On the bridge of the Samu, Agu Khan of the White Scars stared at the dotted Runic Runes as, following the course he had marked out, they rapidly closed on the target Forge World, Phall.
A shrill alarm blared. Above his head circled the Psyker Dragonet the Black Emperor had bestowed on him not long ago.
After Horus's rebellion, Agu Khan took advantage of the disruption to Astropathic Messages to break away from the Legion. Afterward, the Black Emperor granted him new power, and he became the Dreamwalker.
"My lord, we have been locked onto for Teleport."
"Locate the signal source," Agu Khan ordered.
"Night Lords—"
Before the adjutant could finish, streaks of blinding light exploded into being.
One beam struck among the Logis-Engines. As the light contracted, a midnight-blue body was embedded inside a Cogitator.
Crack!
Amid the explosive crackle, the Cogitator burst apart, and the huge figure was pierced through by arcs of electricity.
Agu Khan drew the curved blade at his waist, pressed the Runic Rune, and looked toward the enemy troops Teleported onto the bridge.
They wore Tartaros-pattern Terminator Armor. The left knee was adorned with the lightning motif of the Night Lords, and the left pauldron bore a red talon emblem.
The elite Atramentar of the Night Lords.
Using the firelight from the explosion, Agu Khan silently vanished into the shadows.
He moved quietly through the Atramentar's blind spots, then suddenly sent his curved blade whirling.
The blade flashed coldly. Only when it was a fist's distance from the midnight-blue armor did the Atramentar see the flicker of ghostly blue light.
His talons had only just lifted when the ghost-blue curved blade chopped down onto the Tartaros-pattern Terminator Armor.
Bang!
The ghost-blue corpse crashed to the floor.
Amid the screaming roar of a motor, an