Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 599 (4500-word long chapter, please vote!) The Urgent Need to Transform Immortals

Beside the gray vehicle, as a master of ritual magic, "The Guardian" Artena Dunn directed Malena Skala and Diana Bolin to inscribe runes on the even-numbered black and gold stone pillars around them with ritual knives.

Their spiritual intuition led them to sense approaching figures one after another.

Arsena turned his head and immediately wanted to kneel down to show his submission.

He ascended to the third level of the Thelma mindset, resisting impulses.

Alsena stared in astonishment at the Black Emperor, who usually restrained his detached aura and imposing presence, trying to keep those around him as calm as possible.

He is very different today.

Alsena soon spotted the banner tucked diagonally under Nimrod's left shoulder behind him, but not the Dionysian Spear on his right shoulder.

[It still maintains the asymmetrical style favored by our master, but has been moved from the right to the left.]
While pondering, the "Knowledge Keeper" wanted to activate his spiritual vision to examine the extra things.

The next instant, his face turned deathly pale, and his temples throbbed.

Alsena immediately abandoned the idea of ​​activating his spiritual vision. He looked at Freddy and John, who were closely following the Black Emperor. The Black Wolf and the Brain Cat were further away from him, as if there was something terrifying about them.

Malena and Diana stared in fascination at the approaching Black Emperor; they had never seen such a perfect man.

His powerful and masculine aura swept over them, causing the two women's cheeks to flush.

Marlena, a biochemical psychic, clearly felt her hormones being secreted at an extraordinary rate; every cell in her body yearned to reproduce with the perfect man before her.

Ninglu looked around and noticed the obvious strangeness among the crowd. He saw the Shadow of Order kneeling in submission.

Arsène struggles to resist his charm, while Malena and Diana are drawn to his supernatural masculinity.

[After associating with the uniqueness of the "Red Priestess", the passive effects of Charm and Male Authority become more pronounced.]

Well, if it weren't for the fact that I've spent the most time with Arsène, he would also kneel down and submit.

If Malena and Diana weren't so determined, and weren't Sequence 6... they might have pounced on them... It's definitely unnecessary; it's best not to bring uniqueness into reality.
To break the passive aura of the "Red Priest's" uniqueness, the Primarch's eyes flashed with light, and he infused his words with spiritual power.

"continue!"

"Hrud, the hunter of Gorgis, tonight!"

Malena and Diana shuddered, snapping out of their dazed and infatuated state.

They bowed their heads in horror, then realized that they had mistaken the Black Emperor for Him, not for Him.

What's wrong with me?
To think that I would have such despicable thoughts about my Lord.

This is blasphemy against the gods.
"My lord... I'm going to check the construct defenses."

Malena walked away in a panic, the image of a masculine figure lingering in her mind.

It wasn't until it collided with the pale construct that it came to its senses.

Malena looked around, and the "biologist" immediately noticed that there was some life here besides Hrud.

The primitive lichens clung to the dark rocks, and in the distance, inside the cave, there were fungus-like plants.

The bio-psychic also sensed that the thin atmosphere provided enough air for humans to survive.

Malena looked up at the pale white light.

Remembering her responsibilities, she turned and walked back.

When Malena saw the black-armored, golden-winged figure, she noticed that the Black Emperor had an extra banner on his left shoulder.

Malena felt a chaotic stream of blasphemous thoughts surging through her mind, so she immediately ascended to the third level of the Thelma state of mind and turned her gaze to the ground.

Malena walked forward, and a strong masculine aura enveloped her.

With her head bowed, she returned to the even-numbered black and gold pillars and continued to carve runes with a ritual knife, placing eleven runes on each pillar.

Malena and Diana's efficiency dropped drastically; they only completed the preparation of five and four pillars respectively, when each of them should have been responsible for seven.

Nimrod and Alsena each completed the placement of twelve columns, and finally, before sunset, they completed thirty-three columns.

The moment the pale white light went out, Ninglu handed the blood-red chain to Arsena and said to the three of them, "Restore your spirituality."

He ordered the Wang court's technical soldiers, "Activate the stasis device," while simultaneously reaching his right hand around his neck to grasp the flagpole's black, blood-stained flag.

For some unknown reason, the Hruds speculated that it might be due to the entropy energy bestowed upon them by the ancient saints, or the inherent contradiction between time and stasis, and thus they utterly despised stasis devices.

In his memory, after Peturabo activated the device, the entire Hrud race of the galaxy swarmed out and launched a frenzied attack on the Iron Warriors, causing heavy casualties.

Knowing the consequences it would cause, Ninglu naturally wouldn't activate it rashly. So he decided to use the unique sacrificial authority of the "Red Priest" and its connection with the "Disordered Kingdom" to limit its influence to the planet Gorgis.

Because he wanted to ensure its uniqueness, he deliberately placed the Spear of Dionysus on the weapon rack in the command base to prevent Old Man Huang from using it to spy on anything.

This will also maintain his asymmetric preferences.

