Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 495 Anacharis Scoria: I Need to Become Stronger

Shana II, the eleventh casting temple.

Anacharis Scoria's optical implants flashed with a fiery orange light as he coldly observed the other sages and techpriests, whose actions suggested they were gripped by fear.

Compared to his age and other technical priests, Anacharis was more sanctified, which was an outward manifestation of his ability and ambition.

With the running data engine, he had a complete overview of the current situation.

The number of dead, the destroyed foundries...

His world-building is inadequate; he could do better, but he is merely a technological priest.

An enraged Anacharis received a data packet from the Great Sage Eddy, to whom he served.

"The Shana Guardian has been attacked by aliens. Depart immediately to rescue the God Machine."

Anacharis instantly parsed the data packet, carefully expressed his views, and instantly exchanged ideas and data with the Great Sage Eddy.

His counter-offensive plan was rejected immediately, making him feel that Eddie had not done any logical analysis.

Anacharis then switched to a dedicated, high-intensity military-grade communications system, marked the coordinates of his assigned mission, and issued orders to his squad.

His unit, Hongzhi, assembled within twelve seconds and began a mechanical march.

Like other forging worlds, the sages of Shana also organized their Machine God Guard according to the sacred numbers of the God of Machines.

Each Hongzhi has four brigades, and each brigade consists of three detachments.

Anacharis calmed the turbulence in the binary code and decided to proceed with his plan.

Joining the Machine God Guard was a carefully calculated choice; his goal was to acquire all of Eddie the Great Sage's assets.

Although the Om Messiah Guard was originally intended to fight at the behest of God, unlike the Guardian Army which was loyal to the Former Director of Foundry, they were formed based on feudal obligations.

The Machine God Guard, the Protectorate, and the Titan Order form a great triune structure.

The Knight Families, the Restoration Order, the Exploration Fleet, and the Intelligent Legion are all powerful enough in their respective fields, but they still pale in comparison to the three major organizations.

The Guardians of the Faith would be influenced by Mars and be too secular, while the Titan Order would be influenced by various forces. Only the Cavalry Guard was his best choice.

Each sage has their own resources and military power, and the sage he selected through data screening, Eddie, is a powerful sage with a strong desire for control. He personally serves as the chief sage of Hongzhi, yet he will not abandon his foundry.

Eddie's understanding of war was too superficial, which gave him his chance.

More importantly, Eddie's lifespan is 250 years, but his theoretical lifespan is less than 120 years.

This is his chance. If he can control the entire armed forces of Hongzhi, he can seize Eddie's legacy, the knowledge and foundry possessed by the Great Sage—everything will be his.

Although he currently only controls one squad, his specially designed predictive array has calculated every possible future node.

The fluctuating electronic signals caught Anacharis's attention.

The tactical overview, with its displayed 3D holographic projection and data code, momentarily stunned the logic engine he had tailored for himself.

The divine machine was battered and bruised by the dense beams of light, and the system's alarming runes were alarming.

Void Shield Defense System 19.34%, Transmission System 30.57%...

Anacharis's replacement of his oracle scanning system allowed him to obtain more comprehensive information than the data packets in his mind space.

All the information pieced together to form a creature he had never seen before, a being beyond his comprehension.

Scans showed that the components that made up his body had a 43.61% overlap with plants of the Lycopodiaceae family and a 38.41% overlap with plants of the Moraceae family…

He was like a hybrid of various plants, but the energy beams he roared out caused massive damage to the divine machinery, and the numbers on the Void Shield system kept dropping.

[He is a complete individual; he is even more powerful than the God Machine.]
An electronic signal popped up in Anacharis's logic engine: [I know what they're hiding.]

I know what Eddie is afraid of: they are hiding the existence of this alien to avoid questioning the symbolism of the divine machine.

Foolish! This cannot be hidden; it should be made public as soon as possible so that a solution can be found.
Anacharis's logic engine generated a complete war plan in twelve seconds.

He stopped what he was doing while distributing the data packets to his subordinates.

He had no authority; he could only follow Eddie's mechanical and useless pre-defined plan.

Anacaris angrily abandoned the plan and began to examine the Eddie-014 fire strike plan.

