[{"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-78":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},1680848,2147,"Chapter 78: Sacrificing Everything for the Governor!","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-78",78,"\u003Cp>In the Hoffman family's mansion, the sounds of artillery boomed outside while screams echoed within. Blood spilled across the floor, pooling at Yusef's feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you doing this, child?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Hoffman, a frail, white-haired elder in red robes, looked at Yusef, trembling with sadness in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To live up to your teachings...\" Yusef replied emotionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them, the slaughter continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Masked soldiers wielding blades butchered the members of the Hoffman family one by one, sealing their bodies in containers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Hoffman sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the child he had raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had pinned his greatest hopes on Yusef, his fourteenth, illegitimate grandson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the point of using a data link to transfer the entire legacy of the Hoffman family into Yusef's mind when he was still an infant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had engraved the family's shameful three-thousand-year history into Yusef's consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Yusef could walk, Old Hoffman was already teaching him the art of scheming, nurturing his ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Yusef's sixth birthday, Old Hoffman ordered him to brutally murder his best playmate, teaching him that the best heirs of the Hoffman family needed no emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only reason he lived was to erase the shame of the Hoffman family and claim the position that had eluded them for millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Hoffman's education was successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yusef had grown into exactly what he wanted: exceptional and ambitious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through a series of calculated schemes and bloodshed, Yusef had risen to become the head of the Hoffman family, launching a revenge campaign against the Grant family with notable success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price was the deaths of dozens of family members, including several of Old Hoffman's grandchildren and Yusef's father, his eldest son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Old Hoffman believed it was all worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revenge always came with pain and despair, that was the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Yusef's leadership, the Hoffman family would achieve vengeance and rise to new heights!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But over time, things began to exceed Old Hoffman's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yusef's desire for revenge was far stronger than he had imagined—he was willing to pay any price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avenge the Hoffman family, Yusef had even turned to Chaos, using his own sister's body as a vessel to nurture a Chaos embryo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had slaughtered the peasants under Hoffman's rule to feed the growing Chaos creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While difficult to accept, Old Hoffman could endure it if it meant success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Yusef planned to sacrifice the entire Hoffman family, including himself, to the cursed Chaos creature!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That price was too high for Old Hoffman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Hoffman family no longer existed, what was the point of revenge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Yusef, the heir he had placed all his hopes on, Old Hoffman suddenly felt a twinge of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had created a monster, and the cost had been unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the cries of his kin fell silent, Old Hoffman quietly accepted his fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrust!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yusef stabbed Old Hoffman in the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same knife Yusef had used years ago to slowly torment his best friend to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Hoffman coughed violently, blood spilling from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final look of expectation in his eyes, he gave Yusef his final instruction:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Child, don't let our sacrifice be in vain...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If everything was now beyond saving, then they would offer the lives of every Hoffman to strike the fiercest blow against the Grant family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Old Hoffman's final thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Yusef succeeded, his life's efforts would not have been wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Hoffman would not have failed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Yusef pulled out the knife, Old Hoffman had taken his last breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The old fool... I'm Yusef. How could I ever lose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yusef muttered, tears streaming down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were tears of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trembled with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, once he sacrificed the blood and bones of the Hoffman family to complete the ritual, the offspring of the Thousand-Eyed Master would descend!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yusef gave the order for all combat units to hold off the King's Court forces at any cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only needed a little more time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the ritual was complete, the Grant family—and everyone in the King's Court—would die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, boys! Attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill those damned cyborgs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Hoffman family's second line of defense, gunfire and explosions echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arye stood atop a damaged armored tank, wielding a massive, customized machine gun, raining bullets on the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shell casings piled up like a mountain around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the enemy suppressed, Arye charged forward, leading his troops in an all-out assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, Arye led the charge through a hailstorm of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rounds whizzed by, but none hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the legendary Arye, blessed by the God-Emperor, the Unkillable One who always led the charge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Arye and his men surged forward, the Hoffman soldiers fell one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Hoffman soldiers had undergone nerve modifications and showed no fear of death, they were no match for the King's Court forces, who held both numerical and technological superiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when it came to equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers of the King's Court were armed with advanced laser rifles, which outperformed the Hoffman family's outdated weapons in both speed and accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, halfway through the advance, something terrible happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hoffman soldiers injected themselves with a special Chaos serum, transforming into monstrous abominations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These creatures charged at Arye's Defense Forces, tearing through one soldier after another!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn heretics!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arye roared, rushing into a swarm of monsters to save one of his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as a monster lunged at him, a blast from an energy cannon vaporized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn slippery kid, you finally showed up,\" Arye spat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Kaes, leading his long-range sniper squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were armed with the latest energy cannons developed by Sage Moss, powerful and precise, though their slow charging speed limited them to support roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fight! Fight! Fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arye launched an assault on the monsters, with his men following suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to use their bodies to hold off the abominations, allowing the sniper squad to lock on and take them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one backed down; this was a battle they couldn't afford to lose. Their home was right behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And their sacrifices would not be in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would be honored as war heroes, their names etched onto the stone beneath the God-Emperor's feet as symbols of loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their families would be cared for, and their children would have the chance to enter the Loyalist Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would give everything for the Governor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers used their bodies to block the monsters, giving the sniper squad time to lock on and blow both monsters and men to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar scenes were playing out everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King's Court forces continued to push forward, gradually breaching the Hoffman family's third line of defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of anti-aircraft cannons fired, blowing up assault ships one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the decoy drones' help, Eden's assault ship finally broke through the anti-air defenses, reaching the core of the Hoffman family's territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Check Out My Patreon For +20 Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!! For Only $5!!][[email protected]\u002Fzaelum]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[+500 Power Stones = +1 Extra Chapter]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thank You For Your Support!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1197,"2026-06-06T13:29:01.407Z",1,"novelbin.me","52eb3ce542a01f8d82f709a62757c960cf9165790de244632608bc355e60b2aa","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-79","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-77",771,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-cover.jpg"]