Just when Bahram was about to teach Jacob a lesson, a recruit came over and touched Bahram's shoulder.
“Sergeant Bahram, that——”
Bahram turned around and saw a figure leaning against the equipment rack at the entrance with his hands folded, with a handsome face But he has a slightly gloomy face, and his hair, which is longer than the others, is tied back on his head, and he is staring here with burning eyes.
"Robin, when did you come?"
The person who came was none other than Robin from the second company. He saw that the other person was also wearing training clothes. Then he put down his arms and walked to the training in a leisurely manner. In the field.
"Let's see you."
Walking to Jacob's side, Robin suddenly flicked and picked with his toes, and then held the training sword in mid-air in his hand.
“It seems that we haven’t trained for a long time?”
Bahram pursed his lips, then forced a smile and said:
“Sorry, Robin, maybe today It’s not very convenient. I have to take everyone to the shooting range later. If you are late, the company commander should blame me.”
"It won't take long, Bahram, why have you been avoiding me?"
"No"
"I know you don't want to have sex with you and me in a crowded place. One's training, but here."
Robin glanced around.
“You only have brothers from the Tenth Company, so you no longer need to have any scruples, and this is also an education for them, isn’t it?”
Speaking of which, when Bahram realized that the eyes of the battle brothers were focused on him, he knew that this "fight" was inevitable. As Robin said, he was indeed deliberately avoiding this Champion, especially after the opponent obtained almost the most valuable medal in the Maelstrom, Robin declined several invitations to the arena for various reasons.
This brought him some bad reputation, but Bahram did not retreat. It was not because he was afraid, but because he thought that he was just a sergeant in the Tenth Company, while Robin was recognized by everyone. Including the champion recognized by the Chapter Leader, whether he wins or loses, it will cause waves within the Chapter. After all, in a sense, he represents the Tenth Company. Failure is not the result he wants, but victory——
Therefore, he would rather others call him a coward behind his back.
But as Robin said, this is a relatively "private" place, and it is in front of company soldiers.
"Okay. It's true that we haven't had one-on-one training for a long time."
A smile broke out on Robin's face.
“That’s right, brother.”
The recruits gathered in a circle, looking forward to the championship showdown. This is not a scene that is often seen, in some people’s minds , does not think Bahram is worse than Robin - like Jacob.
After saluting each other, the two of them rushed towards each other at the same time without even putting on any posture.
Amidst the exclamations of the recruits, the two training swords danced into a dazzling light and shadow. The confrontation between the two sides was so fast that the sound of the swords clashing was as dense as an alarm bell.
Robin's unnatural speed is legendary. Sometimes he nimbly gets close to his opponent and uses a series of stabs and chops to force Bahram to retreat. Sometimes he uses feints or a combination of virtual and real skills to constantly turn his sweep into a downward cut. Or with an upward move, the blade is pointed directly at Bahram's heart.
In response, Bahram’s intricate swordsmanship was as good as that of a fallen hero. Concentration and determination shrouded the slightly thin face of the recruit company sergeant like a mask. Facing that The offensive surges like waves, like a huge rock. Face it fearlessly and resolve it with deft blocking and counterattacks without losing any opportunity.
As the two sides began to move, the white-hot sparks also left intricate trails in the sky.
“Yes, yes, that’s it, brother, you hide it so well.”
From the outside, it seems that Bahram has started to have back and forth with Robin. But instead of seeing impatience and frustration, Robin's face showed a rare smile, a genuine smile and excitement.
The next moment, his attacks became deadlier and faster, all aimed at the target with the determination to kill. He first struck hard and missed Bahram's sword that was slashing towards his neck, then changed his move upwards, and then changed his direction for the second time. The movement was so fast as if everything was planned.
When Bahram tried to destroy his opponent's sword path, his swordsmanship suddenly showed an obvious flaw. Robin's sword keenly seized the opportunity and stabbed Bachram hard. Ram's chest.
However, this was also a trap, and Bahram's sword blade also touched Robin's abdomen from bottom to top.
In an instant, a strong electric current forced the two people to bounce away from each other.
Bahram glanced at the mark etched out by the training suit on his chest, shook his head with a smile, and put away his sword.
"Robin, you are still as powerful as ever. You won."
Robin did not feel the joy of victory. He just looked down at the small ablation mark on his abdomen. , frowning.
In his mind, he was deducing what would happen next if the two of them were fighting to the death -
His sword would penetrate Bahram's heart. Heart, yes, but a Space Marine has two hearts, and Bahram's sword would cut open his chest from top to bottom to his neck.
Robin's expression was gloomy, then he took a deep breath and threw the sword towards Jacob.
“Bahram, I don’t understand, why do you keep hiding yourself?”
Bahram was silent for a moment and said slowly:
“Robin, I I don’t quite understand what you mean by hiding, if you mean on the battlefield. My first responsibility is to guide and protect the recruits of the 10th Company, rather than rushing to the front to fight the enemy. This is my responsibility. "
"So you let it bind you like a chain, and your sword?"
"Responsibility is never a constraint, it is the meaning of our existence."
Robin looked at Bahram, finally turned around and walked towards the slowly opening door of the training room.
"I'm waiting for the day when you can take off your responsibilities and have a good fight with me."
After Robin left, Jacob walked to Bahram.
"Sergeant, actually you didn't lose just now, did you? If it was really——"
Bahram turned to glare at him.
"Is it meaningful to fight for this kind of victory?"
"Well, actually, I am also curious, why are you unwilling to show yourself in the arena, sergeant? Maybe this way you can go to the first company Or."
"What? You find me annoying?"
"No, no. Oh, by the way, the question I wanted to ask just now is why only the Holy Hammer Order has something like Saturn. Stronghold? Where are the other two orders? ”
"Because the Order of the Holy Hammer has the earliest and oldest history. How did you learn the history of the Empire?"
"Okay. But I really want to go to Saturn to see it."
< br>"What a beautiful idea! Organize everyone to go to the shooting range for training immediately!"
In fact, it is not just soldiers like Jacob, even Soshyan wants to see the mysterious Saturn. It is said that its Each moon is dotted with fortresses and prisons, and the cells filled with anti-psionic equipment contain countless enemies captured by the Daemon Inquisitors from all over the galaxy, including probably many Chaos Space Marines and Daemons.
Perhaps an acquaintance of Soshyan’s is among them? (Kayon should also be imprisoned in Saturn instead of Terra in the original work)
But he could only think about it. He didn't want to offend those plague gods now, especially when the Gray Knights seemed to have some special views on him.