A strange ripple crashed into the star system through the Warp. As the reality of the outer worlds was gradually eroded by the Warp, even traveling through space inevitably left traces within it.
The Light of the People chose a clever point of entry. Of course, it was also utterly brutal.
The battleship smashed straight through a Daemon Nest. Almost no one in the Imperium had ever seen these Warp nests, because they were "daemon ships" used only for fighting within the Warp itself. Usually, these advanced weapons were deployed only when one dark god invaded another's domain on a massive scale.
The indescribable mass that was the Daemon Nest gave off scalding steam, flames swirling through its darkness, and collided head-on with the Light of the People.
Dozens of daemons took a battleship that had slowed to sub-light speed straight to the face. Well...
Had you ever seen a hive city-sized Nova Cannon shell?
The entire nest disintegrated on impact. In its Warp state, the Light of the People was as solid as an iron wall, leaving the daemons utterly dazed from the collision. The weaker ones turned to ash on the spot. Only a few powerful survivors woke up on the outer surface of the Light of the People's psychic shield, looking completely bewildered.
Khorne daemons were extraordinarily hot-tempered. The scenery around them hurtled past, and before they could see clearly or figure out what had happened, the Blood God's blessing drove them to attack downward on instinct, trying to tear through the flowing psychic ripples beneath their feet and enter the ship.
The problem was... they were outside the battleship. There was no protective field out there.
The Light of the People surged forward a little farther, entering an area near Fengyan Star where the barrier of