Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 169 Hunting the Ironscale Kraken

Nimrod took a deep breath, dived into the stormy sea, and swam towards the giant sea monster.

The Primarch noted that this Kraken was larger than the rodent octopus he had slain in the Cradle of the Sea.

He also keenly sensed that, despite their similar appearance, the Kraken was completely different from the rodent octopus; it was a different, more perfect creature.

Its body is hidden in a bony sheath, making it difficult to hit. This is a perfect defense mechanism evolved to adapt to its body size and species characteristics.

In the dark blue sea, the Kraken stretched out its graceful tentacles. Every inch of its skin danced with perfect arcs, ending in several hard, keratinous hooks that looked like giant claws.

Nimrod remembered that in the forty-first millennium in the future, after the Imperium realized the threat posed by the Tyranids, the biological magos of the Mechanicus conducted a series of studies on them and similar creatures.

They discovered that the tentacles of the Fenris Kraken had similar hard, keratinous hooks and were equally intelligent.

Even if the user is killed, the tentacle whip will continue to attack anyone who tries to get close.

Experiments conducted by the Bio-Magnus have shown that they do this by sensing brain waves, another natural hunting tactic employed by the Tyranids as a weapon.

Now, through observation, the Primarch believes that the research conclusions of the Biological Magus are correct.

The Kraken should be the outpost sent by the Hive Mind to the galaxy. Due to some reasons, they lost contact with the Hive Mind and became "wild monsters". The Tyranid evolution genes hidden in their bodies prompted them to undergo the same evolution over a long period of time.

Also considered by the Mechanicus's biomagos to be derived from Tyranids are the Soul-Eating Wasps that feed on psykers and the Catachan Demons...

[Much harder to deal with than a rodent octopus! But it also has a richer spirituality!]
Nimrod's eyes sparkled. The keratinous hooks on the Kraken's tentacles, its knife-like fangs, its huge eyes, and even the bones that could be seen through the flesh after its clairvoyance was activated, all contained vigorous spirituality.

The Primarch activated the runes on his power fist and lunged towards the treasure before him.

At the same time, the Kraken also sensed Nimrod's presence, and its huge body continued to tremble instinctively.

It felt that the black "little thing" was a delicious food.

Devour him and you will evolve again.

The Kraken raised all its tentacles and greedily wrapped around the black man.

Nimrod activated the rune, and the power fists lit up with a brilliant golden light.

He was like a swimming fish, weaving between the numerous tentacles as if the pressure of the nearly ten thousand meter deep sea water did not exist.

In a flash, Nimrod rushed to the head of the Kraken hidden in the bone sheath.

The Kraken reacted quickly, slashing at Nimrod with its knife-like fangs.

The fangs chopped off the black-armored man, but the Kraken did not feel any joy at the successful prey.

It felt its fangs hit nothing, and the black man did not bleed.

Before the Kraken could react, the power fist slammed heavily into its massive, square-like jaws.

The golden decomposition field crackled, but it did not destroy or tear apart the Kraken's body as it had done before.

Ningluo's eyes flashed as he looked at the Kraken's bone sheath and the scales on its skin that were as hard as cast iron.

Ironscale Kraken.

Nimrod knew that the Ironscale Kraken was the most powerful and deadly of its kind, and only one of them could grow to more than several kilometers in length.

The animals that Nimrod hunted were nearly 30 kilometers long.

The Ironscale Kraken is difficult to kill in the vast ocean, even for the Primarch.

Leman Russ dragged the Ironscale Kraken he encountered from the ocean onto land, making it easier for him to kill it.

[While the Power Fist's primary power is the various extraordinary abilities of the "Hand of Order", it is also a powerful weapon.

I can't even break the Ironscale Kraken's defenses. Even if it's not the material, its skin is still excellent and would be a good choice for a cloak.]
Thinking of this, Nimrod decided to adopt the same strategy as Leman Russ, knocking out the Ironscale Kraken and taking it back.

This would not only prove that the Kraken it was hunting was larger, but would also preserve the treasure to the greatest extent possible. Thinking of this, Nimrod suddenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed a handful of small plankton.

Fenris krill.

This krill, similar to those of ancient Terra, is widespread in the oceans of Fenris and is at the bottom of the food chain in the Sea of ​​Storms.

"Feed you!"

The "briber" poured one-fifth of his newly recovered spiritual power into the krill and threw it into the mouth of the Iron-Scale Kraken.

He swung his arms and punched violently, raining down punches on the Kraken's jaw.

In an instant, the Primarch swung his fists at high frequency, smashing the jaws of the Iron-Scale Kraken, which was under the effect of "bribe and weakening".

"Roar!"

The Iron-Scaled Kraken, its defense weakened, screamed and roared, causing huge waves to rise in the stormy sea.

On the sea, a ship of the Fenris tribe, migrating in search of a new place to settle, was overturned by huge waves.

The dragon boat, built with Fenris sea dragons, overturned in an instant, and all the tribesmen fell into the sea.

The Primarch flashed at high speed and launched a violent attack around the Iron-Scale Kraken.

The Primarch's speed was as fast as a violent gust of wind, even blocking the sea water out.

The Iron-Scaled Kraken had never suffered such a violent attack. Its head felt heavy and the black figures in its eyes overlapped and became blurred.

The more he whipped his tentacles, the harder it became to hit the black man.

The dazed Iron-Scale Kraken was knocked to the surface by the Primarch's high-frequency punches.

The Primarch's attack was not random; his superhuman brain performed precise calculations and planned an attack route.

Every attack he made would cause Iron Scale Clark to float upwards.

Moreover, the upward buoyancy not only contains the power of fists and energy field, but also the surging ocean currents.

The black hurricane knocked the Iron-Scale Kraken out of the surface of the Sea of ​​Storms.

The Iron-Scaled Kraken's head slammed heavily onto the sea surface, splashing huge waves into the sky.

After suffering a series of intensive attacks, the Iron-Scaled Kraken completely lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

Nimrod deactivated the disintegration field of his power fist and swam beneath the Ironscale Kraken's head.

The Primarch raised his arms, supported the Iron-Scale Kraken's jaw, used the strength of his arms and shoulders to lift the huge head, and swam forward.

Dragging the Ironscale Kraken required less effort than the Primarch had imagined, the buoyancy easing his burden.

After the Primarch realized this, he sensed the ocean currents of the Storm Sea and swam towards the gunboat, carrying the Ironscale Kraken.

The sea dragon boats encountered along the way looked at this scene in shock. Someone was actually towing a huge creature forward in the sea.

The shocked Fenris warriors knelt on the boat, chanting the names of gods such as Mokai and worshiping devoutly.

On the gunboat, Alpharius saw Nimrod dragging back a sea monster that was even larger than the Glorious Queen-class battleship Sovereign Shadow.

He said in shock, his eyes wide.

"Nimrod... actually hunted such a huge sea monster!"

"Could Leman Russ hunt anything bigger?"

"He can't. Nimrod hunts bigger and faster."

(End of this chapter)