[{"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-240":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},1511039,1962,"Chapter 240: C'tan Fragment","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-240",240,"\u003Cp>The warriors of the Fourth Chapter stationed at the entrance saw countless humanoid creatures crawling on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the icy snow, they wore no clothing, only thick hair covering their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer bore any human traits; some had claws extending several tens of centimeters, others had protruding fangs like vicious beasts…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander guarding the entrance, a \"Gravedigger\", shouted loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Degenerate mutant scum, open fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows of Order raised their bolters, unleashing a storm of rounds at the mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With thunderous blasts, the mutants were blown apart into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the ruins, the Spirit Medium reported to the Primarch:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, the foolish mutants have been repelled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But deeper within this ruin, there are undead creatures. With the void shield disabled, they forced their way in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth immediately recalled what these were. When Ferrus Manus excavated underground ruins, he encountered such corpse-like beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were half-flesh, half-machine monstrosities that plundered machinery from within the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with Adams and Arsena, he rushed deeper inside, leaving behind machine constructs as they pressed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch would not allow his spoils to be stolen. Sprinting at full speed, he quickly left the two behind and reached the depths within moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, dozens of strange creatures were lumbering toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had bare upper bodies but spider-like lower halves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had drill- or chainsaw-arms, with stiff, rotting heads that exhaled cold air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shambling half-flesh, half-metal corpses staggered forward, charging Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch drew the Sword of Vaul and plunged into their midst, slashing with blue-white light that cut down monster after monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed deeper into the mountain and saw waves of half-mechanical corpses surging toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adams was the second to arrive. He activated the Eye of Death, peering at the undead from a higher perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dashed into the horde, swinging his energy blade into their hearts, their power cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disintegration field shredded their cores. The \"Spirit Medium\" then struck down another, decapitating its frozen, rotten head with his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena arrived last. He raised his staff with his right hand, runes of a fire-dragon glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blazing fire dragon engulfed more than a dozen undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-haired psyker lifted his left hand, releasing a Destructive Vortex that dragged a towering knight-like undead mech into a rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Nareth and his allies purged the half-machine undead, he ordered the \"Archaeologist\" to lead techmarines in excavating and dismantling the relic machinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Lord oversaw defense. Nareth instructed Arsena and Gyrinx John to stay behind, taking only Black Wolf Freddy toward the xeno ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the mountain holding the xeno ruins came into Nareth's view. He slowed his pace, eyes deep as he gazed at the peak, activating Warp Insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, his eyes returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The power inside has nothing to do with the Warp.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his psychic vision could not reach five kilometers ahead to the mountain. Extending his consciousness might trigger unforeseen changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around; no magma lakes, no landmarks named after Medusa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Indeed, if it were obvious, Ferrus Manus would have found it already.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing nothing unusual, Nareth pressed onward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climbing the mountain, he noticed nothing strange from the outside, not even black snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he sensed something off: the mountain was a few degrees warmer than the others, even the bare ones without snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the deeper he went, the warmer it became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat dripped occasionally from Freddy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth reached the heart of the mountain. A great bronze gate stood open, black marble corridors scattered with golden fragments, sharp claws, broken talons, all once part of golden mechanical eagles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped at the gate, sweat dripping, and thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The black marble holds no special energy, not blackstone.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But no mutant traces are here. If they had been, madness would have left marks.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So, did the heat alone keep them away?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping inside, he saw rock walls shining with metallic luster, like giant mirrors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about a kilometer, the passage widened into a circular platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone pedestals stood there, most once holding golden mechanical eagles, but only one remained at the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So hot…\" Freddy muttered, sweat pooling beneath him after standing only moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth judged the temperature to be near forty degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scanned the surroundings, metallic rock walls circled the platform, as if the entire ruin existed only to store the golden eagles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he studied the platform beneath his feet, and his pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Runes were carved into the surface. All had a common trait: drawn with red, threadlike material, and all flame-related.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torch shapes, flame sprays like from a flamer…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's mind raced, dismantling and memorizing them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He approached the central eagle, nearly ten meters tall, wings outstretched as if ready to take flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Touching it, he felt its surface nearly a hundred degrees hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black eyes gleamed. On the eagle, the same red runes were etched, matching those on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground runes formed the shape of a spread-winged eagle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized: scaled down, they aligned perfectly with those on the eagle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bending his knees, he leapt, tapping runes one by one across the eagle's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, all runes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden eagle burst into radiant gold and fiery red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The platform shook. Slowly, the eagle rose, revealing a spiral passage downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So, the tech-priests must have discovered this link between eagle and runes, which is why they didn't take it away.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But something forced their research to stop, perhaps an enemy attack.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The parts they replicated were taken by foes and spread to Medusan clans.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his gaze downward. Heat surged from below, as if the passage led to the planet's core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with warp-sight and psychic vision, he found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiral widened as he went. Platforms appeared with golden eagles, growing in size with each level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the tenth layer, he felt tremors below. Something powerful was struggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat dripped down his brow as he gripped the Sword of Vaul and pressed on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world shifted with a step, the walls cracked like webs, fiery magma streams flowing within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he felt threatened; without his artifacts, his body would carbonize in such heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Carbonize…' He recalled Ferrus Manus's arm, carbonized after slaying Asirnoth, the c'tan fragment, in magma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tremors intensified. He moved forward and saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden eagle kilometers tall, wings spanning more than ten kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cables pierced its body, surrounded by alien machinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes glowed fiery red, staring directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From them, he felt pure annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its body burned dazzling spiritual light,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The C'tan Fragment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realization struck:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Necrons built pyramids not as tombs, but to bind C'tan fragments.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The runes drew energy from the fragments, layer by layer upward.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another thought froze him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'With the eagles removed, the seal weakened, leaking the fragment's power, stirring magma lakes.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The lesser fragment, Asirnoth trapped by Ferrus Manus, could not escape.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now, by unlocking this eagle's runes… I've set the C'tan Fragment free!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook violently. Magma surged as the underground space convulsed.\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>",1192,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc8f9e30beedc84f27a5211ccc199819f2b1ee6284275f0c6f54e929f9511697","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-241","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-239",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]