Boom boom boom—
After the last batch of Thunderhawk Gunships carrying mortals successfully broke through the atmosphere and entered the lower decks of the various ships,
following a departure order issued from the bridge of the flagship Water Monster,
every vessel, large and small, began accelerating away from Shadow Realm Star.
Down on the planet's surface,
countless Mortal Warriors who had chosen to hold their ground also instinctively looked up.
They gazed at the bright trails streaking across the dazzling night sky.
Many Cadians could not help humming an Ancient Ballad widely passed down among the Imperium of Man.
As for the song's exact meaning,
it praised, from an observer's perspective, a mother who had personally sent her grown children to join the Cadian Guard.
After every member of her family had died fighting for The Emperor, she still chose to take up a weapon and resist the invading traitors.
And as far as Rorschach knew,
it was also a story that had truly happened. Similar stories played out every day across the endless territories of the Imperium of Man.
Thud, thud, thud—
A series of heavy footsteps temporarily interrupted Rorschach's wandering thoughts.
He turned around in his Vibranium Power Armor.
He immediately saw two Grey Knights clad in Retribution Dread Knights slowly emerging from a secret warehouse that had remained sealed all this time.
These powerful mechanical constructs, capable to some extent of briefly contending with or even killing a Chaos Daemon, were equipped only by the Grey Knights.
And only the elite Astartes among the Grey Knights could operate them perfectly.
It seemed that, in order to combat the incoming Tyranid Swarm Tide and Chaos Demons,
the Grey Knights' Librarian, Cadrien, had also brought out his trump card.
Just then, Rorschach turned his gaze and saw Fulgrim walking