When the barge docked with the Triumph's Crown, Lox could not help but marvel at the White Scars' lightning-fast efficiency.
A vast number of White Scars Legion decorations and cultural artifacts had already been moved onto this vessel that had once belonged to the Ultramarines. The entire Triumph's Crown had taken on the shape of the White Scars Legion.
Nearly every White Scars Astartes in the Solar System had been summoned aboard this Tempest-class planetary warship—or rather, there had been no need to summon them at all. The Fifth Legion warriors who discovered the vessel simply could not suppress their desire and impulse.
They desperately wanted to board the ship and see it for themselves, even if it nominally belonged to the Ultramarines Legion.
Compared with the Ultramarines, the White Scars had become the true "ultra-urgent" warriors.
Then came Jaghatai Khan's order, sending every White Scar into a frenzy. The Khan decreed that every son of the White Scars could board the warship, which had now been renamed the Eagle of the Heavens.
Lox immediately felt embarrassed. He had only meant to placate the Fifth Legion's primarch, but now it seemed Jaghatai Khan had not been easy to fool at all. Or perhaps he had merely pretended to be fooled; in truth, he had never intended to spit out meat that had already entered his mouth.
The Triumph's Crown was like a meat bun thrown to a dog—once gone, it would never return. Once it had fallen into the White Scars' hands, how could they possibly give it back?
The White Scars' sons celebrated the Khan's wisdom. The Great Khan of Chogoris had won the Legion a warship faster, fiercer, and more powerful than the Stormblade. This was supreme glory.
Since the beginning of the war, the White Scars Legion