Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 132 "Spiritual Piercing"

While Nimrod was thinking, he walked to a circular square. The colorful mosaics that made up the square depicted some abstract geometric patterns, like a mural.

The plaza leads to twenty buildings, a number not coincidental, for these were the residences prepared by the Emperor for the Primarchs.

Nimrod walked along the path beside the lake and into the courtyard built of pale stones.

There was a training ground in the courtyard. When the twelve Shadows of Order saw the Primarch return, they stopped and saluted the Father of Genes.

Ningluo nodded slightly, then looked up at the track.

His consciousness spread above the orbit, found the Void Hunter among the many ships, and then locked onto Tierney's position, sending the order and the dark pattern on the observatory vault to the "thief" through telepathy.

"Send someone to gather the relevant intelligence. Don't take any risks yourself."

It wasn't Malcador's spies that Nimrod wanted to avoid. It would be illogical for him, with his keen senses, not to conduct relevant investigations after discovering the mythical creature.

The current treasure-stealing team is also unable to avoid Makado's eyes and ears, so what he wants to avoid as much as possible is other forces.

These ancient creatures were something that even the Primarchs were curious about. Whether those families coveted them or wanted to curry their favor, they would send people to search for them, which would alarm the mythical creatures that might still be alive.

Nimrod then walked into the three-story black villa, which Malcador had painted black.

The entire building looks more like obsidian than marble.

There is a large living room and a dining room by the window on the first floor. Members of the Honor Guard live in guest rooms on this floor, which makes it convenient for them to be on guard and exercise in the training ground in the courtyard.

Ning Lu sat down on the alloy chair that matched his own in the living room, thought for a moment, and then turned on the communicator.

He gave orders to the Master of Star Language to mobilize the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 11th and 12th Regiments to the Solar Star Region.

He knew that the current rulers of Necromunda were the Orb Confederation, a civilization spanning six galaxies, connected by portals.

The Orb was ruled by a technological aristocracy who called their homeworld Spider Star, which was later renamed Necromunda after the human Empire conquered it.

Considering that the Imperial Fists could strike a star system in a day and reach the Spider Star in two months, defeating the Orb Alliance would not be a big challenge.

But he remembered that the Orb Alliance had destroyed the portals to five galaxies except Necromunda, and only Necromunda was left after the explosion.

Ningluo didn't want to waste it like this. He wanted all six galaxies of the Orb Alliance, and the portal was also worth studying. He wanted to conquer the six galaxies at a faster speed.

In addition to the blitzkrieg tactics, he has another possible way to deal with the portal explosion, which is to gain inspiration from the prophecy dice he just obtained.

While Nimrod was thinking, he stood up from his chair and walked up the stairs.

He left the second floor to the Primarch's attendant and his followers. The "Reader" and his assistants had already set out to various libraries to search and record information.

Nimrod went straight up to the third floor, where there was a large bedroom, a study, a bathroom and a large balcony.

Ningluo came to the study, sat on the same chair as in the living room, opened the transparent box, and picked up the three-sided dice.

The Dice of Prophecy requires a normal person to hold it with both hands, but the Primarch only needs two fingers to pick it up.

When he picked up the three-sided dice, he felt it was cold and its material seemed like metal.

Nimrod threw the dice casually, and the prophetic dice fell on the long table, spinning. After a moment, no vision was projected.

[As Malcador said, the Prophecy Dice is usually rolled like a normal dice.

There are still eleven months until the next "recharge".]
While the Primarch was thinking, he stretched out two fingers, picked it up again, placed it in his palm, and looked at it carefully.

Just as Nimrod was studying the prophetic dice, an elegant red aircraft flew rapidly through the sky and flew towards a building in Trena, the capital of the Trena galaxy.

On one of the red motorcycles, a tall figure wearing a red robe and a white visor raised his staff high and issued orders in the Eldar language.

"Attack the monkeys, save your fellow men."

The elves had already confirmed through prophecy that there were only thirty-four monkey warriors wearing black armor here, and they would definitely be able to rescue their injured compatriots.

This would be a surprise attack, and by the time the monkeys realized what was happening, they would rescue their compatriots and retreat gracefully.

At the same time, Howard, who sensed that his jurisdiction had been invaded, immediately issued orders on the communication channel.

"Alien invasion, prepare for battle."

There was a gleam in the eyes of the Arbitration Lord. He had been waiting for this day for nearly a year.

In order to catch the "bait", he set up his office in the building where the Eldar were imprisoned.

Today, he finally waited for this opportunity. Only by capturing the prophet of the Eldar can he know the purpose of the Ark of Sam-Han, complete the mission of the Primarch, and find the Vigilance Planet.

Howard strode towards the balcony. At the same moment, the Eldar bikers outside also launched an attack. They swooped down to attack the black-armored warriors.

The dart launcher built into the jet motorcycle was aimed downwards, instantly firing hundreds of triangular single-molecule darts, like a large net, towards the target.

Shuriken weaponry is unique to the Eldar, a technology so advanced it's difficult to replicate.

Shuriken weapons are based on a gravity accelerator, with a plastic crystal core inside the shutter as ammunition.

When attacking, the Shuriken weapon releases a high-energy pulse from the rear, peeling off a single-molecule dart from the ammunition core and then shooting it out of the barrel at high speed.

Magnetic repulsors would hold the ammunition core in place for the pulse, and weapons fired in this manner could fire hundreds of rounds in a second or two, with each core providing for a dozen sweeps.

The disadvantage of this weapon is that the barrel has no rifling, so its accuracy is insufficient. Star dart weapons do not require aiming, and the range covered by hundreds of single-molecule darts is more difficult to dodge than a dozen accurately fired ammunition.

But the Order Shadows of the First Regiment were faster than the Eldar warriors. After being reminded by the Lord, they relied on their superhuman perception and immediately spotted the speeding Eldar jet bikes.

They completed tactical maneuvers in advance, dodging the attacks at the last moment before the Eldar warriors launched their attacks, while raising their bolters and launching a counterattack.

The range of Shuriken weapons was shorter than that of projectile weapons of the same size, and the bikers dived in and attacked very close to the Space Marines. Many riders had no time to dodge, and several Eldar were immediately torn to pieces by the explosive shells.

The Eldar prophet was shocked to see that the first round of quick attacks was ineffective. He just raised the staff in his hand and was about to attack the black-armored monkey warrior.

The "interrogator" who rushed to the balcony in an instant had already locked onto the target. His black eyes turned light blue, an invisible light flashed, and a bolt of lightning struck the spirit of the Eldar.

The Eldar prophet who suffered the "mind piercing" attack suddenly felt pain so severe that he could not think.

The increase in the power of the Sheriff within his jurisdiction caused severe damage to the Eldar Prophet.

The Eldar prophet suddenly fell headfirst from his jetbike, and the "Sheriff" drew his power sword and leaped into the air, appearing in front of the alien in an instant.

Howard swung his sword and slashed. The blue energy field crackled and crushed the Eldar's right shoulder and arm. The staff fell to the ground with a clang.

The Arbitrator stretched out his left arm and tightly grasped the Eldar Prophet's neck.

The sudden change surprised the Eldar riders. Their prophet was actually caught by the monkey.

The angry Wind Riders immediately turned around and rushed towards Howard.

(End of this chapter)