Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 643 Old Huang, please grant me the power to get things for free, so I can do it like you.

On the surface of the rocky planet, Ninglu looked around and immediately noticed a series of golden, round stones to his right front.

They are arranged in a tight ring, with a diameter of about ten meters.

The primordia were keenly aware that they had formed a cycle, not only in a physical sense, but also in a non-material sense.

Each stone is covered with semi-illusory, semi-real crystal particles.

Ninglu immediately matched it with the potion materials for "Winner" in Sequence 5 of the "Wheel of Fortune" pathway on the blasphemous stone tablet.

The golden, round stone is a divine blessing stone, and it is covered with divine blessing crystal powder.

Nimrod doesn't need to activate his spiritual vision to identify them as potion ingredients.

He did not try to activate his spiritual vision again; he intuitively sensed some kind of danger around him.

Ninglu scrutinized the potion ingredients on the ground, pondering how to obtain them.

Those who touch rocks will suffer misfortune, let alone items that are touted as divinely protected.

His spiritual intuition automatically shut down, and the existence of ancient deities reminded him that he could not simply use telekinesis to summon them.

[Since rocks are said to suffer misfortune, and Blessed Stones and Blessed Crystals are the potion ingredients for "winners," this deity must be from the realm of fate.]

I bear the fate of the people of the "Land of Chaos," and the Source will isolate me from misfortune, or rather, the fate imposed by other deities is unlikely to affect me.

But the calamities brought about by fate still pose a threat to me.
Ninglu recalled the regular stone spheres around him, so the ancient deity mentioned in the materials that might exist somewhere was unlikely to be "Jianqi" in disguise.

The deity who controlled the power of destiny clashed with the treacherous and eccentric, and perished in the divine war.

This might be His backup plan; His spiritual imprint is inside the Divine Stone.
A restart of fate? Preparations for resurrection? Ouroboros?
Nimrod wasn't thinking of a future named Zerg hive fleet, but rather of the myths and legends that existed in the human world, such as Terra, Fenris, and Medusa.

At the entrance to the Wolf's Den on the Hrafinkel, above the round, ivory gate, there was a giant python coiled around it.

The serpent's gaping maw tightly grips its own tail, a characteristic feature of Ouroboros and a symbol of its eternity.

The entrance to the Wolf's Den depicts Ouroboros, where rings of scales encircle turbulent waters, containing countless monsters made of bone and wood, and sunken wooden ships.

As Ning Lu pondered, he became clear about what he might face, and he began to formulate his next plan in his mind.

A flash of light appeared in the Primarch's eyes, and his telekinetic power spread, touching the ring-shaped golden stone.

The full spirituality of the "Chaos Master" erupted, and the tightly surrounding stones scattered "chaotically," pulled by telekinesis and flying toward Nimrod.

The golden stone, along with its attachments, vanished into thin air.

The Primarch suddenly felt the rock sphere beneath its feet, and the surrounding rock spheres tremble simultaneously.

An ancient, dormant will awakens, suddenly stirring up waves in the sea of ​​souls beyond the veil.

The sudden, terrifying waves that swept through the calm cosmos were first noticed by Veschel within the Navigator's Sanctuary.

She pulled up the silver band on her high forehead, revealing the navigator's "eye"—a translucent white sphere surrounded by mottled colors.

Vischer looked warily at the distant subspace storm, and then saw a hurricane rising up, spreading rapidly like thunder.

She felt as if her consciousness was being swallowed by an endless abyss. She immediately withdrew her outward mental power and pulled down the silver velvet ribbon.

The metal plate, engraved with a magic circle and infused with spiritual energy, blocked her third "eye".

Visser immediately activated the sound array system and contacted the Primarch's attendant.

Since the Black Emperor went to the Stone Sphere region alone, Alsena Dunn has been keeping a close eye on the holographic strategy table.

The silver-haired psionicist suddenly looked up and gazed beyond the curtain, while his communicator emitted a piercing beeping sound.

He discovered it was the chief navigator and immediately connected.

“Mr. Alsena, I must remind you that this place is no longer peaceful; a warp storm has torn it open.”

“Ms. Visher, I understand.” After hanging up the communication, Alsena stared at the lifeless star, its sudden burst of light filling his narrow blue eyes with worry.

The star, surrounded by a stone sphere, suddenly flared up with a faint light, and the necrotic ancient form was reborn.

A burst of intense silvery-white light suddenly erupted, enveloping all the stone spheres.

The stone sphere spun rapidly, and the stone sphere that even the light spears beneath its feet could not destroy suddenly disintegrated.

A storm of rocks erupted and crashed down on Ninglu.

The Primogen's eyes flashed, and its telekinetic energy surged, surrounding its body and forming an invisible force field.

He flapped his wings, trying to fly away quickly.

Boom boom boom...

The rock, so hard that even an adamantite drill could not break, kept crashing against the force field shield.

