"I will surely contribute even more to the Greater Good..." Yongtan saluted Shadowsun and Aun'Va, watching the two board the Orca transport. As for the Reflection Warriors, they would head to the battlefield to support Shadowsun's operations.
Yongtan smacked his lips. He had thought that reaching the battlefield and collecting some gene-seed would already be a fine haul. Now that he had seen the interaction between Aun'Va and Shadowsun, it seemed there was something even more interesting waiting for him to uncover.
Strolling down the corridor, passing through layers of glass chambers and processing rooms, Yongtan entered a secret chamber. Several hundred Reflection Warriors held their guns at the ready, aiming at several Raven Guard pinned to the wall.
No one knew how these Raven Guard had infiltrated the place. Their combat skills and the abilities granted by their primarch gene-seed could render detection methods ineffective. Even if scanners displayed the Raven Guard's figures, the personnel monitoring the instruments would choose to ignore them. Their senses were disrupted by Warp energy, making them believe the equipment had simply malfunctioned slightly.
But Yongtan knew the Raven Guard well. Or rather, he knew the Space Marines and the Imperium of Man well. If there was anything in this universe he still did not understand, it was only the oldest Necrontyr overlords and the youngest T'au Empire.
"You are angry, and you are confused, but I have no intention of explaining anything to you."
Yongtan spoke those words to the silent Raven Guard. Then his blue skin began to writhe. Amid violent swelling and shrieking, metallic structures emerged from his flesh, and several drills fitted with extractors formed, resembling the medical instruments used by Apothecaries.
The Raven Guard were shocked. They sensed the presence of Chaos, yet until this xenos split open his