Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 740 (Fifth Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions) Controlling the Four Forging Worlds, Three Betraying Titan Legions
The Shadow of Reigns, Primarch Office.

Nimrod leaned against the throne, listening to Arsène Dunn's report.

“My lord, I have tallied the casualties in the war against the Supreme Varia.”

"The 10th Regiment suffered 1,047 casualties in the war, the 2nd Regiment suffered 618 casualties, and the Honor Guard suffered 204 casualties."

"In accordance with Your command, the total number of casualties reported to the War Council is 2,596."

Although the two Titan legions involved in the war are allies, the Iron Ring is still on the Empire's radar, and both Terra and Mars are watching the battle closely.

"Forty-one three-legged walking mechs were lost, including fourteen Gardiner I and twenty-seven Gardiner II."

Ninglu nodded. After arriving in the Storm Starfield, the war would be ended in less than a standard month, a speed no slower than when Kovacs Corax led the "Raven Guard" to reclaim High Valia.

More importantly, he relied on the "Disordered Kingdom" to deliver information in a timely manner, avoiding meaningless casualties, and the goodwill generated by this allowed him to use his extraordinary abilities to forge an alliance with the Supreme Varia before the arrival of the Martian envoy, the Sage.

The casualties were much lower than the more than 5,300 who died when capturing Incaradeon.

Besides my strategy of crushing the rebels and eliminating the aliens invading the Forge World without resorting to brutal urban warfare, the existence and development of the three-legged walking mechs were a significant factor.
After marveling at the growth and changes of the legion, Ninglu leaned back, crossed his arms, and naturally thought of the four forging worlds he had some control over:
The highest level of control is over Incaladion in the Limit Starfield.

The long civil wars and invasions of the "Age of Strife" nearly destroyed everything that made the world.

Neto, the director of foundry, was someone he had mentored from the position of technical priest to the director of foundry, and the culture of Carradine was being reshaped according to his ideas.

The deliberately preserved isolationist sentiment meant that Incarardion had little contact with many forces, including Mars.

Ninglu's will will be carried out without fail.

Mezoa in the Hazy Starfield is second only to Mezoa.

He liberated the Forge World from the clutches of the Mitu, ending the Xenomorphs' brutal policy of controlling the population by slaughtering hundreds of millions every year.

He provided Mezoa with a Ramirez-class Star Fortress (STC) to ensure the strategic security of the Forging World, as Mezoa lacked the capacity to maintain the Titan Legion due to frequent volcanic eruptions.

The third is the newly allied High Varia, a forging world that is only nominally subservient to Mars.

The newly signed close alliance ensures that weapons made from a unique liquid-gas mixture extracted from highly corrosive seawater will be supplied only to "Shadow of Order".

The "Ripers" Titan Legion of High Varia, the "Tiger Eye" of Incaladion, and the "Darkfire" which had just completed "Corruption" were the three Titan Legions that would have originally stood on Horus Lupecal's side during the Great Birthday Celebration.

Among them, "Darkfire" is a front-line Titan legion with over a hundred Titans.

Finally, there is Shana of the Pacific Starfield.

Anacharis Scoria rose through the ranks and wielded greater power in the Forging World than he remembered.

As a great sage, he was the master of a temple forged.

However, Shana is far superior to casting worlds like the High Varia; its scale is only below that of casting worlds like Glea.

Anacharis's control over Shana is less than one-fifteenth.

The current Shana is only doing this in return for his help in the "Second Randan War," leading the Machine God Guard on an expedition to Randan's home planet to punish the aliens that invaded the Holy World, building a battle mothership for him, and providing supplies.

He still sees Shana as something to be controlled because he believes in the tyrannical power Shana possesses in his memories.

Even without his help, Anacharis was able to take control of most of Shana just thirty years after becoming a sage, during the Great Birthday Celebration; now he is even more certain.

Shana, which currently has the weakest control, will become the world of casting with the highest production capacity and value in the future.

After pondering the situation of the four major forging worlds under his control, Ning Lu thought to himself.

[Apart from the Solar System of Terra, I control a Forging World in each of the other four star systems.]
While Ninglu was pondering, the original servant spoke up to report another matter.

"Mars has separated the Abomination Paradigm from Randan's artificial war satellite and rebuilt it into a combat mothership."

"The forging director invites you to come and receive it." Ning Lu nodded slightly, silently pondering how to allocate this Glory Queen-class battleship, which was being modified and far surpassed ordinary battle motherships.

He first excluded the First, Third, and Fourth Fleets, which possessed the Glory Queen-class battleships; the Second Fleet, which was the Slaughter Song; the Seventh Fleet, which had four Relic-class battleships; and the Eleventh Fleet, which was the Dark Tech Age strike cruiser Dark Sovereign.

Of the remaining six battle groups, he immediately ruled out the existing plans and prepared in advance the Fifth Battle Group to defend against the rebel army's attack on Cariham Gate and the Sixth Battle Group in the new district of Colony.

Finally, among the remaining four battle groups, he chose the tenth battle group, which had suffered the most recent losses but had the largest number of members among all the battle groups.

"It belongs to Ramsey."

“I will obey Your will.” The silver-haired Arsena complied.

……

935.M30.

The people of Terra are preparing for new celebrations amidst the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

The Primarch of the "Shadow of Order," Lord Nimrod, completed the submission of the High Varia and returned to Terra.

The black Skyhawk shuttle slowly landed on the tarmac, and Nimrod led Ramsey and the Supreme Captain of the "Darkfire" Titan Legion, Schulzer, off the deck.

Servo skulls flew everywhere, colorful ribbons fluttered, and loud chants rang out.

Schulzer followed Lord Nimrod closely, listening to the chanting from the servo skull and loudspeakers.

"Lord Ninglu, the Primarch of the 'Shadow of Order,' the eternal victor of humanity's enemies..."

"Lord Nimrod, the one who forged the supreme Valia of the world, the restorer and ruler of Vostonia..."

"Welcome, Lord Nimrod, son of the Emperor, the Primarch of the Eleventh Legion, to your side."

He gazed with admiration at Lord Nimrod's imposing figure, the incarnation of the Om Messiah.

Suddenly, his name rang out in the sound array system.

"Lord Schulzer, the supreme captain of the 'Dark Flame'."

"The master of the Blazing Glory, he rides the wrath of the Titans, incinerating enemy aircraft..."

Schürlzel's hair stood on end, and his name was sung throughout Terra.

All of this was an honor bestowed upon him by Lord Ninglu.

Ramsey, with a face identical to the Black Emperor and a similar smile, walked toward Macado as the servo skull played a loop of praises and hymns.

A smile appeared on the aged face of the one who held the seal, and he spoke.

"Captain Schulzer, the banner of 'Dark Flame' will be hoisted by you personally at the Gate of Eternity."

“Ninglu, your father is waiting for you there. He has prepared a gift for you.”

Ninglu was taken aback. Submitting to the Supreme Varya was not considered a brutal war, yet Old Man Huang was actually rewarding him.

After a moment's thought, he realized that surrendering to High Varia was not only about welcoming back a world of casting, but also about calming the endless war-torn steel ring.

This signifies that dozens of star systems spanning the Pacific and Storm star systems are entering a new era.

Both Huang Laohan and Makado needed this celebration to proclaim the achievements of the great expedition and inspire the people of the empire.

[Old Huang has quite a few good things; even if they aren't unique, they're definitely not bad.]
He boarded the ceremonial vehicle prepared for him, filled with anticipation.

(End of this chapter)