Chapter 26 Brother Said
After receiving the warning from Captain Lysander, Soshyan immediately decided to return to the Chapter's home planet, the Obsidian Fortress on Obstilia.
Other chapters expressed support for his decision and told Soshiyan that after he left, each chapter would select twelve warriors to serve as guardians of the monument, and this ceremony would continue forever, Until their Chapter had no more guards to send.
Soshiyan expressed his gratitude for their actions, and then, as the new Chapter Master, he received the power armor and gene seeds recovered from the battlefield by the Mechanicum.
Although he only got one hundred complete sets of power armor, twenty-seven active gene seeds, and a few incomplete Terminator armors, at this time he could only comfort himself that it was better than nothing. .
Because the Chapter's warships had all been destroyed in the assault, Soshyan chose to take the Shield of Courage back to his home planet.
This is not a long journey, and it is also a smooth journey in the subspace. The most important thing Soshyan did on the ship was to ask and learn from Lysander.
He is still too young and has not received any education or training as a chapter leader. He knows almost nothing about how to manage and organize a chapter.
As the longest-serving captain of the Imperial Fists after the Great Rebellion, Lysander has rich experience in both combat and leadership.
Faced with Soshyan's confusion, he worked tirelessly to instill in him the responsibilities and tasks of an officer. The Imperial Fists are a legion that pays great attention to obedience and execution, and also has a very stubborn side in leadership. .
Soshyan tried his best to absorb the knowledge and ideas taught by Lysander, but he always felt that some ideas were very incompatible with his ideas. Although he tried his best to accept them, he always had questions or doubts.
In general, he always felt that he was a little out of place with the Imperial Fists, which was a very strange feeling.
After sailing in subspace for a week, the Shield of Courage jumped into the real world and arrived in the orbit of the home planet of the Astral Knights Chapter.
You can imagine how surprised the guards and recruits inside looked when Soshyan appeared alone in front of the monastery fortress gate.
In this operation, the battle group was completely wiped out. Only thirty-three new recruits who had just undergone transformation were left in the monastery fortress, as well as Lothar, the veteran of the battle group who was responsible for managing these recruits.
Since the war group had just paid the tithe and had not yet recruited new recruits, there were only these people.
When Soshyan entered the fortress and informed everyone of the results of the brutal battle, everyone was shocked at first, and then doubtful. Some even thought that Soshyan was a lying deserter, until Lysander appeared, and everyone Then I realized that everything Soshyan said was true.
The Astral Knights Chapter has been de facto destroyed.
The recruits' emotions immediately changed from shock to sadness, then confusion, and even despair. Everything they had ever known was shattered.
When Soshyan hinted to everyone that the monastery fortress might be taken over by other war groups, they no longer even despaired - despair itself was also a manifestation of hope.
As the new Chapter Master, Soshyan immediately gave a brief speech to the recruits present.
"I personally participated in that war. Maybe some of you think that I am a coward, a deserter, and that I should die fighting with other combat brothers. Yes, I do think so."< br>
Soshyan pointed to the deep scar on his forehead.
“Death is not difficult, but it is not another kind of escape. Chapter Commander Amurad handed over the Chapter to me, so as long as I have one breath left, I will not let the Chapter die. This is the oath I made. "
Lysander looked at Soshyan. He observed that these young people had a very special temperament. In fact, he was not optimistic about the reconstruction of the Astral Knights Chapter. , because their number is too small.
If nothing else, this war group will completely disappear within a hundred years.
But the appearance of Soshiyang gave him a glimmer of hope. This man... might really be able to do it.
"Yes, we will probably have nothing next, but we will not bury ourselves in the failures of the past! If staying here only allows us to indulge in sadness, then I would rather leave! Astral Knight Life In the void, we will return to the void. Although we are all new soldiers, we are not flowers in the greenhouse! We can still create the great cause of the martyrs! " br>
“One breath is still there! The battle group will last forever!”
"Excellent! These are the descendants of Dorne!"
Lysander clapped his hands vigorously, and then said loudly:
"In order to support your reconstruction, I will serve as Chapter Master. I will give you two Land Speed Attack Crafts and a batch of weapons and ammunition in my name.”
“Thank you very much!”
Soshyan held Lysander’s hand tightly and said. Said in my heart:
"No matter what situation we are in, we will remember the oath of loyalty, and if necessary, we will answer the call."
"I will remember your oath, I still have a mission, so I will send it here Well, if we are destined to meet again in the future, Chapter Commander Soshyan."
"Goodbye, Captain Lysander, for the glory of him and the Lord of the Earth! "
"The Primarch is above, for the glory of him and the Lord of Earth!"
