The war did not pause because of the Men of Iron's actions. Though puzzled, the Imperial forces continued to hold their positions.
The enormous silver metal spheres soon came under attack from the Orks.
The Orks had no idea why those formidable metal humies had turned into these strange spheres, but that did not stop them from attacking anything in their path.
Perhaps through a revelation from Gork and Mork, the Orks instinctively sensed that these metal spheres were dangerous.
A hail of bullets and shells struck the spheres left behind by the Men of Iron Transport Aircraft.
But before long, something about the scene began to look wrong.
"I'm thinkin', ain't that iron ball gettin' bigger?"
When one Smart Boy voiced the question, a few Ork Warbosses with some brains immediately dragged several Mekboy Boyz to the front.
"Find out what these Iron Clanks are, or I'll pull yer teef out when I get back."
Among Orks, teeth were money. Pulling someone's teeth out was no different from robbery.
Ordinary Ork Mekboys were naturally no match for an Ork Warboss. Faced with this threat, the boys could only cautiously approach and try to inspect the metal spheres.
An electrical arc suddenly flashed across one of the spheres, however, and flickering arcs of energy began appearing on the others.
Strange ripples suddenly spread across the metal spheres.
Their smooth metal surfaces began to undulate like ripples on water.
"Hiss!"
A round opening suddenly appeared in a sphere, and a thick blue beam shot out, sweeping across the battlefield.
Hundreds of Orks, along with the nearby Mekboys and Ork Warbosses, were vaporized together with the ground beneath them.
Glassy residue remained on the ground.
Before everyone's eyes, the metal spheres slowly rose off the ground and hovered a little over ten