[{"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-601":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},1511248,1962,"Chapter 601 - 600: Eldrad Ulthran's Fearful Power","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-601",601,"\u003Cp>Before the final step of activating the stasis device crafted by Perturabo, everyone had evacuated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth pressed the activation rune, then returned to the thirty-three pillars of dual-numbered black gold. Gripping the banner shaft in his right hand, he loudly chanted the ritual incantation in Dunnic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, in the name of the 'Red Priest,' request the 'Kingdom of Disorder' to grant me power, so that this stasis field is not perceived by Hrud beyond Kraven.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Baron of Corruption's\" spiritual energy was instantly drained. The shaft grew hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and shadow flickered in the Primarch's eyes. His consciousness expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm... the numbers are off. Far fewer than I expected.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Hrud surged endlessly, in the Primarch's mental perception, their numbers were significantly lower than on Golghis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even if Kraven had the fewest Hrud among the three major worlds of Gurgan, and millions fell in the void battle, it's still far below the expected number.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nareth pondered, deep beneath Golghis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions of Hrud frantically excavated the collapsed tunnels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blinding light that had illuminated the underground had triggered a deep-seated fear, causing tens of millions of Hrud to flee in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their combined twisted fields caused temporal waves that made hundreds of caves vanish and thousands of tunnels collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their limbs, wrapped around their spines, thrashed frantically, rapidly opening paths towards the detested light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their compact, small bodies, and limbs that could bend in any direction, their excavation speed in groups exceeded that of Termite Tunnelers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of tunnels were visibly rebuilt, rapidly extending towards Nareth's location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Gurgan system, a Gothic-style ship, painted green and bearing no Legion markings, appeared unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its bridge, six Aeldari stood behind Farseer Eldrad Ulthran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tall, clad in a flowing purple robe, scepter in hand, Ulthran issued commands in Low Gothic to the human crew:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Broadcast on all channels:\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humans, this region holds terror. If you touch it, destruction will follow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave now. Do not approach again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Ulthran entered the Aeldari-specific state of consciousness, his mind stepping into the vast Sea of Souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used his mind's eye to perceive the subtle threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Kraven's surface, Nareth's brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of millions of Hrud surged frantically. The stacked entropic fields were already overwhelming the stasis field's periphery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the opposing forces of the stasis field and the temporal waves, tens of thousands of Hrud underwent bizarre transformations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands aged rapidly, turning to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds swelled like balloons, then burst, their released toxins turning the ground black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens escaped stasis, the faint veils reforming around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can't wait any longer.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The black gold pillars, the Silent Talismans, even the stasis device could be damaged.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Nareth loudly chanted the incantation in Dunnic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, in the name of the 'Red Priest,' request the 'Kingdom of Disorder' to grant me power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I command the Hrud: Silence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black mist rose in the \"Baron of Corruption's\" eyes. A sliver of the sefiroth's power was leveraged by the ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black mist enveloped the green teardrop-shaped talismans, invoking the power of the Silent Cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green silence power, interwoven with black mist, spread rapidly, surpassing even the range of the Primarch's expanded consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of millions of xenos fell into silence, frozen in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the range of Nareth's consciousness, deep under Kraven, millions of surging Hrud went rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD, THUD, THUD...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cascade of falling bodies, the earth resonating with tremors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloody Chain on Nareth's right pinky glowed. His spiritual energy rapidly recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch's wings beat, lifting him into the air. Telekinesis swept up large groups of Hrud, sending them into the Kingdom of Disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After five repetitions, his expression suddenly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the edge of his consciousness, a thousand Hrud appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Indeed, Kraven was one of the Hrud's fifteen major worlds. Its numbers couldn't be less than a hundred million.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why were they late?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered, countless Hrud gathered. Their stacked entropic fields intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temporal waves spread. Hrud in silence rapidly liquefied and died, becoming pools of slime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Hrud's eyes, only the detested stasis device existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They surged frantically. Their twisted fields mercilessly tore through entire groups of their own kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Rangdan War, Nareth had used up the Silent Talismans he had made. He could not perform such a ritual again soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Observing the Hrud's frenzy, a flash of inspiration struck. He opened the vox channel and issued the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Hrud are attacking the stasis device. The Second and Fourth Chapters are to attack immediately from behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Nareth spread his wings and flew towards the densest Hrud concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>En route, he continued sending Hrud into the Kingdom of Disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, he reached the battlefront.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Baron of Corruption\" channeled most of his spiritual energy into the iron-black banner, whispering \"flame\" as he swept it forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the \"Red Priest's\" uniqueness descended, a formless, colorless sea of fire erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surging Hrud were swallowed by the flames. Their stacked entropic fields could twist macro-cannon shells to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But against the Flame authority, they were like tissue paper, shattering at the slightest touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames burned all, consumed all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch stared at the sea of fire. Hundreds of thousands of Hrud vanished instantly, without even a moment of burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned the uniqueness in his hand, thinking silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even Magnus and Malcador's psychic flames could not instantly incinerate a hundred thousand Hrud.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And this is just from my limited use of the uniqueness's power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I could wield the full power of the \"Red Priest,\" only a complete Burning One could rival me in the domain of fire.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought, in the void of the Gurgan system, Ulthran staggered backward. Two Aeldari caught him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Farseer, what happened?\" A voice, muffled by an elegant mask, spoke in Aeldari.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twisting spacetime... black hole... singularity... destruction...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silence... flames...