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Roughly fifteen clicks away from the Ork’s landing zone thousands of Orks began their charge forward. The same number of Skitarii were now forming a perimeter around the mob and were trying their damndest to keep back the green tide from consuming their home.
It was a losing fight however as even the Titans that were providing fire support from afar could not keep down the sheer amount of Orks. If anything the rapid response of the Skitarii and Titans had only invigorated the Orks into a frenzy as realization dawned that they were fighting the greatest fight of their lives.
This was the sight that Fredric came across as he and his cohort of twenty knights came across the fields of battle. Without even a second thought the Knight brought around his Avenger Gatling Cannon and began to lay into the hordes of xenos without a care on where the bullets hit. Why, it was simply a matter of fact that the Xenos were so bunched together that Fredric <span class="mu-i">couldn’t</span> miss any of his bullets.
Such a move proved the teaching of the ancients and their manuscripts as within seconds of seeing the great Knights of Dutonis the Orks turned themselves about and began to charge towards them instead of the Skitarii they were previously assaulting.
+They come for us.+ Declared Fredric through the Manifold to all of his Knights, +We must hold this position so that our allies can dig themselves in. Only at that moment can we allow ourselves to fall back from the horde!+
There was a series of cheers in response to the words of the Prince. Each and everyone of the anointed Knights of House Dutonis began to open fire into the hordes of Orks without reprieve. Normally there would have been the temptation to run into the hordes and begin the slaughter but thanks to the sheer volume of dead Xenos the desires of the Machines were abated.
First was the standard flooded mix of Orks and Gretchen. These creatures were nothing but water to the roaring chainswords and powerful weapons of Dominus Navaros. The Prince did make sure to keep his melee encounters to a minimum as you never knew which of these Orks were smart enough to bring with them explosives that could actually damage the steed he rode.
The thoughts of Fredric carried itself through the rest of the Knightly forces. With such an ancient enemy both Knight and Steed were well fashioned to become the perfect foe that could battle against the greentide.
When looked at from above it was beautiful. The blood and carnage they wrecked against the green horde would have burned itself into the minds of any standard human that witnessed it, gaining the inspiration for a painting that would settle itself in the halls of Dutonis.
