A blue blade infinitely magnified in his vision, accompanied by shattered blue crystals and surging blood, before he plunged into endless darkness.
You have died. Main quest is being forcefully settled.
Main Quest: Defiled Purity - The Fall of Pleasure (Settling)
Difficulty Level:??? (Exceeds original set difficulty level)
Mission Brief: Execute all traitors! Enforce the Emperor's wrath! Expel all evil.
Mission Reward: 100,000 honor points.
Failure Penalty: Deduct ten points from host's all attributes and end the simulation.
Execute the ascension ritual of the high-ranking fallen Battle Sister, preventing her from fully assimilating the Imperium's Living Saint (✓)
Execute hidden mission target: The Flawless Blade, "The Undying" Lucius (✓)
Expel all traitors mission (Unachieved)
Mission Completion: 98%
Penalty: Deduct one point from all attribute values.
Due to the host encountering a super high-risk Overlord-level unit, the Lord of Pleasure, Slaanesh's Daemon Prince, "Perfect Phoenix" Fulgrim (clone), this is beyond the host's coping range.
All penalties for uncompleted missions have been waived.
Tip: You have gained 98,000 honor points.
Current Honor points: 118,000 points.
Host detected to have a large amount of unused honor points. Force return?
Note: These honor points can only be used within the current world's timeline. Once you return, they will all be voided. (Cannot be used across worlds)
Alternatively, when the warhammer simulator performs its total settlement, honor points will be exchanged for points.
Exchange Rate: One to One
When Kenmyo Isayama opened his eyes again, he found himself in an incredibly quiet room, where there was no one else but him.
"Grey can, I'll remember you."
Kenmyo Isayama sat on the ground, touching his chest and face.
Before losing consciousness, Kenmyo Isayama saw his upper body blasted apart, the action so fast he couldn't react.
Damn it, the Grey Knights are truly ruthless.
They acted without hesitation, not only executing Kenmyo Isayama but also the poor little Battle Sister.
Kenmyo Isayama didn't even get a chance to explain himself, that he truly didn't know that ugly purple wall.
Sigh, it was probably these Grey Knights who, upon hearing the ambiguous words spoken by Slaanesh's Daemon Prince Fulgrim, decided to kill him.
The Grey Knight frowned, realizing things weren't simple.
"Our Boss told us to protect the Daemon Prince's disciple?"
Anyone associated with Chaos is a heretic to be executed, even Inquisitors, whose methods are not as harsh as the Grey Knights.
It was normal for these grey cans to immediately disregard their vows to the Grey Knight Grand Master, and they dealt Kenmyo Isayama a heavy blow, thus ending Kenmyo Isayama's C-rank simulation.
"It's absurd that Fulgrim would appear?"
The power of a Primarch is not on the same dimension as ordinary Astartes Space Marines; the difference between them is like that between a commoner and a supreme god.
It is said that a Grey Knight Grand Master estimated that to banish the Daemon Prince of the Plague Lord, the ascended Primarch Mortarion, it would require at least 100 Grey Knights.
That's equivalent to 100 Alpha-level Psykers, and it would still be done at the risk of total annihilation.
The Primarchs, created by the Emperor, are the most perfect beings, born demigods, the most terrifying blades in the Emperor's hand. Both their bodies and souls possess an unmatched power that is difficult to contend with. Only the top Greater Daemons serving each of The Four Great Chaos Gods can rival them.
It's impressive that the Emperor could infuriate eight Primarchs into collective rebellion, preferring to endure the barren and harsh Warp rather than remain within the Imperium.
Slaanesh's Daemon Prince, the former "Perfect Phoenix" Fulgrim, was among the top five in strength among his twenty brothers.
However, Kenmyo Isayama didn't believe Lucius held such an important position in the Daemon Prince Fulgrim's heart. Shouldn't he be on his own planet playing with succubus ladies?
When Kenmyo Isayama saw the system prompt showing that Fulgrim was a clone, his eyes widened instantly.
What the heck? An imposter?
Oh no, even Primarchs have clones these days.
What kind of genius could achieve such technology?
And even an imposter has the strength to casually kill a Grey Knight?
And he even acted so convincingly.
Kenmyo Isayama always thought it was the real one.
But Kenmyo Isayama didn't know.
That old traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the Emperor's Children astartes chapter of Slaanesh was an absolute genius. Not only did he create clones of Primarchs like Fulgrim, Senior Sister Fei, and Horus, but the most terrifying thing was that he created truly female astartes!
The kind that can have children, and the children born are pure-blooded astartes, with all nineteen surgeries complete.
And for an adult to fully undergo that transformation surgery, the mortality rate is as high as seventy to eighty percent.
In the entire universe, only Slaanesh's side has such a talent!
Kenmyo Isayama instantly felt a stomach ache from anger; both he and the Grey Knights had been fooled.
