[{"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-502":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},1511349,1962,"Chapter 502 - 501: As Long as Lord Nareth Continues to Support Me, I Can Become Stronger","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-502",502,"\u003Cp>On the surface of Gilders Prime, two servo-skulls tracked ten rising golden mechanical constructs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis Scoria had considerable contact with the Techmarines of the Shadows of Order. He knew these eagle-shaped constructs were Golden Garudas, an advanced reconnaissance system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tech-Priest manning the primary console spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Communication relays deployed. Comms system online. Coverage area: Southern Hemisphere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auspex matrix scan results shared. Tactical data updated...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis immediately accessed the comms system and instructed the Tech-Priest on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consolidate scan results. Locate the Osseivoress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coordinates 185, Osseivores vital signs detected...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four new dangerous rune markers appeared on the tactical network, standing out among the densely packed other xenos markers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis's data engines and logic engines spun rapidly, adjusting battle plans and running new simulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he noticed two additional Osseivores markers on the tactical network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He traced their source immediately, shared from allied forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis highlighted the two markers. \"Auspex to maximum power. Rescan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tech-Priest at the console immediately delegated the task to two acolytes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire macro-branch's auspex systems powered up, scanning the two designated areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coordinates 162 and 205: magnetic anomalies detected. Preliminary analysis indicates abundant magnetic ore deposits in those areas, interfering with scanning signals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis marked Coordinate 162 as a target. He wanted to verify the Golden Garuda's detection results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led a fully assembled cohort of Legio Cybernetica and twenty-nine tripod walkers towards Coordinate 162.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical feet of the Abeyant throne stepped onto the highway built by the colonists, advancing steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical platform, as lenient as the adjacent tripod walkers, was far more maneuverable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walkers' three legs stepped on the roadsides flanking the highway, crushing discarded ore underfoot into rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the morgue-like cockpits, the castes numbly performed their duties amidst the jolting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies, long imprisoned, were pale, but their eyes held a flicker of fervent light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gadianaal, having escaped the era of High Lords, had undergone a transformation unseen in five millennia. The enslaved castes had been liberated, and they had witnessed it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monarch had brought change to Gadianaal, and they would defend the hard-won achievements, so no one else would suffer their fate in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 3.6 kilometers from the coordinates, Anacharis's auspex, overcoming interference, detected the Osseivores in a mountain hollow, resembling an ancient, colossal tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Golden Garuda of Shadows of Order possesses scanning and detection capabilities superior to any auspex I can find or build.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis surveyed the terrain. The highway they had traveled on led straight into the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before entering the mountainous area, there were two slopes, 270 and 190 meters high respectively, flanking the entrance. The defending Rangdan forces were light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately issued orders. The Legio Cybernetica would assault the 270-meter slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slower tripod walkers, under the Shadows of Order command, would attack the lower slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, from both elevated positions, they would rain fire down upon the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abeyant was the first to step forward and turn. Two servo-skulls sprang up, projecting green light that enveloped the entire slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tech-Priest on the left and his two acolytes' arms flew across the keyboards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black cables swayed. The rotary gatling roared first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Belts of ammunition clattered. A dense hail of fire instantly mowed down over a dozen four-legged spiral-shelled creatures. Gelatinous blood splattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Overlord began to raise its segmented arms, clutching its weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two bright conversion beams crackled and slammed into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The precisely tuned energy frequency shattered its personal energy shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Maxim bolt guns thundered, immediately suppressing the Overlord's fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weapon system after weapon system on the Abeyant activated, unleashing a firestorm more powerful than an entire cohort, obliterating xenos defensive lines one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis simultaneously tracked the progress of the Shadows of Order Techmarines on the other flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tripod walkers deployed in a line. Extremely bright beams pierced through the rock. Scorching plasma beams carved xenos into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy overheating turned the cold, metal morgues into furnaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Techmarines recorded sensor data, a basis for future improvements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunners, drenched in sweat, pulled levers. The walkers' energy weapons elevated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dazzling beams slammed into personal energy shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis's optical cybernetic eye flickered, capturing the walkers' combat data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Shadows of Order has standardized the operational procedures for the tripod walkers: coordinated strike, simultaneously identifying Overlords, energy weapons to breach personal shields, followed by kinetic weapons like cannons to finish them off.