Lorgar Aurelian stood amid the dust as the enemy Titan raised its arm, the Heavy Strike of its Vulcan mega-bolter drowning out the symphony he had composed upon Armatura.
He swung Illumination of Truth, the sceptre Ferrus had forged for him, and a furious surge of Psionic Energy slapped the Ultramarines against the rocks, crushing them into pulp.
The War Hounds Titan charged through the dust cloud with its body lowered, pouring firepower onto the Primarch.
Lorgar's armor was coated in frost. He raised his left hand, and a boulder the size of Gabriel's Predator rose into the air.
Boom!
The boulder smashed into the wolf-headed cockpit, and the War Hounds Titan slowly crashed down.
The Word Bearers and the few World Eaters who still retained their sanity cheered and roared as they continued their assault.
The War Hounds Titan Zealot strode through the ruins, its Vulcan bolter roaring as it swept the battlefield.
Princeps Maximilian Delant leaned forward, the cables linking him to the machine pulled taut with a tearing screech.
"Main ion cannon, fire at full power."
"Princeps, our remaining capacitors only permit four shots."
"Carry out the order. Pour out all the ammunition we have." His voice trembled.
"When the ammunition runs dry, crush the enemy beneath our feet."
"Yes, Princeps." Moderati Kai rapidly turned seven dials.
"Ion cannon ready." He pulled the left trigger.
A sun ignited upon Armatura's dim gray surface.
Ionized by nuclear fusion at temperatures exceeding a hundred million degrees, the ion cannon discharged with a comet-like tail of flame.
The air blazed. The World Eaters caught in the shockwave burst into fragments that drifted through the air.
The War Hound's feet anchored themselves to the ground as its firepower erupted, like a sun being born upon Valika.
Lorgar raised Illumination of Truth