Chapter 230, Incarnation of the Evil God
"Your new blood...were well cultivated. I almost thought they were all veterans."
Gerrit said to Martins.
After completing the capture of the surface part of the storage center, while the troops were cleaning up the remaining resistance inside the building, the top commander of the operation and the consultant lady finally had time to chat together for a few more words.
Martins was both proud and a little embarrassed about Gerrit's praise.
"Well, they did perform very well indeed. They are the new blood trained and cultivated by the Governor. With the Phoenix training method...it is impossible to train to achieve this effect so quickly. However, they are not your 'veterans' yet." There are too many praises and immature aspects.”
"Indeed." Garrett was not talking nonsense, "That's why I said 'almost'. There are indeed some things they did not do well enough, such as not being ruthless enough when attacking, and not being able to strictly adhere to dogma and adapt to changes. , I don’t know what to do to better protect myself on the battlefield..."
She talked about a lot of shortcomings, and Martins nodded frequently.
It's all true.
The attack was not ruthless enough. This was because he had not seen enough blood and was not trained enough. He did not know how to use the tragic battlefield conditions to inflict a stronger psychological blow on the enemies who were still alive. He had not been severely beaten, so he did not know that those enemies who gave up resistance might also be Pull out your weapon and shoot a black shot from behind.
Their adaptability is not enough because they have seen too little and dare not change the thinking inertia imprinted during training. At the same time, it is difficult to think of better solutions in a short period of time, combining the uniqueness of each battle and the The ability to make more targeted judgments is lacking.
The fact that they don't know how to protect themselves is reflected in the fact that they are not proficient enough in using the power armor on their bodies - the training given to them by Lord Governor obviously does not include this part, and the six months of exclusive training for Space Marines is not enough for them to fully use it. All skills become instinctive and can be used as you wish. Moreover, when making some action decisions, the risk assessment is not accurate enough. Recklessness is not the problem, ignorance and recklessness is the problem.
But...
"But even if there are these problems..." Gerrit said, "That's just nitpicking. Only by asking them according to the standards of a real veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles can these problems be picked out. But in reality? I have seen several chapters, and some of their recruits have become official Space Marines for several years, and they also have similar problems. And if they can really get rid of all these problems, yours will. What the war group has is not just new blood, nor even just formal soldiers, but a group of elite veterans.”
At this point, Gerrit looked at Martins with a smile and continued: "To be honest, when I first saw you guys on Angry Owl Star a year and a half ago, I felt very heavy. Although I hope you will These old comrades can stand up again. But reason tells me that the tragic situation you were in at that time will definitely lead to extinction in the future. What I didn't expect was that you actually showed signs of recovery in a year and a half. Yes, I’m really happy for you.”
When he said this, Martins was a little nervous.
On the one hand, blessings from old friends are certainly something that makes people happy. But he was afraid that Garrett would suddenly ask where their gene seeds came from.
But immediately, he realized that Garuit should not have such doubts.
The two of them had not had a detailed communication about the situation of the Phoenix Chapter. Garuit did not know that the Chapter's gene pool had been completely lost. Now, seeing the new eight new members of the Chapter, her natural reaction is that the gene seed bank accumulated by the Phoenix Chapter has played a role, and she will not think about what the Governor did in it.
No one can possibly think that way, because it is unrealistic.
Even if Gritte was confused, she was also confused as to why the success rate of the new blood of the war group cultivated by Lord Governor was so high.
But Martins would not deliberately raise these questions, let alone answer them.
If the misunderstanding is that the Chapter's seed bank is still there, that's a good thing.
Although, Martins no longer struggles with this issue. As long as the gene seed is pure and definitely the seed of the Phoenix, that's fine. He didn't want to delve into it himself, let alone expose the matter.
He, Pastor Rizzo, and the other two veterans were determined to bury this matter deep in their hearts.
……
The reason why Martins and Gerrit had time to chat now was because they were waiting for their soldiers to look for further clues.
The surface part of this storage center is obviously not the headquarters of the original Angry Owl Sect itself.
According to the intelligence, their headquarters is underground.
This group of cult members are guarding this place with all their strength, which probably proves that this is the only way to their headquarters.
But where this entrance is, they haven't found it yet.
Battle Sisters and Witchers are both doing this.
The first to get the result was the demon hunter.
A lady came and interrupted their chat.
Martins remembers her.
This is Milia de Jong, one of several squad leaders in this team of witchers. Martins also knew that she had made a lot of contributions during the alliance's counter-revolutionary campaign some time ago.
At this moment, the girl captain, with a flushed face, reported a piece of news to him:
"We found an entrance to the underground!"
"Oh? That's very good. Thank you for your work." Martins said this first, then turned around and teased Gritte: "It seems that the demon hunters of the Alliance are better than your battle sisters. Even better in this regard.”
Gerrit didn't take it seriously: "It saves trouble, it's always better."
Martins turned his gaze back, and he saw that Milia De Jong seemed to have some news to say.
He frowned: "If there is any information, please report it in detail."
"Yes!" De Rong was excited.
She has always been fearless. However, when facing the Emperor's Angel of Death, looking at the opponent's majestic body, her own height had just reached the opponent's belly, and she had to work hard to raise her head to see the majestic face of Chapter Master Martins, she still I felt a heavy sense of oppression from within, so much so that I was a little cautious when speaking.