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Though compared to my Abeyant, their coordination is less flexible, and there's some waste of energy weapons.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anacharis evaluated, the twenty-nine tripod walkers crested the slope. Fleeing xenos were crushed underfoot, ground into pools of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In unison, they aimed all weapons at the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless beams pierced the dust hanging over the mining zone, slamming into the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivores, standing in the mining base it had razed, turned and raised its arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding light tore through the mining district's eternally dark sky. Anacharis scanned the energy reading skyrocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Visual signals on his auspex flickered for seconds before returning to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis noted that not a single tripod walker had been destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cybernetic eye scanned. Among the crushed rock on the slope, residual energy signatures lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Osseivores' weapon attack was deflected. Squat void-shield technology.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy reading climbed. Anacharis allocated power, boosting his cybernetic eye to maximum output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having witnessed Lord Nareth's terrifying power, he had recognized the inadequacy of his previous eye. With resource support, he had installed a quadruple electro-optical system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he didn't lose the visual signal. He captured the entire exchange between the walkers and the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Osseivores: energy shield overloaded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Two walkers: void-shield systems breached.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warning rune suddenly flashed on Anacharis's comms system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a momentary lag across all systems: loss of visual signal, loss of mechadendrite control...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis immediately traced the error reports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System under attack.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attack Type I: Neurotoxin.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attack Type II: Psychic.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one cybernetic eye still monitoring the Osseivores engagement, his other eye focused on the threat runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white figure, its bulbous head traversed by a red line, he instantly recognized it as a Cerabvores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the eight mechadendrites behind Anacharis raised, the growth atop the Osseivores' head swayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding beam lanced out. A tripod walker with a breached void-shield was engulfed in the searing light, annihilated, both machine and pilot erased without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy beams from the remaining twenty-eight walkers, green plasma beams, laser weapons, overwhelmed the Osseivores' green form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the colossal green form toppled, Anacharis opened fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Photon piercing cannon, phase plasma weapons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bright beams flared, standing out even within the destructive energy storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cerabvores sensed the lethal threat. It immediately raised its curved arms, erecting a psychic shield before itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of piercing cracks was drowned out by the thunderous crash of the collapsing Osseivores, which crushed mine tunnels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos surrounding the Cerabvores, stunned by the rapid destruction of the Osseivores, didn't even notice their leader under attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After gathering the necessary data, Anacharis immediately increased the output of his weapon systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of sharp reports jolted the stunned xenos back to their senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They barely raised their weapons, aiming at the mountain hollow, when another loud crack sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming the personal energy shield shattered, the gravity cannon thundered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cerabvores's body uncontrollably floated, its head ringing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis raised his lightning staff. A bolt of electricity, thick as an arm, struck the Cerabvores's brain directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The devastating current pierced its mind. Physiological fluid gushed from the red line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having slain the Cerabvores, a surge of elation rose from Anacharis's remaining brain tissue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I've grown stronger!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The old me could never have defeated a Cerabvores alone.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is all Lord Nareth's gift!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He issued orders on the military-grade comms system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill the xenos. Bring the Cerabvores back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anacharis had avoided using meltas specifically to preserve the Cerabvores's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew from the Techmarines that Lord Nareth appreciated various peculiar creatures and objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cerabvores was one such prize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'As long as Lord Nareth continues to support me, I can become even stronger.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Anacharis's mind, an image formed: himself with twelve mechadendrites behind him, then eighteen...\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>",1367,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.510Z",1,"novelbin.me","e9fa2f29018f16a85e397dbcdaf17c1738b9eab9fe72f82fa168f0ccab175dfb","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-503","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-501",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]