Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 360

"Distortion"

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Flamini saw a beam of light shooting towards him and lunged forward, rolling to the left to dodge the Mitu's attack.

His followers, however, did not possess such precognitive abilities, and several died in the attack by the Mitu Xenos.

Flamini knew that he had fewer than a hundred followers left, and he was still more than five hundred meters away from the building he remembered.

The thought of retreating or finding a place to hide flashed through his mind, but he could sense that the entire city would become a battlefield.

A battlefield of Blood Red Mitu and black shadows.

Flamini was relieved that his prediction had come true; hope had arrived.

But he also felt the threat of death, and since he could not avoid the danger, he hoped to return to his birthplace.

Flamini made the decision to move forward.

The prophetic Revelation is there; only by reaching it will hope be found.

Flamini also wanted to know if his parents were still alive, and the visions he saw when he awakened his Psionic Energy were contradictory.

His several attempts at prediction yielded no answers.

Flamini thought to himself, raised his rusty gun, and fired a bullet toward the spot where the Mitu would appear next.

The death of the Mitu gave his followers confidence, and they took up their haphazardly assembled weapons and launched an attack.

The surviving humans were all excellent marksmen; they were unerring and killed several Mitu.

Flamini bent low and proceeded along the route he had foreseen, with his followers close behind.

The path to their goal was bloody. Despite Flamini's constant adjustments to avoid the enemy as much as possible, one follower after another fell as more and more Mitu surged in.

When they were about 60 meters away from the building, only about 50 people remained.

Flamini was the first to rush to the building, where he immediately saw the rotting, mangled corpses inside.

His mind went blank, and a memory suddenly appeared in his head.

His mother pushed him away, and his father stood in front of him.

They are already dead.

Flamini realized the cold reality: his parents had long since died at the hands of the Mitu.

He let out a desperate cry. What hope? He had arrived here, but saw nothing.

Flamini chuckled self-deprecatingly. He looked around and saw countless Mitu Warrior charging towards him. More than a dozen of his followers fell instantly.

In Flamini's moment of despair, a light shone simultaneously in his mind and in his eyes.

A blinding flame descended from the sky, instantly reducing tens of thousands of Mitu to ashes.

Flamini saw the black-armored giant emerging from the smoke of battle, and he realized that it was hope.

Nimrod's gaze swept over the others and landed on the boy.

He could keenly sense that the boy was a Psyker with exceptional talent.

However, the teenager's emotions fluctuate wildly, which may cause him to lose control.

The Primarch sent a Thought Impulse to Ramsey, projecting the image of the boy into his mind.

"Ramsey, offer him help."

Nimrod then looked at the domed building in the center of the city. Through mind reading, he learned from the minds of the Mitu that the rulers of the Mitu United Empire were nineteen Archon.

Although there are many races in the Mitu United Empire, apart from humans who are used as fuel, each race has its own role, but the top races are all anemone-shaped.

Each race possessing a divine form will produce an Archon who will join the council.

The nineteenth Archon of Mitu resided in the Council Palace of the largest city, under that dome.

Nimrod led the Honor Guard in an attack on the dome.

The Bolter roared, unleashing a dense barrage of bullets, and the Mitu fell in droves.

The Sword of Vaul flashed with blue and white light, spinning rapidly and tearing apart the anemone's body.

Nimrod suddenly arrived at a point one kilometer from the domed building. In his "Warp Vision," he suddenly saw the building ahead surging with colorful light, and he could also see countless lives rapidly disappearing.

He thought of the Mitu's Arcane Technology and immediately had a guess.

The Mitu used humans as fuel to activate some kind of Arcane Technology.

A flash of anger appeared in Nimrod's eyes. With a flap of his golden wings, he instantly appeared outside the domed building.

The "Baron of Corruption" bulged his muscles, twisted his back, and swung his left arm, unleashing a cannonball-like punch.

Boom!

Where the Power Fist struck, the bricks and stones shattered and cracked, quickly creating a spiderweb-like hole.

The entire building shook violently before collapsing with a loud crash.

Nimrod stepped into the collapsed building and saw the transparent light shield making a rumbling sound.

Tens of thousands of humans struggled and howled.

As they died, a kind of supernatural energy was generated, which was gathered by arcane devices and input into the transparent light shield on the high platform.

Nineteen enormous anemone-shaped creatures, each with a different size, came from various races of the Mitu.

In the "Warp Vision," the joint Archon of Mitu are visibly becoming more and more powerful due to the continuous infusion of energy.

Nimrod knew that in order to interrupt their process of becoming stronger and save the humans who were not yet dead, he had to kill them as soon as possible.

But the energy within that light shield was clearly a benefit to Archon Mitu.

Nimrod flapped his wings and flew rapidly toward the light shield. He drew the Spear of Dionysus and hurled it with all his might.

The Spear of Dionysus pierced through the light barrier, then flew out from another direction and embedded itself in the ground.

The moment the light barrier pierced through, the "Baron of Corruption" flew into it, spreading his Spirituality.

The will of the Archon to prohibit other Mitu from entering the council hall in order to demonstrate their authority was "Distortion" into an independent environment.

Just as the nineteen Archon were about to launch an attack on Nimrod, the anemone's body suddenly wrinkled, and they felt the arcane energy rapidly disappearing.

Besides using "Corrosion," the "Baron of Corruption" also possesses another signature Beyonder Ability, "Distortion," which Distortion arcane energy, which only the Mitu can utilize, into Warp power.

The "Baron of Corruption" has undergone a qualitative change, from exploiting the rules in the past to now "Distortion" the rules for his own use.

The fighting environment that would have been advantageous to the Mitu would be "Distortion" to suit their own needs.

As the Baron of Corruption's Spirituality rapidly depleted, the Primarch felt a surge of power surrounding his body.

His eyes flashed with light, Telekinesis surged forth, causing the entire light barrier to shake violently.

The dissipated energy, "Distortion" and confined within the light, caused the vibrating force to tear apart machine after machine.

Inside the dome, the rapidly spinning machines came to a sudden halt, and the desperate humans stared in astonishment at the council chamber.

The Primarch of Primarch slashed with his right palm, tearing a rift between the physical universe and the Warp with his Telekinesis.

The terrifying energy released by the "Destruction Vortex" engulfed nineteen Archon.

A destructive force tore apart their anemone bodies.

The nineteen Archon felt their bodies being violently pulled in different directions.

They resisted desperately, but the destructive force exerted upon them was too immense, and their struggles were futile.

With a series of terrifying screams, the sea anemone's body was torn apart, then ripped into even smaller pieces.

Within moments, the nineteen Archon were annihilated by the "Destruction Vortex," leaving no trace.

The rescued humans stared blankly as the Archon were torn apart, until someone shouted:

"The Xenos leader is dead!"

A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted as the rescued people, their faces streaked with tears, embraced those around them.

The "Baron of Corruption" released the seal of the light shield, Crimson Chain on his right little finger flickered with a faint light, quickly replenishing his depleted Spirituality.

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