The ground war on Euronia V lasted a week. To buy time, the Great Devourer had turned the planet into a Tyranid fortress world.
With tens of billions of elite Tyranid Warrior Bugs stationed there, the planet's defenses could practically be called the Tyranids' Cadia.
In the end, Ork V fell just as Cadia had. The attacker, Sneaky Boss, had not resorted to anything as drastic as dropping a Blackstone Fortress onto it. He had simply conquered the entire planet with a stronger Ork army.
Underground, vast numbers of Tyranid Warrior Bugs still lurked, stubbornly resisting. These elite Warrior Bugs enhanced by the Great Devourer really did have some tricks up their sleeves. Some Nobs had actually been wounded, and even the Slaughter Bosses had suffered casualties.
Still, the thing about Orks was that they grew stronger after every battle. Whether the Great Devourer could upgrade its Warrior Bugs fast enough to keep pace with the Ork Bosses' growth remained to be seen.
After spending another ten days repairing his warships, Sneaky Boss prepared to lead his Ork Fleet toward the next target.
Within Euronia II's Gravity Well, the Great Devourer had also prepared its defenses for the next stage. Three enormous World Devourers were already in position, and some eight hundred thousand Tyranid fleet vessels were arrayed behind Euronia II, with the planet at their center. Even in the vast expanse of space, they managed to convey the oppressive weight of a Tyranid swarm in a ground battle.
After their first encounter, the Great Devourer had drawn lessons from the experience and evolved its swarm specifically to counter its enemy. Its arrangements on Ork V had bought even more time than expected. In its view, the Screw Clan under Sneaky Boss was indeed powerful, but Sneaky Boss had yet