Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 727 The First Weapon in the Galaxy
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In the third layer of the "Land of Chaos," Ninglu, the "Mentor of Chaos," stared at the threads that connected him to the giant sword floating in the gray mist before him, gleaming with an orange-red light.

In a flash, he reached out and grasped the greatsword.

A powerful force surged within Ninglu's body, and with a casual wave of his hand, a deafening explosion resounded within the "Land of Chaos."

Every swing of his sword is a concrete manifestation of the battle itself.

Each attack was more terrifying than the "Chaos Mentor" using "Osberh-Vaya" at full power.

The black mist in the source space was split open, scattered and drifted, and then quickly reformed.

Ning Lu nodded with a smile, "I now possess the number one weapon in the galaxy."

Although the Spear of Dionysus was a divine artifact forged by imbuing it with the power of Huang Laohan, even if Nimrod poured all his spiritual energy into it, it would still be far less unique than the "Twilight Giant".

Ninglu, relying on the few "connections" he had established, confirmed that because the "Twilight Giant" possessed some of the authority to act on behalf of others, he sensed that Ninglu was the chosen one of the Source Matter and was allowed to exert some of his unique power.

Every strike he makes embodies the underlying rules of combat, power, and destruction.

"However, I am often unable to exert my full strength in the outside world."

The Twilight Giant's Twilight Authority causes everything around it to decay and rot.

The shadow of order among non-immortals ages, and even weapons and warships decay...

Unlike the Red Priest, the Twilight Giant is unique, and Nimrod has much less control over it.

The "Twilight Giant" only possesses partial authority; the "Red Priest" holds the sole authority over the priesthood.

Of the three pathways of the Source Essence "River of Eternal Darkness," the one closest to the original meaning of the Source Essence is death—the uniqueness of the "Grim Reaper" pathway. The one most similar to it externally is "darkness," but the one who can make slight use of it is the giant—the "Twilight Giant."

The source of the authority is this, which means that the "Twilight Giant" directly acts on behalf of the River of Eternal Darkness, and indirectly acts on behalf of other source matter.

The "Red Priest" prays to the source of power—the Source Matter—for power or for a projection to descend, and is not limited to the "City of Calamity".

The "Red Priest" is constantly on the verge of being corrupted by the source matter, and any source matter has a huge impact on Him.

When Nimrod is in the outside world, he must use the power of the "Disordered Kingdom" that he invokes on behalf of others to suppress the powers of Twilight and others.

Similarly, he is also unable to use the "Twilight Giant" to selectively modify objects such as the Shadow of Order.

The targets of the "Twilight Giant" modification can only instinctively release their power, just like before, causing an effect similar to directly affecting the Twilight Moon and indirectly affecting Vesa.

This is at least true until his authority over the "Disordered Kingdom" is further enhanced, allowing him to leverage more source power.

"Fortunately, the Vesa people can meet their needs in the short term, and there will be a new population of the Twilight Moon in the future."

“I don’t need to place the Twilight Giant on a planet, worry about losing it, or waste time and affect a race.”

Ninglu gazed into the distance at the spinning black glass.

"At least, unlike the 'witch' who is completely out of my control, I can use the 'Twilight Giant' right now."

He withdrew his gaze, released the orange-red greatsword, and drew a gleaming longsword from behind his back.

The armor forged by Vokhan was damaged after the "Twilight Giant" decayed, and he had no suitable armor for the time being, so he carried the Vaal Sword on his back.

Old Man Huang convened a new war conference the following day, and Ninglu decided to ask Fernus at that time.

He agreed to the duel, to see if the armor Phenus had forged for him was finished.

Nimrod held the Val's Sword horizontally in front of him, his eyes fixed on the gleaming longsword, which was a fist's distance away.

"With the uniqueness of 'Twilight Giant,' the Vaal Sword corresponding to Sequence 2 Glory has become much less important to me."

Ning Lu's mind flashed through the situations of his many subordinates:

Thierry Vieira, the "Guardian," is the most physically robust and best able to wield the Vaal Sword.

However, his psionic energy comes from the master swordsmith Kasser, and he is limited to passively using psionic blades.
He cannot actively mobilize his psionic energy to fully unleash the power of the Vaal Sword.

Ethan, an Unyielding Psionicist, has just been promoted to "Dawn Knight" and uses the Vaal Sword, but even when wielding it as a two-handed greatsword, he cannot wield it freely.

……

Ninglu considered the circumstances of his many subordinates but could not find anyone who could perfectly unleash the power of the Val's Sword. He then made a decision.

"We will not grant it for the time being."

As Nimrod pondered, he released the sword of Val, the weapon that had been with him since 819.

The divine weapons forged by Val, the Eldar god of forging, actually numbered only ninety-nine, known as the "Val Hundred Swords," and were thus eliminated!

As Ninglu pondered, the uniqueness of the "Red Priest," who was intertwined with the "Witch," surfaced on his left shoulder.

He took a step and returned to the real world.

Four sidereal hours later, the Primarch's personal pilot, Nelson, flew to the highest peak of Visayas in a Shadow Stormbird.

Technical sergeants cleared a landing zone on the mountaintop.

Nelson gazed down at the Visa tribes scattered across the hillsides like long snakes.

The tribal chief stood beside each group, with the tribe's second strongest warrior standing behind him, and so on.

