The Peril of Transforming an Immortal

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Beside the gray vehicle, as a master of ritual magic, "The Knowledge Keeper" Arsena Dunn directed Malena Skala and Diana Bolin to inscribe runes on the Double-Number Black Gold stone pillars around them with ritual knives.

Their Spirituality intuition led them to sense approaching figures one after another.

Arsena turned his head and immediately tried to kneel down in submission.

He ascended to the Third Mindset the Thelema mindset, resisting impulses.

Arsena stared in astonishment at the Black Emperor, who usually restrained his detached aura and imposing presence, trying to keep those around him as calm as possible.

He is very different today.

Arsena quickly spotted the banner tucked diagonally onto Nimrod's left shoulder behind him, but not the Spear of Dionysus on his right shoulder.

[It still maintains the asymmetrical style that my master prefers, but has been moved from the right to the left.]

While pondering, the "Knowledge Keeper" wanted to activate his Spirit Sight to examine the extra things.

The next instant, his face turned deathly pale, and his temples Shoota.

Arsena immediately abandoned the idea of activating his Spirit Sight. He looked at Freddy and John, who were closely following the Black Emperor. The Black Wolf and Brainy Cat were further away from him, as if there were something terrifying about them.

Malena and Diana stared in fascination at the approaching Black Emperor; they had never seen such a perfect man.

His powerful and masculine aura swept over them, causing the two women's cheeks to flush.

Malena, a Biomancy Psyker, clearly felt her hormones being secreted at an extraordinary rate; every cell in her body yearned to reproduce with the perfect man before her.

Nimrod looked around and noticed the obvious strangeness among the crowd. He saw the Shadow of Order kneeling in submission.

Arsena struggles to resist his charm, while Malena and Diana are drawn to his supernatural masculinity.

[After associating with the Uniqueness of "Red Priest", the passive effects of Charm and Male Authority become more pronounced.]

Well, if it weren't for the fact that I've spent the most time with Arsena would also kneel down and submit.

If Malena and Diana weren't so determined, and weren't Sequence 6... they might have pounced on them... It's definitely unnecessary; it's best not to bring Uniqueness into reality.

To break the passive aura Uniqueness the "Red Priest's " Primarch, the Primarch's eyes flashed with light, and he infused his words with spiritual power.

"Continue!"

"Herud, the hunter of Gorgis tonight!"

Malena and Diana shuddered, snapping out of their dazed, infatuated state.

They bowed their heads in horror, then realized that they had mistaken the Black Emperor for Him, not for God.

What's wrong with me?

To think that such vile thoughts could arise about our Lord.

This is blasphemy against the God.

"My lord... I'm going to check the construct defenses."

Malena walked away in a panic, the image of a masculine figure lingering in her mind.

It wasn't until it collided with the pale structure that it came to its senses.

Malena looked around, and the "Biologist" immediately noticed that there was some other life besides Herud.

Primitive lichens cling to the dark rocks, and in the distance, inside the cave, there are fungus-like plants.

The Biomancy Psyker also sensed that the thin atmosphere provided enough air for humanity to survive.

Malena looked up at the pale white light.

Remembering her responsibilities, she turned and walked back.

When Malena saw the black-armored, golden-winged figure, she noticed that the Black Emperor had an extra banner on his left shoulder.

Malena felt a chaotic stream of blasphemous thoughts surging through her mind, so she immediately ascended to the Third Mindset the Thelema state of mind and turned her gaze to the ground.

Malena walked forward, a strong masculine aura emanating from her and enveloping her body.

She lowered her head, returned to the Double-Number Black Gold pillars, and continued to carve runes with a ritual knife, placing eleven runes on each pillar.

Malena and Diana's efficiency dropped drastically; they only completed the preparation of five and four pillars respectively, when each of them should have been responsible for seven.

Nimrod and Arsena each completed the placement of twelve columns, and finally, before sunset, they finished the placement of thirty-three columns.

As the pale light faded, Nimrod handed the Crimson Chain to Arsena and said to the three of them, "Restore your Spirituality."

He ordered the Tech Sergeant of the Royal Court: "Activate the Stasis Device," and at the same time, he reached around his neck with his right hand and grabbed the Flagpole's black iron flag, which was stained with blood.

For some unknown reason, the Hrud speculated that it might be due to the Entropy Energy bestowed upon them by the Old Ones, or the inherent contradiction between time and stasis, and thus they utterly despised stasis devices.

In his memory, after Perturabo activated the device, the entire Herud race of the galaxy swarmed out and launched a frenzied attack on the Iron Warriors, causing heavy casualties.

Knowing the consequences it would cause, Nimrod naturally wouldn't activate it rashly. So he decided to use the Uniqueness sacrificial authority of the "Red Priest" and his connection with the "Nation of Disorder" to limit its influence to the planet Gorgis.

Because he wanted to ensure its Uniqueness, he deliberately placed the Spear of Dionysus on the weapon rack in the command base to prevent the Old Man in Yellow from using it to spy on anything.

This will also maintain his asymmetric preferences.

