"Noyan Khan, the Great Khan ordered us to wait in orbit," Shiban Khan reminded him.
"We are the White Scars. We adapt to the situation," Hasik said.
My lord's command must be fulfilled.
"The Great Khan ordered me to establish a blockade. I have received the authority signal he sent."
"Even if we wanted to return to orbit, the Aetheric Barrier would block the Drop Pods and landing craft," Shiban said.
Hasik nodded and looked at Stormseer Borgo.
After the Council of Nikaea, the Stormseers had been sent back to their homeworld of Chogoris—even Togutai Yesugei, whom the Great Khan trusted most. But Hasik's khanate had kept its Stormseers.
"I can establish a safe arrival point inside the city, but only a few people can go."
"I'll go with Togon." Seeing the confusion on his subordinate khans' faces, Hasik explained.
"He comes from another khanate. He can bear witness to what I do there."
"I'm disobeying the Great Khan's orders for the Great Khan's own sake."
Togon and the other khans silently accepted their Noyan Khan's reasoning.
"Prepare to teleport."
After giving the order, Hasik immediately opened his communicator and sent Togon a message.
A moment later, Hasik and Togon, clad in Tartaros-pattern Terminator Armor, stepped onto the teleportation platform together.
A crackling force field rose between the Adamantium Pillars and covered the entire hexagonal area.
Dazzling arcs of electricity flashed, snatching their bodies away.
The arcs faded. Hasik and Togon looked around.
Broken walls sprawled beneath a dim sky. The remains of grand Pyramids gutted by fire stood all around them like gigantic corpses.
Thunder rumbled in the distance, and lightning raced across the sky.
Hasik bent down and scooped up a handful of dust. Tiny shards of glass slipped through his fingers.
"Hard to imagine this was once