Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 568

Omega, I've Come to Save You

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Since the start of Rangdan's full-scale invasion, the Imperial World of Bal Savor has fallen.

Brutal Xenos enslave most of the Imperium's population.

Among the survivors exiled to other worlds, there are tales of the Emperor's Angel of Death, a majestic and towering Warrior, who saved them.

He was bald, wielding a giant Spear, slaying beasts Xenos, and shouting at them, "Get on the space shuttle! I'll be right behind you!"

They never saw that Warrior again.

On the eastern horizon of Bal Savor, in the suburbs of Haidana, stands a row of chimneys and cooling towers.

Low-voltage power towers supply the silvery-white building complex with immense energy, while the structures drag rotting corpses as offerings to their creators.

Inside a tower-shaped building, the Slaugth, shrouded in Shroud Cloak, moved through the space centered around gray pillar cages.

The gray pillar was enveloped by a green energy field, and a towering giant stood within the cage of necrotic energy.

Omega calmly looked around. He had tried twenty different methods, but still couldn't break free of the cage. He didn't try again until he came up with a new solution.

Even his naturally superior physique could suffer considerable damage from the necrotic mucus; on one occasion, he was unconscious for a long time.

He watched indifferently as the Slaugth-kin passed through the pillar, drawing blood from him or slicing off flesh and tissue.

Physical injuries heal much more easily than necrotic injuries.

Through observation, Omega also understood the Xenos's purpose: to study him and enslave him.

He saw a Slaugth-kin approach the pillars, raise his staff, and as evil runes flashed, green light simultaneously shot from the tops of the twenty pillars.

Omega's body trembled, but he did not utter a sound of pain.

It was partly due to Paralysis, and partly because he didn't want to show fear to the Xenos.

The Slaugth-kin's body suddenly swelled, and to prevent a possible counterattack from Omega, he circled around.

The needle pierced Omega's left leg, and blood gushed into the syringe.

The Slaugth tried using experimental equipment, but any equipment was destroyed by this man full of secrets.

Sensing the tremor, the worms quickly retreated.

The enormous fist slammed into the worm's body, and dozens of maggots fell to the ground with a thud.

The worms writhed and twisted, carrying the collected blood back with them.

Slaugth suddenly swelled up, and swarms of worms carrying syringes leaped to the front of the energy field, the speaker emitting a ghostly glow.

"Omega, give in! You can't hold out much longer."

"Dream on!" Omega said coldly.

A series of rustling sounds arose, Omega turned his head to look.

He saw clumps of restless worms writhing under the hood and realized something seemed to have happened.

[Is the Imperium launching a counter-offensive?]

Omega didn't have Aether hopes for the changes; he had seen the corpses of those Astartes, devoured by the Slaugth-kin like food.

[Perhaps only those Primarch, as the people say, have the potential to defeat that Slaugth-kin.]

He searched among the Slaugth-kin for that evil figure.

At the same moment, they were transported to the Shadow of the Throne in the real world.

After receiving Slaugth Bone-Eater arms sacrificed by Howard Fender, Ramsey, and others, Nimrod returned to the real world.

After arriving at the bridge, he inspected the holographic strategic table.

As I remembered, Slaugth's fleet was not large.

After handing over the Void Wars to Luther, Glenn Worsotto, and Diana Bolin, Nimrod retrieved Bal Sarvor's Imperium data.

He glanced at the hologram and zoomed in on a major southern continent.

A series of labels flashed by until a huge urban cluster came into view.

There were residential areas and manufacturing plants scattered around a central starport.

Haidana.

"The Auger Matrix scan results indicate that the city shows no signs of life; it's a dead city."

Nimrod raised his hand and tapped on the power plant area, 120 kilometers north of the spaceport.

"Preparing to Teleport."

"Parameter settings: positioning error of one kilometer; non-lethal physicalization success rate of 95%."

"Summon the Chief Apothecary and Galan Surak."

Although the Imperial World inevitably underwent destructive changes after Slaugth took control, he remembered Alpharius leading the team to successfully complete the secret Teleport.

[Omega, I've come to save you.]

