"Sixty percent of Medrengard's land has become a dead zone."
"The Nightbringer fragment has been highly efficient. Its progress is extremely rapid."
"If nothing unexpected happens, then after waiting a little longer, there will be nothing left on all of Medrengard."
The representative sent by the Tyran Sector listened to the Celestial Engine's progress report on the Lightning's command deck while informing Chagatai of the latest developments.
At this time, the command deck held not only Chagatai, this Primarch, but also his sons.
Jubal Khan and all the Chapter's captains stood behind Chagatai, listening to the latest report as well.
"Could Medrengard possibly be colonized as a real world afterward?" Chagatai suddenly asked.
"No." The representative answered without hesitation or delay. "Any place ravaged by a Nightbringer fragment will become a dead zone completely. Unless the Imperium is willing to introduce Cognitive Filter technology and make it widespread, any creature living in this world that reaches an average age of ten could be considered extraordinarily resistant."
"So the Nightbringer fragment destroyed this world rather than reclaiming it?" Chagatai said.
The representative nodded. "You may understand it that way."
The atmosphere across the entire command deck became exceedingly grim.
Aside from the representative giving the real-time progress report, no one else said a word.
Part of the reason was that the Nightbringer fragment was slaughtering everything on Medrengard. Even with the Cognitive Filter activated, being protected by it did not mean one was one hundred percent immune to the C'tan's secondary effects.
The other reason was Chagatai, Primarch of the White Scars, changing the previous strategy.
"In the end, we relied on the power of a C'tan to win a victory," Jubba, standing behind Chagatai, said. "Just like the main fleet and the other branch fleet."
"But we avoided leaving behind