Before the Hive Tyrant could speak, an endless tide of bugs surged toward the Librarian.
A sudden conflagration erupted overhead. Enormous flames set the dark clouds ablaze, and flocks of Gargoyles fell burning from the sky, dark iron spheres concealed among their charred remains.
Bombs rained down in succession. The ion wind from exploding plasma bombs annihilated swathes of Hormagaunts, while the roar of Marauder Bombers echoed across the battlefield.
These aircraft formations had been brought by the Imperial Navy. Marauder Bombers could maneuver both in atmosphere and in space, but their drawback was a payload that remained far smaller than that of craft like the Starhawk.
The Hive Tyrant raised his head slightly. Overhead, the bombers calmly dropped their payloads under fighter escort, then withdrew.
Enough was enough.
Auntie-no, damn it, Hive Ship, I need more flying units.
Ding! The Hive Ship has accepted your order. Tyranid Harpies are being rushed into production.
Distant help could not put out the fire at hand. Facing attacks from Dragon Head and the Black Dragon Chapter's Chief Librarian, the Hive Tyrant could only lead its enormous bugs forward through the bombardment.
A Dominatrix-class creature landed on the ground. The earth shook, and mountains and rivers fractured.
This was the answer to the earlier request for a Titan-class creature: a genuine biological Titan. Its entire body curved like a worm arching along the ground, but with a length of dozens of meters, that shape filled mortals with the terror of seeing a dragon plowing through the earth.
Its body bristled with sharp, venomous spikes, tough, slightly curled tendrils, and a wealth of symbiotic biological weapons.
It evolved in response to the changing battlefield. Facing the mass of Chimera armored vehicles ahead, it developed Corrosive Mortar Cannons. Five enormous, crater-like openings grew vertically along