[{"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-273":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},1510822,1962,"Chapter 273: The Byzant Incident","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-273",273,"\u003Cp>Nicholas followed his mentor, Chief Librarian Thomas, into the Noman city marked III.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His augmentation surgeries were not yet two-thirds complete, and he wore a Vostoyan pattern power armor, a design based on an STC gifted by the Arbiter Lord Howard before thei return to the greater Imperium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Vostroyan pattern had become standard equipment for legion recruits without full power armor, as well as some auxiliary officers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they advanced a kilometer, his mentor's voice rang in his ear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice-Blade Storm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you command, Mentor,\" Nicholas replied loudly, raising his psyker's staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes of Wind and Ice Blade flared to life, runes once unearthed from the tomb of the First King of Fenris and recorded by Arsena Dunn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Thomas became Chief Librarian, he had exchanged knowledge with Arsena, acquired these secrets, and archived them in the Librarium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nicholas and other Fenrisians bore unusual psychic talents. They could wield the powers of wind and frost, abilities unclassifiable within the five major human and Fra'al psychic disciplines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas, teaching to his apprentice's strengths, passed to him the runes of the Fenris royal tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nicholas had mastered the mysteries of three runes: Wind, Ice Blade, and the Combination Rune. He carved all three into his psy-staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above his head, whirling winds and jagged ice blades materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Combination Rune lit up. Wind and ice fused into a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nicholas swung his staff down. An Ice-Blade Storm tore into the Nomans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no time to react; shards sliced through their bodies and their attendants, rending them into bloody segments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas gave him a glance of approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad. You've begun to grasp the power of storms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is thanks to your teaching, Mentor.\" Nicholas humbly bowed his head, though confidence shone in his grip on the staff. \"I will become a worthy Librarian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be a worthy Librarian, psychic power alone isn't enough. You must hone every skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas instructed, then commanded, \"Now, shoot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nicholas slung his staff at his side and drew from his back a psionic Ranger-pattern lasgun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike standard Ranger lasguns, this variant used a special psy-crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While ordinary psy-crystals generated beams passively, this model required the wielder to actively channel psychic energy. Only a psyker could wield it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold glacial peaks flickered in Nicholas' eyes. Under Thomas's teaching, he had found his Warp image, a personal anchor in the form of Fenris itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warp power surged. Behind him, recruits of the 8th Legion's 9th Company shivered as a phantom blizzard swept over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lasgun's runes shimmered as Nicholas branded the Ice Blade Rune upon it, redrawing its psychic circuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each beam of las-fire transformed into icy blades, ripping through the heads and necks of the Truvar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas nodded in satisfaction and led his apprentice further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The freed humans rushed to the Chief Librarian, crying out in strange Gothic dialects:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you here… to save us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, save us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas read their minds, understanding their plea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to the commander of the 1st Vostoyan Regiment, \"Send men to calm them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he pressed forward with Nicholas. Two kilometers on, they encountered a Noman centuria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nomans rode golden war-chariots, inscribed with countless runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hive-like eyes glowed as they pointed their staffs at the inscriptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Psychic power surged, converging at the chariot's front-mounted cannon, unleashing a blast at Thomas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas' expression hardened. Rising into the third layer of Thelema, he summoned psychic force into an invisible high wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nicholas' warp sight revealed the Noman's psychic storm crashing into Thomas' barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic clash roared. Shockwaves howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing shriek rang in Nicholas' ears. His face went pale, his body trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his mentor's voice echoed in his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Steady! Now is the time to prove you have the potential to be a Librarian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ascend to the First Layer of Thelema!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nicholas was the only apprentice who had mastered the Thelema mind state; many full Adepts had not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his mentor's reminder, Nicholas calmed his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Steady, Nicholas. Only in the hardest battles are you truly tested.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icy mountains rose in his mind. The shrieking impact ground against the glaciers, scraping loudly but holding firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the Thelema mind state, the shrieks dulled. Rising further into the First layer, he cut off the psychic shockwave entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing his apprentice had stabilized, Thomas sent another thought-pulse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot spare more strength defending. With the Shadow of Order, strike them down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By your command.\" Nicholas drew his power sword, runes gleaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staff in his left, sword in his right, he charged forward with the Order Shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows leveled their bolters, firing volleys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nomans' golden chariot flared an invisible shield. Bolter rounds sparked against it in crackling bursts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through his warp sight, Nicholas spotted the weakest point of the shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three runes on his staff blazed, he conjured dozens of ice blades and hurled them into the weak spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield split with a shattering crack. Nicholas vaulted onto the golden chariot, power blade cleaving down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each Noman slain, Thomas' burden lightened. Watching Nicholas cut through foes with blade and frost, he nodded in pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cities of Nova Borilia fell one by one. Nomans were purged. Humanity, enslaved for millennia, was freed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end of 823.M30, all of Nova Borilia was liberated. The remaining Nomans and Ttrois skulked in sewers like rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth summoned Tech-Priest Wojciech, ordering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nova Borilia has standard construction templates. Lead your acolytes to search.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wojciech bore fewer cybernetics than most of his peers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been gifted the abilities of a \"Savant\" by Nareth, he had never needed cerebral augmentations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Sacred Template!\" Wojciech gasped. To him, Nareth was already the Omnissiah incarnate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord, I will find the Sacred Template!\" he vowed, seeing such a discovery as the greatest honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth returned to the Throne of Shadow's Sovereignty, hearing his aide's report:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the Fifteenth Legion suffered grave losses at Byzant after departing Medusa this year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have reported to you and the Emperor that they are unfit to continue the crusade for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nimrod's eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'823.M30, Byzant…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Losses are an excuse. Flesh-warping mutations are the truth. The first great crisis of the Thousand Sons… no doubt the handiwork of Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, recalling psykers and his legion's flaw of irritability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If Chaos corruption spreads, mere willpower and the Thelema mind state may not suffice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll need to bring them into the Kingdom of Realm, shielded against the Warp. I and my sons may not be prime targets… but they must be warned.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he considered, his aide continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Emperor has therefore ordered the Fourteenth and Eighteenth Legions under your command.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Legion Master Cassian Vaughn of the Eighteenth has sent an astropathic message, requesting your orders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send both Legions to Cypra Mundi. I will meet them there.\" Nareth gave the command.\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>",1154,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","5e443559e9c2229fa7d8371e2919837f96b512b40d96ef6a620f366afdee1a37","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-274","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-272",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]