Both sides deployed weapons of war beyond anything normally seen on a battlefield.
Valde's Dark Eldar had even begun using disintegration weapons similar to those of the Necrons, weapons capable of breaking an enemy down completely into their most primitive state.
Gamma's Expeditionary Force also brought out their own disintegration-ray weapons, along with newly developed healing-ray weapons. They disintegrated their opponents' bodies, then used the healing rays to collect their souls.
Every time either side brought out a weapon, it shocked the other. Then the other side would produce a new weapon to suppress them in turn.
It was a contest of dazzling weapons, and also a struggle between the Eldar of a declining age and the Gamma World of a rising era.
The disturbance of battle quickly spread from one district to another.
Countless warriors and sorcerers joined the fight.
Even the churches and warrior bands coveting Valde's armed forces emerged from the shadows.
Valde's power had not resolved every problem like a thunderstorm, as they had originally expected. Instead, enemies kept flooding in like a tide.
That seemed to imply that Valde's regime was not stable.
Those groups that placed conspiracy and betrayal above all else naturally sought ways to weaken Valde's regime, even though these enemies might seriously threaten their own existence in the future.
As large numbers of warriors charged into the temple.
Lelith Hesperax, who had been fighting in the arena, pulled her gaze away from the warriors before her amid a scream from the stands.
That Ork had practically been carved into pieces by her, yet even after being cut apart, it still displayed tremendous fury rather than pain. That made it almost impossible for her to extract any useful soul essence from its soul.
The other two warriors had likewise been tortured by