[{"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-84":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},1511183,1962,"Chapter 84: The Latent Flaw Triggered by Heightened Perception","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>The Ogryns surged forward with clubs, hammers, and other crude weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their simple minds, bigger meant stronger. The largest among them, hundreds of hulking brutes wielding iron mauls from the heart of the camp, surged toward the most conspicuous target, Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch raised his left arm and took aim at one of the charging Ogryns' heads, pulling the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standard propellant ejected the bolt-round from the barrel before its rocket booster ignited, accelerating it to lethal velocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adamantine-tipped projectile, designed to penetrate armor before detonation, punched through the Ogryn's unprotected skull like a knife through butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fuse ignited and half of the Ogryn's upper body vanished as if swallowed whole by a ravenous beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen more Ogryns rushed Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch drew his power sword with his right hand, activated the energy field, and chose not to brute-force his way through, but instead demonstrate refined killing techniques to his sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He used, Otsberg-Vaya Form 16, unleashing fifteen precise thrusts in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows of Order, who had inherited his heightened senses, tracked his movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike pierced an Ogryn's throat. The warriors began to grasp something deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More Ogryns swarmed Nareth. In their tiny minds, numbers could crush giants, no matter how large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nareth felt no pressure from these so-called elite Ogryns, not even enough to justify using his Briber ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While slaughtering them, his focus shifted to his Fourth Company, observing their performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, his brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed something wrong with a squad guarding the leftmost Malcador tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After four volleys of bolt pistol fire, Ogryn corpses littered the ground, blood pooling around them, the stench of gore heavy in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth noticed that the eyes of the ten-man squad were beginning to flush red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He zoomed in on one marine and saw his pupils dilating, blood slowly spreading into his irises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The marine sniffed the air, savoring the blood's scent, a look of craving emerging on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ears twitched in rhythm with the chainsword's roar, the frequency gradually syncing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This… could this be the downside of heightened perception?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's mind raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The 11th Legion was erased from all records. It must've committed a grievous crime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I've seen no signs of genetic flaws in them… so perhaps the root lies in the effects of their sensitivity. Judging by what I'm seeing, I can draw a theory: As the killing continues, the 11th Legion's warriors, due to their acute perception, have their bloodlust triggered and intensified, eventually becoming uncontrollable.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He broadened his perception, now focusing on the entire squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his Warp Insight, he saw their bloodlust intertwining, resonating like musical notes, amplifying each other in a feedback loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth understood instantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'They don't just sense the environment or enemies, they also sense their fellow brothers. Sensing each other's bloodlust heightens their own urge to kill. This escalates across the whole.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the Reavers he had been observing let out an excited roar, broke formation, and charged the nearest Ogryn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointment flickered in Nareth's eyes; his theory was confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's highly likely that this very flaw, their extreme perceptiveness, corrupted the original 11th Primarch and Legion, leading to their punishment.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nareth reflected, more marines broke ranks, each surrendering to bloodlust, scattering across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Company devolved into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth was deeply disappointed in his sons' discipline, but he would not abandon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He threw his head back and let out an earth-shaking roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Sequence 8 Beyonder Ability. It didn't stun the Astartes with their superhuman physiques, but it jolted their minds, momentarily dampening their bloodlust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His commanding voice echoed through the comms:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Control yourselves. Do not let bloodlust control you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice resounded inside each marine's helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Reavers he had been watching, the one about to crash into an Ogryn, regained clarity in his eyes just before contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's dim gaze brightened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the marine was outmatched in brute force, he didn't try to meet the Ogryn's attack head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his combat instincts raging, the Primarch's earlier command had left a mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The marine instinctively identified the Ogryn's exposed armpit as the weak point after its swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He twisted his right arm sharply and brought the chainsword down on the vulnerable spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brrrr!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whirring chain teeth carved through the armpit, across the neck, and exited at the opposite shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded in satisfaction. More importantly, he saw that the squad leader had not abandoned the rogue warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directed eight other Reavers to form a new combat formation around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Adams, leading his honor guard, was also monitoring the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed the change in the Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, the Reapers could only maintain discipline at the start of a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the slaughter escalated, bloodlust always overpowered reason, and they would break ranks in a killing frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most battles ended not in victory, but when there was no one left to kill. Reapers never took prisoners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the Emperor's Angels of Death, Horus's butcher's blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, everything had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primarch's commands were like shackles on their minds, or perhaps a guiding light burning in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them wanted to disappoint him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, they held onto a sliver of reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began to re-establish tactical coordination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Scorpion Tail Squad was the first to synchronize. Two Reavers alternated their bolt pistol fire, one facing forward left, the other forward right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They covered each other, absorbing enemy blows, while the rest of the squad struck from the flanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ogryns, too dim to react in time, were slaughtered before they could strike back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other squad leaders, seeing the simplicity and effectiveness of Scorpion Tail's tactics, began to follow suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, the entire Fourth Company had regained order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adams resumed full command, issuing orders aloud:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scorpion Squad, shift to 3 o'clock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasp Squad, draw enemy fire at 1 o'clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With order restored, the Fourth Company swiftly concluded the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth watched his gene-sons with a rare look of approval:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My sons, you have made me proud. I've seen a change in you, one that fills me with hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadows of Order heard his words and felt a surge of invisible power flow into them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt different, stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Fourth Company secured the battlefield, Nareth discovered the source of the Ogryns' food within the encampment.\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>",1081,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","57463e0752bc516dd5c02aaf3b3bf8d5538e7f3a7bea03878644b65e2413c526","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-85","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-83",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]