He spat at a corpse wearing an ornate crown. It was this female Mutant that had tried to manipulate Aparajita's mind, but every Gene-modded Warrior here possessed a psychic barrier personally installed by the Emperor. The result was that the unlucky creature's head had exploded, as though it had taken a bolt shell. Judging by its attire, this thing must have been one of the so-called Kymellian Clan. "The Emperor did not choose to attack this place without reason. These creatures really deserve to die." Deputy Nelson spoke over the squad-wide channel. "When has He ever not sent us to eliminate sorcery?"
"Shut up!" Aparajita asked in his deep, genetically engineered voice. "Have you overridden the airtight door?"
"Yes," Deputy Nelson said. "Did something happen?"
"Calling Archaeopteryx Squad... Archaeopteryx Squad... no response! I hear explosions!" Aparajita drew a deep breath. The passage had lost all power, and only the airtight door, running on an independent power source, was still operational. "Nelson, check the Communication Channel! Have we been infiltrated?"
"I... the Martian Technicians claim that the generator unit system here seems somewhat different." Deputy Nelson was growing nervous as well. "It could be Artificial Intelligence!"
"I need you to open the airtight door, Nelson!" Aparajita checked the chamber, ensuring the bolt shells were ready to fire at any moment. He nodded to his command squad and assault squad. Aside from the assault squad heavy weapons operators assigned to guard the firing positions, all thirty remaining knights followed him. Every muzzle was aimed at the creaking airtight door. Aparajita put his helmet back on—the bolt shells punched precisely through the gap in the door, shredding the bones and flesh of the fully armed creatures behind it. Then a hail of gunfire swept through the passage, like a violent storm tearing the