"Tyberos! Your madness ends here!" Draken's holographic projection suddenly appeared in the Command Room of the Níðhöggr. Chaos energy seeped from the cracks in the Power Armour of this fallen former Chapter Master. In particular, through several gaps behind him, a black-ink-colored crystal sphere with a pale green radiance could occasionally be seen at the center of the throne. It constantly released visible ripples. Even Tyberos felt a faint, inexplicable throbbing deep in his soul with only a single glance.
His voice seemed to come from the Sea of Souls, mixed with the nearly despairing howls of hundreds of souls: "Join us... You will become the blade of the new god... nourishment... immortality! Together, we will divide up everything belonging to the planet below!"
"Hah, coward! Scum!" Tyberos replied calmly to Draken's temptation. At the same time, the two fists known as "Hunger" and "Thirst" began to hum. After speaking, he shut off the holographic projection and turned away.
That deeply mocking reply left Draken stunned for a moment. But immediately afterward, he flew into an incomparably furious rage!
Clearly, Tyberos had touched the scar in his heart—the incident in which he had framed and slaughtered an Imperial-loyalist family on his homeworld.
At this moment, Tyberos was equally shocked. After all, Draken had been the former Chapter Master of the Star Phantoms Chapter.
That was because he had once framed a family loyal to the Imperium and devoted to the Emperor, then incited the Chapter's members to slaughter them.
His reason had been the suspicion that they had been corrupted by Chaos!
Although the final result had been the execution of the former Chapter Master, Draken, the entire Chapter had already been wiped out in the World Engine battle at the end of the forty-first millennium.
But now... not only