Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 357 "Twisted"

Flamini saw a beam of light shooting towards him and lunged forward, rolling to the left to avoid the Mitu's attack.

His followers, however, did not possess such precognitive abilities, and several died in the attack by the Mitu aliens.

Flamini knew that he had fewer than a hundred followers left, and he was still more than five hundred meters away from the building he remembered.

The thought of retreating or finding a place to hide flashed through his mind, but he could sense that the entire city would become a battlefield.

A battlefield of blood-red rice and black shadows.

Flamini was relieved that his prediction had come true; hope had arrived.

But he also felt the danger of death, and since he could not avoid the danger, he hoped to return to his birthplace.

Flamini made the decision to move forward.

The prophetic revelation is there; only by reaching it will hope arrive.

Flamini also wanted to know if his parents were still alive, and the visions he saw when he awakened his psychic powers were contradictory.

His several attempts at divination yielded no answers.

Flamini thought to himself, raised his rusty gun, and fired a bullet toward the spot where the Mitu people would appear next.

The death of the Mitu gave his followers confidence, and they took up their haphazard weapons and launched an attack.

The surviving humans were all excellent marksmen; they were unerring and killed several Mitu people.

Flamini bent low and proceeded along the route he had foreseen, with his followers close behind.

The path to their goal was bloody. Despite Flamini’s constant adjustments to avoid the enemy as much as possible, one follower after another fell as more and more Mitu people poured in.

When they were about 60 meters away from the building, only about 50 people remained.

Flamini was the first to rush to the building, where he immediately saw the rotting, mangled corpses inside.

His mind went blank as a memory suddenly surfaced.

His mother pushed him away, and his father stood in front of him.

They are already dead.
Flamini realized the cold reality that his parents had long since died at the hands of the Mitu people.

He let out a desperate cry. What hope? He had arrived here, but saw nothing.

Flamini chuckled self-deprecatingly. He looked around and saw countless Mitu warriors charging towards him. More than a dozen of his followers fell instantly.

In his despair, Flamini's mind and eyes shone with light.

Brilliant flames descended from the sky, instantly reducing tens of thousands of Mitu people to ashes.

Flamini saw the black-armored giant emerging from the smoke of battle, and he realized that it was hope.

Ning Lu glanced at the others and looked at the boy.

He could keenly sense that the boy was a psionicist with exceptional talent.

However, the teenager's emotions fluctuate wildly, which may cause him to lose control.

The Primarch sent a thought pulse to Ramsey, projecting the image of the boy into his mind.

"Ramsey, offer him help."

Ninglu then looked at the domed building in the center of the city. Through mind reading, he learned from the minds of the Mitu people that the rulers of the Mitu United Empire were nineteen consuls.

Although there are many races in the Mitu United Empire, apart from humans who are used as fuel, the other races each have their own roles, but the top races are all anemone-shaped.

Each race possessing a divine form will produce a governor who will join the council.

The nineteenth consul of Mitu resided in the council palace of the largest city, under that dome.

Ninglu led the Honor Guard in an attack on the dome.

The bomb guns roared, unleashing a dense barrage of bullets, and the Mitu people fell in droves.

The Vaal Sword flashed with blue and white light, spinning rapidly and tearing apart the anemone's body. Nimrod suddenly appeared a kilometer away from the dome-shaped building. In his "subspace vision," he suddenly saw the building ahead churning with colorful light, and he could also see countless lives rapidly disappearing.

He thought of the Mitu people's arcane technology and immediately had a guess.

The Mitu people used humans as fuel to activate some kind of arcane technology.
A flash of anger appeared in Ning Lu's eyes. With a flap of his golden wings, he instantly appeared outside the domed building.

The "Corrupted Baron" bulged his muscles, twisted his back, and swung his left arm, unleashing a cannonball-like punch.

boom!
Where the power boxing gloves struck, the bricks and stones shattered and cracked, quickly creating a spiderweb-like hole.

The entire building shook violently before collapsing with a loud crash.

Ning Lu stepped into the collapsed building and saw the transparent light shield making a rumbling sound.

Tens of thousands of people struggled and howled.

As they died, they generated some kind of supernatural energy, which was gathered by arcane devices and input into the transparent light shield on the high platform.

Nineteen enormous anemone-shaped creatures, each with a different size, came from various races of the Mitu.

In the "subspace vision," the Mitu's joint governors are visibly becoming more and more powerful due to the continuous infusion of energy.

Ninglu knew that in order to interrupt their process of becoming stronger and save the humans who were not yet dead, he had to kill them as soon as possible.

But the energy within that light shield was clearly a benefit to Governor Mitu.

Ninglu flapped his wings and flew rapidly toward the light shield. He drew the Spear of Dionysus and hurled it with all his might.

The Spear of Dionysus pierced through the light barrier and flew out from another direction, embedding itself in the ground.

The moment the light shield pierced through, the "Corrupted Baron" flew into it, spreading his spiritual power.

The will of the rulers to prohibit other Mitu people from entering the council hall in order to demonstrate their authority was "distorted" into an independent environment.

Just as the nineteen governors were about to launch an attack on Nimrod, the anemone's body suddenly wrinkled, and they felt the arcane energy rapidly disappearing.

Besides using "Corruption," the "Corrupted Baron" also possesses another signature extraordinary ability, "Twisting," which twists the arcane energy that only the Metu can utilize into warp power.

The "corrupted baron" has undergone a qualitative change, from exploiting the rules in the past to now "distorting" the rules for his own use.

The fighting environment that would benefit the Mitu people will be "distorted" to suit them.

As the Corrupted Baron's spirituality rapidly depleted, the Primarch felt a surge of power surrounding his body.

His eyes flashed with light, and his telekinetic power surged forth, causing the entire light barrier to shake violently.

The dissipated energy was "distorted" and confined within the light, and the force of the vibrations tore apart machine after machine.

Inside the dome, the rapidly spinning machines came to a sudden halt, and the desperate humans stared in astonishment at the council chamber.

The Primarch of Genes slashed with his right palm, tearing a rift between the physical universe and the subspace with his telekinetic powers.

The terrifying energy released by the "Vortex of Destruction" engulfed nineteen governors.

A destructive force tore their anemone bodies apart.

The nineteen officials felt their bodies being violently pulled in different directions.

They struggled desperately, but the destructive force exerted upon them was too immense, and their struggles were futile.

With a series of terrifying screams, the sea anemone's body was torn apart, then torn into even smaller pieces.

Within moments, the nineteen governors were annihilated by the "vortex of destruction," leaving no trace.

The rescued humans stared in disbelief as the governors were torn apart, until someone shouted:

"The alien leader is dead!"

A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted as the rescued people, their faces streaked with tears, embraced those around them.

The "Corrupted Baron" removed the seal from the light shield, and the blood-red chain on his right little finger flickered with a faint light, quickly replenishing his depleted spirituality.

(End of this chapter)