[{"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-509":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},1511356,1962,"Chapter 509 - 508: Nareth's Son is Quite Impressive","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-509",509,"\u003Cp>Perturabo's jaw thrust forward. The long cables stuck on his head, like dreadlocks, clinked against each other softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your evidence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon felt Perturabo's pressure. He knew that if he couldn't provide a satisfactory answer, he would surely incur the Primarch's punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already formulated his explanation. \"My Lord, my evidence comes from my own father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice-blue in Perturabo's eyes receded somewhat, but he still stared intently at Keon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The xenos we face are controlled and driven by a race called the Slaugth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Slaugth can parasitize an Iron Warrior's body with a special, blood-red, insect-like creature.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this is your answer?\" Perturabo said impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forrix knows Kherkes. He has not been parasitized.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, he has been parasitized. The talent bestowed by my gene-father and my unique psychic abilities allow me to see what others cannot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon attributed the \"Spirit Medium's\" abilities to psychic power, the common external explanation used by the Shadows of Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Perturabo fall silent, seemingly analyzing his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you do not believe me, you can test it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How?\" Perturabo's rock-like, cold voice softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An individual parasitized by that flesh, while possessing intelligence surpassing a normal human's-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"-cannot retain your son's calculative and analytical abilities. He is not a true Iron Warrior. If you test him, he will immediately reveal himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon always bears in mind the Black Emperor's instruction: his role was to remind, not expose. Letting Lord Perturabo discover the truth himself was his task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo said no more. He deactivated the shielding field and returned to the hololithic table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The waiting Trident, seeing their father's gloomy expression, couldn't help but wonder what Keon and their father had discussed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo's ice-blue eyes fixed on Kherkes. He spoke gravely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mark the detailed results of your reconnaissance on the hololith.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you command, Father.\" 'Kherkes' immediately moved, taking the control rod and beginning to mark the mountain range's outline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo watched 'Kherkes's' every movement. Normally, he wouldn't waste time waiting, enough time to complete logistical planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he didn't leave the hololithic table. He watched Kherkes, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Trident also stood by, waiting quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The command center's timer ticked away one standard hour. Perturabo's brow furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kherkes's movements were slower than usual. He would pause occasionally, think for a few seconds, then continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'His movements are too slow. His auto-senses should assist his recording. He shouldn't need this long to recall.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack Marker Point One,\" Perturabo pointed on the hololith, asking Kherkes, \"Your plan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kherkes' hesitated. After two minutes of silence, he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One company, ten Malcador heavy tanks. After seizing the target area, deploy Tarantula sentry guns. Then build defensive fortifications...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo's voice grew colder. \"How many fortifications? Scale of fortifications? Standard construction time? Garrison strength? Firepower allocation? Reserve supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kherkes' fell silent for another three minutes. \"Four fortifications. Each of equal scale...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forrix frowned, watching his lieutenant. According to Kherkes's markings, the terrain around Marker Point One was uneven and winding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such a crucial node, building fortifications of equal scale was clearly wrong. They should be tailored to the terrain to maximize each fortification's firepower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered, Perturabo moved. He stepped before 'Kherkes' and tore off his helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch's ice-blue eyes immediately caught the unhealed gash on Kherkes's scalp, a millimeter wide, finger-length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doubted no more. Amidst the Trident's horrified exclamations, he thrust his fingers into Kherkes's skull and pulled out a blood-red maggot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the maggot was extracted, Kherkes's body crumpled to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo slammed the writhing, struggling parasite onto the hololithic table. With a sharp crack, the flesh and blood parasite's body slapped against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was parasitized.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forrix, blade of the Trident, thought of the devastating casualties they would have suffered walking into an ambush based on Kherkes's misinformation. He knelt in shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, I failed to detect Kherkes's parasitization. I nearly led us into the xenos' trap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be more vigilant in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forrix, expecting punishment from his gene-father, was stunned. He had thought he would be stripped of the Trident's honor. He never expected his perpetually strict father to forgo punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo's eyes were filled with ice-blue. \"The xenos set an ambush in the mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, they will pay the price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though his words were false, they still provided intelligence. Every strategic node must have xenos fortifications. They will also be lurking in ambush nearby...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon listened to Perturabo's rapid-fire analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch, almost without thinking, extrapolated the xenos' deployment from Kherkes's false report and formulated a corresponding battle plan accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes later, his name was called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keon, your task is to find the Slaugth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forrix looked thoughtfully at Keon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Father is assigning the Slaugth, the architects of all this, to Keon. Could it be...?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He spoke privately with Father earlier. Father didn't punish me for my failure.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did Keon warn Father?''