As the Void Dragon approached, the Necrons prepared all manner of war machines.
Canoptek constructs, tomb obelisks, and countless weapons were being deployed toward the Void Dragon's location.
Having received his orders from Imotekh the Storm King, Zahedk, the Sautekh Dynasty's Crowned General in command of this war, was in another dimension. Rarely, he remained lucid, facing the sudden powerful enemy with gravity and calm.
"Please allow me to challenge it." Fontan picked up his shield and lance, placing the personal weapons he had used to hunt C'tan after the War in Heaven into his pocket dimension.
"I know you truly wish to challenge a C'tan. You have never lacked courage, but not yet." Zahedk refused his subordinate's request.
Whenever his gaze fell upon Fontan, Zahedk was glad he had not allowed him to leave this dimension and personally lead the army. Otherwise, Fontan would have charged forward alone to challenge the C'tan, disrupting his plans.
Fontan's courage was not the cold contempt for death granted by an immortal shell. Back when he had still been a creature of flesh and blood, he had truly challenged a C'tan.
He had courage, and he respected those who possessed it as well. Zahedk felt that, in some ways, this subordinate resembled him. Birds of a feather truly flocked together.
After a brief moment of thought, Zahedk pointed at the Void Dragon's three-dimensional image. "Surround and annihilate it."
The Crowned General's order was instantly relayed to the very front lines.
All the war machines surrounding the Void Dragon and closing in on it opened fire at the same moment.
The Void Dragon had deliberately slowed its advance, giving its enemies time to prepare thoroughly. As a result, the firepower facing it in that instant was enough to flatten the entire southern hemisphere of