The arrival of the Ork air force quickly reversed the disadvantage caused by losing air superiority.
More importantly, the veil separating the Ork main force from the greater part of their army began to waver.
It became fragile and no longer airtight, as though the power of the real world had regained the upper hand and dragged the battlefield a little further out of the swamp of nothingness.
Guk watched with delight as several enormous, blurry shapes appeared in the distance. Their movements were accompanied by tremors in the earth and piercing whistle blasts, while the occasional flare from their gun muzzles reflected a metallic gleam in the darkness.
The hastily repaired Gork Gargant led five Morkanauts into battle, followed by masses of armored units and infantry riding Squiggoths.
Yet what Guk had not expected was that all this had been caused by a relatively "accidental" decision he had made not long ago.
"Have all the Shrimp been cleaned up?"
After banishing Skulltaker, Kaoreish's squad successfully reached the drainage system beneath Dunwich Prison.
Just as Kaoreish had predicted, the Blood-Worship Cult's attention was focused on the frontal battlefield. The defenses around their command center were extremely weak and relatively isolated.
When the Ork special operations squad crawled out through the prison's communal bathhouse, the guards were still standing on the walls, watching the activity beyond the high perimeter wall.
The attack came so suddenly that the watchtowers controlling the prison's four corners were the first to fall silent. Every machine gunner atop them had their neck silently snapped, and then the entire prison's power was cut.
Darkness fed the chaos. The defenders had no idea where the enemy had come from or where they were. In panic, they tried to reach the prison's outer walls, only to be met by