The Adeptus Custodes had performed admirably in battle, but for all fifty of them, this fight had still been far too easy.
Since the Emperor was extremely satisfied with every statistic concerning the Adeptus Custodes' performance, he felt there was no need to pay attention to the rest of the battle.
But just as he thought that, his attention was drawn to an ordinary man.
That man was an ordinary soldier in an infantry squad. Like his comrades, he had been sent by Qin Mo to participate as part of a contingency plan.
If the Adeptus Custodes made any mistakes during this live-combat trial, these people could step in and save the situation.
Having become too absorbed in the fighting, the mortal gradually pushed deep into the enemy ranks and was treated as an easy target by the enhanced soldiers of the Moransen Alliance.
Valdor charged in to relieve the mortal, then slaughtered every enemy around him beneath the Emperor's approving gaze.
After Valdor left, one of the bodies that had been lying on the ground suddenly moved. It clearly was not quite dead. The enhanced soldier sprang up and brought his axe down on the mortal soldier.
The axe was stopped by the Energy Plating on the Power Armor, but some force penetrated both the plating and the material beneath it, leaving cracks. It could no longer withstand another blow.
The massive enhanced soldier opened his bloodstained jaws at the mortal and let out a roar.
The mortal, who had been driven to his knees by the heavy strike, did something that greatly surprised the Emperor.
He actually roared back at the enhanced soldier. The two bellowed at each other like wild beasts.
When the enhanced soldier felt challenged and raised his axe again, the mortal suddenly stood up.