Watching from the observation deck as the Inquisitor's ship opened fire on the planet below Mikail turned away, sickened, as the first shells entered the atmosphere. His fragile hope that Erendul had somehow survived shattered by the bombardment unleashed.
'Never again will I place my trust in another, from now my duty is to Zen and through him the Emperor- I could not be there for the master but I will not fail the apprentice' thought the mercenary despairingly.
Taking his position alongside the Inquisitor as the final virus bomb left the ship's cannons and saturated the planet below with it monstorous payload- following it on its muderous path fled the last of Mikail's humanity, all that was left was duty with no place for mercy or honour. |