The Tech Sergeant activated the large-scale Stasis Field device on the vehicle manufactured by Lord Perturabo, causing the force field to pulsate rapidly.

The activated light shone into the four large caves around them, and the newly emerged Hrud were caught in a vortex of light.

The flow of events immediately became chaotic, and tens of thousands of Herud were torn apart.

The Stasis Field stabilized immediately, but it still overwhelmed the Hrud's biofield.

Their time- Distortion effect was dispelled, and the entropy waves around them disappeared.

As if a veil had been torn off, countless Herud emerged from the shadows.

At the same moment, Nimrod firmly grasped the Uniqueness of the "Red Priest" and recited incantations in Dunnish.

"In the name of the 'Red Priest,' I beseech the Kingdom of Disorder to grant me power, so that the Stasis Field may be imperceptible to the Hrud outside of Gorgis."

For the spell to work, he should have used "prayer" instead of "please"; and replaced "Nation of Disorder" with "Kingdom of Disorder".

This will make the incantation more precise and conform to the Uniqueness and the difference in status between the Source Essence.

But with Arsena and the others nearby, it would damage Nimrod's identity as the Black Emperor and expose the true name of the "Nation of Disorder," so he did not use the most suitable incantation.

The "Baron of Corruption" dared not activate his Spirit Sight, but he felt the Flagpole in his hand become scorching hot as his Spirituality was instantly drained.

An invisible force spread rapidly from him.

The ritual, initiated by the "Red Priest" with sacrificial authority, should have been successful.

When Nimrod took the Crimson Chain back from Malena, notice that her body trembled slightly.

He wrapped the chain back on, and the throbbing pain in his temples gradually subsided, his parched Spirituality slowly returning.

Malena stepped back, suppressing her restless desires, and forced her attention to the Hrud.

She discovered that the creatures she could only see with her Spirit Sight last night were now clearly visible to the naked eye.

The strange force field enveloping them seemed to recede.

Malena glanced at the surrounding Tech Sergeant, quickly climbed the artificial hill, and fired a dense barrage of bullets from her Bolter.

[Our Lord foresaw that once Herud lost his Distortion Field, even Bolter and ordinary ballistic weapons could harm him.]

Malena glanced at the gray vehicle, then looked into the distance at the construct she had created.

The arms of the five Harvester Construct shot out beams of green light, tearing the Hrud into pieces.

Eight Warrior Construct, swinging their bent arms, each slash of their bone blades could cut a dozen Herud in half at the waist.

Herud fell in droves; thousands died in the blink of an eye.

They roared and surged forward, raising their Plasma Flintlock and unleashing a barrage of bullets at the construct.

Due to the influence of the Stasis Field, bullets that have lost their phase transfer effect will only cause minor scratches when they hit a structure, just like ordinary solid bullets.

However, the Hrud were still a vast ocean.

Every construct, every single moment, is subjected to tens of thousands of attacks.

Malena thought of the Black Emperor's plan: [The entire planet's Herud are surging towards this place.]

As she pondered, a loud bang was heard, and a Warrior Construct collapsed.

Herud surged wildly through the rift, only to fall to the intense fire of the Tech Sergeant.

One construct after another crashed down, crushed to dust by countless Herud.

The Primarch's eyes flickered with light and shadow as he instantly stepped into Magnus's Third Mindset.

His thoughts spread outwards, traversing tunnels and deep caves hundreds of kilometers long.

The Primarch instantly brought one-sixth of the gray planet under its control.

[Herud attracted tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions.]

He had anticipated the number would be in the hundreds of millions. The entire Herud in the Sak Trada Abyss contained several billion, and as one of the fifteen major worlds, the number of Gorgis naturally exceeded one hundred million.

As Nimrod pondered, he suddenly felt the surrounding vortex of light being compressed by the surging Distortion force field.

His expression changed. [Hmm? Hundreds of millions of Herud overwhelmed the Stasis Device created by Perturabo.]

Nimrod recalled that after Perturabo activated the device, Herud in the entire Gugan System came out in droves.

The Gugan Prime is the largest world in Herud numbers in the hundreds of millions.

With the three major worlds combined, numbering nearly a billion, the Stasis Device would naturally be overwhelmed.

He had thought that the force field formed by Gorgis alone and a hundred million Herud wouldn't be that powerful.

[The Distortion force field of hundreds of millions of Herud is actually terrifying.]

Nimrod gripped the Uniqueness of the "Red Priest" and prepared to chant the incantation, the Herud Tide had already surged to the Black Gold Pillar, Distortion the flow of time and seeping into the Stasis Field.

Diana's blonde hair turned white rapidly, and Arsena's fingers became knotted due to a degenerative disease.

Malena's skin changed repeatedly between the crumpled parchment and her original fair and delicate skin.

The Biomancy- Psyker tried his best to resist aging, but was powerless to help the two people beside him.

As Malena struggled to hold on, she heard the extremely masculine and charming voice of Dunnish.

"In the name of the 'Red Priest,' I beseech the Kingdom of Disorder to grant me power!"

"I command Herud, Silence!"

