Success in Experiment, Eliminating Hidden Dangers

Nimrod searched the luxurious palace, his gaze sweeping over the vibrant frescoes.

The crystal chandelier overhead illuminated the palace as if it were broad daylight.

Nimrod strode across the soft carpet covering the marble floor, sensing the airflow and the resonance of the walls until he found a hidden door behind an oil painting in the study.

[Clearly, this greedy king does not trust anyone else.]

He pressed his ring into the corresponding circular hole in the wall.

Nimrod sensed a series of complex internal mechanisms shifting, and the wall before him slowly opened to reveal a secret passage.

He stepped inside and descended along a spiral corridor.

After a hundred steps, he reached a platform where a sentry stood at the end, identical to the ones he had seen at House Finde.

Nimrod stepped back with his right leg, coiling his strength for a charge.

Red light flickered in the sentry's eyes, a sharp alarm sounded, and three copper tubes extended from the thick metal railings on either side.

They simultaneously spewed torrents of searing flame, rotating rapidly with a radiation angle of one hundred and twenty degrees.

In an instant, Nimrod calculated the path for evasion.

He leaped forward, landing precisely at the intersection point between the first and second rows.

For less than a second, this spot remained untouched by the molten flow.

His second step landed in the blind spot between the second and third sets at the exact right moment.

As his third step landed, he had already reached the sentry and slammed directly into it.

Having served the Boleslaw family for thousands of years, the sentry—its alloy circuits aged by the erosion of time—could finally rest.

Immediately, Nimrod smashed through the alloy door and charged into the treasury.

He had barely entered the vault when he was drawn to a furnace in the center.

Nimrod walked up to the furnace and discovered red text on the gilded body.

One side featured the tech-language of 0s and 1s, while the other bore the local Low Gothic of Vostonia.

The first thing Nimrod noted was the scale of the furnace—nineteen meters high with a cross-sectional diameter of eleven meters.

Without needing to climb the service ladder, he reached out to open the furnace door at the intersection of the tech-language and the Vostonian Low Gothic, reaching in to touch it.

The fuel hearth for promethium was ice-cold, and the infusion pipes were free of even a speck of grime.

He went to the other side and opened that door; there was not a trace of filth inside either.

Nimrod continued to examine the text on the furnace body: "Praise the Omnissiah; the material used for this furnace is the first batch of steel obtained by Vostonia after receiving the enlightenment of the Omnissiah."

"Specially gifted to the King of the Vostonian Hive Cities to reward a servant of the Omnissiah."

"..."

The bottom corner was stamped with a seal, and the signature beside it was a familiar name: Magos of Mars, Kivior.

[So this furnace was built so large to flaunt the friendship between the oil-worshippers and the hive city royalty, but it is just right for my use.

My body can enter the true side of the Kingdom of Disorder; I should be able to concoct potions within the space of Source Essence. I can test if my previous idea is feasible now.]

Thinking this, Nimrod stretched out his hands and gripped the gilded furnace.

With a thought, his body and the furnace vanished in the next instant.

Nimrod appeared in a plaza within what was called the First Layer Space; he released his grip, and the furnace stood firmly on the obsidian-like ground.

He returned to the treasury, found fourteen types of potion ingredients totaling twenty-one items, and brought them back to the Kingdom of Disorder.

After organizing the materials, Nimrod discovered he had gathered enough for the Warrior potion, while the Arbites potion lacked only a ceremonial gavel.

[Hmm, Estupinian is an Arbiter; his will suffice.]

He immediately returned to the real world and called Rawlslev via his communicator.

"My Lord, two waves of enemies attempted to probe us earlier, but they were repelled by the guards of House Finde."

"The hive tower has been cleared; now, only your followers remain."

"Send someone up with a canister of promethium and a rubber spoon."

In the Kingdom of Disorder, Nimrod tossed the chainsword of the Vulture into the furnace.

After a series of crackling explosions, he saw a red, gelatinous solid remaining in the furnace.

