Click—
At that moment, Craig, who was piloting his Vibranium Power Armor deeper into the ruined fortress to conduct pre-battle inspections, vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
The instinctive unease rising from deep within made him halt his Mag-boots without thinking.
He drew a Vibranium Power Sword stained with Tyranid purple blood from his waist and raised an azure Vibranium Energy Shield to cover most of his burly body.
According to the deployment, the area before Craig should have been a defensive position held by several Ultramarines squads and a Blood Son Chapter force.
Yet now, he could not see a single Astartes there.
This massive force of at least a hundred men seemed to have vanished into thin air.
All that remained were artillery turrets only halfway through maintenance and quite a few heavy weapons.
"Company Commander Titus, this is Craig... Lower Fortress Sector C. I suspect Lictors have infiltrated. Please immediately lead the Battle Brothers to reinforce the void shield reactor team. I don't think the defenses there are sufficient with only four Giant Raven Guard!"
Reacting with incredible speed, Craig decisively sent out the transmission.
In fact, similar situations had occurred in countless difficult battles before.
When everyone had held out until late on the fourth night, several Lictors skilled in stealth and assassination had successfully infiltrated the ruined fortress through Underground Passages dug by Trygons.
Their sole objective had not been to assassinate a commander, but to destroy the power equipment for the large void shield!
The only reason Baal I's ruined fortress had not fallen was—
Besides the Astartes present paying an unimaginably heavy price in casualties, they had relied on the continued existence of the large void shield to hold their ground.
If the sole void shield completely lost its defensive function, the ruined