The Psionic Anomaly of the Cradle of Serpents

894.M30.

The Carium Gate voidspace, the bridge of Shadow of the Throne.

Nimrod stared at the star chart on the hololithic table. Planetary anchor points, route vectors, and dotted trajectories pieced together an incomplete map of the stars.

It was the result of the last two divinations with the Dice of Prophecy.

Nimrod had carried out two divinations in succession: in the 2nd standard month of 888, "a star chart from the Carium Gate to the Cradle of Serpents"; in the 3rd standard month of 891, "a star chart of the future 'Great Maw' route between the Calixis Sector and the Koronus Expanse."

Through repeated divinations, after confirming the uniqueness of the Dice of Prophecy's readings, the recovery time had permanently increased by one month.

The next time for divination would be the 4th standard month of this year.

Nimrod had already chosen the target of the next divination: a world in the Koronus Expanse, full of the dead, suited to the Fourth Legion.

After estimating the timetable for purging the Slaaneshi daemon world of the Cradle of Serpents, he chose this moment to launch the expedition.

"My lord, the main forces of the Second and Fourth Legions, along with two companies of the 5th Legion, have completed assembly."

After Arsena Dunn made his report, Thomas, the Chief Librarian beside him, immediately spoke.

"My lord, all Librarians who have mastered the 'Gryphon's Roar' have gathered aboard Shadow of the Throne, five thousand nine hundred and thirty-six in total."

Apart from selecting the Second Legion, which primarily followed the "Sun" pathway, as the main force for purging daemons, and the Fourth Legion, which would head to the future recruiting world, Nimrod had also chosen the Sixth Legion, which primarily followed the "Door" pathway.

They were suited to complex, unknown star regions,