|3rd POV|
The situation in the void gets even more intense as more and more traitor vessels come out of the warp, but with the appearance of the Custodes' vessel, the tide of battle starts to change. However, it cannot be said the same as what is happening on the planet's surface.
The green miasma thickens, reducing the effectiveness of the orbital bombardment the Mourningstar performs as the miasma consumes the attack before it can reach the surface.
It is now only Kael who fights against Bolothrax head-on, as the surviving humans are already retreating to the Sanctuary. They are now fighting from the newly built city while the smaller manufactorum keep pumping ammunition to feed the continuous battle against the infected that try to destroy the barrier around the Sanctuary.
I will not break as long as Kael is alive, but ROB wants to create an illusion that it slowly breaks. It motivates people to fight harder.
As for Kael, he is now fighting with all he has. His armor is no longer pristine as cracks and holes appear on it. His Viltrumite physiology is already boosted by the Boosted Gear and allows him to crack a mountain in a single hit.
However, even with all that physical power, it cannot break the Greater Daemon.
He is able to hurt Bolothrax, but he cannot kill him as the Greater Daemon happily regenerates because of the massive influx of warp energy around them. Even with the power of [Penetrate], Kael cannot kill the Greater Daemon.
"This is bad, partner. You might grow stronger, but the growth is not fast enough for you to contain all the boost. Soon, your body cannot contain all the boost and starts to break down. You are boosting faster than your body can grow."
"I know that, Ddraig! That is not helping. Give me some ideas! We need to kill this thing in a single blow."
"I am getting there. Your body might not be able to handle all the boost, but it can now handle the strain of the Juggernaut Drive. Both your body and mind are now strong enough to handle the strain of Juggernaut Drive. I don't want to announce my presence in that damned place, but we do not have a lot of choices, do we?"
"Will this be a problem?"
"Of course it is a problem! It is like you announce your presence throughout the galaxy and attract all sorts of attention! However, it will be a problem in the future! For now, we need to defeat this ugly bastard!"
"Fine! Let's do this!"
Kael releases a massive and strong blast of red energy toward Bolothrax, pushing the bloated daemon away. He then flies away, creating a gap between them, and then opens his mouth. Red aura envelopes him, and it is rising to the sky, piercing the green miasma.
It is so bright, the people fighting in the void can see it from their spaceship.
It gets even brighter and intense when Kael starts to chant.
"I, who am about to awaken,"
His words can be heard throughout the entire planet. However, that is not the only case. This declaration enters the warp, and his voice can be heard across the warp.
All Eldari, even the Dark Eldar who abandon their warp-based power, can hear Kael's voice. Eldrad Ulthran looks into the distance, his eyes shining with power as he tries to divine who is the person behind this voice. However, his vision is blocked by something. It is a being of unbelievable power. This being is made of primordial energy that creates the entire universe. Instead of finding him offensive, this being looks at him in amusement and waves its hand.
Suddenly, his vision changed into a series of visions. He can see Red Dragon fighting against the Four in a fierce battle. In his vision, he can see himself and his people fighting alongside him. He does not know the result of the battle, but he can see his people saved from the ruinous power of the warp. Their souls will not go to the She Who Thirst and instead will go to an afterlife full of peace and eternal rest.
Before he peers into the vision deeper, the warp trembles, and countless souls move as one.
"
Countless souls chant alongside the Red Dragon in the distance. All of them are humans. They are the souls that rest inside the warp. They are souls who awaken because of a primal calling from the Red Dragon.
"Am the Heavenly Dragon who has stolen the principles of domination from God"
Eldrad shudders in fear as he can see the Four roaring in anger at that declaration. Khrone is the loudest out of them. Domination is one of his domains, and the Red Dragon declares that he stole the principle of domination from him.
He carefully takes a peek into the Khrone domain and immediately retreats a second later. He sees the tide of Red and Bronze move like a massive tide. He has never seen anything like this since Green Twins declared the last great Waaagh!.
"
He shudders a little as the souls move once again, creating an answer for the previous declaration. His mind involuntarily moves through the warp and sees the past. He watches as countless lives are born and die in a matter of seconds.
He doesn't know what is happening. He doesn't know why he is shown this image. He doesn't know, and that makes him afraid and hopeful. He is afraid that the future is no longer set in stone. He is hopeful because the future is no longer set in stone, and there is a chance that his race will survive the End of Time event.
"I laugh at the 'infinite', and I fret over the 'dream'"
This time, there is no vision and only confusion in his eyes. The words 'Infinite' and 'Dream' carry such a heavy concept that the warp buckles and bends at the mention of them. It is not a mere word, but rather a concept that the Red Dragon utters.
"Language of Creation…"
Eldrad immediately assumes that Kael utters those two words with a veil of the Language of Creation or Enuncia in Human knowledge. It is a language that creates the universe, and something that even bypasses the law of reality.
However, this knowledge makes him shudder in fear at the mention of those two words that make the warp buckle and bend. That means there are beings who embody those two concepts. This is the first time he has heard about this, and he is older. He is even Older than one of the Four Chaos Gods.
"
Another vision entered his mind. This time, there are countless humans seeking and rejecting the Red Dragon. What are they seeking and rejecting? Domination.
Every human wants to dominate, but they also reject that concept because they do not want to be dominated. It is a contradiction, but as natural as reality itself.
"I shall become the Red Dragon of Domination."
Kael's form changes after he utters those words. His body was full of injuries from all the attacks Bolothrax threw at him, attempting to stop the Juggernaut Drive transformation. However, it is too late. His body now turns into a massive forty-meter-tall red dragon with a wing that spans one hundred meters. Green jewels adorn his body, shining with power.
"
Eldrad can feel the warp stop moving for once. Everyone, even the Four, looks at the countless souls in the warp with interest.
"<
That is the declaration of the entire humanity. Humans, no matter how pacifist they are, will always choose destruction eventually. Their existence is a contradiction. They can be pacifist, but sooner or later, they will choose destruction once again.
Eldrad can hear a laugh, a dark but happy laugh from one of the Chaos Gods. Tzeentch laughed as he found something that he didn't know. He is happy that all of his plans need modification. The planner finally makes a new plan, and that makes Eldrad nervous.
Unpredictability, scheming, and plotting are Tzeentch's domain, and he is uncertain whether he can prevail against him in those matters.
"And I shall sink you to the depths of the crimson purgatory!"
Kael finishes his chant and releases a roar. His roar obliterates anything within a hundred-meter radius around him. Crimson energy destroys anything on its path, turning it into dust.
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