Dozens of Adeptus Mechanicus skitarii were quickly defeated in a long-range exchange with the Necrons. Those organized formations of Immortals possessed terrifying destructive power in ranged combat.
Weapons supplied by the Adeptus Mechanicus could often leave only an inconspicuous bullet hole or melted mark on the Necrons' reinforced living metal. The bodies of the Immortals were far sturdier than those of Necron Warriors.
They displayed calm thinking, forming orderly yet staggered battle formations and annihilating the skitarii who had rashly left their positions to provide cover from every angle.
For some reason, Lox could even see a trace of pleasure in slaughter and joy in humiliating their enemies on the faces of those iron skulls.
"They were once flesh-and-blood lifeforms too, but they came to hate and despise humans with flesh."
The boltguns in the hands of the Warsmith, Nykona, and the others never ceased firing, but the Basilisk's barrage was ineffective against the Necrons.
They seemed to have a way of dealing with such brutal area bombardments. A special field defense greatly weakened the kinetic force of the blasts. Even direct hits at close range could only fling them into the dirt, after which their living metal writhed and restored them to their original state.
Their iconic living-metal bodies placed immense pressure on the humans. Wounds fatal even to resilient xenos such as the greenskins merely delayed the Necrons for a while.
The Necrons that had been knocked down needed only a few dozen seconds for their damaged parts to recover through the self-repair of living metal.
"Change bolt rounds."
Hill issued the order calmly. Half the Ultramarines continued suppressing the advancing Necrons, while the other half replaced their ammunition with the new bolt rounds that had arrived on Sotha alongside Lox and the others.
Boltguns were the most