Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 625 Only the "Black Emperor" Path Brings a Qualitative Change
The Temple of Hord, along with stacks of shriveled leather bags, was burned to ashes in the flames.

Organic mountains turned to scorched earth, and promethium melt flow burned forests to ashes.

After winning its first battle following its rebirth, the "White Scar" was the first to leave, leaving behind a fleet with the Qingzha as its flagship.

The fleet of "Shadow of Order" then set sail.

The Shadow of Reigns, Primarch Office.

As Ning Lu listened to Arsène Dunn's report, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

In the first layer of the "Land of Disorder," the space apes began to stir and start concocting the "Dreamer" pathway sequence 6 "Hypnotist" potion.

After being promoted to "Chaos Mentor", his authority was significantly enhanced, and he increasingly resembled the true master of the "Disorderly Kingdom".

Without needing to move it physically, as long as the object is within a certain space, it can be rolled up using telekinesis and then stored in the "Land of Chaos".

He can issue commands to the space apes that establish "connections" and can reach them directly without having to go to the first layer of space.

"My lord, the chief apothecary developed one hundred and six kinds of potions during the war with the Nephilim, especially the last one, which was a permanent loss of voice and a loss of sight for two standard times."

"The use of the medicine greatly reduced casualties; a total of 943 people were killed in the four battle groups."

"Although the number of casualties is uncertain due to the unique nature of the 'White Scars,' their casualties, despite their slightly lower combat record, exceed four thousand."

Nimrod nodded in agreement with the Primarch's servant's deduction, which could be inferred from the fact that his current "corruption" targets were the Brotherhood of Hasik Khan.

Hasik, who served as the vanguard, was Chagatai's most trusted person, apart from Qin Xia, the commander-in-chief of the Kheshig Guard, and Tagutai Yesugei, the storm prophet.

His brotherhood was the largest among the Chogoris, and should have numbered over two thousand, but now it was less than a thousand, and the jet motorcycles numbered only five hundred.

"Our casualties were not many, but for every one of them who sacrificed their lives, their limbs were shattered by the sonic weapon, leaving no intact body behind."

"Marlena provides support to the Forge Master and conducts research on sonic weapons."

Ninglu nodded slightly. The Nephilim did indeed have unique expertise in the field of sound waves; the shadow of the order of death left only the extraordinary characteristics extracted.

"Technical sergeants intercepted the Odysseus circuitry used by the aliens, and they compiled the Nephilim's audio dictionary," the Scholar continued to report.

"I have organized my 'reasoning students' to begin researching a new encrypted communication language."

The Primarch's attendant put away the data panel and said before leaving.

"Pastor Pat has been waiting outside the door as you commanded."

"Let him in." The moment Alsena stepped out of the Primarch's office, Ninglu flipped his hand, and a thin layer of black mist rose up, revealing a bottle of clear, colorless potion.

At the same time, with a thought, he conjured up the blue Naphlein and other potion ingredients from the stored palace and moved them to the furnace.

The space ape then began concocting the Sequence 6 "Fire Stealer" potion.

Pat, holding the Scepter of Truth, walked to the desk and said respectfully.

"Father."

"Drink it." Ninglu said, pushing the potion in front of Pat.

“Thank you for your kindness.” Pat said, picking up the colorless, transparent potion.

He observed the transparent bubbles reflecting different colors of light from different angles.

Pat tilted his head back and drank it down. The surroundings seemed to fall silent, and layers of illusory scales appeared on his body.

His body flickered between light and shadow, as if he were invisible.

A dozen seconds later, the newly appointed "hypnotist" re-formed, and the illusory "dragon scales" disappeared.

“Pat, from now on you will be the Legion’s chief priest, responsible for examining the thoughts of the Shadow of Order and providing battlefield motivation.”

As the Primarch spoke, he sent information such as the prayer ceremony to the Black Emperor and the discovery of possible infiltrating Alphas to Pat via a telepathic link.

“My Lord, I will become Your shield of faith, building a spiritual defense to block all heresy.”

After Pat left, Ninglu immediately arrived at the fourth level of the "Land of Chaos".

The “Chaos Mentor” spread his spirituality, touched Tierney’s sphere of light, and after confirming that no one was around, pulled him into the “Land of Chaos”.

In the right hand shrouded in black mist, there was now a bottle of reddish-yellow liquid.

