[{"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-242":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},1511041,1962,"Chapter 242: Golden Wings Unfurled","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-242",242,"\u003Cp>As Nareth unleashed his frenzied attacks, his mind raced at full speed, searching for a way to fight the Buning One, Nyadra'zatha, without resorting to extraordinary powers or divine artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'To end this quickly, I must strike at his weakness.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My \"Warp Insight\" is useless against a C'tan. I can't rely on that gift to find his flaw.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A weakness… \"The War in Heaven\"… the Old Ones… the Aeldari…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spark of realization flashed in his mind. Psychic energy wasn't a strict weakness of the C'tan, but for incarnations of physical law, it carried a distinct countering effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the \"War in Heaven,\" the C'tans had suffered at the hands of the Old Ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Emperor had suppressed a Void Dragon fragment with psionics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But the psychic arts I command aren't strong enough to topple a C'tan.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'From Slau Dha of the Aeldari, I gained two complete Paths of the Mind.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The \"Path of the Fire Dragon\" would only strengthen the Burning One, but the \"Path of the Howling Banshee\"… that's different.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth removed the \"War Mask\" and donned the \"Banshee Mask.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mask was his personal adaptation of the Banshee's Path, reshaped to suit his condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the \"Banshee Mask\" could only function when fueled by psychic energy, not yet something that could be spread across all Shadows of Order, but against a C'tan fragment, it was perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light shimmered in the Primarch's eyes as vast Warp energy surged toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth wide, facing the rift torn open in the Burning One's back, and unleashed a piercing scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he lacked the true Banshee's helm that amplified psychic sonic waves, his cry still eclipsed any Banshee's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His immense psychic power made his wail surpass even Slau Dha's, outstripping the bishops of the shrine-sects, approaching the shrieks of Jain Zar, the Phoenix Lord herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic scream spiraled into the wound, reverberating within the golden mechanical eagle's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shriek rang in the Burning One's ears, drowning him in torment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear dragged forth memories of agony, of being shattered into fragments by the Silent King's spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already grievously wounded, the Burning One fell into confusion beneath the unending psychic wail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His flames slipped from his control, raging wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the \"Banshee Mask\" on, Nareth's assault grew even more violent. The Vaal Sword spun like a cyclone, cleaving through the golden right wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden mechanical eagle lost balance, spiraling earthward like a kite with its string cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth seized the moment, swinging his left arm hard, smashing the eagle's back, and vaulting upward toward its left wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he leapt, a blazing fireball slammed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crash, Nareth was engulfed and hurled into the eagle's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though he had fallen into a world of flame, his entire form enveloped in raw, stellar fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hotter than the heart of any sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy of a C'tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some Necron Crypteks called it C'tan Essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth did not panic. He steadied himself as he landed on the golden living metal, minimizing the flames clinging to his form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He oriented himself, realizing he was far from the rent in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sprinted along the living metal, striking ceaselessly as he went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liquid metal tore apart under his blows, flinging droplets of molten gold and crimson essence onto his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden specks began appearing across his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he stopped. He felt it clearly, the fragment C'tan Fragment has dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could escape through the wound, the blazing fireball plummeted straight down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Medusans watched in awe as the newly risen sun fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands dropped to their knees in terror, chanting that the end had come, begging for Gorgon's protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flaming sphere struck the magma lake, sending waves of molten fire kilometers high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's body was wrapped in golden liquid metal and fire-red essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled to break free of this \"prison,\" but the essence and living metal bound him tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From different directions, the Emperor, Alpharius, and Ferrus Manus arrived at the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light flared in the Emperor's eyes as his gaze pierced the magma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, the light faded. Smiling, he turned to Manus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nareth, your brother, will gain a power equal to your Iron Hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ferrus Manus' amazement in his silver eyes. \"I've lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden mechanical eagle Nareth 'slew' held power 'equal' to the silver wyrm Asirnoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Gene-brother of his now stood as his equal in strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alpharius, unable to pierce the magma with his sight, stared curiously at the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within, Nareth felt his flesh burn beneath golden liquid, flames, and molten agony. His muscles, bones, and blood were ripped apart, his back especially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Burning One's essence scorched his body, incinerating his back, melting ribs and scapula alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red chain glowed dim in his psychic sight, it had reached its limit, unable to restore him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed inwardly. Survival mattered more than secrecy. Even if the Emperor saw, forcing him to expose the \"Kingdom of Disorder,\" he had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he prepared to flee there, something stirred in his chest and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening his Warp Insight, he looked down at himself from a higher vantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw it, the Burning One's essence fused with golden living metal, forming a new and strange substance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was reconstructing his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled Ferrus Manus, whose carbonized arm had been reforged by silver liquid after slaying the Void Dragon fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he was certain, the silver wyrm Asirnoth had indeed been a Void Dragon shard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abandoning his plan to retreat, he observed his transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In seconds, his ribs and scapula were reformed, flesh and sinew regrowing rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, his body was cocooned in golden liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it hardened, it became a skin-tight golden armor, as though forged upon his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, the metamorphosis was completed. Nareth whispered in disbelief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've grown wings, golden wings upon my back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of Sanguinius and mused:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wings are a boon in battle.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Manus can concentrate silver metal into his hands, or spread it across his arms. I should be able to do the same.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, the golden metal flowed from his waist to his wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though magma seared his exposed skin, he felt nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Manus gained a fragment of the Void Dragon's essence. On the physical plane, his might is one of the stronest among the Primarchs, his hands proof of that.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But I have inherited even more essence, and of a greater kind.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Burning One's flames burn hotter than any star's core. For me, bathing in magma is no different than soaking in a hot spring.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to shift the wings elsewhere, but they remained fixed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but silently complain to himself: 'Manus's hands are always shrouded in silver metal, and I'm the one with golden wings on my back, so I'm stuck with the obsession of a golden mechanical eagle.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth recalled how Manus' Iron Hands had heightened his forging and invention ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I've acquired a fragment of the Burning One, and I saw a glow of spirituality on it. It must be a key material for a high Sequence in the 'Red Priest' Pathway.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>' I'm bound to gain flame-related powers... but now isn't the right time for research.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, the metal flowed back over his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black armor, forged by Malovelus, had been destroyed by fire. Not wishing to be bare, he embraced his new golden armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden wings beat once, propelling him skyward with staggering speed; even he was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This Wing's formed from a C'tan essence is truly remarkable!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he mused, he shot from the magma lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molten fire cascaded down as the Emperor and others beheld the \"Golden Angel\" ascend and hover in the sky.\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>",1316,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","070c34475caf6ab288473f45ca37bb86e888ad10cafcf2b9ec62f92e473830e7","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-243","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-241",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]