Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 431 Shitan Possessing Asawa

While Azek Aliman was searching the ruins of Zarujin, Hathor Mat and Asawa also arrived at the site.

Nicole Ashkali is the guide for the Thousands and the senior artifact conservator of Dawnstar.

She is from Terra, but has now fully embraced Dawn Star culture and has become a native in her mind.

Ashkali's iron-grey hair was tied up with a patterned headscarf, and his voice came from his respirator.

“I led the excavation of the Zarujin site, but this is the first time I’ve learned that an ancient colonial ship is hidden here.”

Her deep-set emerald eyes stared in astonishment at the enormous creature that emerged from the billowing dust.

Hathor gripped his staff tightly and sent a mental pulse to Asawa:

“We are in an area of ​​geomagnetic storm ahead and should report our progress to the Primarch.”

Asawa nodded, gazing at the mountains to the east, where the dazzling light of a giant magnetic storm was sweeping across the peaks.

It is completely unpredictable where the storm will be driven by Dawn Star's unpredictable weather system.

The distorted light shone on Asawa, and the pale ivory white of the Thousand Sons Legion's serpentine star emblem adorned his left shoulder armor.

Embedded within the emblem are gazing eyes.

That's the emblem of the "Sky Owl School".

Asawa first sent a thought impulse to the father of genes, and then sent a briefing through the communication channel.

The dust and debris stirred up by the lightning swirled into furious columns of dust, roaring hundreds of meters into the air.

The thousand sons' group carefully bypassed the dust pillar and headed towards the direction of the Sitan.

Lightning bolts and dust columns collided, unleashing a mushroom cloud of fire.

Another clump followed closely behind, the rubble soaring high into the air, carried by the rotating airflow and the twisting magnetic field.

Asawa's adjutant, Phossis Taka of the "Falcon School," suddenly raised his hand, unleashing a torrent of telekinesis.

Rumble!
The continuous, massive tremors collided and erupted amidst the ruins.

Taka's psychic shield flickered for a while before the booming gradually subsided.

A biting wind swept in from the mountains, scraping against the armor of the Senko.

A geomagnetic storm vortex, accompanied by dark clouds, loomed over the team.

The torrential rain lashed down, lashing against the power armor.

Taka did not continue to maintain the psychic shield. Compared to the previous explosion, the torrential rain posed a much smaller threat to the Thousand Sons.

The rain washed away the dust from the power armor, making Hathor and his Brightfeather crew feel much refreshed.

When Asawa was 100 meters away from the Sitan, he suddenly stopped.

"Did you hear that?"

"What?" Ashkal and Taka asked at the same time. They looked around, but apart from the distant rumble of the magnetic storm, they heard nothing.

Hathor looked at Asawa warily. Lord Nimrod had told him that Shitan, as a warp entity, usually used methods such as possession to act in the real world.

A psychic is a suitable target for possession, and Chiko, who possesses powerful psychic abilities and a strong physical body, is an even more suitable target.

Asawa can hear more voices and is the most likely person to be influenced and possessed.

“The sound of a storm.” Asawa’s voice was low, drowned out by the deafening thunder; Ashkali didn’t hear it.

Taka's superhuman hearing allowed him to filter out the thunder, and he breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Asawa's words.

"I can always hear the sound of geomagnetic storms."

Hathor, however, became increasingly wary. He took two steps to the side as if casually, as if searching for something.

Asawa stopped talking and walked toward the Sitan amidst the roar of the storm.

In the blink of an eye, the group arrived in front of the Sitan, and Asawa spoke stiffly to Ashkali.

"Open the door!"

Ashkali sensed that Chiko's tone was completely different from before, and unlike the scholarly image they had cultivated.

The senior cultural relics protection officer walked to the door, concealing the flash of anger in his emerald eyes.

"The runes on the gate are completely different from before; I need time."

Ashkali had barely finished speaking when Asawa's angry roar interrupted him.

"You don't have time, get out of here!"

At that moment, Taka realized Asawa's unusual behavior and instinctively raised his staff in front of him. "My lord!"

Assawa seemed completely oblivious, his fingers rapidly tapping on the runes.

Ashkal was astonished to see the runes illuminate one by one, and with the sound of hydraulic transmission, the gate opened.

Asawa was about to rush in when suddenly a bolt of lightning struck him.

Hathor was prepared; he allowed Asawa to activate the Sitan before launching his prepared attack.

An electric current surged through Asawa's body, numbing him as he slammed heavily into the metal chamber.

"No one can stop me!"

Asawa twisted his neck in a daze and let out a piercing scream.

Many of the soldiers were puzzled by the fight between the two company commanders, as this was the first time internal strife had broken out.

Their guards, gripping their staffs and slingshots tightly, watched the other side warily, but none of them launched the first attack.

Asawa's mental scream indiscriminately engulfed five members of the two guards.

The piercing screams echoed in their minds. A member of the Third Society, who had just grasped the first level of mental state and whose will was relatively weak, collapsed to the ground in pain, bleeding from his nose.

The Third Society's guards immediately launched an attack on the Second Society.

A chain of lightning bolts swept through the Second Society's ranks, numbing their bodies.

Their other hand was clenched tightly, as if they were gripping their hearts.

The members of the Second Academy were filled with excitement, as if every cell in their bodies was burning.

Despite their discomfort, their hearts were connected.

Their shouts brought the minds of the "Bright Feather School" members to a standstill.

"Stop!" Hathor commanded, then said to Taka, "Asawa is under control. Now you are the commander. Tell your master to stop."

Without further hesitation, Taka unleashed his telekinetic power, pressing down on the guards.

Invisible shackles were placed on the guards, rendering them unable to move.

After the Taka Bound Guard members, their gaze turned to Asawa.

"What should we do now?"

“Control him, get out of the storm's range, and wait for Father,” Hathor said cautiously.

“Okay.” Taka raised his hand to cooperate with Hathor in controlling Asawa.

Asawa suddenly opened his mouth and roared out a language that the Thousand Sons had never heard before.

"Magnetic field reversed!" Ashkally cried out in alarm upon seeing the glaring reading, alerting the thousand children.

Amidst the electromagnetic roar, the shrill whistling of electromagnetic static noise surged through all the audio systems.

The earth trembled violently, the ground cracked, and several thousand children roared as they fell into the cracks.

Taka raised his hand and used telekinesis to lift several Senju.

The Sittan trembled violently as the earth rose and fell.

Hathor was thrown into the air, but he used his Bright Feather technique to sustain himself.

But Asawa seized the opportunity to break free of control, his body slamming against the bulkhead repeatedly before disappearing from Hathor's perception range.

"retreat!"

Hathor roared as he gave the order.

Just as the thousand soldiers were about to flee, they suddenly felt the tremors beneath their feet become even more intense.

Seismic activity spread along the crust of Dawn Star, branching out and tearing the earth apart.

The largest hive city cluster on Dawn Star is built on a geothermal fissure, which sank into the scorching rift that once powered it as the groaning tectonic plates broke apart.

Meanwhile, three coastal cities were submerged by the tsunami waves.

Hathor was thrown away by the force of the impact, and he saw a figure emerge from the Seatan.

He strolled leisurely through the earthquakes triggered by the geomagnetic storm, his red armor surrounded by a terrifying tempest.

Hathor's pupils dilated in shock, and he thought to himself.

[Asawa has been possessed by Shitan.]
(End of this chapter)