Thirty-three black and gold pillars, along with three hundred and sixty-three Silence Amulet, simultaneously emitted a green light.

The entire area was enveloped in green teardrops, and everyone's thoughts froze for a moment.

A moment later, the minds of the Shadow of Order and its servants cleared, and they looked around in astonishment.

Hundreds of millions of Herud collapsed to the ground with a series of thuds.

Once the Primarch confirmed that all Herud within its perception range had fallen, it repositioned the Flagpole on its shoulder.

"Malena, treat them."

Malena snapped out of her daze, the Black Emperor's words echoing in her mind, blasphemous thoughts Flash Step her head.

The thuds, the sounds of the Hrud falling, woke her.

She glanced around and saw countless Herud, like an ocean, lying on the ground.

Malena felt the power of the God for the first time, and the fantasies in her mind vanished instantly.

She spread her Biochemical Psionic Power, touching the bodies of Arsena and Diana.

Arsena's fingers spread apart rapidly, revealing a few age spots.

Diana's long blonde hair quickly recovered, but there were still strands of white hair mixed in.

Malena withdrew her Psionic Energy and said with shame, "My lord... please forgive my incompetence, they only have about thirty-eight years left to live."

"It's alright," Arsena said, looking around in amazement, "To witness the might of my lord is enough to make me die without regret."

"To die in service to my lord is my honor," Diana said decisively. "I believe that thousands of Shadow of Order will be spared."

"I promise you will not die of old age."

Nimrod spoke, he flapped his wings and took flight.

Arsena and Diana exchanged a glance, their eyes gleaming with immense surprise.

They had no doubt about the promise they heard, Malena thought curiously as she looked up at the rapidly disappearing golden voice.

Even the most advanced life-extending surgeries, or those performed by biochemically skilled Psyker like Lord Magnus, cannot extend their lifespans.

My lord, what method will you use?

Nimrod moved among the Silence Hrud, constantly sending them into the "Nation of Disorder."

He pondered how to fulfill his promise, and he now had two options.

One was to retrieve the Panacea STC ahead of time to make up for the lives lost to the two by the Entropy Energy field.

The other option is to turn the two into Perpetual.

Between the two, he preferred to turn them into Perpetual directly, which was originally his plan to solve their lifespan problem once and for all.

We must hurry and find out from Slough's mind how he turned John Grammaticus into a Perpetual being.

If it cannot be obtained within thirty years, the only option is to obtain the Panacea from STC ahead of time.

After Nimrod then went on to summarize the gains and losses of the first sacrificial ceremony.

Overall, I achieved my objective, at least avoiding the sacrifice of thousands of Shadow of Order and resolving the hundreds of millions of Herud in Gorgis.

However, I underestimated the Hrud's Distortion force field; if we were to perform the ritual again, we would have to improve the procedure.

After thinking for a moment, Nimrod had a preliminary idea.

I still need to use the Stasis Device to attract Herud; I can't let the sacrificial range cover the entire planet yet.

But there can be no one else around; I can only face it alone. It only takes me an instant to activate the Silence Amulet, and the decades of aging have almost no effect on me.

This also makes it easier for me to change the incantations during prayers, thereby leveraging greater power within the "Nation of Disorder."

As Nimrod pondered, his body transformed into a stream of light, busily traversing the entire area, using Telekinesis to gather clumps of Herud and carry them to the "Nation of Disorder."

While Nimrod was busy, the Shadow of Order of the Fourth Legion were all at a loss. They didn't know why Herud, who had just emerged from the cave, had suddenly retreated and remained silent.

It wasn't until they received a message from the Primarch's Attendants that they learned that the Primarch had single-handedly eliminated most of the Herud.

Oliver gripped the Concussion Weapon, intending to make a name for himself after becoming a "Spirit Guide," but the Black Emperor unexpectedly defeated the Hrud.

He exclaimed with regret and amazement, "[Praise be to our Lord!]"

Oliver gazed into the deep tunnel. [Herud did not rush from the surface to our Lord's territory; surely there is a network of underground tunnels beneath them.]

There may be remnants of Herud, but even if there aren't, our lord has ordered that the materials from the Hrud Archive be brought back.

"Go ahead!"

Oliver led the Honor Guard, boarded the Termite Drill, and drilled into the cave.

It wasn't until the helmet's built-in timer went off, a reminder from Gorgis during the day, that they had completed the hundreds of kilometers of tubular tunnels excavated by the Hrud.

They did not encounter a single Hrud along the way.

Oliver emerged from the Termite Drill and walked forward, where he saw layers upon layers of mycelial paper neatly categorized and stacked on shelves.

When the Primarch's superhuman body grew weary from constantly using Psionic Energy, he finally transferred all of Herud to the "Nation of Disorder."

Then he saw the truckloads of Mycelium Tome that Oliver had brought back.

The "Baron of Corruption" glanced at it and immediately matched it with the image on the Blasphemy Slate.

[As expected, this is a sequel to "The Knowledge Keeper," Mycelium Tome, the main ingredient for "The Polymath's " potion.]

[Things will get much better after Arsena is promoted to Sequence 6. ]