The nightmare had come true—for many people, at least. When Grenadier 19 jumped down from Dantik's shoulder and saw the sky from within this blasted basin, she finally realized just how dire the situation was.
Why had the clouds in the sky grown eyes?
Why did illusory faces drift through the air from time to time?
Were those the souls of the wind?
Grenadier 19 did not know. She simply could not imagine what kind of strange, indescribable spectacle the battlefield had become.
The side of the mountain of flesh was struck by a barrage of artillery. Blossoming fireballs lit up this world shrouded beneath dark clouds.
From the sound of the guns firing and shells exploding, Grenadier 19 knew that only the Krieg Legion's heavy artillery could produce such a barrage.
"Has the Legion already pushed this far...?"
Dantik watched Grenadier 19 standing there in a daze, then drew his bolter and blasted apart the flesh monsters lunging out from every crack and hole.
This geological formation had been riddled with holes by Amalaga's assimilation virus. Given more time, Dantik had no doubt that Amalaga could overturn the entire continent with it.
"Imperial dog! Stop standing around! Pick up your weapon! Charge!"
Dantik's roar snapped Grenadier 19 out of it. She raised the blasphemous heat ray gun the Iron Warriors had given her. These horrific, twisted weapons were just like the masters who had made them.
They brimmed with hatred and greed, and yearned desperately for Grenadier 19's soul.
But Lin Fan had already taught these disobedient fiends a lesson.
The cure for disobedience: one slap at a time.
Black-and-red laser beams burst from the barrel. Accompanied by shrill howls, they turned the pressing flesh monsters into burning masses.
More of these flesh creatures surged forth with every wriggle