[{"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-566":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},1511283,1962,"Chapter 566 - 565: Nareth Fails a Willpower Check for the First Time","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-566",566,"\u003Cp>868.M30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piraeus, Surface Temporary Base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena held a data-slate, reporting to Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, the 'Readers' have reviewed all reports from the Honor Guard members.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 'Student of Ratiocinations' have analyzed them in conjunction with the auspex matrix scan reports.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I conducted a final review of the records. Fifteen anomalies were identified. After comprehensive analysis, twelve were ruled out. There are three findings I should report to You.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Polymath\" spoke, connecting the data slate to a cogitator. A green holographic image materialized in the Primarch's Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within shifting grey mist, a red, heart-shaped, gem-like tree-like creature appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the image zoomed in, its front was smooth and delicate, radiating light. Its back was wrinkled like an old man's skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire tree continuously expanded and contracted slightly, as if breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 3rd Squad discovered this strange tree-like creature in Sector G-3.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Apothecaries cannot classify it as animal or plant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stepping near it interferes with the helmet's internal positioning system, and static appears on the comms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth immediately recognized it: Mist Tree, the main ingredient for Sequence 7 \"Magician\" of the Fool Pathway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image shifted. Hundreds of leopard-like creatures of varying colors leaped and pounced in the desert, biting and tearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, several of them suddenly changed color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yellow fur turned green. Purple turned brown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shifting colors were like a vivid magic trick of nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 1st Squad discovered these color-shifting leopard-like creatures in Sector C-7.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded slightly. These were also the main ingredients for \"Magician\", the Shifting Leopards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stroked John beside him, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I've just arrived at Piraeus and already have all the materials for \"Magician.\" A good omen.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nareth pondered, the image shifted again, revealing a bizarre scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a lush grassland, there were statues of people, deathly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth examined the image. Among them was an officer, body straight, arm raised, directing an advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also soldiers in a search posture, alertly crouched, weapons raised, moving forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image shifted. An Honor Guard member entered the frame, drawing his combat knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you can see, the statues are indeed human corpses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Upon examination, the Apothecaries could not determine the time of death. The bodies were not severely decomposed; some even retained body heat. But their consciousness had long vanished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most bizarrely, no one's face showed expressions of shock or pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Polymath's\" eyes flickered as he voiced his reasoning conclusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are only three possibilities for this: First, they died at different times and places, then were moved here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, they died simultaneously, becoming these bizarre statues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The final possibility: they died at different times without realizing it, in situations like sleep, and were then driven by some force to gather here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded. Without a doubt, this plain was the most likely location where the C'tan shard Kalugura, the Silent Cry, was imprisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm, a rather bizarre way to die. This is why Szarekh, the Silent King, forbade the Necrons from using the Silent Cry.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Would Necrons die like this too?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth knew that other C'tan shards like the Nightbringer, the Void Dragon, and the Burning One he had obtained were not forbidden by the Silent King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only C'tan whose power was forbidden that he knew of was the Silent Cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dispatch five squads. Use the Arc Projection Guns to hunt the color-shifting leopards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth instructed, then selected Beyonders with high spiritual intuition like \"Monsters\" and \"Sleepless,\" as well as \"Seers\" who could divine directions, to gather the Mist Trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, taking only Arsena, Diana, Luther, and seven others, he boarded a Stormbird and flew towards the grassland region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glen Vossoto, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines First Chapter, gazed through the viewport at the endless expanse of statues below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The various forms of the statues were captured by his transhuman vision. Suddenly, his pupils contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, the statues below seem to form a pattern.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the statues outline...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A human form,\" the \"Polymath\" said admiringly to Vossoto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct.\" Nareth withdrew his extending consciousness and instructed the pilot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nelson, fly towards the head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you command, Father.\" As a true \"Robot,\" Nelson had already calculated and extrapolated the overall image of the entire statue zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Descend... stop...\" Nareth directed Nelson to hover a hundred meters above the head area. He examined it for a moment, then ordered again, \"Open the hatch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's wings beat as he flew out of the Stormbird, descending slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty-six verdant corpses were piled into the shape of a teardrop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch keenly confirmed that the verdancy was unrelated to the green grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated his Warp Insight. The green rose and merged into a single entity, a teardrop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a supernatural green, but unrelated to the Warp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment's thought, Nareth decided on a cautious method that respected the deceased to open the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cremation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His golden wings beat. Golden flames descended from the sky, landing on the dozens of teardrop corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch's eyes focused. Telekinesis extended, isolating the area from its surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a crackling sound, the statues rapidly turned to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's eyes focused. He saw an obsidian-like passage revealed before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sent a thought-pulse to Nelson, then entered the passage, scrutinizing the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch's eyes focused. He keenly perceived that the material forming the passage walls was not obsidian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each black stone was a triangle of varying size. Overall black, their dark cores shimmered with starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole stone was like a night sky dotted with stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Triangular Nightstone. The main ingredient for Sequence 6 of the Darkness Pathway.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gathered materials for another potion, Nareth thought with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I thought I'd have to find this on Nostramo, the Night Lords; homeworld.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I haven't even found the Silent Cry shard yet, and I've already gathered materials for three potions, completing two. Lucky indeed.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's smile faded instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Perhaps this isn't luck?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Did the humans who sealed the Silent Cry discover this planet's special nature, making it suitable for the seal?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Or has the Silent Cry, imprisoned here for millennia, subtly influenced this place?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vossoto entered the passage, following the Primarch's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This cannot be natural. The probability is one in a billion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akurduana gently touched the wall. \"Exquisite. Unparalleled craftsmanship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth strode forward. The others followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passage widened. After descending over a hundred meters, it was wide enough for ten to walk abreast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Descending over a kilometer along the passage, Vossoto looked ahead at the sloping, winding path with no end in sight. He exclaimed admiringly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if man-made, the calculations required would be immeasurable, exceeding even the total cogitations of an Emperor-class battleship's cogitators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passage of Triangular Nightstone seemed endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the thud of footsteps echoed in the faint light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zahariel suddenly stopped, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The passage of time feels completely different from reality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Lord Nareth had taught him how to activate his innate psychic ability, \"Fearsight,\" he had practiced and used it countless times, developing a keen intuition for time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems...\" Diana's eyes rapidly turned into golden vertical pupils. After careful discernment, the \"Hypnotist\" spoke, \"some supernatural force is affecting our minds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An ordinary person would feel time infinitely stretched. They would give up, even collapse mentally, during a journey lasting months or years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucius drew his sword, clenching his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A powerful enemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balsar Kurthuri, Librarian of the 19th Legion, his eyes deepened, looked into the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed a will as majestic as a mountain, yet as still as a dead swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balsar's body trembled slightly. \"Perhaps... he... doesn't need... to appear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balsar's speech involuntarily slowed. His will was affected by an invisible force. His thoughts stagnated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Librarian crashed to the ground. The others vigilantly looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dimly lit passage was like a devouring abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't touch him.\" The Primarch examined Balsar. He sensed he had fallen into some supernatural state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casually touching him might cause unpredictable harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'As long as I get the Silent Cry into the Kingdom of Disorder quickly, Balsar should wake up on his own.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Diana, you stay and guard him.\" Nareth left the \"Hypnotist,\" the strongest in the mental domain, and looked around at the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Know your limits. If you feel unwell, return on your own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he ascended to the first level of the Thelema mindstate and continued onward.\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>",1398,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.789Z",1,"novelbin.me","9bb7f3574455b79cdae7ecab6bc540a84c517264abf333e83353921be40b3a4d","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-621","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-620",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]