NOVEL NEXT Chapter 52: Dark Celebrations part 1: The Ascension of the Dark One
(General POV)
Location the Abyssal Library/Chamber of Prophecies
With the fifth Daemon Queen to be Cassandra Larmes De'sanguine who unlike Karim or Jade all he needed to convert her to Chaos and his thrall he showed her was the truth, the power she always craved, a vision of the future of the fallen Guard at her command, to be able to ascend pass that of a mere human he offer this and felt the surge of her emotion as she only saw a form that wouldn't break her mind, so Laharl took the form of the shadow and still she felt admiration, amazement, desire, and more those emotions Cassandra felt made things easier as she accepted his offer and the moment she took his hand Laharl marked her completely as she started spreading the corruption of Carnage across the Kolbaline Guard, Jade would spread it to the Gobos, and as Karim progressed and earned more of the dark knowledge she coveted as she started her more awful experiment offering her victims souls to the Dark One as soon a great war shall befall Kolbaline from many sides as the souls either claimed or willing given will make Laharl stronger and Kolbaline shall become a daemon world his plans are progressing nicely.
Finishing using his God Ability-Materium Communication, Laharl finally saw that it is true humans, especially Guard no matter if its pre or pro-crusade they all fall to the temptations of Chaos as Laharl turned his attention to his first son, and general the thirteen eyed/six winged beholder he told him to keep scrying and if something important occurred that he should inform him immediately, Ba'al closed his eyes and respectfully bowed to the Dark One in his own way as Laharl stood up from his "chair" stretched himself completely before leaving Ba'al chamber as Laharl walked further away and started feeling Ba'al begin to enter his trance and enter the "Web of Time" he contacted the Scriptors with his psychic force and told them they can re-enter the Chamber of Prophecies and continue their work as many Void Wraiths started to quickly to fly and go passed him all ghost like Laharl decided to walk out the Library to think of what to do for his Wives since he promised them he'll perform a dark wedding for them as he was lost in though he sensed that both Chi and Kiira have awakened but still in the bed chambers with succubi deciding to go there he hasten his walk through the Abyssal Library but not before contacting his lovely Aillia to keep him inform of the Chaos corruption of Kolbaline as well as the progress of his new queens and wives-to-be she answered with cheery voice that she will inform should something mayor occur so Laharl thanked her as he started to find the stair leading back to the Forbidden Sections of the Library.
While he traversed the many levels of the Abyssal Library he noticed his bare feet started to change like his wing did no so long ago turning a blackish purple and his toes became short sharp maroon colored claws seems that his ascension to a Lesser Force of Nature was not done upgrading his base form which Laharl admit he is greatly enjoying deciding to stop walking for a moment as his wing reached around and grasp his pauldron he watched the many shelves of bad timelines, countless Void Wraiths he started bending the warp to merge his lesser daemon sorcerers to Ba'al domain to serve as they're territory and to reinforce both his legion and Ba'al own personal force Aillia confirmed my alterations to the Abyssal Library before she went quiet Laharl asked her if he can upgrade his cloths with not only using the Warp Manipulation to turn them to a higher grade and further with the remaining 465k of souls that he has on his possession Aillia responded immediately
Laharl began with hooded sleeveless vest adding to it color with black and dark purple on it back his mark, the Mark of Carnage in black and violet also the skull of the Warboss he beheaded with his Avatar, the Skull of Gorkarg now merge to the zipper with the fanged skull of the former ork used as a trophy and accessory with violet and grey light illumination through the skull's eye and nose hole.
Laharl didn't stop there he used a lot of his power in several thousand souls on the skull itself mutating it sprouting horns and actually bestowing it with a power to be used as a protection against several enemies that try to banish or push him out the Materium despite being fanatical psychopaths their devotion to the future Corpse Emperor has made many strong and able to block off the whispers and temptations of the warp well this skull containing much of the essences of Chaos, Carnage and the Warp will allow him to keep interacting with the Materium and push back those that resist against him from the Skull of Gorkarg to the "Skull of Eternal Ruin" Laharl knew keeping the skull would prove useful and not only that while he'll focus to spread his corruption and feeding on more than just the Humans like his future siblings this will allow him to stay in power and be stronger then Khorne, Nurgle, or Tzeentch when the fall of Chaos occurs from the Anathema's Great Crusade.
Next he started upgrading his armor starting from his right arm, as the warp bend around his said arm it responded also started to change and transform as his claws grew in length and gain similar joint hooks like his Claw of Hades, the skin around said arm turned black like his left only retaining some of it humanoid features once it was done ascending as Laharl supposed his fingerless power armor transformed into a large black fingerless power-gauntlet with violet and maroon accents a spiked ring on the elbow joint and his mark in gold on the back of the gauntlet, then came the shoulder pauldron while he originally based it on the Fallen Angel he still desired that look only better making it larger not at the same level as Terminator armor but to provide greater protection as black spikes sprouted from said pauldron and grey daemon face which is impaled by said spikes.
His left Terminator Pauldron armor he made larger then before resembling the shoulder pauldron of the Avatar of Carnage, the Infernal Destroyer with the horned razor-sharp obsidian teeth daemon head with the mark of carnage surrounding the closed mouth daemon also the new violet trim at the edges of the pauldron sprouted short spike also made of obsidian thus finishing his upgrades to his older daemonic power armor.
Next he added a new piece of daemonic armor that connected to his better enhanced sheath of his Ragnarok now with the depictions of thousand of spectral daemon faces now the powers of his God-weapon resonate and empowers it but back to the waist armor a large metal dark purple belt with a massive horned fanged skull on the front similar to his knee-guard on his right knee.
His pants remain basically the same with exception of burgundy and violet accents given to the silhouettes of daemonic faces and adding spiked chackles above his ankle area he has finished with cloth upgrades as he used a lot of his Warp Manipulation Skill and about a couple hundred thousand souls to augment these new additions and armor as he felt another part of his body transform coming from his lower back it was painful for a moment as Laharl felt something rip out both the left and right sides of said area while short in time length it was excruciating that actually forced him down one of his knees and he grunted as he clenched his teeth as the pain quickly subsided as the Dark One felt the connection to these new limbs, as he stood and stretched them he gained a smaller pair of black wings in comparison to his upper one he can feel the Immaterium and his divinities in a whole another level than before Laharl decided that he has walked enough and he wanted to test his newest wings he calmly walked a few steps forward unfolded his upper wing stretching it far before the Chaos God bended his legs slightly and with a great burst of air created by his three wings flapping his took off in great speed, ascending to the air and flying his way out the Forbidden Sections of the Abyssal Library.