Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 506 The "Corruption" Target Recommended by Alkahas Far

“Those are the Chu-Oor people. Although they have advanced spaceships, they lack the ability to travel in subspace, which is why they attacked the Navigators.”

"They can use mind-controlling maggots to control people's minds, and their purpose in capturing human navigators is to use them for warp travel and to build their own empire."

The Primarch compiled all the information he knew about Chu Orr and sent it to the two of them telepathically.

“I’m very interested in their queen; I’ll capture them.”

"The ceremony will be held tomorrow, and I will bestow upon you the Arc Launcher,"

"Offer them to me, along with their mind-controlling maggots, the planetary markers and deep-space monoliths they used for their voyages."

The Queen of the Chu-Oor people is the primary material for the "Psychologist" Sequence 6 "Hypnotist," while the Mind Control Maggot is a secondary material.

The planetary marker stones of the Chu-Oor people are the primary material for the "Recorder," the sixth successor to the "Astrologer," while the Deep Space Boulder is a secondary material.

Alkahas and Nerat exchanged a glance. Although the Black Emperor's orders were different from the killing mission given by Lord Horus, the Black Emperor's will was above all else.

"I will obey your orders."

“My lord,” Alkahas said again, “there is a soldier in my 89th Company who is exceptionally talented.”

Ninglu asked with great interest when he heard Alkahas recommend talent.

"what is his name?"

“His name is Alastor Rorschach, and his comrades in his company call him Raven,” Alkahas Far continued.

"Although young, he has already proven himself in a series of battles and is highly praised."

Upon hearing the name Alastor Rorschach, Nimrod already knew who Alkahas had recommended.

Alastor was a Raven Guardian, but after the massacre at the landing site, he joined the Night Lords and became a member of the Nightbat Council.

The Nightbat Council is the leadership organization of the future "Midnight Lords," composed of high-ranking members within the Legion.

Following the "Salamas Expedition," in order to gain an advantage in the fierce power struggle within the Legion, Severa brought Alastor into the Nightbat Council.

Despite being a member of the Nightbat Council, Alastor was in an awkward position as he did not have his own military force.

But Alastor's abilities are quite good. The key point is that since he betrayed Kovacs Clarks, his will is not unshakable.

This means that he can be "corrupted".

"Prepare a frigate, load it with the sacrificial items, and order Alastor to escort it," Ninglu instructed.

“Tell Horus that this is to express my gratitude for your rescue in Shana.”

Alkahas was taken aback. He looked up into the depths of the mist and saw only a blurry figure.

As the Shadow Lord of the Nineteenth Legion, he immediately understood the Black Emperor's implied meaning.

“My Lord, you don’t want them to know that I am loyal to you.”

“That’s right.” To ensure that Old Man Huang would entrust the artifact, the Silent Glass, to the Terran exile he trusted, Nimrod wanted to keep Alkahas as normal.

"Also, you and Nerat should not have frequent contact in the future, and you should not let anyone discover your close relationship."

Kovacs Corax will not immediately exile all Terrans upon his return; in order to bring them all under his command, Nerat Killing must remain with the Ravenguard.

They could take the remaining Terrans with them before the grand birthday celebration, and also learn something from Corax.

Despite being of Terran descent and disliked by the Corax, and not even having seen his Primarch before being used as cannon fodder at the "Forty-Two Gates," the "Ash Claws" were a chapter that had reformed the tactics of the Raven Guard.

"We understand."

The black mist engulfed the two, and Ninglu sent them out of the "Land of Chaos." Pacific Star Region, Swick System.

The flagship of the Nineteenth Legion was renamed the Water Monster by the Lord of Shadows.

Alkahas sat on his throne. "Has the Arc Projectile Gun been issued?"

"The Shadow Lord has already issued them; each squad has one," the Honor Guard captain immediately reported to the Chapter Leader.

“Very good,” Alkahas’s gloomy face broke into a smile. “Remember what the Alien Queen looks like, and capture them.”

“I want to present them to Lord Ninglu, who lent us a helping hand on Shana II.”

"Sir, Nerat's company has followed your orders, locked onto a chainship, and launched a boarding maneuver while it disperses."

“Very good,” Alkahas said calmly. “Surround the other warships and don’t let the alien warships escape.”

Before parting ways yesterday, he and Nerat reached an agreement: the ocean world would be left to him, the "sailor," while the mysteries of the alien ships would be left to the "Mystic People" to explore.

As Alkahas commanded the ships to surround the Chu-Oor people's ships, Nerat had already stepped off the deck of the gauntlet assault boat.

Hearing the buzzing sound of wings, the "Mystic" raised his explosive pistol and fired a bullet directly at one of the dozen or so entrances in the maze-like space in front of him.

With a loud bang, the alien crashed into the bomb, and the "paper" shattered.

The explosive projectile that Nerat then fired pierced through the mist and struck the alien's slime-covered body, blasting it into a pool of blood mist.

His guards all looked toward the entrance to the passage. The alien, shrouded in mist, had six eyes, its compound eyes arranged in pairs vertically.

The alien has a bird's beak and its body is covered in something that looks like hard, brittle paper. Its outer surface and flexible, sticky inner surface form a garment that resembles a sleeveless short jacket.

The diamond warhead tore through the alien's paper-like clothing and detonated inside his body.

Accompanied by a piercing buzzing sound, one alien after another flew out.

Their bodies trembled, and the surrounding airflow rushed into their bodies as if sucked away by a fan.

Accompanied by bursts of explosions, invisible gas bullets were fired from the tail.

Amid a series of crisp explosions, a member of the guard's power armor began to pound incessantly, collapsing at a visible speed.

Nerat saw the hazy compounds in the air, and at the same time, his spiritual intuition as a "mystic" reminded him that something was moving in the air.

He knew it was a mist of chemicals expelled from the complex chemical glands of the Qiu-Oor people, aliens without hearing organs who communicated through colored hormones and fluid pheromones.

Nerat gave the order over the company's communications channel: "Attack their upper bodies, their sacs are there, the aliens communicate with secreted hormones."

The Astartes immediately aimed their bomb guns at the alien's upper body, and with a deafening roar, the sacs of the Chu-Oor people ruptured one by one.

Slime splattered everywhere, and the entrance to the maze was covered in a disgusting grayish-black liquid.

The alien's attack immediately became scattered, the knocking sounds echoing on different powered armors, unable to cause any damage.

After the dense hail of bullets slaughtered the swarming aliens, the captain of the guard stepped forward, stopping just before stepping on the disgusting slime.

He shrugged and said jokingly.

"These aliens are disgusting, but this is the only passage we can take."

A red and black light shone in the eyes of the "Mysterious Prayer Man," and after a few seconds, he spoke.

"No, that's a trap. We need to take this route."

He pointed to the third passage on the left side of the passage from which the Qiu-Oor people had just emerged.

(End of this chapter)