"I remember it is said that the Tau people are all weaklings. Can this guy become an arena champion? How talented is this arena?"
Although Talos's words were quite insulting, Soshyan had also seen many statements in the alien database that the Tau were not good at melee combat. This race seemed to rely heavily on long-range shooting during battles, and was involved in the battle with the Empire.
Melee combat will collapse immediately - of course these are statements from the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Although this may be an exaggeration, by the standards of Space Marines, the Tau are indeed thin, so it should be true that they are not good at close combat.
Moreover, the person on the field was wearing a simple robe without any protective gear, which made him look even more fragile.
Soshyan also became curious at this time. How could an alien that looked so weak gain a reputation in the Comoros Arena?
At this time, Kayon picked up a card from the table with some words on it.
After watching for a while, Qianzi realized that the hostess of the arena had thoughtfully prepared information about the competition slaves for each VIP.
"...This Tau man is called Ammon. He is a member of the highest class Ether of the Tau. He was captured three years ago and has won nineteen consecutive competitions."
"ether?"
The term was unfamiliar to Soshyan, perhaps out of disdain, as the Empire had little understanding of Tau society, focusing more on their military might.
"Well, I don't know much. I learned a little bit when I was bored before. It seems that the Tau people are divided into four clans according to their functions: fire, air, earth, and water, and the ether is the class that coordinates and controls these four clans. It can be understood as
The nobles...well, they don't seem to be very prepared, because it is difficult for the nobles to have absolute control over the lower classes. In human society, power is always wrapped up in layers, but the Tau people seem to be different.
, their power structure is very simple, Ether can transcend all organizations and power structures and have an overview of everything, and other clans will also maintain absolute obedience to Ether... This absolute control ability displayed over other clans and classes, at least in
It seems unusual to me.”
Kayon thought for a while and then changed his explanation.
"In this respect, they seem to be closer to the Genestealers? The Ethers play a similar role to the Hive Master. It just means that other Tau people have more independent thinking than the Genestealers."
"Then it stands to reason that they should all play the role of managers, not soldiers..."
As soon as Soshiyang finished speaking, there was a sudden vibration in the arena.
Then, the floor of the arena opened, and a huge cage rose up. What was contained in the cage made the three of them frown.
It was an extremely ugly, evil and depraved existence, with thick limbs with hooves, and a large mass of fat, rotten flesh attached to a body made of bones and metal.
The dirty skin covered with mucus seemed to have been roughly sewn together. When the creature was exposed to the sight of the Dark Eldar, all the flesh on its body trembled involuntarily.
"A creation of the Haemonculi."
Khayon immediately revealed the origin of this terrible creature.
"The giant biological monsters created by those undead monsters are usually called monsters. Although most of them are in human form, the tastes of those perverted artists have never been fixed. It is said that the transformation process of this kind of biological weapon is painful and long, and the victims
The patient is injected with various growth agents, steroids and muscle stimulants, and the bones are also hyperfunctional due to the injection of bone viruses."
Talos also interjected at this time:
"Speaking of which, we have fought against similar things before. They are indeed humanoid. The weapons are usually prosthetic limbs modified with both arms, as well as some firearms, gloves and huge machetes. However, this kind of thing has very low intelligence and is not particularly difficult to solve. , the most difficult thing to deal with is the Haemonculi itself and its followers."
Kayon nodded.
"Yes, the biggest weakness of this weapon is its low IQ. Therefore, in wars, monsters are generally used by the Haemonculi as line cutters and placed at the front of the battle line. They will slaughter the enemy before receiving other orders. , there will even be internal strife among the monsters, which may be due to the insanity caused by steroids and stimulants, but it is not difficult to deal with.”
"This is already an infinite blasphemy against life."
After listening to this with a frown, Soshiyang looked at the poor creature again. The trembling pieces of flesh hung on various protruding bones and metals. Its compound eyes all over the body looked like flowing solar flares. The one in the center of the body The mouth is surprisingly huge, and the deformed teeth are knocking against each other, trying to imitate human speech.
If you look carefully, this thing is almost as big as a Rand.
When Titanium in the arena saw such an evil product, he instinctively took a step back. However, when he noticed that there were two faces that were put together and filled with pain under the big mouth, he subconsciously screamed. :
"Jiu Run! This picture!"
After saying that, he turned around angrily and looked at Selene, who was dazzled by flowers on the VIP table.
"You deceived me! You said you would heal them! That's why I agreed to participate in this fight!"
Selina covered her mouth lightly with the back of her hand and laughed.
"You really wronged me. I didn't lie to you. They were so seriously injured before that they were already corpses. Aren't they still alive and kicking now?"
"Wasinda! You will have your retribution!"
After saying that, he turned his head and looked sadly at the trembling monster.
The meat ball seemed to recognize him.
"ether......."
Its words are like the accents of two people, with a sickly slickness.
“…..serve you….yes….yes…..I will serve you….kill me…..please… ...I serve you...kill you...no...serve...kill...no..."
It trembled again, with several mouthparts protruding from the front of its body, spitting out black mucus.
The foul-smelling vomit fell on the red sand in front of Ammon's body, like a pool of pus and blood.
"No!"
The creature suddenly screamed like a desperate pig about to be slaughtered.
"Aether! Please!"
Then it began to hit the cage uncontrollably.
Ammon'shi closed his eyes in pain, his arms trembled, and he raised his head slightly - he just didn't want tears to fall.
The cheers of the Wasindas around were so harsh, they were shouting, cursing, looking forward to killing and blood.
Ammon'shi knew that now he had a thorough understanding of this race. Their existence was completely based on selfishness and the dual mental and physical suffering of others. They were completely the opposite of the Greater Good.
They must be stopped…
They must be destroyed!
Then, Ammon' Shi suddenly opened his eyes, walked to the raised weapon rack aside, picked up his best double-headed long knife, turned it in his hand, and looked at the monster that hit the cage, as if to comfort him. He said softly:
"I am Ether, I will guide and protect you, forever."