Although he didn't know how much strength the clone had compared to the original Primarch Fulgrim, it couldn't be so weak that it couldn't even withstand a single blow, right?
When Kenmyo Isayama gets serious, he can even cut Slaanesh. A mere Primarch clone, a weakling, he'd at least go in and deliver two solid blows.
Unfortunately, the Grey Knights didn't play fair and killed Kenmyo Isayama.
"Damn it!"
Kenmyo Isayama calmed himself down. Now that the deed was done, what was the point of dwelling on such frustrating matters?
He looked around. This should be inside the Inquisition's underground vault. It seemed to be a temporary buffer zone before his consciousness returned, allowing Kenmyo Isayama to decide whether to spend his honor points before ending the simulation.
He immediately chose no.
He had been fighting tooth and nail these past few days just to earn a few more coins and get better equipment.
If, due to an accident, all his honor points were voided, Kenmyo Isayama would cry himself to death.
Exchanging honor points for points would also be a huge loss, at best allowing a free D-rank simulation, and it wouldn't necessarily guarantee that he would always get a perfect identity with convenient job perks, like his second D-rank simulation.
Honor points: 118,000 points.
Although it seemed like a lot, it was just barely enough.
Kenmyo Isayama needed to quickly exchange for the items he wanted. The events of this simulation left him feeling particularly exhausted.
Any single item presented an unimaginable pressure. The execution of an Exterminatus might seem as easy as pressing a button, but not many people could do it as casually as Kenmyo Isayama, launching two cyclone torpedo for indiscriminate biological extermination.
Basically, all the people in the SPO homeworld who hid in underground bunkers and survived the bombing were killed by the cyclone torpedo Kenmyo Isayama deployed.
"Found it."
What caught Kenmyo Isayama's eye on the screen was a severely damaged piece of armor, no longer recognizable as its original form.
The Ruined Imperial Armor
Origin: Mars - Adeptus Mechanicus Headquarters
Quality: Pale Gold (Extremely Damaged)
Type: Armor - Ancient model, fits normal body, prototype Terminator Power Armor
Durability: 15 / 156700 (This durability means even a thrown stone would cause cracks.)
Description:
"Old friend, how I wish to fight alongside you once more."
From Inquisitor Lord Karamazov of the Inquisition.
Price: 100,000 honor points
Kenmyo Isayama repeatedly confirmed that this was the one he had initially set his sights on and immediately placed the order.
Purchase complete. Item has been deposited into system space.
Honor points balance: 18,000 points.
Without further ado, Kenmyo Isayama began searching for the second item he had his eye on.
Imperial Apothecary - Beginner to Master
Origin: warhammer Imperium Grey Knights Chapter
Quality: Pale Purple
Category: Knowledge-based skill scroll.
Prerequisites: Psyker level Zeta or Epsilon or higher, some knowledge of pharmacy.
Research on explosives.
Intelligence attribute 40 points or higher.
Effect of Use: Can master common apothecary knowledge in the Imperium, with a certain probability of producing permanent buff potions.
Rating: 1700 points (Pale purple item rating 1600-2600 points.)
Price: 10,000 honor points
Kenmyo Isayama had not encountered a Grey Knight before, so he didn't know which Apothecary authored this work.
Later, Kenmyo Isayama saw the Grey Knights, and their insignia were identical to those recorded in the book. He now realized that the book was written by a Grey Knight serving as an Apothecary.
It's a wonder it got published. Aren't they afraid of the Grey Knights coming knocking for a "warm" visit?
Kenmyo Isayama had coveted this book for a long time. His Mentor Ahriman had included a lot of forbidden alchemy knowledge in the red studies, but without a knowledge scroll-type special item, Kenmyo Isayama simply couldn't understand it.
Purchase successful. The item has been placed in the system backpack.
This was the overtime pay Kenmyo Isayama received for exceeding the mission's completion.
Balance: 8000 honor points.
With only 8000 left, Kenmyo Isayama thought for a moment among the dazzling collection of the Imperial Inquisition and chose a finger bone.
Purchase complete. Already transferred to the system backpack.
This wasn't because Kenmyo Isayama had an osteophilia.
It was the finger bone of a Sister of Silence, preserved in the Imperial Inquisition's collection. The Sisters of Silence themselves didn't know that even after their deaths, they could continue to contribute to the Emperor and the Imperium.
The bone knife Kenmyo Isayama had used also came from this, capable of producing an effect similar to Heavenly Restriction on Psykers.
Balance: 0 honor points.
"Time to go back."
Kenmyo Isayama stood up from the ground, activated the return permission, and allowed the warhammer simulator to settle this simulation.
Return permission activating.
This simulation has ended.
Beginning settlement: Participating in world dungeon.
