When the Blade of Shadow slammed into this corrupted sky, the boundary between reality and the Warp emitted a harsh, tearing sound!
Alvin stood on the bridge, overlooking the massive data streams before him.
The current state of Cairo was undoubtedly dozens, even hundreds of times worse than he had anticipated beforehand!
The entire city was no longer simply corrupted; it had transformed into some sort of... some sort of "living organ," just like a gigantic heart, beating violently solely to pump ecstasy and emotions for the pleasure of Slaanesh!
"Lord, the holographic scan of Cairo has been established."
At this moment, Tech-Priest Fars's voice came through the comms channel, carrying its characteristic mechanical static: "A total of six high-concentration psychic nodes have been detected. Shall we commence bombardment?"
Alvin, who was about to give the order, saw a figure appear in the tactical holographic projection.
"Zoom in on this sector!"
The adjutant by his side spoke as if reading his mind.
The image was magnified to reveal the pyramid standing at the very center of the city. Hovering atop its brightly colored, jewel-like flower-bud apex was none other than the Pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the earliest mutant in human history—En Sabah Nur.
He had completely shed human form.
Stationed at the altar—the pinnacle of the pyramid—Apocalypse still barely retained a faint human outline, yet he had been eroded beyond recognition by dense Warp energies.
Warp energy churned and surged around him like thick pitch, carrying biting, nihilistic chills and malice.
Even the air was pressed down, stagnant and distorted. When light passed through the energy field, it seemed to be torn apart by a powerful gravitational force, scattering into jagged, chaotic colored ribbons. His original visage had long since dissolved, his eye