Chapter 18 Sacrifice
“Ahem——”
The huge impact stunned Soshyan for a long time. When he came back to his senses, the air was filled with choking smoke and dust. , the residual heat shock wave of the explosion also seriously burned the automatic sensing system of the power armor.
At first he thought his whole body was buried, but when the smoke and dust began to dissipate, he found that only his legs were pressed by the fallen broken pillars, and the bolter in his hand was missing. .
A hundred meters away, another broken support section hit the remains of an undead obelisk. The leaking condensation froze the surrounding rubble, making it look as if it had been blasted by a frost giant. A machine that beats the stick flat.
Further away, several pools of leaked material ignited green flames, further enhancing the feeling of another world.
This building has almost completely collapsed. The road is full of potholes and depressions made by huge rocks, and there are also tomb spiders that have been smashed and exploded. In a sense, this is really a success. They left their "graves."
Soshiyan observed for a moment, and after confirming that there was no enemy, he started the internal self-check of the armor. Fortunately, he only suffered minor damage.
Then he kicked away the debris and metal building debris without much effort. After pushing himself to stand on his feet, the panoramic view of what happened shocked him.
The road was littered with broken Necrons, some were completely flattened, and some were smashed into pieces by boulders directly hit.
He switched the communication to the company's common channel, and a series of frustrating hissing noises entered his ears. He could not receive any information from the team, let alone the company.
"Nad? Axel? Received an answer, received an answer."
After confirming that he could not call his comrades in the communication, Soshyan began to search for information about him in the ruins Any trace of the two.
After examining the metal corpses smashed everywhere in the ruins, it seemed that he was the only object that survived the indiscriminate bombardment of debris.
Suddenly, his automatic perception system received a weak signal from the left, and he immediately ran in that direction.
After passing through an obstacle of black rubble, he saw an armored arm protruding from tons of stones, and immediately recognized it as Nade's hand.
"Brother! I'll rescue you right away!"
Soshiyang immediately pushed upwards with both hands, trying to stabilize the sliding debris while digging out rubble from the pile of rubble. Pulling away pieces of unknown building materials.
Soon, he managed to reveal Nad's right arm and head, but both were motionless, and his helmet was broken and covered with dripping blood.
After redoubling his efforts, Soshyan dug out Nad's torso, during which time he removed a large chunk of stone nearly as heavy as himself, aided by the adrenalin-infused strength of the armor.
"Uh..."
As Soshyan moved, Nad's right arm shook and his fingers stretched.
But Soshyan knew that his situation was far from getting better.
There was a large pool of blood splashed across the sharp stone, and there were dozens of cracks and dents in Nad's armor. His left arm was even bleeding with blood, as if he had lost his hemostatic organ. effect.
"Nad! Nad! Wake up!"
After Nader helplessly patted one side of the severely damaged helmet with his hand, Soshyan immediately realized his intention, then bent down and turned the helmet to break the connection.
After a hiss in the air, Soshyan pulled off his helmet, revealing Nad's face covered in blood and scars.
Only then did he fully see the shocking wound on the other side. There were many skull fragments piercing through the side of Nader's injured head, and the ear on that side had disappeared and turned into a thorn along the chin. A puddle of meat.
Opening his eyes, after seeing Soshyan, Nad nodded slowly and forced a smile, showing his blood-stained teeth.
"I know you can survive. The officers... are right. You are destined for greatness."
Looking at Nader's blood-stained smile, Soshyan suddenly realized who pushed him away at the last moment.
“Why?”
He asked sadly.
“My life is not greater than yours.”
“I can’t say…”
Nad whispered, then grunted in pain, then wrenched his right hand from the trash and presented his bolter to Soshyan.
"The Chapter Commander... asked me to use my life to protect..."
After this last effort, Nad, who accompanied Soshyan to grow from a recruit to a warrior Partner, dead.
Soshyan took Nader's pistol and found that the gene lock on it had been released and the ammunition was full - obviously Nader was ready to transfer the weapon to Soshyan. He looked at the faces of his dead brothers and remained silent for a long time.
"Soshiyang."
At this time, Axel's voice sounded from behind him. Soshiyang turned around suddenly and saw the other person limping among the ruins, covering his waist. .
"Brother!"
Soshiyang immediately ran over like the wind and grabbed the opponent's shoulder armor with both hands.
“It’s great that you are alive.”
But Axel looked over his shoulder at another comrade on the rubble.
"Nade..."
Soshiyang nodded sadly.
"He has returned to the Emperor's side with honor."
Axel breathed heavily, and a stream of blood immediately flowed from his waist.
Soshyan looked down and found that the armor on Axei's waist had been broken, but it didn't look like it was smashed, but rather like it was broken open by a sharp weapon.
"I just met a few alien bastards who survived."
Aksei's tone was very relaxed, but his breathing was hissing. Soshiyang knew that the wound must be very serious without even looking. deep, and it is very likely that internal organs have been injured.
“Let’s go, there should be no enemies in front of us.”
As he said that, Aksai turned and walked towards the other end of the hall, with Soshyan following behind him. It was as if the identities of captain and team member had been reversed.
After walking for two minutes, Soshyan suddenly said:
"Aksei, are you also on a mission?"
The other party's pace froze for a second, and then continued with the original frequency.
“Aren’t we all on a mission?”
“No, I’m talking about a mission I don’t know about.”
Axel did not answer, but walked forward silently, as if he was a leader.
“Answer me, Axel.”
Soshiyan stopped and stared at the other person’s back.
“Alas.”
Subsequently, Axel’s helpless sigh echoed from Soshyan’s helmet.
"My brother, from the moment you served, haven't you realized that you are so special."
"I discovered it."
"Yes, the Chapter Commander handed it over to Our secret mission is to do everything we can to ensure your safety."
"Why."
"I don't know, I haven't asked, and I won't go. Ask, we just execute, that's what Space Marines are, don't you understand, Soshyan?"
Axel's answer was like a boulder, weighing heavily on Soshiyang's heart. Confusion was never his normal state, but everything that happened today was too weird.
He is like a blind man in the theater. When everyone is playing their respective roles, only he thinks that he is playing himself.
"Okay, keep walking. Maybe the Chapter Leader can answer your question. If we can still leave alive-"
As he said this, a majestic energy suddenly burst out Sweeping up, Aksai turned around and threw Soshyan to the ground without saying a word.
(End of this chapter)