Shrine World Kaelerrang: The First Fallen Battle Sister, The Birth of Slaanesh's Chosen
Difficulty: Extremely High Danger (Death-level)
Faction: Imperium of Man - Inquisition
All four rounds of sub-quests completed.
1. The Death of the Inquisitor (Mission content: Kill the rebellious Inquisitor Tossak-Rome, ascertain Tossak-Rome is in the Hive World Adelie, and kill him).
Note: This mission has been completed.
Due to the extremely high completion of sub-quest two, some changes have occurred. You have directly skipped sub-quest (second round) and sub-quest (third round), triggering sub-quest four (final).
Sub-quest 4: War for Survival (Mission content: Surround Shrine World Kerigran, currently having defeated the Aeldari Craftworld fleet (Completed))
Main Quest: Defiled Purity - The Fall of Pleasure (Uncompleted)
Encountered uncontrollable factors, did not fully complete this mission, mission completion progress 98%.
Overall Performance: S++ (Excellent)
Reward settlement complete, automatically transferred to backpack. Please claim promptly.
Simulation ended, reward settlement complete.
Now performing thought transfer.
Kenmyo Isayama felt a familiar sensation as the back of his head was struck hard, and he lost consciousness.
Thought transfer in progress. 10% 30% 70%
However, the C-rank simulation seemed a little different. Although Kenmyo Isayama was knocked unconscious, in his hazy awareness, he vaguely felt himself wrapped in a transparent film, rapidly traversing dimensions of time and space, with green stars seemingly flashing all around him.
But suddenly, Kenmyo Isayama felt something hit him hard, and he instantly woke up.
"What the hell? Where is this?"
Kenmyo Isayama opened his eyes and suddenly found himself in a pitch-black darkness where he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
He started to panic. This had never happened before.
"Didn't I press return?"
It was a suffocating darkness, even more terrifying than when Kenmyo Isayama's Psyker level surged in the Warp.
Such profound darkness was unheard of.
Suddenly, two gigantic crimson fireballs appeared in Kenmyo Isayama's vision, a hundred times more vivid than the color of blood.
Soon, Kenmyo Isayama realized that they were not fireballs at all, but the eyes of some colossal monster hidden in the darkness.
Staring intently at him.
"What kind of monster is this?"
The closer he got, the more Kenmyo Isayama felt his scalp tingle.
Moreover, because he hadn't smoothly invaded this world yet, Kenmyo Isayama was now increasingly integrating with this world.
The darkness had been dispelled by a green light.
Kenmyo Isayama felt as if he was in a green ocean, with a giant, star-sized pot bubbling beneath him.
What seemed like a vast ocean to him was actually a pot of soup being brewed by a supreme being.
With the help of the green flames fiercely burning beneath, Kenmyo Isayama was able to clearly see the unimaginably vast monster before him, and the terrifying plague power it possessed.
Suddenly, he felt his body gently supported by something.
"This is not a place for you to tread, child."
In an indescribably "affectionate father" majestic voice, Kenmyo Isayama lost consciousness again.
"Take my gift, and go back."
Unknown error repaired.
Consciousness download and return complete!
In the real world,
Kenmyo Isayama, lying on his bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
Kenmyo Isayama woke up and stretched his shoulders. This time, he didn't feel mentally exhausted; instead, he felt incredibly relaxed, as if he'd had a great massage and slept exceptionally soundly with a clear mind.
"No way, no way."
"You can't possibly think I'd forget about it and pretend nothing happened!"
The verdant color was even more profound and terrifying than any Gork and Mork Kenmyo Isayama had ever seen, and there was such vast power of plague and life. It was in no way inferior to the power of Slaanesh and Khorne, the two deities Kenmyo Isayama had already formally encountered. Thus, he already had an idea of the identity of this verdant Boss.
Nurgle!
Among The Four Great Chaos Gods of the Warp, Nurgle was the last great existence Kenmyo Isayama had seen.
He is "the affectionate father," known for his "gentle" and benevolent acceptance of every fallen follower. Nurgle is also known as "Plague Lord," "Lord of Flies," "Father of Plagues," and "Lord of Decay."
The third fully awakened Chaos God among The Four Great Chaos Gods of the Warp, he appeared during the second millennium of ancient Terra.
It is said that the Great Plague, which swept across the globe and affected the entire European continent, leaving corpses strewn everywhere, was the gift of the birth of the Chaos God Nurgle to the entire world.
"Why did such a problem occur with the teleportation!"
Kenmyo Isayama looked at the records on the warhammer simulator.
"Unknown error occurred during consciousness teleportation."
"Alright, alright."
An error occurred, and it sent Kenmyo Isayama's consciousness into his pot.
If this isn't murder, what is?
Kenmyo Isayama couldn't help but ask,
Even if he, the host, wasn't performing as expected, there was no need to be so ruthless.
"Was it intentional or unintentional?"
