The Tech-Priest was the first to stop moving. His optical lenses widened and focused ahead as he saw it, the countless Tyranids converging toward their position.
His tallic feet scraped against the balcony as his lenses zood to maximum range.
One click, two clicks, three.
Every lens snapped wider.
Then he raised his voice, sharp and chanical, loud enough that even the Skitarii stiffened.
"Proceed with haste! Incoming swarm!"
He turned and ran without hesitation, robes flapping wildly behind him as his chadendrites pointed in the sa direction, toward a rising industrial ramp connected to a higher platform.
The Skitarii obeyed imdiately, forming disciplined ranks as they followed the Tech Priest.
Titus frowned but did not follow after them. He remained in place, waiting for Gaius' command.
Gaius didn't speak at first. He simply stared at the swarm for a few long seconds.
A wave
No.
An ocean.
Countless Tyranids crawled, sprinted, and hurled themselves over broken tal and twisted piping. Hormagaunts skittered in the front ranks, gaunts and ripper swarms filling every gap between their claws. Behind them, larger silhouettes forced their way through the press of bodies, driving the mass forward.
All of them were converging on this single tower.
Naruto swallowed.
"Is that… all of them?"
Mindy stared with wide eyes.
"This looks like a zombie movie, but alien. And a lot worse."
Tony Stark's eyes widening.
"Oh, no. That's not a swarm… that's a biological tsunami. Why are there that many?"
Saeko focused on the sight below, unable to stop a flicker of worry for Gaius, though she kept silent.
Gaius turned and strode after the fleeing Tech-Priest.
"Move."
Titus, taurus, and the Bladeguard followed right behind them, boots thundering on the tal path.
Naruto kept close to Gaius's side.
Diana sprinted with smooth steps, no hesitation in her movents.
The Tech-Priest waited until they reached the ramp, then slamd his tal palm onto the control box.
A deep chanical rumble shook the structure.
Massive pistons activated.
The entire ramp began to rise, lifting the squad higher and higher above the ground.
At first, Gaius thought they were being taken to a sealed safe zone.
But as they rose, he saw the truth.
This wasn't a bunker.
It was a defensive platform, exposed on all sides, attached to the outer wall of the Titan hangar like a fortified balcony.
The Tech-Priest hadn't led them to safety.
He had led them to high ground for a more defendable place.
Gaius said nothing.
The Tech-Priest was doing his best.
That was enough.
At full height, the ramp locked into place with a heavy tallic CLANG.
They now stood 15–20 ters above the ground.
The platform was built from dark, oil-stained ferro-tal, reinforced by thick support beams and scaffolding beneath them. The grated floor clanged loudly with every step, echoing through the structure.
But from here
They had the perfect view of the swarm.
Naruto's face showed worry for Gaius's safety. "That's… a lot."
Mindy whispered quietly, "Don't worry… Gaius is strong. He can handle this."
Diana nodded slightly. "Indeed. There's no need to worry about Gaius."
Below, the Tyranids finally reached the hangar supports.
Hormagaunts leaped first, jumping high, claws digging into tal beams.
Others ran up the scaffolding, bodies shifting in unnatural ways.
A few gaunts fired living projectiles upward.
Titus stepped to the edge.
"Ready weapons."
Bolt rifles raised.
"Fire!"
A storm of heavy rounds blasted downwards, tearing apart the first climbers. taurus joined in with loud bursts of his Plasma gun, shredding anything that tried to leap over the railing.
The Bladeguard fired disciplined volleys, then switched to lee as the first claws began reaching the edge.
Skitarii lined the far side of the platform, firing nonstop, each shot cold and chanical.
But more Tyranids kept coming.
Too many.
A Ravener vaulted upward and landed with a heavy crash.
Titus brought his boot down, crushing the Gaunt's head before it could rise.
Three more Gaunts climbed over the railing behind him. The Bladeguard t them with swift, precise strikes, cutting them down instantly.
taurus seized another by the tail and hurled it back to the floor.
Still, the swarm didn't stop.
It only got thicker.
And thicker.
Titus sent a full-force kick into a leaping Tyranid, launching it over the edge.
Gaius hadn't moved.
He wasn't shooting.
He wasn't striking.
He was watching.
Calculating.
The supports were filling with Tyranids.
The ground below sward with reinforcents.
The entire horizon crawled with living bodies.
