Make Mortarion Come Out

The ones descending onto the battlefield were naturally the Tengu Mech squadrons of the White Scars Legion. These most valiant space outriders under Jaghatai Khan had been watching the shifting situation on the battlefield all along.

The entire Fifth Legion was currently scattered throughout the Solar System. That Gantula Noyan-Khan commanded the Sky Eagle, assisting Lion El'Jonson in wiping out the invading traitors, while the Khan himself remained on Terra.

Horus's surprise assault had come too swiftly. There were now only a little over ten thousand White Scars at the Khan's side, so these warriors could not squander their lives lightly.

After the Death Guard entered the battlefield, the sons of Chogoris, who had long struggled to restrain their urge to hunt, finally received their chance to strike.

They piloted their Tengu Mechs onto the battlefield, but did not immediately engage the traitors at close range.

The warhawks of Chogoris had never lacked courage, nor had they ever lost their grip on composure.

Relying on the Tengu Mechs' extreme mobility and superior firepower, this White Scar squadron launched its first air raid.

The large-caliber heavy bolters mounted on the Tengu Mechs continuously poured out ammunition, while their laser cannons picked off high-threat targets among the traitors from incredibly tricky angles.

Several towering Knight mechs stood among the Death Guard. These Knight Houses, which had fallen into Chaos alongside the Dark Mechanicum, also worshipped the Father of Plagues.

And the Kindly Father eagerly answered their devotion. Rotten dark-green flesh grew from the adamantium and ceramite bodies of the towering Knight mechs, while the cables transmitting energy transformed into writhing, foul-smelling intestines. Vast amounts of putrid pus constantly dripped onto the ground as they advanced.

These Knight mechs were no longer humanity's protectors. Instead, they slaughtered those they had once protected with