Chapter 1299 Regret
Standard Terra Calendar, 957.M41
Storm Star Field, Nessen Galaxy, Nessin IV
Soshyan never thought, When he comes home one day, he will be greeted by a funeral.
He walked all the way down from the landing platform, looking back only once, in order to watch the Thunder Eagle soar into the sky in a burst of dirty smoke and fly into the clear blue sky.
There were more than ten aircraft taking off and landing around. After the soldiers left the cabin, they lined up and started to walk off the platform. Everyone's face was very heavy, because the monastery fortress was raided by the Dark Eldar had been decided by each of them. The company commander informed them.
After years of expansion, the monastery fortress is now far from a fortress. Even cable cars and railways have been built on the original mountain road, and many box-like carriages move along the wide paved road.
The paved track spreads on the main roads outside the monastery fortress, and trams run along seemingly endless cables. The wheel wells of the trams are equipped with sharp-toothed chains. The wheels can bite into the grooves on the track, allowing these self-powered vehicles to move around. This prevents the air around the monastery from being polluted by engine exhaust and noise, replaced by the occasional tearing sound and carriages. Clicking sounds when switching tracks and passing anchor points.
These metal vehicles that ply the main roads come in a variety of sizes, from small passenger vans to huge tractor-trailers and three-decker freight trucks.
But only the servants and auxiliary personnel of the Chapter can ride on these vehicles, and these are basically built for them to increase their work efficiency.
After walking through the Avenue of Glory, which only Space Marines can walk, Soshyan arrived at the entrance of the monastery fortress, where Elena, Armin and others were already waiting.
Elena was wearing a simple black mourning dress. Her face could be seen through the black gauze hat. Her flawless skin and black hair could not hide the worry in her eyes. ——No matter how beautiful she was, it was overshadowed by the sadness that occupied her eyes.
The servants had already set up the torches, and in every corner were piles of tall piles of sacrificial grease candles, images of the Emperor, paper offerings, and resin badges.
Occasionally there is the sound of whips waving, but that might just be the sound of cables.
Looking at Armin's face mixed with guilt and self-blame, Soshyan sighed, feeling as if someone stabbed him in the chest.
And before his eyes, sorrow also surrounded the Tenth Company Commander, as if everything that made him up and made him who he was had been taken out and then destroyed.
"Chapter Master, I"
Perhaps for the first time since becoming a Space Marine, Armin's tears welled up as he sobbed, and he could not stop them even if he wanted to.
".I did not perform my duties well."
Soshyan stepped forward and grabbed the other person's arm.
"Then remember this regret and seek repayment from those fallen aliens ten times in the future!"
Armin nodded, his tears disappeared, leaving only a strong desire for revenge.
"I will definitely do it!"
Soshyan patted him on the shoulder and walked towards the door. He needed to see those dead soldiers with his own eyes.
Twenty-seven people, this is the final number.
When he came to the morgue and looked at the rows of corpses of recruits, Soshyan's expression almost became distorted.
It's not like he has never had his subordinates die before, and some occasions were much more serious than this one. However, the simple and cruel death of these recruits made him feel extremely guilty.
Soshyan could only barely resist the constant indignation and accusations in his heart, where there was a voice that kept accusing him of everything that happened.
At the same time, in his heart, he once again saw what the great Eldar prophet had said to him -
Comorra seems to be eyeing you.
But he never fully heeded this advice and almost forgot about it until it was too late.
“I will make all the bastards responsible pay the price!”
Soshiyan swore to the dead soldiers:
“Definitely!”
"Chapter Commander" Suddenly, a strange voice came. Soshiyang turned around and saw a recruit with a bandage around his neck looking at him.
After thinking for a moment, he recalled that this recruit was named Jacob, and he was one of the adapters for Gray Marrow.
"Ms. Veronica saved us."
Jacob hesitated for a moment, then continued:
"She is a psyker, but It doesn’t matter, we might all be dead without her.”
As he said that, he looked back at the recruits standing behind him, and then looked back at Soshyan.
"We will definitely rescue her! We owe her a life."
Soshiyang nodded slightly.
"Yes, but now, let us send these brothers off for the last time."
The funeral of the Space Marines is not complicated. After condolences to the fallen, the warriors Escort them to the battle group's mausoleum.
The mausoleum is deep underground in the monastery fortress. During the construction of the surface buildings, skilled craftsmen carved out many tombs and passages, and the soldiers walked heavily through a row of tombs prepared for them.
In addition to the tombs, there are some sculptures here. Their figures are frozen in the moment of fighting ugly stone demons or aliens. This is also their only tombstone, from Dakia to the Eye of Hell, from Armageddon Suddenly we arrived at Pai Mingxing, where nearly a hundred battle brothers had been buried in just a few decades.
Soshyan walked behind the Chapter Chaplain Chief Yazdan. The Chaplain wore full black power armor, his face hidden under a bronze skeleton helmet.
As a Chaplain, he is also the guardian of the undead of the Chapter, just as he is the guardian of the souls of the living.
Behind Soshyan, the combat brothers carried the coffin, in which lay the remains of the fallen recruits from the tenth company. They were all covered with pure white shrouds.
The funeral procession walked through the tomb in silence. There were niches carved out of the rock formations on both sides of the extending wall. Each one contained a helmet or a weapon. The inscriptions visible on the floor recorded these armors. and which warrior the weapon came from.
Finally, they came to a large tomb, and Soshyan led the team into it. There were many empty pedestals.
“Honoring the holy and pure Emperor of Mankind, battle brother Cirillo Aaron of the Tenth Company once faced the fierce and stubborn enemy, was not afraid of powerful enemies, exhausted all his ammunition, and died in a bloody battle.”
Pastor The long voice was low and solemn, echoing throughout the tomb.
". Defeat the enemy with a bare blade, take death as a festival, the emperor has mercy, guard the king, the world is endless, the war is endless, the throne is on top, thousands of ministers have the certificate, the loyal soul is immortal, forever."< br>
Yazdan continued to recite, and all the soldiers lowered their heads. Behind them, the young recruits listened carefully to every word of the priest, trying to figure out the meaning contained in the eulogy.
About two hours later, the chief priest concluded with a memorial prayer, and then the machine slave with a white shell closed the lid of the sarcophagus, filled the gaps with soil, and at the same time turned the direction of part of the sarcophagus—— This was so that the dead could find their way back to Terra and make their way to the arms of the Emperor.
"By His holy name and grace, you will rest here until the throne calls the fallen warriors to serve Him again."
The last words of the priest were read to the dead. , which also represents the end of the funeral.
Finally, Soshiyang said:
"Praise the Emperor, our determination is just a reflection of His will, as it should be!"
"This should be so."
Everyone then repeated the chant, and candles lit around the tomb. Gloomy and flash——
(End of this chapter)