to help with the understanding they will have to hold for six months until their fleet will arrive. Overjoyed as the Hyperions thought it would take longer agreed to the terms and the Hyperion War began after the signing of the Hyperion Treatus. The reasoning was given for more time was that the Imperium needed to mobilize troops but the real reason was for the experimental void planets to complete new weapons, and their production on the forge worlds against the Tyranids. After the cleansing of the Tranids then the fleet will move to the home worlds in Segmentum Pacificus to destroy the Orcs instead of splitting the Fleet. 5 Astartes Chapters and associated Primarchs, Vulcan, Roboute Guilliman, Leman Russ, Sanguinus and Lion El Johnson. The Holy Emperor's Avatar will accompany this crusade along with Chaos Guardian Bloodfallen and Demiurge while Guardian Martellus the rest of the Primarchs and their respective chapters as well as Aura will be with the defence fleet in Segmentum Sol. Information for what system we are first attacking will be released when we jump into the warp.
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Demiurge and Shallteer both walked up the steps of the original portion of the Imperial Palace, the only difference from five years ago were the millions of shiny iridescent etheric tubes that branched out of the palace from just a few short years when the Emperor first Entombed. It was a beautiful sight as the pure glow that went through objects that came from the throne room would almost be blinding for a mortal if it were not in a uv range that brought invigoration and health. They passed through line after line of custodians after they entered the palace. Finally, they came to the two enormous doors one with the Emperor in his one eyed white mask with his dark cowl reaching down, on the other door all types of races, human, Eldar, Kroot, reaching up to be pulled up by the Emperor. Standing in front of the door was none other that Gaurdian Cocytus with his staff to his side.
"Cocytus how is guard duty treating you." Demiurge said with a hint of condescension.
"There is no greater honor to guard my lord, I am thankful he has given me this sacred duty." He answered not getting a bit of the sarcasm.
"We were summoned, could you let us in?" Shalteer said impatiently.
The alway studious Cocytus pulled out his roster and gave it a once over, "Yes, here you are you are 2.5 minutes late." He said as he turned around and unsealed the doors and then pushed them open with his massive frame that only he could do. As he opened the door he stood to the side to not dare sully the sanctity of the Golden throne, by no means was is a holy as his Throne in Nazarick but he came to believe that the Golden Throne came to signify all that is holy and good of Nazarick on Terra and therefore was as holy. He was not the only one as every Guardians feelings went from caring little for the object to complete reverence.
Demiurge and Shalteer, both walked up the step of the throne on their knees and lit incense, then Demiurge kissed the mold of his feet while Shallteer snuck a kiss on his lips. Demiurge shot her a nasty look as they backed down.
"How are the parameters of our Emperor and Empress?" Demiurge asked the six armed Adeptus Engineer that was given the responsibility to taking care of them.
"Since inception we have not exceeded an error rate of .00000005% all is well within the margin of error, master." He said in a mechanical voice all the while not taking his eyes off the gages, endlessly adjusting dials and buttons.
"Very good, where is the master's avatar now?" Demiurge replied.
"The Emperor is behind the throne, in its mechanical throne it is done performing it regular repairs and recharging, you may go to him, masters" The engineer singaled.
Demiurge nodded and along with Shalteer walked behind the throne to an even more astonishing wall with all sorts of devices with the Emperors Avatar in the middle. Just as they came around the corner, braces that were holding him in released and great jets of steam burst forth from where he was, as as they laid eyes on him he stood up crackling with energy and walked toward the two Guardians. The hair on the back of their necks stood up due to the amount of power he was immitting.
Both bowing Emperor Ainz signaled them to stand,"As you have heard I will be on this crusade, the original plan of me spending most of my time in the ether has been aborted since we have found the old one, I will now be more visible my Imperium as for my son with be on the next leg of the Black Crusade, the weapons from the old one are finished they will work on this tendril and the next but remember they adapt quickly to change weapons as soon as they lose effectiveness. What does our fleet look like?" He asked.
