An Ork five meters tall, his whole body wreathed in flames, landed firmly atop the enormous corpse that still trailed wisps of smoke.
He raised both fists high.
At that moment, the entire battlefield fell into an eerie, absolute silence that lasted three seconds.
Both the Orks fighting tooth and nail and the Tyranids striking back were utterly stunned by the miraculous sight.
Then.
"WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"
The ultimate roar, a thunderous tidal wave powerful enough to overturn the entire planet, erupted first from Zug Bigteef's throat!
He couldn't hold back any longer!
Neither could the millions of Orks of the Deffskull Clan behind him, who had long since been pushed to their limit!
Their blood boiled! Their souls burned!
"Charge!!!" Zug Bigteef hurled aside his blunted cleaver, drew an even larger, more vicious Chainaxe from his back, and became the first to charge out past the defensive line that had long since existed in name only!
"For Tooth Puller!!!"
"For WAAAGH!!!"
Every Ork went mad!
Like floodwaters bursting through a dam, like beasts breaking free of their cages, they roared and charged toward the Tyranid Swarm, which had fallen into momentary disarray at the fall of its flagship titan!
At the same time, a dazzling green flash blazed into life at the very heart of the battlefield!
When the enormous column of teleportation light dissipated, a hulking figure that made every Ork's soul tremble slowly emerged.
Bonecrusher Mag Uruk Saraka.
He had come.
Only awe remained in Zug Bigteef's heart.
Bonecrusher was enormous.
He was far larger than the rumors suggested, larger than any Ork Zug could possibly have imagined. This ultimate Ork was encased from head to toe in black, super-heavy Power Armour covered in enormous rivets and vicious spikes. Simply standing there, he exerted a visual impact and psychological