[{"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-660":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},1681451,2147,"Chapter 660: Saviour: This Is Hard to Handle. Should We Just Dig the Emperor Out and Use Him to Hold the Line?!","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-660",660,"\u003Cp>\"That terrifying enemy has appeared. It's even more dreadful than we imagined…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden's brows knit tight, a thick wariness rising in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Departmento Munitorum's intelligence, a flanking detachment of the Redemption Fourth Fleet was struck in the central region of Vostonius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the burning light of the void, a horrific shadow of a daemon destroyed a major fleet formation that included eight battleships and more than a dozen super-heavy destroyers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of warships in that formation were annihilated. Not one survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More terrifying still: the enemy didn't rely on a sorcerous array or a warp-born cataclysm. It destroyed every ship with brute physical force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden scanned the report and let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thousands upon thousands of shipborne batteries couldn't halt its advance. The warp lanes were sealed, and there was no way to flee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden's expression darkened as he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After that, the same enemy struck the main body of the Redemption Third Fleet. Fleet Commander Woladi reacted in time. At the cost of dozens of ships, they bought a window to withdraw.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They successfully used a Webway route to evacuate the high-risk zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the enemy had only destroyed an Imperial void-fortress, that could still be explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fortress can barely move. A high-tier being could breach it via taboo sorcery or a ground incursion to destroy its core and trigger a catastrophic detonation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, what was destroyed was a fleet that could maneuver, a fleet that was \"alive,\" and it had been butchered to the last hull by a single entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone spoke to how terrifying the foe truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Saviour's words thickened the air. The atmosphere grew heavy, as if some unknown pressure was bearing down on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the primarchs all felt a weight in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eden, brother… how did the enemy even do that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman swallowed. His throat was dry. Strength on that scale had already exceeded common sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Perturabo, standing beside him, felt a deepening dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not imagine what kind of power was required to destroy an entire fleet using only personal violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several seconds of silence, Perturabo spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I could seize a warship by force, then use machinecraft to turn it on the rest. But against a sector-level fleet or greater, I would lose without question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In most cases, an Imperial fleet possessed strong escorts. It also had Adeptus Astartes operating in concert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it would not hesitate to employ forbidden weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not something an individual could challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman also offered his assessment, measuring the enemy's capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've awakened my essence. I could force my way into a ship and destroy the life within. Given enough time, I could inflict serious damage through assault and infiltration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I cannot exterminate an entire fleet, especially once it's on alert. And I certainly cannot directly destroy the ships themselves, those kilometer-long leviathans…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the holo-projection of shipwrecks that had been torn apart by sheer force, and the pressure in his chest grew heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman considered himself among the Imperium's highest-tier combat power, yet he could not see a path to defeating such an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and the Lord of Iron both looked to the Saviour. That brother was the strongest known battle asset the Imperium currently possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet neither of them held much hope. No matter how strong the Saviour was, his strength had still been within a range they could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman could not help thinking of the battle between the Emperor, that father, and Horus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That battle had also surpassed common sense, causing devastation on an extreme scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave that spilled out from the Vengeful Spirit had nearly destroyed every ship nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps only the father could deal with a foe like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could not rise from the Golden Throne to fight again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden's face was full of worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the gaze of his two brothers, he spoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by personal force alone, I can destroy a void-fortress or a warship. I can even destroy a fleet…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cloned Tyranid body—Bladewing—had grown stronger under the nourishment of vast biomass, gaining the raw power to smash a battleship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it could devour biomass on the spot to produce spore sacs and cultivate swarms. Given enough time, it could birth a tide of organisms mid-battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That swarm could then assault an entire fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman and Perturabo were struck dumb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-brother… you have the same kind of force as that enemy?! When did that happen?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman's throat went hoarse, his scalp tingling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all primarchs. How could the gap between them be this absurd?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, the Saviour had certainly been powerful, but still within a range Guilliman could keep his mentality steady around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman could score an eighty, the Saviour could score a hundred. At least it still felt like the same exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now Guilliman realized the Saviour only scored a hundred because the paper only allowed a hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Saviour's true \"score\" was far beyond the scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, even Fulgrim, trussed up in elaborate bindings, went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the Saviour was this strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much more had that damned cautious bastard been hiding?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the shock, Guilliman felt a flash of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eden, brother… then doesn't that mean you can defeat that Chaos powerhouse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. That thing is stronger than me, by a margin…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden shook his head, his wariness unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on the wreckage analysis, I don't have much hope of winning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, he had received comparative analysis data from the Departmento Munitorum and the Tyranid research divisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cloned body—Bladewing—could not reliably defeat that enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse, that body had not fully matured yet. There was a serious chance it would be contaminated by Chaos warp energy, triggering unpredictable failure modes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Departmento Munitorum was still running analysis to find a way to win, including sorcery, forbidden relics, or the latest Saviour-pattern Redemption armour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden's answer extinguished the brief uplift in Guilliman and the others, dragging the mood down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden himself was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not felt this level of crisis in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing the report, he was reminded that the galaxy and the Warp still contained truly horrific force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even ignoring the horrors birthed by the gods, the material universe held individuals with even more destructive potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the C'tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were gods of the material universe, planet-eating terrors. Many shards were now controlled by the Necrons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no guarantee they would not inflict catastrophic losses on mankind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, no C'tan-level individual had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet a single Chaos-forged individual weapon was already driving them to the brink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rotten world truly was \"hell difficulty\" for humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Warp: the Chaos Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the material universe: the C'tan, and the Great Devourer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any one of them dropped into another world would be an apocalyptic threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, they were all present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group continued their