The wolf rubbed affectionately against Leman Russ.
Adamantium Warriors surrounded the Wolf King as they headed toward the transport ship's landing bay. The Wind and Cloud-class Battleship had already sent a Large Troop Carrier to collect them.
The squad leader was explaining how Guilliman, the Lion, and the Khan had returned to the Imperium.
The Wolf Brother was delighted. Although his father had given him a savage beating, he held no grudge, and the Wolf King kept drifting closer to him, whether deliberately or not.
The Adamantium Warriors beside them were under considerable pressure. They could feel a terrifying killing intent brewing.
Mainly because... after hearing how the Khan had returned, the Wolf King was considering whether to induce memory loss in the surrounding warriors through physical means.
Jaghatai had seized an enormous Aeldari warship, raced into a raging battlefield, and announced his return.
And him? Leman Russ had been surrounded in a toilet, standing on a golden toilet bowl as he announced his return to the Imperium?
Even the thickest skin had its limits.
Magnus had also been sealed inside the Bracelet. As long as these Adamantium Warriors stayed close, he could do nothing but sleep quietly inside it.
"What word from communications? Where's the Khan?"
After they contacted the Light of the People, the Khan said he would neither slow down nor turn around. He told the Wolf King to meet him on Terra.
"He's always like that," the Wolf King muttered. "Nobody can stop him. He probably moves faster than he thinks."
To the Khan, his brothers were on both sides, but Terra also had a brat he was itching to beat up, as well as the Emperor. So Terra it was.
It was not a difficult choice.
The Wolf King did not seem particularly annoyed, as