After Salvation Star became an Adeptus Mechanicus Forge World, Corvus had once toured the newly manufactured Titans there.
No one knew what model the Titan housing the decapitation squad was, but clone Corvus guessed from memory that it was probably comparable to a Warlord-class Titan.
Its interior was equally immense.
Some Titans contained weapons and ammunition factories, but this bizarre Blood God's Machine had none. Instead, it held layer upon layer of arenas, cages, and arena-like structures containing lava, seas of blood, and objects of Blood God worship.
"Follow behind us! We only need you to lend a hand or keep watch!"
The Grey Knight mentor took the lead.
After careful analysis, the Thunder Warriors of the two combat squads concluded that specialists like the Grey Knights had far more experience dealing with supernatural situations. They did as the mentor instructed, fell back, and followed behind the Grey Knights.
As the Grey Knights identified traps, dismantled profane obstacles, killed every living thing they encountered, and advanced toward the upper levels, clone Corvus peered through a gap inside the Skull Titan to observe the situation outside.
Just as they had seen before their drop pod slammed into the Skull Titan, the Blade of the Omnissiah Titan Legion was fighting the Skull Titans—and losing ground.
Aside from the Mars Witch, nearly every Titan had been damaged. The Warhound-class Titan guarding the Mars Witch had been blasted black all over, with flames pouring from its left shoulder.
The various colossal skull cannons scattered across the scorched earth beside the Titan Legion proved that the Legion was not incapable of defeating these grotesque Skull Titans. The enemy simply had other arrangements.
If those shattered colossal skull cannons were no weaker than General Cannons, then the Blade of the Omnissiah Titan Legion surviving until now