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There was a stillness in the air as the lines were quickly drawn by TalOS and Perturabo against the forces of Overlord Kenothar. Whatever kind of honor or arrogance the Overlord had was on full display as he did not decide to strike them when they were preparing for the next fight.
TalOS could hear the harsh breathing of all who were among them. Let them be Astartes, Acillian, or Skitarii everyone had been bled by the previous fights. Now facing the worst of the enemy could draw up they were not looking the most headstrong.
However that would be ignoring one thing, that they were all to some extent augmented for war. As TalOS raised himself above his Skitarii and Perturabo above his Astartes they were but two godly figures that could lead them into battle. For TalOS specifically, now that he was free to do what he wanted he could finally bring his full ability to bare.
<span class="mu-s">“You Vermin.”</span> However far back the Overlord it sounded like he was right next to each of them as he spoke, <span class="mu-s">“Preparing your battlelines is but a mercy I grant upon you before the final stroke of death is placed upon you. You are under the assumption that every piece of ground you have walked upon was ground you had taken against me. That by standing within my Throneroom that I have in some way lost against you.”</span>
The Overlord cackled as he finished those words. TalOS could not help but <span class="mu-i">feel dread</span> as Kenothar said his damning words. Such a feeling confused TalOS, for how could he feel in some manner the future when he did not have the foresight of the warp?
<span class="mu-s">“Everything and anything that has happened within this Tomb has been my will. Within the Tomb of Hentek I, Overlord Kanothar, have the ability to demand even the service of Gods! I give you this moment, this single cubit of time, to realize the futile war you have waged and surrender yourselves to obliteration.”</span>
As TalOS felt himself paralyzed by <span class="mu-i">dread</span> Perturabo spoke in his place, “I… I have slain entire cultures who were <span class="mu-i">protected</span> by their Gods. I will slay you just as I have slain them!”
In response the Overlord bellowed a laugh, <span class="mu-s">“Such Ignorance! Here I thought you might have some understanding of the Galaxy you live within but your ignorance is equal to a particle that has been shot across the galaxy. Indeed it might have traveled everywhere, but it knows nothing of where it stands! Such pieces of space dust do not understand that it is dwelling within the realm of the Infinite Empire!”</span>
The Overlord snapped his fingers as a gesture of showmanship as TalOS felt every piece of his body begin to shift and cry. Such a feeling he had so many times before but to feel it striking against his very being at such a sheer intensity was beyond what TalOS could understand.
<span class="mu-s">“Let me show you the power of a shackled God, a being made into a Vassal of the Infinite Empire!”</span>
