Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 728

Pale Nomad: Lord Nimrod allows me to release safely

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Initiate "Deep Sea Incursion."

In Knox Hive City on Moli, Mikhailovsky, Second Company Captain of the Third Legion, felt his eyes light up.

The Fires of Time that had fled to Knox finally could no longer restrain their restless appetites.

Mikhailovsky turned and looked at the members of the Honor Guard beside him. They wore black armor, but their bodies were pale, clearly different from the Shadow of Order's lustrous skin.

Their eyes were somewhat similar to the Shadow of Order's as well, also black.

But unlike the Shadow of Order's obsidian-like eyes, theirs were a liquid black, and had no irises.

Mikhailovsky's gaze finally fell on the man holding a Force Staff and wearing a psychic hood.

Mikhailovsky recognized him. He was the former XIX Legion, Chapter Master of the 11th Chapter, the "Pale Nomads."

As a Court Viscount, he knew that not long ago, the Black Emperor had decreed that this title belonged solely to the man before him.

The Chief Librarian of the "Space Sharks."

"We will put most of the xenos into Dream-entry comas. The rest are yours."

Mikhailovsky reminded him, "My lord wants the Fires of Time brought before him, not slaughtered to the last."

"I know," the Pale Nomad replied coldly, revealing shark-like teeth ground to a razor edge.

Mikhailovsky watched as the Pale Nomad led the black-armored sharks into the darkness.

"Move out." Mikhailovsky the "Requiemist" led the other "Requiemists" and "Nightmares" into a swift run.

He wore a Hunt-Master Suit built on the foundation of Mark III Iron Pattern Power Armor.

To make use of the agility they had gained during their days as "Sleepless" and "Midnight Poets," most members of the Third Legion's Court wore Mark III Iron Pattern Power Armor.

Only a small number of "Barons of Corruption," "Dawn Knights,"

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