[{"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-489":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},1510951,1962,"Chapter 489 - 488: The Osseivores Destroys a Titan","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-489",489,"\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" moved among the human slaves, where a battle for their minds raged between the neural collars and the power of the Mind-Controllers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small portion obeyed the Librarians' commands, orderly turning and marching out of the throng to gather together. The majority stood frozen, eyes vacant and lost. A tiny few, still enslaved by their neural collars, continued their mindless advance forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One xenos, its body covered in writhing tentacles, waved its arms at the slaves around it, roaring in fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing no reaction, its six arms each snatched up a slave, hoisting them high. With a sickening crunch of breaking bones, it hurled the crushed bodies aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey quickened his pace, each step landing squarely in the shadow of a human slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, he materialized two meters behind the xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic's\" psychic sense stretched out, touching the alien's shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness obeyed his will, rapidly coalescing into the form of a panther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Summoned Shadow\" leopard lunged, razor-sharp claws aiming for the xenos's thick neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THWUMP! The panther smashed against what seemed an invisible wall and was sent flying back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xeno's spun, eyes flashing with confusion at the sight of the black beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where had this dark creature come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'An Overlord' the \"Shadow Ascetic\" noted silently as he \"lurked in the shadows\", circling behind the xeno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He extended more of his psychic energy, touching the Overlord's shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos lashed out with its tentacles, coiling them around the panther, and instantly felt a soul-numbing cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the moment it was frozen stiff by the chill, a blade hissed through the air, slashing across its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackling energy spat and sparked. The xeno tried to turn, to find its attacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the waves of cold seeping from its tentacles made its body shudder uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bracing against the chill, it ordered two more tentacles to seize the panther, squeezing with all their might until it shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black ichor sprayed, coating all six tentacles in viscous fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos felt its body grow colder still, as if plunged into a cryo-chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shivering violently, its turning motion became agonizingly slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic's\" psychic energy sheathed his blade as he hacked and slashed, relentlessly battering the personal energy shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos had barely rotated sixty degrees when, with a piercing shriek, the Overlord's energy shield collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its tentacles whipped back, desperately trying to halt the unseen attacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, its blood seemed to boil, surging as if injected with stimulants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I MUST see what is attacking me!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos spun like a top, completing over a dozen revolutions in the span of a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Librarians watched from the shadows, observing the xenos he had afflicted with bio-lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the twenty-fifth spin, its speed finally slowed. It panted heavily, feeling utterly drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I… must… see…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final, bitter thought, it lost consciousness and crumpled to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" felt a something dissolving within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flashed through the shadows, crossing the slave army's lines far faster than the circuitous route of the armored vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey saw many xenos, but his gaze did not linger on them for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were drawn instead by missiles trailing fire, following their path until they struck their target with a deafening blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the haze of smoke, the Librarians sight pierced. He saw the xenos that had been hit, utterly unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused on the xenos, tracing the outline of its colossal form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood as tall as a Warlord-class Titan. But more than any animal, it resembled a plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head was a high, domed mass, as if countless growths were fused together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body tapered downwards, like the wrapping of a bouquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its arms were composed of densely packed branches, encasing a bizarre weapon that spat searing energy beams against the Titan's void shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had three tree-like legs, one forward, two back. The end of each leg split into dozens of root-like branches, gripping the ground fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the behemoth, Ramsey immediately recognized it from the Black Emperor's briefing: Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rangdan were a vast xenos alliance, with the Osseivoress and Cerabvores as the two dominant species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cerabvores wielded formidable psychic power, often serving as commanders, and could unleash neurotoxins that not even an Astartes could resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivoress possessed overwhelming combat strength, sometimes exceeding that of a Titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey had never doubted the Black Emperor's words, but he had struggled to imagine a creature rivaling a Titan in battle. He had thought only a Primarch could possess such might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing a Osseivores, he witnessed it firsthand: a living thing as immense as a god-machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey stared at the sole piece of machinery on the Osseivores, the bizarre weapon whose energy beam even suppressed the Titan's firepower. It had a mechanical eye, larger than a man, covered in densely packed xenos runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two gun barrels were actually covered in sharp, bony protrusions, making him wonder if it was a hybrid of machine and organism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey ascended into the first layer of Thelema mindstate, steadying his shock, clearing his thoughts, and analyzing the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He filtered out the overwhelming assaults of the Titan and the Osseivores. Missiles struck energy shields; energy beams met void shields. He couldn't judge advantage from the attacks alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed other factors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filtering the interference, Ramsey found the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed the Osseivores was steadily advancing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Titan constantly shifted position, using the surrounding forges for cover, trying to put distance between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conclusion was immediate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Just as my Lord said. Most Titans are outmatched by a Osseivores.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He keyed his vox and sent a message to Falk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord, I've spotted a Rangdan Osseivores. The Xana Titan will be destroyed soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Falk's voice crackled with shock. \"Confirmed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Confirmed. Sending coordinates now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey' rune-caster captured the position and transmitted it to the tactical network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the vox-link cut, Ramsey saw the growths atop the Osseivores's head sway, as if stirred by a wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blindingly bright light seared the Shadow of Order's eyes; he squinted involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground convulsed violently in the deafening explosion. Hyper-thermal fragments of machinery and armor plating tore through furnace after furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his eyes adjusted, Ramsey snapped his gaze to the Titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was immobile; the power plant was clearly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Titan hadn't ceased fire. Missiles streaked through the air, and searing beams lanced towards the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey saw a missile, trailing light, slam into the Osseivores's crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal form shuddered. Dozens of black, branch-like appendages fell like spears, crashing down among the Rangdan xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>POP POP POP…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cascade of personal energy shields failed as over a dozen Overlords were impaled by the falling branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Titan broke its personal shields!' Ramsey thought with a surge of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought barely formed when a earth-shattering roar erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey looked up, and his world filled with searing light. He was blinded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous explosion followed, and his ears rang with a piercing whine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds passed before the Shadow of Order recovered. He looked towards the battlefield. The immense Titan lay shattered, blown apart. He could barely make out its legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey sighed inwardly 'The Osseivores destroyed the Titan!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ear twitched. He heard the roar of engines.\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>",1231,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.771Z",1,"novelbin.me","051003f42cf0ce78d9b3531cb80038418004398d4b089a4881839938f0b7d52e","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-164","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-163",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]