The immense power of the Four Gods poured out through the link between the Warp and the stargate.
Roaring energy continuously surged forth from the Warp.
The Space Marines outside could not pass through the stargate. The Four Gods of the Warp had used their power to block its entrance.
"Unable to approach, Captain Tal!"
"The psychic tsunami over there is too violent. Even we can't cross it to reach the target location. We need the Librarians from First Company."
How could they possibly find First Company's Librarians?
"More warships are arriving. It seems many Imperium warriors received the message. What exactly did the Regent send us here for?"
"Malcador is human. I don't trust him!"
"Enough of that. We must trust the Imperium, trust Malcador, trust Diong without reservation. Do not forget those lessons. Doubt in any form can become the greatest weakness in your loyalty. We must assure the Imperium that our loyalty can be proven under any circumstances."
Captain Tal looked toward the stargate spewing energy. Some force seemed to be restricting the energy it could release, confining it to a fixed range. Yet anyone who tried to approach the stargate would be affected by its radiation.
Outside the battlefield, almost no one could break through the encirclement and enter the stargate.
Within the ruined city beyond it, the fighting was even fiercer. The chosen of the Chaos Gods, their champions, and even the Greater Daemons of Chaos they had nurtured were rampaging across the battlefield.
Outside the stargate.
The Space Marines fighting there suddenly felt the space around them tremble. A powerful spatial gravitational wave disturbed the gravitational field of realspace, and a gigantic creature abruptly appeared amid the battlefield.
A strange warship appeared at the center of the battlefield, at the side closest to the