"That thick soup? Emm..."
Kenmyo Isayama still vividly remembered what happened before he lost his memory—that indescribable, bubbling green thick soup, whose surface temperature was no different from a planetary core. His heart churned at the thought.
"You have new mail to claim."
In response to Kenmyo Isayama's complaints, the warhammer simulator simply presented the gifts from that entity as mail for Kenmyo Isayama to see.
Muttering curses, Kenmyo Isayama clicked open the mail with dissatisfaction.
"Praise of Life? What is that?"
Kenmyo Isayama opened the mail and saw only a verdant glow slowly merging into his body, feeling warm and comforting.
Soon, all the information appeared before Kenmyo Isayama's eyes.
"Praise of Life"
Skill Level: LV.1 (Upgradeable)
Skill Type: Passive
Skill Effect 1: When the host actively breathes, there is a 45% chance to trigger the [Praise of Life] effect, instantly restoring 300 hit points and 100 mana points to the host, lasting for 3 seconds.
Skill Effect 2: Revival. When the host's hit points drop below 10%, the second stage of Praise of Life, [Revival], will automatically activate, restoring 50% of hit points. (24-hour cooldown after use)
Tip 1: Effect 1 can only be triggered once per minute, but there is no upper limit to its use.
Tip 2: Excess hit points and mana points from Effect 1 can be stored and stacked. Maximum hit point storage is 3000, and maximum mana point storage is 900.
Tip 3: Effect 2, Revival, can stack with other hit point recovery passives without affecting their effects. This effect can only be triggered once per day.
Tip 4: This skill is a beneficial skill, active all day with no consumption.
Description: People only know the "Plague Lord," but they do not know that Nurgle also wields the power of life. Death and rebirth are part of the cycle of life; without him, no new life can grow.
Master the Praise of Life, and revere life.
After wielding the vitality of life, one must also possess the power to destroy life; this is the cycle.
The complementary Great Dao.
Shadow of Death
Skill: Active
Usage Condition: After activating (Shadow of Death), the hunter consumes 10 mana points per second. It automatically deactivates when mana points fall below 1%.
Skill Effect: After activating (Shadow of Death), each attack (melee and psychic spells) will carry a special effect, ignoring enemy armor and reducing the effectiveness of enemy life recovery skills by 80%.
Special Effect 2, Maggots of the Bone: Normal attacks and skills imbued with (Shadow of Death) will carry a potent poison, dealing 0-150 spell damage per second for 8 seconds, and stacking 1 mark. The enemy will endure intense pain from the terrifying poison.
Tip: It is possible to only inflict pain without causing any damage. If the Maggots of the Bone effect is purified and removed, then the stacked damage over 8 seconds will be settled at once, without consuming the host's mana points.
Effect 3: Maggots of the Bone can stack up to three layers. After one layer is fully stacked, the host can consume 100 mana points to directly detonate the mark, settling all poison damage at once. (Detonating three layers at once requires 300 mana points)
Tip: Each layer of mark increases additional damage by 50%. The damage calculation formula is 11.5 * 1.5 * 1.5.
And it settles 35% of the enemy's lost hit points.
Description: Poison? This bit of poison isn't even fit for my bathwater.
"Congratulations! You have obtained 'Praise of Life' and 'Shadow of Death.'"
These two skills, one green and one black, made Kenmyo Isayama's mouth gape open like a certain meme.
"Huh?"
Kenmyo Isayama felt that his hard-earned gains weren't as potent and generous as the two skills casually tossed out by the Plague Lord. The only skill he gained from this C-rank simulation was Alchemist.
The activation conditions for these two skills were simpler than the last, perfectly aligning with Kenmyo Isayama's ideal vision of powerful, straightforward skills.
The former only required breathing to restore Kenmyo Isayama's hit points and mana points, although it had a 45% chance of recovery.
However, an average human breathes sixteen to seventeen times per minute, so there's no need to explain how high the trigger probability is. It's almost a guaranteed trigger, restoring nearly 900 hit points and 300 mana points within three seconds.
Kenmyo Isayama's total mana points were 1550. This means it would only take about five minutes for his mana points to be almost full.
The remaining mana points would then accumulate, with a maximum storage of 900 mana points, and these 900 mana points, as backup energy, would also be fully stored within three minutes.
900 + 1550 = 2450 mana points.
Kenmyo Isayama couldn't believe the result he calculated. To put it bluntly, his mana points would last longer than his life.
Was Kenmyo Isayama's mana problem solved just like that? So, for a moment, he hadn't fully processed it.
Leaving aside the second skill, [Shadow of Death], which focuses on combat, Nurgle's first skill alone, [Praise of Life], made Kenmyo Isayama want to genuinely call someone his godfather for the first time.
