Chapter 279 Reputation
The warrior wearing Terminator armor lowered his head slightly. His hair was cut very neatly, his eyes were sharp and firm, and he looked very young to Gorgli.
"Hmm, as far as I know, the leader of the Astral Knights Chapter is called Alexei."
A cunning light flashed in the soldier's eyes.
“But I heard that Brother Saul said...”
The warrior wearing the Terminator suddenly smiled.
"Hello, I am Soshyan Alexey, Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter."
He stretched out his right hand to the other party, drinking souls After the leader was stunned for a moment, he also smiled and stretched out his hand to hold it tightly.
"I am the Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers Chapter, Gorgri. It is an honor to meet you."
Soshiyan seemed to be shocked by these words.
"It's an honor?"
"Yes, I heard about the sacrifices of the Astral Knights. You are all great warriors."
Soshiyang was immediately relieved, but also a little disappointed. ——Until now, he still lives in the shadow of the heroes of the past.
"Yes, they are all heroes."
"It's not just that, I heard, you only served for less than a hundred years, but you started to bring the Chapter back On the road to revival... When I was as young as you, I was just a squad leader."
Golgri retracted his arm and said with a smile:
"And I have also heard about your deeds in the Battle of Flen. I can only say that it is really a pity. I almost killed that damn alien pirate, but your The tactics are great. I’m not very proficient in naval warfare yet. I’m ashamed to say that.”
“You look very young too.”
Soshiyang was a little surprised, but he was not. Because of a chapter leader's compliment to him, the story of the Battle of Flen has actually spread.
"Yes, I have only served for a hundred years. Strictly speaking, I am still a new recruit, but the former Chapter Master still handed over the heavy responsibility to me."
"Then it must be because you are better and more suitable to lead the Chapter into the future."
"Maybe, in fact, there are many experienced veterans in the Chapter..."
Ge Although Ergri was still smiling, Soshyan noticed that the other party's breathing was a little heavy, especially when the topic of veterans was brought up.
“Yes, it is not easy to lead a war group.”
Soshiyang spent a short period of time carefully looking at the opponent’s power machine and chapter badges. The Soul Drinker Chapter he I have heard of it. Like the Astral Knights, they are theoretically a sub-group of the Imperial Fists.
Of course, now he knew that the Astral Knights were not a sub-group of the Imperial Fists, so when facing a real sub-group of the Imperial Fists, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy inside - but he hid it well.
Looking at the appearance alone, the Chapter Leader of the Soul Drinkers has the heroic and resolute temperament that a warrior should have. His skin is slightly darker, a healthy brown, his face is square, and his nose is bridged. He is taller and has short, muscular hair. The style is similar to Soshyan's - this shows that Gorgli and himself have similar aesthetic preferences.
“When I was an ordinary soldier, I never thought that the responsibilities and tasks that a chapter leader had to bear were so huge. Every step was like walking on thin ice.”
Soul Drinker is the same. The young Chapter Master nodded.
“But you have done a good job. It is hard to imagine that a war group with only... less than thirty warriors left can still be active in the galaxy and defeat such a powerful enemy.”< br>
Soshyan's cheeks were not only a little warm, but he also didn't know what to say.
“Well, my chapter and I are proud and honored to be able to participate in such a great battle, but in fact the victory is more due to the efforts of the Ascetic and Lamenter brothers.”
< br>“Being able to fight under those circumstances is already a great courage.”
“Brothers, did the Inquisition summon you?”
Gorgli answered almost without thinking. .
"Yes, it just so happens that the Chapter is conducting training activities for new recruits in a nearby galaxy."
Then he gave Soshyan a brief introduction to the Soul Drinkers.
The Soul Drinkers Chapter is currently in a basically full strength state. Apart from the lack of Dreadnoughts and the scarcity of Terminators, the Chapter is no different from other Codex Chapters. It just does not have a Chapter home planet and operates based on a fleet. .
The Soul Drinkers Chapter is currently divided into two parts. One part is led by the Chapter's Think Tank and is dominated by most of the veterans of the Chapter. They go to perform a key mission. The other part is led by him personally, mainly new recruits, plus some veterans of the first and second companies, and is undergoing actual combat training.
It was at this stage that they received information about the Inquisition fleet and simply changed the training location and placed it in Valedo.
After listening, Soshiyang looked worried.
“We received a signed report from an Inquisitor that there is now a serious Chaos threat in this place, and after arriving we encountered a pilgrim ship full of demons... According to the captain The log found in the room, that ship should be the earliest source of corruption, and an artifact was brought to Valedo by someone."
"Indeed, we saw a lot of wreckage on the track."
< br>"The source of corruption is so powerful that even the remaining echoes have created a large number of demons... It is too dangerous for new recruits."
After realizing that this was what Soshyan meant, Gorgli shook his head.
"Do you think they can't handle it?"
"This is an unprecedented threat. Every recruit is precious. What I mean is...maybe it should be more gradual."< br>
“How can they grow without experiencing the tempering of fire and blood? Certain sacrifices are inevitable and must be accepted, because this is how we were born.”
This time Soshyan didn't know what to say. He realized that the fundamental reason why the other party was completely different from himself in this aspect was that Golgri had a complete battle group with relatively sufficient manpower.
And all he has is a small group of remnants of the army, which also makes him overly sensitive to the lives of soldiers, to the point where he cannot accept any sacrifices - he seems not to be aware of this except for this conversation.
"Yes... only sacrifice can temper a warrior."
"What did you find?"
Golgri's eyes wandered to Soshyan Datapad in hand.
“An investigation record is about certain missing persons cases a year ago. Those missing persons were all pastors who managed the church, and...”
Soshyan shared the datapad's contents with Gorgori.
“...Following up the investigation of the Ministry of Justice, those are pastors who are notoriously bad-tempered. Their beliefs are as hard as rocks. They rarely collude with corrupt colleagues. Of course, it is natural. Marginalized."
"What about more?"
"And about some smuggling activities...the data here was severely damaged, although the gate was intact when we came. No damage, but the inside of the system is in a mess. Our technical sergeants tried their best to collect this."
Soshiyang shook the data pad in his hand.
"I have found the key thing."
"What is it."
"An exhibition, held by the Archbishop of this planet in the City of Light, the capital of the First Diocese of Valedo After an exhibition of sacred objects, the entire planet fell into chaos."
Golgri nodded thoughtfully.
“It seems that the source of corruption is in that exhibition...”
"Yes, so what we have to do now is to find the remaining Astra Militarum first. They must be more familiar with the situation in this world."
At this time, a Soul Drinker warrior left in a hurry Come in.
"Chapter Commander, the enemies in the fortress have been completely strangled."
"Very good, quickly clear a landing zone. We are going to establish a front-line base here."
“Yes!”
After speaking, Gorgli turned to Soshyan.
“This place also has relatively complete fortifications and can be used as a forward stronghold. The high-power radio of the fortress should still be usable. Maybe we can try to use it to contact the still alive Astra Militarum.”
< br>"That's what I meant."
(End of this chapter)