The Savior: Oh no, the Imperium is being counterattacked?!

"I am the Broken Crown, wielder of the Kharozas Dynasty's authority, before whom even the stars tremble!"

At some point, a scepter had appeared in Zabok's hand. He slammed it hard against the ground, and the Blackstone core set into it suddenly erupted with a blinding green radiance.

The energy spread outward, illuminating the entire ruin in an instant, ionizing the dust thrown into the air.

In his fury, the Pharaoh unleashed even more of the will buried deep within him.

Plasma Energy crackled and snapped, leaping from one Canoptek Spyder to another, stabbing from one Immortal to the next, until the entire area was filled with twisting ions.

The dynastic ruler was mobilizing his army, and batch after batch of Necrons received new control protocols.

With Zabok at the center, an immense ring of energy formed, the signals born from the shockwave traveling in milliseconds to the cortical fields of the Living Metal.

Very soon, he received a response.

Canoptek Spyders burst from the ground like cockroaches, while Doomsday Stalkers hummed as they floated into midair, transmitting even more signals.

Ominous ghostly green flames flickered in those hollow eye sockets, and the grinding of metal bones was piercing to the ear.

A five-meter-tall Skorpekh Lord suddenly smashed out, trampling the ruined rubble beneath him, his mechanical limbs gouging through thick walls.

After that came more Immortals and Necron warriors, appearing row after row atop the shattered debris.

The Noble Protocol bound them together, and the power of the Kharozas Dynasty awakened!

Lower Hive.

The building complex trembled faintly in the aftershocks, while a group of refugees huddled, shivering, within a triangular zone formed by the Necrons' phase force field.

"Emperor, why have You abandoned Your loyal lambs?"

"What sins have we committed, and how are we to atone for