The vortex of energy in En Sabah Nur's eyes churned violently. His mocking smile seemed to freeze in place.
The "warriors" Alvin had brought had far exceeded his expectations.
After all, in the era he had lived through, nothing had been more powerful than the "Mutants."
But even Mutants could not fight ten thousand foes alone.
Yet these warriors in cumbersome armor had done exactly that before his eyes!
Worse, he had just declared that he would grant Atropos "despair," only to have the words thrown right back in his face!
"Ten mere iron puppets dare defy a 'god'?!"
Anger thundered through his voice. Warp energy surged through the air, gathering into dozens of purple beams that shot straight at those damned "iron puppets"!
But the Terminators reacted far faster than he had imagined.
Sensing the danger from the top of the Pyramid, three Terminators raised their Storm Shields and immediately stepped in front of the others.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A barrage of purple energy beams struck the master-crafted Storm Shields, only to be stopped by the field runes on their surfaces.
Scattered motes of energy sprayed away like fine rain, leaving only fleeting scorch marks on the shields.
En Sabah Nur's expression darkened further.
Then, behind the vast horde of mutants, dozens—hundreds—of them fused together into twisted giants.
Each was larger than the last. Some even towered over the nearby buildings.
Their immense size gave them greater destructive power, and they no longer feared the Terminators' powerful Bolters. Exploding rounds blew chunks of flesh from their bodies, but their tentacles seized more mutants and absorbed their flesh to repair the damage.
At last, after a frenzy of devouring and fusion, a mountain of flesh made from at least twenty massive lumps roared and charged the Terminators' formation.
The Terminator