[{"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-41":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},1510790,1962,"Chapter 41: Night Shard","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>Aboard the Ark Mechanicum, Glory of Fire, the Magos Kivior-9 was examining a holographic projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torrents of data from surrounding vid-screens cascaded across his faceplate, his logic engines operating at high speeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Enemy ships are retreating rapidly\u002F\u002FWe have not gained the upper hand\u002F\u002FEnemy behavior is illogical\u002Funreasonable\u002F\u002FThis should be classified as a feigned retreat.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Kivior-9 prepared to issue orders, the voice of the Tech-Priest overseeing the vox array crackled through his communicator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honorable Magos, I've received a communication from Tech-Priest Rosicky Czech of Altar No. 25 of Vostroya. Per The Omnissiah's Codex, Chapter V, Data Protocol IX, Management, this message requires your attention. Requesting permission to transmit data.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Permission granted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Executing data reception protocols.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three shipboard minutes later, Kivior-9's faceplate flickered rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Error corrected\u002F\u002FEnemy withdrawal confirmed\u002F\u002FFlagship captured\u002F\u002FInitiate pursuit immediately.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately relayed commands to the waiting Tech-Priest: \"Order all vessels to pursue the xenos fleet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new line of logic scrolled across his display\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Xenos battleship\u002F\u002FAdvanced weaponry\u002F\u002FResearch value: Extremely High.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His faceplate glowed brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, aboard the Fra'al people's battlecruiser, Nareth began sorting through the spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While eliminating the Fra'al, he had also collected various alchemical materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to the Night Shard, he had found 52 different types, totaling 301 pieces of ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth couldn't help but admire the Fra'al; they truly lived up to their reputation as nomads of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the 52 types, 51 were Sequence 9 materials, while the remaining one, a finger-length iridescent multi colored worm known as the \"Prismatic Myrmidon\", listed on the Blasphemy Slate, served as the primary ingredient for the \"Arbiter\" pathway's Sequence 8—\"Sheriff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prismatic Myrmidon was also the sole \"Sheriff\" ingredient unobtainable on Vostroya Nareth found 247 of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had discovered them in an interrogation chamber. The worms' eyes emitted blinding light, which the Fra'al harnessed by embedding one or two into specially crafted visor worn on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nareth entered, a Fra'al, shackled to a chair, screamed in agony as blood trickled from the edges of the visor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth didn't know the origin of the Prismatic Myrmidon, but until he encountered more, they now set the upper limit for how many \"Sherrif\" he could train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His greatest gain, however, was the Night Shard. He played with one between his fingers, while many others were laid out in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These shards looked like fragments of the farthest stars in the night sky, condensing infinite darkness and faint light into a delicate balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each shard was a different size, some no larger than a fingertip, others as big as an open book, their surfaces shimmering with a deep, mysterious glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nareth touched the shard, he could feel a cold and subtle energy flow, neither purely chilling nor warmly comforting, but something otherworldly, beyond sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It really is a psionic material.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth keenly noticed faint threads wrapped around the shard in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Definitely usable as a divination foci.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to other psychic disciplines, prophecy was stranger and more obscure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the most potent psykers couldn't avoid the risks of misinterpretation or ambiguity in prophecy. To manage this, seers often used special \"foci\" to anchor and shape their visions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future Empire, the most commonly used focus would be the Emperor's Tarot, capable of revealing even the God-Emperor's thoughts to those chosen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Night Shards were also valid foci for divination, but for Nareth, their true value lay in alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he met the Fra'al again, the number of Shards he had now determined the maximum number of \"Bribers\" he could cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'One hundred ninety-eight fragments.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth began traveling back and forth to the Kingdom of Disorder, transporting all the shards there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first layer of space, he found a Gothic spire palace whose tip was shrouded by a black sky, and its cold stone walls radiated chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laid out the Shards on the ground, each one spaced apart from the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Nareth attempted to enter the second layer of the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single thought, he crossed an invisible boundary and arrived at the second layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he arrived, he noticed the difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This layer was between the first and another illusionary space—a blend of real and unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is the purpose of this space? The illusory part represents the shadow of order,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while the first layer, which I cannot alter, represents the use of rules.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, concepts formed in Nareth's mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Kingdom of Disorder.\" \"Black Emperor.\" Order. Shadow. Rule. Exploitation. Shattering.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes lit up, and with a thought, a phantom palace instantly transformed into a spring of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately felt his psychic reserves plummet, nearly drained. His face paled slightly as he teleported to the spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the previous semi-illusionary state, reshaping the space according to his will made the spring much more real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water was crystal clear, flowing over rocks and making pleasant sounds, easing the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'As expected, breaking the rules and reshaping them according to one's will.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered how best to use this second layer. Building factories or cities here would be a waste if he could do the same in the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a bright idea struck him: use it to cultivate potion ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Common creatures like Nest Rats weren't worth cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But beings like Chem-Hounds, Millipedes, and especially the Prismatic Myrmidon, were valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if these magical creatures couldn't reproduce here, cultivating them would reduce the risk of others discovering his potion formulas, including the Four's scrutiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This also simplifies nurturing Beyonders. I've already decided to elevate Maria Kournikova to \"Assassin,\" but without carrying a millipede serpent due to being undecided back then., I must wait until returning to Vostroya.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed at the psyker toll, a wry smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is destined to be a long process, but having power is better than having no chance at all.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth then returned to the real world. After a moment of thought, he decided to bring all Fra'al data crystals and materials back to the Kingdom of Disorder for slow research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For normal psykers, being drained of so much energy would make even moving difficult, but as a Primarch, Nareth only felt a little discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fra'al had deep knowledge of the many star systems in the Segmentum Obscurus, and this would be immensely helpful for his future expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had only learned a bit of the Fra'al language, as a Primarch, deciphering it wouldn't be hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he could always nurture a \"Reader\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, Nareth acted. He brought all the materials he could gather back to the Kingdom of Disorder, filling up an entire palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, he received a message and went to the bridge for a briefing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1117,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.489Z",1,"novelbin.me","5c92346193e415f77a07085491d3bdd514711e573a2c04c034712c34a449f7c9","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-42","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-40",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]