"Our enhanced fleet with Eldar Technology, currently we have 500 kestrel class ships, 50 Juggernaut ships and our 2 Behemoth ships, with over 500,000 fighters class ships also equipped with the new anti-tyranid weapons. Also 50,000,000 Imperial guardsman and then 5,000 Space marines with around 450 juggernauts. Amour includes 5,000,000 tanks, apcs and new total body armour for the average infantryman, it won't take a scythe from a genestealer but it will repel any gas and flesh borers as well as parasitic bioweapons, we used a ceramite armour that was used in the Mark I models of the Space Marines suits. We have finished the new Mark II a month ago, enough time to let the Marines get use to it the suit has battle awareness cogitators assist, it will increase reflex time and if a Marine does not move fast enough from the danger it will tell the brain to move the right way or far enough to safety all the while the Marine will never know its doing this." Demiurge smiled.
"Yes the best kind of Armor is the kind you don't need I am impressed any other updates?" Ainz asked
"Yes for this deployment the Mark II Battle Suit has a standard shield clawed hand for each unit that can always be used as a weapon as we have learned that running out of ammunition is one of the major issues when fights nids, it is reinforced by a small void shield it can also be used as a shield. High capacity bolters with the anti-tyranid rounds that have been developed and last but not least a alloy that our new "old friend" created for us that is simply amazing, it is bio-reactive. It's much like what the necrons are made of it is amazingly strong 10 times stronger than anything I can make even and 50 times stronger than the ceramite then the armour reacts to threats. It uses the new energy pack we can thank the Old One for as well, he was able to make our cold fusion generators that were 10 decks tall from our ships and shrink it to the size of a standard pack. The metal acts like a living being so when something tries to pierce it will react and draw energy from the pack and harden only in the area needed. It can also slightly change shape to defect a strike from an object if it can. It is subtle and fast most would not notice anything so when you see it it is nothing amazing but enough save a Marine." Demiurge said.
"The Old One has increase a battle potential by 500 percent, although he hates working on weapons, how are the new titans?" Ainz asked.
"We were able to make 500 with all the forge worlds working overtime, they all have the new Eldar Tech, but Master how much longer much we suffer this Old One, he disrespects you and does not honor Nazarick or anything about the Imperium." Demiurge bemoaned.
"I can understand your feelings but we made a treaty with him and we shall keep it, you have seen how much more efficient everything has become, in 6 short months we tripled our military, our forge worlds are working 1000 times more efficient, created a satellite defense grid that would take out more ships that we have to break. His understanding of the biology of every being in the Galaxy is never ending he has given us more understanding than I and our Magos Biologis could find out in centuries. We must understand I am not a full Chaos God yet, I need him to ascend along with the Empress, so we are not as strong as the Galaxy thinks yet." Ainz said while he was adjusting his wrist joint on his mech and covering it back up with a black gauntlet.
"You absorbed Nurgle, I still do not understand…" Demiurge started to say.
"The Birth of a Chaos God is like the exploding of a star it destroys a lot of things then creates other stars and planets. We must have control of the Maelstrom, from there I enter and infuse with the natural warp energy into my body while connecting it with the Eye of hope by folding space, then I can exist in the Immaterium and in my body at the same time, as I do now but my body will just be a husk powering the Astronomicon." Ainz said.
"Why do we not just go to the Maelstrom now?" He asked.
"I also need the eye of terror to no longer exist, as it would destroy the Galaxy by ripping it in half. So there are many things we have to do to make this let us worry about the task at hand." Ainz said
"My lord one thing bothers me with all this anti-tyranid weaponry I am concerned that we are making ourselves vulnerable using and equipping just the anti-tyranid weapons we should make sure some general weapons are always available." Demiurge said.
"I appreciate you concern but the probability of another race attacking during a tyranid invasion are very slim plus we'll always have regular ordinance on the capital ships as back up. I wish we were done with the Primaris void project with that many assets this would be over in days not months but the Primarchs will have a pleasant surprise after this crusade, what about the Eldar have they committed." Ainz asked..
