[{"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-506":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},1511353,1962,"Chapter 506 - 505: Company Captain, You Cannot Insult the Honored Navigator!","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-506",506,"\u003Cp>Nerat Kirine's Command Squad Captain looked doubtfully at the passage. He could not see anything special about the one his Captain had indicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his doubts, he followed Nerat into the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Mystery Pryer\" advanced, simultaneously sensing the subtle changes around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group proceeded, winding through the labyrinthine passages for a standard hour. This far exceeded the scan results for this section of the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have we taken a wrong turn?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\" Nerat denied without hesitation upon hearing the Command Squad Captain's question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could intuitively sense that those adult male Q'orl warriors wanted to lure them onto a specific path to spring an ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Emperor had told him the xenos possessed considerable intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The path he had chosen would thwart the xenos' ambush plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three o'clock! Fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From around the corner came adult male Q'orl warriors emerging from the diffusing mist. They flew directly into the dense barrage fired by the Astartes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of the xenos lifted the spirits of the Nineteenth Legion warriors, casting aside their earlier unease about being lost in the labyrinth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adamantium-tipped rounds shredded the xenos' papery outer shells. Bolts detonated within their sacs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rat-tat-tat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What shot towards the Astartes now was no longer air bullets, but dense solid rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Mystery Pryer\" saw more clearly than the other Astartes, who only saw outlines. The xenos had firearms mounted on biochemical interfaces at the base of their abdomens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rounds hammered into the power armor, pitting and denting the ceramite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Astartes moved in zigzag patterns, using the side passages as cover as they returned fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adult Q'orl warriors did not need to turn their bodies. Their thoraxes could simply rotate, covering one hundred eighty degrees, firing like rotating turrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, a Command Squad member fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These biochemically modified individuals, even with their sacs destroyed, posed a greater threat than the ordinary individuals encountered earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Nerat immediately activated his lightning claws and charged straight into the Q'orl. His energy-field-wreathed claws swung, tearing apart an adult male warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weaving among the Q'orl, warrior after warrior fell. His movements were swift, and not even the foul slime touched his armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Q'orl noticed the swift figure moving among them. The warriors, split on either side, abandoned the Command Squad members and directed a hail of fire at Nerat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Mystery Pryer\" let his psychic intuition guide him. He sidestepped, he surged forward, moving agilely through the storm of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat carved through the Q'orl ranks. He sensed his Command Squad members following behind him. He did not stop. He could already see the end of the passage ahead, where a chamber lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Elite Q'orl male warriors are guarding something.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swung his lightning claws, shredding the xenos in his path, and arrived before a large door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar of bolts sounded behind him. His following Command Squad meant he didn't need to watch his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike in the past, Nerat did not immediately resort to breaching charges or melta bombs to blast open the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he possessed the power bestowed by the Black Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Mystery Pryer\" gazed at the xenos runic script on the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes were vastly different from Gothic letters, but they were clearly pictographic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had a circle on top, a vertical line below, and slanted lines on the sides, likely representing humans...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intellect of an Astartes allowed Nerat to take in all the runes in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Mystery Pryer's\" eyes deepened as he analyzed and interpreted the Q'orl runic script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the roar of bolts behind him ceased, he had holstered his bolt pistol and was rapidly tapping on the gelatinous keypad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the diffusion of cold mist, similar to that emitted from the xenos' sacs, the door slowly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Navigators! Navigators of House Frank!\" the Command Squad Captain exclaimed, stepping beside his Company Captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer doubted; they had indeed taken the correct path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pale-skinned Navigators stared at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One said weakly, \"Save... save me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong with you?\" the Command Squad Captain asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I...\" the Navigator said stiffly. \"It's nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing? But you just begged for help,\" the Command Squad Captain asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat suddenly strode towards the Navigator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Mystery Pryer\" shoved him down and tore off his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Command Squad Captain was about to stop his Company Captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Insulting an Imperially-consecrated, honored Navigator would cause them no small trouble. Lord Horus would reprimand them for their disrespectful behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gauntlet, reaching for the Captain's arm, stopped mid-air. He saw a maggot attached to the base of the Navigator's spine, close to the nervous system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a fat, bloated maggot. Its two tentacles were deeply embedded in the Navigator's pale flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mouthparts were clamped tightly onto the spine. The surrounding pale flesh was a livid purple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The xenos used this to control the Navigator,\" the Command Squad Captain realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct,\" Nerat recalled the information the Black Emperor had given him. \"It's called a mind grub.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Container!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Apothecary immediately retrieved a metal canister from his belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the Company Captain's orders, he had prepared fifteen storage containers in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed a rune. Cold mist dispersed as a section of the canister extended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat raised his left hand and grabbed the fat maggot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deprived of its host, the mind grub angrily emitted a piercing shriek at Nerat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat placed the maggot into the biological chamber. The Apothecary pressed the rune again before the fat creature could squirm out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mind grub slammed against the inner metal wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank... you...\" the surviving Navigator of House Frank said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally escaped the nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never wanted to relive the torment of constantly fighting the intruder with his will, struggling not to let his consciousness sink into the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take him back to the ship,\" Nerat ordered. Then he looked at a massive stone, taller than himself and three men wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone was covered in Q'orl runic script arranged in a honeycomb pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep-space monolith!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat's eyes gleamed. Both the mind grubs and the deep-space monoliths were items the Black Emperor had specified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Command Squad members immediately stepped forward and lifted the deep-space monolith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat then led his Command Squad back into the labyrinth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through one corridor, he suddenly stopped, pointing at the metal wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Melta bombs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, an explosion echoed. Command Squad members who had advanced some distance looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw countless xenos writhing and struggling within a sea of fire. They raised their bolters, firing at the Q'orl desperately crawling out of the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Command Squad Captain was not surprised, but still glanced at his Company Captain with wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his Company Captain was growing stronger, and wiser too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nerat Kirine led his company in boarding one disassembled Q'orl chain-ship after another as they tried to flee. They rescued captured Navigators and brought back spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after all the chain-ships in the void had been captured did he halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving the Shadow Lord' order to stand down and rest, the \"Mystery Pryer\" began performing prayer rituals in his Captain's quarters, offering the mind grubs and deep-space monoliths to the Black Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he mastered the power the Black Emperor bestowed through these offerings, Arkhas Fal issued the order for an orbital assault on Svejk Prime.\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>",1246,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.510Z",1,"novelbin.me","2fc294a9a760d90a6f010d7ff21e074952b07f5d91475221fb2de7202765833f","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-507","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-505",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]