Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 48 Malena's Request
After Nimrod ordered Szczesny to reorganize the Fourth Regiment, he avoided everyone's sight and returned to the "Kingdom of Disorder".

He double-checked that the rodent octopus' ink sac was not among the potion ingredients already unlocked on the profane slate.

The potion formulas for Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 have all been unlocked, but the potion formula for Sequence 7 can only be viewed by the "Briber" and the "Interrogator" in the adjacent path.

After Nimrod placed the ink sac alone in a palace on the first level of real space, he fell into deep thought based on his knowledge of potion materials.

[Higher-level potion materials generally contain more spirituality and are more difficult to collect.

The Furao's Night Fragments are obviously harder to obtain than the Lung Spider's Lung Sacs.

The rodent octopus' ink sac contains more spiritual energy and is also more difficult to obtain. It should be a mid-series potion ingredient, and it is also the first mid-series ingredient I have obtained.]
序列9、序列8和序列7的非凡者属于低序列，序列6和序列5则是中序列。

Nimrod stared at the ink sac, analyzing it further.

[The ingredients required for the potion recipe seem to contain some kind of internal logic.

The Barbarian needs Ogryn's Arm, which is the most obvious; the Arbitrator needs the Gavel, which is also related to this; and the Sailor needs the Siren Stone, which is also related to water.

I have not yet discovered the implicit internal logic that is not obvious, and as for the spiritual source of the potion ingredients, I am still unable to determine its origin.]
He turned and walked out of the palace: [Based on this, the ink sac came from the ocean and should be the material for the potion in the "Tyrant" path where the "Sailor" is located.]
After Nimrod returned to the real world, he gathered everyone for a briefing.

"My king, a total of one hundred and seventeen veterans have died, and there are twenty-seven new recruits."

Szczesny finished the report first in a depressed mood. His regiment suffered heavy losses because of a sea monster, which made him depressed. He wanted to cut it into pieces, but was stopped by the female shaman.

Just then, Malena took a step forward.

"I have a suggestion that will earn you the loyalty of the Sicilians in no time."

"Oh," Nimrod said, becoming interested. "Go ahead."

"The tusk has caused countless deaths among the Sicilians. If you send Trinio with a piece of its limb to various tribes to publicize your achievements, you will win their loyalty."

"There's no other rodent octopus in the Coral Sea with such a large body."

"In that case, I will try it according to your suggestion."

Nimrod accepted Malena's suggestion. For him, the loss was just less meat.

"My Lord, I ask that this be done by my own hands."

Upon hearing this, Szesni immediately made a request, and his anger towards the female shaman disappeared.

"Leave it to you."

After Nimrod granted Szesne's request, he immediately went to the seashore and dismembered Zhang Ya.

The tentacles were cut off one by one, and the head was divided into seven different parts.

Malena's suggestion was effective. After the Fourth Regiment killed the Flao people who invaded the islands, when the Trinio people took out Zhang Ya's limbs and told the story of Nimrod who fell from the sky and killed the overlord of the Coral Sea, the Sicilian tribes happily joined.

The Tritons all requested to join Nimrod's army, and the Fourth Regiment still followed the selection criteria set by Szczesny before.

Two stellar days later, the fourth regiment was fully staffed.

After Szesne reported to Nimrod, he received orders to continue recruiting Tritons without setting a limit.

As the conquest of the Cradle of the Sea was progressing rapidly, Nimrod received a communication from Rosicky.

"King Nimrod, a riot has broken out in Vostronia. Mutants from over thirteen hives have launched an attack on the hive."

"Lukopo and Tezwok, which you control, have also experienced riots."

Nimrod frowned slightly. When he left, there was no sign of any mutant riots. He intuitively felt that there seemed to be a force behind the scenes.

"What was the scale of the riot?"

"Unfortunately, there is no detailed intelligence at the moment. I suggest you return to Vostronia immediately."

Upon hearing this, Ningluo fell into deep thought.

[Most of the Frao people in the Cradle of the Sea have been eliminated. The few remaining aliens are more than enough for the warriors led by Szczesny to deal with.]
His dark eyes sparkled as he realized this was an opportunity.

