Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 236 Early Discovery of Fernus Manus (Please Subscribe)

The main planet of the Flame Wheel, the southern continent.

Hannibal and his honor guard have just captured an orc fortress.

The chosen prey was neatly sliced ​​off with a bear-hunting knife, and the legion's cooks were busy at work.

With an elegant smile on his face, Hannibal listened to Suarez's briefing and spoke with great interest.

"Nimrod has defeated Riemann Russ once again."

“Father and Horus were right; Macardo was wrong.”

After a moment of thought, he looked around, a hint of lingering affection flashing in his eyes.

Hannibal gave the order.

"Order the legion to begin storing food, select high-quality ingredients, and send them to the legion's warships for refrigeration."

On the western side of the Northern Continent, Leman Russ fell silent after listening to Jorin's briefing.

For several seconds, the air seemed to be frozen in Fenris's icy world, and the surrounding wolves remained silent.

Freddie and Gerry sensed the heavy atmosphere; their eyes widened as they looked at the wolf brothers.

The wolf king suddenly laughed and said to the surrounding wolves.

"The men of Fenris will not be defeated by defeat."

"If you lose, you lose; you'll win it back next time."

The wolves burst into laughter, instantly dispelling the oppressive atmosphere.

Jolin gripped the handle of his power axe, the image of Sanchez's annoying face flashing through his mind.

Freddie and Greg blinked their eyes, their heads buried in their fur.

Lehman Russ's voice echoed throughout the fortress as he shouted.

"Set off immediately and continue the cleansing of the orcs."

At the same time, Nimrod ordered the Second Warband, which had suffered heavy losses, to withdraw from the battlefield, while the other warbands continued to purge the orcs.

Upon returning to the Shadow of the Throne, Ninglu first pulled out eleven teeth from the orc warlord, thinking to himself.

The teeth of orc warlords are more effective as potion ingredients than ordinary Evil Moon Boys.

The auxiliary materials are all gathered; only the main materials are missing: one Osiris Mind Controlling Seed and one Brain Eater.

We should be able to gather all the materials for the "First Randan War".
Nimrod returned the teeth and the Great Banner to the "Land of Chaos," and then summoned Primarch's servant, Arsena Dunne.

"Command the Astral Singer to send astral messages to the Emperor, the Sealholder, and Horus, telling them that I have slain the orc warlord who was entrenched in the Wheel of Fire."

The Primarch's servant did not act immediately; he spoke first.

"My lord, there is an important Star Language message from the Fifteenth Legion that I believe you should know about."

Ninglu looked at the original body attendant: "What?"

"My lord, after the battle with the Jogalians, the Fifteenth Legion, following your orders, set out from the Persephone system to explore the southwest direction of the Milky Way star map."

"They sailed to a star system in ancient Terra called Stenerus and made a major discovery."

Störneros was one of the sons of Perseus and Andromeda in ancient Greek mythology.

Upon hearing the name, Ning Lu felt a sense of familiarity. His thoughts raced as he tried to recall it.

[Yes, Stenerus will be renamed Medusa, and Medusa IV will be the homeworld of the Tenth Legion, the "Iron Hand".]

Finus Manus has been discovered.

But in my memory, he didn't return to the empire until 824, two years later.

This is because I dispatched the "Thousand Sons" to explore the southwest, where they discovered the Medusa Galaxy ahead of schedule.
While Ninglu was pondering, the original body attendant continued to report.

"After the Fifteenth Legion arrived in the Steneros system, they found it to be cold and desolate, like a tomb."

"But the galaxy is full of wreckage and abandoned ships, silicate dust clouds and fragmented asteroids."

"The 'Deduction Student' speculated, feeling a slight melting sensation within him. 'In this situation, the Astartes of the Fifteenth Legion would likely consider this the Void Ancient Battlefield of the Old Night.'"

"Based on my understanding of them, I think they were driven by curiosity about knowledge and were trying to find data boards and other materials."