This wasn't just a wave.
It was a flood.
Normal firepower wouldn't last.
He breathed in slowly.
It was ti.
Gaius finally stepped forward.
Titus saw the movent and imdiately widened their defensive line.
"Make space!"
The Bladeguards shifted.
The Skitarii instinctively straightened.
Even the Tech-Priest sensed sothing change.
Gaius planted his feet.
Lifted his warhamr.
And inhaled.
"Brace yourselves," he said calmly.
Then he roared.
A single, thunderous Warcry.
It wasn't just loud, it felt like the sky tore open.
A blast of force exploded outward, rattling the platforms and shaking every beam.
The sound carried weight, divine authority, like a command that living things were not ant to resist.
Tyranids froze everywhere.
Those on the scaffolding lost their grip and fell in waves.
Those climbing the walls collapsed instantly.
Ripper swarms curled up, stunned.
Gaunts shrieked as their instincts overloaded.
Dozens… hundreds… thousands of Tyranids dropped like a collapsing tide.
Only the strongest bioforms remained standing below, and even they stopped moving, trembling.
The Warcry of the Emperor was a reward from the Naruto world. Gaius used it for the first ti, testing its full power against the enemy.
The Multiversal Chat mbers exploded.
Tony's eyes widened in shock. "Th-That's impossible," he stamred, staring at the display of raw power and the deafening roar.
Naruto stared at Gaius, his eyes sparkling. The worry that had clouded his expression vanished in the wake of that roar.
"That was SO COOL!"
Mindy followed imdiately.
"Yes! That was aweso!"
Saeko gave a small, approving nod, silently agreeing with Naruto and Mindy.
Diana stepped beside Gaius.
"This is the reward he earned from helping Naruto avenge his teacher."
Tony blinked, taking a steadying breath. "I see… that explains it. Still terrifying, though."
With that ability, Gaius could not be defeated, even if the enemy outnumbered him countless tis. Numbers were aningless against him. And with his allies, the Tech-Priest, the Skitarii, Titus, and the others, seemingly unaffected, the power of the Warcry beca even more overwhelming
Titus and the Bladeguard nearly knelt, feeling as if the Emperor himself had descended, awed by the roar of Gaius.
The platform was quiet except for the distant echoes of falling Tyranids.
Below, only the strongest remained. Carnifex-sized forms, Warrior strains, and a few large beasts.
Gaius stepped onto the edge.
Activated his jet pack.
Then he launched downward like a cot. With the assistance of the jet pack, his montum grew even more powerful.
The air cracked from the force of his descent.
He hit the ground with a hamr strike so powerful the shockwave flattened the remaining Tyranids, cracking the earth beneath them and sending bodies tumbling in all directions.
Dust.
Silence.
Stillness.
The last of the swarm in this area was gone.
On the platform, the Tech-Priest's lenses stopped moving completely.
He had expected a brutal siege.
He had expected half of them to die.
He had expected hours of fighting.
He had expected a war of attrition.
Instead
The Ultramarine Captain in golden armor had destroyed the swarm almost alone.
The Tech-Priest's entire understanding of Astartes power… shifted.
"Th-this unit… underestimated your combat capability…"
Gaius looked up from the ground, calm as ever.
"We move."
The Tech-Priest snapped out of it and lowered the ramp imdiately.
This ti, he followed with absolute obedience.
They descended and regrouped around Gaius.
But the battle wasn't over.
From the far horizon, more Tyranids moved in, bigger shapes, heavier footsteps.
Carnifex.
Warriors.
A brood of Genestealers moving like shadows.
The Hive Mind had adapted.
The next wave would be harder.
They reached the massive gate, an armored plate thick enough to survive orbital fire.
Deep scratches and acid burns covered the tal, proof that the Tyranids had tried countless tis to break through.
The Tech-Priest rushed to the side panel.
"Stand by… verifying machine-rites…"
The gate required:
chanicus biotrics
Noosphere verification
Cogitator imprint
A full Rite-of-Entry
No outsider could open it, only a Tech-Priest with proper authority had the access.
Gaius stepped beside him.
"Open it."
The Tech-Priest complied instantly.
Massive locks disengaged.
The gate rumbled open.
They stepped into the Titan hangar.
The gate slamd shut behind them.
The swarm remained outside.
For now.
END OF CHAPTER 102
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