Three hundred mana points recovered per minute, full mana in eight minutes—this would have been an outlandish fantasy to Kenmyo Isayama in his toughest times, back when his mana points had just broken into the triple digits.
He wouldn't even dare to dream of something so outrageous.
Kenmyo Isayama could now act as a magical artillery platform for bombardment.
The second skill, [Shadow of Death], allowed Kenmyo Isayama's attacks to carry a potent poison effect, lasting 8 seconds, stacking up to three layers, and reducing the enemy's life recovery effect by 80%.
At 10 mana points per second, even with full mana, Kenmyo Isayama could only sustain it for 245 seconds, roughly four minutes.
Furthermore, he had to consider the mana cost of continuously detonating marks to deal damage. It's estimated that in actual combat, [Shadow of Death] wouldn't be active for more than a minute.
However, the damage inflicted would undoubtedly be terrifying. Even with just one layer of the Maggots of the Bone effect, it could cause Kenmyo Isayama himself to die beyond death before the effect fully settled.
Not to mention detonating three stacked marks simultaneously, which would also add 35% of the lost hit points, resulting in incredibly high explosive damage.
Nurgle's Gift:
"Praise of Life"
The former offers high sustainability + maximum survivability.
"Shadow of Death"
The latter offers execution + maximum burst damage.
Kenmyo Isayama just wanted to say one thing:
This affectionate father is truly too generous.
As for whether Nurgle's given skills to Kenmyo Isayama would have any loopholes, or if backdoors were implanted in the warhammer simulator.
Kenmyo Isayama estimated it was highly unlikely.
He had witnessed the warhammer simulator act, erasing the brand of a Norn Queen from the Hive Mind, the supreme leader of a timeline's swarm. This action was equivalent to completely rebranding a loyal Great Daemon under one of The Four Great Chaos Gods.
This time, it was a bit of a letdown.
However, the gap between Kenmyo Isayama and that entity was unimaginably vast, so he wasn't worried at all.
"And there are four essence of life. What are those?"
Kenmyo Isayama noticed that there seemed to be a few small items in the mail, so he immediately clicked to claim them and checked their attributes.
"essence of life"
Origin: Nurgle's Divine Realm (Processed)
Quality:??
Type: Ultra-rare consumable
Effect 1: Contains a large amount of life energy, which can significantly shorten the growth period of high-level species or purify impurities in soul-type life forms, granting them vitalization and even greater power.
Hint: If the host consumes this essence of life personally, it would be a huge waste.
Rating:?? (Insufficient Authority)
Description: A complete essence of life requires extracting the life of an entire world to refine. One carat could be equivalent to the lives of millions of people.
You definitely don't want to see its refining process. Life is merely the currency of the gods.
Selling Price: 100,000 points.
Kenmyo Isayama looked at the green glowing objects, each weighing one hundred carats, in his hand. He felt as if he was holding the populations of at least a dozen large worlds.
Damn it, Kenmyo Isayama had always wondered where the lives sacrificed by cultists went, or in what form they existed. Now it seemed they were all refined into this essence-like currency.
"Isn't this just like the Philosopher's Stone from the anime?"
That item was also refined from human lives, but its manifestation was not as outrageous as the essence of life given to Kenmyo Isayama by the Plague Lord.
The objects of its effect were also very intriguing. To be honest, when he saw the first line, Kenmyo Isayama felt it was meant for the Norn Queen to quickly pass through its growth period.
However, Kenmyo Isayama genuinely didn't want the Norn Queen to outgrow its infancy. Its food consumption had already reached a terrifying level, consuming five cows' worth of meat per day.
Kenmyo Isayama was almost impoverished by it, and this was still during its infancy. If the Norn Queen entered its developmental stage, its appetite would be unfathomably enormous.
Moreover, that thing could actually purify impurities from soul-type life forms and grant them evolutionary power. Kenmyo Isayama thought it might be used for his sister, but was he sure the life energy within wouldn't make her explode?
Just holding the item in his hand, Kenmyo Isayama felt a thrilling surge of power. To eat it... well, he didn't quite dare.
Presumably, the true purpose of this item was for Kenmyo Isayama's sister to evolve into a higher-level life form.
At the same time, it was the first time Kenmyo Isayama had seen the warhammer simulator offer points for recycling, indicating that it also desired this item.
The essence of life was definitely a good thing; otherwise, the simulator's recycling price wouldn't be set so high, at 100,000 points per piece.
"Why is Nurgle so good to me?"
Kenmyo Isayama held an essence of life up to the light, seeing its crystalline transparency within.
He muttered to himself,
"Could I be his long-lost son?"
Compared to Slaanesh's verbal promises, Kenmyo Isayama received unparalleled favor from Nurgle, with such an outpouring of resources that he thought he was the Plague Lord' biological son.
Kenmyo Isayama also felt very strange in his heart, wondering why all the Warp Chaos Gods he had encountered so far seemed extremely friendly towards him.
