Chapter 1246: Nathan’s Strange Incident (Part 1)
Jacob clenched the hilt of the chain sword and looked around to see how other people were doing.
No one in the company looked nervous or disorganized, which was a good thing considering this was their first mission as Astartes.
They were all looking at Armin waiting for his order.
But the other person seemed to be deep in thought now, so Jacob returned his attention to the surrounding environment.
The company is in a desolate place. Although the environment is not very bad, it is still so barren that most people would stop and think.
They were standing in an open area in the woods in a long valley. The surrounding towering peaks stretched their snow-white heads to the sky. Somewhere in the distance he could hear the sound of fast flowing water. It must have been It was the river they had just seen from the air, flowing down the hillside into the lake below.
The surrounding trees were dark and hazy, and he could smell the faint smell of resin, and he could also hear the rustling of small animals in the bushes and the singing of birds.
The spear of morning light pierced the clouds and illuminated the earth. There were some dark clouds gathering in the distance on the horizon. Jacob realized that there might be a violent storm in the future.
But this did not worry him. He had become accustomed to the reality of being an Astartes, and the weather that was fatal to ordinary people no longer posed an actual threat to him.
He saw no threat at the moment, but that didn't prove anything, he had always been taught to be prepared for trouble.
Who knows?
Anything may be ambushed here. Perhaps this is what happened to the missing mortal investigation team——
Things were not complicated at the beginning, as soon as the main force of the battle group set off Not long after, some strange disappearances occurred in the villages and towns closest to the monastery fortress.
At first, the Space Marines did not care about this, because this kind of security incident belonged to the distant mortal world, not to mention that even the nearest village and town was actually three hundred kilometers away from the fortress.
But when the missing people spread to the servants of the battle group, Armin, the commander of the tenth company responsible for guarding the monastery, was keenly aware of a hint of danger.
Afterwards, the planet's legal department was also alerted. The chief legal officer led the team deep into the wilderness jungle to discover the truth. As a result, all members disappeared the next day and there was no news.
Realizing that something was wrong, Armin immediately placed a strict seal and alert on the fortress, and then asked the planet's governor to handle the matter quickly.
The planetary governor is also confused. Who would be bold enough to go to the Astartes territory to cause trouble?
Hundreds of detectives and investigators then came to the vicinity of the Astral Knights Monastery Fortress and began to investigate the successive disappearances, but the subsequent developments became even more bizarre.
All the people who conducted the investigation also continued to disappear. In the end, only a few people escaped, but they could not explain what they encountered. In other words, they encountered nothing at all. They were completely scared away by the rumors they heard.
Now the governor of the planet also realized that there was not much going on, and directly sent troops to start sweeping and searching the surrounding area.
The army was deployed for a whole month, but found nothing. No one was missing during this period, but the people who were originally missing could not be found. They dug almost three feet in the ground and found no trace.
Even the planet's astropaths came to check and confirmed that there were no signs of psychic energy, and that there was no possibility of anything related to the subspace.
After staying for another month, the army withdrew, but as soon as they left, something worse happened.
Some people in the mortal auxiliary troops of the Astral Knights began to disappear, and the blood-stained limbs of the missing persons began to appear in the forest, hanging on tree trunks as a signal. This is a naked act of provocation. Armin cannot sit idly by at this time, otherwise the battle group's face will be lost! ?
He must find out the troublemaker!
Of course, Armin also thought about passing the news to Soshyan in the distance, but someone in the company advised him at that time that if he went to Soshyan for help without even seeing the enemy, then the company would be in trouble in the future. The other brothers cannot hold their heads high, and everyone will think that they are cowards and cowards.
Armin was convinced of this. He could not let other brothers think that he was a company commander who made a fuss, a soldier without the ability to act independently.
However, he did not do things with passion. Considering that it might be hostile Space Marines or aliens at work, he sent a message for help to the Tribulation Alliance of the Scar of Victory, and the other party responded quickly. More than a hundred Space Marines quickly responded. Settled in a planetary orbital station, ready for on-the-ground support at any time.
Then, Armin ordered the warships left behind by the battle group to enter combat readiness equipment and be alert to possible invading enemies at any time.
After making all preparations, Armin went to see Queen Elena again and asked for her opinion. Elena told him that this might be the enemy's strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he should prepare the fortress well. Security work.
Armin also thought of this, so he arranged all the most elite auxiliary troops to combat readiness positions, and activated all the defense facilities of the fortress, as well as combat robots, and the fortress's teleportation array at any time. Stay active.
If the enemy wants to take the opportunity to sneak attack on the fortress, the friendly forces in orbit will immediately use the teleportation array to come to the fortress and give the enemy a head-on blow.
After making sure that everything was dealt with, Armin decided to lead the team to find out those enemies who were causing trouble. Whether they were aliens or heretics, since they chose to cause trouble here, their lives were the price of provocation!
Jacob followed the barrel of his bolt pistol in search of a target. Nothing jumped into sight, just a few squirrels collecting pine cones at the foot of the nearest trees.
There was no dark and vicious force appearing. Maybe those mortals were just lost, or their communication equipment failed.
Afterwards, Jacob felt that he was extremely naive. He himself did not think that these simple reasons would be the real reasons. It is unlikely that a legal team led by an experienced legal officer would be there. Lost in the mountains, they have compasses, locators and all instruments, even armored vehicles.
Of course, the weather in the mountains may disrupt the locator and communication network, and a malfunction may cause the instrument to fail, but what is the probability of these two things happening at the same time?
And then there's a fog that blocks all view?
Basically impossible.
Something must have happened, and their mission is to find out what happened.
Jacob looked at the officer. He was observing many traces extending from this clearing, but Jacob didn't think he could find anything.
It has been a week, and the last heavy rain probably washed away all other traces.
However, they wouldn't find anything if they didn't look for it.
There are 120 people present, and another 100 recruits have been transferred to the White Templar. They will perform their duties in a brand new battle group, because the legion has been indoctrinated during the brainwashing stage. details, so no one felt any discomfort about it.
Because one day they will be brothers again.
(End of this chapter)