As the huntsman called out luminous jumped from his storm raven his sword sweaping in an ark as he landed slaying five bloodletters When the bloodletters reacted the closest were shreaded with by bolter fire as the terminators and tactical marines disembarked on the side buildings then as luminous braced the thunder hawk flew over fiering its canons into the horde of daemons as it ceased luminous charged through the carnage at the huntsman who saw two daemons to his sides fall by fire frol levitas as a bolt of warp lighting erupted from tempests hands into the daemons
The Huntsman got distracted by the sudden use of psyker powers, the warp lightning nullified by his Brass Collar. He simply pointed and soon enough Ag'rhi'keff pounced onto the psyker. Sixteen! Bloodhounds piled ontop of the psyker and clearing a way for their master to deliver the final blow. Brass topped Bloodletters clashed with terminators and tactical marines. Taking some casualties left and right before getting into mellee range. Their Hellblades cutting through power armour and terminator armour like a hot knife through butter. The Huntsman payed no attention to Luminous, but his guard did. They kept their swords in the direction of the human, making sure their lord would reach his favoured enemy. The juggernaut of the Huntsman stepped onto the psyker's chest. The sheer weight would kill a man if it wanted to, but the mount knew that it's master and the Blood God would be furious with it if it took the kill. The Huntsman dismounted amidst the battle in all his calmness and stepped towards the psyker. Ag'rhi'keff kept the psykers hands still, essentially causing him to be pinned down. The Huntsman's sword then morphed into a pitch black greataxe, which darkness pierced through the bloody rain for all to see for a second, before plummetting down to slice the psyker's head in twain. The Bloodletters and the Bloodhounds in the mean time already started to engage their enemies in a circle around Luminous and The Huntsman. The Huntsman went back to sit atop its mount, raising the psyker's head in the air and calling out "MORTAL! YOUR MAGE IS DEAD! LET US STRIKE A DEAL OF HONOUR! I SHALL NOT DECEIVE, FOR KHORNE WANTS HONOUR. ENGAGE ME IN FAIR SINGLE COMBAT AND YOUR PSYKER MAY BE RETURNED TO YOU! CHEAT OR DECLINE AND I WILL HAVE YOU RIPPED LIMB FROM LIMB AND YOUR MAGE'S SOUL WILL SWIM ETERNALLY IN THE BOILING BLOOD MOAT AROUND THE BRASS CITADEL. KNOW THAT I AM NOT MY KIN AND SACRED EXECUTIONER WITH THE CLOAK OF SKULLS, BUT STILL I MAKE THIS OFFER. YOUR MEN ARE VALIANT AND STRONG, AND I AM IMMORTAL IN ESSENCE AS ARE THEY IN SOUL! REGARDLESS THE OUTCOME, ENGAGE ME IN ONE ON ONE COMBAT AND SEE HOW YOUR PERSONAL HONOUR AND YOUR VALUES HOLD UPRIGHT AS YOU AND YOUR FOLK CLAIM!"
"For a daemo of khorne you are slow" as a voice came from below the force halberd from tempseslt lunged upwards as the daemon saw no blood only dust As the guards readied for luminous they saw a shadow as a misile plumeted into them and luminous charged through the gap left into the huntsmans side slamming his to the side "of course ill agree to single combat" as he spoke his blade slamed round at the daemon as tempests body raised up and he picked up his helm as the dust returned
Ag'rhi'keff immediately charged the psyker along with his pack to keep tearing him apart, reforming or not, they kept going on relentlessly. They would see to it noone could interrupt the fight. The Huntsman snarled and went along with the blow to his side. He tumbled off his juggernaut, which retreated, rolled over the floor, remorphing his axe into a hellblade again. In the middle of this rolling movement the Huntsman striked out at the kneecaps of the human before getting upright in a swift motion, positioning himself behind Luminous and bringing his Hellblade down onto the marine's backpack. The bloody rain intensified even more and soon enough sings of a true warp storm were forming around the duel between daemon and mortal. The Huntsman said as he moved backwards, awaiting his opponents' next move "That hammer to the side before greeting your opponent isn't so honourable, human. I will simply view it as a misunderstanding rather than cheating. Now bring up your etiquettes and tell me as we keep our guards up and wait for one another to strike. What is your purpouse here human. Where lies your soul and loyalty truly? Khorne smiles upon you for your combat prowess truly." The Huntsman waited for his foe to strike, strafing in a circle, readying to parry an incoming blow.