Ninglu nodded slightly, which was consistent with his understanding of the Thousand Sons and Azek Ahriman, the Primarch's attendant continued.

"After the Fifteenth Legion's warships approached the planet Störes IV, they discovered a massive planetary structure built in orbit. It was constructed in the void after the 'Dark Age' had frantically plundered the resources and wealth of the surface."

"The massive ring was severely damaged, and many parts fell to the ground."

"The Fifteenth Corps faced a series of challenges, including sudden ion storms, randomly malfunctioning space mines, and a large number of ancient but still deadly automated weapon systems."

The "reasoning trainees" then used logical reasoning to analyze the briefing.

"I suspect that, despite the significant losses, the 15th Army's fleet is still drawn closer by the knowledge lurking in the Stelleros IV."

The Primarch's attendant operated the data panel and brought up a briefing from the Fifteenth Legion.

"After the 15th Legion's fleet reached near-Earth orbit, the Auger Matrix passed through its dense atmosphere, filtering out the intense light reflected from the lower atmosphere, and discovered a nearly lifeless environment accompanied by dangerous earthquakes and unstable geological structures."

"After scanning, the exploration fleet discovered abandoned mining tunnels deep beneath the ice and tundra, reaching down to the Earth's core. The frigid surface was torn apart by those huge scars and impact craters."

"The Fifteenth Legion then received a signal, a ghostly signal in the communications channel, composed of a Gothic-like language and distorted technological ciphers."

"Its source is dispersed, like a heartbeat, from thermal energy signals of a super-giant thermal reactor of petrified material."

The "reasoning student" once again used logical reasoning to fill in the missing information.

"The Astartes of the Fifteenth Legion would naturally not give up exploring the ruins of the 'Dark Age of Technology,' and they sent expeditions to the surface."

The Primarch continued, "I'm retrieving a new report."

"The Fifteenth Legion was surprised to find on the surface that human survivors had tenaciously survived the great catastrophe and formed different clans."

“The Astartes used their psychic powers to learn from several clans, including the Avignes, that the locals called their world Medusa.”

"They also learned that a mythical demigod came to the clans to impart knowledge and help them grow stronger."

“The demigods did not rule over them, but guided them to maintain clan competition and led them to excavate ruins and develop technology.”

"The demigod also defeated a silver dragon named Asimus."

Upon hearing this, Nimrod was certain that this demigod Medusa IV was none other than Phenus Manus.

The Iron Hands originated from the story of Phenus Manus killing a silver dragon by plunging it into magma. The molten silver metal fused with his damaged arm, giving him a pair of powerful iron arms.

Originally, the return ceremony of Phenus Manus and the triumphant ceremony of Riemann Russ's "Wheel of Flames" were held together.

Even with my arrival, it should still be held together, but with Hannibal and me participating in the "Wheel of Flames."
As he pondered, the Primarch's attendant continued.

"After visiting the demigod Medusa, Azek Ahriman believed that this giant named Phenus Manus was another Primarch."

"They immediately presented this message to you. The above content is the Star Language hymn master's painstaking restoration of the Star Language message."

"The missing part is my reasoning based on the information."

Ninglu nodded and praised him.

"Brilliant reasoning."

Upon hearing the Primarch's praise, Alsena felt something shatter within him; he realized he was not far from becoming a true "Student of Deduction."

"I think the Emperor will be very pleased to hear this news. Order the Star Language Master to send him the news of Medusa IV's discovery of a new Primarch and my killing of the Orc warlord."

The Primarch's servant immediately obeyed.

"Yes, my lord."

The Eleventh Legion continued to purge the remaining greenskins from the Flame Wheel Prime.

Ten sidereal days later, Nimrod received a report from the Primarch's servant.

"My lord, the Emperor is satisfied with your achievements."

"He summons you to the Medusa system to accompany him in retrieving the Primarch."

(End of this chapter)