At this very moment, the Chaos forces led by Vashtorr, the Maker, were rampaging through the interior of the Rock Fortress.
Any Dark Angels Astartes who tried to confront them head-on had to pay an utterly terrifying price in casualties just to barely withstand their relentless assault.
The Deathwing Terminator Company led by Deathwing Grand Master Belial was suffering deaths and sacrifices almost every second as it struggled to halt Vashtorr, the Maker's advance.
Had a group of Deathwing Terminator Retinue not risked their lives to rescue Belial, he might well have become the first high-ranking Dark Angel to die at the Maker's hands.
Not long afterward, Grand Master Azrael arrived with thirteen successfully reactivated Extinction Relic Machines and joined the battle.
It was precisely because of this that the Dark Angels' defensive line gradually stabilized.
Looking across the battlefield, countless Chaos Astartes and even Daemon Engines were simply unable to withstand the Extinction Relic Machines' terrifying attacks.
Even Vashtorr, the Maker, who continued to unleash Chaos scrapcode while casually activating more of the Rock Fortress's internal mechanical structures, had no answer for these ancient creations from the Dark Age of Technology.
And as more Dark Angels Astartes gradually arrived to provide support,
Azrael immediately gripped his Power Weapon in both hands and, under the protection of five Extinction Relic Machines, issued an incomparably valiant challenge to Vashtorr, the Maker, who was nearly within reach!
Bzzzzz—
At the same time, far behind the countless Chaos troops,
a vast number of Chaos Demons silently emerged from the depths of the Warp Storm and launched a treacherous surprise attack on the Chaos forces.
These Chaos Undivided Chaos Demons, shrouded from head to toe in deep shadows, seemed to belong to none of the Chaos Gods of the Warp.
For they attacked Vashtorr,