Chapter 728 Ominous Omen
“Huh, Huh——”
Bahram stood up, the air was filled with the rancid smell of green-skinned blood, as if it had already Like a spoiled corpse.
After breathing for a while, he stepped back, pulled out his knife from the corpse with difficulty, walked towards the struggling Callistarius, and carried him on his back again.
"Come on, sir, we have to keep moving forward."
The new recruits of the Astral Knights helped guide the Librarians of the Blood Angels through the labyrinthine network of tunnels. Everywhere they went they saw the corpses of civilians, and the Greenskins had begun to systematically exterminate the hive's inhabitants.
Hundreds of millions of people have died, and some of the bones they saw still bear the marks of slashing with knives and axes, as well as the marks left by the beasts raised by green skins chewing on the corpses.
Boom————!
Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and the nest city was shaken by the explosion. This mountain-like city was shaken by the tiny movement.
Bahram was worried that the buildings above him might collapse at any time, but in the end they remained standing.
At the same time, his call for help still received no response.
"We went too deep and they couldn't hear us."
Callistarius was out of breath, and his condition improved slightly.
"Put me down, I have my own way."
Bahram did not intend to listen at all.
"We have to walk to the lift shaft in this area. Through there we can reach the meeting point. My comrades should be waiting for me there."
Not long after walking, they came to a deep well with several people inside. Thousands of meters deep in the darkness, distant gunshots came from above.
But they didn't see the lift.
“Which way to go?”
In desperation, Bahram had to seek the advice of more experienced think tanks.
Callistarius leaned against the wall, almost as much blood as engine oil leaking from his armor, and the damage in his armor was covered in thick anti-collision slime.
He gasped in agony, and Bahram suspected at least one of his lungs had been punctured.
“Ask her.”
Callistarius said, raising his finger.
Bahram turned sharply, his bolter trained on a scrawny little girl wearing a dirty gray shirt.
Then he lowered his gun.
"Little one, we are the Emperor's Angels, we are looking for a lift, can you help us?"
She walked over fearlessly, and according to the standard age, She is about twelve years old.
Bahram hoped she was mature enough to tell their identities.
“Eat.”
The little girl was very realistic.
Bahram nodded and squatted down. In order not to scare the other party, he slowly took off a ration bar from his belt.
"What we bring with us is prepared for you, so that you will not starve."
The girl grabbed the ration bar, tore open the package with her teeth, and wolfed it down Eat it.
The wind blew her skirt close to her body, revealing her ribs exposed by long periods of hunger.
"You know we are here to rescue you, right?"
She nodded.
"You are angels. Dad said you are good people. Come this way."
Bahram stood up with relief.
“Sir, we are lucky.”
"That's right. That's right."
While holding Callistarius' shoulders, Bahram suddenly noticed that the other person's tone had become very low and unfamiliar, as if he was another person.
".We must trust those we protect. With her help, we can rendezvous with the Legion."
Bahram was stunned, wondering if he was I heard something wrong.
"Sir, did you just say legion?"
"Chapter." Callistarius answered vaguely.
"Yes. It's the Chapter. The Codex Guilliman Brothers."
The think tank's voice became more and more vague, Bahram didn't know What was going on? He guessed it might be caused by pain.
But for some reason, he felt a terrible uneasiness in his heart——
They passed through the uninhabited production blocks. There was a deathly silence in the factory dormitories, and a layer of dust had already been covered on the bones of the dead.
During this process, Callistarius actually recovered some strength. He was able to walk on his own without the help of Bahram. However, his consciousness seemed to be getting blurr... Someone is whispering something.
The road ahead led to a passage that had not been used for a long time. The little girl led them to a newly repaired door. On both sides of the door were two guards, who were also hungry. He was in disgrace, and his clothes were dirty and shabby.
Nevertheless, they remained alert and immediately knelt down when they saw the angel appear.
“My lord!”
"Get up, no need to be polite."
The two men nodded, and one of them shouted in the direction of the door.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
The door opened to both sides. In front was another corridor with many barricades in the middle. Not far away, on the right side was another door. The ragged men rose from their defensive positions and stared in surprise at the demigod walking among them.
Bahram ignored them and walked forward with the unconscious Callistarius.
Behind the second door was a cathedral, which was crowded with people. The sidewalks were all civilians, and there were many people sitting on the balconies. There were people everywhere he could see.
There are at least more than two thousand people here.
“Who is in charge here?”
Bahram asked angrily.
Many knelt before him and made the aquila salute, but they still made way so that the Space Marines could move forward.
"Dad!"
The girl said and ran towards a bearded man. Like the others, his cheeks were sunken and his eyes were sunken into their sockets due to lack of food.
He hugged his daughter and walked towards the Space Marines.
"I am the foreman here. Everyone elected me as the representative here. We are very happy to see you. The Emperor is indeed protecting us, right, brothers and sisters?"
< br>He shouted into the room, and people shouted back to him:
"That's right!"
"The war is not over yet. This officer is injured. We need an elevator to get up there."
"The elevator——"
The man thought for a moment, then clapped his hands.
"There is one, but it has not been used for a long time. It needs to be repaired. Sir, you have to wait for a while."
"It's okay."
"Sir, we just cleared out a room, it's a little shabby."
"Very good, thank you."
Take Cali Starius, Bahram walked into the bishop's room in the church. Most of the decorations inside were destroyed, but the eagle statue was still shining like new.
"Sir, are you okay."
"I'm fine."
After taking a few deep breaths, when Callistarius opened his eyes again, the previous confusion had been replaced by clarity.
He smiled slightly and said:
"I didn't scare you just now."
"Uh, I didn't."
Seeing the other person like this, Bahram guessed that he was fine and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But he did not notice that in the depths of Callistarius’ pupils, a ray of red light was slowly spreading——
(End of this chapter)