Hm? What did The Old Man in Yellow mean? Was he hinting that I should choose a weapon—the Spear of Dionysus? Not a chance.
Nimrod smiled. "That's right. I want to choose a weapon."
With malicious amusement, he took a step to the left, paused before the Spear of Dionysus for two seconds, then walked toward the silver Power Fist.
"I choose this."
A trace of disappointment flickered almost imperceptibly through The Emperor's golden eyes. He smiled as though he were considering Nimrod's interests.
"You only have one chance. Have you thought this through?"
"I'll give you another chance to choose."
"No need. I've already made my choice. I want this."
The disappointment in The Old Man in Yellow's eyes deepened, enough that Nimrod could detect it with his sharp senses.
He pretended not to notice and turned to look at the gauntlet.
The Emperor stepped over. Even though he was disappointed, he still kept his promise and introduced the item to the Primarch.
"This gauntlet was also obtained during the Unification Wars. Its original owner was the techno-warlord Guimaraes."
"In battle, it released an invisible force field that restrained a squad of Adeptus Custodes."
"After I killed Guimaraes, it became part of my collection. I discovered that it would occasionally emit golden light, and the objects around it would be affected by some kind of force, becoming more..."
His golden eyes flickered as The Emperor instantly thought of an appropriate word.
"Orderly. The objects around it arrange themselves according to some internal law."
"More than a dozen weapons in my treasury once left their places and rearranged themselves by size."
"Later, I set up a rune force field, and no more strange incidents occurred."
As he spoke, The Emperor dispelled the rune array. His golden eyes swept over Nimrod's