"My lord, we've arrived!"
Molech's star gate.
Beyond those enormous ruins stretched a passageway.
At the other end of the passage should have been the star gate of Molech in the real universe.
An illusory line existed between the two.
On this side of the passage stood ruins that radiated utter terror.
No one knew what was hidden within, or what abnormal monsters might lurk there. Perhaps only The Emperor and Horus, when they had once walked this path, had seen something and learned the secret behind it.
The Webway's construction ended at the path beyond the star gate.
To enter it, they had to disembark from the warship.
And the moment they did, they would draw Chaos's attention.
Within the inner court, the silver armor was surrounded by the laws of the real universe. But once they entered the Warp, the rules of reality could no longer be used. Cisrain's strength would be restricted to a certain extent, much as the Chaos gods of the Warp would be threatened by the laws of the real universe upon entering reality.
"The Webway Key, my lord."
The Webway Key was not merely a key for opening Webway gates and every Webway node.
It had other functions as well: it could borrow a portion of the Warp's power. In a sense, the Webway Key was a fusion of certain laws of the Warp and the real universe. In reality, it existed in the past, present, and future. Within the Warp, it also contained a certain law-bound power of Chaos.
The instant they took out the Webway Key, they sensed an intense presence.
Something seemed to vibrate from within the Webway Key, followed by powerful fluctuations that stirred changes in the Warp.
And the direction indicated by the Webway Key was the world