[{"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-552":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},1511251,1962,"Chapter 552 - 551: Keep the Secret for Me and Luther","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-552",552,"\u003Cp>867.M30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboard the Shadow's Sovereignty, Bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the hololithic strategic table, Zadkiel asked incredulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, are you truly entrusting me with command of the void battle?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around at the others present: the Knight Lord ofShadows of Order's Eight Chapter, and three commanders from other Legions, all far surpassing him in status and prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luther, the Dark Angels' second-in-command. Gren Vosotho, the Ultramarines' former Legion Master and current First Chapter Master. Akurduana, Second Company Captain of the Emperor's Children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have already decided to adopt your void battle plan,\" Nareth said, observing Zadkiel. From his fervent grey eyes, he saw ambition and desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Zadkiel, you've been waiting for an opportunity. The first time you got one, your ship was destroyed with all hands.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now, I'm giving you that chance. Prove yourself.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel glanced around once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thierry smiled warmly. Luther looked at him encouragingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vosotho frowned slightly, but still gave him a small nod, the sort of doubt born of Ultramarines' doctrinal rigidity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akurduana remained enthusiastic, more interested in challenging powerful enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'With Lord Nareth's command, even commanders from different Legions have accepted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'With his support, I can command this great void battle.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Zadkiel hesitated no longer. He knelt on one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, I thank You for this opportunity. I will not disappoint You.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel immediately stepped into his role. He directed the fleet's transition to realspace, deploying the Feather-Quill Scions\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>throughout the various Legion fleets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Feather-Quill Scions moved through the narrow starship structures like fish in water, conveying Zadkiel's will to every vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel reveled in the power of command. The words of the quill flowed from his hand, transforming into runes representing operational processes, then into the fleet's navigational plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperium's Northwestern Frontier, Fortress of Resilience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ships of black, iron-black, blue, purple, and grey transitioned into realspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander of the smallest grey contingent was not aboard his own flagship, but on the Shadow's Sovereignty, directing the entire combined fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel's methodical command, especially his coordination of the Squats' iron-black fortress ships, whose navigation method differed from the Imperium's, dispelled many of Vosotho's doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still questioned whether Zadkiel was up to this major battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vosotho reviewed the combat reports received by the cogitator and spoke a reminder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The xenos set a trap at the Fortress of Resilience. They deployed two war-moons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Endless drone swarms have severely damaged the Paradigm of Hate. Urian Vendraig was forced to abandon his flagship, overload its plasma reactor, and destroy it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's gaze fixed on the war satellite in the void, blazing like a star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Paradigm of Hate was ultimately doomed to destruction. From today, the Legion that possessed the most Gloriana-class battleships now has only two, just half of my Legion's number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm, the Paradigm of Hate's destruction is actually a good thing for me.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even if I can \"corrode\" Vendraig, the Lion, who dislikes Terran-born, wouldn't let him keep the Paradigm of Hate permanently. Now, this wreck is mine.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth recalled that after the First Rangdan War, the Dark Angels had built a fortress on the remains of the extinguished star, the Paradigm of Hate, and the war-moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't leave the wreckage at the Fortress of Resilience. Lian Ramilies, who had mastered part of war-moon technology, should be able to tow it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Squat League could even trade stars, but their assistance would come at a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth withdrew his gaze and saw Vosotho's grim expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now they have fewer than forty capital ships left...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even as we speak, another ship's identification signal just vanished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel turned to Vosotho and said confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have two objectives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defeat the xenos, especially those evil war-moons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rescue the severely damaged Dark Angels fleet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel's gaze returned to the hololithic table. His grey-limestone gauntlets moved rapidly as he outlined his tactical intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The war satellites' anti-air firepower is reduced to 56.13%. Their drone count is down to 14.8%.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two Squat fortress ships can breach their gates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped three times around the winged angel rune. \"The remaining three fortress ships will insert at these three positions, forming an incomplete defensive ring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dark Angels fleet can utilize the fortress ships' defense, and also emerge through the gaps in the ring to deliver firepower strikes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vosotho stared at the hololithic image, running through the deduction using his father's taught way of thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirteen seconds later, he exclaimed admiringly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The best possible tactic for the current situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interior lines mean shorter maneuvering distances. They can actively manage power and choose when to emerge through the gaps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The xenos fleet can't predict or effectively target them, reducing risk while they continue to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vosotho glanced again at Lord Nareth. Now he believed that once more, the Lord had placed the right man in command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zadkiel swept his arm forcefully, as if writing a line of victorious truth with his quill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Execute!