Each stone deflected by telekinesis would strike Ninglu in the next instant.

The attacks continued relentlessly. Fireball storms pounded down on Nimrod, preventing even the Burner's power from taking flight.

The Primarch sensed that beyond the veil, a lifeless, ancient will was glowing with a faint crimson light, staring intently at it.

The hatred emanating from those cold eyes crashed down on the curtain like a red meteorite.

Invisible ripples spread, and the star's light grew brighter and brighter as it rapidly grew from a nova into a red giant.

Each stone burst into flames and slammed towards Ninglu.

The Primarch felt a slight tingling in his temples; the rate at which his psionic energy was being depleted was far exceeding his expectations.

[A "reboot" ability similar to Sequence 1 "Giant Serpent"? A saved game.]
Ninglu knew that "restarting" the state or events within a certain area was not about reversing time, but rather about overwriting reality with a saved archive.

The ancient deities clearly stored the red giant state of stars, as well as the state of this region of the universe when subspace storms erupted.

Ninglu sensed other stone spheres, enveloped in flames, hurtling towards him.

The subspace storm, which had been torn apart, spread rapidly.

Ning Lu's thoughts raced, and he finally decided to operate behind closed doors.

He knew that, just as the actual name of the Dionysian Spear—Gungnir—symbolized, it was closely linked to its master, and even more closely linked to himself, than Russ had in his memory.

The way Ruth returned to him after deliberately losing the Spear of Dionysus was gentler and more reasonable.

During his birthday celebration, he left the Spear of Dionysus with Macardo, and Constantine Waldo went to the Herafnkel to return it to him.

Ninglu "lost" it several times, letting it leave his side within a certain range, and it would immediately return to his hand the next day.

Old Huang, the time has come to test your forging skills.

Old Huang, please grant me the power to get things for free, so I can do it like you!
As the "Chaos Mentor" pondered, the little spirituality he had just regained spread outwards.

Gray lines of rules enveloped the surroundings. For a brief moment, as the rock fireball paused, he shouted loudly in Dunn's tongue.

"I will exchange this for peace." As Ninglu spoke, he raised his hand and threw the Spear of Dionysus into the rocks.

Ninglu flapped its wings and flew away at high speed.

He watched as the stones layered around the Spear of Dionysus, the stone spheres dispersing.

Once the star's light stabilizes in its red giant state, the captured rock sphere resumes its fixed orbit.

The impacts outside the curtain ceased, the subspace storms subsided, and the surrounding space returned to calm.

Ninglu waited until his spirituality recovered somewhat, the needle-like pain subsided, and his mind raced with thoughts.

Whether the "behind-the-scenes" operation succeeds or not does not depend on spirituality; the spirituality I released when I used it was insufficient to quell His anger.

The key lies in the divine weapon, the Spear of Dionysus.
Ning Lu pondered the details of the "black box" transaction and immediately noticed a detail he had previously overlooked.

"Hidden operations" in combat create a peaceful environment that does not affect the opponent's status.

However, by seizing part of the opponent's mental imprint and the object upon which the "reboot" resurrection method was entrusted, he clearly had a substantial impact on the opponent's condition.

In this situation, it is almost impossible to get the other party to "agree" to the transaction.

[Yes, my "behind-the-scenes" operations are a qualitative leap compared to when I was promoted, and compared to all the "behind-the-scenes" operations I know.]

This is likely related to the fact that the potion ingredients I used far exceeded the basic requirements.
While Ning Lu was pondering, he had already distanced himself from the stone ball.

He stared at the stone spheres, thinking to himself.

This trip was worthwhile; we obtained the "winner's" potion ingredients.

There are even more potion ingredients on the other stone spheres, and the stone spheres themselves are quite magical.

But this cannot continue, for it would thoroughly enrage the ancient god, who is suspected to be Ouroboros.
Ninglu decided to return to this place when his strength had increased and he was confident that he could defeat Ouropolos. He then returned to the Shadow of the Throne.

He landed on the tarmac and immediately saw Alcéna waiting to greet him.

Upon seeing the Black Emperor, Alsena breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that his previous worries were unnecessary.

[My Lord, how could anything be wrong? He has given us eternal life.]
"The fleet sets sail for Vostoria."

The temple area, near the edge of the giant mouth, is now relatively safe, and the navigator is able to return.

This is also a good opportunity to accumulate valuable experience. After the grand birthday celebration, one of his goals is the Calissis sector and the Colonus expansion.

Of course, if he could successfully subdue Peturabo, he would entrust him with the responsibility of the more remote Colonus expansion area, which would not be noticed by other forces in the empire for quite some time.

Nimrod then returned the Pegasus Ring to his private armory before heading to his office and then to the "Land of Chaos".

He arrived at the seventh level of space, gazing at the Divine Blessing Stone encased within chains formed by lines of rules, pondering how to deal with the spiritual imprint within it.

(End of this chapter)