Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 643

The Three-Legged Walker That Spits Golden Light

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Wilshire was leading his team around shimmering areas of different shapes, filled with gems the size of a person's palm.

Each sparkling gem, bathed in Purple light, shone with an alluring brilliance.

No black-armored Warrior picked up the gems; they simply avoided the area where the gems were, much like the giant armored lizards around them.

The Organic Spire sprouted tendrils, and Purple light surged from its base, unleashing the energy accumulated over thousands of years.

The light swept across the land like waves, and the herbivores' eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty glint.

They immediately collided and began tearing at each other.

Flesh and blood splattered everywhere, staining the ground red.

Hive City enormous, dome-shaped armored lizard suddenly raised its body and slammed its forelegs heavily onto the ground, causing a violent tremor.

A gentle herbivorous lizard opens its gaping maw and devours an entire herbivorous colony in one gulp.

A hissing sound came from beneath the hardened keratinized skin.

Pink buds, like tender bamboo shoots breaking through the soil, tear open their armor-like outer skin.

New, tender buds, like tentacles, reached out and swirled around the fighting herbivores.

The fleshy buds oozed a bright red, disgusting mucus, enveloping and covering the herbivore's body.

As the herbivore's body dissolves, the granulation tissue swells and splits open, blooming like a flower.

The scent of musk hit Wilshire, making her dizzy.

The "Notary" sensed the evil aura spreading around him, and his Spirituality burst forth.

Golden rays of light surged around the "Notary," growing increasingly pure until they finally evolved into a stamp-like projection.

The "Notary" shouted in Dunnish: "Notarize! Solar Halo!"

A golden halo rapidly expanded, enveloping the surrounding guards.

The Lord of Light watched as the gentle, armored lizard rapidly grew larger through its prey, and shouted into the Sonic Array channel, "Tri-pedal Solar Walker!"

After Purification the Daemon World and subduing the Song of Slaughter in the "Great Maelstrom" region, Wilshire began to dedicate himself to developing weapons to combat Devil.

With the support of Tech Sergeant, they used weapons such as the Sun Holy Water to manufacture some new types of weapons and equipment.

As the "Notary" moved among the guards, performing his "Notarize," the Shadow of Order unleashed a barrage of bullets at the armored lizards.

The explosion roared as the Adamantine Warhead slammed into the vivid flesh.

The vibrant flowers swayed, and bits of flesh scattered, yet the plant showed no obvious signs of harm.

Clusters of dense golden flames suddenly appeared around the "Solar High Priest," and a powerful, sacred aura permeated the surroundings.

One after another, huge, brightly colored fleshy flowers, like candles, were rapidly burned to ashes in the sacred flames.

The "Light Worshipper" raised his Bolter, and the ritual Create Holy Water, which shot out onto the thick leather armor.

Amidst the roar, ripples spread across the leather armor.

The armored lizard let out an angry hiss and raised its massive foot.

The Shadow of Order retreated swiftly, putting distance between themselves and the colossal creature.

Forty-one black walking mechs surrounded the huge, bloated lizard monster from the side.

Each Tripod Walker was accompanied by a squad led by a "Solar High Priest".

They chanted the "Sacred Oath" aloud in Dunnish, and the gold patterns and Sun runes imprinted on the black fuselage shone with a bright, warm light.

The operator inside the sarcophagus felt bathed in warm light, as if comfortably Sun in Gardinal's newly built sun Garden of Nurgle.

While enjoying their comfort, they couldn't help but recall the cruel legends of the past.

In the era when the High Lord ruled Gardinal, the castes who piloted Tripod Walker lay in cold sarcophagi like living mummies.

The last driving caste perished in the war with Rangdan, and the clans that evolved from the driving caste no longer needed to remain in cold coffins.

The "Light Worshipper" chanted loudly, and light descended from the sky, illuminating the core of the Tripod Walker.

The black mech raised its arms, and a dazzling beam of light shot out.

The beam of light shone with a bright gold hue, shooting out like a net across the giant lizard's swollen body.

The lizard, larger than the dome, was sliced into pieces by the golden light and crashed onto the plain with a thunderous roar.

At the same moment that the Tri-pedal Solar Walker strikes the mutated armored giant lizard, on Planet One.

Kion Fifth Company Captain of the Fourth Legion, was completely encased in Power Armor. He felt uncomfortable since arriving in this lush tropical world.

He led his company to the foot of the Mountain Five and gazed at the clear spring water in front of them.

In the Spirit Guide's Spirit Sight, the spring water overflowed with Spirituality radiance.

He said to Okafor beside him, "That spring should be the one my lord mentioned we should pay attention to."

The newly appointed "wizard" nodded slightly in agreement, his "Eyes of Mystery Prying," which he could not involuntarily close, shone with dazzling light.

"The spring water itself shows no signs of Corrosion, but there is an evil, abnormal force surrounding it."

"They feed on bewitched creatures, and Nature Spirit are exceptionally scarce here," the Spirit Guide stated definitively.

"They told me that the evil predators have come."

Okafor, a mind-based Psyker, felt his consciousness spread and collide with a dazzling band of light and rippling sound waves.

The drifting, melodious sounds were both pleasant and intoxicating.

Okafor immediately ascended to the Third Mindset the Thelema Mind, isolating himself from the invasion of evil energy, and then looked at the steed galloping towards him at an incredible speed in the distance.

The Slaaneshi Steed's tongue swished like a snake, sensing subtle scents.

Their swollen sensory organs caught the whiff of disgust and a thirst for battle carried on the breeze, which, though not as pleasurable as the Aeldari's fear or the creatures bewitched by the spring, still sent shivers of excitement through them.

