Chapter 253 Interlude: Sklar’s Wonderful Rabbit Hole Journey (1) (No)
After Ms. Lotara Salin entered the ritual center and maintained a state of prayer and continued calling the Primarch , while the eighth company commander Endred Hal fell into a coma, and the first company commander Kahn has not returned from the long expedition with the hermit cultivator. As the current de facto supreme commander of the Desert Ark, the Iron Heart Chapter After escorting the precious think tanks of his own battle group to arrive here, Second Company Commander Sklar, as the important person in charge of logistics and social interaction, walked carefully in the wide corridors of the Iron-Destiny Steel.
It's not that the specifications of the corridors here are not suitable for an ancient Contemptor Dreadnought - in fact, most of the corridors and spaces here are built to be very "sarcophagus-friendly", which makes people doubt the normal conditions here. Who is actually using certain facilities - but as a real Astartes who is ten thousand years old, his certain war intuition can actually be said to have some "metaphysics" or the use of the elders of the monastery. In the words of Volias, "This is because your instinctive understanding of the beginning, process, and end of a battle is close to the subspace essence of the way of fighting."
Later Volias also returned to the Others specially engraved a large number of runes and spells mixed with special paint on his fearless armor for him, which was used to enhance his combat intuition and stabilize his internal psychic energy and biochemistry.
Therefore, there is no reason for Sklar to be cautious now. There is plenty of light, few people, orderly, clean environment, and fresh air, but -
He always felt that when walking here, he had a very serious feeling that he was being watched by some powerful being, and there were more than one.
But if it is something like a demon, an inanimate being, or an Eldar alien, his multi-band auspicious instrument and crystal grid imager must be able to see something - oh, speaking of this, When he first set foot on certain decks here, his auspicious auspicious screams warned him that there was indeed a clear reaction of demonic energy below or nearby.
But when he told this discovery with a solemn face to a young officer named Maxim who was one of the currently overstretched management officers of the Destiny Steel, the other party gave him a strange look, and then told He, instead of worrying about demons, would be better off worrying about his other "daily affairs" here.
The other party said this at that time, and then called a priest brother in power armor who was not the fourth legion that Sklar was familiar with.
“This is the highly respected Pastor Brother Li Kaiwen. During your stay here, he will serve as a reliable liaison between us. In addition, if you have any needs that do not require special approval, Pastor Eli Kevin’s authority can basically be allocated to you.”
Captain Sklar took a look at the priest brother who was silent after greeting him: brand new black plating and human bone painting, black silver-edged shoulder armor, and a typical priest skull helmet. , with a winged skull scepter hanging on his waist. On one side of the shoulder armor is a stylized skull mask pattern, and on the other side is a strange mark: two Imperial Sky Eagles cast in gold and silver are held in their talons. Some weird keys.
While he was pondering the meaning of this pattern that made him feel slightly inconsistent, Pastor Li Kaiwen's serious, deep and reverberated voice sounded on the grille of his skull mask. sounded next.
Hmm... This brother has a very typical and stereotypical voice of a Space Marine priest. The feeling of fanaticism and serenity, rationality and blindness is very well blended together. Sklar is in his amniotic fluid chamber. He made a face that no one could see. With his voice and texture, it would be a pity not to go to the Blood Angels, Black Templars or Imperial Fists to preach for them——
Oh no, for these three Sklar, who was relatively familiar with the long-established chapter, blinked. The Blood Angels might still think his voice was too serious and not elegant enough, while the Black Templars might think his speaking speed and tone were too high. Too peaceful.
“We are here, Brother Captain Sklar.”
Pastor Li Kaiwen's voice interrupted Fearless's thoughts, and he found that they were standing in front of a cabin room that looked like a mechanical temple.
"Wait a minute, are we here yet? I don't remember my walking foot moving that much..." Sklar was horrified to find that his displacement record did show that they had moved a long distance.
“This is how space shows us the possibilities of ingenuity in the great holy places, or because we use some...advanced technologies in space for security And the improvement of confidentiality performance"
"...Okay, I understand, you shouldn't ask more, right? So where is this?"
"VIP room exclusively for fearless pilots."
"...?" Without giving Sklar any more chance to think or ask questions, the serious priest brother took a step forward - to the soldier guarding the door. Scanned your face - No, can your skull mask helmet also be used as a basis for facial recognition?
"You...?"
"Please come here, Captain Sklar, Chapter Commander, considering that it is not convenient for the Dreadnought pilot to scan his face, we are here What is used here is the fearless component spectrum collection technology combined with voiceprint scanning and some confidential identification technologies."
"What, what..."
The priest guided or pushed one of Dreadnought's arms forcefully, and a beam of light came out of the red electronic eyes of the iron ring soldier. Skator subconsciously wanted to turn aside or cover it, but the beam was in Dauntless's direction. The surface of the machine made a slight sizzling sound, and then went out.
"Beep - the preview target data has been entered and is loading - already included: the former 12th Legion 'War Dog', now in the universe Z*****-*****, steel Captain of the 2nd Company of the Heart Chapter, Sklar, rating: five stars; special performance: Thousand Slashes of the Word Bearers; current machine: Contemptor Dreadnought, forging world: Mars; era: 533-733, M35; Vehicle number: 8681-756-127-DR081-12-12A; Material: 85.4% fine gold, ceramic steel..."
"...The way you welcome your guests is really...unique ." Sklar considered the words, and was a little dumbfounded at the same time, "I have witnessed countless worlds being sent to the funeral pyres of punishment, and I have also stepped on the decks of countless ships that were conquered or came to support, the Holy Mechanicum. The maintenance cabin and the armory of the battle group are not unfamiliar to me, but you... this is indeed the first time I have seen it."
"Brother company commander, your information has been entered." His contact. The officer replied and opened the hatch at the same time, "Please come in and let me introduce you to some common sense of life here."
"Interesting." Sklar murmured and followed the priest in. , and at the same time, I felt that a certain human mood that had not burned for thousands of years began to subtly revive, "Let me see what you have here..."
(End of this chapter)