Chapter 70 Within the High Wall
All the high-ranking people in the city are waiting.
Finally, when the inner wall door began to rise, the first thing that came out was the vibration of the magnetic lock being released and the whirring sound of steam.
The Decathlon family is the richest and most powerful landowning family in Sirtis City. As the representative and patriarch of the family, West Decathlon stands at the front of the team.
But at this moment, he has no honor or glory, and fear is haunting him like a ghost.
Suddenly, along with the oncoming air wave, an explosion of pressurized steam blurred West's vision. Whatever stood in the darkness, he couldn't see it.
A stinging premonition came, and he felt that he might die.
Soon, the vibration of heavy footsteps echoed through the playground, and a shadow appeared deep in the dark doorway.
West's expression froze, and fear stopped his hand holding the crutch.
What emerged from the darkness was an existence that ordinary people like him could not imagine.
The giant in huge armor strode towards the crowd like a prehistoric colossus.
Steam surrounded it, and it was also looking at it. The soulless black goggles seemed to nail everyone to the rock slab of the parapet.
On the chest of the giant's armor is the mark of an eagle wing that stares at a skull and metal. On the shoulder armor are two black long swords crossed upward.
When it reached a distance of fifty meters from the crowd, it stopped shaking.
Subsequently, more huge warriors walked behind him and spread out to form a semicircle on both sides. They all wore similar silver-gray armor with mottled battle scars all over it, and most of them held bolt guns. , but one of them only had a long sword and a bolt pistol hanging on his waist.
Without exception, they were silent.
No one dared to move, everyone held their breath and it was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a silver needle falling.
West also stared at each other closely.
He knew that a small wrong move on his part would cause them to be turned into stains on the wall by a large number of explosive bombs in an instant.
No bodyguards or guards can save them at this time. Now those people are even kneeling on the wall, praying to these angels, which is almost a miracle for them.
After the silence lasted for about a minute, the first giant, the one with the red sword, took a step forward.
"Salute, denizens of the Empire."
A dry, deep harsh sound erupted from the helmet's communication grille, as if coming from the abyss.
After a while, West realized that the giant was speaking High Gothic.
Sweat was pouring down his face. In order to answer the question, he tried his best to recall the days when he studied in the noble academy in the upper class of Christhive.
"What...what do you call me?"
As soon as West spoke, he immediately wanted to slap himself.
He knew that his vocabulary was ridiculously confusing and that he was speaking in the wrong place. He should first salute, then salute, and then pray.
But fortunately, these giants don't care about polite etiquette.
"We are the Astral Knights, loyal servants of the Lord of Mankind. I came to your world to perform a confidential mission. This is our right."
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West could only understand the salient part of the giants' words - that they served the Lord of Mankind.
But that didn't alleviate his fear much. Nothing was what it looked like these days, not to mention those idiots who had just opened fire on them.
"We also received your distress signal,"
When West did not answer, the giant continued.
“You are beset by a rebellion.”
"Supremely respected angels, are you here to help us?"
West stumbled and said, and then the giant paused before answering, as if he was thinking about his words. . "If time permits."
"The Emperor bless! Praise the Emperor!"
West immediately began to pray sincerely and knelt down on one knee, Seeing this, the others imitated him, praising the Emperor and bowing to the angels.
"Are there ancient ruins here?"
The giant then asked, ignoring his prayers and praises.
"This..."
West thought for a while, and then said in a very uncertain tone:
"When I was young, there was a A mine that mainly produces some iron. The age of that mine is said to be very old. There are legends that workers once discovered a deep canyon below. There are some man-made objects in the canyon... But the mine was not long in my memory. It has been more than thirty years since it was completely closed due to a collapse. ”
"It is forbidden to spread the news of our appearance, lead the way."
Hearing the dull words of the other party, West was stunned for a few seconds, and then waved his hand quickly.
"Sir, you may not know that there is a large number of rebels lurking in the forest. They have launched several raids on the city. Although they were repelled by us, they are still wandering around. The situation at night is unclear, and if you leave the city rashly, you may be ambushed."
"We can wait until dawn."
Seeing Astartes' resolute attitude, West knew that it would be useless. He stood up, bent down and said humbly:
"On behalf of all the people in Thetis City, I would like to apologize for what happened tonight."
"It will not be the same next time."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
West, who was sweating profusely, nodded hurriedly, and the test was finally over.
“I almost forgot, I, West Decathlon, am the speaker of the Thetis Agricultural and Municipal Joint Council and the current acting mayor. I wonder if I am qualified to remember your lord’s name? ”
"My name is Soshyan Alexei, the leader of the Astral Knights Chapter."
West took a deep breath to prevent himself from fainting.
A Chapter Master of the Adeptus Astartes, how noble and glorious that is.
Since he was a child, he has seen the most noble person at the level of Planetary Governor, but compared with a Chapter Master of the Astartes Chapter, it is simply worse than mud and clouds The gap is still big.
"Distinguished Chapter Leader, we have prepared a temporary banquet. Although it is simple and rude, it still has some local customs. I hope you can-"
West didn't feel confident when he said this, because this banquet was too temporary and too simple, and he couldn't even hire a juggler.
"No need, we can temporarily station ourselves in the church. You can do it yourself. We will lead the way early tomorrow morning."
With that said, the giants turned neatly to the direction of the church in the city and abandoned The landowners and gentry looked bewildered.
"My lord! My lord! I, I will make arrangements for you!"
West was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly chased after him, and asked the family to notify the priest of the church. , immediately make enough space for the demigods and drive away irrelevant people.
During this period, due to the rebellion outside, many serfs and refugees flooded into the city. They had no fixed residence and could only live temporarily under the eaves of the church.
Perhaps inspired by the demigods, the "action power" of those family guards also improved a lot.
While the Astartes were still on the road, they had already rushed into the church with rifles and swords, and ferociously dispersed the bewildered and ragged refugees.
For a time, the original tranquility of the church was broken by bursts of roaring and crying.
While driving away the refugees, the guards threw all the belongings of the refugees out of the church and burned them to the ground.
The euphemistic name is: cleaning up the filth for the coming of angels.
(End of this chapter)