Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 503 Anacharis Scoria: As long as Lord Nimrod continues to support me, I can become even stronger.
On the surface of Gildes' main planet, the two servo skulls of the Sage's Throne tracked ten golden mechanical creations that rose into the air.

Anacharis Scoria had considerable contact with the technocrats of the "Shadow of Order," and he knew that these eagle-shaped metal constructs were the Golden Garudas, an advanced detection system.

The technical priest in charge of the control panel spoke up.

"Communication base stations have been deployed, and military-grade communication systems are online, covering the Southern Hemisphere."

"The Auger matrix scan results have been shared, and the tactical data has been updated..."

Anacharis immediately accessed the communication system and gave instructions to the technical priest on the other side.

"Scan to unlock and locate the Bone Eater."

"Coordinates 185, Bone Eater life signal..."

Four dangerous rune markers have appeared in the tactical network, standing out conspicuously among the other densely packed alien markers.

Anacharis's data and logic engines worked at high speed, adjusting the battle plan and resimulating it.

Suddenly, he noticed two more Bone Eater markers in the tactical network.

He immediately traced the source and discovered it came from a friendly force.

Anacharis highlighted the two markers: "Ornithometer at full power, rescan."

The technical priest at the control panel immediately assigned the task to the two apprentices.

The entire macro-branch's avian finite element system is running at full power, scanning both regions.

"Magnetic anomalies at coordinates 162 and 205 indicate that the area has abundant magnetic ore reserves, which are interfering with the scanning signal."

Anacharis marked coordinate 162 as the target point, wanting to know if the results of the Golden Garuda's detection were correct.

He led a large battalion of Mech Guards and twenty-nine walking mechs that had completed their assembly, heading towards coordinate point 162.

The mechanical feet of the Sage's Throne tread steadily forward on the highway built by the colonists.

Its mechanical platform is as wide as the walking mechs next to it, making it much more agile in movement.

The three-legged walking mechs trod on the roadsides on both sides of the highway, crushing the ore discarded by miners into dust.

Inside the morgue-like cockpit, the genetically modified castes numbly carried out their work amidst the turbulence.

Their bodies, pale from long imprisonment, shone with a fierce light in their eyes.

The era of the High Lords ended in Gadinal, which was undergoing a transformation unprecedented in five thousand years. The enslaved castes were liberated, and everyone witnessed it.

Lord Nimrod brought about change for Gardinar, and they will defend the hard-won results of that change, ensuring that no one else will suffer the same fate as them.

At a distance of 3.6 kilometers from the coordinate point, Anacharis's oracles eliminated interference and discovered the Bone Eater, which resembled an ancient giant tree, in the ravine.

[The golden Garuda of "Shadow of Order" possesses scanning and detection capabilities superior to any oracle I can find or manufacture.]
Anacharis surveyed his surroundings and discovered the highway they had come from, which led directly into the valley.

Before entering the mountainous area, there are two hills on either side, 270 meters and 190 meters high respectively, guarded by a small number of Ran Dan alien troops.

He immediately made arrangements, with the Mech Guard launching an attack on the 270-meter slope, while the slower-moving walking mechs, commanded by "Shadow of Order," attacked the lower slope.

Then they attacked the bone-eaters from both sides, from a high vantage point.

The Sage's Throne took the lead, turning and its two servo skulls sprang up, emitting green light that enveloped the entire hillside.

On the left, a technical priest and two apprentices are rapidly typing on a keyboard.

The black cables swayed, and the Gatling gun roared first.

The ammunition belt rattled, and a dense hail of bullets instantly felled more than a dozen four-legged spiral creatures, their gelatinous blood splattering everywhere.

The overlord's two curved limbs had just raised the weapons in their hands.

Two bright beams of light, crackling and popping, blasted towards us.

The precise energy output frequency precisely shatters the individual's energy shield.

The Maxim grenades roared, immediately suppressing the Overlord's firepower.

The weapon platforms of the Sage's Throne were activated one by one, unleashing firepower stronger than an entire battalion, destroying one alien defense line after another like a storm.

Anacharis was also keeping an eye on the progress of the "Shadow of Order" technocrats on the other side.

Tripod walking mechs deployed in formation, extremely bright beams of light pierced through the rocks, and scorching plasma beams sliced ​​the aliens into pieces.

The overheated energy turned the cold metal morgue into a furnace.

The technical sergeants record sensor data as a basis for future improvements.

Sweat-soaked gunner's hand pulled the control lever, raising the energy weapon of the walking mech.