"Yes Lord, 10 warships along with 8000 fighters which will fight along our forces taking direction from only you, also are so right lord I will make sure we store enough regular ordinance, we are on schedule to leave tomorrow do you wish to address the Empire before we leave I have calculated that it would increase the moral of the Imperial Troops and civilians by an average of 26 percent." Demiurge said.
"When I board my new ship I will make an announcement." Ainz said.
"Ah yes the new secret Chaos Class Destroyer, antimatter cannons based on Necron tech and a main plasma injected neutron explosion cannon that can destroy a planet while the ship is and almost indestructible with a warp field." Demiurge said.
"Only problem is that I will have stay connected to the ship the entire time, that is why the specifications are a secret." Lord Ainz reminded Demiurge.
"We will system hop liberating the planets closest to our system making our way to the Hyperion front. The first major system that is under attack is right outside our borders in Segmentum Sol it is the Stormvald System, not even the commanders know yet, there is a minor tendril of the hive fleet that is split off, many of the planets have held off while others have been overrun. They are furthest from the fighting but have the least forces mainly just planetary defence forces we must me ready for a fight when we re-enter space, see you tomorrow I have some other business to attend to." Ainz said with a dismissive wave of his hand as they both bowed and turned a left.
The entire fleet was in formation in front of the Imperial artificial nebula, that had had been now called the "Eye of hope", all of the Kestrel ships were perfectly lined up with the Juggernauts in front of those and then the Behemoths and the Emperors sleek black Chaos Cruiser that reflected all light and could barely see the sleak vampiric lines until the unnatural reddish glow of the warp field lit up around it. This ship was the pinnacle of all the most advanced technology in the Galaxy with the heart of the God. Any being looking at would instinctively know not to mess with this ship not even the largest of ships.
Emperor Ainz sat in his throne when a servator with a microphone that patched into the Emergency system and turned on every communication and entertainment system in the Imperium. As the different beings that lived on planets within the Nebula that defied physics as most planets were only a few hundred thousand kilometers from each other and somehow were stuck in a stationary orbit around a shared star. The laws of gravity and relativity ceased to be in the wonder of the great Sol Nebula, or the highly used "Eye of Hope". As large as a star and what looked like an enormous turtle, slowly it moved through the Nebula with countless ether lines that connected to stars from systems on the fringe of Segmentum Sol. Great jets of steam and fire would burst from vents before what looked like the shell of the great Mechancium ship slowly retracted and would kick out a moon or planet. Then what looked like great blisters would appear from the sides of the ship full of clone flora and fauna, the great arms of the turtle would spring to life and grab the large yellow biome's and then place them on the plant in strategic areas. The Biomes bubbles were biodegradable and would dissolve in a few days after a atmosphere was created. Great tubes would come from the hands release water and gases all the while a void shield was placed around the planet and ship allowing it to create an atmosphere.
Ainz always secretly marveled at the sight of the "World Makers" they were in his mind there greatest creation of the Imperium, it took one cyclone missile to destroy a world that took seconds but to create a world, that was true power. Even the powers of Chaos could not do this, they could reshape existing worlds but never create. It even took him thousands of years to recreate a planet in the ether when he first started to create the "Eye of Hope" how Ainz despised the name as it lacked power but he had inadvertently created an oasis from an entire Galaxy in constant war, that saw ship after ship of people whose worlds were destroyed by Orcs, Necrons, Chaos, or the worst Tyranids. The years 0100-1100M1 of the Imperium would be known for the Great Migration, as from where his ship was he could see the "Caravan" which was the long line of ships parked outside the welcome planets, there were ships of every size and shape, the smaller groups were able to integrate right in. The larger groups with ships with the populations for planets had to wait for at least a year as there were only three "World Makers" that could be supported, before the "Old One" came they were looking at a 15 year wait but one one was told.
