Astartes: The Red Tide
Chapter 479

The Khan returned!

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Jaghatai turned around at incredible speed. This time, he truly pushed his skills to their limits.

The gunfire around him grew louder. After advancing a certain distance, the Adamantium Warriors stopped moving forward and began laying down suppressive fire.

Their commander was a Tech Mogul, which made things a little...

He wanted to retrieve his lost little motorcycle.

To prevent the "Harlequin" from making a desperate last stand, they first used gunfire to squeeze his room to maneuver. Once they had compressed it sufficiently, they would throw Stasis Bombs from every direction at once to capture him.

The Khan barely managed to find a spot the Adamantium Warriors had not yet reached. As they pushed deeper, their Auspex confirmed more and more of the Commorragh's internal layout, but communications with the flagship also grew increasingly poor.

The Auxiliary Army was boarding. They would serve as communications relays, allowing signals from deeper inside to reach the command room.

Seizing that precious gap in their coordination, the Khan immediately...

Did some brainstorming.

His many years in the Black Library and vast knowledge of the Warp told him he had countless ways to leave. Before the anti-psyker forces got close, he could easily use psyker power to escape.

Yes, driven into a humiliating retreat by his own boys.

The Khan decided not to use psyker power. He would break out using his "ingenuity."

"Ashlan, come out. They're on our side." Jaghatai called Ashlan, who was on the bridge, over the communications channel.

Hearing his Primarch's order, Ashlan swiftly led his squad out, running straight into an Assault Squad preparing to attack the bridge.

Ashlan immediately grew excited. Those are our Terminators!

Lerna Terminators and Justaerin Terminators-their equipment had not even been changed. They had been sent over with a fresh paint job, without

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