Chapter 1540 Acting Captain Bahram
Standard Terra Calendar 959.M41
Storm Sector, Torrent Sector, Anvil Galaxy, Kunsterian Hive
Bahram surveyed the seaside building. Its remaining walls protruded from the overgrown rubble. The entire ruins exuded a strong smell of death and blood, a smell long enough to penetrate into the stone. The breath in it.
Before the rebellion broke out, this place was a slaughterhouse. Fish and other giant beasts in the sea were dragged here from the dock by sailors to be slaughtered. The industrious fishermen harvested the meat from their catch. Each part, the least attractive ones, became food for the inhabitants of the underhive, the bones were ground into powder and became the waste of distant farmlands, and finally became the natural food served on the tables of nobles.
However, the space marine felt an unsettling familiarity with the place.
His eyes roamed the area, trying to restore what the building looked like not long ago.
"The new recruits have been deployed."
A shadow approached Bahram, revealing his figure when he turned his head, and did not hide the laziness in his voice.
Wearing dim silver armor painted with lightning symbols, Sablin squatted beside him, followed by eleven "veterans" of the 11th company, including Li Lin.
During Talos's absence, Acting Chapter Commander Ustad gave the task of leading the 11th Company to Bahram and made him the Acting Company Commander. At this time, he was leading the new recruits to undergo a practical training, and The battlefield is a hive where rebellion broke out.
In fact, the rebellion was put down five days ago, but the source of the rebellion has not yet been determined. This time, Bahram led the 11th Company to pull out the roots that had been rooted in the nest for who knows how long. cancer.
“Do they all understand what they are going to do?”
Bahram asked in a low voice, and Sabourin nodded.
"They have been told that they are responsible for observing and listening, as well as dealing with peripheral enemies, and the rest is left to the veterans."
In fact, it is not appropriate to use veterans to describe Sablin and others, because they have not served for long, but they are indeed the only veterans in the 11th Company.
"I hope you have warned them. I will read the records of this operation carefully. Any actions of anyone will affect their future responsibilities in the company and the chapter."
Recruits They were divided into several groups, and there were several veterans mixed in each group.
However, Bahram knows very well that compared with the mortal guards, the transformed recruits have many advantages, but vigilance and discipline are not one of them, especially in the unique company of the 11th Company inside.
The recruits need to keep an eye on all directions, an ear on all sides, and stick to their posts no matter what happens. If they find any cultist trying to escape through a hidden door or secret passage, they must immediately sound the alarm. and deal with these fugitives.
Of course, if anyone breaks into the battlefield, they will be regarded as a member of the cult and will be killed without mercy.
Bahram hopes to destroy the entire cult on this night and not let a single fish slip through the net.
Originally, a few of them could do these things, but the real purpose of the operation was to let the recruits learn responsibility and discipline.
“Then take action.”
Sabrin turned around from Bahram and signaled to the warriors around them, and the Night Dires began to take action and entered the ruins. The slaughterhouse moves forward slowly in eerie silence.
Although they were wearing power armor, they didn't make any noise during their actions.
They had figured out the deployment of guards in this stronghold long ago, and knew that if outsiders approached their evil temple, the guards would rely on the clicking sound of debris disturbed by footsteps to warn them.
Bahram carefully walked to the place where the secret door was hidden. According to the prisoner's intelligence, when the cult gathered, the entrance would be firmly locked.
Soon, they arrived at the door. Li Lin stepped forward and used a cutting beam to cut on the edge of the sunken door panel.
No matter how hard the cult tried to seal the door, they could not withstand the power of the Space Marines. It only took them a moment to open the door.
The hinges tied to the surface of the door were torn apart silently by the beam, and then the steel bars were shattered by the huge force. All this was done in complete silence. The moment the door was knocked open, half of the warriors quickly poured into the gaping hole. Their movements could be as fast as black cats at midnight, while the remaining half responded outside the door.
As soon as Bahram came in, he smelled the smell of blood wafting from the large pit in front.
“Spread out, move.”
Bahram issued an order, and at his gesture, three night-gaunts descended into the pit, followed by him and Bahram, and the rest Those who were guarding the door followed behind.
Sablin and Li Lin were at the front, responsible for dealing with enemy sentries.
It didn’t take long for Bahram to see the first batch of processed sentinels - three crumpled figures scattered in a pool of contaminated blood on the floor, each of them with stains on their foreheads. The emblem of Khorne.
The walls of the underground passage are made of ancient rocks, with a layer of old blood scab on the surface. The ground is dark red mud, with bloated leeches crawling in it.
Bahram could feel the hateful taint in the air, and he wondered how long the cult had been flourishing to fill the place with traces of filth.
Perhaps this evil had been prevalent here for a long time before the rebellion broke out.
Vaguely, another kind of noise came from far away.
“This way.”
As the sign language came out, heavy boots stirred the blood-stained soil, and fat leeches squirmed on the rotting flesh in the ditch.
“This must be part of the old sewer.”
Sabrin came to Bahram and cast his gaze towards the vaulted ceiling above his head.
"That explains the blood. When the slaughterhouses were still in operation, this was where people dumped vats of blood."
Bahram nodded.
“But now this kind of filth cannot simply be called blood. It is more like being summoned through dirty rituals, resurrected from the resentment and cruelty of the dead, and twisted into something that does not belong to Realistic things, this is a typical manifestation of chaos pollution."
Bahram paused, squinting his eyes as he considered the evil power surrounding him. After becoming familiar with the gray marrow, he began to understand. The power of subspace has gained a certain degree of recognition.
"Huh? It seems a bit unreasonable. If it is a temporary madman cult, it should not be able to arouse such power."
Then he shook his head.
“Forget it, dealing with the cult is the top priority.
As the team passed through the dark passage, the noise in the distance became louder and louder.
They followed the tunnel We took several forked roads, and a soldier was deployed at each fork in the road. If any cultist slipped away from here, he would definitely collide with the soldier guarding the exit, leaving a clear record of the escape route and forcing him to They chose the few routes to escape, but the recruits were already waiting outside.
But the only disadvantage was that when they got to the end, only Bahram, Sablin, and others were left in the team. Li Lin and two other warriors totaled five people.
But for the 11th Company, this is still enough.
(End of this chapter)