The strategium of the Vengeful Spirit.
Horus Lupercal watched the outline of the Trident rapidly fade on the hololithic projection.
Though he had won the void war, he had not achieved his objective, and the two companies of the decorated Seghar Torgaddon and Torgaddon had been buried aboard the enemy ship.
The Scions of the Quill, so skilled in void warfare, had actually annihilated them in a boarding action.
Zadkiel did not seem like one of Lorgar's sons.
Although he had personally witnessed Erebus swiftly defeat Torgaddon and Asimand in a duel, and then defeat Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children, he now knew that the Dark Apostle had been blessed with supernatural power.
What power had Zadkiel relied on to defeat the mighty Seghar?
Surely he could not have betrayed Lorgar and still received the blessing of allies from the Warp.
As Horus was deep in thought, Maloghurst, the Primarch's Attendant standing at his side, spoke to report.
"Warmaster, the Auger Matrix scan team leader reports that the scan is being disrupted by an energy field."
"It should be related to the Arcane Prism produced by this world. It is a kind of crystal that contains Warp energy."
"Drones have observed the surface. A fortress has been discovered among the mountains of the mining region."
Horus shifted his gaze from the empty void to the earth-and-stone-colored planet.
"Shadow of Order does not want to abandon this world."
"Ezekyle likes their decision."
"Ezekyle has landed on the surface and is searching for Shadow of Order's hiding place." The Primarch's Attendant raised his control staff and marked the landing point on the planet's surface.
Horus nodded. He had not intended to unleash his blade so early in the war, but now he needed Ezekyle's victory.
"Regulus believes the Vengeful Spirit must