“Drink it.” Tierney respectfully extended both hands, holding the potion, and at the same time, he felt the potion in his palms was full of temptation.

"Thank you, my Lord, for this gift." He eagerly tilted his head back and drank it down, immediately feeling the illusory flames churning in his throat, and as if real flames were burning in his stomach.

Ninglu scrutinized Tierney, already knowing from the profane stone tablet the general scope of the Fire Stealer's core extraordinary ability—"stealing".

As remembered, the abilities that the "Fire Thief" can "steal" are only extraordinary abilities, not psychic or other abilities.

The only evolutionary change occurs through the "Black Emperor" pathway; other pathways remain essentially unchanged, except that Astartes' effects are slightly stronger than those of ordinary people.

This put the "fire-stealer" in a very awkward position.
While both involve acquiring extraordinary abilities they didn't possess, the "fire-stealer" differs from the "scholar" and the "recorder."

The person he successfully steals will lose their extraordinary abilities within a day, while he himself can only use them for ten minutes.

With all extraordinary abilities being subordinates of Nimrod, the role of the "Fire Thief" is equivalent to a negative one.

He had considered having the "fire-stealers" "steal" the abilities of their subordinates during daily training, temporarily disabling them to train them in dealing with sudden attacks.

However, Ninglu eventually abandoned this idea, as he felt that such training would not be very effective and would also affect his authority.

Fortunately, it can also steal pollution, which is an alternative to the "sun" pathway.

Moreover, the nature of "stealing" has also changed dramatically, now allowing for theft from a distance or the delivery of dangerous items to the recipient.

Although it is the smallest in sequence 6, it can still be effective in certain situations.
As Ninglu pondered, the newly appointed "Fire Thief" used meditation to gather the overflowing power of the potion.

“Thank you, my lord, for this blessing.” Tierney thanked the Black Emperor, but her eyes twitched.

The "fire thief" vaguely sensed that the Black Emperor was a treasure trove.

The Fire Thief could even clearly sense that the golden wings were more valuable than the armor forged by Lord Vokhan, and the blurry but clearly identified item at his waist as a sword was more precious than the chain wrapped around his little finger.

[Only such a treasure is worthy of my lord.]
As Tierney pondered, black mist enveloped his body, and he was immediately returned to the real world.

Ninglu did not proceed with the promotion of Chief Pharmacist Mikel to Sequence 5, even though the materials for the Green Nephilim and other items had been gathered, the requirements for the promotion ceremony had not yet been met.

The promotion ceremony for "Crimson Scholars" requires collecting enough metals, gems, and blood from extraordinary beings to represent different lunar states.

Currently, only the main material for the "Sleepless" is available—a moonstone from the satellite Vostonia, which is crescent-shaped.

……

The first month of 885.

In the third dimension of the "Disordered Kingdom," Nimrod picks up the prophecy dice.

After waiting another month, he could confirm that after the divination was confirmed to be unique, the cooldown time of the Prophecy Dice had been permanently increased by one month.

Ning Lu gathered his thoughts, and Perettitus's information flashed rapidly through his mind.

Pertitus is 114 light-years away from Balam.

Its 230°7′ direction is the Drebel Lighthouse.

[…]
Some worlds in the Milky Way exist in subspace and can serve as coordinates.

Although they are not as dazzling and enduring as star torches, they can serve as lighthouses most of the time, and Deberal is the closest lighthouse around Pertitus.

During the grand birthday celebration, Ryan was able to find Pertitus amidst the warp storm sweeping across the galaxy, precisely because he used the Deberar Lighthouse as his origin.

After a flash of everything he knew about Perettitus through Nimrod's mind, he silently recited it in his heart.

[Star map of the Caligum Gate leading to Perettitus.]

[…]
After reciting it silently eleven times, he stretched out his hand and threw the prophecy dice in his hand.

After the triangular cone tumbled several times in the air, it landed in Ning Lu's outstretched hand, and a magnificent scene unfolded before his eyes.

After Ninglu noted down the star map, he entered it into the data crystal.

Upon returning to the real world, a thought flashed through John's mind, and all the information about Perettitus appeared.

Nimrod didn't know what kind of enemy Ryan's "Dark Angels" and Karas Typhon were facing, so he decided to have the "Cult Master" do some divination.

(End of this chapter)