Inside the Dark Aster, alarms wailed shrilly as red lights flashed like the death cries of a dying beast.
The heavy alloy bulkheads could not stop the scent of death from spreading.
Accompanied by a blinding teleportation flare and the hum of space tearing apart, a squad of giants clad in dark-red power armor, as though they had marched out of blood and fire, appeared boldly in the core area of the Kree Empire flagship.
At their head stood the commander of the Blood Angels, Dante.
Gripped in his hand was a god-slaying weapon forged by He Xi—the Flame Sword, its blade wreathed in roaring fire.
Behind him stood eight members of the Sanguinary Guard in silent formation, their bolters and power swords ready to strike.
"Xenos vessel. Structural scan complete. Target individual located in the main command hall ahead. Eliminate all resistance." Dante's icy voice passed through helmet comms into every Guardsman's ears.
Almost the instant they appeared, masses of Kree Empire elite soldiers poured in from both ends of the corridor.
These genetically enhanced warriors were powerfully built and clad in heavy combat suits, their energy weapons spitting lethal beams.
"Destroy these intruders!" A Kree officer roared as he led the attack.
The Sanguinary Guard answered with the steady, deadly fire of their bolters.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The thunder of bolter fire echoed through the narrow corridor, deafeningly loud.
Every bolt seemed to have eyes, drilling precisely into Kree soldiers' chests or blasting apart their heads outright.
Kree armor was pitifully fragile before bolters. Green blood and metal fragments instantly splattered across the walls and ceiling.
The Kree soldiers were swiftly wiped out, with the front ranks falling like harvested wheat.
The energy beams they fired struck the Sanguinary Guard's shields, but most only sent ripples spreading