Just as the Exploding Hounds rampaged through the Skitarii positions, slaughtering indiscriminately, five lightning-fast figures burst from the cover.
Five fully armed Space Marines, each wielding a gleaming power weapon, joined the slaughter without hesitation.
The Space Marines were agile and moved as swiftly as lightning, darting through the Adeptus Mechanicus positions in a blur.
The power weapons in their hands were even more terrifying. Every swing sent up a spray of blood. The Skitarii and Combat Servitors had no time to react before they died one after another beneath the savage attacks of the Space Marines and Exploding Hounds.
In less than a minute, the once-impenetrable defensive position had completely fallen.
As far as the eye could see, the ground was littered with the mangled corpses of Adeptus Mechanicus personnel. Blood dyed the earth red, and the air was thick with the stench of gore. The scene was so bloody and brutal that it was almost unbearable to look at.
After wiping out every Adeptus Mechanicus member in this defensive position, the five men did not stop. They swiftly led the five Exploding Hounds toward the massive steel gate at the rear of the position.
When the Space Marines were still some distance from the steel gate, they saw that a Servitor had been embedded in it. Only the Servitor's torso remained, its body pierced by countless complex cables.
As the Space Marines approached, a radar-like scanning beam suddenly shot from the Servitor's scarlet electronic eyes and swept across them.
At once, a sharp, piercing alarm blared from its mouth. "Intruders! Intruders!"
The shrill mechanical voice echoed ceaselessly through the empty corridor, yet not a single Adeptus Mechanicus member responded to the Servitor's warning.
"Bang!" One Space Marine stepped forward and killed the Servitor embedded in the gate with