Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 157 Divination of Mordian

"The Kingdom of Disorder", Ningluo's right hand stroked the three-sided dice in his hand.

He could feel that he had established some kind of connection with the dice of prophecy, a mystical connection.

He was vaguely but certain that the dice in his hand was the magical item corresponding to the "Hermit" path sequence 3 "Master of Prophecy".

The ambiguity lies in the fact that he only knows that this comes from his connection with the Dice of Prophecy, but he cannot clearly feel how to confirm it with the help of the connection.

The certainty was that he could be sure that the prophecy dice corresponded to the "Master of Prophecy", not the "Prophet" of Sequence 4 of the "Fool" path or the "White Tower" path.

The Primarch played with it for a while, but to no avail, and pondered in his mind.

[The root of the connection must be the rules. Perhaps I will be able to glimpse its essence only after I advance to the Middle Sequence.]
Nimrod gave up his search and began to consider who to divine.

[As of now, no reports have been received from Sanchez.

It's possible that he hasn't conquered Tanis yet, or perhaps he just sent an astropathic transmission.

It's unlikely to return anytime soon, so using Catachan for divination seems a bit of a waste.]
His mind raced through all the worlds he knew of that the Imperium had yet to discover.

Valhalla, Ventrillion...

The Primarchs conduct high-speed analysis of these worlds to determine their characteristics and whether they are suitable for the characteristics of a particular Chapter.

After a moment, a name stopped in his mind: Mordian.

[Bukayo Arshavin discovered the Daxos Twin System and then Sepra Mundi, and he deserves to be rewarded.

Mordian is well-suited to the "Dark" Path, serving as a recruiting ground for the Third Legion.

Furthermore, Mordian is relatively close to Sepra Mundi on the galactic map, making it a strategic world that can protect the entire region.]
Nimrod thought about this and made a decision.

The information he knew about Mordian flashed through his mind quickly.

[Haze Star Field, Modian Galaxy, Modian Main Star.]

Mordian's rotation period is the same as its revolution period, so half of the planet is always in darkness and the other half is scorched by the sun.

All life exists on the dark side, so Mordian is also called the "World of Eternal Night".

The atmosphere is thick and dark because the Coriolis effect does not exist due to the planet's lack of rotation, preventing any strong winds from forming.

...]

Everything Nimrod knew about Mordian flashed through his mind, and he recited it silently in his heart.

[Sampra Mundi's star map to Mordian.]

Sampra Mundi's star map to Mordian.

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

The three-sided dice rolled several times in the air and fell down. The moment it landed in Nimrod's open hand, a picture like a holographic projection appeared before his eyes.

In the picture, stars are spread out.

The head of the curved "snake" is a metal sphere filled with densely packed colorful threads, like a ball of thread.

The tail is a sphere, half of it is dazzlingly bright, and the other half is pitch black without a trace of light.

While the Primarch memorized the star map in his mind, he also used his knowledge of prophecy to interpret it:
The metal sphere is Sepra Mundi. Due to the local industrial base, it can quickly grow into a forging world with strong production capacity in a short period of time and become a shipyard comparable to Mars.

The densely packed colorful threads converged on the subspace routes of Sepra Mundi. In memory, this world, which would be chosen by the Imperial Navy as the base of the Hazy Star Field, had a unique geographical location.

The light and dark sphere symbolizes Mordian, who is always half light and half dark.

Nimrod then returned to the real world and, relying on Superman's memory, restored the star map and recorded it on the data tablet.

It will be sent to the Third Regiment along with the supply ship.

The Primarch then found Diana Boleyn, dressed in armor and commanding a ship.

"Your performance is commendable. I want to reward you. Follow me."

"My lord, it is my honor to serve you." As the female captain spoke, the space battle with the Eldar Ark in the Alert Galaxy not long ago flashed through her mind.

In that battle, the Primarch saw through the illusion of the Eldar light ball and severely damaged and tore apart the enemy ships.

[Only the Primarchs possess such extraordinary abilities.]
Just as Diana was amazed in her heart, Nimrod said with a smile.

"This is also for my own sake. Finding a suitable captain to steer my ship won't be easy. I don't want to lose you."

Hearing that she was needed by the Primarch, the female captain's eyes lit up.

[Yes! The Primarch needs someone to take care of the various affairs of the Sovereign's Shadow, someone to liaise with other fleets, and someone to coordinate with officers at all levels.

Ordinary enemies do not require his personal command.

He should focus his energy on more important matters.]
Diana followed the Primarch into his palace, walked across the outermost training deck of the palace, and came to the first floor of the palace.

Two honor guards stood in front of the black gate. When they saw the Father of Genes coming, they bowed and saluted.

Ningluo pressed his palm on the panel, the identification rune flashed, and the black alloy door slowly opened.

The Primarch led Diana to the area where the ring weapons were stored. "You can choose any of the ring weapons made by space apes. You can wear them on all ten fingers like Arsène."

The female captain did not retreat and immediately began to select.

Nimrod's dark eyes scanned his armory, where space apes crafted ring weapons, protective orbs, and spy flies, filling the vast trove by a third.

[The output of space monkeys is indeed very high, but there are no special surprises. Perhaps the "program" implanted in them by the ancient saints makes it normal to produce conventional products.

If you rely on luck, you don't know how long it will take to get valuable items.

Fortunately, another space ape is pregnant. Once the new cub is born and they establish contact, they can assign him to carry out research, the first of which will be ape force field technology.]
While Nimrod was thinking, Diana did as the Primarch had instructed, selecting rings and putting them on all her ten slender fingers.

The blonde captain walked up to the Primarch and said, "Thank you for your gift, my Lord. I once saw nobles wearing precious rings in the taverns of Sabaudia, but I never imagined that one day I would wear both hands full."

Her blue-green eyes flashed. "I never imagined your personal armory would be filled with so many ring weapons."

Nimrod raised his left hand and pointed to the area where the protective orb was stored.

"You can also choose any protective orb you like," he said after a pause. "As you said, they're just for show here."

"I've decided to give some of it to outstanding ship officers. The standards are set by you."

The Primarch also decided to have his retainers formulate institutional standards to reward administrative officials, treasure-stealing teams, and auxiliary forces on each world.

It can not only enhance their self-protection ability, but also improve their loyalty to themselves through rewards.

Hearing this, Diana looked at the Primarch with reverence.

"On behalf of all the officers, I thank you for your generosity."

"It is our honor and responsibility to serve you. You do not need any reward."

Afterwards, Ningluo and the female captain returned to the bridge.

After five weeks of ship travel, the Sovereign Shadow returned to the Vostroya system.

As the ship sailed towards Vostroya Starport, Arsena Dunn came to the command throne.

"My Lord, there is a report which I have not given you, but which I think deserves your attention."

Ningluo tapped the seat with his fingers. "Talk."

"The transport ship Groningen has completed its supply mission for the Second Legion and is returning with a shipload of interesting creatures raised by orcs as a gift for you."

"After the Groningen jumped out of the subspace, it did not head to the starport and ignored all communication information."

"All auxiliary troops sent to investigate have lost contact, and the voice communications they sent back are filled with screams and roars."

The "reasoning student" had deep eyes and spoke in a firm tone.

"I believe the creatures aboard the Groningen encountered an accident during the voyage, and I believe you will need to deal with it personally."

(End of this chapter)