[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor":3,"chapter-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-317":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: Starting as a Planetary Governor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1681087,2147,"Chapter 317 318 – Planet Danus, Fierce Tyranid Hunters?","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-317",317,"\u003Cp>Savior's Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Private Quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden sat at his desk, scrolling through the files sent by the search teams regarding the traces of the Sons of Man Chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened one image and projected it into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image showed a weathered, ancient stone slab, clearly bearing the marks of time. Yet the sacred figure carved upon it was still distinctly recognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the icon, a group of primitive natives knelt, holding stone weapons, seemingly engaged in some form of worship ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technicians in the search team had conducted spectrographic analyses on the slab, confirming it was carved by some form of life over a thousand years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden sucked in a sharp breath as he studied the carving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's... that's me. How could this exist a thousand years ago, being worshiped on some distant planet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure on the slab matched the Savior's standard depiction from the Redeemer's Scriptures, with almost no deviation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, Eden pulled up another image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one showed a different scene: several figures resembling Space Marines standing before the sacred image, offering swords and weapons to kneeling natives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Eden could already guess what had happened, though he continued patiently reviewing the detailed records from the search teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discovery was made by Search Team No. 55.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After receiving the mission, they had spent years combing through the region where the Sons of Man had disappeared, searching system after system with no success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only recently had they found the faintest signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came from a barren desert world nearby, detected by a locator beacon embedded within a slab of stone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—a beacon that was unmistakably of Redeemer manufacture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excited, Team 55 descended to the planet and discovered not only the beacon embedded in an ancient arena but several stone slabs depicting various scenes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worship of the Savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space Marines interacting with the natives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans battling Tyranids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natives feasting on Tyranid meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before the search team could conduct a full investigation, they were attacked by a group of chained Tyranids and were forced to retreat into orbit, reporting their findings immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden stared at one particular slab depicting a massive cauldron cooking Tyranid meat. A surge of familiarity welled up inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was no ordinary cookware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a high-grade, ultra-durable alloy cooking pot —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—designed by Eden himself decades ago for Big Barrel and his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's only one truth here,\" Eden muttered, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Barrel must have fallen into a Warp storm and ended up a thousand years in the past on this desert planet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warp was a realm of thought, a place with almost no physical laws. Time and space there were chaotic, flowing unpredictably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Great Rift, the material universe had suffered increasing temporal distortions under Warp energies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some regions even experienced severe time mismatches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't unheard of for ships to spend a few months in the Warp, only to emerge centuries later, or sometimes, paradoxically, to arrive even before they had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tales of such bizarre and terrifying incidents circulated widely among the fleets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In extremely rare cases, ships could even travel back in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were already Imperial records of such occurrences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, a vessel named the Eternal Soul from the Dark Age of Technology had entered the Warp during M24.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught in a massive Warp storm, it somehow traveled across time to the era of the Horus Heresy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surviving crew claimed they had sailed through the Warp to the end of time itself, witnessing the birth and eventual destruction of the galaxy by Chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, the ignorant and superstitious Imperium of the 40K era condemned them as heretics and burned them alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There even existed a secret Inquisition order known as the \"Chrono-Court,\" dedicated to monitoring time anomalies and preventing threats from time distortions caused by Warp travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, humanity had achieved some limited research into the mysteries of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One famous scholar, August Hayden VII, even wrote a treatise titled Avoid Becoming Your Own Grandfather and Other Paradoxes That Forced the Creation of the Ministry of Unnecessary Documents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden closed the data slate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they had found traces of the Sons of Man and Big Barrel, the situation was much easier to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned back, chuckling to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A thousand years... I wonder what Big Barrel and the others have become. Hopefully, they didn't go backward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a genuine flicker of anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to personally travel to the planet and bring them home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a month later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far among the stars, space rippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dreamweaver emerged from a Warp passage, slowing to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the bridge, the captain reported respectfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Savior, we have arrived at the destination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm. Still quite far out,\" Eden said, removing his eyepatch and stretching as he rose from his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He approached the observation dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead lay a brown, barren desert world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to translations of the slab inscriptions, its name was Danus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A half-desert planet, it possessed only a few oases where humans could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was near one of these oases that Search Team 55 had found the ancient arena and the stone slabs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No other human signs had been detected nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Intelligence Officer Tacco approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to the latest intelligence,\" Tacco reported, \"Search Team 55 found a human kingdom on Danus. They are currently making contact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The native civilization had entered a feudal monarchy era, calling itself the Kingdom of Kairn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had achieved a rough level of technology and demonstrated notable combat prowess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, much of their technology was crude—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>obviously derived from the Redeemer's technology, albeit in distorted forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Tacco's description, it was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Barrel must have influenced the local civilization, artificially accelerating certain technological developments while letting others lag behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In matters of faith, though, there was no distortion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kingdom of Kairn's belief system mirrored the Savior's faith almost perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly Big Barrel's doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So pure...\" Eden murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment he arrived, he could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire planet's faith was focused upon him with immense intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many individuals possessed faith strong enough to receive divine blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were even capable of undergoing a second benediction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wished, Eden could easily annex the planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed no trace of the Sons of Man Chapter or Big Barrel here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must have left Danus at some point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they had left behind clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden turned to Tacco and ordered, \"Let's go down and take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, Eden boarded a landing craft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their destination: the Kingdom of Kairn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to understand what had happened to Big Barrel and his warriors during these long centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kingdom of Kairn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Savior's Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust storms swept across the ochre plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A towering golden sun blazed overhead, and beneath it stood a massive stone square, dominated by an enormous statue of the Savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, tens of thousands of faithful were gathered on the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the leadership of King Kairn XVII, they were conducting a grand ceremony in honor of the Savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to legend, the Savior had once sent a divine angel — Big Barrel — to aid the people of Danus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Barrel had led the angels against the monstrous Tyranids from beyond the