After Iax's mechanical body disappeared from before Guilliman, multiple departments across Terra began a joint operation.
Although the mechanical body moved quickly, the Inquisition had kept track of his location the entire time. After all, their eyes and ears were everywhere on Terra.
The Officio Assassinorum had also been ordered to assist in the operation.
An entire assassin squad had already been watching from the flank when the mechanical body climbed onto the palace wall.
They had witnessed almost the entire scene of Iax sweeping aside the Adeptus Custodes on the wall.
He had even casually overpowered a Venerable Dreadnought and the Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes.
The terrifying physical resilience displayed by the mechanical body left the assassin squad at a loss.
He was a machine. Poison would certainly be useless.
Sniping?
That was a joke. Had they seen the Assault Cannon on that Dreadnought? The two Vindicare Assassins could guarantee that if it hit them, they would end up black and blue.
They did not believe the custom sniper rifles in their hands could rival that ancient Assault Cannon, which was practically a relic.
Seeing that the ancient Adeptus Custodes Dreadnought was about to die at the hands of the Man of Iron, the two could only unleash the squad's sole unstable member.
An Eversor Assassin. At least as far as they knew, his self-destruction would certainly pack enough of a punch.
The result, however, was quite good.
The self-destruction, powerful enough to kill a Space Marine, successfully saved the Venerable Dreadnought and added a little color to the mechanical body.
But the color on his surface soon became gleaming bright again, as though he had been freshly repainted.
The mechanical body tilted his head and looked at the two Vindicare Assassins standing on the wall nearby.
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