Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 446 "Witch"

After Gardiner made his 104th attempt to negotiate, Nimrod finally agreed to talks.

In Gadinal, the capital city had no roads.

The city’s transportation system consists of a network of broad-gauge bullet trains and narrow pedestrian bridges connecting transport stations and buildings.

Maria Kournikova was wearing a black hunting suit.

The Master of the Forge and Malevolus offered Maria two design options, the Macarten type and the Yard type, as a basis for her to choose from.

Between the two, she chose the Macartney type, which can spray flexible threads.

Purple patterns were engraved on the black armor, and the raised, sharp claws gleamed with a cold light.

Maria emerged from the shadows and stood on the human-shaped skybridge.

The bald, pale-skinned lower castes looked numb. When they passed the suddenly appearing beautiful woman, their gazes lingered for a moment, but they did not stop walking.

The lower castes, which have evolved for over two hundred generations, have long been rendered obsolete by more efficient selection processes in their pursuit of beauty.

"You haven't eaten for two days, have you?" The "witch's" voice was magnetic, and her words made the lower castes stop in their tracks.

For these lower castes, food is more attractive than an alluring appearance.

After being deliberately led to lose most of their demands, the desire for food was placed under the absolute belief that it should be used solely for the devout service of the high caste.

The "witch" watched as the crowd stopped, a barely perceptible glint flashing in her eyes.

Her 380 "assassins" and 520 apprentices launched attacks on food and water factories in the surrounding area, turning dozens of factories into ruins amidst the explosions.

Under normal circumstances, the consul would promptly adjust production capacity, and Gardiner's massive production capacity would quickly make up for any problems that arose.

However, after losing most of its fleet and more aircraft, the entire capital of Gadinar was affected, and the remaining production capacity was diverted to war preparations and to ensure that the high-caste people's decent lives would not decline.

Maria began to "incite":

“I can tell you why, because those factory castes are giving the food that originally belonged to you to those consular castes.”

“The consul caste is nothing more than the servants of the high lords; they should not enjoy such power.”

The "witch" looked around at the crowd and saw suppressed anger on their faces.

People of lower castes are not without any sense of resistance; they are simply bound by biological shackles.

But even biological shackles need human intervention to maintain them, and there aren't enough law enforcement officers to do so right now, giving her too many opportunities to "instigate" them.

"Come along and see for yourself."

After Maria finished speaking, she turned and walked toward her target.

The lower castes followed silently behind her.

Maria led her team to the bullet-shaped train station, where they ran into the first group of law enforcement officers.

Maria activated the built-in grappling hook launcher and leaped into the shadows above.

The lower castes stared blankly at the dome as the spinning-eye-shaped mesh guns sprayed out strands of supple silk.

The silk thread hardened rapidly upon contact with air, reaching the strength of steel wire, thus firmly binding more than a dozen law enforcement officers.

“You lowly slaves…” the enforcement captain shouted, and all the lower castes’ bodies seemed frozen, unable to move.

His words were stunned by the cold glint of the blade flashing at the tip of the arm of the leaping black figure.

His superior reflexes, honed over generations by the evolution of the law enforcement caste, allowed him to quickly roll and hide behind other law enforcement officers.

Maria charged forward at breakneck speed, wielding her claws to tear the law enforcers apart.

At the same time, a transparent ice crystal spear suddenly appeared and pierced the position of the law enforcement captain.

The white frost created by the "witch" spread and trapped the law enforcement captain.

Immediately, the claws tore the law enforcement captain's body apart.

With the death of the law enforcement captain, the lower castes regained their ability to act.

Maria looked around at the crowd, a smirk playing on her lips. She saw a glimmer of light in the eyes of the lower castes.

[The "incitement" has begun to take effect; the will to resist is awakening. Compared to the legendary high lords and consuls, the law enforcers are the most powerful and highest-caste people they can see. My easy killing of a law enforcer will shake their entire world.]
The lower castes boarded the train, while, out of their sight, numerous "assassins" rushed onto the bullet-shaped metal train.

Several skilled "assassins" pushed the control levers, and the bullet-shaped train rumbled and sped toward its target.

The lower castes were no longer as apathetic as before; they jostled and crowded onto the viewing windows, peering outside.

On the Gardiner train, sightseeing is relegated to a secondary function.

The lower castes looked out the window with curiosity. At first, nothing seemed different, except for the transport trains, transport stations, and tall buildings.

Next, their view began to change; the floors of the high-rise buildings started to decrease.

The steel building was rapidly transformed into a manor filled with greenery.

Ignoring the warnings, the train continued its journey and crashed into the residence of the transport consul.

This is the only consulate residence that the train can reach.

"Come with me."

As Maria, representing the lower castes, stepped off the train, she saw that the guards had already assembled and were ready for action.

The "witch" raised her right hand and wiped it across her face, instantly blurring her features and the Hunter's Suit.

The "witch" chanted Dunn incantations while simultaneously sprinkling a handful of shimmering, fluorescent powder on herself.

The figure of the "witch" began to disappear little by little, her outline as if it had been completely erased by an eraser.

Moments later, the lower castes saw a large plume of black flame land among the guards.

The "witch" used "invisibility" to appear behind the guards, and with a swing of her claws, she tore the guards apart.

The lower castes watched in astonishment as the tall, powerful woman swiftly killed the mighty guards.

Maria disappeared from everyone's sight again and entered the Consul's residence.

The "witch" rushed into the mansion and saw rows of bronze mirrors hanging on the walls.

A torrent of molten fire crashed down on Maria, shattering the granite ground and sending debris flying.

The psionic caste raised a shield of fire and looked around warily.

He suddenly looked behind him and saw a woman in black armor leap out of the mirror.

The "witch's" claws were wreathed in black flames, and a great burst of frost erupted around the psionic caste.

Frost clashed with flames, and the flames quickly subsided.

The "witch's" claws gripped the psionic caste, and black flames blasted away his right arm.

At that moment, a cold command came from the loudspeaker.

"Self-destruct!"

Without hesitation, the psionic caste carried out the traffic consul's order, detonating the psionic bomb on his body.

boom!
Amid the explosion, the figure of the "witch" leaped out from a mirror at the edge of the hall.

The shockwave struck the Hunter's Suit, but the "Witch" rolled away to avoid it and disappeared into the hall.

A moment later, when the lower castes entered the mansion, they saw a tall woman in black armor carrying a person dressed in fine clothes.

Just seeing the people in his hands filled them with instinctive fear.

Maria abandoned the traffic consul and said loudly.

"He is your transportation consul."

With a swift movement of its claws, it tore the traffic consul into several pieces.

A gleam appeared in the eyes of the lower castes, and they rushed into the restaurant, grabbing weapons.

Maria felt a slight melting sensation within her body.

(End of this chapter)