Small tribes have fewer than a hundred members, while large tribes have nearly a thousand.

Between tribes, every thirty meters, stands a shadow of order, separating them.

Even so, Nelson saw the belligerent Vesa people brandishing their swords and taunting those around them.

"Open the hatch."

As the hatch hummed and opened, Ninglu flapped his wings and flew out of the hatch.

At the summit, only eleven meters above the peak, Aitsaac leaned against a massive black basalt rock. From his vantage point, he surveyed the black-armored warriors lining the mountain.

Etzack's pupils widened.

Over a thousand!
Ninglu actually had so many offspring.
He realized there were thousands of people with similar combat strength to him, and instinctively wanted to deny what he was seeing.

The pragmatic Eitsack, after a few seconds, accepted reality:

Nimrod led his sons in swift attacks, potentially crushing all the tribes before the hostile tribes were forced to unite.

As he accepted the cold reality, a question inevitably arose in his mind.

[I've only had five children, how could he have so many? He doesn't seem like the type to have babies every day?]
As Etsack was pondering the reason, he suddenly realized something and looked up at the sky.

A figure in black robes with golden wings appeared out of thin air, just like the day he descended from the sky.

Etsack looked up at Nimrod's marble-like face, and then saw that behind him, besides the flagpole on his left shoulder, there was a giant sword on his right shoulder.

Etsak's actions drew the attention of those around him, and one by one, the Vesa people looked up at the giant in the sky.

The "Chaos Mentor" flapped his wings and stood atop the mountain, speaking in the Buddhist language with "majesty."

"Visa warriors, you are brave and strong warriors."

“I considered hiring you, but after spending a year with you and truly getting to know you, I realized that…”

“I realize that you deserve more.”

With a thought, the "Chaos Mentor" silently unleashed a black mist behind him, clinging to the inside of the flagpole and then spreading to the greatsword.

"Your descendants will become the shadow of order."

"You will be my sharp blades, like the claws of a giant eagle."

boom!
In the eyes of the Vesa people, the phantom of a one-eyed giant with a bluish-black, tangled body suddenly appeared behind Nimrod.

bang bang bang...

The Visayans, who were scattered all over the mountain, knelt down involuntarily. Of the fourteen people who remained standing on the entire black basalt mountain peak, only fourteen stood.

Nimrod first used the power of the "Disordered Kingdom" to drive the "Red Priests", then mobilized the "Twilight Giants" and acted on behalf of the Source.

The superimposed supernatural forces drive the Twilight Giant to manifest the projection of its mythical creature form.

Nimrod lacked the ability and did not manifest the "Twilight Giant," a clear and complete mythical creature form, which might have driven some Vesaans with weaker wills mad.

He looked around with satisfaction at the nearly 50,000 Visarians, knowing he had saved a huge fortune.

The wealth to build three new expeditionary fleets.

The seal-bearer, Makado, would "greedily" covet enormous wealth.

Ninglu's gaze swept over the fourteen people who were still standing, each of them holding a hawk-shaped short sword.

On each day of decline, the Azure-Black Giant Eagle would descend from the sky to launch a surprise attack. Not only the ancestors of Etsak, but also the leaders of other tribes, killed the giant eagle.

I wonder if this is the same as them being in the negative Ω class.
After testing 48,300 Vesa people, the pharmacist found that among the untouchables, only 14 met the negative Ω level required by the Chulisas assassin.

Although their combat strength is close to that of the legendary Inquisitor Greg Eisenhorn, and they are no less powerful than the Chulisas assassin, they can only suppress their psionic abilities instinctively. Even if they were all together, they would be far inferior to a single Chulisas assassin when dealing with psionicists.

The same goes for the wild untouchables; they are not as good as the Silent Nun of Old Man Huang.

Even seven thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight together are not as numerous as one hundred Silent Sisters.

Eitsak raised his falcon dagger and pointed it at Nimrod.

"You are unwilling to pay."

Ninglu looked around at Aytesak and the other fourteen people, then shook his head.

"I will hire you."

"I'm just providing you with a new path."

"To become the shadow of order, a path that fights for me."

The "Chaos Mentor" said in a deep voice, "I will never betray those who are loyal to me."

“You will still receive land and wealth.”

Behind Aitsaak, a member of the Sobo tribe shouted loudly.

"I am willing to be your claws."

A shout rang out, "I am willing to become your claws!"

Nimrod looked down at the Vessa with satisfaction. He had made the military try countless times, but the mercenaries loyal to the Terra Emperor refused to submit.

Who says the Vesas had no loyalty?
Aytsak and the other fourteen looked around and saw that their tribes, even their wives, their husbands, and their children, had all pledged their loyalty to Nimrod, disregarding their own safety.

They pragmatically accepted reality.

Eitsack said loudly, "You promised that you would give them a choice."

“Of course,” the Chaos Mentor said in a deep voice, “Those who want to be mercenaries, climb to the summit, and we’ll discuss the details now.”

Aitsaac led the way up the mountain, followed by the tribal chiefs, each with a hint of doubt.

Eitsak circled the summit, overlooking the mountain.

Three minutes later, they discovered that there were only fourteen of them.

The Visadians still kneel on the black basalt mountain peak.

(End of this chapter)