With reactions far faster than even the Astartes' nanosecond response times, Iax dodged these beam weapons with ease.
When the Skorpekh Lord rose again, however, he did not pursue the Bodyguard Robot cutting down Immortals all around him. Instead, he charged furiously at Iax.
Detecting the change in threat level, the Bodyguard Robot immediately dropped the Necron clutched in its hand, turned, and activated its gravitational pull.
Feeling the pull from one side, the Skorpekh Lord drove his six clawed limbs hard into the ship's metal deck.
Unable to budge him even as the gravitational force continued to rise, the Bodyguard Robot simply charged toward the Skorpekh Lord instead.
Propelled by the gravitational pull, the Bodyguard Robot straightened its torso and raised one arm high, sweeping toward the Skorpekh Lord in a motion much like chopping firewood with an axe.
It looked very much as though it intended to trade its own destruction for his.
The Skorpekh Lord brought his longsword across, ready to cut the Bodyguard Robot clean in half at the waist.
Necron units did not worry about taking a hit. As long as they eliminated this troublesome enemy unit, any damage they suffered would only be temporary. Whether recalled through phasing or simply dragged back by Canoptek Scarabs, they would return to the battlefield afterward.
Even the Skorpekh Lord had lost most of the information stored in his memory core following his mechanical transformation.
In terms of brains alone, he might not even have measured up to the Immortals nearby.
His combat capabilities and the strength of his body, however, were far beyond those of his brethren trapped in frail shells.
Even if he had already lost much of his ability to think.
Seeing that the Bodyguard was about to trade its own destruction for the enemy's,