"That was to get you off the juganaught" as luminous spoke the daemon saw his the burning blade was pointed towards his front from where he had got behind luminous "ive faought daemons of khorne many times" as he spoke he detached his cloak which droped two skulls with it of khorne heralds " I will fight you honourabley" as he spoke he readied his sword in ywo hands and laughed "truthfully the frill of battle makes my blood boil"
Flamewing had finally arrived in his XV-107. Damn, the suits big, he thought to himself. Nevermind. Through his superior Tau blacksun filter, he aimed at the daemon and fired then XV-107's pulse submunitions cannons straight at the daemon, his suits AI calculating it would not hit Luminous. Then, he fired another shot at the Huntsman, and ordered several tanks to get up to the huntsman and fire everything they had. Flamewing, slightly angry shouted "Once again I shall show the enemies of the Farsight Enclaves why we rule!"
As the shot closed In luminous moved in the way and the shots disaperated on his sheild "this is my fight tau"
The Huntsman snarled. He could not detect the souls of the Tau, but this was reason enough to do something about the situation. The Huntsman disappeared in the pool of blood forming on the dueling ground only to briefly reform tenfold scaled to soimply kick the Tau battlesuit back. Taking the hits from the tank and shrugging them off in his upscaled form he then plummeted down to his original size and put his sword, point downwards, into the ground stating "Ah, I see, two fell before your blade in this world. You will meet your match soon..." he shifted his footing slightly and with one eye looked at the psyker. The Huntsman's tongue rolled outwards, as if trying to lick the psyker's soul, wanting to taste it and bring it to the river. Ag'rhi'keff jumped the psyker from behind, protecting itself from his magics thanks to the Brass Collar. The Bloodhound bit down hard in the psykers neck and within a blink of an eye the Huntsman did what Khorne favoured him for. He latched himself around the psyker and literally devoured the psykers body and soul. Rending corporeal and incorporeal from existence. The Huntsman refocussed on his duelling opponent and said "A new offer, for your mage is that of the foul blue deceiver, seeing that you are an honourable combatant. Khorne now has his soul, but there is always room for improvement. You cause a lot of bloodshed, mortal. We can keep on duelling, see who is the better, probably both end up severly wounded, you might loose a hand, I might loose my grasp on the material world, but your mage will be lost to you FOREVER. However should you decide to stop the duel, acknowledging both our greatnesses and strengths, I can return your foul mage. At a price ofcourse. It is a boon granted to a Guardsman before. He lived to slay for a hundred years on, because the Lord of Battle saved his life in exchange for simply being permitted to have his soul when the Guardsman died. The Guardsman did not need to change his ways. I offer you the same boon. Either be cut down here and now on this planet, or continue to live. My kin and I will retreat, your mage will be restored, but when you die, your soul will go to Khorne and be awared for shedding so much blood in your life. And you shall be gifted, regardless of choice." As he spoke the Huntsman lashed out with blinding speed to sever Luminous' left hand (shield hand). Only to use the essence of the magus and his own left pauldron to replace the lose hand with a hand of solid brass. "The choice is yours" the Hunsman stated as he put is pitch black Hellblade upon his remaining pauldron, standing ready to dodge an incoming attack. Should luminous take a look around he would find himself surrounded by the crimson of a league of Bloodletters and Bloodhounds, rather than his own men, whos heads and limbs were hold aloft, occaissionally getting shot at by Tau forces. From the pools of blood now rapidly increasing in size that solid ground became nigh invisiblle, more and more daemons started to form. And the minor warpstorm emitted an electrical surge, taking out all power supplies in the area for eight seconds, but the warp power made the moment last. As if time itself had frozen.
As the daemon looked at luminous he heard a welp as ag'rhi'keff fell to the side "you should not kill my men daemon" as a voice came the huntsman saw a shadow and a man walk out of it He stood taller than the huntsman in crimson armour a katana with black flames erupting from it two wings sprouted from his back one white the other black "luminous retreat he is mine" as the man spoke luminous reacted and bowed "what is your name daemon"
