Within the Eye of Terror.
Daemon World, Drakasi.
An Imperial Navy Storm Class warship arrived above the Daemon World and plunged straight toward the surface, finally stopping a thousand meters above the ground.
Such recklessly audacious behavior would have led to terrible consequences in the Real Universe beyond the Eye of Terror, but within the Eye of Terror, on this crimson Daemon World called Drakasi, it was nothing out of the ordinary.
The warship halted just a thousand meters above the ground.
This Imperial Navy Frigate did not attract the attention of the Daemon World's military forces. The people of Drakasi merely inspected the vessel before leaving, allowing those inside to do whatever they pleased.
The Frigate's captain was Natalia.
An utterly ordinary name, and a woman who appeared to possess no distinguishing traits, yet what she had accomplished was astonishing.
At the end of the Battle of Cadia, the predecessor of the Glorious Humanity, and also the Tyran Navy's first cruiser, had destroyed the Black Legion's Soul of Vengeance in a suicidal attack.
Natalia had commanded the Frigate that participated in the entire Void War and did everything it could to intercept the two Cruisers.
Yet this highly decorated lady of the void harbored little hostility toward the Daemon World below.
Natalia boarded a transport craft and flew out from her warship toward Drakasi's surface.
The warriors escorting Natalia remained expressionless as well, feeling that there was nothing improper about this.
"Drakasi."
A weathered voice came from a compartment within the cabin.
Natalia, who had remained expressionless and utterly unmoved, finally reacted. She immediately turned toward the source of the voice.
Then, a white-haired Space Marine clad in purple armor emerged from the compartment.
It was Fabius Bile.
After the clone Primarch had blown apart his head, Fabius had