Top-Secret Flight (IV)

Eighty massive battlewagons rumbled along both sides of the main column, representing the four largest Mek clans in the force.

This magnificent armored formation also included nine Morkanauts and two of the newest Gorkanauts, named Spinecutter and Ironhide Firestarter respectively. They were a size larger than the Morkanauts, but carried fewer guns. Instead, they had four arms, each fitted with a massive melee weapon.

These machines had been built specifically for close combat, though many Meks considered them a ridiculous invention.

Guk could feel that the air around him was not merely vibrating—it was almost about to burst apart.

He glanced to the side and saw Ava frowning as she covered her ears.

"Give her that."

Guk muttered to Liya. His attendant froze for two seconds, then went over to Ava and took out a fur-lined pair of earmuffs.

"This is..."

"The master gave it to you."

After handing them over, Liya turned and returned to Guk's side without another word.

Guk looked around again.

This was his Imperium, so grand and magnificent.

Of course, there were no splendid palaces here, no bustling city districts, and certainly none of those so-called creations of art and culture.

The Ork Imperium did not need such things. As long as it had these countless lads brimming with vigor and creativity, his Imperium would shine like the sun!

He had laid its foundations, fought for it, and knew deep in his heart that one day, he might even die for it... Don't get ahead of yourself!

Diamond slowly came to a halt in the square outside the town. A force of nine thousand Court Guards had assembled nearby, standing behind their respective unit banners in formations that were orderly by Ork standards. Their polished armor gleamed beneath the sunlight.

Mechanized armored units belonging to