[{"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-569":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},1511289,1962,"Chapter 569 - 568: Nareth Can Actually Deploy Two Hundred Thousand Shadows of Order?","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-569",569,"\u003Cp>869.M30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, ships of varying colors transitioned into realspace. Fleets from nine Astartes Legions surged into the Taxal system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black ships of Shadows of Order held the center, their total number exceeding the combined number of warships from all other participating Legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-terracotta Dark Angels and cobalt-blue Ultramarines formed the flanks. Ships bearing the winged sword insignia made up over a third of their number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson Thousand Sons, purple Emperor's Children, white War Hounds, Zadkiel's Feather-Quill Scions, and the Night Lords fleet filled the gaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha Legion's ships quietly departed from the main fleet, prowling the void in covert operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven void Leviathans stepped forth from the tens of thousands of escort vessels surrounding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow of Order's Primarch flagship, Shadow's Sovereignty; First Chapter's Judgments glory; Third Chapter's Midnight Veil; Seventh Chapter's Black Mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Angels' Invincible Reason and Truth's Razor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ultramarines' Macragge's Honour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboard the Macragge's Honour, Marius Gage stood beside Guilliman, relaying the Primarch's deployment to the ships of the other Legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman stared at the green hololithic image of the system, rapidly updated with auspex scans from all Legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth, the key brother among the Dauntless Few, trusted him and had given him command of the void battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman's gaze settled on that creation shining with a deep crimson light, the xenos war-moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Contact Omegon. Confirm when he will join us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firepower of eight Gloriana-class battleships was enough to destroy any obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked out through the viewport, its armor lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drone swarms, vast as an ocean, receded like an ebbing tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xenos ships, bristling with spikes and flails, were torn apart in silent, blazing flashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman felt humanity's glory tearing apart the xenos' evil void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Macragge's Honour beneath his feet, and the six other ships, were the Emperor's light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seven ships. Four are from Nareth's Legion. Over half.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman's smile vanished. His expression was complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So many...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of how Nareth had recovered the STC for the Ramillies-class starfort and reached an agreement with the Fabricator-General of Mars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even measured by value, it's commensurate.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Nareth has recovered too many holy STCs, of too high a value. Ferrus can't match him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The ability to detect the xenos' falsified ship readings also relies on his unique technology. Ferrus seems to have mastered the same technology...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman's gaze returned to the hololithic star chart, focusing on the red markers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the computational workload drop by orders of magnitude, yet also regretted losing the challenge of pushing his own calculative limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Guilliman pondered, Gage's voice sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Omegon replies: twenty minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha slithered out like a serpent, joining the line of Gloriana-class battleships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It prowled on the periphery, seeming ready to break away at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, all drones are converging on us. The xenos ships are deploying in layers. There are thirteen defensive lines before us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gage, as I've told you, victory in battle is often determined before the first shot is fired, even before the order to fire is given.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Codex Militaris, Chapter Seven, Section Three, Subsection Two.\" As the only one to have read the book Guilliman was writing, Gage immediately identified its location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's only a first draft,\" Guilliman corrected, then continued: \"Nareth and I, and the other brothers, have reached a consensus. When we gather the Gloriana-class battleships, the outcome is already decided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Guilliman finished, the eight void leviathans simultaneously spat out blinding lances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystalline, deadly energy sliced through xenos ships like blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light from their exploding engines was as dazzling as firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense macro-cannon barrages shredded wave after wave of attacking drones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos' first defensive line was crushed by overwhelming firepower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman looked around at every screen, filled with signals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compile the scan results for Taxal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officers around the hololithic tactical table worked tensely. Data torrents surged like waterfalls across their data-slates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman's transhuman mind monitored each data stream until all data scrolled slower than his benchmark. Then he instructed Gage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Establish a real-time comm channel. It's time to speak with my brothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gage relayed the order to the hololith operators. Workstations around them buzzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the system was ready, Guilliman walked onto the circular platform, like an arena, surrounded by workstations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stepped onto the activated hololithic platform, light bloomed around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figures appeared around him, blurred, like shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light was captured, bent, and warped, finally forming lifelike projections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My brothers, it's time to discuss the ground operations plan. Unlike the void, where victory is assured, this is the real threat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Guilliman watched to see if the Lion would object again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I agree,\" the Lion said, to Guilliman's relief. \"But ground operations are not numbers and symbols.