[{"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-17":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},1510766,1962,"Chapter 17: Killing King Boleslaw","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>King Boleslaw hastily donned the exquisitely crafted power armor of the First King, gifted to him by the Magos Kivior. He regained a shred of courage as he strapped on the multi-barrel las cannon to his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered when he was eighteen, clad in the same armor, testing its power on the training field. A single salvo had obliterated a Miguel steel training dummy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Boleslaw shouted to his personal guards, \"Follow me into battle! Kill the traitor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he strode toward the palace gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only taken three steps when the gates exploded with a thunderous crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The king's guards charged at Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Boleslaw raised both arms. At last, he had a chance—he pulled the trigger without hesitation. Dozens of laser beams blazed towards the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These beams, powerful enough to pierce armored vehicles, punched through the back of several loyal guards' skulls. He felt no sorrow; as long as he could kill that demon-like enemy, anything was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw two beams strike the giant, piercing his armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened. The giant didn't fall—he wasn't even truly harmed. As the dazzling light faded, Boleslaw could see, through the holes, only slightly dimmed skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Monster!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Nareth blinked in front of King Boleslaw and sent him flying over ten meters with a single punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Howard and the others reached the top of the palace, they found King Boleslaw embedded in a wall, now a living sculpture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde noble stood stunned for a few seconds before coming to his senses. A new era had arrived. As one of the earliest to swear loyalty, he needed to prove his worth to the new king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, if you wish to control the Tizca Hive Capital, you must win the support of the Mechanicus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth, noticing his composure, grew suspicious and activated his spirit vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With training and gene awakening, he had begun fusing this spiritual vision with his superhuman senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than the usual gentle tap on the forehead, he activated it through sheer willpower in a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem to have a plan. Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, what truly matters to the Mechanicus is the industrial output of Tizca Hive—its tithes of resources and manufactured goods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"House Fender has long had close ties with them. I am willing to represent you in talks with Kaminsky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth saw that Howard's aura glowed red with fervent enthusiasm and white with positivity, typical of someone who had just pledged loyalty and was eager to prove himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well. You will represent me in negotiations with the Mechanicus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth and Howard quickly set the basic terms: Howard would handle the discussions; Nareth would make the final decisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deactivated spirit vision and took the communicator that Howard offered. After confirming the channel, he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Order your forces to enter the outer defensive perimeter of the spire tower and establish a line of defense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Howard's defection and the collapse of morale, several turrets were still operational.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's trusted men couldn't yet handle such complex weaponry, and the loyalty of the Fender family still needed testing, so he tasked them with the outer defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At once, my lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Howard immediately left with his family's guards, securing the defenses around the hive tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bukayo and Roslov approached. The boy's dagger dripped with blood. Having completed his revenge, he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, I have eliminated all remaining members of the Boleslaw family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only Prince Robert of the Boleslaw line remains. He's off-world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I interrogated his wife. She said the Oceanus, Vostroya's agri supplier, was attacked by xenos. Kaminsky visited in person, and Robert led his forces to respond.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the prince returned, Nareth would already control everything. More pressing now was the xeno threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xeno raiders?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, she didn't know the details, only that Magos Kaminsky requested it, and Robert personally led the response.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded. To understand the alien situation better, he would need to investigate later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Roslov reported, \"My lord, the sire tower has been sealed. The purge is underway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth ordered Roslov to maintain defense and cleanse the spire of remnants. He turned to Bukayo:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scout the upper hive. Go alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two also found communicators on the corpses. After syncing channels, Nareth sent them off and returned to the \"Kingdom of Disorder\" alone inside the empty palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth suddenly felt a lightness—a floating sensation in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Could it be? After advancing to Sequence 8, my physical body can enter the Kingdom of Disorder, too?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, his body vanished from the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the Kingdom of Disorder, he immediately noticed that the realm of black mist had transformed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his feet, the black stones concealed thirty-three layers of space within the swirling fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each layer had countless buildings faintly visible. At the very top stood a majestic, towering palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to go to the opposite side, and instantly appeared on the bottommost layer of that side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then tried ascending, but his body remained still; he lacked the authority for those higher layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He approached a stone house and compared this space to the previous \"shadow\" side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This place feels more real, time flows, space has meaning, even the buildings truly exist'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The other side is like this one's shadow, illusory, unbound by physical laws, infinite and dreamlike.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, he returned to the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Kingdom of Disorder's changes… it could serve as a refuge, and my physical body can now enter the true kingdom.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's eyes lit up. Countless thoughts swirled in his mind. He decided to test his ideas later to see which might be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With another thought, he appeared before the Blasphemy Slate in the shadow side, and as expected, more changes had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sequence 9 potion formulas for 22 paths were now unlocked, except for two: \"Abyss\" and \"Prisoner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Sequence 8, only the \"Barbarian\" potion was revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused on the Sequence 7 potion for his own path:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sequence 7 \"Briber\" Potion Recipe:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Ingredients:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1 Night Shard\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1 Umbral Specters\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondary Ingredients:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1100 mL of Black Vosvoth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1 Holograph of a Space Ape\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abilities: [...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth frowned. He realized he couldn't reach Sequence 7 anytime soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were three of the ingredients dim on the slate, indicating they were unavailable, but he also understood their rarity:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Umbral Specters: the easiest to find, dwelling in the void and attracted to warp resonant zones. A ship engaging in warp travel would likely attract one. But few tech-priests or engineers noticed the tiny 80mm creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space Ape: Old Ones' creations, they roamed the galaxy in nomadic packs of a dozen or so, with survival as their only goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night Shards: psionic crystals from the Fra'al nomads, used by Imperial astropaths as divination foci. The Fra'al have a nomadic empire in the Segmetum Obscurus, like the apes, finding them would take luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly disappointed, Nareth thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Once I conquer Vostroya and secure cooperation with the Mechanicus, I'll expand beyond this planet—and gather potion ingredients along the way.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the real world, he walked to the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he pulled the ring off King Boleslaw's hand, he hadn't yet mastered his new strength, so he yanked the entire hand off, like pulling a carrot out of the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>",1227,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.489Z",1,"novelbin.me","b62e3c52d2de355124a0f23d3360b917c8303ff840606a6c738eb17369bbf9c2","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-18","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-16",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]