"The Imperium of Man Will Purify"

This starry sky.

In the manor after the smoke had cleared, the Carcharodons and Flame Salamanders warriors were conducting a carpet search.

The gray-armored Carcharodons warriors used handheld psychic detectors acquired from the Investigation Department to carefully scan every inch of scorched earth.

The surfaces of their Power Armor had been coated with pure water from the Heretic Inquisition Department. Whenever a detector sounded an alarm, they immediately incinerated the suspicious area with flamethrowers.

One warrior discovered black mucus lingering within a crack in the ground and immediately summoned a comrade carrying an incinerator—

Boom—!

Blue-white plasma flames scorched the area into glassing, ensuring that every trace of Chaos was completely purified.

Not far away, the Flame Salamanders formed a tactical array and analyzed air samples with precision instruments.

Their Tech Sergeant operated hovering drones. The scanning beams of those mechanical creations interwove into a net, leaving not even the tiniest Warp "spores" any chance of escape.

"Eastern sector clear." A steady voice sounded through the comm channel. "No contamination detected."

The Greek Demigods formed a sacred barrier.

The weapons in their hands radiated faint golden halos. Any Chaos energy that tried to escape would let out a piercing shriek upon touching that light before being annihilated.

One Demigod holding a double-bladed battle axe suddenly swung his weapon. The golden Radiant Light erupting from its blade completely dispersed the final trace of corruption hidden in the shadows.

"..."

Athena stood silently at the center of the battlefield, beside the obsidian Stone Casket imprisoning the elderly nobleman.

Her gaze was so cold it seemed capable of extinguishing stars.

The surface of the box occasionally bulged with signs of struggling, and dull impacts sounded from within, yet none of it could shake the goddess in the slightest.

Sui Meng's innocent, radiant smile