Chapter 1205 The Shame of the Imperial Fist
“What did you say?”
Marshal Austin is a seasoned warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles. Most of the time, it is difficult to see anger on his face. He had an expression of dismay, but now he looked like he saw a vampire pole dancing.
The area he was in was the reception hall of Scar of Victory. Also present were Soshyan, Magyar and Titus who hurried back. Next to Marshal Austin of the Black Templar was Judge Il Yas Hada.
There are only five people in the huge space, and there is a huge display screen on the wall, which displays ten separate screens. On the screen, you can see the real-time situation of the Blood Knights in their respective cabins.
Soshyan did not throw them into cells, nor did he allow them to run around. Instead, he designated several large cabins in the fortress for them to stay inside.
In the picture, some blood knights kept walking back and forth, while others were sitting listlessly on the ground and leaning against the wall.
“Captain Soshyan, I didn’t quite understand what you just said.”
Austin took a step forward, and the chains and pendants on his body jingled.
Soshiyang, standing opposite him, sighed and repeated:
"I will hand them over to their parent order, the Blood Angels, and let Lord Dante decide their fate."
"This is against the rules!"
Inquisitor El Yas Hada jumped out immediately.
“They should be tried and executed immediately!”
Soshyan glanced at the other party contemptuously and laughed:
"Pets are not allowed here. Who brought the dog in?"
"How dare you insult me and the Inquisition!"
Ilyas Hada was furious and pointed with his finger. Soshiyang sternly scolded:
“We represent the emperor’s will!”
“Then why don’t I send you to see the emperor and let you personally consult him on this matter? Opinions on things? ”
"You-"
Marshal Austin raised his hand, interrupting the judge, then walked up to Soshyan and asked:
"Why did you do this?"
“The instability of gene seeds is by no means a reason for brothers to kill each other.”
“That is far from being an unstable gene seed. It is mutation. You and I both know that. After the death of their primarch, each Blood Angel was tainted and cursed."
"I didn't say they had no problem, but -"
"And they crossed the line, Soshyan. They have the blood of the people of the empire on their hands and must pay the price."
Speaking of this, Austin's thunderous face became softer.
“I know it’s easy to pity their situation, but mistakes are mistakes and must be corrected.”
“Can mistakes be corrected by killing them? Do we have to eradicate all Son of Sanguinius?”
"Soshiyan, you are still very young and have not experienced enough. I know that you have a good relationship with the Weeper and that you met Dante in Armageddon. I have no problem with that."
At this time, Austin is more like an elder who advises the younger generations. This attitude he rarely shows when facing the soldiers under his command.
"But you have to understand that responsibility is responsibility. In the face of difficult choices, being emotional will not help anyone."
As he said that, Austin put his hand on Soshiyang's shoulder, He took him aside, away from the crowd, and then said softly: "Does your war group still retain the records of the Fist of Paragon?"
Hearing the name of Model Fist, Soshiyang was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently.
Of course he remembers it, because this is the biggest stain in the history of the Imperial Fists, bar none.
The Paragon Fists were the final sub-group of the Second Founding Army. During the M32 Beast Wars, the Paragon Fists were also invited to Terra for support, but were attacked by greenskins during the journey and were forced to Dispersed and evacuated, in the process the fleet led by Paragon Fists' First Captain Zelberlin lost contact.
Later, due to the death of Kurland, the last member of the Imperial Fists, Chapter Master Thrawn of the Paragon Fists took over the final high wall plan to reorganize the Imperial Fists Chapter, and each sub-group sent troops to help reorganize the Empire. fist.
At this time, the previously missing Zelberlin fleet reappeared. It turned out that during the escape, the fleet led by Zerberlin was surrounded by green skins with an Iron Warriors fleet. In order to resist the common threat of green skins, , the two sides formed a temporary alliance.
After receiving the news, the then Grand Marshal of the Black Templars, Bohemond, brought a combat team to meet with Zelberlin. However, there was a dispute over how to deal with the group of Chaos Iron Warriors.
Bohemond insisted on destroying the traitors, while Zelberlin vowed to let his allies survive. Then the two sides started fighting. Bohemond teleported to join the gang and tried to kill the leader of the group of Chaos Iron Warriors, War Blacksmith— Caucato, but unfortunately was defeated and seriously wounded and captured.
What happened next was completely out of control. Under the instigation of Kaukato, Zelberlin executed Bohemond and wanted to lead the soldiers of the Paragon Fist Company to be loyal to Kaukato. Zelberlin was killed by Zelberin. The soldiers who were frightened by Berlin's crazy behavior resisted and fled. Arcos, the Paragon Fist warrior who successfully escaped, reported what happened to Thorne, who had become the leader of the Imperial Fists Chapter. After hearing the report, Thorne felt extremely ashamed, angry, and All remaining members of the Paragon Fists Chapter were ordered to merge into the Imperial Fists, and the name of the Paragon Fists Chapter was directly erased from the history of the Empire.
But the consequences of this incident were very serious. Since their grand marshal was killed by the first captain of the Paragon Fist, the Black Templar was angry with Thorne, the former captain of the Paragon Fist, and also caused In the end, due to the strong dissatisfaction of other sub-groups, all members of the Black Templars withdrew from the final high wall plan, and some sub-groups no longer responded to the call. Serious cracks appeared in the originally united Imperial Fists system, which was not repaired until many years later.
When Austin mentioned the Fist of Paragon at this time, his meaning was already obvious.
"Soshiyang, emotions sometimes blind our eyes and make us make irrational decisions, which may even hurt our blood brothers, so I hope you will think about it again."
Soshiyang was silent. After a while, he then said:
"Then we executed the Blood Knight, wasn't it emotional?"
"What?"
"Marshal Austin, since From a rational perspective, besides making the Blood Angels angry, what else can we gain by killing them? ”
"They have been declared traitors by the High Lords Council, and it is our duty to eliminate them."
"Then I control them now and then hand them over to the Blood Angels to clean up on their own. Is there any difference?"
“This——”
“Senior Austin, I boldly call you senior, our duty is to kill aliens, kill heretics, and eliminate all threats to human beings, but this It doesn’t mean that we have to follow other people’s rules of the game. We just do what we understand and can solve it in another way. Why do we have to get our hands stained with blood?”
As he said, Suo said. Shi Yang lowered his voice deliberately.
"And if the Blood Angels asked the Inquisitor why, what do you think he would say? He would definitely say, 'It was those Black Templar fanatics who insisted on eradicating the roots. I had no intention of doing so.' Do you believe it?" They are always thinking about how to interfere with the Adeptus Astartes and sow discord between various war groups, hoping to control us as they please."
Austin frowned slightly and glanced at the judge who was watching in the distance intentionally or unintentionally. official.
"The High Lords Council has interfered enough with the Adeptus Astartes over the years. This is an internal matter within the Astartes, so it should be resolved internally."
Austin thought for a while, and then exhaled a thick breath from between his teeth.
"If you are determined, then fine. I agree with your plan and leave them to the Blood Angels themselves."
(End of this chapter)