[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-107":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"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},1511056,1962,"Chapter 107: The Chemical Lakes of the Jorgall Cylinder-World","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-107",107,"\u003Cp>In the Persephone System, voidspace flickered as ships emerged from the Warp and began to assemble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fleet, with crenellated hulls and towering silhouettes, drifted through the silence of the void, forming an enormous formation reminiscent of a gothic fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their massive prows all pointed in the same direction, and trails of plasma fire carved bright, turbulent lines across the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the head of the fleet, one warship stood out, entirely black, its plow-shaped prow etched with letters the height of a man, evoking memories of humanity's Golden Age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the left side was the emblem of the Legion, casting a shadow over the ship. On the right, in blood-red High Gothic, its name was engraved: Void Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the strategium table within the ship's bridge, a hololithic image gradually formed—the silhouette of a Jorgall world-ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a massive cylindrical vessel, several kilometers long, with a bulbous engine cluster on one end and a short, stubby prow on the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding it were forty-three teardrop-shaped escort ships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth absorbed the data flashing across dozens of vid-screens, analyzed it rapidly, and began issuing orders:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leverage Void Hunter's range advantage to engage the xenos escorts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instruct all boarding parties to prepare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Jorgalls breathe air rich in oxygen, nitrogen, and high concentrations of chlorine, but your helmets will protect you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then added with a hint of humor to the newly initiated Astartes of the Shadows Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry. Even if your helmet gets cracked, an Astartes' lungs can handle a bit of poison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his left hand, he tapped a target on the holo-display:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Transmit the following: The Thousand Sons will target the world-ship's power core.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Faceless and the newly joined legionnaires will strike the bridge. Execute a decapitation strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the 11th Legion deployed, 5,241 warriors who had completed the Path of Ascension joined its ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, an additional 1,639 Order Shadows have been inducted. For many of them, this would be their first battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Honor Guard and I will assault the xenos' hatching chambers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jorgalls were unique; their young were psykers, but they lost these abilities as adults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another reason Nareth wanted to personally deal with the hatchlings: their mutated young were the primary material for Sequence 9's potion, \"Monster\", and the only required component.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Perhaps because they're so rare, just one is enough to meet the needs of Sequence 9.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gabriel, bring your tech-sergeants. You'll accompany me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the successful transformation of Wojciech Bielek, tech initiates were dispatched to Mars for advanced training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nareth gave his orders, the gun decks began executing them with cold precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The machine spirits of the macro-batteries awakened, howling with joy as they unleashed wrath upon the foul xenoship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every salvo, multiple xenoships, sometimes over a dozen, were hit and torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jorgall vessels retaliated, but their munitions couldn't even scratch the relic-class hulls of Imperial warships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Void Hunter, in its first hunt in millennia, roared to life. One xeno escort's engines exploded in the void, blossoming with a blinding light, as though celebrating the rebirth of an ancient predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gun deck's machine spirits shrieked in delight, devouring shells from the feed-trains and vomiting death onto the desecrating xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunt continued, \"fireworks\" blossoming across space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the observation deck, Azhek Ahriman watched in awe, turning to his twin Ormuzd and his friend Apophis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a mighty vessel. It outshines even our battleships. We'd still need to close to 56,000 kilometers before entering effective range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ormuzd nodded solemnly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's said to be a gift from the Emperor himself, an ancient warship granted to the Primarch. The Master of Mankind is clearly pleased with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apophis mused:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps only the Gloriana-class under construction in the Martian docks would surpass its firepower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they watched the holoscreens, xeno battleships were torn apart one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the number of escorts had dropped to single digits, Azhek, clad in crimson plate, gave the order:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prepare for boarding. Launch the assault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of heavy boarding torpedoes launched into the void, each like a precision-guided missile, streaking toward the Jorgall cylinder-world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of the engines slammed the Astartes back against their acceleration racks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jorginho, now a newly promoted captain of the Furyborn, blinked through his helmet's interface, quickly absorbing every tactical feed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A squad leader's helmet cam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vosroya-made auspex readings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low-res external imagery from the jagged prow of the torpedo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tracked the approach of the cylinder-world, the metal wall grew larger, its sheer scale making its curvature nearly imperceptible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the gradual appearance of detail, like spire-like antenna arrays, confirmed they were nearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, yellow tracer rounds erupted from spherical turrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jorginho didn't flinch; he knew the legion's tech-marines had deployed ECM, heat flares, and foil clouds to confuse enemy sensors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall loomed. The range closed rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scans identified a thinner section of the hull. The boarding would begin about one kilometer from the cylinder's apex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jorginho shut off the data feed and opened the squad channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus, brothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We completed the Path of Ascension to follow our Monarch, and now he is our Gene-Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, we strike swift and true. Let us bring pride to the Primarch! For Nareth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chorus of eager voices echoed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the Monarch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the torpedo's armored prow crashed into the hull, shrieking as metal warped and atmosphere vented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boarding torpedo pierced deep, its claw-rails biting into the chitinous armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jorgall ship's interior wasn't cold machinery; it was more like an ecosystem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torpedo's navigation servitor fired hydraulic barbs, decelerating sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what felt like an endless slide, the torpedo halted with a violent jolt. Jorginho heard scraping metal, then saw the runes on the blast door begin to glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stand by for breach!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The detonation bolts blew. Rozhinio unlatched his bolter and raised it, ready to face defenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rush of blue, salty water surged into the torpedo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wouldn't happen on a human ship, but this was xeno-tech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jorginho instantly recalled the xenos briefings from the Primarch; he had breached a Jorgall chemical lake, part of their ship's bio-ecosystem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquid was icy cold, swirling up to his waist, then higher, to his gut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was nothing like expected, but to 'Folk of Rage', it was familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1065,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","53950b92611f46e10c79e7c6dc574359a9c357d2cf76dd5fd22cd7fd99e342b1","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-108","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-106",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]