[{"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-626":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},1511293,1962,"Chapter 626 - 625: Hasik: So Quickly Identifying Doppelgangers Disguised as White Scars","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-626",626,"\u003Cp>After capturing the doppelganger, Howard Fender handed him over to 3rd Company Captain Michal for interrogation and proceeded to the city proper to handle other matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michał brought the amber-encased creature aboard a heavy transport and found a compartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Judge\" raised his hand. Spiritual energy surged, covering the compartment. He commanded authoritatively in Dunnic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layers of viscous liquid rapidly spread within the compartment, forming invisible walls, layer after layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Judge\" then raised his hand, aimed at the amber, and shouted: \"Release 'Imprisonment'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amber rapidly dissolved. The doppelganger's frozen eyes twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its patchwork body stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if awakening from a long dream, its eyes moved blankly until the black-armored giant came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doppelganger jerked. Its body rapidly shifted between the forms of a native Perditan, a bizarre bird-like creature, and several other beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming its shapeshifting ability was restored, it drew a short blade from its ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sprayed intestinal acid at the black-armored giant while sliding like a snake, swinging the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows of Order sidestepped the moment the doppelganger opened its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZZZAAAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The acid splattered against the invisible \"prison.\" The rippling waves felt strangely familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before it could process this, it saw golden light flare in the black-armored giant's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doppelganger let out a bird-like shriek. It felt its mind, its very being, pierced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The full-fledged \"Interrogator\" felled the doppelganger with \"Mind Pierce,\" then spoke in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xeno, tell me. Where are your kind gathered?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never.\" The doppelganger staggered upright. Its shifting between forms slowed, like stretched images.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It settled on the form of a burly man with fierce features, tattoos on his neck and elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calluses on its thumb and fingers betrayed its use of a blade. It deftly flicked the short knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body suddenly became a spherical creature, rolling rapidly away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michal punched the flying blade aside, watching calmly as the doppelganger slammed into the invisible prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reverted to the burly gangster form and punched the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As invisible ripples spread, it became a bird-like creature, stabbing with its beak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several attempts, it finally realized it was trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned in shock, staring at the black-armored giant. How had he done this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It remembered: the previous black-armored giant had spoken a word, and it had reverted to its original form, then been bound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me. Where are your kind gathered?\" The \"Interrogator's\" eyes flashed gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doppelganger felt electricity course through its mind. The agony lashing its soul was both painful and numbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It trembled, its knees buckling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three standard hours later, Hasik Noyan-Khan, having received his orders from Lord Nareth, assembled the three hundred members of his brotherhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since being sent by Jaghatai to study under Nareth, he had been serving the Primarch aboard the Shadow's Sovereignty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he would finally fight alongside the Shadows of Order for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting together was the best way to understand them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched Pat approach. Pat held a unique Truth Stave, adorned with golden wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew this Master of Chaplains was rising rapidly within the Eleventh Chapter, a high-ranking member of Shadow of Order, close to the Chapter Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our target is the nobles' palace,\" Pat's voice was low and firm. \"The targeting runes have been sent to the shared tactical network.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hasik glanced at the rune flashing in his helmet, then started his engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Quick to act. Almost eager.' Pat habitually observed Hasik as he boarded a Land Speeder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White jetbikes roared into the city's bustling district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hasik, amidst cries of alarm, nimbly maneuvered his bike through the silent streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw citizens watching from windows, their faces fearful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news of the giant's arrival, of shape-shifting monsters among the crowd, had spread rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless necessary, no one ventured outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berghau was the oldest and most powerful of the six Stormseers in Hasik's brotherhood. He had trained under Targutai Yesugei before his augmentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped his staff tightly. His psychic hood grew hot, its hooks digging into his flesh, sweat pouring down his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his consciousness drifting, his vision blurring, but he continued to channel power, energy flowing through him like a river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat soaked him. Then, he saw an image: A cloud-like form twisting, compressing into human shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berghau turned his staff. His psychic hood lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Khan, I have confirmed xenos presence in the target building.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot determine their exact number. I can only identify five.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hasik glanced at his helmet display. The distance to the target rune: two hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He twisted the throttle to its limit, raising his glaive. \"Accelerate. Move. Attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engines roared together. The white tide howled, like ten thousand horses galloping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are nobles! We welcome Shadows of Order!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xenos, die!\" Hasik raised his glaive. Berghau had confirmed Shadows of Order's intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Nareth had mentioned at the pre-battle briefing that the xenos could shapeshift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Scars, in unison, tapped and released their throttles. Their screaming engines propelled three hundred bikes, leaping, crashing into the \"crowd.