A dazzling beam of light slammed into the individual's energy shield.

Anacharis's optical prosthetic eye flashed, capturing combat data from the walking mech.

The “Shadow of Order” standardizes the operating procedures of the three-legged walking mechs, including firepower attacks, identification of overlords, breaking through personal energy shields with energy weapons, and finally using kinetic energy weapons such as cannons to finish them off.

Compared to my Sage's Throne, its deployment is less flexible, and its energy weapons are somewhat wasted.
As Anacharis assessed the situation, twenty-nine walking mechs ascended the hillside, crushing the fleeing aliens under their feet into pools of blood. They simultaneously aimed all their weapons at the Bone Eater.

Countless beams of light pierced through the dust drifting from the mine and blasted towards the Bone Eater.

The Bone Eater turned around and raised his arms in the mining site he had razed to the ground.

The intense light tore through the eternal darkness of the mining area's night sky, and Anacharis read that the energy readings were rapidly increasing.

The visual signal on his ornithoscope flickered for a few seconds before returning to normal.

Anacharis discovered that not a single three-legged walking mech had been destroyed.

His electronic prosthetic eye swung around and discovered residual energy in the shattered rocks on the hillside.

[The Bone Eater's weapon attack was deflected by the Skotian shield-weaving technique.]
As the energy readings climbed, Anacharis channeled the energy, boosting his prosthetic eye to its maximum power.

After witnessing the terrifying power unleashed by Lord Ninglu, he realized the inadequacy of his electronic prosthetic eye. With the support of resources, he replaced his own with a quadruple electronic optical system.

This time he did not lose visual signal and captured the entire attack by the walking mech and the bone eater.

Bone Eater, Energy Shield Overload.

The shield-weaving systems of the two walking mechs were breached.

Anacharis's military-grade communications system suddenly flashed an alarm rune.

He felt his entire body system slow down for a moment, losing visual signals and the control of the metallic tentacles...

Anacharis immediately traced the error report.

The system has been attacked.

Attack type I, neurotoxin.

Attack type II, psionic.
Anacaris's one electronic prosthetic eye continued to monitor the battle on one side of the Bone Eater, while his other eye looked at the threatening rune.

A white figure with a red line running through its spherical head—he immediately recognized it as a brain-eater.

As Anacharis's eight tentacles rose from behind, the Bone Eater's head shook violently.

A dazzling beam of light shot out, and a walking mech with a shattered shield was annihilated in the warm beam. The mech and its pilot were wiped out without a trace.

The energy beams of twenty-eight mechs, green plasma beams, and laser weapons engulfed the bone-eater's green body.

As the massive green body fell, Anacharis opened fire.

Photon piercing cannons, phase plasma weapons...

The bright beams of light, bursting forth, stood out starkly even amidst the destructive energy storm.

The brain-eater felt a deadly threat, and he immediately raised his bent arm, creating a psionic shield in front of him.

A series of ear-piercing explosions were drowned out by the deafening roar of the bone-eater collapsing the mine shaft as it fell.

The aliens surrounding the brain-eater were shocked that the bone-eater was being destroyed so quickly, without even realizing that the brain-eater was under attack.

After collecting the necessary data, Anacharis immediately increased the weapon system's output power.

Bang bang bang!
A series of explosions brought the shocked aliens back to their senses.

They had just raised their weapons and aimed them at the ravine when they heard a loud bang.

Once the individual energy shield is confirmed to be shattered, the gravity cannon immediately fires.

The brain-eater's body floated uncontrollably, and his head was ringing.

Anacharis raised his staff of electric orbs, and a bolt of electricity as thick as an arm struck the brain-eater's brain.

A devastating electric current pierced the brain of the brain-eater, and physiological fluid gushed out from the red line.

Anacharis, having killed the brain-eater, felt a surge of joy from the remaining brain tissue.

I've become stronger!

In the past, I could never have defeated the brain-eater alone.

This is all a gift from Lord Nimrod!
He issued the order through a military-standard communications system.

"Kill the aliens and bring the brain-eaters back."

Anacharis didn't use the Melt Cannon because he didn't want to damage the Brain Eater's body.

He learned from the technical sergeants that Lord Nimrod had a fondness for all sorts of strange creatures and objects.

Brain eaters are one of them.

[As long as Lord Nimrod continues to support me, I can become even stronger.]
Anacharis's mind conjured an image of twelve mechanical tentacles on his back, followed by eighteen...

(End of this chapter)