[{"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-428":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},1510727,1962,"Chapter 428 - 427: The Cursed Descendants of the Dragon Kingdom","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-428",428,"\u003Cp>Morningstar, the planetary capital, Calaena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calaena was built at the end of a valley straight as an arrow, its source far upstream beyond Zharrukin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Calaena, the valley suddenly widened, forming a broad bowl-shaped structure, enclosed by towering cliffs on three sides, the fourth facing a blue sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor Maat walked within. Calaena was older than any architecture he'd seen since leaving Terra: crowded commercial districts, oceangoing transport ships from across Morningstar, grand cathedrals with circular domes, rotating towers inlaid with polarized glass, and vast libraries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally home to seventy thousand, as electromagnetic storms grew, over five hundred thousand flooded the planetary capital, boarding ships here to leave their doomed home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transport routes were overwhelmed. Vehicles bumper-to-bumper. Tens of thousands of residents shuffled along congested roads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor's gaze swept the crowd. He keenly noticed, as his Lord stated, not a single individual among them possessed psychic potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't the Sisters Silence, lacking the distasteful and sickening aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People looked at the towering red-armored giants with curiosity and awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor quickly identified his first target. Unlike others showing fear, this man wore a cloak painted with storm patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the cloak was a ochre robe with faintly embroidered golden designs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Sons of Shai-Tan!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor immediately connected this person to the local religious group members mentioned by his Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years before the War Council decided the Fifteenth and Fourth Legions would handle rescuing Morningstar, his Lord had already foreseen this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words, this operation would be crucial for the competition between him and Ahzek Ahriman for the Chief Librarian position, had also come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor had no doubt the Sons of Shai-Tan were his key to victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the man's gaze, he found five similarly attired individuals with similar demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor raised his staff. He didn't intend to use his psychic lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Lord said the Sons of Shai-Tan held high prestige locally. Acting against them among fleeing crowds might stir negative public sentiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Hathor prepared to release biomancy to weaken the target into collapse, easily attributed to malnutrition, a man in his blind spot suddenly tore off his storm cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The revealed ochre robe bore complete pattern lines embroidered with golden serpents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clawed, trying to climb a statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The statue depicted Damyan Thoren, Morningstar's first Bright King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor cursed inwardly. He immediately changed the spell. As the Pavoni Magister Templi, he skillfully switched spells in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Psychic lightning danced among the crowd. The Sons of Shai-Tan, preparing to incite the crowd and others, were instantly struck down, falling unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're killing people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrified shouts arose from the crowd. Instinctively, they began to scatter and flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Psychiatrist\" took a heavy step forward. He shouted: \"Stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Psychiatrist\" exuded a frightening presence. Refugees felt dragon-like pressure\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to flee, but the giant's threatening words and red-armored warriors forming ranks made them halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After using \"Intimidate\" to quell public panic, the \"Psychiatrist\" issued orders to his Thousand Sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring the unconscious ones out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Calaena's luxury villa, the original owner had long departed aboard a void ship after the Meteorological Office reported Morningstar's core undergoing unexplained decay, the planet's lifespan sharply reduced to mere months before self-destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim basement, a Son of Shai-Tan slowly awoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Images in his mind lingered on climbing the statue, preparing to deliver a speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around dazed. Then his pupils sharply contracted. He saw red-armored giants outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor smiled. Using the perfect voice crafted with biomancy, he spoke magnetic words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sons of Shai-Tan, let us converse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red giant's words, and sensing a calming scent, made the Sons of Shai-Tan's tense nerves relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you wish to discuss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start with why you are called the Sons of Shai-Tan.\" Seeing the other party influenced by his \"Psychological Cue\" and carefully blended essential oils, mind no longer tense, he began guiding patiently, starting with simple topics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sons of Shai-Tan wasn't a secret organization. They existed openly on Morningstar. The other wouldn't strongly resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beginning here could draw him further into the conversation's rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sons of Shai-Tan's lips curved upward. He said proudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are the chosen, destined to ascend, joining the Lord of Storms side! His power shake many worlds! His return cracks the earth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our world missed one opportunity. Then, an age of strife without light fell upon this galaxy, elevating the chosen into His golden palace among stars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, the merciful Lord of Storms again bestows us! He presents this chance to be with Him! During Old Night's celebration, we were deprived. Now Sons of Shai-Tan regain the chance! The sky signals His imminent signs! Welcome them! Embrace the golden doom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of disdain passed through Hathor's eyes. 'As my Lord said, Sons of Shai-Tan are a death-worshipping cult!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor operated the data-slate, calling up a holographic map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the colony ship named Shai-Tan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his Lord, Hathor learned Shai-Tan departed from the Dragon Kingdom during humanity's Golden Age of exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor wasn't unfamiliar with the Dragon Kingdom. The Thousand Sons had set foot there, finding vast warehouses in the lands containing massive missiles with nuclear warheads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon Empire's colony ship unfortunately experienced the Old Night's surge in psykers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrified crew isolatedthe psykers, using machines to drain their psychic energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The resentment of deceased psykers merged into one, forming a powerful Warp entity, Shai-Tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crew fled in terror from Shai-Tan, but their minds were already brainwashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shai-Tan's curse passed down from gerations to generations. Every colonist on the planet was a descendant of the afflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who awakened would become a Son of Shai-Tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you activate the colony ship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the doomsday machine you built?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Psychiatrist\" asked a series of questions, obtaining desired answers from the Sons of Shai-Tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Psychiatrist\" then questioned other members one by one. After obtaining needed intelligence, he recorded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now to execute my Lord's command. My Lord prophesied that once my gene-father and lord Perturabo discover Morningstar's people are cursed by Shai-Tan, they'll kill all colonists and issue an exterminatus upon this world.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Before parting, my Lord told me, 'If possible, save the Dragon Kingdom's descendants on Morningstar.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My lord's priority remains my victory over Ahriman, but completing this secondary task would also please him'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor frowned. His Lord said Shai-Tan was a powerful Warp entity only the like of his gene-father could defeat. He himself had no chance to suppress it, even when utilizing his ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I hope my intelligence can draw my gene-father's and Lord Perturabo's attention. Only then might this task be completed.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Regardless, uncovering early the colony ship and Shai-Tan's secrets will surely give me an advantage over Ahriman in this competition.'\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>",1128,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.771Z",1,"novelbin.me","8ad0ce24f806e7e27b2564f1767c30c21bf903ff46ae1b640d3b1d3b0808d8f0","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-429","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-427",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]