"Do you know how many times I've heard that?"

Some of the statues' eyes gain an orange glow.

"Every empire falls. And she will. -- When Chaos lets her go, or is killed."

Their hands materialize blades of hard light. They stare at the intruders.

"There are no unstoppable forces in this universe. There are no immovable objects. Everything gives if you push hard enough."

The cryptum shoots upwards. The Spartan turns his sight and weapon towards the source.

Seven creatures over ten feet tall that had awaited a hundred millennia awaken in fury.

In blurs almost as if teleported around, the leader bolts against the intruders.