[{"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-653":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},1511202,1962,"Chapter 653 - 652: Ferrus Manus Eagerly Seeks His First Defeat","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-653",653,"\u003Cp>After the premiere of Hamlet, the Grand Theater went dark for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the stage was prepared for the next performance, the nobles left the magnificent theater, still savoring the experience, after the two Primarchs had departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kozubal said to Yelena Kournikova, the Chancellor of Vostroya's cabinet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never imagined the Monarch would have such artistic talent. If not for Lord Perturabo's visit, we would never have seen this masterpiece from a bygone age.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelena's hair was grey. Even with life-extending treatments, she was inevitably aging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The whole Imperium says Lord Fulgrim is a true artist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Monarch is his equal. Paradigm City is a perfectly planned, symmetrical city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shadowhold is an asymmetrical, unrestrained, unbounded work of art. Few know how to appreciate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the nobles marveled at the Grand Theater and the unforgettable performance, in the palace at the hive's top, a unique soup made from beets, cabbage, carrots, onions, and cream from Terrican was served as an appetizer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dishes from other worlds followed: raw whale from the Symphony of the Sea, Ovjan steak from Attila...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a glass of White Vosvoth, his mouth tingling, Perturabo spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The redesigned and rebuilt stasis device I made for you has arrived at your starport.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth raised his glass to Perturabo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perturabo, I thank you. With your creation, I can counter the Hrud's entropic fields.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Hrud's distortion effect is strange. It can age an Astartes.\" Perturabo said with feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one knows you are fighting such a powerful xenos race, waging a difficult war in silence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, at war councils, Perturabo had always heard Father praise Nareth, while he was rarely mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he understood. Nareth's Legion not only completed the many campaigns Father assigned them, but also fought hard, silent battles unknown to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Father, you told Nareth to rest, but how could he stop?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Perturabo admired Nareth's loyalty, Arsena's comm buzzed. He answered, listened, then reported to the Black Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, Lord Ferrus Manus's fleet has arrived at the realspace anchor point and is approaching from the Mandeville point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fleet is estimated to reach orbit in three days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth was surprised. Ferrus had arrived sixteen standard days earlier than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought with feeling. 'Ferrus Manus is in a hurry.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hmm, he has always sought perfection. And the way he seeks perfection is through failure.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'On Medusa, though I beat him in a competition, I didn't defeat him in combat, like the Emperor did.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled that among the Primarchs Ferrus had challenged, only Rogal Dorn was confirmed to have fought him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ferrus has the Iron Hand, a Void Dragon fragment. Setting me aside, he is the ceiling in physical combat.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>''He shouldn't have lost to Dorn. That means, until now, he hasn't suffered his first defeat.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I have defeated Russ. In his mind, I might be able to defeat him.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That is, Ferrus Manus eagerly seeks his first defeat!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought, Perturabo's ice-blue eyes gleamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Nareth, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was planning to leave for the western galaxy, to complete Father's trials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I will stay a few more days to witness your battle with Ferrus Manus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe you will be the victor.\" He thought of Magnus's words, that Russ had been badly beaten, making it known to his other brothers at the war council. He spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only the Purple Phoenix would favor the Gorgon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded slightly. He knew Ferrus, completely opposite to Fulgrim, who feared failure would shatter his perfection, wouldn't care about losing, nor would he refuse Perturabo's presence as a spectator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled. \"I have prepared many performances for you. Now you have a chance to see them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next few days, Perturabo watched performances from various worlds in the theater he had designed and Nareth had built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides tragedies and comedies, there were also war dramas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noble opera company from Elysia presented Death from Above, the actors descending on special gliders, depicting nobles leading airborne troops in landing operations, defeating Aeldari and human pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rogue Trader Lewis von Valancius's company presented a drama about the Coronid New Zone, depicting the Mitu's atrocities and Nareth's epic liberation of hundreds of billions of enslaved people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What touched Perturabo most were the dramas about his own campaigns: fighting the Squat League with Nareth and Magnus, and fighting the Rangdan with Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three standard days later, the Iron Fist entered Vostroya's orbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ferrus Manus stood before the viewport, looking at the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he had last visited, Vostroya's shipyard had been a modest facility, capable only of building destroyers. Now, it had grown into a massive shipyard capable of constructing Ramillies-class Starforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orbital docks, shipyards, maintenance facilities, and various other structures around Vostroya's moon were linked by a vast space station complex, forming a massive aggregate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the shipyard, the framework, both horizontal and vertical, divided the area into a cross, the nascent form of a Starfort's four quadrants visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Workstations, formed by pipes and cables, were scattered throughout. Hundreds-of-meters-long cables connected them like spiderwebs, forming a complex network, suspending attached platforms between the main structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Not as good as top-tier shipyards like Mars or Cypra Mundi, but it can now rival those of most Forge Worlds.' He commented silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought, footsteps sounded behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gorgon, we will enter Vostroya Prime's orbit in ten minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gabriel Santar, Captain of the Iron Hands' 1st Company, commander of the Morlocks, the Primarch's bodyguard, of House Avernii, walked to his Primarch and reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have the auspex scan results from the officer in charge of the Simulus Chamber.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Shadows of Order fleet is in orbit, along with a smaller White Scars fleet. The latter must be the Khan Lord Nareth is training, sent by Lord Jaghatai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, a large Iron Warriors fleet. Lord Perturabo must be at Vostroya.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see those iron-grey ships.\" Ferrus's silver-coin eyes flickered. \"He wants to be a spectator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Many of my brothers are watching this duel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santar recalled that on Medusa, Lord Nareth had bested their father in a competition to excavate technological ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had fought a golden metal bird in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Medusans had witnessed that battle. It had become a legend on Medusa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its fame was second only to their father's legendary defeat of the silver dragon, Asirnoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santar clenched his gauntlet and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Gorgon will win!\"\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>",1077,"2026-06-06T05:05:28.648Z",1,"novelbin.me","8967e345785c79e5ce429040324172bdba5e653b7b3814cedd13521c53d0cef2","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-654","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-652",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]