Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 504 Eight Great Forging Worlds, Seven of Which Have Formed an Alliance with Me
863 years.

Pacific Sector, Bad Habits Sector, Shadow of Reign, Primarch Office.

"Lord Ninglu, as per your command, I have taken control of the Gildes system."

"After a comprehensive scan, it was confirmed that the mineral deposits on the main star of Gildes are even richer than those on Shana II and Shana V combined."

"After reporting to the Council of Sages, I was rewarded and promoted to Sage."

Upon hearing this, Ninglu nodded slightly. As he had expected, with his resources and support, Anacharis Scoria had grown rapidly.

I remember that the original Anacharis became a sage thirty years before the Great Birthday.

With my help, he was promoted to sage more than a hundred years ahead of schedule.

Therefore, the future Tyrant of Shana, the power ceiling of the "Motorcycle Guy" will definitely become even stronger.
Ning Lu said with satisfaction, "Well done."

"Not only that, sir, I have directly obtained the title of Grand Casting Master."

Anacharis was unsure whether Lord Nimrod was familiar with the Church's organizational structure, he explained.

"Grand Master Craftsman" is a high-ranking sage title, overseeing a large number of craftsmen.

“I even have the authority to organize the craftsmen into an army and send them to the battlefield.”

“That’s great news. Congratulations, Anacharis.” Ninglu had some knowledge of the Grand Casting Master, which was one of the highest titles in the Machine God Guard system, and the power they possessed was unmatched in the entire casting world.

The craftsmen were originally responsible for manufacturing weapons and equipment, and only a few sages had the authority to deploy them as an armed force on the battlefield.

The armor they made for themselves far surpassed the standards of the Astartes; it was all custom-made.

The weapons they use are not mass-produced standard weapons. Master-level power axes are the basic equipment, and each person also has a gravity gun and an incendiary gun. They also bring their own auxiliary combat mechs.

"You are the one who gave me all of this."

“I, Anacharis Scoria, will follow in your footsteps forever.”

The eyes of the "Corrupted Baron" were suddenly filled with lines of rules.

Anacharis's entire mechanical system, including his electronic eyes, armor, weapons, and all other items, transformed into lines of rules.

His body was boiling, and something inside him was rapidly disintegrating, shattering, and dissipating.

His spirit became more active, the potion was stimulated, and digestion was accelerated.

Anacharis has been "corrupted" by me; he's just one step away from completely digesting the "Corrupted Baron."

As I expected, the process is progressing as planned. Once I've corrupted Balsa Kuturi or someone similar, I can complete the digestion.
"I accept your allegiance, and I will grant you strength. Please wait in the reception area for five minutes."

If Anacharis is "corrupted" and becomes completely loyal to him, Nimrod will provide him with more resources.

A moment later, Anacharis drank the golden potion.

His brain exploded like a tidal wave, with every data crystal he had ever studied and every data panel he had ever viewed, and all the information contained therein flashing through his mind.

A string of junk code flashed through Anacharis's data engine, and he sensed that the engine was about to crash.

He also felt that the logic engine was running at full speed, and he gained some completely new understandings of knowledge.

Anacharis schedules the database to store new information.

He realized that some of the understanding, some of the information automatically derived and deduced by the logic engine, was the answer to the question that had been troubling him recently: how to further increase the number of mechanical tentacles and make them work together.

A moment later, under Nimrod's tutelage, Anacharis restrained the overflowing potion power and became a "Knowledgeable One." "My Lord, thank you for your gift."

“I will certainly make good use of the power you have given me to take Shana.”

"I will dedicate Shana to you."

Ning Lu nodded slightly. "I believe you can do it. Don't rush things. I'll tell you when the time is right."

"Go find the Master of the Forge now and ask him for the Holy Casket Suit for research."

"It is the culmination of 3,600 years of mechanical modification. It is integrated with the entire body and can use dozens of weapon systems at the same time. I believe you will gain inspiration from it."

Anacharis's quadruple optical electronic prosthetic eye shone brightly. "My lord, I will not let you down."

After Anacharis left, Nimrod's communication bead buzzed, and Alsena Dunn's voice came through.

“My lord, I have received a report that the negotiation team sent to Mars has reached an agreement with the forging worlds, and I would like to report this to you now.”

“Alright.” Ninglu agreed to the Primarch’s servant’s request.

Six minutes later, the silver-haired Arsena entered the Primarch's office. He bowed respectfully and began to report.

"My lord, we have reached an agreement with the Forging World Rizzar, authorizing them to provide the construction template for the Land Raider main battle tank."

"In return, Riza agreed to a pact with us, to provide supplies, and to supply us with their renowned plasma weapons and vehicles that carry them."

"Because of the Orc threat, they cannot send the Titan Legion to fight alongside them, but they are willing to provide the Stormblade super-heavy tanks that they have just developed."

Alsena manipulated his staff, projecting a holographic image of Stormblade in front of Nimrod.

“As far as I know, not all forging worlds have a standard template for building the Shadow Sword; some have found ways to create alternatives,” Artena remarked.

“Riza is different from those conservative and stagnant foundry worlds; it is one of the few foundry worlds that loves invention and innovation,” Ninglu said in agreement.

"For Mars, Riza means heresy in a sense, but they have no choice; they are always facing the threat of the Orcs."

“Yes, it was precisely because of the continuous orcish onslaught that they developed the Stormblade to counter the Ancient Giants,” Artena continued.
"It can also be used to deal with bone-eaters."

[Of course, there are also Titans.] Nimrod thought to himself.

He knew that both Shadow Blade and Stormblade were characters from "Titan Slayer".

Of course, due to their relatively slow rate of fire, one or even several of these "Titan killer" weapons pose little threat to a single Titan of the General class.

At least one squadron of Titan Slayers is needed to pose a real threat to Titans.

“I agree to their terms,” Ninglu said.

"We are building a world-class steel ball and hope to obtain authorization for the standard construction template of the RAND fast attack craft."

"They are willing to form an alliance with the Legion to provide supplies and supply the Legion with Casteran droids."

"They are also willing to send 41 Titans from the 'Iron Skull' Titan Legion to fight alongside the Legion."

“I agree to their terms,” Ning Lu thought to himself, his eyes deep.

I have previously reached agreements of varying degrees with Mars, Yomiuri 8, Lucius, Gloria, and Griffin IV.

Including Riza and Steelball, who are about to reach an agreement, all eight of the largest future casting worlds, except for Agrippina which has not yet been established, have reached alliances with me to varying degrees.

Yes, Shana's production capacity is no less than that of the eight great forging worlds; it's just that it was originally destined to betray them and become a hellish forge.
(End of this chapter)