Guided by his visions, Konrad always managed to evade the pursuing Dark Angels as they gathered. Like a moving shadow, he made his way through deep exhaust ducts to an active deck aboard the Invincible Reason.
He drew a deep breath. An exceedingly faint scent of blood lingered in the air; even the warship's air circulation system could not conceal the horrific slaughter.
The cold smell of steel mingled with promethium fumes as he passed beneath the hanging orbital drop pods one by one.
"Lion had prepared four hundred orbital drop pods long ago. A full four thousand Dark Angels were ready to descend upon Macragge at any moment."
He looked up. Greasy black hair clung to the grime on his skin, but his eyes still gleamed black and bright.
Those drop pods hung from their racks, ready to be sent directly into space through the launch rails at the far end.
"This is my brother, Lion El'Jonson. He never trusted anyone. Look, he was ready to give the signal and have Roboute lose his head at any moment."
"Then let me give you a push."
Night Haunter closed his eyes, and his visions began to foresee what would happen next.
He sent a single orbital drop pod down to the surface. Roboute's painstakingly constructed orbital defense system immediately came back online, and the high-energy Laser Array and orbital defense cannons effortlessly locked the pod within their targeting array.
With a bang, it became a fireball and utterly lifeless wreckage.
In another vision, Konrad smashed down the transports and warships beside the Invincible Reason, only for them to be shot into spaceborne fireballs because they failed key identification.
In the third vision, Konrad intended to use the teleportation system to reach the ground directly, but the Invincible Reason's teleportation system