Ainz looked at the outer planets, they were not terrible, they were industrial, cramped and crime ridden but only temporary for most, they did not know it but there races were being watched and observed to see if they would fit into Imperial society. The greatest day for a race that was new to the Imperium was when they went in front of the board of Approved Races Chaired by The High Lord of Terra Momonga and Co-chaired by the Eldar, original races of Terra, and all other approved races and then voted on, since the increase many meeting included more than one species sometimes several. If they were approved they were on the fast track to settlement, if not they were not sent away they were allowed to stay on the outer planets until they went up for judgement. Some left but most did what they were asked to conform to, most of the disqualifiers were related to religious rights or beliefs or aggressiveness for war with other approved races. War and murder was not allowed within the Imperium, all disputes were to be handled by the courts, starting a war within the Imperium was immediate grounds for forfeiture of life depending on the situation.
"I need to make more outer worlds, that is becoming a disgrace, if that is their first Impression of my Imperium then I cannot have it." Ainz said out loud to his new savant Cloud, he was wired directly to all of the knowledge of the Imperium. "I know how Americans must have felt at the turn of the 19 century." He thought after he said spoke.
"Yes Emperor but since the World Makers move so slowly it will add a extra half year to those in line to settle a newly made planet." Cloud said.
Tapping his chin he thought and said, "That is unacceptable, take some of the decorative moons that I made long ago form the North Eastern Edge and have them moved, if I remember correctly they have already been terraformed." Ainz said.
"You are correct, that is sector is heavily populated by Humans and Ratlins, Long Shanks, and other ab-humans, there is no religious or other significance to these moons and no claims have been made they would be a perfect addition to the out worlds and increase the intake room by double." Cloud said.
"Good send the order to my son to take care of, now I have been daydreaming enough servator bring be the microphone and get ready for transmission". Ainz ordered the Servator who stepped in front of him and the microphone extended from his chest and rested in front of the Emperors mouth.
He could hear the Emergency broadcast kick in with a female voice announcing that the God Emperor had a direct announcement for the Imperium. After he could hear that she was done talking he began to speak, "To all the beings of the Imperium, today is truly a momentous day, up until the end of the Imperium's first century we have taken Segmentum Sol with little bloodshed and created the Great Imperial Nebula or as you all like to call it the "Eye of Hope". It is both a symbol and refuge from the chaotic forces as well as war that has spread across this Galaxy like a cancer. We cannot simply hide as we have created a paradise we have also created a beacon as bright as the astronomicon, that all the forces of Chaos and evil will want to destroy that light with all of their strength. So we must go out and protect our precious home and expand our borders, to protect what is ours and what is precious to us. Today we embark on the Great Black Crusade to do this very thing, we call it a Black Crusade as their shall be no grey in this fight you are with us or against us, and together we will take over the Galaxy destroying all our enemies, Right now as many of you know as we have many refugees from this region to the south of us in Segmentum Tempestus is under siege by the Great Devourer, the Tyranids. Hive Fleet Leviathan has attacked the entire portion of the Sementium and the closest attack are reported to be only a few light years from our borders.
The Hyperion Empire has asked for help and we have agreed, in exchanged they will join the Imperium. Today marks the first day of the Hyperion War and we shall be victorious, half of our fleet shall be protecting you while the other half of the fleet shall go with me and attack Glory to the Imperium!" Ainz shouted.
Everyone on the deck shouted back, "All Glory to the God Emperor!" As flares and all sorts of colorful airburst shot from an uncountable amount of planets, it was a site as no one had seen before. When they left for their first conquest it was only Terra saying goodbye. Ainz could not help it he was impressed along with the millions of Guardsman crowding around the portholes to get a peak. They had 4 hours until the warp jump then they had two days of traveling until they reached Storvald and the first shadow of the warp. Since they had no idea what would happen once they would exit real space they had no idea what horrors they would find.
Author's Note: So I have the Hyperion War starting, I have been studying Tyranids like crazy and it does not get easy, there are about 15 types of ships and 5 flying types of soldiers and 10 to 20 soldier types not including Genestealer cults. So that has been fun, all the action will be in the next chapters, I finally feel like I know the nids enough to go to war with them. They are not like the Orcs were there are like 4 types of Orcs so anyways, Ainz has his hands full no one has even taken out a full tendril, they break up and become more due to the hydra effect, we shall see the next chapter, "The Battle of Stormvald."