Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 555 Void Claws and the Emperor's Private Arsenal: Who is the Bone Eater's Assassin?

Pulheim Sector, Pulheim Prime.

William Wood pulled out a royal coin, and the Joker's gaze immediately focused on it, his eyes quickly darkening as he silently recited in Dunn's tongue:
"Now is the right time to go to the battlefield of the Psionic Titans and the Bone Eaters, now is the right time to go to the battlefield of the Psionic Titans and the Bone Eaters..."

After silently reciting it eleven times, "The Clown" flicked the King's Coin upwards and then extended his gauntlet horizontally.

*Snap!* The royal coin fell, landing steadily in his palm.

The profile picture is facing upwards.

"This shows that the operation went smoothly."

After interpreting the "clown" message, he stepped on the gas, and the RAND attack craft roared off.

Suddenly, William felt a void ahead and slammed on the brakes.

The momentum propelled his body forward, and blood rushed to his head.

"The Joker" raised his hand and pressed a button on the motorcycle, his body rising lightly and landing steadily on the handlebars of the single-person Rand speedboat.

Anyone who saw this scene would be dumbfounded; the black-armored giant was actually standing steadily on the handle.

Psionicists might assume they rely on telekinesis, but William didn't delve into that aspect; he relied on the abilities his father bestowed upon him.

William's face was pale; the presence of the untouchables made him uncomfortable.

He then adjusted to carry out the mission, using the high-powered holographic camera embedded in his helmet to calm his nausea and vomiting.

He then activated his psychic vision to observe the psionic titan ahead.

William received orders from his lord that he had two tasks to perform.

One of the tasks was to observe the psionic titans being deployed to the battlefield for the first time.

A shadow like a black hole, two pale, tormented souls.

William frowned slightly. As a psionicist, he deeply loathed the psionic titans.

This awakened vague memories of his pre-order days, of Gadinal's caste enslavement.

The Order of Omens is the Emperor's private arsenal, and he has sealed off all information about the psionic titans, even from the Primarchs in the War Council and the Mars Forging Director.

However, the database of "Shadow of Order" contains information left by the father, which can be viewed by anyone from the Royal Court Baron level and above.

Although William was not a baron, he was temporarily granted authority because of this mission.

He knew that the psionicists on the psionic titans were not the pilots of ordinary titans; they were fuel, they were weapons.

They were never treated as human beings.

The red glow that symbolized their good health was almost completely obscured by black and gray.

They are manipulated and driven by the untouchables.

[As my father said, "Spirit-Exorcising Titan" is a more fitting name.]
William deactivated his psychic vision and calmed himself for a moment before beginning to observe the psionic titan's appearance.

The built-in scanning system shows that its height is 25.21 meters.

[Raider-class.]
As William pondered, the three Predator-class psionic titans suddenly accelerated.

William recalled the records in the database: the psionic titans were extremely fast, far exceeding the speed of other titans of the same class.

He quickly swayed and landed back in his seat.

As the engine started, he leaped down the hillside and saw ahead, the Bone Eaters as tall as towering trees.

Five.

As he determined the number of both sides, he activated his spiritual vision again.

The psionicists bound by the crystal box were driven to burn.

As the psychic energy was released, boundless hatred and agonizing pain manifested, black mist drifted for kilometers around, and frost covered the ground.

Six psionic Titans' Annihilation Cannons blasted at a Bone Eater, tearing a warp rift like a vortex weapon.

Amidst the piercing hiss, the restless subspace energy instantly tore apart the personal energy shield enveloping the Bone Eater.

The ominous, swirling black hole swept up the surrounding ruins ravaged by war before fading away with a mournful howl.

Also vanished were the bone-eaters and the long, terrifying howls.

William was pale, but he kept his eyes fixed on the battlefield. The mission given to him by the warband commander stemmed from his father's orders.

A barrage of beams of light simultaneously struck the psionic titan, with the four bone eaters concentrating their firepower on the titan in the center of the triangular formation.

bang bang bang...

The Marauder-class psionic titans were running at breakneck speed, their burst of speed even faster than that of the Warhound-class titans.

A rustling sound came from above the Bone Eaters' heads, and the light instantly shattered into needle-like points.

With a buzzing explosion, the Void Shield of the central Predator-type Psionic Titan was instantly shattered.

Amidst the rustling sound, the needle-like points coalesced into blinding beams of light, whistling as they slammed into the body of the psionic titan.

A dim light suddenly appeared, and only psionicists with ethereal vision could perceive the fleeting glimmer.

The shattered armor was rewoven, and the damaged machine was instantly restored to its original condition.

At the same time, the psionic's shrill screams echoed in the minds of William and the rapidly approaching alien.

William instantly ascended to the third level of Thelma's mental state, and the terrifying howl gradually subsided.

In the Joker's vision, the six dim bodies trapped within the Titan grew even darker.

William knew that they had been exploited for years to sustain the cages that imprisoned them.

With the end of four terrifying howls, all the Bone Eaters died, and the red glow representing health on the two psychics of the central Titan in the vision almost disappeared.

They are going to die.
As William pondered this, he suddenly felt the ground tremble violently.

He looked up and saw a vast forest of giant trees stretching out before him.

Fourteen bone-eaters.

William decided to immediately carry out the second task. He looked around and selected a rugged and narrow mountain path.

He turned and headed towards the bone-eater closest to the escape route.

The Bone Eaters ignored the "little things" on the ground and launched a frenzied attack on the psionic titans.

William noted that the psionic titans had greater offensive and regenerative capabilities, but at the cost of burning psionicists.

