Dragon Forest Star was being destroyed.
Vashtorr held no expectations for the future, but the speed of Dragon Forest Star's collapse still exceeded his expectations.
Daemon Engines struggled to defend against the invaders on the surface, while Dragon Forest Star's orbital defenses had long since been annihilated.
When a device powered by the suffering of demons sounded an alarm, indicating that an extremely small object with enormous kinetic energy and astonishing speed had penetrated Dragon Forest Star's surface, Vashtorr knew what would happen next.
"You should not have trusted the Lord of Change."
"I should not have."
"When they came knocking at your door, I really thought you had some grand plan."
Bilak was still going on and on about Vashtorr's decision to trust Tzeentch.
Even Vashtorr strongly agreed with Bilak's view, but he countered, "If I had not accepted the Lord of Change's help, we would still be enemies, still fighting each other. I still would not have obtained the Three Divine Artifacts. I held something back against Carlos, but things did not develop as I had envisioned, so I was unable to turn the tables on Carlos and his master."
Bilak opened his mouth to argue, but Vashtorr had lost interest in trading words. He took out his forge hammer and handed it to Bilak. "I can only fulfill our bargain indirectly, in another way. Take this and leave. Whether you obtain what you want afterward or perish as I do is none of my concern. This deal is over."
This was what Bilak had been waiting for. He took the forge hammer and asked Vashtorr, "I had originally wanted to stay and see if I could take you out of here, but now... I will honor our agreement as well. I will leave behind all the demons