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War was a bloody game and TalOS could not be certain if they were winning or losing. So focused was TalOS upon trying to prevent complete devastation to befall their advance. After all, if the Overlord was able to summon something like the Destroyer Cult upon them then the bloody tithe would be exacted.
That was something which was striking TalOS as odd now. Every step closer to the Throne Room of the Overlord he was gaining more and more information about the Necrons. Before he did not know what he was fighting or their names, only that they were the end result of biotransference, but now he was learning so much more information that it was allowing him to make call after call.
A good example was the large constructs that were now appearing over the Necron Warriors. They were Canoptek Reanimators. The term Canoptek meaning that they were a purely machine without any residual thoughts from being a Necrontyre. Most were simply pet-like, while at least one within the tomb carried the same thought patterns of a man. These constructs were able to easily bring back a Legion of Warriors if left alive, so they became the designated targets for Arc Rifles.
Another of these dangerous forms was the sudden appearance of what were Flayed Ones. A mix between the Deathmarks and the Destroyer Cult they were Necrons who had their minds taken over by the Devourer. Foolish Necrons had thought it was simply a curse but really it was a C’Tan physically infesting their minds for you could never permanently kill a C’Tan. These creatures had the ability to teleport between dimensions and were melee specialists, with their manner of teleportation being harder for TalOS to counter. Thus TalOS had his Steel Wardens spread among the Ranger that counter the sudden onset of these treacherous Necron massacres from infesting the lines of Skitarii.
Quickly they were taking on floor after floor of war. Several fields of battle were found and waged against by the sheer size of the tomb. However all within the armed forces were in some matter Transhuman and did not tire with two Primarchs giving them support. But the difference then was that the enemy could come back to life, while TalOS was currently tied up in preventing the perfect pincer.
However with every piece of information TalOS learned it was shared with Perturabo. His brother, whose rage was exquisite, still allowed him to realize high priority targets like the Royal Warden and personally the Primarch had them killed.
So they marched forward with the rate of casualties being reduced but each death being felt so much more.
