The heavy cage of anti-psychic energy glowed with a faint blue light. Angron's battered body, strangely serene despite its ruin, was like a massive magnet steeped in bloodshed and sorrow, firmly drawing everyone's gaze within the conference room.
What Lion had brought back was not merely a trophy of war, but silent testimony to a brutal battle—and a grave question: the ultimate fate of a fallen Primarch.
Guilliman, Sanguinius, and Horus all watched the cage in silence, their expressions complicated.
At that moment, Lion shifted his gaze away from the cage and toward Kieran, who was quietly discussing the academy's detailed construction plans with Cawl.
Guilliman's announcement that the Super God Academy branch would be established in Ultramar was like the final straw upon the heart of a Primarch who had just endured a savage battle and suffered devastating fleet losses.
"Robert," Lion said in a low voice, unable to suppress the anger and exhaustion within it. "The Super God Academy branch... will be built in Ultramar?" His golden eyes stabbed sharply toward Guilliman. "Such a major decision concerns the foundation of the Imperium's future strength. You did not even need to discuss it with me?"
His question echoed through the silent conference room.
The Dark Angels had suffered grievous losses. The destruction of their flagship, the Indomitable Truth, was like carving away a great chunk of the Legion's flesh, and Lion himself had been severely wounded.
That made his challenge, voiced through exhaustion and pain, all the more unwilling and aggrieved.
Guilliman turned to meet Lion's gaze. There was a trace of apology on his face, but even more unquestionable resolve. "Lion, after analyzing the current situation across every region of the Imperium and considering the academy's own needs, we reached this consensus together." He gestured toward Sanguinius and