Beyond these psychically modified units, Iax had made some special preparations for this war. Commorragh was far from safe, after all, and for the sake of his Aeldari allies' survival, Iax did not mind resorting to less than gentle methods.
Had this not been deep within the Webway, with no passages large enough, Iax would never have bothered using ground units.
Fleet suppression and coercion through firepower were far more efficient than a ground advance.
Under Mallys's leadership, a silver tide poured out of the Webway passages scattered throughout Commorragh.
The daemons and Emperor's Children, who had been advancing in great strides, suddenly found themselves attacked from both front and rear.
Behind them were blades shimmering pale gold and pale blue on the arms of silver machine bodies. Ahead were the Drukhari's Pain Stimulator blades, gleaming with an eerie light.
Compared with the Drukhari's inefficient methods of attack, the Men of Iron were clearly far more effective.
The Drukhari were addicted to pain and torment. Rather than killing their enemies outright, they preferred to inflict wounds and use the sinister powers imbued in their weapons to plunge others into agony, satisfying their own twisted desires.
The Men of Iron were entirely different.
Machine bodies had no desires. Every action followed orders: kill the target efficiently, swiftly, and without hesitation. If an enemy could be killed with a single slash, they would never cover that enemy in wounds before attempting to finish them off.
Their twisted combat habits meant the Drukhari fought less efficiently than the Craftworld Aeldari.
The Men of Iron were likewise free of fear or any other emotional fluctuations.
Even as Drukhari warriors hacked at the daemons amid spraying blood, flying limbs, and incessant roars, not a trace of fear could be read in the Men of Iron's