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth watched the hololithic table. Blue and purple fighters launched from their decks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not fight independently as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue and purple mixed together. The blue runes moved in orderly formation. The purple runes perfectly filled the gaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the orderly formation met the red sea, the blue fighters erupted with firepower runes, tearing away entire swaths of red in blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue and purple runes swept through the red sea like a blade. The remaining fish-like red remnants vanished rapidly under the purple runes' assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proud Emperor's Children piloted their fighters perfectly, filling in the unexpected contingencies that the Ultramarines' precise calculations couldn't account for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The established tacit coordination continued to show. The slowing purple ships, engines at full power, snapped up the stragglers that slipped through the blue ships' fire net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent explosions filled the void, tearing through the xenos ships' spikes and flails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboard the black-terracotta battleship, Terra's Glory, Bridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig stared at the green hololithic image. Three ships formed a protective ring around his fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with his Master of Vox's report, he understood the tactical intent of Lord Nareth's fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fleet was saved. But he saw no hope for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had failed. He had not proven himself to the Lion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lost the Paradigm of Hate, seventy percent of his fleet, and over half of the four Chapters committed to support the Fortress of Resilience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig sighed, almost imperceptibly. His gaze hardened again. He ordered his adjutant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Execute according to the received plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abandoning hope of proving himself to his father, Vendraig carefully directed his fleet under the Squat ships' cover. Three days later, they landed on the war satellite's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led his Eighth Chapter in the assault, but it was not the decisive battle he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After meticulously studying the intelligence provided by Shadow's of Order and the battle reports from the four Chapters at the Fortress of Resilience, Vendraig had formulated a suitable tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ordered the six Companies equipped with heavy vehicles: \"3rd Company... Eight Company, deploy a front one hundred kilometers wide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ordered the two Companies equipped with hoverbikes: \"9th and 10th Companies, harass the xenos' flanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"1st and 2nd Companies, follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig checked the tactical network on his helmet. Once the xenos committed their slave armies, he immediately ordered the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig led the charge, sword swinging as he plunged into the enemy ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cleaved a xenos' head with one blow, then let out a venting roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Honor Guard roared in response, advancing swiftly beside their commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig's sword pierced human slaves and their neural collars together, bringing them release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like swinging a club, he smashed xenos' heads, meting out death's punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig strode forward. He found a strange calm in the slaughter, slightly dispelling the gloom pressing on his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he saw the bulbous, enormous head. His thoughts stalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A xenos commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig locked onto its position. He swung his arm violently, his spinning blade tearing through a xenos Overlord's personal energy shield as he charged the tall, silvery-white figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he advanced, he felt as if layers of netting were closing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred meters from the xenos, he faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty meters, his sword arm slowed. An Overlord's claw scored a gash across his power armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his longsword clashed with a crystal greatsword, a pustule erupted on Vendraig's neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled to avoid a white lightning bolt. The pustule burst, spraying slime across his armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig ignored the toxin wound. His eyes were fixed only on the xenos commander's curved arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sidestepped a crackling arc and slashed his sword across the xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos swung its crystal greatsword. The blades met in a flash of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a chain of energy flashes, pustules erupted on Vendraig's forehead, chin, and neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pus seeped into his eyes, burning and stinging, then leaving them sore and dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig's breathing grew heavy. He hunched, then felt a sharp pain in his armpit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't stop. He lunged suddenly. His blade flashed, severing the xenos' head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Cerabvore slain, the xenos army broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Apothecaries used scalpels to excise the remnants of the pustules and clean his wounds, his adjutant suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Nareth has arrived,\" the adjutant paused for a few seconds before continuing, \"and Lord Luther.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig's still somewhat chaotic thoughts instantly cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose abruptly and strode out of the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw the black-armored, golden-winged giant, before he could speak, Lord Nareth produced a small bottle of green liquid, flashed before him, and dripped it on the tip of his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the remaining pustules vanish within seconds. The toxins were all gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig stared in shock at the small green bottle. The neurotoxins that could poison an Astartes' transhuman body had been neutralized just like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stood stunned, the Primarch's hand landed on his shoulder. A voice sounded in his mind, calling him familiarly by his given name, not his family name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urian, keep the secret for me and Luther.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vendraig looked at the approaching Luther. He thought of the opportunity Lord Nareth had given him. He nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth watched Vendraig with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Shared secrets will draw us closer.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'By choosing to keep the secret, you are not far from being \"corroded\" by me.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Zahariel, who once respected the Lion most, also betrayed him by keeping a secret for Luther.'\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>",1737,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.789Z",1,"novelbin.me","892d9066c424952b731889818049d0ee9335ead1317e7267bea4c4ca12b44e9e","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-603","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-551",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]