The logic engine operates at high speed, finding the parts within it that it can flexibly change.

Even with limited freedom, he still wants to take initiative, achieve greater results, and obtain the data feedback he desires.

"Soldier A-1, move to coordinates 157, 358, attack point B-687."

"..."

"Mechanical B-1, move to coordinates 146, 329, attack point B-689." "..."

Anacaris, within his authority, fine-tuned Andy's firepower strategy to allow their firepower to be used more effectively.

He assigned similar strike points to soldiers and mechs, and he wanted to obtain alien data through feedback, which would become his data assets.

The entire detachment of the Machine God Guards started operating like parts of a machine.

Anacharis's squad moved in an orderly fashion through the furnaces, completing its deployment at least 36 seconds earlier than all other squads.

This was the result of his calculations, which brought Anacharis joy for the first time that day.

Soldiers fired plasma beams and mechs fired their thermal cannons simultaneously, the dense beams hitting their targets precisely.

Anacaris eagerly checked the feedback results, and a second later, he restrained himself from cursing Eddie in the squad's communication system.

[Energy Shield, he actually concealed this important information.]

My firepower plan did not take this factor into account.
Anacharis quickly regained his composure and recorded the feedback data from the energy shield.

He quickly adjusted the attack plan, and just as it was being issued, he suddenly heard a loud bang, accompanied by a series of mournful binary codes in his mind space.

The Shana Guardian has fallen, and the God Engine has been destroyed.

The guardian of Shana collapsed, crushing dozens of furnaces. Debris rained down, and the clanging sounds echoed all around.

Anacharis was the first to emerge from his grief, only to find the aliens charging toward his group.

He immediately requested authorization to activate the self-defense procedure within his mind space. While exchanging viewpoints, he sensed that Eddie's data code contained a large amount of redundant code.

[It arose from witnessing the destruction of the divine machine; his sanity was destroyed by fear.]
Anacharis received the authorization he wanted, and even more.

The technical priest who commanded his battalion lost his logical connection, and he took over command of three detachments.

Anacharis believed he was consumed by fear, which was a good thing for him.

He immediately got into character, abandoned Eddie's attack plan, rebuilt a new combat plan, and announced it on the brigade's communication system.

The panicked soldiers calmed down and followed Anacharis's orders to move and fire.

The result of repeating the training thousands of times allowed them to quickly regain their confidence.

When they discovered that every attack hit the alien, they forgot about the enormous green figure and focused on carrying out Anacharis's orders.

The machine spirits of the mechs were enraged by the fall of the divine machines, and Anacharis took full advantage of this.

He distributed the identified energy shield signals to them, launching an attack on the elite alien soldiers.

In Anacalos's tactical network, the numbers jumped rapidly: 33, 107, 259...

With each round of firepower, the results achieved were increasing.

Anacharis adjusted his firepower while launching the attack.

He raised the electric cannon with his right arm and blasted the alien with a dozen or so scorpion tails with the charged current.

After several tens of seconds, sparks flew from the electric staff.

Just as he had calculated, the alien's energy shield was overloaded.

He raised his left arm, and the beam of light from the plasma pistol ended the alien's life.

His oracle scanning system lit up with bright red runes, and three-dimensional images shone in the data engine.

The alien's blade tore soldier A-5 apart, and blood splattered onto the furnace.

He brandished his blade and charged at Anacharis.

Anacharis's energy weapon was still charging, but he still had an arm and mechanical tentacles on his back.

The chainsaw-like gauntlets screech as they slammed into the alien's crimson eyes, tearing its brain apart.

[Not enough, not enough yet. I can control even more weapons at the same time. This is not my limit yet.]

I need to become stronger!
Because Anacharis has invested resources in predictive arrays and avian scanning systems, his investment in weapon systems is only just beginning.

Apart from the mechanical tentacles that were surgically attached to his spine, he has not yet been fitted with any other arms.

When Anacharis was dissatisfied with his weapon system, countless red runes suddenly appeared in the data engine.

The data feedback told him that the aliens that destroyed the Titans had aimed their energy weapons in that direction.

(End of this chapter)