The vanished Ork Tower

"What is this?!"

Nelson and the Ultramarines behind him nearly dropped their jaws.

As the squad approached the tower's coordinates again, the towering structure's silhouette seemed to have vanished from the darkness.

When the entire squad reached the foot of the tower, they discovered that the whole structure, built from metal scrap, had become chunks of wreckage scattered across the ground.

Only Carson, the Grey Knight, glanced at the shattered remains on the ground before fixing his gaze on Iax.

The noises in the darkness earlier had clearly come from this tower being torn apart.

And the only person who could have done it was Iax, who had suddenly disappeared from the squad.

Since there had been no fluctuations of Psychic Power around Iax when he vanished, this was clearly some kind of teleportation technology that did not rely on Psychic Power.

Carson had previously taken it for granted that this technology came from the Adeptus Mechanicus.

But now he was beginning to wonder about Iax's true identity.

Nelson ordered some of his men to spread out, keep watch, and scout for approaching Orks. The remaining men joined him in examining the Ork Tower.

As they searched carefully, they discovered one section whose damage was distinctly different from the rest.

A strangely shaped apparatus was found inside one broken section of the tower, unlike the tower itself, which had collapsed after its critical junctions were sliced apart.

This odd-looking apparatus seemed to have been hacked into tiny fragments by a Power Sword.

Throughout it all, Iax remained silent, quietly returning Carson's stare.

When the shielding field around the Planet vanished, Iax had followed the direction of its dissipating energy to locate the Illusory Projector embedded in a heap of scrap.

But the energy traces had disappeared too quickly, so Iax