Dark Fire Supreme

Princeps: Lord Nimrod Is a God Descended to Earth

The tenth standard day after the liberation of the agri-world Narindi.

Shadow of the Throne, the Primarch's office.

Nimrod leaned back against The Throne, studying Schurtzeler, the supreme princeps of "Dark Fire," before him.

He wore a red-and-black knightly uniform, with an ornate noble's longsword at his waist, and spoke in standard but slow-paced Vostonian Language.

"Lord Nimrod, the God-Machines of 'Dark Fire' await your command."

Aetsak stood at the door to the Primarch's office, his muscles relaxed. He already knew that even on a vast battlefield, in a war as insignificant as Vissa's, very few people could ever make it this far.

In fact, no one ever had.

But he remained alert, like an eagle stalking prey, ready to strike at any moment.

From the corner of his left eye, Aetsak caught the sight of Schurtzeler dropping to one knee, and his gaze flickered.

He was clearly different from before, showing Lord Nimrod an extraordinary degree of respect.

Using the brief time he had spent in a corner of the officers' deck, Aetsak had learned from conversations between the red-robed machine-men and others that supreme princeps was the title given to the chieftain of a Titan Legions tribe.

He should not be bowing and scraping like this.

Nimrod gave an almost imperceptible nod. Over the three standard weeks of the voyage, Schurtzeler had been almost completely "corroded."

All he needed was one opportunity, and he would become utterly loyal to him.

Through this process, Nimrod confirmed that abilities unrelated to psychic power, such as "majesty" and "Corrosion," were not affected by Pariahs.

He had also reached a vague conclusion: after digesting the "Mentor of Chaos," the effect of "Corrosion" stacked with "majesty" had increased by three-fifths compared to that of