Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 549 Guilliman's Fearless Brothers: With one man's help, I can win any war.
Glenn Wosotto followed the Primarch aboard the Aquila Shuttle and peered through the entire viewing window.

As Wosoto gazed at Lord Nimrod, who resembled a marble statue, the rumors circulating within the legion came to mind.

More than one nobleman from Macurag mentioned that his father had erected statues for his five brothers at the Hera Fortress.

Unlike Marius Gage, who had close contact with his father, he stayed away from the core of power. As the Chapter Master of the First Chapter, his contact was limited to every tactical simulation exercise of the Primarch.

But Wosotto could still guess who the five statues were. When Lord Guilliman spoke of his Primarch brothers, he showed particular respect to five of them.

“Among my brothers, there are five who are determined and reliable in fulfilling their divine duty; they are a fearless bunch.”

"The hot-tempered and belligerent Leman Ruth, the resolute Roger Donne, the noble Saint Gilles, the unwavering Finus Manus, and..."

Wosoto remembers his father pausing noticeably for more than a second.

Wosoto could not accurately grasp his father's thoughts, and could only guess from his complex expression that he had some concerns, or that he could not simply summarize them, or that his emotions were complicated.

Lord Nimrod's outstanding military achievements forced Lord Horus to abandon his smooth diplomatic tactics and accelerate the pace of conquest.

Father will be troubled by the fact that the king has prematurely occupied three important strategic centers in his blueprint for the Kingdom of Otramar—Talassa in the west, Gantz and Kos in the north.

They are like three wedges, embedded in the core of the blueprint.

As a former "Son of War" legion commander, he knew the important strategic significance of the three regions. They were connected with more than a dozen other star systems of the Nimrods, but separated Otaramar from them.

As the father of a great strategist and politician, he could not ignore the flaws that tore apart the strategic landscape.

Wosoto thought of his father and calmly uttered the last person's name—"Ninlu".

He then spoke quickly, seemingly trying to steer his descendants' thinking in a new direction.

"No matter what enemy I am facing, as long as I have any one of my five brothers, I can win any war."

"Even in the most desperate apocalyptic situation, if the Ultramarines join forces with any of the five Allied factions, I can deduce a plan for actual victory."

"Ninhlu is the key to this; if you fight alongside him, victory will surely be yours."

Wosoto now deeply agrees that his father called Nimrod the key to the fearless masses.

He united the Astartes from different legions, allowing them to leverage their strengths and win glory.

He was incredibly powerful, and the formidable alien was instantly defeated.

As Wosoto pondered, a green light leaped into his eyes.

He saw Malena Skala's ship, the Emerald, as conspicuous as the space dwarves' fortress ships.

They were an outlier among the many Gothic-style warships in the expeditionary fleet.

Unlike heavy warships, the Emerald, which was converted from the Eldar Worldship fragments, resembles a void garden.

The dense trees are lush and verdant, like a green ocean.

After the Skyhawk shuttle landed, Wosoto followed Lord Nimrod toward the biological laboratory.

He noticed that vines were spreading throughout the entire warship.

Upon entering the biological laboratory, Wosoto saw that the vines seemed to be alive, swaying within a certain range.

The laboratory is filled with many strange creatures, some with eagle heads, lion bodies, and scorpion tails, others with tiger heads and python bodies...

Malena Skala, with her head full of snake hair, came to Ninglu and the others, and a Katachon vine swiftly shot from the left side of the "biologist".

The Astartes instinctively felt that the vines posed a certain threat to them.

Wosoto and the others couldn't help but stare intently at the vines.

They noticed that the vines were black, and within them was a spherical object with an uneven surface, somewhat similar in shape to a human brain.

But it was covered in slime, with a vertical red line running through it. As the vines spread, they all felt their thoughts falter.

Malena smiled and reported to the Black Emperor, "My lord, through research, I have found a way to counteract the poison of the brain eaters."

She noticed the numerous followers surrounding the Black Emperor.

Malena had only interacted with a few people, so she couldn't be sure of their loyalty. She didn't explain the process in detail and decided to let people experience it for themselves.

Another path extended from the right, bringing the green bottle to the crowd.

"Who would like to give it a try?"

“I’ll do it.” During his time following Lord Ninglu, Wosoto noticed that the people around him possessed different abilities.

He looked at the green bottle carefully and decided to experience it for himself.

The vines spread out in front of Wosoto and dripped onto his nose.

The green pus disappeared rapidly, seeping into Wosotho's body.

With his superhuman brain, Wosotho carefully discerned the changes in his body, and his mind quickly became clear.

"efficient."

Wosoto looked at Malena in astonishment; he had personally fought against the Brain Eaters during the battle on the satellite.

Before the alien used bizarre attacks to indiscriminately defeat enemies like the Brain Eater, he personally experienced how neurotoxins caused his superhuman body to become sluggish, his brain to become dull, and his body to become stiff.

Now, she has actually found the ability to counteract the neurotoxins of brain-eaters.

"I recruited 104 auxiliary soldiers and conducted an average of 52 experiments."

"Each drop of the medicine can make an ordinary soldier immune to neurotoxins within one minute."

“The Astartes are more determined and should be able to resist for longer.”

Ninglu's eyes lit up. Brain Eaters were one of Randan's two core races, outnumbering Bone Eaters and often serving as commanders.

Finding a solution to neurotoxins would be crucial.

He asked, "Can it be mass-produced?"

"My lord, there is no problem."

"Indeed, as you said, it is a research result that can influence the course of the battle."

Ninglu smiled and nodded. With Malena's discovery, he was more confident of ending the war with Ran Dan ahead of schedule.

“I have prepared a gift for you at Broken Steel Fortress, which contains Schloss’s laboratory and research materials.”

“I believe you will benefit from this.”

Lord Ninglu's subordinates always seem to find effective ways to solve the problems they face.
Malena's eyes lit up. "My lord, I will certainly not fail your expectations."

During the Skyhawk shuttle's journey to the Shadow of Reign, Arcena Dunn reports to the Black Emperor.

"My Lord, the fleet of the 'Word-Bearers' Legion has arrived in the Pulheim system."

Ning Lu remained silent upon hearing this.

The “Word-Holder” team was really slow, taking three months longer than expected.

Thierry led the Eighth Chapter back from the Eastern Galaxy. Although the portal shortened the journey, it was still longer than that of the Word Bearers.

The number of "Word Bearers" is growing at a rate no slower than that of "Shadow of Order" and "Ultramen," yet their conquest efforts have yielded meager results; no wonder Old Man Huang has imposed punishment.
He looked at the Primarch's attendant, "Who is the commander?"

(End of this chapter)