Chapter 108
Fighting the Planet Killer?
Are you insane!?
Even those Chaos demi-gods lurking in the Warp wouldn't dare claim they could face the Planet Killer.
''This giant beast… does he really see nothing in his eyes? He actually wants to fight that fortress-ship?''
Trazyn could guarantee that, with the current energy output of the Planet Killer, it could shatter even larger shards of a C'tan. Yet Godzilla wanted to challenge it?
What was this supposed to mean? That he was stronger than a Star God fragment?
To be fair, it was hard to say who was stronger now—Godzilla, or the Void Dragon sealed on Mars. The Void Dragon wasn't a full C'tan, just a particularly powerful fragment, but even so, it had once been strong enough to be defeated only by the Emperor himself before being imprisoned beneath the red sands.
Through the eyes of Saint Celestine, the Emperor observed Godzilla. He might be the only being here who believed the monster truly had a chance. No—not just a chance. In the Emperor's view, Godzilla would definitely win.
''Red Lotus Form.''
If one used instruments to measure temperature and radiation from orbit, they would see that the heat radiating from Godzilla bloomed outward like a colossal lotus flower, with the beast himself at its center.
Even to the naked eye, it was obvious: everything around him that could melt, melted. Advanced armor turned into rivers of molten metal. Bodies were reduced to ash. The battlefield was scoured by hot winds that could sear even the reinforced lungs of Astartes.
And yet, the lizard-folk worshiped him more devoutly than ever.
"My god…"
Isis's clothing had long since burned away, but she didn't care. She gazed at him intoxicated, drunk on the sight of his power. To her, Godzilla was majestic… and even alluring. Just as the Sisters of Battle saw the Emperor, she now saw Godzilla.
"Are you finally revealing your true power? These wretched creatures of the Warp should be honored—they are allowed to witness your divine might before they are destroyed."
Energy surged so violently within Godzilla that it spilled through cracks forming across his hide. He roared again.
Above, the Planet Killer's colossal cannon had already torn through Cadia's atmosphere. Its beam was seconds from striking the surface. Even a void shield grid the size of a hive city would crumble instantly.
But—
Godzilla raised his head. A radiant crimson beam erupted from his maw. The sheer shockwave of the blast scoured the battlefield, sending lesser daemons tumbling like leaves in a storm.
"Madman—he's really a madman!!!"
Tzeentch's scribe screeched in disbelief.
"He doesn't flee—he challenges the Planet Killer? Who does he think he is? WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS!?"
And yet—
Godzilla's crimson beam, no longer just atomic breath but the Red Lotus Radiation Stream, struck the Planet Killer's primary cannon, a blast ten kilometers across.
Though smaller in size, Godzilla's beam met the superweapon head-on. And impossibly—it held.
The catastrophic energy exchange blazed across the void. The main gun was stopped. Though smaller auxiliary beams still rained onto Cadia, the combined defense of the Phalanx and Godzilla ensured the planet wasn't obliterated outright. At worst, new gaping tunnels were blasted through its crust, connecting to the far side of the world.
The Emperor nearly wept.
Monster. Monster.
This Godzilla was more monstrous than even he was.
A normal Godzilla was already terrifying. This one could enter a form that might burn even himself alive. And still he fought.
It was almost a waste, the Emperor thought. If Godzilla burned himself out, it would be a tragedy. He wanted to bring the beast to Terra itself—to place him at the Webway Gate. Even for just a single day of guarding that breach, he would give Godzilla anything. The Throneworld, even—Godzilla was more fit to rule than the High Lords themselves.
And with Red Lotus Form ignited, Godzilla could not lose.
Because this was a power so destructive that even he might not survive it.
At this point, Godzilla barely remained conscious. He moved on pure instinct, fighting more like himself than ever before—raw, unrelenting, unstoppable.
Even Lord Castellan Creed, hardened beyond measure, twitched at the sight.
"If I survive this battle, I swear I'll build him a statue second only to the Emperor's!"
"My Four Gods…"
Even Abaddon was shaken.
"He… he's fighting the Planet Killer?"
The Despoiler collapsed back into his throne, his legs gone weak.
Afraid? Of course he was afraid. The Emperor himself was shaken—how could Abaddon not be?
This wasn't just a ship. The Planet Killer was a fortress the size of an asteroid, designed solely for planetary annihilation. For Godzilla to match it—Abaddon found himself wondering if the creature was, in truth, some projection of a Chaos God. It was the only way the scene made sense.
The Planet Killer's primary weapon had been repelled. The sight alone was enough to send daemons howling.
Even Trazyn's mechanical jaw dropped.
"What size… what size even is he? The Planet Killer is a fortress, and he can stop it?!"
The scene was as apocalyptic as when the Emperor once unleashed Warp storms across the galaxy.
"Impossible… Godzilla, what are you? The more I see, the more I must know."
Yet curiosity wasn't worth dying for, and Trazyn knew it.
Even the Eldar, veterans of countless cosmic wars, were dumbfounded.
"I thought the planet was doomed," said Arena Queen Lelis, wide-eyed.
"I didn't think it could be stopped. Not by anyone."
Efreni's gaze drifted to the Phalanx. The fortress-monastery had absorbed a third of the blast before its shields failed. It was battered, breached in places, but it had endured. For all their flaws, the Imperial Fists lived up to their name as the Imperium's wall.
But now—the Phalanx was finished. The battle was down to one monster against one fortress.
Would Godzilla tear the Planet Killer apart, or would he be annihilated with Cadia?
No need to guess.
After all, if Godzilla died, there would be no story left to tell.
And his beam kept pushing forward—unstoppable, merciless—driving back the Planet Killer's main cannon and surging toward the fortress itself.
Even the Ruinous Powers had to pause and watch.
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