The fiercest fighting was not in the center, but on the flanks. The Tyranids were preparing to push into the rear and encircle them, while Boss Slick had to keep the rear from being surrounded.
Two powerful, gigantic warships, Boss Slick's Ship and Dio's flagship, had been deployed on the flanks, where the fighting was even fiercer.
Boss Slick had originally wanted to do some construction in the rear, where his mechanical authority was far more useful for production and building. But the fighting was too intense. Only by personally piloting Mighty Big Boss II could he keep losses within acceptable limits.
In the dark, cold universe of 40k, only war was an eternal theme.
The fierce fighting had continued for a long time since the first clash. This time, Boss Slick was piloting Mighty Big Boss II in a counterattack on the left flank.
Mighty Big Boss II wielded an eight-kilometer-long Phase Longsword. A single slash cleaved a Tyranid Hive mothership in two, and then it maneuvered through the Tyranid Fleet using its Inertialess Drive at low speed, unleashing a bloodbath.
Behind Mighty Big Boss II were ten thousand ships of the Ork Fleet, all equipped with Dimensional Rumble Cannons. Their target was the Synaptic World Devourer deep within the Tyranid Swarm.
Unlike ordinary World Devourers, this type lacked overwhelming combat power and merely provided support and command from the rear.
The Orks' radar only detected it after a week of fighting. At the time, Boss Slick had been wondering why the Tyranids' tactics and combat effectiveness had improved again. They had clearly lost their former savage, frenzied edge.
Instead, they had become cunning, frequently splitting up and surrounding their enemies to overwhelm isolated forces with superior numbers.
Stranger still, a layer of gray energy had been discovered covering