The Bone Eaters have less firepower and individual energy shields than the Psionic Titans, but they are more numerous.

Having burned through most of its life force, the crew was no longer able to repair its machine, and its speed had slowed down. Driven by the Untouchables, it released its last glimmer of light towards the enemy.

As the Bone Eaters collapsed like mountains, two agonizing screams rang out. The Ravager Psionic Titan's reactor exploded, blinding the Xenomorphs' vision, and the energy shockwave tore one of the Bone Eaters apart.

Gravel pelted the Land's assault boat, causing the black hull to shake.

The Joker moved to the right in the direction of the shockwave, raising his arm as he did so.

With a short, loud bang, five throwing knives, the exquisite weapon that Vokhan had crafted to hone his skills, shot out.

Whoosh...

The throwing knife struck the Bone Eater, who had lost his personal energy shield, and the blue force field hissed as it tore apart piece after piece of green.

The Bone Eater let out a painful cry; the damage he suffered far exceeded the impact of the five throwing knives.

Amidst the rustling sound, he turned his arm and aimed it at the wretched "little thing" on the ground.

Rays of light shot out and flew toward the Land speedboat.

As "The Clown" raised his hand to attack, he deftly twisted his right hand, and the Rand speedboat changed direction in a beautiful, perfect turn amidst the shockwave and sand.

"Clown" stepped on the gas, and the Rand speedboat's exhaust flames banged like fireworks.

At the same time, he raised his left arm, and five throwing knives shot out, returning to their original positions.

Vokhan used a technology that made the thrown knives return automatically.

Unlike the Dionysian spear that the emperor gave to his father, which would automatically return no matter where it was thrown.

William prefers to compare it to the recorded Eldar weapons—the Spear of Chanting and the Sorcerer's Sword—which are limited to certain ranges.

The difference is that the throwing knives crafted by Vokhan are automatic and do not require psionic guidance.

The Joker didn't need to turn around; the beams of light shooting towards him formed images in his mind.

Relying on his "intuition and premonition," he can anticipate the brain-eater's next attack.

Dozens of beams of light failed to hit the despicable enemy.

The bone-eater sprinted forward, making a rustling sound above its head, and the beam of light instantly shattered into needle-like points.

The clown felt a barrage of needles and suddenly turned to the side, pulling the handle at the same time.

The Rand assault boat crashed almost into the cliff face, its beams crackling as most of the debris struck the cliff wall.

The clown felt a dozen beams of light strike his back.

He braced himself with his hand, his body instantly springing up and spinning in the air, dodging the slivers of light.

The "clown" flipped and landed, immediately finding his balance.

Without any buffer, he twisted the handle directly, and the Rand speedboat spun sharply.

William was like a "clown" at a banquet in Terra's court, leaping and dodging on a "tightrope."

The Bone Eater trudged clumsily through the mountain path, its light overwhelming and causing countless rocks to tumble down. It missed its target but instead blocked its own path.

As William somersaulted six times in the air, he activated his communicator and sent the location rune of the canyon to the technical sergeant.

After landing on the Rand assault boat, he felt the light fade. He took out a coin and silently prayed.

"The Void Claw experiment is dangerous..."

After eleven attempts, he flicked out the coin, and upon seeing the number, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Numbers represent negation and indicate no danger.

Outside the canyon exit, the technical sergeant received a signal.

He felt honored to be an "archaeologist".

Humanity's ancient doomsday weapon, an experimental weapon, will be used in actual combat for the first time under his control.

His hands moved swiftly, and the 25-kilometer range was quickly confined to a 3-kilometer diameter.

Bird divination device, energy telemetry system...

The runes jumped across the video screen, eventually turning into two signals, one large and one small.

"Archaeologist" pressed hard on the runes on the panel while speaking into the communication channel.

"William, twelve seconds to launch."

"I suggest you immediately ramp up the engine to maximum power."

"Countdown begins, twelve..."

The "archaeologist" rested his hand on the control lever, his eyes fixed on the screen, where runes had been categorized and marked in red and black.

The black rune flew away from the red rune at lightning speed.

"One, zero."

The sergeant pulled the control lever sharply, and with a short, violent tremor, the entire black box shook.

The reactor's blinding light engulfed the entire black enclosure, slapping the technical sergeants with heat waves that would melt ordinary people.

Amidst a flurry of flashing runes, a three-meter-long steel arm appeared on the outer top of the box, its fist outstretched.

A black beam of light shot out, reaching the top of the Bone Eater four kilometers away.

A black hole that devours all light is formed.

Time seemed to stand still as the enormous bone-eater and the surrounding rocks within a kilometer radius were swept up by an invisible force.

The energy shockwave slammed into the Land speedboat, sending the hull spinning and flying away.

The "clown" continued to twist his body and swing the handle.

The Rand assault boat hovered in mid-air. "The Joker" looked up and saw that the Bone Eater had disappeared.

William pondered for a few seconds, thinking to himself.

Both the Psionic Titan and the miniaturized Void Claw are killers of the Bone Eaters.

The Psionic Titans are more agile and attack faster, but they consume Psionics and Untouchables.

The Void Claw has a longer preparation time and attack interval, limiting its usability.
　P.S.: Titans are described differently in different books.

　　The data in this book is based on the official data released by the Titan Order: Warhound-class is 17.08 meters tall, Marauder-class is 25.21 meters tall, and General Titan is 32.76 meters tall, all excluding weapons on the back.

　　To clarify why the Psionic Titan is classified as a Marauder-class, see the next chapter.

　　Also, the most frequently asked question about Ninglu's promotion is in the pinned post in the book review section.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)