Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 447 "The Guardians of Knowledge" Coordinate Operations

The diplomatic consuls dispatched by the High Lords boarded their aircraft and, under the watchful eyes of the black gunboats, flew toward the Shadow of Royal Power.

As they saw one black warship after another in the void, similar thoughts arose in their minds at the same time.

If only they had such a powerful fleet.

However, the High Lord's decision on the direction of development is irreversible, and abandoning dangerous warp travel is a wise choice.

Ninglu on the bridge stared at the timeline screen. Among the Gadinar diplomatic delegation, none of them looked like the three-man team he remembered who had assassinated Finus Manus.

After a moment's thought, he spoke to Per Koscielny.

"You represent me in meeting the Gadinal people."

Nimrod knew that the High Lords of Gadinar achieved interconnection and fusion of consciousness through a series of consciousness matrices, and they manifested themselves in different bodies with different personalities and behavioral patterns.

But if they wanted to assassinate him, they would definitely send a high lord dressed in the Holy Grail armor.

Only by relying on dangerous weapons such as particle weapons mounted on the Holy Grail Suit can the Primarch be threatened.

The fact that no one taller than Fearless was found in the crowd meant that the High Lord had not yet risked his life to assassinate him.

The ground war has not yet fully broken out. The Gadinars, who have not yet unleashed their full power, are waging a ground war against the "Shadow of Order." The High Lords are unaware of their own strength.

Arsène Dunne has infiltrated the head of the Gardinar to track down the High Lord, and Per is the best person to represent him in negotiations.

“Yes, my lord.” Per accepted the order.

Moments later, Gardiner's diplomatic team was led to the reception room.

After taking their seats, a man dressed in fine clothes, whose appearance was designed to match his diplomatic role, spoke.

“I come on behalf of the High Lord, hoping to reach a consensus with you.”

“Per Koscielny, Lord of the 11th Warband of the Shadow of Order, representing Lord Nimrod.”

"Lord?" The diplomatic caste was taken aback. After some effort, he figured out the lord's position and then made his request.

“We demand that ‘Shadow of Order’ immediately cease all hostile military operations,” he said, his eyes filled with anger.

"Including those activities targeting our city, this does not benefit the upcoming negotiations at all."

“I believe you also hope that Gardinar can resolve his differences with the Empire and reunite as one.”

Upon hearing this, Per immediately realized that the activities of Alsena Dunn and others on the surface had been effective.

He always knew that the Black Emperor had other subordinates besides the Shadow of Order.

They gained abilities similar to those of the royal court monks, including Alsena, Malena Scarla, and others.

Per still has fragmented childhood memories, but he can still recall many legendary stories from Vostonia.

This time, the Black Emperor entrusted the task of conquering Gaddinal to Alsena and others.

Compared to the Shadow of Order, they are less conspicuous and easier to find, except for the High Lords who command the armed forces, such as Stradivarius.

As for merging into one, he only cared about Gardiner's loyalty to the Black Emperor.

Pell did not correct the diplomatic caste, but said with a half-smile.

"If you can't even suppress a rebellion, you might as well surrender sooner rather than later."

Per's blunt words caused the diplomatic caste's expression to change, and he remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"Of course we can suppress the rebellion; there's no need for you to worry about it."

“Then let’s begin negotiations,” Per said calmly.

He was well aware of his responsibilities; negotiations were merely a way to buy time and allow the Primarchs and their squires to pinpoint the Highlords' locations.

At the same moment, on the iron-gray surface of the head of the Gardiner, in a consular residence in the capital, Alsena had taken control of the building during the riots.

The "reader" beside him nervously and rapidly read through all the data documents, including the electronic personnel files sent by the "thieves".

Even if they limit their scope to high-caste groups, the number still reaches millions.

The "reasoning student" examines the content filtered by the "reader" and tries to find clues from it.

Alsena reviewed all the reports he had received, as well as those from Malena Scala, Maria Kournikova, Tierney, and others.

Malena has located a biohazard base and is preparing to launch an attack.

Maria ordered "assassins" to precisely kill the high-caste commanders. Afterwards, she and Dementieva, along with fifteen "instigators," gave speeches to the low-caste people who lacked food, "inciting" them to rebel.

Tierney's "thief" infiltrates Gardiner to steal crucial data.

Alcéna ascends to the first level of Magnus's mind and puts himself in detective mode, searching through numerous documents.

His main search targets fall into two categories.

The first category consists of caste families that have a history of serving as high lords.

After learning from the Black Emperor how the High Lords maintained their lives, the "Knowledge Keepers" began to deduce the relevant aspects.

As a master of deduction, "The Guardian of Knowledge" quickly found a breakthrough.

The Black Emperor told him that transferring consciousness has special requirements and cannot be done at any time.

In light of Gardiner's situation, the "Guardians of Knowledge" will focus on several key moments.

To assume the consciousness of a High Lord, one must meet certain physical and birth requirements, thus seeking out all known castes of High Lord origin.

The location where the consciousness matrix is ​​stored before the transfer may be a biochemical laboratory containing related technologies...

Although Alcéna doesn't know where these will be preserved, they are most likely in those ancient buildings from thousands of years ago.

After reviewing all the information, the "Guardian of Knowledge" immediately issued the action order.

He took out his communicator and sent a message to Malena first.

"The Pap caste controls the field of biochemistry, and their laboratories hold a vast amount of data on the creation of various castes."

“I understand. I will take action against their lab, which will help us find the High Lord,” Malena’s voice came through the communicator.

"The biochemical caste of the High Lords has sustained the Gardiner for five thousand years; this information will be very valuable."

After hanging up, Alsena sent a message to Tierney.

“I’m sending you a location coordinate. There’s a building in the capital that’s over 5,000 years old. It’s one of the oldest buildings in the head of the Gardinar.”

"But there is no record of it. On the rail map that Maria found at the transport consul’s house, it and the surrounding area were listed as restricted areas, but it was not one of those high-caste mansions."

Finally, he sent a message to Maria.

"The people of Gardinal will definitely take action to suppress the riots."

“The ‘Lucifer Blackguard’ and the ‘Katachan Jungle Warriors’ will support you. I have already sent your communication frequency to them.”

The Black Emperor placed the elite auxiliary troops under the command of Arsena to hunt down High Lords.

"Don't worry, I'll make them focus their attention on us." Maria understood her mission.

After giving the order, Alsena instructed Fularin, the only psychic among his followers.

"Come with me."

(End of this chapter)