analysis of the intelligence and the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reviewing everything, Perturabo delivered a grim conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He projected a star chart, marking every location where the enemy had appeared, spanning Vostonius and surrounding sectors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That unknown Chaos individual is hunting Imperial fleets and fortress firebases. It also possesses mobility that rivals a fleet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More dangerously, its activity range is expanding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This likely relates to the sector-spanning Chaos array. Once that array spreads, it will be able to move without restraint into far more regions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman stared at the projection, anger building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is a weapon the Chaos Gods are projecting into the Imperium. Once the Chaos array expands to cover the entire Shrouded Star Region, mankind may lose control of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Eden also received forecasts from the Departmento Munitorum and the Psychic Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prediction aligned with the Lord of Iron's analysis. The worst-case scenario was taking shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperium's ability to hold a vast realm depended on naval fleets stationed across regions, sectors, and systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the Chaos Gods could strike Imperial naval power at will, and at the scale of sector fleets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was the Imperium supposed to withstand that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each fleet was among the Imperium's most expensive assets, often taking a century-scale timeline to build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Chaos Gods destroyed a sector fleet every so often, the Imperium could not sustain it. Local control would collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, the enemy was a high-tier individual, extremely fast, and capable of shifting via the Warp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time it moved, the Imperium bled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no effective defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most likely, that individual weapon was already hunting its next target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Imperium could not hide its fleets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the fleets hid, how would it govern its domain at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a clean strike at the Imperium's arterial lifeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no avoiding it, and no more time to stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every moment delayed meant immense losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to resolve that enemy as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden took a deep breath and forced his resolve back into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Guilliman and the others, his tone firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Data is only data. No matter what, we have to stop that thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the very least, we attempt once and find out what it actually is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That enemy's brute force was indeed terrifying, but a primarch was not a disposable infantryman to be erased casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they had three primarchs who had awakened their essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a Chaos array, forbidden relics, and proper preparation, victory was not impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We return to Kalistede and regroup with the Lion and the others. I refuse to believe five primarchs can't hold that thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden rose and issued a rapid sequence of orders, instructing the Departmento Munitorum to draft an engagement plan, a withdrawal plan, and the corresponding weapons and logistics package.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that terrifying enemy appeared again, they would intercept and test whether they could inflict meaningful damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, they would withdraw immediately and seek a new solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there's truly no other way… then we'll have to swallow losses and see if we can get the Emperor off the Golden Throne.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden's mind drifted to an older proposal from the Throne research divisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan was to excavate the entire Imperial Palace and the Webway entrance beneath the Himalazia, then transfer them into the Dawnlight City Webway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would allow far stronger defensive deployment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the new location would be within the operating range of the Emperor's clone-body, letting the old man \"guard himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would remove constant anxiety about the Golden Throne's safety. The Palace being attacked repeatedly was nerve-wracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, it would allow the Emperor's clone-body, together with the researchers, to repair the Golden Throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the being most familiar with the Throne, and he was best suited to conduct repairs under that psychic pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other high-ranking Tech-Priests or psykers simply could not endure the high-pressure psychic environment around the Throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was one of the core reasons repairs were so difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps once the Golden Throne was repaired and its psychic suppression reduced, the Emperor's clone-body could replace the original.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Emperor's true withered remains could be \"dug out,\" allowing him to act in the galaxy directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Emperor's primary function was to use his Warp essence to suppress the Webway breach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the clone-body was not rejected by the Golden Throne, the plan had a chance of success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can initiate this plan early. The Imperium is vast. Trading space for time, we should be able to hold until the plan succeeds…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden fell quiet as he ran through the implications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a brutal plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It required countless bait operations to buy time, sacrificing innumerable Imperial worlds and lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If every attempt to stop that terrifying enemy failed, this would be the only remaining option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, Eden did not want events to reach that point, forcing the Imperium's revival plan to be delayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Perturabo and laid out another operational concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, when the time comes, I'll likely need you to work with the sorcerers to construct a new Maugetar Stone array, to see if it can affect that thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lex-Rule Armour recorded every node of the Maugetar Stone array. With help from a high-tier sorcerer or a Librarian, I have a 97.13% probability of reconstructing it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo's answer was precise down to the decimal, and it carried a strange sense of certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'm counting on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden nodded, satisfied. The Lord of Iron's brain was, as ever, exceptionally useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing him back to the Imperium had been an unequivocally correct choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his thoughts organized, Eden no longer bothered with the Chaos daemons trembling in the audience stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regrouping was now the priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden planted a mechanical psychic beacon into the ground, illuminating his position. A teleportation array spread outward along the arena floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he hauled Fulgrim like a dead dog and stepped into the transfer zone with Guilliman and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They intended to return to the Blackstone Ark of Omen—Burning Heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Eden's shock, the teleportation beam from the Ark did not descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was being obstructed by something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrible premonition surged up his spine, and he snapped his head up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horizon of this daemon world was burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warp-flame surged from the ground to the sky, and enormous were forming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an attack from Chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahaha. The gods have sent new strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fulgrim bit down and shattered the holy grenade in his mouth, letting its energy sear his mouth and face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the Saviour with hateful delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're not going back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you won't have a chance to stop any of it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Get +30 Extra Chapters On — P@tr3on \"Zaelum\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Every 300 Power Stones = 1 Bonus Chapter Drop]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thanks for Reading!]\u003C\u002Fp>",2316,"2026-06-06T13:29:23.563Z",1,"novelbin.me","350a8868b2a45139a6f20ebdc0f097245026d15ff1f4ddbace3d96af48eee6d0","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-661","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-659",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-cover.jpg"]