Evan lay on the ground, one hand clamped around the battle-axe while the other removed his helmet.
The warriors could barely make out Evan's features. After the repeated, brutal headbutts, a spiderweb of bloody cracks covered his entire head. Larraman's Organ had quickly healed the surface wounds, but the internal injuries were simply too severe.
"Chapter Master, the enemy has been eliminated... Chapter Master? Chapter Master! Apothecary, hurry! Where's the Apothecary?"
Evan and the Anti-psyker Armour were rushed to Situval. The Chief Apothecary's scalpel moved so fast it left afterimages.
Maybe... we should put Evan in a Dreadnought? A dark thought.
Forget it. Situval carefully considered the Crimson Tide's enormous administrative workload and decided to stick to Neophyte Transformation.
Evan had entered the shutdown state Astartes used when severely wounded. Completely unconscious, he had put himself into hibernation.
Situval called Enke over, stripped off Evan's armour, and used the ancient Anti-Psyker Shield as an operating table, painstakingly rebuilding a heap of mangled flesh into a Primaris body.
Meanwhile, Khârn was hardly any better off. Although this chosen warrior surely had a backup of his soul with Khorne, the power he had lost was very real.
Khârn had not exactly been defeated. Neither side had won before Khorne whisked him away. Had they been allowed to keep fighting, Khârn could have beaten the unconscious Evan to death even with one hand. The problem was... this was not a duel.
A whole line of Beiwei Army warriors stood behind them.
Khârn had gone mad, but Khorne still had his wits. He hurriedly hauled him back.
Of course, losing the Bloodspawn Axe still infuriated him. As punishment, Khorne would grant Khârn no further blessings until he found another suitable weapon.
As for the Bloodspawn Axe... hmph, he could reclaim it the next