"Wow, I heard that there were thousands of Titans fighting here during the Horus Heresy?"
Li Lin of the 11th Company was as fussy as ever. During Talos's absence, there will be Sabourin leads them, with Cassati assisting.
"There may not be any here. But the total number is about the same."
Cassati raised his eyes and saw that on the red earth, countless metal debris formed a hilly area of dozens of kilometers. This was the final result of the rebels recycling some of it after the war, and the Mechanicus recycling some of it after their victory.
If it were the original situation, the imagination of these young soldiers now would not be able to describe the steel purgatory-like scene at that time.
Perhaps thinking of something, the expedition veteran let out a long sigh.
"What a terrible war."
Sablin crossed his arms and stared at the ancient battlefield, then turned to Kassati.
"How does Istvan Five compare with this place?"
Cassati shook his head.
"They are both nightmares and tragedies. You don't want to experience them yourself."
"Oh, that-"
Li Lin suddenly pointed to the most conspicuous "mountain" on the battlefield. "Hill", if you don't look carefully, you will think it is really a natural hill, because its surface is covered with a thick layer of dust, but if you look carefully, you can still see some outlines, and beside it, there are still A giant marble sculpture with a visual height of more than 100 meters. It is carved into the image of a heroic long-haired angel wearing armor, with wings on his back, holding a sword and a spear, and seems to be angrily stabbing at the enemy.
And this image is also the most common one in imperial icon paintings, belonging to only one original body -
"The outline of the Titan's body, could it be..."
".According to war history, the Axis of the World, the Emperor-class Titan, was the only Emperor-class Titan destroyed by the original body himself, and the one who destroyed it was the great Sanguinius!"
< br>Faisal, wearing a breathing mask, looked a little too short among the Space Marines, especially compared with Soshyan, but this did not affect his eloquent "popularization" of Soshyan's history.
".The great angel single-handedly entered the fallen Titan, sweeping away the evil like a golden hurricane"
Soshiyan no longer cared much about what Feisal said later. He just stared at the fallen Emperor Titan. He knew the majesty and power of that thing better than anyone else, but now this real god's machine fell to the ground, showing a posture of bending down and saluting. As if bowing in homage to its conqueror.
Perhaps the internal damage was too severe, or there were no longer enough resources on hand to move it. The rebels who were eager to march to Terra did not recover the Titan even after they occupied the planet after victory.
Due to its strong symbolic significance, the High Lords Council did not allow the Adeptus Mechanicus to touch this Titan, which actually looked relatively complete on the outside. After retrieving the planet, a statue of Sanguinius was transported here. And formed a unique landscape.
However, Lysander, who poured cold water on him, later revealed the actual situation. The Betagarmon II planet that Sanguinius wanted to attack was originally just a bait for Horus. Between Sanguinius and his While the army almost completely wiped out the rebels on Beta Garmon Planet 2, the space station above Planet 2 was detonated by the rebels. Countless debris fell from the sky and turned into a meteor shower, and Sanguinius' army was almost completely destroyed.
This is why the planet is full of impact craters and debris. Of course, this has long been an eternal unsolved mystery for the current empire, and the truth is just lying quietly in the ancient archives of the former founding group.
“It’s a pity. If the empire could still gather such power, how could it be so miserable on the battlefields?”
Jacob stared at the ancient battlefield with a telescope and was shocked by the ruins from the bottom of his heart.
"Even if the empire still has such power, it may not have the courage and brains to use it."
Robin not far away suddenly said something, and Jacob looked towards This champion didn't know why the other party suddenly talked to him.
And his words are a bit strange.
“It was the Primarch who commanded such power. Who in the empire can assume such responsibility now?”
Jacob was slightly startled by the other party's next words, and then subconsciously looked in Soshiyang's direction.
Robin just smiled lightly and said nothing more. He just continued to look at the ancient battlefield.
After leaving Beta Garmon II, the fleet went to Beta Garmon III and visited the ruins of the collapsed Astrology Tower, which was also transformed into a commemorative scene. Six Titan statues from different legions are scattered around the ruins hundreds of meters high. They still keep their muzzles raised, as if they are ready to fight against the incoming enemies at any time.
At that time, the planet's defenders fell into the trap of diverting the tigers away from the mountains. As a result, the Astropathic Tower was defended by only 6 Titans from the four Titan legions of Nova Guard, Voidwalker, Fireweave and Imperial Hunters, and they had to They faced a complete Legion of Deathskull Titans, but the defenders were undaunted and fought the enemy to the death with an absolute numerical disadvantage.
But in the end, the defenders were defeated, the thousand-meter-high Astropathic Tower was destroyed, Betagalmon III was no longer able to organize resistance, and the passage to Terra was opened.
The day when the astrological spiers of Beta Garmon III collapsed was recorded as the day when the cluster's fate came to an end and the Warmaster's armies began their final advance toward the heart of the Imperium of Man.
At this time, Faisal was no longer in a hurry to let Soshyan go to Terra, and allowed him to visit various "places of interest".
However, just as Soshyan spent more than a week preparing to end his tour of the Beta-Galmon Star Cluster, a shocking news was conveyed to the fleet through human power, and this news came from the Mountain Formation, the Imperial Fist. The messenger brought bad news.
Vladimir Pugh, Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists, was ambushed by Tyranid genestealers while leading two companies to deal with the space hulk that crashed to the ground in Draxing, and unfortunately died in battle. !
When the news arrived, not only was everyone shocked, but the Chapter Master of a founding regiment ended his service to the Emperor in this way. Lysander was even more grieved and immediately bid farewell to Soshiyang quickly. Rush back to the mountain formation.
Vladimir Pugh gave Soshyan a lot of help when he first became the leader of the Astral Knights Chapter. Later, he also took the Astral Knights under his wings and avoided a lot of troubles from Terra. The sacrifice left Soshyan not only stunned, but also sad.
So Soshyan also wanted to rush to the Mountain Formation immediately, but Andal Skairion persuaded him.
Outsiders should not get involved immediately, because with Pew's death, another very sensitive issue will soon be involved -
Who will succeed the Imperial Fists next? Chapter leader?
There is no doubt that Lysander, as the first company commander, is the most likely. If Soshyan returns with Lysander at this time, he will be suspected of interfering in the internal affairs of the founding group.