The Astartes of the Iron Hands held mechanical power in the highest regard. Not only was practically every one of them a Techmarine, but they were also as obsessed with bodily modification as many Tech-Priests.
Removing biological body parts and replacing them with bionic limbs for enhancement was routine for them.
Just as the Iron Hands aimed their weapons at their allies among the Men of Iron, the Servitor who had struck first stepped forward and lowered himself, examining the severed metal limb with peculiar interest.
The Power Armour was rapidly corroding, and the bionic body within had not escaped either. Machine oil and circulating biological fluids rapidly spoiled, sprouting bizarre-looking mushrooms.
Seeing this, the Iron Hands warriors immediately understood the actions of the Men of Iron and looked at their ally with some remorse.
But the unconventional ways of the Men of Iron had never been something others could understand, and Iax did not care anyway.
Still, the sight before him was rather extraordinary.
Inorganic matter had become organic and undergone rapid transformation?
Another Servitor detached an Auxiliary Arm from his companion, then used it to pick up the decaying, twisted limb and examine it carefully. Clearly, the warrior had stepped in blood spilled from the monster that had just been torn apart.
The corruption had then spread continuously from his armoured shell, until the Servitor detected a strange anomaly in his Energy Vision.
Casually dropping the severed limb onto the ground, the Servitor used the detached Auxiliary Arm to touch the blood remaining on the floor.
The mechanical arm also showed slight corrosion, but it was far less severe than what the Iron Hands warrior had suffered.
Moreover, once the strange blood was removed from the Auxiliary Arm, the corrosion stopped spreading.
The two Destroyers nearby were also