Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 173 Thelema State of Mind

Nimrod walked to the bronze gate, put his hand on the gate, and it felt icy cold.

He felt that the space he was in became gloomy and all kinds of unreal sounds rang in his ears.

The sound of babies crying, adults screaming, the sound of the elderly wailing...

A low, dark whisper filled his ears and tugged at his spirit.

The Primarch's eyes instantly turned dark and deep. His dark eyes instantly expanded to cover his entire eyeballs, and the whites of his eyes completely disappeared.

He entered a meditative state and became one with the transcendental “I”, the infinite “I”, the cosmic “I”.

The Primarch felt the "tremors" of the entire island, the "churning" of the stormy sea, and even the savagery and death of Fenris.

Nimrod instantly became clear about himself and cast away all false voices.

After the Primarch obtained the Book of Thales, he followed Magnus's example and began to comprehend the state of mind, and had already comprehended two levels of his own state of mind.

The first level of state of mind he comprehended was the core philosophy of Thales' doctrine - "true will".

The soul's sacred blueprint will transcend worldly desires, break through self-deception, and resonate with the will of the universe.

Ningluo pushed hard and the bronze door slowly opened.

There was not a single ray of light in the pitch-black Mokai Temple.

Even the Primarchs, with their superhuman senses, could only see within four meters of their surroundings.

The dome of the temple is covered with green vines.

He drew out the power sword with his right hand, pressed the rune with his thumb, and a flickering decomposition force field surrounded the sword.

The light shone into the Mokai Temple, and his visual range expanded by one meter. He saw a stone pillar with runes carved on it.

Nimrod took a step forward, and as his feet were about to touch the ground, the vines on the ceiling came alive, and hundreds of vines shot towards him like giant pythons eating people.

The Primarch swung his sword, and with the fifth command of Osberch-Vaya, he slashed down.

A blue light flashed and struck the "giant python".

The decomposition force field crushed hundreds of vines. Amidst the pervasive smell of burning, the vines were torn into pieces and turned into specks of green light.

The Primarch stepped forward, seeing the bloodstained golden chalice, the jeweled ritual implements, the altar filled with bones...

[The Fenrisians offered sacrifices when they entered the temple of Morkai, killing captives and offering them to the Death Wolf.]
Nimrod wielded his power sword and searched the Mokai Temple. He found a shrine on the wall with statues that looked like the Leman Russ wolf brothers Freki and Gerry.

The statue was completely black, but in the spiritual vision it emitted a green light of death.

Nimrod also discovered several stone chambers with large characters inscribed in Juvik language: "Treasure Chamber."

He pushed one of them open and walked in.

Most of the cold and gloomy stone chamber had been emptied, probably by the Fenrisians who had found the Temple of Mokai.

Inside the stone chamber, Nimrod saw pearls scattered on the ground, iron axes and spear blades on the weapon racks, and animal skins spread out...

[The treasure room should be a gift from believers to Mo Kai.

Each of these items is a treasure to the Fenrisians.]
Nimrod knew that iron axes and spear blades were far more valuable weapons than the stones and bones of common sea beasts that the scattered tribes of Fenris were forced to use.

Even after Fenris returned to the Empire, the only place where these weapons could be obtained, besides the Space Wolves' continent of Asaheim, was another permanent landmark - the Iron Master Islands.

Whichever tribe has weapons made of steel will have an advantage in the brutal tribal wars.

After exploring the four chambers, Nimrod determined that the only things of value to him were the animal skins and pearls.

He then found four stone chambers called priests' chambers. He pushed open one of them and walked in.

There are twenty-four stone beds in the stone chamber. The priests who served the Great Wolf of Death had long been forced to leave because the Kraken Spire sank into the Storm Sea, and brought their faith in Mokai to the various tribes.

Nimrod followed the spiritual light and found fourteen mirrors.

Psychic Mirror, "Gravedigger" corresponds to the main ingredient of the Sequence 7 "Psychic" potion.

Nimrod didn't immediately move the potion ingredients into the "Kingdom of Disorder" because there was still some danger within the temple. He walked past the four priest rooms and continued forward.

The further you go inside, the colder it feels, and the denser and thicker the vines become.

The Primarch slashed, swept, and hacked with his sword, and the vines were shredded by the disintegration field.

Nimrod finally came to a statue several meters high.

A black statue of the Fenris wolf stands on a bronze base.

The black metal statue is like a black hole that devours everything, and the lines carved by the craftsman look like real hair.

The fangs exposed in the bloody mouth flashed with a cold light.

Its front paws extended, pressing against the bronze base, like a striding Fenrisian wolf.

Next to the base of the sculpture, a cold pool reflects the distorted shadow of a wolf.

When the ripples sway, you can see wolves in many different forms: pouncing, hesitating, howling to the sky...

Nimrod glanced across the statue and looked at the wolf's head.

The biggest difference between the Mokai statue's face and other statues is that its dark eyes are covered with a bone mask.

The bone mask is about a quarter of the giant wolf head and is covered with mysterious runes.

When Nimrod's eyes fell upon the mask, he felt as if he were facing death itself.

A dim light quickly spread from the bronze mask, and the vines that had not been cut quickly decayed, rotted, withered, and died, losing their vitality in an instant.

Even the Primarch's superhuman frame felt tired, as if he were walking through an endless swamp, his body entangled by thousands of cold, slippery tentacles and being dragged towards the dark ocean.

The terrifying screams and roars kept echoing in his ears. This was a mental attack that was enough to drive people crazy and lose their minds, and instantly shattered the first level of Thelema state of mind he maintained.

The "true will" is blurred, distorted, and replaced by illusory and terrifying images.

A bright flame burst from Nimrod's spine, and he ascended into Thales' second state of mind - "Kundalini".

"Kundalini" comes from the energy control of Thales' spiritual practice system, which transforms physical energy into spiritual power.

The lingering terrifying screams and terrifying roars disappeared in an instant, but the body was still entangled by countless tentacles.

Nimrod infused his spirituality into the silver glove on his left hand and spoke majestically.

"No death allowed here!"

The "prohibition" of the Sequence 6 judge, stimulated by the "Hand of Order", unleashed the power of the Sequence 1 level.

The blooming golden light tore countless tentacles into pieces.

Nimrod's body was no longer restrained, his superhuman body instantly regained its freedom and leaped into the air.

He pressed the rune, deactivating the power sword's disintegration field, and sheathed it at his waist.

Nimrod leaped in front of the wolf's head and reached out to take off the bronze mask.

As soon as he got the mask, the coldness spread all over his body, and the terrifying screams and roars

Ning Lu thought about it and came to the third level of the "Land of Disorder".

He threw away the mask and used the source of his essence to establish a connection with this magical object that seemed to be the path to "Death".

After returning to the real world, Nimrod immediately felt that the cold and gloomy feeling that lingered in the entire temple gradually subsided.

[Could it be that the mask is made from the real corpse of Mo Kai?
Was it refined by someone, or was it formed naturally?]
Nimrod thought for a moment but to no avail. Although Mokai had always been a god believed in by the people of Fenris, he only existed in legends. No one had actually seen the Death Wolf, at least not among the living people.

After sending all the psychic realms to the "Land of Disorder", he ordered the pearls, furs and other items to be moved back to the trophy room of the Royal Shadow.

The ancient iron weapons were also sent back to the Shadow of the King for the technical sergeants to study and see if there were any lessons they could learn from.

After Nimrod collected all the treasures accumulated on the Kraken Peak for thousands of years, he received a call from Old Man Huang.

(End of this chapter)