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jetbike formation mercilessly ground flesh to pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hasik's glaive flashed. Vertical strikes. Horizontal slashes. Diagonal cuts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He killed over a dozen xenos, observing the splattered flesh and blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each was human. Nothing abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in death, they retained human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accelerated. His bike, like a battering ram, smashed through a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, more people. Endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shattered one 'person' after another. His bike slowed. Bone and blood coated the white vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense buildings formed natural barriers. Flesh was a gear reducer, forcing the White Scars to slow. More 'people' poured from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They raised automatic weapons, firing barrages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A White Scar slammed into a building. A dozen 'people' piled onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His curved blade spun. Four were cut in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As blood sprayed, two barbed tentacles shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One tore through his fragile helmet lens, into his eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other wrapped around the join of his helmet and armor, ripping his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two 'people' twisted, their flesh expanding like balloons. In moments, they transformed from ordinary 'people' into giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who had torn the White Scar's throat flexed its arms, feeling the power within. It let out an excited, bird-like shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More doppelgangers, drawn by the sound, extended their barbed tongues, eagerly lapping blood from the White Scar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their tongues tore out chunks of flesh, swallowing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, having eaten an eyeball, twisted into a serpentine form, slithering into the blood-soaked power armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It donned the helmet. It became a White Scar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil light glinted in its eyes. Its enhanced sight and hearing immediately locked onto new targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New White Scars were rapidly born. In moments, there were a hundred unarmored recruits and four armored warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pat, slower than the charging White Scars, reached the nobles' estate. He was about to join the fight when his eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Hypnotist,\" with his exceptional vision, took in the entire battlefield. He immediately noticed too many men of unusual build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He switched comm channels, sending a message to Hasik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hasik, the doppelgangers have taken the form of White Scars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Hypnotist\" heard shock and anger in Hasik's voice. He ended the call and ordered the Shadows of Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack. Targets: Astartes-sized figures, warriors without power armor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Hypnotist's\" black eyes paled, narrowing as he scrutinized the white-armored warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty-six seconds later, Hasik Noyan-Khan assembled his participating brotherhood before a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred. All accounted for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Berghau. The Stormseer, sweat streaming, shook his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hasik frowned, turning to Pat. \"Can you confirm there are doppelgangers in my brotherhood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pat's confidence and certainty were impossible to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Chogoris!\" Hasik stared at his brothers, shouting in Chogorian. \"State your name, something that proves you are Chogorian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Berghau,\" the Stormseer was first. \"Swift as the wind, swift to victory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Han,\" the second-ranking Stormseer followed. \"Strike where the enemy is unprepared. Move before the enemy moves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pat watched the White Scars rapidly speak in a language he only partially understood. He grasped Hasik's method of identifying doppelgangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned slightly. Doppelgangers infiltrating human society likely had strong learning abilities. The cleverest among them might have learned Chogorian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, their method was too slow. The doppelgangers gathered here might escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pat recalled the Black Emperor's description of doppelganger characteristics. An idea came to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to Hasik. \"I have a way to identify the doppelgangers immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Allow me to demonstrate.\" Seeing Hasik nod, Pat approached the White Scar formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a full-fledged \"Telepathist,\" he read obvious hostility in the white-armored warriors' defensive postures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black eyes paled, narrowing. Invisible waves surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the White Scars flinched, as if struck by a heavy blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they quickly steadied. None would show weakness before allies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were warriors of Chogoris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the formation, a white figure ran. Two spun in place. One trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After releasing \"Awe,\" Pat said to Hasik and the White Scars: \"Doppelgangers can change their form, but they cannot possess the Strong Will of White Scars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the White Scars, steeped in culture and poetry, tempered their will through daily practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doppelgangers gained physical abilities by drinking blood, but their will did not change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seize them,\" Hasik ordered, then looked at Pat in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had identified doppelgangers disguised as White Scars so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Berghau and Xu Han could not exert such willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lord Nareth's sons possess a variety of abilities the Stormseers lack. Truly admirable.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Lord Nareth knows the doppelgangers well. He came straight to the sixth planet after arriving at Perditus.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Within six hours of reaching orbit, he had found the doppelganger stronghold, even locating those disguised as Astartes.'\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>",1625,"2026-06-06T05:05:28.115Z",1,"novelbin.me","5fdf368db8dfd92bc6334d20bbf24fa2d7a53cbc89a3ecf8cde4ec5874387726","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-571","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-625",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]