With a solemn expression, Lion El'Jonson slowly powered his Power Armor and stepped into the center of the Capital Ship's bridge.
His utterly sincere pre-battle speech had won over Avalons's entire defensive fleet and soothed the anxious unrest of countless Mortals.
Then, as Lion El'Jonson's deep voice gradually echoed through every open communication channel and even the contact lines on the planet's surface—
"Lion!" Countless Mortal Warriors and civilians roared themselves hoarse, their cries resounding across the entire desert world!
Your enormous body stood amid the cold void beyond the outer deck, and you subconsciously turned the massive raven head formed from vast amounts of condensed Shadow Power.
You seemed to sense the steadfast faith gradually gathering among countless Mortals, as well as their resolve to die defending their homes. Or perhaps it was merely an illusion caused by the overly active Psykic Power within your enormous body.
Your mouth and nose, hidden within the giant raven head, drew in a deep breath.
You slowly raised an incomparably massive Shadow Claw, its palm aimed squarely at the farther depths of the cold void, at the Chaos Ships launching their terrifying offensive.
Rumble—
In an instant, an enormous pillar of divine light, incomparably dazzling yet clearly not Chaos Psychic Energy, surged upward from the Capital Ship's outer deck!
An even larger illusory dragon head slowly emerged from within the pillar of divine light, opening its jaws in a terrifying, soundless roar.
At that moment, you used the Heavenly Kirin Beast to open the space battlefield and launched a frenzied one-man ship-destroying slaughter against the menacing Chaos Fleet.
In truth, if sheer large-scale destructive power was the sole standard of judgment, neither Loyalist Primarchs nor Traitor Primarchs could compare to you.
Even without awakening your Warp Essence, you were already the foremost