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ulthran said weakly. The Aeldari were stunned. The Farseer's words were contradictory, incomprehensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must... leave... immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ulthran gripped his scepter, straightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The humans have not replied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They need no warning.\" Ulthran swept his scepter. A shimmering portal slowly formed in the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes stung. The thread of fate he had glimpsed seared his soul with pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be'lakor encounters...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not describe that terrifying flame. It transcended the bounds of mortal and Warp fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flames,\" he said vaguely, \"will only bring destruction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ulthran raised his scepter. His psychic power expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD, THUD, THUD...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans on the ship collapsed. Their memories were erased by his psychic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Ulthran led the Aeldari through the portal, leaving the Gurgan system, the Dreadnoughts were awakened by song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some \"Bards\" in the Fourth Chapter and \"Light Suppliants\" in the Second Chapter offered hymns to the honored Dreadnoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient Dreadnoughts, fallen during the Unification Wars, their shattered bodies encased in semi-organic, semi-mechanical shells, had been given a new name in the Fourth Chapter: Senegal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sealed within their armored sarcophagi, emotions they had never felt before plagued them. They hated their death. Longing for their complete bodies made them angry and berserk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hated this cold, hollow second life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Senegal awakened this time, he felt warmth and strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, is this the new change?\" Senegal's speaker crackled. Every time he awakened, he sensed changes in the Chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Reapers lost to slaughter, to Shadows of Order, calm and self-controlled, seeking enemy weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Legion had gained many Court Brothers, granted power by theri Father, displaying abilities that amazed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His internal timer told him four years and seven standard months had passed since his last scheduled awakening. This time, he had awakened to a warm song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honored Dreadnought, yes.\" The \"Bard\" replied. Few Court Brothers in the Fourth Chapter had received their Father's gift; most of the Chapter disliked sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason, the Chapter Master had assigned them the duty of singing for the Dreadnoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My duty is,\" Senegal checked his display, \"to kill xenos. The Hrud.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, young singer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, honored Dreadnought.\" The \"Bard\" sang again, following the Dreadnought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dreadnought's drop pod landed one kilometer from the battlefront. Following orders, Senegal activated his thermal imaging system and quickly located pulsing patches of yellow and red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew from the logs that this was the thermal radiation from the overclocked atomic activity within the Hrud's entropic fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He switched to auspex. As the logs said, he saw only blurred shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He switched back to thermal imaging, raising both arms, aiming at the yellow and red masses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this mission, the Techmarines had modified his weapons. Both arms were now equipped with twin-linked lascannons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laser beams struck the Hrud's entropy fields. Then, light, unhindered by physical limits, exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four holes burned through the Hrud's obscuring layers. Four Hrud were cut to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senegal turned. He saw a Shadow of Order struck by a xenos wielding a lightsaber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark III power armor aged and shattered instantly. As it fell, bones scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow of Order seemed to have slept longer than he, a million years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senegal's arms turned faster than before. Beams crackled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the songs praising him, warmth and courage replaced anger and cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Bard\" followed the Dreadnought. Walking through the dust, he picked up a piece of pale, black-spotted, rotting leather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a power crystal, granted by Father to the Court Brothers. It was the only thing that survived the Hrud's temporal currents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recovering power crystals was the duty of every Court Brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pocketed the leather and hurried after the Dreadnought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sky over Kraven began to lighten, the Hrud, unusually, did not retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued their frenzied assault on the stasis device, only withdrawing when the starlight was fully visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth, who had been reinforcing various fronts, glanced at the now-deactivated stasis device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The potion materials harvested here are far fewer than on Golghis.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Still, the Hrud are uncountable. They are my most abundant source of potion materials, surpassing even the proliferating hive-city rats.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm... speaking of which, Hrud have tails too.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the black gold pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Overall, the ritual was successful. Seventy to eighty percent of the Hrud perished in this mad night.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The twisted fields of the onrushing Hrud tore apart more of their own kind than I collected or the Shadows of Order killed.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But, from a ritual perspective, the same problem occurred as last time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's brow furrowed. 'The uniqueness's power exceeds my own status, making it difficult to control.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I use it in the same way against the largest Hrud world, Gurgan Prime, with its hundreds of millions of Hrud, unpredictable consequences could occur.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It might even trigger a worse disaster than what Perturabo faced.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwilling to give up on the ritual, considering the thousands of Shadow of Order casualties it had averted, he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm, perhaps I can design a more complete ritual. Even if I cannot perform it, I can use the Dice of Prophecy.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'While making more Silent Talismans, I will design the ritual and divine it in a year.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought, his communication bead buzzed. He pressed it. Arsena's voice sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, I investigated that Imperial ship. The crew's memories have been erased. The Librarians could not obtain any information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's furrowed brow tensed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who would come just to issue a warning, then disappear without receiving a response?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three seconds of silence, he thought of the Aeldari warning the Imperium would receive when they first arrived here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm, it was likely the Aeldari. I wonder who.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reined in his thoughts and instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Settle that ship's crew on Golghis as the first colonists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't let them leave. Sak'trada Deeps must not be known to the Imperium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the campaign, he would need colonists anyway. Settling them here was the best solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Order the four Chapters to clear the remaining Hrud from Kraven.\"\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>",1994,"2026-06-06T05:05:28.115Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1215769e3f68ba01d1595e1fcac21bea8385a384569a6845448488f9268d079","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-602","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-698",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]