Brainy Cat

Nimrod returned to the palace. The Brainy Cat he picked up with two fingers was over a meter long and was the largest of the thirty-six.

The Brainy Cat's bright eyes were fixed on Nimrod, as the black-armored giant exuded an aura that terrified it.

Its ginger-yellow fur stood on end, and it suddenly opened its mouth and let out a hiss.

With a scream, the Primarch felt a large rock smash into his chest.

The Primarch's imposing body didn't even flinch: [Heavy Strike from a "psychic" type.]

As he pondered, the Brainy Cat let out another shriek, and a burst of flames slammed into his arm.

[Fire-based "Flame Blast"? Forces me to release you, then uses "Freeze Time"?]

By the standards of the Unclaimed Brainy Cat, the choice of the Third Company spell was quite appropriate; it must have belonged to a family member of a Warlock.

Although the Brainy Cat possesses powerful Psionic Energy, it is not very intelligent and cannot use magic properly. Third Company spell is already a decent tactic.

In an instant Nimrod understood the spells that the Brainy Cat had been using. With a slight twitch of his arm, the Warp flames grazed his armor and slammed into the Obsidian floor with a loud bang, causing the entire palace to shake.

At the same time, the Primarch forcefully tightened its two fingers, and the Brainy Cat let out a mournful cry.

A moment later, Nimrod returned to his room and stared at the weak, Brainy Cat in his hand.

The Primarch's black eyes focused on the sapphire-like eyes of the Brainy Cat, and his consciousness spread to the ginger-yellow body in his hands.

The Mind Gate of the Brainy Cat is like a ball of yarn, just like when it curls up.

The consciousness of the Primarch peeked through the gaps in the turmeric-colored yarn and saw its heart's longing.

Driven by a deep-seated need, the Brainy Cat, without an owner, needs an owner and a family.

The consciousness of the progenitor Primarch manifested as a warm, large hand, gently touching the mind of the Brainy Cat.

The bristling fur on the Brainy Cat gradually subsided, and its sapphire eyes no longer shone with fear.

It wasn't a cat in essence, but like a pet cat, it lay contentedly in Nimrod's palm.

The Brainy Cat found the feeling it needed, and it was warmer and more comfortable.

The Primarch, with its powerful mental energy, enveloped the Brainy Cat.

What takes others weeks to build a mental connection with Brainy Cat is accomplished in minutes.

Nimrod selectively revealed a rarely shown, warm side of himself, establishing a spiritual connection with Brainy Cat, while cautiously opening only a small part of his heart to it.

Even so, the Brainy Cat immediately underwent a noticeable change, and a hint of black appeared in its sapphire eyes.

Nimrod knew that Brainy Cat exhibit a slow metabolic change, gradually becoming similar to their owners in physiology, temperament, and habits.

On the same day that the Primarch established a mental connection with Brainy Cat, Arsena and Diana also began establishing mental connections with their new family.

Although the Primarch's Attendants Psyker, he used Telekinesis to deflect all attacks and firmly restrained the brown, Brainy Cat.

Arsena anticipates that he will be able to establish a mental connection with Brainy Cat within just ten Work Cycle.

Compared to powerful Psyker, Diana faced far greater troubles.

The weakest of the thirty-six Brainy Cat she acquired was not yet an adult, measuring only fifty-eight centimeters in length, and its Psionic Energy magic was limited to one Biomancy spell. "Accelerate Metabolism."

Even so, the flagship's captain still encountered enormous trouble.

Within a few hours, she experienced a slight increase in heart rate, a feeling of hunger, and a three-degree increase in body temperature.

Diana suspected that she would have died suddenly if she hadn't been wearing the Protective Orb bestowed upon her by the Primarch.

Because of the Protective Orb, the impact on her was very slight. If she hadn't been wearing the physiological monitoring device, she would have subconsciously ignored it or thought it was due to fatigue.

After Diana underwent a full medical examination on the Medical Deck and found no major problems, she decided to temporarily entrust the task of installing your Aether Cannon to the Chief Gunnery Officer is more skilled in this area.

The female captain decided to take the initiative and try to tame the Brainy Cat.

Diana's first approach was a common method used by Terra nobles to bond with their pets: taking them for walks.

So she ordered her attendants to bring along high-grade pet food that had been urgently processed using food from the Cradle of the Sea.

After a moment's hesitation, Diana bit her lip and bravely picked up Brainy Cat.

The Gunship took off from the Shadow of the Throne, which was being fitted with Aether Cannon, and sped across the surface of Vostonia's satellite.

Diana kept a close eye on the changes in the Brainy Cat in her arms, but it only occasionally bared its teeth.

At these times, the female captain would feel that a certain part of her body, encased in the Carapace Armor, would become damp with sweat.

Diana held the Brainy Cat with her right hand, raised her left hand, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her fair hand.

Then, she pointed ahead. "Land in that canyon."

The adjutant beside her immediately checked the Data Slate and reported to the female captain.

"Sir, that place was originally a mine. There's a special mineral there with Moon Flower patterns on it, called Moonstone."

"The Genetic Primarch was very interested in this ore, so it began large-scale mining when the satellite shipyard was established."

