Trazyn stared blankly at Orikan. The astromancer who had always been at odds with him wore the same look of shock.
"Has the situation become this dire? What exactly did Emperor Inamars see?"
"I don't know... Trazyn..."
No sooner had they finished speaking than they saw the Spirit-Repelling Death Domain extend from the mirror-like illusion and surge toward the humans and the Aeldari.
The mirror was shattering, broken by an external force. Who could interfere with the operation of such a conceptual weapon? Naturally, only a conceptual god. The Deceiver had finally waited for this moment. He precisely seized upon the sudden increase in energy consumption as the Spirit-Repelling Death Domain spread, using the gap in the flow of energy to undermine the stability of the mirror world.
His illusory form seemed to be composed of stars, yet also of every remnant upon the battlefield. All manner of fragments and dim stars against the backdrop of endless space formed the outline of his body. This incomplete silhouette appeared before Trazyn and Orikan, then was automatically filled in by the preserved images within their data cores.
"It's The Deceiver... He's influencing the battle!" Trazyn watched the stars flicker, as though The Deceiver were mocking their actions.
"My servants... my food... I have found a new way to hide myself and magnify myself. Do you know how many secret cults among these endless stars offer sacrifices to me? Humans are far more interesting than you~"
The Deceiver's voice was dreamlike and illusory. He tapped the mirror on the verge of collapse, reaching deep into the pyramid's control platform and adjusting the device's stability to 0%. Though the sorcerers had long prepared countermeasures against the power of the C'tan, they had only barely raised its stability to 70%.
The Deceiver had no intention