Nimrod stared at the area below. He knew that among the many Slaugth, there was a Primarch- level powerhouse who surpassed the Destroyer.

In the blink of an eye, he defeated the now-powerful Alpharius.

He knocked away Alpharius's twin blades of Sarisana, which decades later became known as the Pale Spear.

The Chief Librarian Kurul, sacrificed his life to unleash his Psionic Energy, creating a momentary stalemate with Slaugth. Alpharius then seized the opportunity to throw Armor-Piercing Grenade, which detonated from the inside, killing Shlos.

[Besides Talos, only on the Homeworld Rangdan is it possible to encounter a stronger Slaugth.]

While Nimrod pondering, Mikel and Galan arrived at the bridge.

After the two bowed, the Primarch sent a Thought Impulse to Mikel.

"Your task is to obtain Slaugth's experimental data and biological samples."

Mikel bowed slightly to the Black Emperor to indicate that he had received the order.

The combined fleet, with overwhelming naval superiority, defeated five disc-shaped Slaugth warships and the spiked and flail-laden warships of Rangdan.

The Communication Bead in Arsena Dunn's ear beeped. He pressed the button to listen before speaking.

"Based on calculations of Bal Savor's planetary curvature, we anticipate reaching the theoretical maximum Teleport distance to the target location in one minute."

Nimrod slightly and led the selected Luther and the other eleven people onto the Teleport platform.

The Teleport's light intensified rapidly, becoming blindingly bright, before the platform's runes lit up.

Bal Savor, a northern suburb of Haidana, is bathed in blinding light.

The group materialized five meters above the ground, and the bright light immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding structures, which moved in groups of three to five.

The metal collided with the concrete, producing a cracking sound.

Galan looked down at the many constructs. It had seen the broken limbs of these constructs in the laboratory, but this was the first time it had seen their complete forms.

Their lower bodies consist of three flexible metal legs with spiked ends, allowing them to move erratically and hastily.

Its upper part connects seamlessly to its pale, stalk-like fleshy body, and in the center of its body is a Great Maw with sharp teeth, surrounded by whipping tendrils.

Once the threat was located, one or two from each team charged straight at it, while the rest raised their arms, and their built-in devices fired green Necrotic Beams, spraying bullets wildly.

The others dodged, but Galan was a little slower, and a beam of light shot straight into his chest.

Golden flames shot out and collided with the green beam of light.

With a loud bang, Galan landed, only to see Lord Nimrod swiftly fly past, his golden wings flapping behind him.

Golden flames rained down, and one by one, the constructs turned to ashes in the blazing fire.

Galan's eyes widened as he saw a striking beam of bright green energy sweeping across the surroundings, evaporating the entire block of concrete.

The concrete blocks above lost their support and crashed down in large chunks.

Lord Nimrod saved my life.

After landing, Galan's eyes lit up, and he followed the figure in the air, raising his Bolt Pistol.

The explosive bullet pierced the gaping maw filled with sharp teeth, penetrating deep into the body.

Like a balloon bursting, disgusting slime splattered everywhere with a crackling sound.

Zahariel and Balthasar Kuturi were informed in advance and sensed Slaugth's evil will; they unleashed their Psionic Energy rapidly and without reservation.

Balthasar raised his Force Staff, and lightning struck a construct, causing pale, fungal-like flesh to explode and Purple blood vessels to burst.

The electric arc jumped to the second construct, then the third...

A series of structures collapsed amidst a deafening explosion.

Zahariel awakens memories of fear and dons a "Fear Mask."

Everything around him slowed down instantly, and his body flickered between reality and illusion.

The Harvester Construct, with its pincer-like metal tendrils shooting out from both sides, slashed towards the black figure.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

All the constructs' attacks missed.

They were unable to attack the Librarian that had leaped into the Warp.

Each time Zahariel leaps into reality, he leaves a wound on the construct.

One by one, the constructs collapsed rapidly.

Four seconds later, the "Terror Vision" ended, and Zahariel returned to the real world.

He gazed into the distance, where the evil wills of the Slaugth merged into one, like a man-eating Abyss.

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