Inside the Hypercube Labyrinth.
Perturabo, whose massive frame resembled a metallic mountain, was playing chess with the expressionless Omegon.
Beside them, Rorschach's Shadow Clone flickered in and out of sight as it carefully observed the game unfolding between them.
It had to be said that the two Primarchs' styles of play revealed their respective combat styles.
Perturabo preferred to keep every piece under his control and advance steadily in large-scale battle formations.
Omegon, meanwhile, preferred to conceal his most important pieces. Even when he sacrificed lesser pieces as the price of an attack, not the slightest emotion crossed his face.
Bzzzz—
Most of the chessboard was reflected across Perturabo's metallic face, and a fleeting, mischievous grin unconsciously appeared at the corner of his mouth.
In an instant, a metal chess piece called the "Fortress" began emitting a faint engine-like hum.
Slender gun barrels extended from within the Fortress and unleashed an unceasing barrage upon the "Warriors" and "Knights" crisscrossing the enormous board.
Next Moment, Omegon remained utterly calm in the face of the sudden shift in the game.
One of his fingers made a slight gesture.
The metal pieces known as the "Priest" and the "General" swung their scepters and Power Swords with all their might, shielding the "Emperor" and the "Comrade Queen" as they swiftly entered Perturabo's half of the board.
Meanwhile, Perturabo's "Citizens" and "Princesses," surrounded by large numbers of "Warriors" and "Knights,"
immediately launched a relentless siege against the "Emperor" and "Comrade Queen" who had entered their territory.
Yet the "Emperor" and "Comrade Queen" were important pieces capable of deciding the outcome of the entire game.
Once the meticulous Omegon sacrificed the "Comrade Queen" to set his "Emperor" against Perturabo's "Emperor,"
the victor of this game of regicide was already obvious. Even Rorschach, an outsider who only