\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you command, My Lord. But I need that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon pointed at the parasite's body on the hololithic table. Receiving permission, he picked up the blood-red maggot with his gauntlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon recalled the duty the Black Emperor had given him. \"My Lord, the Slaugth are difficult to kill. Please allow me to report to you once I have located him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will authorize a dedicated comm channel for you. You will be able to contact me at any time.\" Perturabo sent Keon a series of communication codes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forrix watched Keon with envy, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He has already won Father's trust.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming his helmet's comm link, Keon left the command center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He assembled the Court Brothers within his company, those to whom his father had granted different powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon selected no psychics. He certainly didn't use any diviners to foresee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Emperor had cautioned him that the Slaugth possessed certain traits similar to Blanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Slaugth could be sensed by a psychic. Their terrifying minds could also inflict varying degrees of punishment on any psyker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six hours later, Keon and his team reached the outskirts of Marker Point Five in the mountain range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside Keon stood a \"Seer,\" the blood-red parasite wound around the tip of his divining rod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked into the distance. The Iron Warriors had already launched their surprise attack on the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They moved like a precision war machine. Every squad acted simultaneously, reaching predetermined points at the same time, delivering precise firepower strikes against the xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deployed Tarantula sentry guns didn't fire laser beams. Instead, they fired energy beams personally designed by Lord Perturabo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tarantulas, along with the energy weapons mounted on the Malcador heavy tanks, opened fire on the towering, tree-like Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each Osseivores attack erased a Tarantula or a vehicle. But the Iron Warriors didn't retreat. They formed an unstoppable tide of steel, surging forward wave after wave against the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacks overwhelmed the Osseivores' firepower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous roar, the Titan-sized Osseivores toppled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the violent trembling of the ground, Keon led his team past the thirty-four Malcador heavy tanks destroyed by the Osseivores and entered the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They advanced. The \"Seer\" continuously used \"rod dowsing\" to correct their course. Eventually, they reached the foot of a thousand-meter peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Spirit Medium\" ordered a halt. He opened \"Eye of Death,\" entering the spiritual realm, viewing the fortress from a higher plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grey-white fortress was wrapped by countless, howling, dark green wrathful spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing for a time, the \"Spirit Medium\" closed \"Eye of Death.\" He had found his target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon immediately switched to the dedicated channel for Lord Perturabo, transmitting the coordinates captured by his divination device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second later, Perturabo's rock-like, cold voice sounded on the comm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keon led his team to conceal themselves behind rocks and waited quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't wait long. The helmet's timer had barely ticked past thirty-six standard minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar of engines, a squadron of iron-grey Stormbirds pierced the clouds, flying swiftly towards them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavily armored Stormbirds, personally forged by Perturabo, led the iron-grey formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defending Osseivoress fired beams into the air, striking Perturabo's mount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks flew as the beams impacted the iron-grey Stormbird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, the Stormbird squadron formed an arrowhead formation, unleashing a series of strikes on the Osseivoress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget the air! The Slaugth might try to flee. Stay alert!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Court Brothers immediately averted their eyes from the sky, each using their own abilities to watch the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Spectator\" beside Keon, his pitch-black eyes sharp, searched the mountainside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a black figure flashed through his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Spectator's\" eyes gleamed. He suddenly shouted on the comm channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've found him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately uploaded the captured image of the black figure to the tactical network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the thunderous crash of a collapsing Osseivores, Keon immediately shared the Slaugth's location with Lord Perturabo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron-grey Stormbirds, flying towards the fortress, immediately changed course, heading for the Slaugth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dominicus constantly changed direction, but the Stormbirds stayed relentlessly on his tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo stood in the open hatch. Tactical data flashed through his transhuman mind. Based on this, he predicted the Slaugth's trajectory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While directing the pilot, he raised his custom-made plasma gun, firing beams at the Slaugth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a series of wet slaps, worm after worm fell among the rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the iron-grey Stormbird's shadow covered the Slaugth, Perturabo leaped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, unmatched broadsword plunged deep into the Slaugth's body. Amidst a piercing shriek, the worm-creature's body stretched in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perturabo swung his sword repeatedly, hacking at Dominicus's limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Dominicus roared, \"How did he find me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After slaying the Slaugth with a series of strikes, Perturabo thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nareth's son is quite impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked the approaching Keon, \"What reward do you desire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, it is my honor to serve you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I may, I would like the Slaugth's body.\"\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>",1641,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.510Z",1,"novelbin.me","0654934209ed11545c96b3088eb6480c22801d8a0001b95bf24bf1774d8b695d","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-510","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-508",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]