The battle on the bridge of Boss Slick's Ship was a small affair compared with the fighting across the Tarrok System, but Boss Slick's awakening had an enormous impact.
Wherever news of Boss Slick's awakening spread, the Waaagh! field surged two levels, sending combat strength skyrocketing.
The Greenskins' fighting strength visibly increased throughout the system. Their defensive lines, which had begun to buckle under the Tyranids' relentless attacks, became impregnable.
Every breach was driven back by counterattacks. The Waaagh! field increased not only the Greenskins' fighting strength, but also the power of their technological creations.
Drawing on its research into Warp magic, the Great Devourer ordered the core Zoanthrope of its fleet in the Tarrok System to cast a spell that detected the intensity of psychic power.
The entire Tarrok System looked radically different before its eyes. A vast spectral Ork head loomed above the system, with billions of threads beneath it, each connected to a Greenskin.
The Ork head roared and bellowed, pouring all its strength into the Orks' battle cry.
WAAAAAAAGH!!!!!
The Tyranid Fleets sent to attack the Tarrok System were like food entering the Ork head. Once they sailed inside, the Greenskins would inevitably destroy them. There was no possibility of coming back out.
Even an endless Tyranid Swarm could be slaughtered to the last creature by the Greenskins.
The attack strategy had to change. Boss Slick was an enemy more terrifying than a Warboss or an Ork Great Warboss. The Great Devourer wondered whether its forces in the Octarius Sector could defeat such an Ork Warboss.
Although 99.99% of its strength remained beyond the Galaxy and had yet to arrive, if the quality of its forces stayed the same, what could it do to defeat such an enemy?
It had to seek new power. The first