Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 222 Fragments

"Excuse me, could you please tell me your plan again?"

When Howard told Chalandi his plan, the Eldar prophet wondered if there was something wrong with his hearing.

So Howard repeated what he had said. His request was very simple, that is, he would choose a combat nun from the human side, and the Eldar side would send a representative, and then they would fight their way out together, return to the human territory to find the human supreme commander, a withdrawal order, and then come back to withdraw with the remaining humans and Eldar.

Since the nun said that a hasty retreat is not in line with orders and procedural justice, then we should proceed in accordance with procedural justice.

Chalandi looked at the human in front of him as if he were a fool. "Human, countless lives die every second in this universe. Why do you care so much about this small group of humans?"

In Chalandi's eyes, this human's behavior was simply incomprehensible. The identity of the Emissary of Isha, though still questionable, would normally be enough for the Eldar to sacrifice several planets to protect him. And yet, such an important figure was now concerned about the survival of a tiny handful of humans?

It's not just a small group. The human side just counted the number of people yesterday, and the remaining human soldiers totaled more than 6,000.

"The trouble you're in might be even bigger than I imagined, right?" Howard didn't answer the Eldar prophet's question, but instead asked, "Your true purpose isn't simply to cooperate with this human army of just over 6,000 men, but to cooperate with the main human forces in the rear."

After the last fight with Charandi, Howard gradually realized that the remaining humans could not pose any threat to the Eldar. According to the Eldar's usual nature, they should have killed these humans and kidnapped themselves, but they did not do that.

Combining some information revealed by the Eldar prophet, Howard roughly guessed the real motives of these Eldar.

These Eldar had come to this planet to carry out a secret mission, but so far, the mission had been unsuccessful. To accomplish this mission, these Eldar had originally considered collaborating with the humans; their presence was purely accidental. If it weren't for them, these Eldar would never have rescued the besieged Imperial army. However, since they had rescued them, they considered this an act of goodwill, and therefore would not have killed these humans.

"But Mr. Howard, have you considered the time issue?" asked Chalandi.

"Why should we consider time?" Howard sensed a hidden message in the Eldar sage's words. "Even if everyone here dies, this Ork fortress will still be captured by humans when the Space Marines arrive in two weeks. It's just that the process might be more difficult than if these people were still alive."

"You're worried about time, aren't you?" Howard looked the prophet straight in the eye. "The commander of this planet sent his main force to attack the city before the Space Marines arrived because he didn't want to lose his achievements. So, why are you rushing?"

Then, without waiting for the Prophet to answer, Howard stood up from his seat and paced back and forth in the small space of the spacecraft.

"Allow me to make a bold guess," Howard said as he paced back and forth. "There's something 'inside' this Orc fortress. The humans don't know of its existence yet, but it's very important to you and must not fall into human hands. In two weeks, reinforcements will arrive, and this fortress will be captured, and that 'thing' will fall into human hands. Even if humans can't capture the fortress, that 'thing' will be exposed to the Space Marines' attack. Either outcome is not what you want to see."

"And great prophet, you know that once the Space Marines arrive, it will be impossible for you to intervene. Your last chance is to cooperate with the commander on the human side who only cares about political achievements and may have a more flexible bottom line. After the success, the achievements of capturing the Orc fortress will belong to him, and the object hidden in the Orc fortress will belong to you. That's why you are so concerned about time, is that right?"

Howard's words hit the prophet's brain like a bullet. The prophet sat in his chair for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

Although Chalandi thought he had been cautious enough in dealing with this human who was suspected to be the messenger of Isha, he still underestimated this human. He did not expect that through countless fragmentary information, this human actually guessed the original situation of the matter.

In fact, this is not Charandi's fault. Relying solely on the fragmentary information that Howard knows, anyone else in this universe, even the Imperial Regent, may not be able to deduce the truth of the matter if they were to move here.

But Howard can, because Howard has a huge innate advantage, that is, he is a time traveler.

He couldn't say that he knew everything about the customs of the various factions in the Warhammer world, but he did know a thing or two.

Take the Eldar for example. Except for some Dark Eldar and Eldar pirates who may roam around the universe to plunder slaves and resources, most of the Eldar's activities are quite purposeful. Especially those actions involving Eldar prophets must be highly purposeful.

There are only two purposes for these. One is that the elves' prophecy predicts something new, such as who should not die, what places must be defended, etc., so that these elves will come and take action to fulfill the prophecy.

Another method is relatively simple, that is, some holy object appears somewhere, and the elves come here to fight for it on a daily basis.

Based on these two points, plus the key word "time" that Chalandi missed, and combined with recent information related to time, it is easy to piece together this result.

Seeing Chalandi's expression, Howard knew that he had guessed right. These bean sprouts who had lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years always boasted of their amazing wisdom and looked down on this and that, but they didn't know that most of the time they almost wrote their thoughts on their faces. So Howard decided to add fuel to the fire.

"Great Prophet, I believe you've always misunderstood me," Howard said. "I must be honest with you. Before I first met you, my fellow Grey Knights and I had just been swept here by a Warp storm. I knew nothing about this place. After you drove my fellow Grey Knights away, I was captured by this human army."

"So, saving me won't serve any purpose in showing goodwill. If you abandon these human soldiers, the current commander of this planet will absolutely not dare to cooperate with you, because cooperating with the Eldar is a taboo in the Empire. Between political achievements and brainpower, no matter how foolish this commander is, he wouldn't be so foolish. However, if you send these human soldiers back safely, they will be the first to cooperate with you Eldar. The Supreme Commander isn't the initiator, so if someone is held accountable in the future, there'll be a buffer. Only under this premise can you negotiate with this commander and both sides get what they want. Do you understand?"

"No need to say more," Chalandi interrupted Howard's speech: "I agree with your request."

"Very good. Then please allow me to take my leave." Howard, who had completely taken the initiative, bowed.

"But according to what you said, you still have no necessary reason to save these people, and you still haven't answered my question." Chalandi asked finally.

"More than six thousand lives, isn't this answer enough?" Howard replied. After that, he stopped talking nonsense and left the cabin of the Eldar sage.

After Howard left, the Eldar prophet subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps this human should not be dealt with by their Death Army, but it would be better to leave it to the Harlequin.