He scooped it into a bottle and, seeing no residue left in the furnace and the gelatinous mass perfectly uniform, knew the Warrior potion had been successfully concocted.

He felt a secret joy, [Since I can concoct potions in the Kingdom of Disorder, I have mastered the extraordinary system. I can select those I trust and cultivate them into extraordinary beings.]

The core of sequence potions is the extraordinary ability granted by the potion!

Only by knowing the formula and gathering the materials can one concoct a potion containing miraculous power, and only by drinking it can one obtain extraordinary abilities.

Even if Tzeentch were to obtain the knowledge attached to the act of drinking the potion, He could not replicate an extraordinary being.

That was the case with the Sleepless potion he had given Bukayo earlier.

Without consuming the Sleepless potion to gain the Extraordinary Eloquence ability of Vigor, even knowing that one does not need to sleep at night and only requires three or four hours of rest during the day, he could not achieve it.

Tzeentch could modify a believer's body to eliminate the need for sleep, but that would not be an Extraordinary ability.

The legal knowledge he acquired, even if Tzeentch obtained and bestowed it upon a believer, could not be used to defeat a gold-medal lawyer in the way he did without spiritual enhancement and the acquisition of the Extraordinary ability—Extraordinary Eloquence.

Tzeentch could also grant a believer abilities like mind control or deception to achieve the same result, but again, those would not be Extraordinary abilities.

Regardless of what knowledge Tzeentch gains from potions, what He bestows upon His believers remains the abilities He was originally capable of granting.

Extraordinary abilities are the core, and potion formulas are the only key to opening that door.

Yet, Nimrod still had to face one problem: the Chaos Gods could peer into reality and witness his potion-brewing process.

Although the four gods could also bestow blessings, they might also develop an interest in the potion system.

As long as there is a possibility, there exists a hidden risk.

Now, being able to brew potions within the Kingdom of Disorder eliminated that sole hidden danger.

No entity could spy upon the world of the Kingdom of Disorder.

As for the three potions he had previously brewed: Lawyer, Barbarian, and Sleepless.

Nimrod did not care about the first two at all; he even looked forward to the Chaos Gods copying them.

High-sequence Beyonders can exert immense influence over Beyonders of their own pathway.

Once He ascends to Sequence 0, the Black Emperor, possessing the Source Essence, He can even modify potion formulas, add or remove Extraordinary abilities of various sequences, and manipulate Beyonders of this pathway.

If the Chaos Gods were to cultivate subordinates for him, Nimrod would naturally have to praise them as "good people—no, good gods."

The only possible loss would be the Sleepless potion formula.

And as long as Nimrod controls the Vostonia satellites, even if the Chaos Gods watched the entire process while he brewed, it would be useless without Moonstone.

Moreover, a Sequence 9 Beyonder is, after all, only at the starting point, capable of reaching the limits of an ordinary mortal in a certain field.

A Lawyer can turn a legal illiterate into a gold-medal lawyer, but that is all.

A Sleepless is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person in a dark environment; Bukayo, utilizing the enhancements of Night Vision and Child of the Night, could kill gang members but could not defeat Imperial Auxilia equipped with Auspex.

The combat power of a Sequence 8 Beyonder is also far inferior to an Astartes.

After awakening his genetic memories, the core of Nimrod's combat system became the abilities of a Primarch, with Extraordinary abilities playing an increasingly significant role as his sequence ascends.

He certainly would not just find anyone to bestow Extraordinary powers upon; potential and loyalty were what he valued most.

Returning to the real world, Nimrod immediately decided to summon Rawlslev and cultivate him into a Beyonder using the experimental Warrior potion.

Although Rawlslev's potential was not as great as Bukayo's, he was more loyal.

Furthermore, after a Beyonder dies, the Extraordinary characteristic will precipitate from their body, which can be used as a primary ingredient or to craft magical items.

Successful recovery ensures no waste, which also makes him less worried about betrayal.