Since suffering consecutive defeats on the two major battlefronts, the Greenskin Orks had begun consolidating their forces.
They withdrew most of their warships, battle moons, and battle planets into the star sector where Greenskin Star was located.
Greenskin Star was also a freely mobile planet, but as the Throne World of the Ork Empire, it did not wander about like other battle planets. Instead, it remained fixed within a relatively stable region.
Vast numbers of Ork warships protected their sun. Humanity's terrifying weapon, capable of directly causing a sun to decay and go supernova, had already made the Greenskin Orks suffer dearly.
They too were constantly learning, constantly improving, making up for their weaknesses and shortcomings.
Lox suddenly realized in surprise that the current state of the battlefield somewhat resembled the height of the Horus Heresy, when the rebels launched the Siege of Terra.
The difference was that back then, the loyalists had desperately defended the Solar System. Rogal Dorn's defenses had inflicted grievous losses on the rebels, and they had only managed to breach them through Warp sorcery.
But now, the human expeditionary force stood on the offensive, while the Greenskin Orks were the ones desperately defending their star system.
At this very moment, offense and defense had switched places!
The veterans who had experienced the Solar War and the Siege of Terra immediately revealed knowing smiles.
Such was the wonder of fate's turning wheel.
A familiar figure followed beside Lox. After Adam escaped Dantioch's dimensional space, he had stayed at his creator father's side without leaving him for even a step.
Wherever Lox went, Adam went. Adam simply followed him, as though that alone brought him immense satisfaction.
This child Lox had created with his own hands had spent less than a few full years at his side