The technical sergeant activated the large-scale static force field device on the vehicle manufactured by Lord Peturabo, and the force field pulsed rapidly.

The activated light shone into the four large caves around them, and the newly emerged Hruds were caught in a vortex of light.

The flow of events immediately became chaotic, and tens of thousands of Hruds were torn apart.

The static force field then stabilized, but it still overwhelmed the Hruds' biofield.

Their time-distorting effect was dispelled, and the entropy waves around them disappeared.

As if a veil had been lifted, countless Hruds emerged from the shadows.

At the same moment, Ninglu firmly grasped the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" and recited incantations in Dunn.

“In the name of the ‘Red Priest,’ I beseech the disordered realms to grant me power so that the static force field may be imperceptible to the Hruds outside of Gorgis.”

If the incantation were to work, he should have used "prayer" instead of "request"; and replaced "disorderly kingdom" with "disorderly kingdom".

This will make the incantation more precise and in line with the difference in status between uniqueness and source matter.

But with Arsena and the others nearby, it would damage Nimrod's identity as the Black Emperor and expose the true name of the "Land of Chaos," so he did not use the most suitable incantation.

The "Corrupted Baron" dared not activate his spiritual vision, but he felt the flagpole in his hand become scorching hot as his spirituality was instantly drained.

An invisible force spread rapidly from him.

The ritual initiated by the "Red Priest" should have been successful.
When Ninglu took the blood-red chain back from Malena, notice that her body trembled slightly.

He wrapped the chain back on, and the throbbing pain in his temples gradually subsided, his parched spirituality slowly returning.

Marlena stepped back, suppressing her restless desires and forcing her attention toward the Hruds.

She discovered that the creatures she could only see with her spiritual vision last night were now clearly visible to the naked eye.

The strange force field enveloping them seemed to recede.

Malena looked at the surrounding technical soldiers, quickly climbed the artificial hill, and fired a dense barrage of bullets from her explosive gun.

[Our Lord foresaw that without the Distortion Field, Hrud would be vulnerable to damage even from bomb guns and ordinary ballistic weapons.]
Malena glanced at the gray vehicle, then looked into the distance at the construct she had created.

The arms of the five Reaper constructs shot out beams of green light, tearing the Hrud into pieces.

Eight warrior constructs, swinging their bent arms, each slash of their bone blades could cut a dozen Hruds in half at the waist.

Hrud fell in droves, and thousands died in an instant.

They roared and surged forward, raising their plasma flintlock pistols and unleashing a barrage of bullets at the construct.

Due to the influence of the static force field, bullets that have lost their phase transfer effect will only cause minor scratches when they hit a structure, just like ordinary solid bullets.

However, the Hruds remain a vast ocean. Every construct, every instant, is subjected to tens of thousands of attacks.

Malena thought of the Black Emperor's plan: [The entire planet's Hrud are surging towards this place.]
As she pondered, a loud bang was heard, and a warrior construct collapsed.

Hrud surged wildly through the rift, only to fall to the intense fire of the technical sergeants.

One construct after another crashed down, crushed to dust by countless Hruds.

The Primarch's eyes flashed with light and shadow as he instantly stepped into Magnus's third state of mind.

His thoughts spread outwards, traversing tunnels and deep caves hundreds of kilometers long.

The Primarch instantly brought one-sixth of the gray planet under its control.

[The amount attracted to Hrud was at least tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions.]
He had anticipated the number would be in the hundreds of millions. The entire Hrud in the Sak Trada Abyss contained several billion, and as one of the fifteen major worlds, the number of Gorgis naturally exceeded one hundred million.

As Ninglu pondered, he suddenly felt that the vortex of light surrounding him was being compressed by the surging distorting force field.

His expression changed. [Hmm? Hundreds of millions of Hruds overwhelmed the stasis device created by Peturabo.]
Ninglu recalled that after Peturabo activated the device, all the Herudes in the entire Gugan system came out in droves.

The main planet of Gugan is the largest world in Hrud, which number in the hundreds of millions.

With the three major worlds combined, numbering nearly a billion, the stasis devices would naturally be overwhelmed.

He had thought that the force field formed by Gorgis alone and a hundred million Hruds wouldn't be that strong.

[The distorting force field of hundreds of millions of Hruds is actually terrifying.]
As Ninglu gripped the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" and prepared to chant the incantation, the Hrud Tide surged to the Black Gold Pillar, distorting the flow of time and seeping into the static force field.

Diana's blonde hair turned white rapidly, and Alsena's fingers became knotted due to a degenerative disease.

Malena's skin changed repeatedly between the crumpled parchment and her original fair and delicate skin.

The bio-psychic tried his best to resist aging, but was powerless to help the two people beside him.

As Malena struggled to hold on, she heard the extremely masculine and charming voice of Dunn.

"In the name of the 'Red Priest,' I beseech the disordered realms to grant me power!"

"I command Hrud, silence!"

Thirty-three black and gold pillars, along with three hundred and sixty-three silent talismans, simultaneously emitted a green light.

The entire area was enveloped in green teardrops, and everyone's thoughts froze for a moment.

