Perturabo's Steel Bunker

Ramsey raised his hand, and the Archaeotech Pistol fired a beam of light.

Hiss...

The dazzling beam struck the Overseer's brightly painted chest, melting a hole the size of an ordinary person's head through it.

The scarlet light abruptly contracted, focusing on the spot where Ramsey stood.

Boom!

The mottled colored tiles shattered in the blazing light, crumbling into streaks of dust.

The scarlet light spread rapidly, pursuing the figure of the black-armored Warrior.

A muted mechanical voice sounded from its chest, bearing some resemblance to High Gothic.

"Clear the intruders."

Bolters roared, and flames surged.

The combined firepower of the Shadow of Order from the 10th Battalion and the 7th Legion converged, blanketing the huge, War Hounds-like body and creating an opening for Lord Ramsey.

Boom!

A massive mechanical foot smashed onto the colored tiles, and the enormous mechanical body forced its way out of the rising flames.

Veteran "Hermit" Ramsey "hid in the shadows," avoiding the Overseer's keen red-light pursuit amid the billowing gunsmoke.

He silently passed beside the Shadow of Order and the Catachan Wolf, arriving behind the Overseer.

The bright-yellow light of the star shone on the Overseer's body, which was brighter and more colorful than the other Smart Machines, casting a rainbow-like shadow on the ground.

"Shepherd's" eyes flashed, and the iridescent shadow suddenly rose.

After becoming a "Shepherd," the "Hermit's" "shadow manipulation" had risen to the level of "shadow control."

The viscous shadow wrapped around the Overseer's mechanical body like a cloak.

Amid a series of creaks, the colorful mechanical body seemed to undergo an erosion longer than time itself, becoming mottled with rust.

The scarlet light seemed bound by an invisible wall, and the Mechanical Arm bent and smashed against its own body with a dull thud.

The enormous mechanical body was flattened