Chapter 2251 Entering the Palace
Hearing that Soshyan had to enter the palace alone, Maximili turned to look at his Chapter Leader. He was about to say something, but the other party immediately raised his hand.
"It's okay. Mark, when you go back, tell Ustad to take the soldiers to Dorne Fortress."
"Yes."
Then Soshyan looked at He glanced at the sword at his waist and said with a smile:
"Then do I need to remove my weapons?"
"No, there is no reason for us to treat a commander who has returned victoriously so harshly."
As he spoke, the two doors slowly opened. Exposing the dim passage, Soshyan walked into the inner city of the palace surrounded by a group of forbidden troops.
When he walked through the protective wall, he finally realized how thick the city wall was. At least the bottom was more than a hundred meters thick, and he saw the opening in the dark wall. Thick alloy gates mean that if someone intrudes, these gates will close immediately.
The team remained silent, and there were only the footsteps of people in the dim passage. Soshyan was not sure how many pairs of eyes he was watching during the process.
When they walked out of the long, dim palace wall passage, the first thing they saw was a huge tower standing in the distance. He had read the relevant introduction and knew that it was the Overlord Tower of the Forbidden Army - at the same time It is also the combat command center of the Forbidden Army, coordinating various security measures in the palace, concentrating numerous data sources and security systems, and supervising all buildings in the palace.
Probably at this time he is also the subject of focus and supervision.
Farther away, he could only barely make out the greatest building in the palace - the Imperial Senate, which was almost the apex of the entire palace and was only shorter than the Emperor's Forbidden Palace. It was like a distant mountain, hazy and indistinct, like a thin gray line standing on a stormy ground.
When he looked back at the parapet, he saw more details.
The entire protective wall seems to be divided into more than a dozen layers. Some are train tracks that transport ammunition to the defense towers, some are giant pipes that provide energy for the void shield, and some are extended take-off and landing platforms. Gunships and aircraft can be seen. Stopping on it, the entire city wall spreads for hundreds of kilometers with a majestic momentum. It is definitely not protected by the Forbidden Army. The defenders are basically mortals, such as the Lucifer Black Guards in black armor and the palace sentries in white robes. Guards, some of them are standing at their posts, and some are constantly patrolling as a team, and their barracks are inside the protective wall.
Most of them will probably not be able to leave the city wall until they retire.
The inside of the palace is completely different from the outside. Although Terra is the heart of the human empire, it is still like other human cities, dirty, chaotic, full of various metal extensions and complex maze streets. However, it is almost a different world inside the palace.
In fact, there are not many buildings in it, and they are basically huge ancient castles. All the walls are plated with gold and similar warm colors. You can see gurgling fountains and standing imperial palaces everywhere. The statue of the emperor, the road is sandwiched by green shades and flower beds, and there is even a small pavilion for people to rest and watch next to the huge man-made lake. Grapes are planted on and around the pavilion, because the place where the palace was built was to directly cut off the hillside after constructing the terrain. form, so it looks very flat.
You can see servants in a hurry everywhere here. The entire palace is even divided into an outer hall and an inner hall. Just maintaining the normal operation of the outer hall area requires billions of service personnel, and the outer hall The palace area also has key departments such as the Obsidian Fortress, the Imperial Archives Fortress, and the Central Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Of course, walking through the outer temple area is a waste of time, so the Forbidden Army prepared the aircraft, and Soshyan boarded the cabin directly and headed straight for the inner temple area.
During this process, Valyrian said nothing, and Soshyan could only look boredly at the scenery of the Imperial Palace passing by outside the window.
About ten minutes later, the airship landed, and landed in a huge square.
This square is circular in shape and has a diameter of more than two kilometers. When Soshyan stepped out of the cabin, he was immediately attracted by those huge statues. Statues of the originals stood around the square, each one nearly a hundred meters high. From the resolute expression of Dorn to the compassionate face of Sanguinius, each one was vivid, as if Soshyan had seen a living person again. Of them——
Llane, Jaghatai, Leman Russ, Dorn, Ferrus, Sanguinius, Guilliman, Vulkan, Corax , nine original bodies, presented here in different forms.
At a certain moment, Soshyan's brain felt a twinge of pain, his body swayed, and he subconsciously reached out to hold something beside him.
But then a strong big hand supported his elbow.
“What’s wrong?”
Valyrian’s confused voice came from under the golden pointed helmet.
Soshyan shook his head hard.
"Nothing, nothing. Nothing."
After taking a few deep breaths, he walked into the sunshine.
There should have been 20 statues of Primarchs here, but after the Great Rebellion, the statues of the Rebel Primarchs were also torn down, leaving only 9 Loyal Primarchs, so they are also called the 9 Primarchs. Square, but few know that there were two other Primarchs whose statues disappeared long before the Heresy.
In clockwise order, Soshyan's target quietly swept towards the base of the eleventh statue.
What kind of person should be on the empty pedestal?
After entering the inner temple area, there were far fewer people. Attendants in white robes stood on both sides of the walkway, holding incense burners in their hands and lowering their heads slightly.
The air is thick with smoke, servants have lit the incense burners in the cloisters and halls, and there are many huge niches beside the walkways that survived the bombardment of the siege of Terra. , has been gazing at the majestic courtyard of the inner palace for ten thousand years.
After walking on the Golden Trail, Soshyan entered the corridor leading to the Senate. There were not only servants here, but also the Imperial Guards on patrol. They held decorated spears and watched with vigilance. Every corner.
But seeing them, Soshyan just felt it was a pity. These forbidden troops are famous for being the most outstanding. They should be the best and most capable warriors in the empire at present, but for the guilt of the past, oaths, ceremonies and honors , they have stayed in the palace to serve, wasting their powerful strength here, wasting their time in this place where war will almost never come again, day after day, night after night, in perfectly painted armor. patrol.
The Emperor needs protection, but the Empire needs protection even more.
Soon, the destination of this trip, the Imperial Senate, appeared in front of them.
Before seeing this building, Soshyan first saw the statue of Dorn standing on the east side of the Senate. He heard about it from Tyrion, who was said to be the primarch Kili Man's decision, he hopes that his brother will always watch and monitor the brain of this human regime.
(End of this chapter)