"It had been ten years since the last divination."
Nimrod held the triangular crystal. Ever since he had begun divining the Blackstone Fortresses and the two artifacts controlling them, the Hand of Darkness and the Eye of Night, the Dice of Prophecy's cooldown had grown longer and longer. It was now three times what it had once been.
"What should I divine?"
One target after another flashed through Nimrod's mind: STCs, Blackstone Fortresses, the homeworlds of various Legions from his memories, ingredients for potions—
One target after another passed through his mind before finally settling on a volcanic planet—Mundus Pira.
Mundus Pira would one day become the homeworld of the Flame Lords Chapter.
The Flame Lords excelled in using Flaming Weapons. When launching attacks, they fired firestorm bombs from low orbit, while in direct engagements, they usually wielded handheld flamethrowers.
Nimrod chose Mundus Pira not only because it suited the Red Priest Pathway, but also because the Magma Giants living within its volcanic lava resembled the primary material for the Sequence 4 Iron Blood Knight that he had seen on the Blasphemy Slate.
Once he made his decision, a pale-skinned figure materialized out of thin air with a flicker of his thoughts.
Konrad Curze's pale fingers grasped the triangular pyramid crystal as everything he knew about Mundus Pira flashed through the Machine's mind.
[Mundus Pira, located on the Eastern Fringe.
The entire planet is volcanic, and flaming giants live within its lava.]
Already neurotic by nature, Curze had digested the Sequence 9 Monster in just five days and become a Sequence 8 Machine.
His former instinct for divination had begun to solidify under the guidance of mysticism.
After all relevant information flashed through his mind, Machine Konrad silently recited in his heart.
[The star chart from Sotha to Mundus Pira.