[The mutant rebellion is also a good opportunity for me to conquer Vostronia.]
Thinking of this, he immediately made a decision.

Three sidereal hours later, Nimrod called everyone to a meeting. After listening to their progress reports, he gave orders.

"Szesny, you are temporarily in charge of commanding all armed forces of the Cradle of the Sea. Your mission is to continue conquering all Sicilian tribes and kill all invading aliens."

"My Lord, I will definitely complete your mission." "Do you have any talented people under your command for the mission I assigned to you earlier?"

Szczesny was prepared. "My Lord, those Iron Warriors' minds have been twisted by that Mad King. They are qualified warriors, but they are not capable of standing on their own."

"Among the new recruits I've made locally, Jorginho is a real talent. He participated in the battles on five islands during the conquest and single-handedly persuaded three Sicilian tribes to pledge allegiance to you."

"In that case, after the meeting, you will have him follow me back to Vostronia."

During his conquest, Nimrod collected potion materials including Siren Stone and rapeseed, which could be used to cultivate "sailors" and "farmers".

But he wouldn't just pick anyone and make him a Beyonder; an assessment was necessary.

Nimrod already had a preliminary plan for this. It was impossible for him to examine every extraordinary person throughout the process, especially after he returned to the empire.

He decided to establish a recommendation mechanism, whereby the Beyonders he personally trained would recommend talents to him, and he would then bring these people with him for final observation.

"Vieri, your mission is to rebuild Trani and restore its food supply capacity as soon as possible."

"Yes, my king."

Vieri obeyed the order respectfully. After learning that Nimrod had killed Zhang Ya, his slight dissatisfaction with being forced to submit completely disappeared, and he submitted to the godlike giant from the bottom of his heart.

"Malena..."

Nimrod looked at the shaman, but before he could say anything, she spoke first.

"I would like to accompany you to Vostronia."

Nimrod didn't expect Malena to make such a request, he asked curiously.

"Why do you ask this?"

Malena's brown eyes sparkled, and a look of longing appeared on her face.

"I've long had the idea of ​​heading to the Star Sea to see the outside world."

"Now, I finally have the chance. I want to follow you and serve you."

Nimrod nodded slightly. Malena was a powerful psychic, even stronger than Thierry. Having her by his side would not only make her a capable subordinate, but also allow Szczesny to better control the world of Cradle of the Sea without her, a highly prestigious shaman.

Thinking of this, he spoke.

"Okay, then you can leave with me."

After Nimrod returned to the Piszczek with Malena, Jorginho and other men, he ordered them to set sail, then returned to his quarters, entered the "Kingdom of Disorder", and prepared the "Common Sense" potion.

　Because several members of the legion have asked when Nimrod will return, we would like to explain this.

　　First of all, I did not force the return time to coincide with the listing time, although the first order would be better.

　　Secondly, specifically regarding the plot of the first volume, there are still 12 plot points that have not been written. After they are written, I will return to the empire and start the second volume "The Great Expedition".

　　Note: Not every plot point can be covered in one chapter.

　　Let me share my thoughts. Nimrod doesn't have a golden finger (potion system and gene primarch) to get everything by doing nothing. He will establish a small country on the level of a merchant dynasty before returning to the Empire.

　　 GW does not have a clear definition of a merchant dynasty. Most of the property of the Agamemnon dynasty was concentrated on a single ship, but it is still called a dynasty.

　　My definition is having a powerful fleet and an autonomous world system.

　　The autonomous world system consists of administrative planets, agricultural worlds, industrial worlds and at least one economic type world that can create huge economic value.

　　Vostronia is an administrative planet and industrial world; Cradle of the Sea is an agricultural world; later it will travel through the warp and occupy the economic world of another star system.

　　I don't want to rely on my genetic offspring to accomplish this; that's too easy and doesn't involve my own efforts.

　　Of course, after returning, he will send legions to conquer a large number of worlds.

　　Those who know what happened when the Primarchs returned should know that no Primarch did it, including Guilliman and Dorn.

　　Finally, I know that most readers want to return as soon as possible, so I will speed up the pace appropriately, but I still have to finish the necessary plots listed in my outline.

　　The first volume is expected to have a total of seventy chapters and will be available on the shelves after the return.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)