Lorgar arrived, fixing Diego in the distance with a cold, merciless gaze. Behind him stood tens of thousands of Word Bearers, wielding weapons and riding in vehicles, their armor engraved with scriptures or simply covered in vast swathes of scripture scrolls pasted directly onto the surface.
"What an eyesore." Leman Russ muttered under his breath. He had always looked down on Lorgar's sense of aesthetics.
Accompanied by a host of pontiffs, Lorgar approached Diego. His current caution had all been drilled into him by Corax. Even after repeatedly confirming that Corax had been securely sealed away, Lorgar found it difficult to shed this excessive wariness in such a short time.
"Heh heh heh..." Lorgar sneered, then raised the Dawnlight Staff Ferrus Manus had forged for him. This power staff, steeped in the power of the Warp for so long, burst forth with dazzling radiance.
The scriptures on Lorgar's body resonated with that light, while the Word Bearers behind him began praying like madmen. Sound and light merged into one, forming a wall of devotion that crashed heavily into Diego.
Faced with the preaching of Lorgar and the many Word Bearers, Diego showed no intention of retreating. He pulled a Grey Knights' Loyalty Codex from the inner side of his shield, placed a hand upon it, and began loudly reciting its contents.
This was a battle of faith. Lorgar's Chaos Gospel clashed fiercely with Diego's faith in Loyalty across the open ground, and neither side could suppress the other in the short term.
Lorgar lowered his staff, his opinion of Diego improving considerably. True, he was an idiot dancing in Lorgar's minefield, but his faith was fervent and steadfast, and Lorgar rather liked people with such pure belief. What he hated even more were atheists who ignored the existence of gods