The first time Kenmyo Isayama underwent a D-rank simulation, Khorne sent him a gift.
During the second D-rank simulation, Gork and Mork personally increased the success rate of Kenmyo Isayama's skills. Kenmyo Isayama's Soul Eater skill truly couldn't have succeeded without the help of Gork and Mork, the supreme deities of the Orks.
During the C-rank simulation, Slaanesh, upon seeing him for the first time, declared that Kenmyo Isayama would be his chosen one, which was quite explosive in the entire history of the Warhammer World.
The power of Tzeentch, the "Lord of Change," instantly upgraded the book written by Kenmyo Isayama's Mentor, Ahriman, from an ancient version to the latest model.
The system mistakenly entered the territory of Nurgle, the "Plague Lord," and as a result, Father Nurgle immediately gave him two ultra-rare skills and four ultra-rare consumable items.
Kenmyo Isayama wondered, could he be the Son of the Warp?
"Come and cut me!"
A voice, muffled by the metal, sounded strangely magnetic, but the firm tone within it left no room for doubt.
"Ah, do I really have to cut?"
In contrast, the other person's tone sounded a bit hesitant, as if he didn't really want to take on this task; it felt like too much trouble to actually do it.
"That's an order."
Fushiguro Toji sighed. He had originally come to deliver a Cursed Spirit for his Boss's experiment.
"How did it come to this..."
After all, who would ask someone to cut them, especially when that person was his Boss?
Although in Fushiguro Toji's eyes, his Boss was an eccentric, seeing him appear in medieval-style noble knight armor was quite rare.
"Toji, you weren't so talkative last time when you stabbed me clean through."
Kenmyo Isayama gave Fushiguro Toji a look, but unfortunately, his face was encased in a full metal helmet, so all his expressions were naturally invisible.
Behind the azure mechanical eyes, Kenmyo Isayama could see Fushiguro Toji, holding a dangerous weapon, specifically marked by the "machine spirit" system on the holographic screen.
Kenmyo Isayama's power armor, custom-fitted for a normal physique, was perfectly snug. The silver-gray ceramite gleamed with a holy light under the illumination, and a huge golden cross on his chest was engraved with runes of the Emperor's blessing.
The armor on his right shoulder was carved with the emblem of the Inquisition, a fierce black skull filled with murderous intent, while the armor on his left shoulder bore the "Book of Truth," identical to that of the Grey Knights.
The book, bound in sacred silver material, symbolized the most powerful weapon against the forces of Chaos—an unwavering faith in the Emperor.
The reason Kenmyo Isayama still retained the Emperor's faith, which he was least fond of, on his power armor was that he had already tested it on the Cursed Spirits he had previously sealed at home; it had a special attack effect against evil spirits.
Even powerful Cursed Spirits, nearing Grade 2 from Grade 3, couldn't even get close before being directly shattered by the holy power.
The Emperor's blessings and the runes for warding off evil and exorcism, which Kenmyo Isayama had copied, surprisingly possessed such power.
Kenmyo Isayama spent 200,000 points to repair the dilapidated armor from Inquisitor Karamazov of the Inquisition. After repairs and modifications, it eventually took on the appearance of a Grey Knight's armor, which he then wore.
It was to commemorate the blow the Grey Knight had dealt him.
This power armor, with what looked like a golden spiked crescent moon on its back, was designed to be as heavy as a Terminator suit, yet it was extremely flexible. Wearing it caused no discomfort in movement, almost feeling like wearing a slightly thick overcoat. Kenmyo Isayama could control it as if it were an extension of his body, and in a state of psychic burst, the armored state would be even more flexible than being unarmored.
"It's a good opportunity to get used to your new weapon, too."
Because Kenmyo Isayama wasn't short on mana, he used the "Machine Overlord's Soul" to craft two custom chainswords: one for himself and one for Fushiguro Toji.
The "Waaagh" field's effect was simple: cutting.
Those who understand know that the feel of a chainsword when cutting people is truly superb, enjoying the beauty of blood and gore amidst the scorched smell of oil.
The Imperium has used this item for tens of thousands of years without any product updates or replacements, which shows how much Space Marines love chainswords.
They cleave demons above and smite heretics below.
Compared to exorcising Cursed Spirits, Fushiguro Toji's work more often involved dealing with people, so a blade that could easily tear through flesh was essential.
Kenmyo Isayama was willing to spend mana to construct the "Waaagh" field, so the hardness of the forged blade was in no way inferior to, and even far surpassed, the Special Grade Cursed Tool "Soul Eater Blade" he had taken from Fushiguro Toji.
Having Fushiguro Toji hack at him with the chainsword was to test the strength of Kenmyo Isayama's armor, which was crafted with a special triple-stamped, ultra-tech, high-hardness ceramite.
