Unexpected Reinforcements

Within Khorne's Realm.

Upon the brass-forged plains, Khorne's daemons stood in formation after formation, holding cold weapons and waiting solemnly in place.

Bloodthirsters commanded each formation.

The Watchers had shaped the battlefield into something more concrete, but this was Khorne's Realm after all. Khorne's influence was not merely present—it ran deep.

Even the form of battle had to suit the host.

That meant the most brutal kind of cold-weapon combat.

Behind the countless formations sat Khorne upon the Brass Throne.

The Blood God stared at the godslayer.

Behind Qin Xa stood formations formed by the Watchers.

During the Fourfold Trials, he had gained the ability to create daemons of his own. After seizing authority through Magnus's theories, he could create even more and even stronger daemons.

The godslayer's side had 3 to the power of 3 formations, each containing 333 daemons.

Khorne, on the other hand, did not have 8 to the power of 8 formations.

Clearly, he had lost part of his authority, and too many Greater Daemons had been annihilated.

Qin Xa could not even find Skarbrand among the Greater Daemons commanding those formations.

Yet Khorne saw Skarbrand among the godslayer's formations.

The authority to create Skarbrand had been taken from him.

"..."

There was no pointless exchange of words.

The Blood God raised a hand.

Every formation began to advance.

Qin Xa raised his long spear, and the formations behind him advanced as well, save for the Watchers.

Samus, the largest of all the powerful daemons commanding formations, stood even farther ahead.

Khorne's daemons cracked their knuckles, eager for battle.

As the formations slowly advanced, the Bloodthirsters prowled restlessly along their flanks, roaring and bellowing for a glorious fight.

Both sides drew closer to one another.

As they advanced, Qin Xa had a thought.

Nine battle formations