Warhammer 30k and the Great Tomb of Nazarick

Chapter 20 Ainz's Experiment

Inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick
There were four coffins in Ainz Ooal Gown's private room, containing four naked male corpses protected by ice.

Ah, I didn't observe it carefully before, but now I see that it is indeed very different from ordinary people.

Ainz walked around the corpses and observed them carefully, occasionally extending his skeletal fingers to touch them.

These corpses are very tall. We specifically measured them and found that the average height is over 210CM. If they are properly equipped, the visual height would be around 250CM, which is reasonable.

The muscles of these corpses were extremely strong, not something that could be achieved by humans. Even though they were dead, it was difficult for Ainz to leave any marks on them with an ordinary level 1 knife.

The most peculiar thing is that there are some special black protrusions on these corpses, which feel a bit like insect shells, and no one knows what they are used for.

Ainz pondered for a while, and finally came to a conclusion.

These black shells should be used for courtship. They attract the opposite sex by showing off their black shells. The darker and brighter the better. They may even bump into each other to show their masculinity.

Obviously humans don't grow these things, so the identity of these giants is also very obvious, they are a kind of half-insect sub-human.

The information obtained from the torture before said that the name of these sub-humans is Space Marines, and above the Space Marines there are Primarchs. This should be similar to the relationship between the Queen and the Soldier. The Emperor above the Primarch should be the same as the relationship between the Mother of All Origins.

But something seems wrong.

These Space Marines call their Primarch father, so it shouldn't be the Queen of the Zerg, right? But according to the current information, there are a lot of these Space Marines, maybe even tens of thousands, so it's impossible that they were born from the same father, right? Even the protagonist of an H-gal game wouldn't dare to use this setting?
Also, they never mentioned having a mother. Does that mean that mothers are not important to them, or do they really give birth with only the father?
Ainz scratched his skull and felt a little itchy, as if he was about to grow a brain.

Yes, it could be in vitro fertilization similar to that of fish.

Special males, called progenitors, are in estrus every year, or all year round. They spread substances carrying their genetic information, which are then accepted by females, allowing them to breed offspring on a large scale.

If this is the case, then the females of these Space Marines should be very different from the males. Wait a minute, could it be that those so-called auxiliary troops are actually the females of this Space Marine race of the Human Empire?

But it doesn't look like it?
Oh, and here's Demiurge's report.

Ainz ran to the table, picked up the thick file that Demiurge had sorted out, and began to read it.

Yeah, these creatures called Space Marines are indeed completely different from humans.

Those auxiliary troops are no different from humans. Oh, there are slight differences mentioned here, but they shouldn't have any impact.

Wait, these Space Marines have two hearts?
Ainz turned the report back over and reviewed it several times to make sure he had made no mistakes.

These creatures, called Space Marines, were found to have completely different bone density structure and muscle strength from humans after live dissection. Their internal organs were also significantly different, the most obvious of which was that they had two hearts and three lungs.

what?
Ainz felt his head itching again, and even though he didn’t have a heart, he felt inexplicably guilty.

If these Space Marines have two hearts, which one did I crush earlier? Or did I crush all of them?

Ainz thought of the last Space Marine he had killed with his own hands. At that time, out of habit, he chose to master the most commonly used magic, the Heart.

"Heart control."

This magic is just like its name. It is a magic that can crush the enemy's heart. Among the magics from level one to ten, it is also a level nine instant death magic. Among the necromancy magics that Ainz is good at, many have instant death effects, and this magic is one of them.

Moreover, even if this magic is resisted, it still has the additional effect of making the enemy hazy. However, since coming to this world, Ainz seems to have never encountered a time when he needed to use the additional effect. Although the heart master is easy to use, it also has many limitations. One is that when facing a high-level strong enemy, the possibility of instant death is very low. After all, it is almost impossible for a high-level enemy to have no resistance to instant death, but the level is different. Then it has no effect on inanimate objects, such as undead spirits, golems like Grem, and enemies without hearts.

But can two hearts be generated at the same time (what O_o)??
Ainz looked at his right hand again. At that moment, he indeed felt as if he was crushing a soft object.

He must be dead, right?

Ainz quietly walked to the door, opened it a crack and looked outside. Hmm, fortunately, there were no other NPCs.

Ainz clapped his hands lightly.

Four eight-limbed assassin insects immediately came in front of it and knelt down in a human-like posture to salute.

Ainz thought it would be better not to tell the NPCs about this. It would be like a father happily telling his child that he wants to bake a cake, but ends up making it into charcoal. He doesn’t want the child to be disappointed, so he secretly buys another one instead.

"One of you, go to the fifth floor and see how many bodies of Space Marines are left there. Don't alarm the other Guardians. Remember, I just want to know how many bodies are left there. There's no need to cause trouble for others."

"Yes, the Supreme One."

The eight-limbed assassin insect bowed respectfully and then disappeared.

Oh, forget it, let’s do the experiment first.

Ainz has always been curious about one thing. Using ordinary corpses to summon eternal Death Knights, but not higher-level Undead, can't they keep existing forever? And using higher-level corpses to summon, can they summon higher-level Undead that exist forever? What are the differences between these creatures from other worlds? It was really hard to find high-level corpses in this world before, but this time they found six corpses of medium or higher levels. And according to what they said, there are still a lot of these subhumans called Space Marines, so there will be no shortage of experimental subjects in the future.

Ainz first used Summon a Death Knight on the corpse of a Space Marine. Without any additional changes, an individual that looked like a normal Death Knight stood up.

Ainz examined it carefully.

Well.

There was no change in appearance, and no change in properties.

It seems that even if a higher level corpse is used, only an ordinary Death Knight can be summoned.

Ainz then selected another corpse and used Advanced Undead Summoning.

An ominous mist rose from the corpse, and then the mist became thicker and thicker, and soon it was impossible to see what was inside. Then a pair of pale bandaged, pus-oozing, skinny hands first stretched out from the thick fog, and then the fog began to shrink, and a withered knight wearing a tattered cloak, wrapped in white bandages, wearing a crown, and carrying a bow and arrow appeared from the fog, riding a horse that gave people a strong sense of ominousness. The horse was very thin, and there were only two black holes where the eyes used to be, and copper-green mucus kept flowing out.

As soon as the knight was formed, he immediately dismounted from his horse and saluted Ainz respectfully.

Successful.

Using the corpses of these Space Marines, he successfully summoned a level 60 high-level undead - the Pale Knight.

Completely different from the Death Knight who is positioned as a meat shield, the Pale Knight has very comprehensive abilities. It is an undead from the netherworld and can switch between entity and non-entity at any time. It has strong resistance to physical attacks, has long-range attack capabilities, can fly, and can also launch toxic attacks. The plague aura attached to its body can reduce all attribute values ​​of nearby individuals and cause them to lose blood continuously.

However, its shortcomings are also obvious. Although its capabilities are very comprehensive, there is nothing outstanding about it, so not many people use it.

But no matter what, this is also a high-level monster of level 60, which is much more valuable to the Great Tomb of Nazarick than the Death Knight. And now there is an opportunity for mass production of such monsters.

(End of this chapter)