After bidding farewell to the Imperial Fists, Soshyan asked the Chapter's servants to quickly pack up their belongings, including the warehouse! Pack the things inside if they can be packed, and also let the thirty-three recruits each choose their own power armor - before that, in principle, they should enter the recruit company first, but in person
In the case of lack of power, we can only rush the ducks to the shelves.
After a simple arrangement, Soshyan asked Lothar to wake up the fearless mentor Brother Said stationed in the fortress, but the other party informed him that Brother Said had automatically woken up a few days ago and had been staying there only An underground space that only Chapter Leaders can enter.
After Soshyan sent Lothar away, he walked along a long corridor that extended downwards deeper under the monastery fortress.
There were no battle brothers standing guard on the road, because only the Chapter Master could enter here. While walking, Soshyan discovered that the walls, ceiling and marble floor of the corridor were covered with prayers.
This is like a tomb passage.
But the monastery cemetery is not here.
When Soshyan reached the end, there was a closed door in front of him. When he took off the iron halo and pressed it into the depression on the door, the dusty door slowly opened. After entering, Soshyan found that this circular room looked like an archives, with a huge granite in the middle, although it didn't look like an altar.
It was pitch dark here, and Soshyan, who was not wearing a helmet, could only vaguely see that the rest of the walls around the room were composed of rows of shrines, all the way up to the shrines more than ten meters high. There are many parchment scrolls on the roof and inside the shrine.
It suddenly occurred to him that this might be the archives of the Chapter, which recorded the long history of the Chapter.
Thinking of this, he walked towards the wall and wanted to take out a roll of parchment to see what was going on.
“Who!?”
Just as he stretched out his hand, a harsh noise of rubbing against the marble floor suddenly came from the dark space, followed by a loud noise and the door closed.
Soshyan immediately turned around, drew out his bolt pistol, and pointed it into the dark void.
“Come out.”
Before he finished speaking, there was the sound of heavy mechanical transmission. When the air flow hit Soshyan's face, he finally realized that a huge thing was approaching him.
Thick legs, an angular torso, and a pair of huge iron fists on the mechanical arms on both sides - the holy and fearless Brother Said appeared in sight with heavy steps. Before that, Sosh Jan couldn't even feel his presence.
When a Space Marine is irreversibly damaged, he has two choices, either to accept death calmly, or to continue serving the Emperor in another form.
The fearless mecha is the second option.
Inside the huge metal body is a warrior with disabled limbs and muscle atrophy. He can only survive in the amniotic fluid membrane of the iron coffin, but with the help of powerful mechanical drive, he is still a deadly killer on the battlefield.
Generally speaking, the Fearless are the veterans who have served the longest in the Chapter. Therefore, in addition to participating in battles at critical moments, their other task is to use their own experience to guide the younger generations of the Chapter and tell them about the history of the Chapter.
Brother Said is the most respected mentor in the Astral Knights Chapter. It is said that he is the first batch of Astral Knights to serve and is over three thousand years old.
Soshyan received a lot of guidance from him when he was a recruit, and the two are no strangers.
“Brother Said?”
Soshiyang was surprised and put away his weapon.
"Why didn't you say a word? I thought -"
"I already know everything."
Sister Said's words made Soshyan hang his head in shame.
“Everyone——”
“Amurad did it anyway.”
Brother Said walked up to Soshyan and held out an arm.
"He found that thing, right."
Soshiyang was stunned for a few seconds, then took out the alien creation called the Red Talisman from his backpack and handed it to Sai In the hands of the German monk.
"Sure enough..."
Wuwei's body trembled for a moment, and then he handed the red amulet back to Soshiyang.
"In this way, the most critical step has been achieved."
"What is the most critical step? Why did the Chapter Leader risk his life to get this thing, and-"
Already Soshyan, who was full of questions, asked more than a dozen questions in a row, but Brother Said did not answer him immediately. Instead, he walked to the granite in the middle, inserted an arm into it, and rotated in a circle.
"Your arrival is destiny."
The hoarse voice of Brother Said came through the loudspeaker.
"Embrace your destiny!"
The granite cracked like a flower, and then the surrounding braziers lit up one after another, and something was rising in the center of the rock.
Looking at that thing, Soshiyang's expression was first confused, then shocked, and finally fearful.
With his face pale and his mouth slightly open, he took a few steps back and even knocked over a burning brazier. The fuel spilled onto the ground, immediately lighting up the entire secret room red.
Under the light of the fire, a blue-black flag stood in front of Soshiyang, and an ancient Terra number on the flag seemed to be burned into the fire -
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I know you all have a lot of doubts. The next chapter will explain them one by one. Don’t worry. Also, please collect and recommend! !
(End of this chapter)