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Specify each Legion's strength, mission, and operational zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lion is right.\" Omegon immediately supported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have no prior experience with large-scale coordinated operations,\" Nareth looked at Guilliman. \"Let's start with our respective operational styles. We'll fight together when facing powerful enemies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman reluctantly abandoned the preliminary plan he had been developing. \"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One hundred twenty-one thousand Dark Angels.\" The Lion said succinctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Legion is newly founded. Only thirteen hundred men.\" Omegon spoke next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth knew Omegon wasn't lying this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha Legion's deployed forces wouldn't be far off from that number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that the Legion had just been formally established. For unknown reasons, the Emperor had limited the Alpha Legion to between one and two thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Alpharius found Omegon was the 20th Legion permitted to be publicly founded and begin rapid expansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large-scale conscripted recruits had not yet completed their implantation surgeries. Their numbers likely didn't exceed two thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the Alpha Legion was the smallest of the twenty Legions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Heresy, their numbers ranged from ninety to one hundred eighty thousand. Nareth didn't know the exact figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nareth pondered, Guilliman spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will commit eighty-one thousand three hundred Ultramarines to ground operations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded slightly. The one hundred fifty thousand reinforcements he had requested from the Emperor were satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two hundred five thousand Shadows of Order.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the decisive battle at Taxal, Shadows of Order also had forces deployed across other front lines and garrisoning their territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Including task forces from other Legions like the Emperor's Children's Second Company, and Luther's nearly two thousand men, total about four hundred thirty thousand.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Thirteen thousand more than the Decisive Battle in my memory.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilliman looked at Nareth in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Nareth can actually deploy two hundred thousand Shadows of Order at Taxal. My Legion's numbers are still too few.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Omegon's gaze met Alpharius's, who was watching from outside the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lion glanced at Nareth, then said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, we divide operational zones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The mountain range in Sector A-1 holds the xenos' second-largest war fortress. It is the primary objective for my Legion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was forceful, leaving no room for discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Nareth not been overall commander, he would have unhesitatingly chosen Sector C-11, the largest fortress at Taxal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Nareth's coordination, the four Primarchs, in a harmonious atmosphere, each selected their objectives and assigned targets to the other task forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the meeting ended, the eight Gloriana-class battleships had already reached their designated attack positions, surrounding the war-moon in high synchronous orbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four central black ships shadowed one entire side of the sphere like a blot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless weapons aimed at the planet's surface below: blazing energy weapons, ranks of bombardment cannons, ready kinetic weapons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lances dropped like vertical fingers of light. Blinding energy weapons lit the void. Magma bombs rained down. Hypersonic shells deafened...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the first standard hour of the assault, orbital defenses were reduced to ashes in the inferno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drone swarms rose like locusts, only to be shattered in the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war-moon became a world of light and fire within a single day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eight Gloriana-class battleships steadily retreated, but their devastating attack did not relent in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash like a stellar explosion, the entire Taxal system was illuminated as if in daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless dead Rangdan and slaves raised a towering wave in the Great Ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ship after ship surged from the Great Ocean, tearing through the breach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul-storm, raised by billions of dead, drew the gaze of four eyes beyond the veil. Their attention turned to Taxal.\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>",1397,"2026-06-06T05:05:27.789Z",1,"novelbin.me","c80dd75b58cf1ddef217736c7c43dfaed7779d71f9a85633a6848e1d20749389","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-624","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-623",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]