The small spaceship plummeted from the churning, inky clouds at an incredibly fast speed.
A clear, bright, blazing trail of fire was dragged through the storm that covered the sky like a tide, as if an Angel had fallen.
However, the three people in the cabin clearly weren't feeling so good, especially Emrys.
Thorzak was cunning; seeing the spaceship lose control, he immediately slipped into his pocket universe, leaving Hilda and Emrys to face disaster.
It felt like being shoved into a tumble dryer spinning at an extremely high speed.
His internal organs felt as if they were about to be flung aside by the powerful centrifugal force; his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys nearly flew out of his mouth!
It's unknown how long this situation lasted, but just before they were about to crash, Thorzak suddenly appeared.
He used a stasis field to rescue the two from the spaceship a second before it exploded.
Boom!!!
With a loud bang, their spaceship was reduced to ruins.
Now, to return, they would first need to find a spaceship.
Finding a spaceship wasn't a big deal for him. The real problem was… Emrys looked at the completely wrecked spaceship fragments, then turned to stare at Thorzak with a rather resentful gaze.
"Did you know all along that the 'Void Dragon' was imprisoned here?"
Something felt off. Did he get 'scammed' again?
Although he couldn't discern a Necrons' expression, he always felt that Thorzak's gaze seemed a bit subtle.
"Ahem, you've misunderstood." Thorzak coughed lightly, ghost fire flickering in his hollow eye sockets. Facing Emrys' aggressive stare, he silently looked away.
"I genuinely didn't know that the C'tan imprisoned on Perturabo was the 'Void Dragon'."
"You think I'd believe that?" Emrys sneered.
"If I had known that a 'Void Dragon' fragment was imprisoned here, how could I have agreed to come on this adventure with you?" Thorzak sighed helplessly.
"I know better than you how powerful and dangerous the 'Void Dragon' is, don't I?"
After a pause, under Emrys' meaningful gaze, Thorzak's mouth twitched.
"Alright,
Just recently, I received instructions from the 'Infinite' to bring you here."
"But I can swear to the great 'Silent King' that I did not know beforehand that a fragment of the 'Void Dragon' was imprisoned on this world."
At this point, Thorzak also seemed somewhat annoyed.
"I was also tricked by that bastard 'Trazyn'!
That makes more sense... Hearing this, Emrys nodded.
He had a feeling something was off. C'tan fragments were the Necrons' most precious treasures and their highest-level secret.
Even if he had a good relationship with Thorzak, it wouldn't be enough for Thorzak to willingly reveal to him
the location where the Necrons sealed a C'tan!
Thinking about it now, this would be considered a grave crime among the Necrons!
If he hadn't been instructed by someone, how would Thorzak, a mere Overlord, dare to reveal such a secret to an outsider?
"Trazyn the Infinite...! What was his purpose in having you bring me here?" Emrys inquired.
"I don't know." Thorzak shook his head, his tone serious.
"I truly don't know. He rarely reveals his thoughts, but I can confirm that he would never harm you, well... at least not before he meets you in person."
"The way you say that makes me even more scared"
Upon hearing this, Emrys' forehead began to sweat. He was now a bit afraid of meeting Trazyn the Infinite.
"Stop talking nonsense, something's not right here!" Hilda emerged from the side, her face dark, and said.
"I just checked the surroundings. The gravity here is abnormal, so we can't climb directly. Moreover, the deeper we go, the more severely psionic abilities are restricted."
"Hmph, does that even need checking?" Thorzak looked at her with disdain.
"This is the Void Dragon's domain. What's so special about psionic suppression? Even if the gods you worship came, they would still have to obey his rules!"
The Necrons considered themselves the strongest race and naturally looked down on the Aeldari created by the Old Ones.
If it weren't for Emrys, he would have probably already turned Hilda into a 'specimen' to collect in his pocket universe and study thoroughly.
To Thorzak's malice, Hilda returned a cold laugh.
"You know so much, why don't you suggest a solution? Isn't this your former master? You should know him very well."
It must be said that their constant bickering was really giving Emrys a headache, so he had to step in and stop Thorzak, who was about to lash out.
"Alright, alright, everyone calm down. Let's find a way out first!"
Their spaceship had crashed into a canyon crevice.
Looking up, the sky was compressed into an extremely narrow slit, through which only a line of surging thunderstorms could be seen.
Moreover, the entire canyon seemed to be made of some special mineral. The black shale was extremely hard and smooth, extending forward in a tiered, downward trend, like a winding staircase.
"It's simple, just walk forward."
Thorzak appeared very calm, pointing his staff forward.
"This phenomenon here also allowed me to confirm one thing, and that is that the 'Void Dragon' has not yet fully escaped the 'Hypercube', otherwise we would have been dead long ago."
"How do you know he hasn't escaped his prison?"
Emrys looked at the Necrons suspiciously. This was no small matter; he had to confirm it clearly.
"Heh, the reason is simple" Thorzak said slowly.
"If the Void Dragon's fragment had already escaped its prison, even if it was just one fragment, the power it could display would absolutely be world-destroying, and not just limited to controlling a spaceship's crash."
This reason sounded very plausible, but Emrys still had some doubts.
"What if it's a trap deliberately set to lure us in?"
"That's not impossible." Thorzak pondered for a few seconds, then stared at Emrys and said seriously.
"But I trust 'Trazyn the Infinite'. He would never let his prized 'collection' come to harm."
If you have something to say, say more. Emrys was almost laughing from exasperation.
Indeed, other Necrons might trick people, but this was Trazyn the Infinite. This master's collecting habit, in most cases, would absolutely not allow his collectibles to be harmed, especially in such a situation.
Combined with Thorzak's previous conjecture, Emrys also felt about seventy to eighty percent confident.
Indeed, if the Void Dragon had truly completely escaped its prison, they would have been 'crushed to death' even before the spaceship crashed.
"In that case, let's go take a look."
Emrys took a deep breath, gazing at the narrow crevice at the bottom of the valley, and the winding path extending downwards.
In fact, there was another reason he didn't mention, which was a vague intuition telling him he had to go there, as if something was calling to him!