"Tut, tut, tut... the stage is about to collapse~" Cegorach giggled as he watched the destruction in the distance, showing no sign of concern.
At times, he ran through the Warp; at others, he darted through the crack-filled Webway. His theatrical steps teased space itself into cheering for him, laying a path of flowers that led straight toward Lin Fan.
Before all this happened, Lin Fan had used Corax's Dark Walk. They had leaped back and forth through the gloom cast by reality into the Warp, shadows formed from living beings' most instinctive fear of darkness.
Then, the curtain suddenly shattered. Corax fell without warning, and the darkness enveloping them all dispersed.
"Brother, are you all right?" The moment Leman Russ regained his vision, he rushed to Corax's side.
Corax looked to be in great pain. Eyes shut and brows furrowed, he rested a hand against Leman Russ's leg armor as he panted. "My back... I threw out my back. Let me rest for a bit."
"You threw out your back?" Lin Fan leaned in for a closer look. It reminded him of Chapter Master Colvin of the Raven Guard, who had escaped death before. In a moment of urgency, Lin Fan had once installed several of Colvin's parts in the wrong places, and Colvin's back had hurt for days afterward.
Seeing that Corax was not seriously hurt, Lin Fan turned to examine their surroundings. The real universe was pitch-black and freezing, with only the faint lights of extremely distant stars scattered across the darkness. On the other side was an enormous, irregular wound, its edges patterned like shattered glass as the murk of the Warp poured out.
Was this... some kind of rift?
As Lin Fan pondered this, Isha beside him grew weaker and weaker. Great beads of sweat