She said carefully: "It's not a detailed report, it's just that... we are not sure about this situation either..."
Afterwards, she explained the witcher's discovery to the chapter leader in detail.
After hearing this, Martins really frowned.
According to the demon hunters, they found the underground entrance to the cult headquarters. In addition to the fact that they do have relatively specialized skills in search and exploration, there is another very important factor. One of them has a special skill. The soul-sensing witcher. This person, after activating his ability, discovered that the slain rebels, especially those warlocks wearing gray robes or even blue robes, symbolized the white light spots of their souls, vaguely Through a certain way, drifting to one place.
What he said made the other demon hunters feel a little strange. But based on the idea that it was more or less a clue, they still asked a few people to follow the so-called 'soul light spot' they sensed and go to investigate.
It’s really rewarding.
They found a very secret passage in the ventilation duct. When we followed the ventilation duct to a very thick support column inside the building, we found that the support column turned out to be fake. It was actually hollow and a downward passage.
He didn't act rashly, he just sent people to guard there. If necessary, you can blow up the pillar to expand the passage, and then attack downwards from there.
But before that, the demon hunters were quite concerned about what their companion had discovered about the soul passively floating back to the cult headquarters.
"...We think this is a very bad sign." When De Jong said this, he was no longer so nervous, and his expression naturally took on a very serious look, "Those cultists are obviously doing something, it is very possible It's their desperate struggle. But... we have too little information now to determine what they are doing."
Martins clearly took this clue seriously.
In the past, many experiences of fighting various heretics taught him that he should never underestimate these human traitors who sold their souls to some unknown existence. They will always cause a big incident somewhere and cause terrible losses.
Martins turned to his advisor and asked: "Do you have any ideas?"
Gritte frowned and said: "I... I'm not sure, but this may be related to an intelligence we collected before..."
Later, Gerrit also shared the information she knew.
She spoke very quickly and urgently, and asked Martins to give the order to assemble the team and prepare to attack.
According to her, if the situation observed by the demon hunters at this moment is really the same as the information the battle sisters investigated before, they must act as quickly as possible now.
Martins followed his example and while ordering the team to assemble and prepare for blasting, he also listened carefully to Gerrit's story.
The core goal of the Original Angry Owl Sect, a local cult organization, is the same as many cult organizations seen in the starry sky, which is to bring the evil god they believe in to the world.
But when it comes to them, this is not a lie, but a real possibility.
Because the evil god they believed in, the original angry owl, had a prototype, a belief, and a gathering of spiritual energy. This can be seen from the incarnation of the angry owl that was summoned during the big incident they had in Fuxing City.
Since this is a prototype god born from local beliefs, its power can truly be projected into the real world.
This monster should currently be in the abyss of the spiritual world, but it is inextricably linked to the Raging Owl Star. The original Angry Owl sect believed that if they did something right, the evil god would be called into the world.
One of them is a large number of soul sacrifices.
This large amount may refer to quantities in the millions or even tens of millions.
This was also the main reason why they targeted Fuxing City a year and a half ago: at that time, the only place on Raging Owl that had a large enough population in a small area.
If they were to do something similar in the North, dispersed personnel would be a big problem. Even Polar Industrial City, the largest city in the north, only has a population of half a million people.
But after the failure of the operation in Fuxing City, they encountered tremendous pressure from the Battle Sisters and the garrison in the Central and Northern Provinces. It has become very difficult to normally promote the evil god's coming to the world.
The Battle Sisters once captured a high-ranking figure in a cult, who revealed that the radical faction, or the desperate faction, in the sect proposed a plan to forcibly initiate the resurrection of the evil god.
They would sacrifice as many people as they could, even using all the magicians in their sect as seeds to sacrifice them all together, no matter what.
This move caused huge differences within their sect. The opposition believes that doing so is purely a unnecessary sacrifice. Because this will not succeed in completely awakening their gods. At most, it can only summon a powerful incarnation.
But if that's all it takes, it's really not worth it if the entire sect has to be sacrificed.
"...But according to our current intelligence, such a crazy idea should be an absolute minority among them. But..."
Martins continued her words: "But if it comes to a critical moment of their life and death, they may have no choice but to fight to the death."
"So we have to hurry up," said Gerrit. "The only good news is that the only people they can sacrifice today are the people who died within the Polar Industrial City today, and the number will not be very large. The biggest main force is still The cultists themselves. We must destroy their plans as quickly as possible, otherwise even if they only summon one incarnation, we will be in great trouble."
"I understand."
As he spoke, the Demoman was ready. Space Marines, Battle Sisters, and Demon Hunters are also on standby.
Without wasting any time, Martins gave an order, and the tunnel, which was disguised as a building pillar but was actually a passage leading underground, was blown open.
The blasting was done by a Space Marine veteran himself, and his craftsmanship was quite good. The weight of the explosives and the installation position were just right.
An irregular circular passage about 6×6 appeared in front of them, with a ladder going down.
After the passage was blasted, the cultists hiding below obviously reacted, and there were sounds coming from inside.
But there is no need to worry too much at this time.
"Down, down, down!" Martins shouted. He was wearing Terminator power armor and was the first to jump down.
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4k words chapter.
The original time of 11 noon was changed to publish directly...so be it.
Go to sleep, good night.
(End of chapter)