eurekapd Chapter 216 Rollover
Chapter 216 Rollover
"Let's discuss the trouble you're facing first." Chalandi changed the subject.
He could see that this group of humans were in a desperate situation. If they did not help, they would all be wiped out. Although they also encountered some problems, their overall strength was stronger than these humans. In this regard, they had an advantage and could use it for bargaining.
"You guys?" Howard saw through Chalandi's thoughts. "I'm afraid it's not just us humans who are in trouble."
Howard also saw that the Eldar weren't doing well. If he remembered correctly, they had seven ships when they first met in the desert. Excluding the one damaged by Drago, there were still six. Now, only three ships were docked here, all of them damaged. Whatever their purpose was, it wasn't going well.
Chalandi wanted to use rhetoric to transform the common predicament of the two races into a single predicament for the human side, so that their help would no longer be cooperation, but charity.
"You're right. We've also encountered some troubles, but ours are smaller than yours," Chalandi said. "But that's not the point. What I want to say is, why can't we each get what we need?"
Now that the definition is clear, let’s talk about specific projects.
In fact, if negotiations really took place, it would not be Howard's turn to talk to the Eldar prophet, because before the Eldar came to rescue him, his status in the human team was not necessarily much better than that of a prisoner.
His status among humans at that time was like a lamb with treasure hidden in its body. Humans coveted the treasure and would protect and care for the lamb before finding a way to obtain it, but they would never respect the lamb. If these humans got the treasure, the lamb would be killed and eaten directly.
But the Eldar may not know this.
She has the blessing of the Goddess of Life in her body, and she once associated with the powerful Grey Knights. After she committed suicide, the Sisters of Silence and the Sisters of Battle took turns trying to rescue her.
If these bean sprouts had not been hiding in the dark with binoculars and observing from the beginning to the end, they would never have believed based on these performances alone that Howard's status in this human team was not much higher than that of a prisoner.
And Chalandi's behavior also proved that they misjudged Howard's status. He obviously regarded Howard as a person with weight of influence in this human team, so he talked about cooperation with him.
And that's exactly what Howard wanted.
He had previously demonstrated his unique value to both humans and elves, but that was all for self-preservation. If he hadn't demonstrated his value, he would probably have been killed as cannon fodder. But after demonstrating his value, how to clean up the mess became another problem.
If Howard didn't force these Eldar to come out into the open, whether he was captured by them or taken back by the humans, his fate would be dire. He was important to the Eldar, but they wouldn't necessarily treat him well. They would more likely lock him up in a lab for research and brainwashing, and the humans wouldn't be in such a bad situation.
But the situation is different now. Humans and the Eldar know of each other's existence, so Howard, who is valuable to both sides, has more choices and room for maneuver.
"The purpose of our coming to this damn place is actually very simple, that is to kill the orc boss here." Howard said, at this time he had used "we" to refer to himself and the rest of the human troops.
"Then I'm afraid your goal will fail." Chalandi smiled and shook his head. "Even if you can reach Harden without losing a single person, you're still no match for it... If you can summon your Grey Knight friends, there might be some hope."
Harden? This was the first time Howard had heard that name, but according to Charandi, it was probably the name of the orc boss in this area. Howard didn't ask any further questions because he was the leader of the human side. A leader of the human side shouldn't be unaware of the name of the orc boss they had been fighting for so long. Asking too many questions would only lead to mistakes.
"I know, so I'm asking you to get these people out safely," Howard said. "Some of them may not want to go with you, but you have to get those who are willing to go out of this garbage dump."
"It's easy for me and my people to evacuate from here, but it's not certain if we take you with us. Some of my people will die." said Chalandi.
"The power in me comes from a strange green leaf, which was handed to me by a piece of rotten flesh in a place ravaged by plague. Since then, I have always dreamed of the owner of the green leaf. I can hear her whispers and songs. She told me her name is Isa," said Howard.
As a guest of the evil god Nurgle, the goddess of life, Isa, is not without freedom. In fact, this goddess receives considerable preferential treatment from the Father of Plague. There are many demon servants who serve the goddess specifically. Sometimes, these demon servants will even follow the goddess's orders to come to the real universe to spread the antidote to the plague.
If you don't know what happened to Howard in the Garden of Nurgle, this sentence can easily be understood as Howard obtained the antidote that the Goddess of Life put into reality in a place where the Nurgle plague was raging, and thus gained the characteristics in his body. After all, no one would have thought that the "place where the plague was raging" that Howard mentioned was the Garden of Nurgle, and the "lump of rotten meat" was Nurgle himself.
Therefore, Howard later added the lie of dreaming. Otherwise, simply obtaining the antidote to the plague from the Goddess of Life would not be enough to impress these elves. He had to let these elves understand that he could still maintain some kind of ethereal connection with their goddess at this time.
Judging from the meaning of the lie, Howard was not wrong. Nurgle personally promised that he could enter the garden again. The Goddess of Life was also in the garden. His connection with the Goddess of Life had indeed not been severed. This was also the reason why the evil god Slaanesh was willing to put him back into the real universe.
hiss--
Howard suddenly felt like something was wrong.
"But you said before that she was safe. If it was just a dream, how can you be sure of her safety?" Chalandi had clear logic and immediately caught the inconsistency in Howard's words.
Oops! The car flipped over.
Howard admitted that he had not thought of this. As he had concluded before, the highest level of lying is not to lie, because if you compile a non-existent fact as a lie, there will inevitably be loopholes.
At this point, he could choose to stick to his guns and say that the goddess told him in a dream that he was safe, but Howard only had one chance to answer this kind of question. Even if he came up with a more perfect answer later, the answer he had already made could not be changed.
And this only chance to answer will determine whether the Eldar will believe everything he said before, and whether Howard's plan can succeed. Trying to be stubborn is an answer, but it is definitely a bad answer.
Howard remained expressionless...or rather, the muscles on his face were stiff, while his brain was already overloaded. Silence was also a very bad answer, and he couldn't remain silent for too long.
On the other side of the table, Chalandi's eyes were sharp. He had been in a passive position since he was forced out by this human, and now it was finally his turn to find the other party's problem. He had already lost once, and this time, he wanted to get it back with interest.