Alpha's Chief Librarian, Gukur, swung his staff to block.
Dynas Chayne flicked his wrist.
The lethal sword edge whirled around the Force Staff and stabbed into the right side of the Power Armor's abdomen.
Gukur felt the blade lodge inside him, blood gushing from his stomach.
He glanced at the Lucifer Blacks. Even if they were elites among mortals, this man's sword was extraordinarily swift—swift beyond even an Astartes.
Bolters roared and thundered, a barrage sweeping past from all sides.
A Lucifer Black had a huge hole blown through his abdomen, while another's head and neck were blasted into a mist of blood.
The Lucifer Blacks did not dodge. They raised their Plasma Guns and launched a counterattack at the traitors.
Plasma streams focused with precision on the chests of four Alphas.
Points of light spread rapidly, suns rising one after another on the dim deck.
Amid the blazing radiance, one Alpha crashed to the ground.
Pfft—
Spilled steam drifted through the air. The Lucifer Blacks did not wait for cooldown and immediately pulled their triggers.
The Icar-Kharn-pattern Plasma Guns once again spat searing streams of air, knocking down another Alpha.
Deafening booms kept exploding behind him, and Dynas felt the Lucifer Blacks dying at several times the enemy's speed.
The Alphas had the advantage in numbers, and their firepower overwhelmed them.
They also had no fortifications to hold, left completely exposed beneath the crushing fire.
Dynas saw the traitor raise his arm. He charged forward at full speed and, in accordance with Article 1 of "Osberch-Vaya," thrust his sword straight ahead.
He had practiced the sword techniques Lord Nimrod had taught him countless times on the training deck. Now the blade pierced the air, instantly punching through Gukur's body.
Gukur grunted. The Lucifer Black was strong, but this was