"Don't forget to chop a few more times, aim for the gaps in the joint armor!"
Kenmyo Isayama temporarily lifted some restrictions on Fushiguro Toji, such as the restriction on him being unable to attack him.
Otherwise, if Fushiguro Toji were to make an aggressive move against him, the accumulated penalties from violating over a dozen or twenty "demon blood contracts" would be enough to give him a hard time.
"Boss, if I get hurt, it's not my problem."
A sharp glint of a blade flashed. Fushiguro Toji took down the chainsword he had rested on his neck and pressed the switch on the hilt.
"Buzz buzz buzz."
Fushiguro Toji looked at the rotating blade. The steady hum of the chainsword produced an incredibly terrifying air friction sound, even louder than an oil saw emitting black smoke. He couldn't help but let out a whistle.
Fushiguro Toji retracted his gaze from the chainsword in his hand. The perfectly balanced weight offered an excellent feel from the blade itself.
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and a terrifying murderous intent suddenly erupted.
"Maybe it'll feel good!"
With a "whoosh," Fushiguro Toji vanished from his spot.
A burst of wind swept across the entire area.
Immediately following were the clashing sounds of high-pitched blades and the metallic clang of armor, mixing together and splashing out numerous hot sparks.
Before his sprint ended, Fushiguro Toji used the momentum to swing his blade, and the sharp blade shot out, directly hacking at the weakest point of Kenmyo Isayama's "Sacred Blood" power armor.
It was the connection point between the head armor and the body power armor, which was the neck!
Fushiguro Toji's chainsword scraped against the special metal at Kenmyo Isayama's neck, emitting a harsh, grating sound, tirelessly cutting.
Kenmyo Isayama, fully encased in the Terminator power armor, stood as unmoving as a mountain under this blow.
Good heavens, he wasn't holding back at all.
The movements were so ruthless that Kenmyo Isayama even thought Fushiguro Toji might be planning to go solo, abandoning him as his Boss.
Since it was agreed to test the performance of the "Sacred Shield" power armor, it had to be under extreme conditions. Hardness was only one aspect; he would also test how this power armor performed against high-grade Cursed Spirit Cursed Technique artillery.
As soon as Fushiguro Toji's attack was launched, the "machine spirit," upgraded by the "warhammer simulator," had already been captured by high-speed cameras and its attack path analyzed.
At this moment, on the holographic panel in front of Kenmyo Isayama, the neck area was emitting a pulsating wave, indicating that this area was under attack.
Although there was a vibrating effect, Fushiguro Toji's attacks remained on the surface and could not penetrate to cut the interior.
Feeling the blade unable to press further, Fushiguro Toji frowned and shifted his gaze to Kenmyo Isayama's full power armor.
"Not even a scratch?"
This further ignited his ferocity.
Fushiguro Toji's moves were no longer limited to cunning slashes but purely showcased the offensive power of his swordsmanship, bringing out the essence of precision and deadliness to its fullest.
But whether it was violent two-handed cleaves, downward thrusts, or upward swings, none could inflict even the slightest injury on Kenmyo Isayama's "Sacred Shield" power armor.
It wasn't that the chainsword produced by Kenmyo Isayama was too weak; if such a weapon were given to Fushiguro Toji, even tens of centimeters of special steel plate wouldn't withstand his abuse. (In the original work, Fushiguro Toji, with just one knife and his physical strength, managed to destroy Suguru Geto's Rainbow Dragon.)
The main reason was the exceptional quality of the "Sacred Shield" type power armor, which Kenmyo Isayama had repaired and blessed with 200,000 points from the "warhammer simulator": high hardness, special attack against evil forces, and a joyful machine spirit.
That was 200,000 points.
Kenmyo Isayama had completed five rounds of C-class simulations, earning a total of 450,000 points, and he had used almost half of it in one go.
Thanks to Fushiguro Toji, Kenmyo Isayama collected a lot of data today on the "Sacred Shield" type power armor's resilience under extreme conditions.
"I'm done playing."
After delivering his final blow, Fushiguro Toji grumbled, then rested the back of the blade on his neck and turned to leave.
If he continued to hack away, the chainsword Fushiguro Toji had just acquired would be ruined.
"Giving up so soon? Weakling."
Kenmyo Isayama was about to walk over, but he stopped when he noticed Fushiguro Toji's precious Cursed Spirit, Ugly Treasure, wiggling its body and crawling towards him.
It would be terrible if Ugly Treasure were to die because of the "Sacred Shield" Terminator armor.
Kenmyo Isayama felt that Fushiguro Toji might be closer to Ugly Treasure than to his own son.
After walking a considerable distance, Fushiguro Toji called his Cursed Spirit, "Ugly Treasure," over. It slowly climbed onto his shoulder, and after watching "Ugly Treasure" completely devour the chainsword, he turned to his Boss, Kenmyo Isayama, and said,
"Boss, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
"Hmm, alright, thanks for your hard work."
