[{"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-268":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},1510817,1962,"Chapter 268: Viskeons’ Special Metabolic System","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-268",268,"\u003Cp>\"They've changed, stay alert!\" Pell barked loudly into the joint command channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows of Order from the Fifth Company, hearing their captain's orders, turned their eyes warily toward the xenos, regarding them as highly dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as Pell warned his troops, a Viskeons mercenary lunged at him with incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was several times faster than during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power blade clashed against the strange curved weapon, and Pell's arm immediately went numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alien's previously weak strikes suddenly surged with power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How can their combat strength suddenly spike like this?' Pell wondered in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Donning his \"War Mask,\" Pell transformed his rage at his fallen warriors, his hatred toward the xenos, into strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power sword lashed out, cleaving into the Viskeons mercenary's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disintegration field shredded the xenos skull. Pell pressed forward, eyes dark and focused, activating his \"Warp Insight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Form 23 of the Otsberg-Vaya, he caught a flaw in the xenos strike and severed its arm with a single blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second slash from his power sword ended the creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he struck, Pell observed the battlefield. The entire fortress had fallen into darkness, save for a faint glow in its distant center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought struck him, these xenos only gained their sudden strength when the lights dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when light vanished completely, their power multiplied several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Pell immediately issued an order:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tactical support squad, mark the target, ignite with incendiary carbines.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes on the tactical support squad's visors lit up. They raised their incendiary carbines and fired at the marked structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beams of thermal energy struck, igniting subsonic combustion through thermodynamics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames spread swiftly, engulfing the building in blinding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pell followed up with another command: \"Draw them to the burning structures, make them fight in the light!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow of Order warriors executed without hesitation. After a charge to provoke the xenos, they lured them toward the blazing buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Viskeons did not shy from the light. On the contrary, light was vital to their survival. They absorbed it as energy, healing wounds and regenerating lost limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they pressed forward, blades raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once within the radiance, their metabolism changed, speed rapidly dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows of Order struck with ease, cutting them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the tactic work, Pell commanded more structures to be set ablaze, continually luring and weakening the enemy until they could be slaughtered at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, \"Lawyer\" felt trickles of power dissolve within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the eleventh cycle of repetition, it felt as though a star had exploded within his body, he realized he had finally become a true \"Lawyer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Fortress One, Nareth himself encountered the xenos and instantly recognized them as Viskeons mercenaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the Viskeons were a proud, warlike race whose warrior codes forbade ranged weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They favored face-to-face combat, blade to blade, believing it the highest honor one warrior could grant another. Anything less was unthinkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, young Viskeons often left their homes to fight abroad, proving their courage before returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They served as mercenaries and bounty hunters, professions that gave their martial skills value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth knew that Viskeons close-combat techniques rivaled even the Astartes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Viskeons were ectothermic, they absorbed heat and energy from their environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their homeworld was scorching and dry, blanketed with endless deserts, dense jungles, and vast plains, perfect for cold-blooded creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through evolution, they had developed a unique metabolism: under the glow of light, they grew weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth issued orders to his aide: \"Arsena, create fireballs in the air.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-haired psyker raised his staff, igniting runes of flame. Blazing fireballs rose, illuminating the fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charging Viskeons slowed. Their eyelids drooped as they sank into lethargy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth drew the Dionysian Spear and hurled it at the enemy leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Milosh, running under the radiance, sighed lazily with relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only felt the threat when the spear was within arm's length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sluggish body tried to dodge, but too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear pierced his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth quickly briefed his Honor Guard on the nature of the Viskeons and the Nekuli before commanding:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the light, Viskeons mercenaries are no threat. I want their blades.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've told you, they possess extraordinary regenerative powers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Place their arms in darkness. Everything else must be utterly destroyed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any limb left intact will, under sunlight, give birth to a new child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then addressed Arsena Dunn: \"The Nekuli's Whispering Spears are also valuable trophies. Relay my demand to the Eleventh Legion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Honor Guard obeyed, slaying Viskeonss and severing their arms with combat blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attendants transmitted the intelligence on both Viskeonss and Nekuli to the ten companies of the Eleventh Legion, along with Nareth's demand for Viskeons arms, blades, and Nekuli spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this knowledge, the other companies swiftly shifted from hard-fought battles to easy victories by flooding the field with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth returned to where the Nekuli had fallen, gathering their Whispering Spears and transporting them to the Kingdom of Disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he rejoined the Honor Guard at the collection site of Viskeons arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Search for survivors,\" he commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Shadows of Order swept the ruins, Nareth raised his power gauntlet, thrust forward, and in Dunnic uttered, \"Imprison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent, invisible walls formed, viscous liquid flowing within them, sealing away the severed arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth transported them into the Kingdom of Disorder, placing them in the third layer of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he did the same with the gathered Viskeons blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the process of storing alchemical materials, a thought crossed his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This unexpected harvest of \"Weapon Master\" ingredients will allow fighters like Thierry Vieri of the Eighth Legion to ascend.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yes… both Viskeons and Nekuli are mercenaries adept with weapons. They align well with the path of the Weapon Master.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now, which world shall serve as the next recruitment ground for \"Warriors\"?'\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>",984,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","131a7f56864c55778cb4ccc01218d9cc6479e69136fc4a0947779211a047a7d7","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-269","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-267",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]