Rumble—
The terrifying force of the nuclear explosion was almost entirely blocked by the pitch-black shadows you had unleashed with all your strength.
This tactical nuclear weapon from the Iron Warriors had also failed to wipe out all of you.
Thanks to Vulkan's fearless sacrifice and your desperate rescue efforts, only a small number of Astartes offspring who had been too close to the blast's epicenter were reduced to ash by the explosive flames leaking through the black shadows.
But all of this had come at a terrible cost.
Vulkan, who had been only a step away from the blast's epicenter, was now completely missing, his fate unknown, though even you knew that his formidable physique should have been enough to let him survive the nuclear blast.
Because of your excessive expenditure, you had completely fallen out of the Liberated State of Warp Essence and were temporarily unable to wield any Shadow Power.
At this moment, you, Ferrus, Corvus, and the others did not even have time to grieve for Vulkan's disappearance, much less search for any remains he might have left behind.
You had to take advantage of the immense disruption caused by the tactical nuclear weapon on the Chaotic Battlefield and lead the surviving Astartes Legions out of the encirclement of the eight Traitor Legions.
Not long afterward, the three of you successfully led the roughly twenty thousand remaining Salamanders and more than eighteen thousand Raven Guard completely out of the landing zone encirclement laid by the Traitor Legions.
Yet the nerves of you three Primarchs remained taut.
You knew that this was merely the first step in escaping your predicament.
Corvus, with the black shadows covering his body growing increasingly active, immediately led several thousand Raven Guard veterans into a guerrilla battle against the vast numbers of