[{"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-694":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},1511243,1962,"Chapter 694 - 693: My Lord's Black Blade Slew the Greater Daemon of the Formless Wastes in a Single Strike","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-694",694,"\u003Cp>Santiago stared at the daemon atop the bone tower. It had a pair of curved bovine horns, and a shorter pair of goat horns behind its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its bat-like wings spread behind it, covering the entire spire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its right hand gripped a double-bladed great axe. Its left arm was merged with a living whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to breathe, inhaling orbs of dreams, nightmares, and illusions, exhaling rolling mist and minor daemons of various forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some daemons rode manta rays, gliding between lightning strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others, goat-headed, stood on the shattered magma ground, staves raised, emitting bird-like shrieks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The daemon's wings beat. It leaped from the spire, revealing its majestic form, previously hidden by the bone tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was like a scorpion's. Its tail hook swung, slicing through orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stared at Santiago. Blue-purple light flickered in its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santiago's eyes filled with illusions: Meteors streaked across the sky, blazing with blinding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huge psychic crystals materialized around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each was larger and more dazzling than any he had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The natural psychic crystals of the Crystal Mirage were like stones compared to these jewels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The falling meteors, the blazing psychic crystals...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were top-tier materials. Psychic items crafted from them would be priceless treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze did not linger on them for a moment. He instantly ascended to the third level of the Thelema mindstate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene before him abruptly changed. The falling meteors became purple lightning. The blazing crystals became barbed thorns...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flickered. All illusions, as expected. If he had reached for them out of greed, he would have been severely wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought, the lightning rained down, like arrows, flying towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes blazed with starlight. The warp-jump device attached to his power pack blazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and his six COG drones vanished, appearing above a fissure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning followed, raining down like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thorn-vipers rose, lunging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The daemon's sorcery, in this supernatural place, transcended physical laws, locking onto his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, he activated a second Warp circuit. The runes on two more COG drones lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black-armored form flickered, vanishing and reappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning crossed, missing. The thorn-vipers lunged, missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared behind the daemon. He raised his left hand. The powerful ring weapon, crafted by the Jokaeros for Shadows of Order, on his middle finger, shot twelve ice cones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each ice cone was the size of his fist. Where they passed, orbs burst like balloons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK, CRACK, CRACK...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice cones struck the daemon's right wing, with a series of cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wing rapidly frosted. Its beating slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six COG drones raised their Bedrock-pattern bolters, unleashing dense, golden barrages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden light, like rain, struck the daemon's back, like sparks into the ocean, vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Santiago Borgkamp, your attacks cannot harm me.\" The daemon spoke perfect Vostroyan, its voice strange and shifting, like a thousand snakes hissing, or a goat bleating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I are Unai. I am the Lord of Illusions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will devour your soul. Every illusion you have will be my food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it spoke, mist rose, swallowing everything around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw his body swallowed by a giant maw. Sharp teeth crushed him to pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw himself wrapped in a blurred water membrane, surrounded by dazed, terrified souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each had starlight on their shoulder plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and the Shadows of Orders of the Fifth Chapter had become the daemon's food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your illusions are not my future.\" The \"Scribe's\" eyes blazed with the \"I came, I saw, I recorded\" runes. He spread his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure, bright light descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pure, warm light struck the daemon's back, like a spear, piercing the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the illusions vanished, he saw the living whip lash towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holy light struck the black whip, opening a gash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unai roared. The living whip trembled, then lunged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the \"Summoned Light\" he had \"Recorded\" from a Sequence 7 \"Sun-Priest\" was effective against daemons, it did not seriously harm the powerful Unai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The living whip howled. Orbs burst with cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A musky scent filled the air, laced with chaotic illusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached to his belt, his hands moving quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left hand threw a green teardrop talisman. He shouted in Dunnic: \"Silence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ever-changing land of illusions seemed to slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhythm of orbs forming and dissolving stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lunging living whip slowed, as if caught in threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand threw another talisman. \"Worms!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The patterns on the dual-numbered black gold came alive. Clusters of maggots rolled towards the living whip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>POP, POP, POP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puffs of blood mist. A section of the whip vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unai's thoughts stalled. Its eyes flickered. It realized it had lost the thousand delicious illusions it had devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\" It let out an earth-shattering roar. Its wings beat. Its great axe swept down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed the Worm Talismans had not seriously harmed Unai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached for another Silent Talisman. His right hand drew the black blade from his belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He channeled spiritual energy, turning his hand, throwing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As green light blazed, Unai shrieked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As colored mist rose, its frozen form suddenly accelerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great axe fell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Scribe\" had no time to dodge. He knew Unai could counter the Worm Talismans. He channeled spiritual energy into the ring on his left middle finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames blazed. His body ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The axe fell. His flaming form shattered into flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the flames scattered, a black blade cut through the colored mist, striking Unai's abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gash was only the size of a man's fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But paleness spread from it. Decay rapidly spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unai shrieked in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tens of thousands of illusions rapidly withered, vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green light rose within Unai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It grew, shining through its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous crack, its body exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scattered flames condensed. Santiago materialized. His eyes were deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'My Lord's black blade slew this greater daemon, ruler of a domain in the Formless Wastes, in a single strike.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the bone tower. His gaze seemed to pierce the layers of illusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could sense Unai's faint presence, flickering like a candle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered whether to enter the tower, to try to completely kill the weakened daemon. Then, a murmuring whisper sounded in his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Samus. I am Samus. Samus is everywhere...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression changed. He knew Samus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Emperor's data-crystal mentioned Samus as one of the most powerful daemons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated his last Warp circuit. The runes on his last two COG drones blazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the starlight bridge rapidly formed beneath him, a claw reached from the volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A COG drone exploded. The claw struck the starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboard the Starcaller, he slammed onto the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly rose. Only two COG drones remained beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The teleport was too rushed. One was torn apart by Samus. Three were lost in the Warp currents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled his experience in the Formless Wastes, thinking with relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The daemons ruling the Formless Wastes are incredibly powerful.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fortunately, I prepared carefully and had my Lord's gifts. I was able to return safely.'\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>",1189,"2026-06-06T05:05:28.648Z",1,"novelbin.me","00b20fb373d969ec5d1ca6774126be028d81bc938af19065f537c7b888b3673d","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-695","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-693",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]