"Later, all the ore here was mined out, leaving only a canyon-like pit. When the miners left, they built a Moon out of ordinary stones."

Diana became even more interested upon hearing that there were minerals here that the Primarch was interested in.

She put on a breathing mask and then personally put the ginger-colored little Brainy Cat, into a breathing canister specially made by the Tech Sergeant.

Afterwards, the escort team went down to the deck first and set up a cordon around the area before the female captain carried the Brainy Cat out of the Gunship.

Diana then looked at the Moon built by the miners, and after examining the sphere made of silver ore in front of her for a moment, she spoke.

"I've never seen Luna from Terra's Hive City, but the book says that in the past it looked like a silver disc, and we could see a shimmering circle from afar on our ship."

"They are indeed similar."

The adjutant nodded in agreement.

Diana then focused her attention on the Brainy Cat in her arms, sensing no joy in it leaving the spaceship and coming into the outside world.

The female captain frowned and placed the Brainy Cat on the silver disc.

The miners of Vostonia skillfully crafted the silver ore into a single piece, and when Little Brainy Cat stood on it, the disc did not wobble at all.

After a moment's hesitation, Diana picked up a piece of ore from the ground and threw it at Brainy Cat, just like she used to tease her pets when she was a child.

As the female captain of the flagship, she should have dismissed her adjutant and guards before making any moves that would have been inconsistent with her usual dignified image.

However, the Brainy Cat is not yet tamed and may take the opportunity to escape. The guard's Arc Projector can electrocute it when it tries to escape.

The stone Diana threw grazed the little ginger-yellow creature as it flew past; it could have touched the stone with just a reach of its hand, but it didn't move.

The female captain took it to explore the hollowed-out canyon again, and after returning to the Gunship, she tried to feed it, but to no avail. It seemed that the little Brainy Cat was not interested in anything.

When Diana finally gave up, the 7th Legion returned to Vostonia, Shadow of the Throne slowly docked at the starport.

After listening to briefings from commanders Sanchez and Szczesny, Nimrod, through observation and questioning, confirmed that Sanchez and the other four "hunters" had completed digestion.

He ordered them to send their men to deliver all the Nal-grub and Thalesians' eyes to the palace, and after waiting outside, he returned to the "Nation of Disorder."

Nimrod is going to use the Squiggoth to concoct the "Provoker" potion. Unlike before, this time the volume and quality of the main ingredients for the potion far exceed the minimum standards.

He knew from common sense that the better the quality of the main ingredients, the better the potion would be, but the improvement would not be too great.

The potions that Nimrod had concocted before did not show such a significant difference.

Nimrod brought the Squig, who seemed to be imprisoned in amber, to the furnace.

The Primarch sent Thought Impulse to the Space Ape, ordering him to begin concocting the "Provoker" potion according to its recipe.

Nimrod then channeled his Spirituality into the silver gauntlets.

A golden light flashed, and according to Nimrod's will, the Squiggoth was released from its "Imprisonment."

The released Great Beast let out a bewildered roar.

Nimrod keenly sensed that releasing the Squiggoth consumed far less Spirituality than Imprisonment.

[Is it because of the volume, or because releasing consumes less Spirituality than "Imprisonment"?]

As Nimrod pondered, he unleashed a Psychic Shockwave.

Before the frustrated Squiggoth could even comprehend what had happened, it was struck by a mental shock and instantly fainted.

At this moment, after all the other potion ingredients had been added and the Space Ape was still in a daze, Nimrod threw the Squiggoth inside. The furnace, with a cross-sectional diameter of eleven meters, just contained the Squiggoth.

With crackling sounds, as if a chemical reaction was taking place, the Squiggoth rapidly "melted."

After Sanchez and the other four new "Provoker" left, Nimrod sat on the black the Throne, recalling and comparing the differences they had shown.

After being promoted to "Provoker," the Reaper Lord is more powerful than other Shadow of Order, but this cannot be entirely attributed to potions.

Sanchez was already stronger than them; he was even the only Terran-born descendant to have truly awakened "Warp Insight" so far, just as Howard was the only one among the Vostonian-born.

The Primarch frowned, recalling every detail. He could only vaguely pinpoint the enhancement effect of the "Provoker" potion on the Squiggoth and the ordinary Squig to between four and eleven percent based on the changes in the aura and presence of Sanchez and his five offspring.

This also fits the definition of a small amplitude.

Nimrod then thought: [What is the so-called quality? It is not that the Squiggoth is bigger than the ordinary Squig, but that the amount of Spirituality energy they contain is different.]

Based on this, it can be inferred that High Sequence also imply a difference in Spirituality compared to Low Sequence, but this difference should be qualitative, not quantitative.

Nimrod tapped the back of the chair lightly with his fingers, and then thought of something.

If I had a choice, I should have used better materials to make the potion.

Of course, if there's no other choice, there's no need to wait for such a small increase.

Advancing to High Sequence as quickly as possible to enhance one's strength is the best option.

Advancing to High Sequence brings about a qualitative change; this slight increase is merely better than nothing, or rather, only High Sequence warrant the selection of the best of the best, including carefully chosen potion materials.

After reaching his conclusion, Nimrod sent a message to Diana Pauline, summoning her to come.