Chapter 1614 Quanzhou Palace
From the outside, Quanzhou Palace is a huge castle towering into the clouds, but after entering the interior, Soshyan realized that it was indeed a palace.
The culture of Chegoris is very different from the mainstream culture of the empire. Inside the outer barrier composed of rock and steel, most of them are wooden buildings. The tall towers inside are all octagonal and decorated with golden Glazed tiles are laid out layer by layer. The entire main building of Quanzhou Palace has an outstretched front eaves, four pillars, and a long corridor surrounding it, giving it an antique look.
Soshyan passed through one hall after another, and many trophies obtained by the White Scars in battles since the Legion era were displayed and placed in the halls, from primitive daggers to ones as tall as a person. Alien war blades, and even the sharp claws of some arthropods.
After that, they entered a spacious front hall from the corridor. The top of the front hall was covered with shining crystals. Many attendants in fur robes stood in front of the walls, holding incense burners.
On the far wall, the Legion's lightning logo is embedded in the snow-white stone.
Below the lightning mark are huge Adamant metal blast-proof doors. These doors lead to the audience room of Quanzhou Palace. Two terminators hold heavy Guandao and guard the entrance like door gods, their faces hidden Behind the sloping grille of the power armor, the helmet was adorned with horsehair dyed black.
As the blast door opened, Soshiyang followed Subodeng Khan into this exotic hall.
The hall is very large, estimated to be 700 to 800 square meters, with conspicuous red columns and metal grilles. But the most eye-catching thing is that the walls around the hall are hung with tapestries made of countless animal skins. The same huge curtain almost covered the walls of the entire hall, making it look like a huge tent.
However, there are countless opposite windows on the soft curtain partitions on each side, which are lined with light gauze, making them transparent.
The central axis of the hall was paved with a checkered red carpet, and at the end was a huge metal brazier. Soshyan moved forward along this line.
The place smelled of leather, furnaces and incense. The flames burned in the brazier, burning the metal inner walls black. From the hall to the dome and down to the floor, the mystery of Chegoris was everywhere. runes.
On both sides of the red carpet, stood white-scarred Khans, with the emblems of their own fraternities on their shoulder pads. All eyes were focused on Soshyan, some scrutinizing and some guessing. Be curious.
Across the brazier, Soshyan saw a huge ivory throne high at the end of the hall. It must have belonged to the original body, but it had been vacant for nearly ten thousand years.
There is another stalwart warrior standing on the steps lower than the throne. His face is like a heavy date, his lips are greased, there is a lightning-shaped scar on his cheek, and his bald head is only short. Her short braids hung down her head, and she was looking at Soshyan with slightly squinted eyes, stroking her long beard.
Without any introduction, Soshyan could guess that this was the current leader of the White Scars Chapter, Juba Khan.
Although Juba Khan has the same name as another Khan of the Great Crusade era legion, he is a new generation in the 41st millennium. In 943.M41, the former Great Khan's whereabouts are unknown due to fighting with the Dark Eldar. Later, Juba succeeded to the position of Great Khan - before he successfully passed the test set by the Storm Prophet.
During his tenure as Great Khan, Juba experienced countless battles with aliens. One of his greatest achievements was during the Jopal uprising, when he led the battle group to launch several raids in succession, which was a heavy blow. Attacked enemy supply and communication lines.
Under such an attack, the enemy was forced to divert a large number of troops to deal with the White Scars, and the Imperial Guard was able to take the opportunity to break through the weakly defended enemy front line and finally quell the rebellion.
Strictly speaking, Juba has not served as chapter leader as long as Soshyan, but he served more than two hundred years earlier than Soshyan.
Standing with Juba Khan was an old man holding a long bone staff, with white beard and hair, and a face full of vicissitudes of life.
Like Juba, almost without asking, Soshiyan also knew that he was one of the oldest think tank directors in the empire, the Storm Prophet Ogedai.
Suboden Khan, who was leading the way for Soshyan, stopped in front of the steps, then nodded to Juba Khan and returned to his seat.
When everyone entered, the explosion-proof door was immediately closed, and the light from the bronze luminous tubes shone on the surrounding white walls. There were about seventy white-scarred warriors standing on the tiled floor. It seemed that not only There were khans from various brotherhoods, as well as some commanding and senior veterans. "Welcome to Chegoris, His Excellency Soshyan Alexey, Supreme Lord Commander of the Maelstrom Expeditionary Force."
When Juba Khan spoke slowly, his thunderous voice echoed between the curtains of the audience hall. Over the decades since he became Chapter Master, his broken and determined face has become harder, and the zigzag scars on his face have become paler. Although the ancient finely crafted power armor was carefully maintained, battle marks such as burn marks, gouges, and dents still remained.
It is said that this set of armor was passed down from the legendary warrior Juba Khan of the Great Crusade.
The same armor, worn by a person with the same name ten thousand years later, seems to represent some kind of reincarnation of fate.
However, his strong Chegris accent also made Soshyan have to listen very carefully so as not to misunderstand what he was about to say. Even because of the heavy accent, Chegris was actually not one of the official languages of the empire. is classified as Low Gothic.
"Juba Khan is welcome, and I am very happy to be able to come to Chegoris, the glorious place that represents the White Scars."
Listening to the standard High Gothic, Juba Khan looked at Soshyan, with a mysterious smile on his face, while his left hand gently stroked the dragon head handle of the scimitar at his waist.
"As the saying goes, when the leaves rustle, there must be wind. Captain Soshiyang must not be here just to see the scenery."
Soshiyang's response to White Scar In fact, they are quite unfamiliar. He has never had any contact with these soldiers in his service life, not even in the sub-regiment, but at least they seem to be a group of straightforward soldiers.
If you are a straightforward person, use a straightforward communication method.
“As the founding group closest to the Maelstrom area, the White Scars are not only your group, but also the sub-groups from your group are basically active in the Maelstrom area to guard against the heretics lurking in the Maelstrom area. And Alien, I came on this expedition hoping to get your help and guidance, because I know Huron is a terrible opponent, and even if I am lucky enough to defeat him once, it does not mean that I will not be able to do it again. "< br>
Juba Khan nodded slightly.
“Well, a real river must be quiet, and a truly capable person must be humble. If the leader of the Soshiyang Chapter has this awareness, this expedition must be successful even if it is full of difficulties. One day, but-"
Khan's sudden words immediately made Soshiyang's heart skip a beat.
"Actually, I made arrangements after receiving the news of the expedition, but according to the markings of the fleet in orbit, the Dark Angels have already joined the expedition, right?"
Although not He knew what the other party's intention was for suddenly mentioning this, but Soshyan still nodded honestly.
"Yes."
"And if I remember correctly, one of the ships is often used by the Ravenwing Company."
"This time, the Grand Master Azrael appointed Sa Mentor Muir led the Crow Wing Company to participate in the expedition. "
"That's it."
After that, Juba Khan turned his eyes to the pillar on the right side of Soshyan. people.
(End of this chapter)