The Heliosa conquest had entered its fourth month when Nimrod stepped onto the battlefield, personally leading the Honor Guard in an assault on Raven Nest 93.
On the frigid Antarctic ice sheet, there was only the heavy tread of the Honor Guard's boots.
Snowflakes the size of goose feathers filled their eyepieces.
Standard Bearer Jurjur held high the war banner bestowed by The Emperor, Shadow of Order.
The Adamantium flagpole did not sway in the howling wind, but thrust straight into the sky.
Black satin streamed in the wind, and not a single drifting snowflake clung to it.
The Honor Guard's eyes shone, their fighting spirit surging high as they followed the banner and their father, advancing toward the last Raven Nest standing before Phoenix Cliff.
A dense, sharp chorus suddenly rang out, and more than a thousand crystalline gleams appeared high in the sky.
Nimrod's figure vanished in an instant. Ten thousand meters up, behind a Snow-Domain Shrike, the body of a sniper holding a spear exploded apart.
The massive body of the Mentor of Chaos abruptly appeared, with two Soul-Eater Bees circling at his side.
The Snow-Domain Shrike's body dipped, and its rider turned his head in shock.
The Primarch raised his right hand and seized his skull.
Bang!
The tough skull was crushed into fragments that sifted down through the air.
Nimrod raised his left hand, aimed it at the Snow-Domain Shrike beneath him, and shouted in Dunnish, "Seal!"
Viscous fluid, thick to the extreme, wrapped the crystalline body layer upon layer.
Bang, bang, bang...
The dense barrage fired at the black-armored giant crossed and streaked past. He had already vanished into thin air.
Bang!
Five snipers' bodies exploded, turning into thirteen fist-sized Soul-Eater Bees, and Nimrod emerged out of thin air from within a suit of