Lin Fan watched Khan massacre his way through the battlefield, but what concerned him more was the enormous bug beneath Yilafren's feet.
I remember Tyrant Guard are supposed to go berserk after the Tyrant is killed. Why could Khan tame one? Was this Chogoris beast-taming technique?
Still, this was good enough. At least he did not have to worry about Yilafren being devoured clean by the bugs. The Tyrant Guard beneath her would do a fine job crushing the smaller creatures charging at her.
The Tyranids were deadly and dangerous, but without the control of synapse creatures, Tyrants, and Hive Tyrants, they were merely beasts consumed by savage hunger. Thus, the Imperium's best method for dealing with them was to kill the synapse core, the Queen, or the Hive Tyrant. As for how many people would die killing those heavily protected monsters with absurd combat power, that was not something to consider.
Khan wielded his I-beam in broad, sweeping arcs. Every swing and turn sent entire swathes of bugs flying. He sang a Chogoris folk song rich with ethnic character, turning the whole battle into a sacrificial rite offered to nature.
The Ravener writhed forward on its serpentine lower body and twisted its way before Khan. If this enormous species could stand fully upright, it would be as tall as Khan.
Ravener (I originally wanted Khan to fight a Trygon, but Trygons are too big. Those things are basically bug-version tunnel boring machines, so I did not write it.)
Relying on its six enormous scythe-like claws, the Ravener could withstand Khan's attacks and strike back.
The two claws around its abdomen overlapped to block Khan's brutal I-beam strike, then swiftly shifted apart and hooked around the beam, making it difficult for Khan to pull it free at once.
Khan had