After Vect brought the human expeditionary force to the Haemonculi's experimental base, Lion had already prepared for treachery.
If he had been one of those damned Drukhari, this would have been the perfect moment to betray them.
And just as Lion had expected, Vect indeed revealed his dagger of betrayal.
But the one thing Lion had not anticipated was that two more forces, neither belonging to the Kabal of the Black Heart, had emerged behind Vect.
Compared to them, the Kabal of the Black Heart was actually the weakest force present.
The other two Drukhari factions seemed wary of one another as well. They had no intention of fighting side by side, instead attacking the Astartes Legions from different directions.
Most of one force consisted of female Drukhari. Lion immediately identified them as warriors of the Wych Cults.
These Drukhari women were all masters of slaughter. Every day, they fought other Drukhari, Orks, humans, and even nameless monsters in unimaginably bloody arenas.
They had honed exquisite martial skills while training themselves to become even more graceful and agile. With their formidable combat power, the Wyches had carved out a lofty status in cruel, dark Commorragh, second only to the Kabals.
While the Wyches filled their spiritual emptiness with their opponents' deaths, they also became an outlet through which Commorragh's Drukhari vented their thirst for slaughter.
After venomous spectators watched a bloody, thrilling duel and left satisfied like vultures with full bellies, the Wyches had, in a sense, made an outstanding contribution to maintaining Commorragh's brutal order.
Of course, the Wyches on this battlefield were only a small branch of the Wych Cults. Yet these exceptionally powerful individual Drukhari still placed considerable pressure on the Space Marines.
The other Drukhari force was an elite killing unit composed entirely of Incubi.
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