Kenmyo Isayama suddenly remembered something. With a flick of his hand, four green and four red test tubes appeared in his palm. They had disposable syringes at the bottom and were all packed in a box.
"Wait, there are these things too."
Kenmyo Isayama simply tossed the entire box over.
Fushiguro Toji paused slightly, but his hand movements were quick, catching it directly.
"It's not poison. In short, the green one is for when you're about to die, and the red one is for when you're fighting for your life."
"When you use it, aim for the neck and inject it directly. Also, for the red one, the 'fighting for your life' one, you can't use three consecutively at once. A maximum of two per day."
"If you use them, remember to tell me your thoughts."
Kenmyo Isayama said in a calm tone.
"Okay, thank you, Boss."
After Fushiguro Toji once again had "Ugly Treasure" swallow the box along with the reagents, he left. He didn't even ask about the side effects of the medicine or its origin, showing great trust.
These were two potions Kenmyo Isayama had made, prototypes and practice pieces.
"Alchemy Skill Unlocked."
The skill book was much easier to use than imagined; it unlocked instantly.
"red letter redemption" Engraving Interpretation +60
By interpreting the "red letter redemption" engraving, one can quickly improve their alchemy skill level.
"Alchemy Skill Level Upgraded to LV.8 (Increased by LV.7)."
"Void Pharmacology Skill Level Upgraded to LV.8 (Increased by LV.7)."
Through the study of "red letter redemption" and "Imperial Apothecary - From Beginner to Master," Kenmyo Isayama finally became a qualified low-level alchemist.
The green bottle's name was:
"RTC - Life Revitalization Potion"
Origin: Jujutsu Kaisen
Kenmyo Isayama Production Line No. 1.
Quality: White
Type: Recovery Item
Effect: After consumption, restores 5% of health per second for three seconds.
Rating: 10 (Note: White items are rated from 1 to 10, with the rating representing the item's value.)
Description: A proud creation of a budding alchemist, a work for restoring vitality.
And the red one was this:
"DEAD - Mutual Destruction Potion"
Origin: Jujutsu Kaisen
Kenmyo Isayama Production Line No. 1.
Quality: White
Type: Stimulant
Effect: After consumption, temporarily stimulates adrenaline secretion in the brain, Dynamic Vision +50%, Blood Flow Rate +20%, significantly increasing combat power.
Rating: 8 (Note: White items are rated from 1 to 10, with the rating representing the item's value.)
Description: A proud creation of a budding alchemist, but this work seems to have a slight flaw.
Warning: Ingesting more than two injections within a day will lead to a 100% increased risk of brain overload and a risk of body temperature exceeding 45 degrees Celsius.
There is a high probability of death.
Although they didn't look like much, being the lowest-grade white items, they were indeed manufactured by Kenmyo Isayama, achieving the process from zero to something.
Although he looked down on such trash potions, in the world he was in, such rare goods had never existed!
The "RTC - Life Revitalization Potion" could perfectly achieve a power similar to "Reverse Cursed Technique." Injecting one bottle could restore fifteen percent of health.
Two bottles would be thirty percent.
The high mortality rate of Jujutsu Sorcerer has always been a headache for the Jujutsu Sorcerer Association, but with this potion, casualties would be greatly reduced.
And the number of Jujutsu Sorcerer who can use the healing Cursed Technique "Reverse Cursed Technique" is very few, countable on one's fingers.
Kenmyo Isayama only knew one, Shoko / Ieiri Shoko, and her workload was notoriously heavy. All Jujutsu Sorcerer, except those who died too quickly to be saved, would be sent to Shoko / Ieiri Shoko, where she would be relentlessly exploited.
Kenmyo Isayama's potions were the power to break this dilemma. Making one such potion only consumed 150 mana points and materials worth fifty points. (Because the medicinal materials came from the Warhammer World, they needed to be exchanged.)
The preparation time was about fifty seconds, and at full effort, he could prepare ten bottles at once.
The profit margin here was quite astonishing.
He could get rich in the Jujutsu Sorcerer Association purely by relying on the "RTC - Life Revitalization Potion."
If Kenmyo Isayama demanded a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit and 500,000 yen for one bottle of this reagent, would the Jujutsu Sorcerer Association agree? (Grade 3 Cursed Spirits' points range from 80 to 500.)
That's why Kenmyo Isayama gave these experimental products to Fushiguro Toji, hoping he could help evaluate them and end the clinical trials sooner.
He wanted to be the Holy Flame of the Jujutsu World.
No matter which world, monopoly is the only way to achieve the most terrifying profits.
"New experimental materials have arrived."
Kenmyo Isayama thought of that idol Cursed Spirit.
"It's time to upgrade it."