A moment later, the minds of the Shadow of Order and its servants cleared, and they looked around in astonishment.

Hundreds of millions of Hruds collapsed to the ground with a series of thuds.

Once the Primarch confirmed that all Hruds had fallen within its perception range, it placed the flagpole back on its shoulder.

"Marlena, treat them."

Malena snapped out of her daze, the Black Emperor's words echoing in her mind, blasphemous thoughts flashing through her head.

The thuds and the sounds of the Hruds falling to the ground woke her.

She glanced around and saw countless Hruds, like an ocean, lying on the ground.

Malena felt the power of the gods for the first time, and the fantasies in her mind vanished instantly.

She spread her bio-energy, touching the bodies of Arsena and Diana.

Alcéna's fingers spread apart rapidly, revealing a few age spots.

Diana's long golden hair quickly recovered, but there were still strands of white hair mixed in.

Malena withdrew her psychic powers and said with shame, "My lord... please forgive my incompetence, they only have about thirty-eight years left to live."

“It’s alright,” Arsena said, looking around in amazement. “To witness the power of our Lord is enough to make me die without regret.”

“It would be my honor to die for my lord,” Diana said decisively. “I believe that thousands of shadows of order will be spared from sacrifice.”

"I promise you will not die of old age."

As Ninglu spoke, he flapped his wings and took flight.

Alsena and Diana exchanged a glance, their eyes gleaming with immense joy.

They had no doubt about the promise they heard, Malena thought curiously as she looked up at the rapidly disappearing golden voice.

Even the most advanced life-extending surgeries, or those performed by biochemically skilled psionicists like Lord Magnus, cannot extend their lifespans.

My lord, what method will you use?
Nimrod moved among the silent Hrud people, constantly sending them into the "Land of Chaos".

He pondered how to fulfill his promise, and he now had two options.

One was to retrieve the panacea STC ahead of time to make up for the lives lost to the two by the entropy field.

The other option is to turn the two into immortals.

Between the two, he preferred to turn them into immortals directly, which was originally his plan to solve their lifespan problem once and for all.

We must hurry and find out from Slough Da's mind how he turned John Granmaticas into an immortal being.

If they can't obtain it within thirty years, they'll have to go get the panacea from STC ahead of time.
After making his decision, Ninglu then went on to summarize the gains and losses of the first sacrificial ceremony.

Overall, I achieved my goal, at least avoiding the sacrifice of thousands of Order Shadows and resolving the hundreds of millions of Hrud in Gorgis.

However, I underestimated the Hruds' distorting force field; the ritual must be improved if we perform the sacrifice again.
After thinking for a moment, Ninglu had a preliminary idea.

I still need to use the stasis device to attract Hrud; I can't let the sacrificial range cover the entire planet yet.

But there can be no one else around; I can only face it alone. It only takes me an instant to activate the Silence Spell, and the decades of aging have almost no effect on me.

This also makes it easier for me to change the incantations during prayers, thereby leveraging greater power within the "disordered kingdom."
As Ninglu pondered, his body transformed into a stream of light, busily traversing the entire area, using telekinesis to gather clumps of Hrud and carry them to the "Land of Chaos".

While Ninglu was busy, the Shadow Order members of the Fourth Battle Group were all at a loss. They didn't know why Hrud, who had just emerged from the cave, had suddenly retreated and remained silent.

It wasn't until they received a message from the Primarch's servant that they learned that the Father of Genetics had single-handedly eliminated most of the Hrud.

Oliver gripped the shock weapon, intending to make a name for himself after becoming a "Necromancer," but the Black Emperor unexpectedly defeated the Hruds.

He exclaimed with regret and amazement, "[Praise be to our Lord!]"
Oliver gazed into the deep tunnel. "The Hruds didn't rush from the surface to our Lord's territory; surely they have a network of underground tunnels."

There may be remnants of Hrud, but even if there aren't, our Lord has ordered that the materials from the Hrud archives be brought back.
"go ahead!"

Oliver led the Honor Guard, boarded the termite excavator, and drilled into the cave.

It wasn't until the helmet's built-in timer went off, a reminder from Gorgis during the day, that they had completed the hundreds of kilometers of tubular tunnels excavated by the Hruds.

They did not encounter a single Hrud along the way.

Oliver emerged from the termite excavator and walked forward, where he saw layers upon layers of mycelial paper neatly categorized and stacked on shelves.

……

When the Primarch's superhuman body grew tired from constantly using psionic energy, he finally transferred all of Hrud to the "Land of Chaos".

Then he saw the truckloads of mycelium books that Oliver had brought back.

The "Corrupted Baron" glanced at it and immediately matched it with the image on the blasphemous stone tablet.

[As expected, this is a sequel to "The Guardian of Knowledge," featuring the mycelium book, the main ingredient for the "Scholar's" potion.]

Things will be much better after Alsena is promoted to Sequence 6.
　PS: Nimrod's abilities, equipment, and magical items have been added to the game's content. You can check it out if needed. It will be continuously updated.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)