[{"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-440":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},1510739,1962,"Chapter 440 - 439: Gardinaal, The Crown Jewel of Ferrus Manus's Conquest","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-440",440,"\u003Cp>After completing the trade for all the Overlord heads with Mortarion, Nareth spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have liberated Barbarus, brought new life to this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it is time to face a new challenge. You must come with me to meet someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\" Mortarion asked solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Emperor, the weaver of your gene-code. He sent me to bring you to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Emperor? Who is he?\" Mortarion exclaimed. Someone capable of commanding such a powerful outsider?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they had never crossed blades, Nareth possessed abilities not inferior to his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That an entity called the Emperor could command him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name Emperor reminded him of the Overlords who enslaved humanity. Mortarion felt no goodwill towards it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will know. Come with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mortarion gazed at Nareth's retreating figure, then followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Stormbird rose, piercing the toxic cloud layer, landing on the deck of the Emperor's flagship, the Bucephalus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scribes sent by Malcador held pict-recorder, data slates, or parchment, recording this glorious moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"854.M30, the Monarch of Vostroya, by the Emperor's command, journeyed to the feral world of Barbarus in the Segmentum Tempestus, retrieving the Fourteenth Primarch, Mortarion, the fourteenth to return...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five days later, as the Dusk Raiders fleet arrived at Barbarus, Nareth also gave the order to set sail, returning to Vostroya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow's Sovereignty, Primarch's Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth listened to Arsena's report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The Second Chapter, after receiving reinforcements three months ago, currently numbers fifteen thousand two hundred warriors...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While listening to his aide's report, Nareth contemplated preparations for the Gardinaal campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he knew Gardinaal's entire society was based on a caste system and he planned to use mortal beyonders as the decisive force, Astartes would still be needed to intimidate the enemy and buy time for the operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I recall, in the first phase of the Gardinaal War, the 13th Legion suffered nearly a thousand Ultramarine casualties. Five hundred thousand auxilia, core being the Serranic Peltasts and Marnean Armsmen regiments, and half the strength of the Legio Atarus, failed to achieve decisive results.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Afterwards, Ferrus Manus led seventy thousand Iron Hands, six million Imperial Army and Skitarii, along with several Titan Legions, swiftly achieved victory.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'At a minimum, I must deploy one hundred thousand Shadow of Order, one million auxilia, and at least one Titan Legion to intimidate Gardinaal's ruling castes and secure time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Muster partial forces from the First, Second, Third, Sixth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Chapters. Assemble at the Kalium Gate by the last solar month of 855.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dispatch the Legio Fureans. Assemble House Mordred and House Vyronii.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After recording Nareth's orders, the silver-haired Arsène asked curiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, is there a formidable objective?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow of Order Chapters were spread across battlefronts in the Obscurus and Ultima Segmentums. Most enemies encountered did not require large-scale mustering. The last time was during the war with the Squats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancient travelers called it the Astrid's Necklace. After five millennia of development, the system's population exceeds one hundred billion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gardinaal will be a significant addition to the Legion's domain, a radiant world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth thought silently, 'Gardinaal was the most brilliant crown jewel among the many industrial worlds conquered by Manus.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>12th Month 855, Nareth entered the Kingdom of Disorder, confirming the Dice of Prophecy was fully charged and ready for a new divination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Information about Gardinaal flashed rapidly through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Gardinaal, Segmentum Ultima.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Gardinaal system comprises eleven planets, from the searing fifth gas giant to the eleventh planet of nitrogen-ice mountains.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The system also contains over a hundred moons and thousands of large asteroids. The entire system is heavily industrialized...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's knowledge of Gardinaal, its numerous castes, and its ruling High Lords was quite detailed. After several breaths, all the information had flashed through his mind once. He silently recited internally:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The star chart from the Kalium Gate to Gardinaal.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The star chart from the Kalium Gate to Gardinaal.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reciting it eleven times, he extended his hand and cast the Dice of Prophecy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tumbled through the air several times before falling, landing in Nareth's open palm. At that moment, a scene like a holographic projection unfolded before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First month, 856. William Wood, clad in a patchwork leather armor, traversed a mountain of chemical waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chemical waste came from various sources, but after reacting with each other, it mostly appeared a muddy brown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boots on William's feet were mismatched, one larger than the other, both ill-fitting. He had stripped them from the feet of different slave-caste individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the two boots were originally for left and right feet, and not both for the same side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few creatures lived in the waste mountains. William hunted dog-like creatures with more flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William couldn't remember where he learned of dogs. The factory where he was born had no dogs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An image of a red-furred, dog-like creature flashed in his mind. He immediately began tracking based on the mental image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William held a gun in one hand, a short blade in the other. He avoided sludge pits, moving nimbly through the waste mountain, throwing the short blade forged from metal scrap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid alerting others, he didn't use his gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The short blade whistled through the air, embedding itself in the red-furred dog's skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William walked to the carcass. He withdrew the blade, skillfully beginning to process it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just skinned it when another image flashed in his mind: bullets fired from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'More scavengers trying to steal the prize.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food in the waste mountains was a scarce resource that people fought desperately over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William abruptly rolled forward, raising his gun and firing. The bullet struck the scavenger's left eye with precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly walked to the body, searching for loot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William's movements suddenly halted. His mind was suddenly overshadowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the toxic exhaust clouds that shrouded Gardinaal's void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William's body trembled. He didn't know what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, a Ramilles-class Starfort was projected into the Gardinaal system via the Kalium Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repairing the fourth pair of space stations, travel time through the Kalium Gate was further reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In only five solar weeks, the Ramilles-class Starfort and the Shadow of Order fleet were projected from the northeastern Obscurus Segmentum to the eastern reaches of the Ultima Segmentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On dozens of moons and hundreds of asteroids, numerous orbital defense installations blared piercing alarms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defenders were not panicked. Over five millennia, they had repelled countless xenos and pirate attacks. Only once in their long history had they faced a substantive threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of Gardinaal believed they could repel the enemy's attack, just as in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forests of gun turrets swiveled, targeting the massive object that had suddenly appeared in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Lords issued a warning to the intruders: leave Gardinaal immediately.\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>",1136,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.771Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f644c6ed1b0f94a326b062aee68d4ee3e4509ef56ca86b3c25b7e724191876c","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-441","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-439",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]