The Spirit Guide raised his hand and placed it on the lush green vegetation, and Spirituality surged forth.

The Spirit Guide hissed in a low Dunnish: "Heed my command, 'Resurrect' and avenge the evil creatures that killed you."

The withered bones in the soil trembled slightly, and driven by the "Resurrect," they coalesced and emerged.

The Spirit Guide strode forward, and withered bones continued to emerge from beneath the magnificent vegetation.

They still retain some features from their lives; some have the skeletal structure of horses, while others resemble human figures...

The Bone Steed charged first toward the Slaanesh Slaaneshi Steed an ostrich, and lashed its body with its long, whip-like tongue.

The Flesh-Licker flicked its tongue in disgust; the withered bones were no longer as delicious as when they were raised by the Aeldari.

Sharp barbs scraped off a clump of bone fragments, and the disgusting venom Corrosion the dry bones with a crackling sound.

If it were still alive, the elegant steed would have already fallen.

However, the "Resurrect" Bone Steed have neither will nor life force; they follow the commands of the "Spirit Guide."

The Bone Steed's gaping maw creaked as it tore at the smooth, lavender-colored skin.

For the first time, the Tongue-Stripper suffered the same fate as its food, with a large chunk of its smooth, elegant skin being torn off.

The Skeleton Warrior of the Aeldari, some missing arms or with mangled chests and abdomens, passed through the Bone Steed and slammed their fists into the slender heads.

The Slaaneshi Steed neighed and screamed, and long whips lashed out from the holes of their sphincter-like mouths.

A Slaaneshi Steed suddenly emerged from between the two Bone Steed and collided head-on with Okafor, who had anticipated this.

The "wizard" raised his hand and tossed out red powder, which erupted in flames that engulfed the Bone Steed.

The "wizard" moved behind the lines of withered bones, scattering bottles of powder to fill gaps in the defenses.

The "Spirit Guide" continuously "Resurrect" the skeletons that had been devoured by Slaaneshi Steed millions of years ago, and placed them in front of the procession.

Slaaneshi Steed surged like waves toward the black-armored Warrior had never tasted such flavor, only to be stopped by a shield of withered bones that utterly devoid of any taste.

From their elevated positions, the Shadow of Order rained down barrages of projectiles upon the Slaaneshi Steed, while the majority of them supported the 5th Legion in launching an offensive against Planet III.

On the surface of the Ocean World, numerous island chains are scattered in the form of archipelagos.

Above the Island Chain Two, in the air, a black Stormbird.

Thomas gazed down at the numerous buildings and ruins below through the viewing window.

He saw the local tribesmen, whose faces were almost indistinguishable from human forms.

Their faces were strange, their skin pale, and their round, dark green eyes, tinged with flesh, stared hungryly at the sky.

Their long, thin tongues flicked incessantly, as if they were holding a snake in their mouths.

The Chief Librarian opened the Sonic Array channel and issued the command:

"The local inhabitants have been Corrosion Chaos God and now wield the 'Gryphon's Roar'."

After rotational training, all Legion Library have mastered the "Gryphon's Roar".

After Mankora personally came into contact with the griffins, the Legion's Librarian, relying on the keen senses bestowed upon their genetic offspring by the Black Emperor, all successfully mastered the "Gryphon's Roar."

The Chief Librarian has designated mastering the "Gryphon's Roar" as an essential skill for Apprentice and for promotion within the Librarian.

Similarly, the criteria for becoming the lowest level Lexicanum also include the Third Mindset the Thelema and the First Layer of Magnus Mindset.

The Slaaneshi Cultist's tongues swayed, tasting the delicious meat flavors they had never experienced before.

They moved with the speed of galloping horses, chasing after the descending black iron birds, their deep green eyes gleaming with fleshy light.

The Stormbird's gunner stares at the strange human.

They rotated the turret's four twin Lascannon, and dense beams of light swept down like rain.

The blazing beam of light sliced through the pale skin, turning the horned, bizarre human into a grotesque lump of flesh.

Slaaneshi Cultist swung their razor-tailed tails and burrowed into buildings adorned with the skins of their kind.

The Stormbird hovered and rotated, aiming in different directions.

The strike missiles mounted under the wings whistled out.

Boom boom boom...

The disgusting, abhorrent building was blown into the sky.

After the Stormbird cleared the landing zone, Thomas, accompanied by two Mind Servitor, stepped off the deck.

Excited, strange cries rang out, and countless bizarre humans clad in spiked armor and wrapped in skin surged out madly.

"Gryphon's Roar!" Thomas shouted.

Ten Librarian strode forward, forming a circle with the Chief Librarian, facing the thousands of Slaaneshi Cultists were surging in.

Thomas's Psionic Energy Hunt-Master Suit shone brightly, and at the same time, corresponding runes lit up on the bodies of his two Mind Servitor.

Golden light gathered in the throats of the Librarian members, and as they spoke, deafening roars erupted.

In the Librarian's Aetheric Sight, golden griffins of varying sizes swiftly flew forward.

With the combined power of the Mind Servitor and the Hunter's Psionic Energy Set, the griffin roared by Thomas at the top of the ring is a hundred times larger than the largest of any other Librarian.

Ah... Roar...

The Slaaneshi Cultist cried out in terror, and were immediately engulfed by the golden light.

The Golden Gryphon charged straight into its path, instantly crushing the Slaaneshi Cultist.

Wherever the golden light touched, golden flames ignited on fair skin.

The surviving Slaaneshi Cultist let out piercing screams and fled like terrified wild beasts.

The "wizard" strode forward, leading the Librarian members toward the place of perceived evil.

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