stars, saving the Danusian people from destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had taught them how to fight the swarms—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—and even how to cook and eat the Tyranids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his teachings, the Danusians had grown stronger, able to survive in the harsh desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Tyranids were no longer an existential threat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ancient tradition of hunting them remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the ultimate rite of passage for a warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the ritual prayers, ranks of muscular young men, clothed only in rough linen shorts, ascended the central platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the Newblood Warriors preparing for their sacred trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mission was to venture into the desert, hunt down Tyranids,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>return with blood and bone as offerings to the Savior,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>feast upon their kills,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and fashion trophies from the Tyranid remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who succeeded would earn the title Tyranid Hunter —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—one of the highest honors on Danus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front of the formation stood Prince Salo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to glance at his father, King Kairn XVII, who proudly wore armor and ornaments crafted from Tyranid carapaces and bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Salo's eyes shone with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father had once singlehandedly slain a Sand Serpent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a monstrous Tyranid nearly eight meters long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a feat no Newblood had achieved in decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will slay one too,\" Salo vowed fiercely in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had trained for this day for over a decade,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>honing his body, mastering combat skills,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>studying every Tyranid species, their patterns and weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, the angels had long departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had remained, exceptional warriors might even have earned a second trial—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—becoming angels themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was every Danusian's dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A priest, adorned with Tyranid bones, approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smeared dark green paint across Salo's face—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—the sacred color of the angels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good luck,\" the priest said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hunting Tyranids had always been dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the people of Danus yearned for the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was their way of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the strong survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weak became food for the swarms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Newbloods collected their weapons from the sacred racks:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alloy spears, chain swords, lasguns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No armor was allowed in the trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only flesh and steel against the Tyranids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More powerful relics, like bolt pistols or power swords,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were kept locked in the sanctuaries—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only wielded in dire emergencies by kings or top hunters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the Newbloods armed themselves—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—a commotion rippled through the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People pointed skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shadow swept across the Savior's Sanctuary, blotting out the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Salo looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic ship was descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the young prince felt no fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body trembled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be... the prophesied Holy Ship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving Danus, the angels had foretold:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, the Holy Ship would return,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the people would once again be reunited with the Savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would see the angels again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more importantly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—they would be offered the chance for a greater trial—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—to become angels themselves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Salo could react further, the priests collapsed to the ground, shouting with zeal:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faithful ones, the Holy Ship has arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Savior descends upon Danus!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The square erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of believers knelt as one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Kairn XVII and his guards knelt in warrior salutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across every oasis on Danus, prayers and cries of joy rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the ship was seen—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—people dropped to their knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Welcoming the Holy Ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Welcoming the Great Savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a smaller craft detached and landed gently on the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a hiss, the ramp lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden stepped down, dressed in his dark-gold ceremonial robes, radiating majesty and holiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he descended, he was greeted by the sight of tens of thousands prostrating before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Eden, who had expected loyalty, was surprised by the sheer intensity of their devotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was Big Barrel's doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professional as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the entire methods of fostering faith in the Redeemer's territories had originated from Eden himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Savior has descended!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priest shouted, banging his forehead on the stone slab in fervent worship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden winced slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're a little too devout...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking quickly, he instructed the Dreamweaver to broadcast sacred hymns across the planet's atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Savior's first appearance had to be proper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the soaring hymns, Eden addressed the people of Danus, blessing them and telling them to rise and return to their lives—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—lest kneeling too long cause harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Barrel... you've done well. You didn't let me down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he accepted the formal audience of King Kairn XVII and the High Priest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through their words and the records they had preserved, Eden pieced together the events of the past millennium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand years ago, Big Barrel and the Sons of Man, caught in a Warp time storm, had been thrown back to the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They crash-landed on Danus—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—and were immediately pursued by a Tyranid Hive Fleet's escort ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus began the infestation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Danus' desert environment slowed the Tyranids' growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Barrel and his brothers fought a bitter war for centuries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>helping the natives survive,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spreading the faith,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>teaching them how to hunt,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and even how to cook the rather sour but edible Tyranid meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left behind many \"holy books,\" such as:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Hundred Ways to Stir-Fry Tyranid Meat\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Best Way to Boil a Tyranid\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to Easily Kill Tyranids\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What to Do During a Tyranid Swarm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He introduced limited technology, helped found kingdoms, and became the Danusians' angel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through centuries of battle, the Danusians became a fierce people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two centuries ago, a mysterious rift appeared in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big Barrel and his forces seized the opportunity and left, hoping to return to their rightful time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two centuries ago, a space rift...\" Eden mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So they were waiting for a rift in time itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must have left then, hoping to find their way home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, King Kairn XVII knelt again, his eyes shining with reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"O Great Savior,\" he said, voice trembling with hope,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Holy Trial is about to begin. Would you honor us by witnessing our warriors' battle against the Tyranids?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Check Out My Patreon For +20 Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!!][[email protected]\u002Fzaelum]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+500 Power Stones = +1 Extra Chapter]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thank You For Your Support!]\u003C\u002Fp>",2256,"2026-06-06T13:29:01.688Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e3deee47817c064c2f07bc696d69132cd7f534fce12e79c7056775a54021b89","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-318","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-316",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-cover.jpg"]