Chapter 524: Feast Invitation
“Yes, there is a huge gap between our strength and Huron’s. If there is a head-on conflict, we will definitely lose. But Huron also has his weaknesses. His group is united because of interests. Once threatened beyond the limit, such a group can easily fall into chaos and fall apart, so we decided to bet that the red pirates who stayed behind would fall into disarray under a surprise attack, and that they would break out into civil strife. This is indeed the case. , during the attack, a rebellion broke out inside the Red Pirate's Star Fortress, which was also the key to our ability to easily capture the Star Fortress."
"Well"
Lysander stroked the beard on his chin. , seemed to be thinking about Soshyan's words.
Suddenly, he showed a smile.
"I'm afraid it's more than that. I heard that you have a sizable army of combat robots here?"
Soshiyang's face froze, and then he picked up the wine glass and tried to cover it up.
“That’s right.”
Finally, he admitted it.
Lysander couldn't help but laugh.
"As expected of my favorite seedling! It's not bad. It was so difficult to leave the home star fortress, but you still managed to break out of the world. Okay! Okay! The empire needs young heroes like you who can rise up even in desperate situations. !”
Speaking of excitement, Lysander took a long sip of wine.
“This visit is mainly because our chapter leader Vladimir Pugh asked me to bring you a few words.”
“What is it?”
"The discussion about you in Terra should have come to an end. The high lords will no longer pursue you for forming an alliance privately, but they will definitely send out monitors. You must be mentally prepared, don't be too angry, and don't There are too many doubts, just find a few experienced bureaucrats to deal with it, and it won't cause too many obstacles to your career."
Hearing this, a huge boulder hanging in Soshiyang's heart finally fell.
What he fears most now is that the Terran Parliament will use the same reason to sanction Huron to sanction him, and then something big will really happen.
Seeing the relaxed look on Soshyan's face, Lysander immediately guessed what he was thinking, so he smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Vladimir Chapter The chief also values you very much. As long as he is here, the bureaucrats in Terra will not do anything excessive to you."
When Soshyan heard this, he immediately put down his cup, stood up and bent towards Lysander. pay tribute.
"Thank you two seniors."
"Hey, there's no need for this, it's just a trivial matter."
Lysander waved his hand.
"Also, Vladimir personally invited the Astral Knights Chapter to participate in the Feast of Blades five years later."
"Feast of Blades——"
Soshyan is no stranger to this term, and any sub-group of the Imperial Fists will be unfamiliar with this term.
This is an ancient tradition. Since the Second Founding of the Army, every century, the descendants of the Imperial Fists will gather together to carry out a ritual duel called the "Feast of Blades" to choose A champion, receiving everyone's blessings and an ancient medal.
Although this ceremony has been occasionally interrupted due to wars or other factors over a long period of time, it will not take long for the descendants of Dorne to pick up this tradition again, which has continued for tens of thousands of years.
The Astral Knights have sent people to participate in the Feast of Blades many times. As usual, the representatives are usually the champions of the war group.
But the problem now is that the Astral Knights do not have a warrior worthy of the title of champion - at least not on the surface, so they can't let Thor go, right?
So Soshyan sighed.
"Captain Lysander, we don't have a suitable candidate."
The first captain of the Imperial Fists was silent for a moment, and then said in a slow tone.
"Soshiyan, I have no intention of asking you what has happened in the past fifteen years. According to the battle report, the strength shown by the Astral Knights in the New Badab Battle is not weak."
Soshyan nodded.
"Everyone has indeed made great progress compared to the past, but I think it is still far from reaching the standard of a championship."
"Forget it, we will talk about this later." Lysander chose to This matter has been revealed for now.
“Before departure, Chapter Commander Vladimir also asked me to ask you, are there any difficulties in reconstructing surgery and gene seeds during the reconstruction of the Chapter?”
If it were fifteen years ago, Soshyan would definitely say yes.
But since he knew that they were the blood of the Eleventh Legion, he had given up the idea of getting any assistance from the Imperial Fists, so he shook his head.
“Thank you to Chapter Commander Vladimir for your kindness. Currently, the Chapter does not have much difficulty in this regard, not to mention that we have just seized a batch of gene seeds from Huron.”
"That's good."
Lysander sighed.
“One last thing, I should have informed you in advance, but there is no time, so we can only make our own decisions.”
"What's the matter?"
"This time the representative of Mars also came with me."
As soon as he heard Mars, Soshiyang's heart jumped suddenly, but his face But nothing unusual can be seen.
“What is the purpose of their visit?”
“I heard that during your attack on Huron, a large number of advanced combat robots appeared. Mars is very interested in this batch of combat robots. I’m very interested and want to know where they came from.”
Hearing that the other party was coming for the battle robot, Soshyan breathed a sigh of relief, but his brows immediately squeezed together.
Even if it is a combat robot, it is difficult for him to explain.
Perhaps seeing his embarrassed expression, Lysander smiled.
"There is no need to worry too much. The Adeptus Astartes has no obligation to tell everything to the Mechanicus. We have the right to keep our own secrets."
Lysander's words, Soshiyang suddenly became enlightened.
Yes, the Adeptus Astartes is an organization independent of the imperial bureaucracy. In principle, it is not subject to the control of any agency. As long as the other party has no evidence to prove that they have betrayed the empire, then they can completely ignore any organization or individual.
“Of course, having a good relationship with Mars will also be helpful for your future. It all depends on your choice. The descendants of Dorne will always stand together.”
“Yes. , Soshyan understands.”
After the conversation, Soshyan invited Lysander and the accompanying Imperial Fists to station themselves at the Chapter Monastery. Before the negotiations between the Astral Knights and the representatives of Mars ended, they Will always be here.
Just as Soshyan and Lysander left the meeting room, Soshyan saw Ustad walking from the end of the corridor. There was a cross of bruises and wounds on his face. , one eye was swollen shut and the lip was cracked.
Soshyan was stunned for a moment, and then when he found Lysander's squad leader Cliff Kurtz following Ustad and still limping, he immediately realized what was happening.
Beside him, Lysander grinned.
"Kliff Kurtz, how about this young man."
Kliff Kurtz responded with a laugh.
“He is great and fully qualified to participate in the Feast of Blades.”
Ustad came to Soshyan and showed an awkward smile.
"This...invited me."
"I understand."
Soshiyang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Ustad, you will represent the Chapter in the Feast of Blades in five years."
The second company commander of the Astral Knights was stunned immediately, completely unaware of what happened——
(End of this chapter)